Sweet Moment (Blue Fern Studios DT Reveal 1)

Today is my DT reveal day on the Blue Fern Studios blog. You can see it all right HERE!

Here is my first layout... somewhat of a teal shabby chic style, 

featuring my niece Ella with her violin !

I used papers from the Serendipity collection to create a grid pattern collage on my page.  The brick design was made using the Essential Textures stamp and Snow Imagine Ink embossing powder.

I combined 2 chipboard pieces to create my title, one from the Sweet & Lucky set on which I created an ombre effect with the Sea Mist, Snow and Caribbean powders, and the other from the French Words set covered with Ebony.

Obviously, most of the pretty flowers found on my page are from Blue Fern Studios!  The bigger teal flower with the fuzzy center is from the brand new Memoires Blooms set - it's gorgeous!

Below you see the very elegant Gatsby Collage that I divided into 2 pieces to slide at either end of my photo.

The chipboard piece that inspired this whole concept is the Courtship Violin that you see peaking out from the bottom corner of the photo of my pretty and gifted niece, Ella!  (She has since decided to trade in her violin for a hockey stick - hehe)

Come back tomorrow for more!

Blue Fern Studios Products

Patterned Paper: Serendipity (Imagination, Fascination, Chronicle)

Chipboard: Courtship Violin, Gatsby Collage, Sweet & Lucky set, French Words 

Flowers: Memoires Blooms, Spring Lilies, Tranquil Blooms, Courtship Blooms

Stamps: Essential Textures

Imagine Ink: Embossing Powders (Caribbean, Sea Mist, Ebony, Snow)

Pretty Lady (SOE "Petals" kit & 123 Challenge)

I have been busy the last few days with the gorgeous October kit from Scraps of Elegance called Petals.  This kit features mix matched papers from Kaisercraft and CoutureCreations as well as many other elements from BoBunny, Prima, Petaloo and so much more.  I will be sharing some pictures of the kit at the end of the post, but first, let's take a look at my first 'Petals' project, a very pretty layout for a 'Pretty Lady'... my mom.

I was inspired by this fabulous challenge at 123 Challenge.

As you can see, the colour Peach is predominant throughout my layout. 

The word 'Pretty' inspired me to scrap a lovely photo of my mom when she was a young lady.  It is one of my favorite pictures of her - she looks so elegant and poised.  I wish I could have known her back then.  I added the word to my title, using orange Thickers that I whitewashed to make them look peachy.

I added a pleated paper border along the right edge. It was orange and didn't match my page so I whitewashed it too to make it go along with the rest of my products.

My mom has turned 65 just last month, and she is just as pretty now as she was back then. :)

Take a closer look at the Petals kit with the add-ons that I used.

To find out more about Scraps of Darkness and Scraps of Elegance kits, click HERE!

Lucky @ Heart (7 Dots Studio October Challenge)

Was I ever excited last week when I received my order of brand new 7 Dots Studio papers and embellishments so I had to get them to good use right away!

Papers on this layout all come from the stunning Homegrown collection.

I was inspired by the October challenge which is about luck and gratitude.

You can click HERE for all the details!

I have a lot to be thankful for in life, but most of all, I am so lucky to have found my soulmate after years of being unlucky at love.  10 years ago, I met Yves and finally I knew that I didn't have to look any further.  My heart got lucky at last!

I combined the Homegrown papers with beautiful chipboard Blue Fern Studios and 7 Dots Studio and lots of pretty flowers in the same colour palette as the papers.

A favorite part of the 7 Dots Studio collections are definitely the sheet of die-cut tags that come along with most of them.  Tags are a bit part of my creative process... I add them in as much as I can.  These are just gorgeous!!

I added some red polkadot stenciling on my background and used the Cold Country script stamp with black Stazon ink.  The quote comes from the Word Stickers set from the Cotton Candy Dreams line.

I already cannot wait to get started with all the other 7 Dots Studio goodies I got in my order!!

Stay tuned... Cotton Candy Dreams awaits!

An Autumn Story (Blue Fern Studios November Challenge)

Blue Fern Studios has just released a brand new challenge for all of you and this is my layout inspired by it, featuring their latest collection, Memoires!

The November challenge is simply to use a Blue Fern Studios chipboard title on your project, ANY title.  Click HERE for all the details and for more DT inspiration!

The gorgeous Fall foliage is pretty much all gone where I live... snow is imminent, I can feel it!  But I just had to squeeze in another Autumn-inspired layout, especially since the Memories collection papers are just so perfect for it.  And I had the perfect title in my BFS chipboard stash... An Autumn Story.  I simply covered the title with a new favorite shade of Imagine Ink embossing powder called Golden Brick.

On my background, I sprays different Autumn hues of Lindy's plus used the new Crackled Textures stamps with brown ink and added some stenciling with modeling paste.

After treating it with a mix of Golden Bricks and Chili Powder powders, I cut the Treasured Floral Frame into several pieces to adorn my page with it here and there, combining them with the Fall Foliage set.  On the leaves, I mixed some Chili Powder, Tangerine and Nutmeg.

Another chipboard set that I am totally in love with is the Pretty Pumpkins set and here you see the smaller piece. Totally gorgeous!

Finally, here is a closer look at the 'Autumn story' that I chose to document on this layout, a very beautiful shot of a splendid Fall day spent with my man, and framed with beautiful earthy tone flowers, including BFS Tranquil blooms.

Thank you for stopping by!

Blue Fern Studios Products:
Patterned Paper: Memoires (Songbird's Drama, Grand Sequel, Chronicles)
Chipboard: An Autumn Story, Treasured Floral Frame, Pretty Pumpkins, Fall Foliage
Flowers: Tranquil Blooms
Stamps: Crackled Textures
Imagine Ink: Embossing Powders (Golden Bricks, Chili Powder, Tangerine, Nutmeg)

Hello Wonderful (Creative Scrappers DT Reveal Sketch #300)

This is an exciting reveal for me as it is my first (in a few years) DT reveal for Creative Scrappers!  I am so happy to be part of this wonderful team again and to be able to promote Kristine's fabulous sketches.

Here is sketch #300 that inspired my above design.

Click HERE to find out all about this challenge and to see all DT inspiration!

You will not be disappointed - I'm creating along some amazingly talented ladies!

I saw this sketch and I thought fun, colourful and bright!

So I searched through my stash and found this quite ancient collection from BoBunny and I figured it's now or never.  I had a bunch of these papers from the Kitchen Spice collection and was inspired to take out my scissors and start fussy cutting flowers.  I used the striped paper to cut out the grid background piece with my Silhouette machine.  The grid cut file was designed by Kristine Davidson and is available right HERE!

I thought a little gold would look nice amid all those earthy tones.

And of course, the focal point of my layout is this lovely picture of Jade's adorable smile!

Creative Scrappers is releasing a brand new sketch book, VOLUME 4, and I am thrilled to be a part of it.  It is up for preorder. You can click HERE for all the details1 

I hope that I have inspired you to create today and that you will play along with us at Creative Scrappers!