April Projects from Maiko

Hello Everyone!

Maiko here with you today to share my April projects.

First, I made this Layout using Beautiful "Autumn Anthology" collection.

"A Wonderful Life"

Blue Fern Studios used:

papers:

Autumn Anthology - Calling Cards

Autumn Anthology - Gazebo

Autumn Anthology - Newsworthy

Autumn Anthology - Penmanship

Chipboard:

Garden Celebration

A Wonderful Life

Township Collage

Embossing Powder :

Mushroom

Sage

Pearl

 Flowers - Courtship Blooms

 This Chipboard is the"Garden Celebration".

First, I applied this by a white acrylic color and colored using paint of

 green, yellow and purple after it.

Next,I applied the Embossing Ink, sprinkled the Embossing Powder and heated it up by a heater.

Finally,I colored around that with brown ink.

close up

This Chipboard is the"Township Collage".

I colored this like"Garden Celebration" .

I chose "A wonderful Life" as the title.

First, I painted it with an acrylic paint, colored it with green and brown paint,

and finally  I covered it in Glossy Accents.

  

These green Flowers are "Courtship Blooms".

so cute!

I also used the Beautiful  Courtship Lane collection for the second work.

"Heart"

Blue Fern Studios used:

papers:

Courtship Lane - Bourbon Ave

Courtship Lane - Calling Cards

Courtship Lane - Town Gossip

Chipboard:

Blue Fern Bits

Doily Bunting

Bohemian Flowers

Happy, Heart, Love

Pearl

Cotton Candy

Stamp - Weathered Doilies

This Chipboard is "Doily Bunting".

I colored this with "Cotton Candy"and "pearl" embossing powders.

These Flower Chipboards are "Bohemian Flowers".

I colored this with "Pearl" embossing powder and Pink Ink.

I chose "Heart" as the title.

First, I painted it with an acrylic paint, colored it with pink ink,

and finally  I covered it in Glossy Accents.

My last creation today is...

"grateful for You"

I used 

Blue Fern Studios used:

papers:

Serendipity - Imagination

Serendipity - Calling Cards

Chipboard:

Timeless Floral Corner

Grateful For You

Embossing Powder:

Ginger

Oatmeal

Flowers:

Courtship Blooms

My background paper is "Imagination" and it is from the Serendipity collection.

This chipboard is the "Timeless Floral Corner".

 This Chipboard is "Persian Ornament"

I colored this with "Ginger","Oatmeal" embossing powders and some brown Inks

These mini brown Flowers are the "Courtship Blooms".

I love these Flowers.

This is simply painted with an acrylic paint ,block and some blown inks.

That is all from me today.

Thank you for visiting!

In love with the Courtship Lane collection (Karine)

Hi there, Blue Fern Studios fans,

I can't believe spring is here! And what better way to celebrate it than with our new Courtship Lane collection? It's gorgeous colors and pretty patterns are perfect for the season!

Love

For this layout, I used two paper as my background: Town Gossip and Concert Hall. I altered them with modeling paste and a stencil, and I added color with watercolor. I also used a card from the Calling Cards paper in my paper cluster.

My main chipboard piece is the Bordeaux Layered frame which come in two parts. The bottom one, I painted with white gesso and sprayed mists over it, to match the color in the background paper. For the swirly top part, I covered it with white gesso. I chose to leave it white because I thought it was contrasting over the pink chipboard.

While I was looking in my box of smaller chipboards, I found a little piece (you can see it in the picture above, just below my frame) that came from a flourish from the Leafy Page Accents. I painted it with white gesso also, to match the frame. I thought it filled the gap between my flower and my frame perfectly. I never throw away even the tiniest pieces: you never know when they can come handy.

My title piece, from the Adore, Love, Cherish set is also painted plain white.

Perfect

My second layout is way much colourful.than my first one. I chose the Parkway paper as my background. I was inspired by the colors of the feather on the left of the page. 

My composition on mainly based on the Whimzy Flourishes that frame my picture. I embossed them with Imagine Ink Garnet embossing powder. 

I created my flowers clusters around the two flourishes. I also fussy cut some flower from the Calling Cards paper to put in my clusters, to give dimension. You can see, in a few places, that I used the Forever stamp set to add a bit of texture to my background. 

My title, part of the Perfect, Adorable, Special set, is embossed with Imagine Ink Iris embossing powder.

Happy

My last layout uses the beautiful West Plaza paper. I chose the colors of my layout based on the damask pattern of the paper.

I used the Garden Frolic stamp set to stamp randomly on my background.

To frame my picture, I used the Celebration Hearts, which I embossed with Imagine Ink Snow embossing powder. I built my flower clusters around them.

My title piece, from The Optimist Word Set, was embossed with Imagine Ink Lilac embossing powder and glued over my embellishments.

I hope my creations inspired you.

Have a nice crafty day.

Karine

February Layouts-- By Keren Tamir

Hi Everyone,

Its Keren here with my design team projects for February.

I created two different themed layouts using the latest two new collections from Blue Fern Studios.

"Blush" and "Serendipity"

Both these collections are stunning and perfect for the month of love.

Here is the first layout designed with the Blush collection.

"Love"

I used the Blush "Key to my heart" paper for the background. The Blush's pastel colours were perfect for this beautiful wedding photo of my cousin. I just love what the photographer did with their hands and I had to use a frame to highlight the heart.

The frame I used is the Folkart frame. I added a Romantic chipboard dangle of a locket above and below the frame. I wanted to make it seem as if the frame is dangling from the top of the page.

I embossed both frame and dangle with Imagine Ink cotton candy embossing powder

The chipboard word "Love" and the heart were simply inked in chalk ink.

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"Uniquely You"

My second layout is different from the the one above in term of both theme and colours.

I used the Serendipity "Contemplation" paper for the background and the "Calling cards" paper for layering behind the photo.

To create a natural texture in the background I used a modelling paste over a woodgrain stencil. Then while the paste was still wet, I spread 3 different colours of Blue Fern Studios Imagine Ink embossing powder. I used sage, nutmeg and ginger.

I also used the new whimsy chipboard flourishes as accents. They were simply inked in brown chalk ink.

Thank you so much for visiting the Blue Fern Studios blog today

Have a fantastic day!!

Keren

January projects with Karine Gagnon

Hi there, Blue Fern Studios fans,

I'm so excited to be here today to share my first post on the blog. First, let me introduce myself.

I'm 36 years old, mother of two adorable children and partner to the love of my life for over 20 years now. I'm also a high school French teacher, here in the beautiful Quebec city where I live. I discovered scrapbooking about ten years ago now, when my boyfriend brought home a scrapbooking magazine telling me he thought about me when he saw it. If only he'd knew what kind of a monster he would create! I'm an addict since. Lately, I like all things mixed media and texture. I can't make a layout without altering the background. 

You can find me 

• on my blog: http://www.imageparimage.blogspot.com
• on Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/bizounour/
• on my Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/TiBiZoU1979

I'm so excited to be joining the Blue Fern Studios team and I hope that my projects will inspire you.

My first project was created using this month's sketch.

Moment

I was charmed by the vintage look of the Conservatory paper from the Sanctuary collection. I thought it was perfect for my little guy's picture with his «Frank Sinatra's hat». I used some light misting to add a bit of color, a stencil with a light touch of modeling paste and Postal Textures stamps with some Imagine Ink Oatmeal embossing powder to add a touch of texture in the background.

I chose flowers and embellishments to go under my picture. I used the Grid Pieces and I left them raw, because they are so beautiful. I used two cards from the Calling Cards paper (Sanctuary collection) to mat my picture. As for my title, I used the Moment word from the French Words set and I covered it with Imagine Ink Oatmeal embossing powder.

You can see the embossing powder on the background, on the picture above.

Blue Fern Studios products used:

Papers: Conservatory (Sanctuary collection) and Calling Cards (Sanctuary collection)

Chipboards: Grid Pieces, French Words

Stamps: Postal Textures

Embossing Powder: Imagine Ink Oatmeal Embossing Powder

Adore

My second layout features one of the new paper collection. I chose this beautiful pink pattern from the Celebration paper (Blush collection) to go with my daughter picture. I covered some of it with torn doilies.

Over that, I used some parts of the Marrakesh panel which I painted white with gesso.

I just love this panel! On my title piece, part of the «Adore, Love, Cherish» set, I used Imagine Ink Poinsettia embossing powder.

Blue Fern Studios products used:

Papers: Celebration (Blush collection), Valentine Cards (Blush collection) 

Chipboard: Marrakesh Panel, «Adore, Love, Cherish» set

Embossing powder: Imagine Ink Embossing Powder Poinsettia

Everyday Moment

My last project features probably my favorite paper ever! It is called Artistique, from the Timeless collection. I love the texture!

I used the Swirly Circle to ancre my composition. I left it raw, because I wanted a rustic more masculine look. I used Postal Textures stamps to add interest in my background.

As for a title, I chose the Everyday Moments piece and I covered it with Imagine Ink Ebony embossing powder.

Blue Fern Studios products used:

Papers: Artistique (Timeless collection), Calling Cards (Timeless collection)

Chipboard: Swirly Circle, Everyday moments

Embossing Powder: Imagine Ink Ebony embossing powder

Stamps: Postal Textures

I hope my projects inspired you.
Have a nice day.

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