Blue Fern Studios - This Moment

It's time to share my August Blue Fern Studios projects!  Let's start with this one which features a selfie of the three of us and Blue Fern's new Wanderlust collection.

This Moment

This layout focused on the Wanderlust collection's neutral tones.  I started with the B-side of a piece Wanderlust Calling Cards paper and then layered strips of Wanderlust Pacific Coast paper (both sides) horizontally.  After a treatment of clear gesso, I painted the paper a bit with tan and brown spray inks, followed by stamping here and there in black with the new Dispatch stamp.

I embossed the "this Moment" chipboard piece with Mushroom embossing powder and then grunged it up a bit.  Above the chipboard piece, you can see some of the new Ivory Braided Trim.

The Swallow Border chipboard piece is another new item!  I treated it with Mushroom embossing powder and then added some Speckled Mint embossing powder in random areas.  It's layered on top of some of the new Ivory Venise Lace and topped with a Wanderlust Lily.

The Fern Leaves chipboard pieces are new, too! I treated two of them with the new Avocado embossing powder and tucked them into my embellishment clusters.

Blue Fern Studios products used:

Paper

Wanderlust - Calling Cards

Wanderlust - Pacific Coast

Wanderlust - Souvenir

Chipboard

This Moment

Swallow Border

Wanderlust Printed Chipboard

Embossing Powder

Mushroom

Speckled Mint

Avocado

Stamp

Dispatch

Flowers

Wanderlust Lilies

Lace

Ivory Braided Trim

Ivory Venise Lace

other products

Flowers - Prima Marketing

Spray - Lindy's Stamp Gang - Cafe au Lait

Spray - Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist - Suede

Sticker - 7 Dots Studio

So Bright - My Creative Scrapbook

Have you seen the April sketch at My Creative Scrapbook?  April may be over, but you still have time to play through May 14th!

I used My Creative Scrapbook's April Main Kit to create this layout based on the April sketch. I rotated the sketch 90 degrees.

Here's the prize that's up for grabs!

I hope you'll play along.  The prize winner is randomly drawn :)

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Be You - My Creative Scrapbook

It's Friday, it's Friday, the BEST day of the week!  That's just a silly little song that my little girl and I sing on Friday mornings :) Today I have my 4th layout made with the Hello Gorgeous collection by My Mind's Eye that's featured in the My Creative Scrapbook March Main kit.  This one is really simple.

I smooshed some Lindy's Stamp Gang sprays from my stash onto the background to complement the pink, green, and blues in the kit supplies.  I really like how these colors look together and with the black and white photo.

I used some of the chipboard stickers and this adorable polkadot fabric brad to embellish the page.  I added some pink tangled thread, inspired by Missy Whidden (actually, just about all of my pages are inspired by her these days!  I want to scrap like her when I grow up!), under the brad to add some fun dimension.

I love the pretty floral alphabet stickers that come in the kit.  I stuck them down on one of the journal cards to create the title.  I felt like they blended into the background too much, so I outlined them with a fine tip black marker to make them stand out more.  Plus, I always like black contrast on my pages.

Sorry about the poorly exposed photo but I wanted to show how I simply staggered a few of the journal cards and then topped those off with a couple of the chipboard stickers at the top corner of the photo.

So that's it from me with the My Creative Scrapbook Main kit this month.  I still have lots of kit supplies left over to make some pretty cards!  Be sure to check out the Design Team gallery for tons of inspiration with the March kits.

Have a fabulous, creative weekend!

My #1 Girl - My Creative Scrapbook

I had so much fun creating with the Main kit this month from My Creative Scrapbook.  The My Mind's Eye Hello Gorgeous collection that's featured in the kit is so pretty!

Here's the third layout that I made with the kit:

The background on this is simply some pink Lindy's Stamp Gang spray smooshed onto the cardstock using the packaging technique followed by some splatters of Lindy's in red.

Here are all of the My Creative Scrapbook March kits.  Please check out MyCreativeScrapbook.com for more information!

You Got This - My Creative Scrapbook

The My Creative Scrapbook March Main kit features the Hello Gorgeous collection from My Mind's Eye!  

Here's one of the layouts that I made with the kit:

I created the background on white cardstock with a variety of pink and green sprays from Lindy's Stamp Gang that I have in my stash.

After stamping here and there in black with one of my Prima butterfly stamps, I pulled mostly pinks and greens from the kit and built up the layers.  I used a handful of the Hello Gorgeous papers, journal cards, chipboard stickers and stitched brads to create the layers.  That sparkly heart is from the journal cards pack.

I love how Missy Whidden uses thread with her embellishments. I'm becoming addicted to doing the same, especially with gold thread!

Here are all of the My Creative Scrapbook March kits.  Please check out MyCreativeScrapbook.com for more information!

Hello Love - My Creative Scrapbook

Hi friends!  Today I have another layout to share that I made using the February Main kit from My Creative Scrapbook!  

This background was a lot of fun to create with mixed media products from my stash.  After applying a layer of clear gesso, I embossed some hearts onto the cardstock using a Heidi Swapp heart stencil and Lindy's Stamp Gang gold embossing powder.  

Once dry, I used the packaging technique to apply Lindy's Stamp Gang mists (Cotton Candy Pink and Raspberry Lemonade).  When that was dry I came back in with splatters of more Raspberry Lemonade plus Hibiscus Rose.  Love all of those pinks!  I finished the background off with a few splatters of black.

I left the wood veneer pieces raw this time.  I think they pop more against this background that way.

Below is this month's Lindy's Stamp Gang color challenge graphic.  Of course I was drawn to the pretty pink :)  Have you played along yet?

Below are all of the My Creative Scrapbook February kits.   The Main kit features the beautiful We R Memory Keepers Crush collection and includes tons of coordinating Crush embellishments as well as Crate Paper wood veneer pieces and Prima flowers. Please check out MyCreativeScrapbook.com for more information!

XOXO - My Creative Scrapbook

It's February kit reveal time at My Creative Scrapbook!  The Main kit features the beautiful We R Memory Keepers Crush collection!  The papers in this line are so pretty.  The kit includes tons of coordinating embellishments including ephemera pieces and adorable metal clips.  Also included are a pack of Crate Paper wood veneer pieces and pretty Prima flowers!

Here's one of the layouts that I made with the kit:

I love this photo of my daughter with her wonderful friend...it warms my heart!

I used two shades of gelatos to color the wood veneer piece.  Then I embossed the top portion with gold embossing powder.  I love the outcome!

Here are all of the My Creative Scrapbook February kits.  Please check out MyCreativeScrapbook.com for more information!

Hello You - My Creative Scrapbook

Hey friends!  Here's my last (and favorite) layout with the January Main Kit from My Creative Scrapbook kit club.  

I focused on the kit's yellow, blue, and gray products for this one and added some coordinating color to the background with Lindy's Stamp Gang sprays from my stash.

Here's the My Creative Scrapbook January Main Kit:

The kit features the Happy Place collection by Fancy Pants Designs!  There are lots of beautiful papers along with letter and number die cuts, brag cards, an ephemera pack, and buttons.  There's also a lovely Prima flowers vine, a package of Thickers, and ribbon... lots of fun parts and pieces to play with!

Take a peek at MyCreativeScrapbook.com for details and purchasing information!

Thank you for stopping by today!

Hello Today - My Creative Scrapbook

Hey friends!  I created this layout with the January Main Kit from My Creative Scrapbook kit club.  This was a really fun one to make, and unlike usual, it came together really quickly (I'm usually a very slow scrapper)!

I wanted a fun look to this layout since the photo was taken during such a fun time for Allison.  I chose the yellow, black, and white colors in the kit and added some coordinating color to the background with Lindy's Stamp Gang sprays from my stash.  The bright yellow feels so happy :)

The kit includes a full set of the Fancy Pants Happy Place brag cards.  There are lots of fun cards to choose from.  I thought the "Hello today" and the "a not so typical moment" cards were just perfect for this layout.

Here's the My Creative Scrapbook January Main Kit:

The kit features the Happy Place collection by Fancy Pants Designs!  There are lots of beautiful papers along with letter and number die cuts, brag cards, an ephemera pack, and buttons.  There's also a lovely Prima flowers vine, a package of Thickers, and ribbon... lots of fun parts and pieces to play with!

Take a peek at MyCreativeScrapbook.com for details and purchasing information!

Thank you for stopping by today!

So Happy Together - My Creative Scrapbook

It's January kit reveal time at My Creative Scrapbook kit club.  I had the opportunity to work with the beautiful January Main Kit.

The kit features the Happy Place collection by Fancy Pants Designs!  There are lots of beautiful papers along with letter and number die cuts, brag cards, an ephemera pack, and buttons.  There's also a lovely Prima flowers vine, a package of Thickers, and ribbon... lots of fun parts and pieces to play with!

Here's one of the layouts that I made with the kit:

My family and I have been enjoying taking "family selfies".  While they're not always the most beautifully composed photos, I love taking them because they're really the only photos that we have with all 3 of us in them, and, they're usually fun snapshots with real emotion. The photo that I used on this layout was taken outside of a favorite burger place when the 3 of us were just goofing around. 

I used some Lindy's Stamp Gang sprays from my stash to add coordinating color to my white background.

Whenever I use buttons on my pages, I always hear my friend Delaina Burns' voice in my head telling me that I need to thread my buttons!  She's right, threading the buttons really does add such positive detail.  But I often don't make the time to do that.  Here I threaded most of them, but you will see that I adhered the two smaller ones to the page in all their threadless glory.  I'm sorry Delaina! :)

I finally pulled my sewing machine back out so that I could get back into adding some machine-stitched detail to my pages, thanks to inspiration from Missy Whidden. As luck would have it, after the tiny bit of stitching shown in the closeup below, my machine broke... the thing inside that holds the bobbin literally came flying out in 3 separate pieces, and I have no clue how to re-assemble it correctly.  So, I used a fine point black sharpie to add some black detail around other areas of the page to balance out the black stitching.

Here's the My Creative Scrapbook January Main Kit:

Take a peek at MyCreativeScrapbook.com for details and purchasing information!

Thanks so much for visiting today!