Flowers for Lily

Good Morning!

 I hope everyone is in the middle of a wonderful weekend!

I'm here to share my latest creation using some beautiful new Blue Fern Studios

products. If you haven't seen the gorgeous new paper line, please check out 

the Blue Fern Studios blog here, I love the new paper! It is heavyweight, which really 

holds up well to any mediums you want to use......Here I have used the "In Bloom"

paper as my base and then stenciled with gesso and added lots of mists and stamping.

"Flowers for Lily"

This is a photo of my niece Lily. My sister told me that last Valentine's Day her Daddy
brought her her very first bouquet of flowers, Lily just loved them and thought they were
so special. So, so sweet. I have taken a piece from the
Manor Hinges and a piece of the Ironwork accents and painted them with cream colored paint

and then stamped them with Ranger Distress ink in Vintage Photo. For the

word 'Delightful' from the Optimist Word Set, I painted with the cream colored paint,

added a touch of pink mist and then a coat of Glossy Accents. 

Here is a close up:

Blue Fern Studio products used:

Blue Fern Studios "In Bloom"

Blue Fern Studios "Calling Card"

Ironwork Accents

Manor Hinges

Optimist Word Set

Thanks for stopping by today!

Lisa xo

My funny Valentine.....

Hello girls! I hope everyone has a warm, safe and loved filled day today.....

There are two people who fill my life with love, my hubby and my son. I have very few good photos of my husband and I which I will definitely have to do something about as I would love to do a page about how much he means to me. My son is a whole different story, I have tons of photos of my little man, just love him to pieces.....

I saw this adorable sketch with the hearts at Scrapfriends here, and I thought it would make for a beautiful Valentine layout......

Here is the sketch.....

You still have time to enter this one, for once I am not posting at the last minute....

Here is a close-up, this is the closest I've ever gotten to 'journaling', I love

layouts with things written on them , but somehow it has never worked out

very well for me.....well, that's all for now......

Have a happy weekend! 

Hugs, Lisa xo

Blue Fern Studios February Sketch Challenge

Hello everyone! I wasn't in time this month to create a layout for the February Sketch Challenge this month but I want to share the sketch and encourage you to enter! The sketches are beautiful, the chipboard of course is so versatile, and the prizes are awesome! Please see the challenge here....

And we have a brand NEW batch of goodies for you too- including some of our NEWEST designs, hot off the press! Take a look at what one lucky randomly drawn winning participant will win from this month's sketch challenge:

In addition to our prize winner, we will also select a Top 3 to feature in our winner post!

 

We have just a few simple rules to follow if you would like to participate in our sketch challenge:

1.) Feel free to interpret the sketch as you please by means of taking it as-is or flipping/turning/mirroring it to suit your needs! **Please note that you can do whatever type of project you please- a layout, card, tag, canvas, altered item- whatever suits your mood and style! We would love to see the different ways our sketch can be used.**

2.) You must use at least one piece of Blue Fern Studios chipboard- but you do not need to use the pieces featured in the sketch! You can find the store nearest you HERE. {Do not use any other brand of chipboard on your project please!}

3.) Upload your project using the Inlinkz tool below by midnight EST on February 28th, 2014.

We look forward to your entries!

 

I also wanted to share the great news that Blue Fern Studios has released their very first line of paper! The designs are so feminine and pretty and Made in America. Please see the Blue Fern Studios store here for more information about where to purchase....

Have a great week! 

Lisa xo

Through the looking glass

"Alice"

Hello friends! I bought the amazing Marion Smith papers called Mad Tea Party and knew I wanted to scrap a photo of Alice Pleasance Liddell, the little girl who is thought to be the inspiration for Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. I thought I might enter this layout in the January Skissedilla sketch challenge, you can find their blog here, gorgeous work and a yummy prize of some Prima goodies.

I have been totally and madly in love with 7 Dots Studio papers, can you tell? (lol). I love old English authors and Lewis Carroll was a fascinating man, with an incredible imagination. I have used a mix of Prima flowers, some beautiful Blue Fern Studios chipboard pieces called "Petite Windows" which I painted black, and some Kaisercraft stamps.....

If you get a chance and love vintage photos, google Lewis Carroll's photographs, they are breathtakingly beautiful....

Hope you all have a lovely creative weekend!

Lisa xo