Blue Fern Studios: Apricot Blooms

Monday, January 8, 2018

January Inspirations and Video Tutorial by Lanette

Good Morning Everyone!

I hope your year is off to an amazing start! I must say that I am pretty happy with the way my year is starting out, I am super excited to be joining this amazing team! I really can't wait to share my layouts with you...

But before I do let me introduce myself....

My name is Lanette Erickson I live in southeastern Michigan with my husband two sassy daughters and one crazy doberman. I’m an ex-banker turned stay at home mommy and one crazy crafter. I have always been a crafty person, but my love of scrapbooking began a little over 13 years ago. Over the years my passion has evolved from pure paper to more of a mixed media affair. I truly love all mediums and I am happiest when my hands are messy, I love to experiment with new products and try new techniques.

I’m not sure I have a scrappy style, I always try to showcase the picture I a scrapping. But If I had to define it I would say Romantic and playful.

I am super excited to be part of the Blue Fern Design Team! I hope that I my art will help inspire you to get your hands messy and create something you love!

You can find me here:

Blog: http://stacksofscraps.blogspot.com/

Scrapbook.com Gallery: http://www.scrapbook.com/places/Biro

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lanette23/?hl=en

Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/lanette323/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lanette.stacksofscraps

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRhd2bMHrcLbC1a89xcWPQQ

But enough about me lets look at my layouts...

For my first layout this month I decided I wanted to play with the Newly Released Remnants Collection!

For this layout I used an older picture of me and my hubby :)

I just love the vintage feel of this collection, As you can see I played up the green in the Memories Chipboard with a bit of color spray. Additionally I colored all my flowers for a more uniform look..

And now for a bit of the details...

Here you can see the tiny Printed chipboard from the set tucked in the corner of my picture, with lots of lovey Blue fern Flowers that have been altered a bit with color spray paint BFS Micro Beads & Glitter too!

Here you can see a bit more of my lovely flowers and the printed chipboard and parts of the swirl from the BFS flourish chipboard that I colored using BFS-Taupe Embossing Powder.

Lots of lovely BFS White Gold Glitter and Fir Tree Seedlings.

Here you can see a bit of the Tattered Diamond Chipboard bits, they are colored with BFS Night Sky Embossing Powder a touch of paint and wax.

Blue Fern Products Used:
Pattern Paper- Remnants Collection
Callaway
Mini Remnants
Westfield -is the Base

Chipboard
Heart Flourish
Tattered Diamond Bits
Printed Chipboard- Remnants Collection

Flowers
Apricot Blooms
Garden Blooms

Chesterfield Blooms

Wanderlust Lilies

Seedling
Fir Tree

Glitter
White Gold
Pea Soup

Embossing Powder
Taupe
Night Sky

For my next layout I really wanted to play with the Happy Accident Collection, I love soft colors in this collection plus I had the perfect picture...

Lots of lovey flowers, splatters and sparkles...

Here you can see the Mod Squares that I double Embossed using

BFS Ivory and Pearl Embossing Powders.

Now you can hop on over and see how I created this layout start to finish! over on the Blue Fern Youtube Channel, make sure that you subscribe while you are there!

Blue Fern Products Used:

Pattern Paper- Happy Accident Collection

Fortuity

Lucky

Fluke- Is the Base

Chipboard

Mod Squares

Winter Titles

Printed Chipboard- Happy Accident Collection

Flowers

Apricot Blooms

Garden Blooms

Chesterfield Blooms

Wanderlust Lilies

Remnants Florals

Seedling

Mauve

Sweet Pea

Glitter

White Gold

Blue Ice

Embossing Powder

Ivory

Pearl

Stamp
Tattered Newsprint

Thank you so much for stopping by today!

I hope that I have inspired you in some way, but if you are looking for more inspiration make sure you stop by and join the Blue Fern Fanatics Face Book Group!

See you next month.

~Lanette

Monday, November 27, 2017

November inspiration by Pascale

Hello Sweeties

Today I'm up on Blue Fern Studios blog with three new projects.The first one is a layout featuring both Vintage Christmas collections.

I primed the background with clear gesso. Next, I stamped randomly with the Jingle Bells and the Christmas Collage stamps. When done, I added a design with a stencil and Platinum crackle paste. I let dry naturally.

In the meantime, I primed all the chipboards with white gesso. I embossed the snowflakes with the Icicle embossing powder.

I painted all the leaves with a green watercolor, then I sprinkled them with the Fern and the Clover embossing powders to add some texture.

I cut a few pieces of paper to add under the photo as well as a piece of lace.

The crackle paste dry, I added some green to the background before gluing all the embellishments with a 3D gel.

To finish the layout I added some seedlings.

Blue Fern Studios products:

Vintage Christmas 2 Let it Snow	Vintage Christmas 2 Twas the Night	Vintage Christmas Magical	Vintage Christmas Greeting Cards
Homespun Blooms	Apricot Blooms	Jingle Bells	Christmas Collage
Shabby Flakes	Rose Leaves	Fern Leaves	Lace 8"

Clover

Fern

Icicle

Flaming

Fir Tree

Sterling Silver

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My second project featured also the Vintage Christmas collection. I worked with white and gold colors to remind those of the Christmas tree.

First I primed the background with clear gesso. When dry, I added an embossed design made with the Jingle Bells stamp and the Honey embossing powder. Next, I added another design with a stencil and Platinum crackle paste.

While the crackle paste was drying, I primed the Rose leaves, the Fern leaves, and the Snowflakes with white gesso as well as the flowers. I covered the Swirl Ornaments with Gold crackle paste.

I splattered the background with acrylic paints: one gold, the other white pearl. I used those same paints to color the Snowflakes and the Amber Blooms.

I covered the Rose and the Fern leaves with Platinum Crackle paste and let them dry naturally.

I cut a few papers to add under the photo and I glued all the embellishments with a 3D gel.

To finish the layout I added seedlings and glitter.

Blue Fern Studios products:

Vintage Christmas Noel	Vintage Christmas 2 Holiday Treats	Vintage Christmas 2 Holiday Cards	Autumn Anthology Cottage
Rose Leaves	Fern Leaves	Shabby Flakes	Winter Flakes
Swirl Ornaments	Apricot Blooms	Happy Roses	Jingle Bells

Honey

Glass

Sterling Silver

Silver Prism

White Gold

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Here is my last November project: I made three simple Xmas cards with lace, paper and embossing powder.

The three cards are made on the same model.

I cut a triangle in the Homemade paper from the Homespun collection to make the Xmas tree.

I covered the triangles with laces.

I used some left over from the Quatrefoil panel and from the Quilted Page panel to represent the Christmas Tree balls. I embossed them with the Ginger and the 14 Karat powder.