Monday, October 12, 2015

Vintage Christmas debut! ~ Blue Fern Studios

Hello, Blue Fern fans! 

Sandi Clarkson here with you today sharing my first Vintage Christmas project! 
I think I squealed a bit when I received my Design Team box the other day ... so many lovely new items! Wow! 



The Noel paper was treated with clear gesso and then super heavy gesso with a stencil. Imagine Ink in "Winter Mist" was misted and spread with water to enhance the stenciling. The "Carribean" glitter was then scattered over the background paper for lots of shine. Yes, we now have glitter! 

The chipboard pieces were all primed with gesso and then coated with the Imagine Ink in "Winter Mint" ( Snow Medley), "Leaf" (Eclectic Hearts), "Jingle Bells" (Garden Window) and "Cotton Candy" plus "Persimmon" (Wish, Wonder, Dream).  The Snow Medley piece was enhanced with "Fern" embossing powder, the Wish with "Poinsettia" embossing powder and the Eclectic Hearts with "Lucky" embossing powder. The Garden Window was misted with "Jingle Bells," then dusted with "Pyrite" glitter. 

Paper layers were cut and placed behind the Window. Flowers and bling were added as a final touch. 

Here are some close-ups:


I love Blue Fern Studios chipboard and had fun with some older pieces as well as some new ones! Having mist, embossing powder and glitter that mix and match  with the papers is wonderful! You can see that I like to do my embossing in more of a random way versus total coverage. For the Eclectic Hearts I added in some variegation with my green Gelato. In case you're wondering, the Garden Window does have Jingle Bell mist, a smidgen of inks and then is dusted with Pyrite glitter. One window shutter was cocked to reveal the paper beneath it. 



Another view. 



The Snow Medley piece has been cut in half and used in two spots. 



More random embossing on the Wish piece. 

Well, that's my first project with Vintage Christmas! I can't wait to start another even though the weather is still hot here in Texas.

Thanks for coming by! 


Blue Fern Studios products used:

Paper:
Vintage Christmas Noel
Vintage Christmas Magical
Vintage Christmas Greeting Cards

Chipboard:
Snow Medley
Wish Wonder Dream
Garden Window
Eclectic Hearts

Mists:
Leaf
Winter Mint
Persimmon
Cotton Candy
Jingle Bells

Embossing Powder:
Fern
Lucky
Poinsettia

Glitter:
Carribean
Pyrite


2 comments:

  1. This is gorgeous! I love the swirly chipboard! Such a pretty layout!

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  2. This is gorgeous! LOVING the colors, the flowers and how you framed the photo!!!!!!!!!!!!

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