Summer Vacation~

For my second, August Blue Fern Studios Project, I created a wonderful Seaside look for a photo of my husband, David and son Draven that I took in Destin, Florida on a family vacation.

I used both sides of the Blue Fern Studios Seaside Cottage Whitewash paper,  tearing, and creating a peek a boo to reveal the bottom layer paper design.

I matted my photo out on a piece of corrugated board that I spray stained and then edged with sand texture paste, and sand glitter glass. I added a netting of cheesecloth and popped on a Blue Fern Seaside Rose and Seaside Lily, along with a burlap sunflower, and canvas leaves.

I then did some stamping with a Blue Fern Textured Elements Stamp to add depth and texture around my photo. I then fussy cut out a Beach Sign from the Blue Fern Calling Cards Paper.

I heat embossed Blue Fern Crackle Bits Chipboard with Imagine Ink Seven Seas Embossing Powder, tucking them in behind my photo and into the peek a boo.
I fussy cut out some of the sailor piece from the Blue Fern Calling Cards Paper, and loved how it added a more masculine, nautical feel to my layout.

Here you can see the 2nd piece that I cut from the papers and added to the bottom corner of the photo.

I took a Blue Fern Summer Vacation Chipboard Piece, and two tone heat embossed it with Imagine Ink Seven Seas and Petal Embossing Powders. Don't you just love all the YUMMY texture those embossing powders add??!!

I added a rope accent to the top corner of my layout and layered on another Blue Fern Seaside Rose & Seaside Lily.

I fussy cut out a fish from the Blue Fern Calling Cards Paper, and added him to the crackle bit inside the peek a boo, and then attached some rope accents.

And here you can see a side shot showing off all those Blue Fern Paper pieces and product!!

I hope you have a wonderful Friday, and take the time to enjoy some outside Summer time fun!! Hugs~Renea

Blue Fern Studios Supply List:

Seaside Cottage Paper Collection:

Whitewash (front & back sides)

Calling Cards

Chipboard:

Summer Vacation

Crackle Bits

Flowers:
Seaside Roses

Seaside Lilies

Stamp:

Essential Textures

Imagine Ink:

Seven Seas Embossing Powder
Petal Embossing Powder

Items from Reneabouquets.com and the Reneabouquets Etsy:

Blue Fern Seaside Cottage Paper Collection
Blue Fern Essential Textures Stamp

Petaloo Burlap Sunflowers

Petaloo Canvas Berry Pick (Leaves)

Tim Holtz Faded Jeans Distress Ink

Sand Glitter Glass

Prima White Sand Texture Paste
Ranger Clear Ink Dabber
Ranger Big Emboss It Clear Embossing Ink Pad