August projects & Video tutorial by Marilyn

Hi everyone!!  Marilyn  here with you today  to share two projects and a video tutorial using the beautiful Frolic collection.

DREAM

I recently traveled to Colombia to give workshops in a scrapbooking event in this country.  It was a wonderful experience and I want to make an album with all these lovely memories from the different places that I've been visited and here's my first page with a lovely memory with three new friends..I'm with the other two  teachers and the owner of the event.
I selected the Graduated Squares chipboards to create the design in my page.   You will see all the work process of this page in my video tutorial that I hope you  find some inspiration! :)

My title the word "Dream" that I applied stickels  but I can't captured the "frost"effect with the camera.

I love the Bird Ornaments and I applied stickles, too.

Blue Fern Studios Products Used:
Frolic collection: Amoroso paper
Chipboards:
Graduated Squares
Bird Ornaments
Dream- word

and the video tutorial...Enjoy it!!! :)

 LIFETIME

For my second project I worked a page  without lot of layers just more simple like I want my life lately, it is a photo that hubby took me a week ago while I was celebrating my birthday and although isn't a perfect photo I wanted to document. I'm celebrating and enjoying everything lately, a new day, the new opportunities, the little things in life...
I selected the calling cards papers...I just love it!!! and to complete my design I chose the beautiful Royal Monarch chipboards.

My title is from the Chunky words chipboard...the lifetime word that I gave a coat of gesso then I applied two colors of embossing powder in rose and white and I did the same technique to the butterflies, too.

I embossed  with the Journey stamp around my photo  .

Blue Fern Products Used:
Frolic collection: Calling Cards
Chipboards:
Royal Monarch
Chunky Words


Thanks for stopping by...Until next time!!
Have a great day!!xx

Marilyn Rivera

Layouts with Déja Vu collection by Keren Tamir

I'm excited to showcase my projects today at the Blue Fern Studios Blog. 

I've used the Deja Vu collection for both these layouts.

Both layouts were created on the same background but with two different colour schemes which shows the paper's versatility.

"Sweetheart"

Although its spring, my first project is snow filled with earthy colours.

I framed my daughter's picture in the Winter flake frame which I personally designed for Blue Fern Studios. I covered it randomly with cream coloured embossing powder and then inked it in brown.

The background was stamped with the Deja Vu Stamps, the vintage edges stamp and the journey stamp. All were inked with brown distress ink.

Finally I used the Sweetheart word from the Lovebirds set.

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"Perfect photo op"

Thie second layout was also stamped in the background with a new BFS stamp. I used the widgets stamp to create the texture in the background.

This is an old picture of my son. He must be 3 years old here. I framed it in one of the vintage labels chipboard pieces which I coloured in green distress ink. I also used the seaweed chipboard to add as an embellishment. 

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

Have a wonderful day!!

Keren

Two Layouts & A Canvas Creation by Kim Price

Hello everyone. My name is Kim Price and I live with my husband and two grown up daughters on the Central Coast of New South Wales, Australia - which is about an hours drive north of Sydney.

I've always had an interest in the arts, but I began my scrapbook journey around 12 years ago when I accidentally stumbled upon a scrapbooking shop and I was completely drawn in. I love to combine art mediums into my projects and I'm probably mostly known for my customised backgrounds and mixed media style. I'm really excited to be joining Blue Fern Studios in 2015!

Today I wanted to share a few of the projects I've been working on featuring lots of chipboard and stunning patterned paper collections. I've created two 12"x12" scrapbook layouts, one is based on this month's Sketch Challenge and a sweet little baby themed canvas.

My first layout is based on the January sketch challenge. I've used Blue Fern Studios Montage Now & Then patterned paper, fussy cutting some of the images from the paper layering them together with torn strips of paper from the leftover as shown in the photograph below. 

I've used "Crossing The Lines" chipboard element behind my photograph for a lattice effect, adding my title "adorable" from the "Good Vibes" pack and finishing the whole thing off with a sweet little flying bird shape from "Little Birds"

Paper - Blue Fern Studios Montage collection Now & Then 

Blue Fern Studios Chipboard - Crossing The Lines, Little Birds Set, Good Vibes

My second project is another 12"x12" layout - this time featuring the brand new collection, Sanctuary for a completely different look and style.

For my second layout I've kept embellishments to a minimum to really make the new Sanctuary papers shine. I've hand painted some plain cardstock using shades of beige and soft aqua then torn a sheet of Meadows Of Time patterned paper across the bottom edge and laid it over my cardstock. 

I've taken a second sheet of Meadows Of Time paper and trimmed all of the flower elements along with the bird image, arranging the flowers between the papers as show above for a layered look.

The "Twiggy Branch" chipboard was first given a coat of gesso, allowed to dry then I've painted it with a layer or two of watercolor, adhering tiny flowers and leaves along the branches.

I've painted the Small Garden Daisy chipboard element and the "All Natural" title in an antique white acrylic paint - tucking the flower stem behind the bird element and layering my title on top.

Papers: Blue Fern Studios Sanctuary collection Meadows Of Time
Blue Fern Studios chipboard: Twiggy Branch, All Natural Set, Small Garden Daisy

And my final project for today is a small canvas with a baby theme featuring a photograph of one of my precious angels when she was just newborn.

I first added some color and texture to my canvas background, allowed it to dry then layered elements from Montage Calling Cards patterned paper, including the sweet little fussy cut cherub image and tiny butterfly.

I've then added color to one of the Romantic Page Dangles, trimming into three pieces and layering two of the smaller pieces across the top of the canvas and placing the larger heart shape dangle along the right side tucked beneath my photograph. My Perfect title from the "Chunky Words" pack was again simply painted with acrylic paint in a shade of aqua to coordinate the design.

Papers: Blue Fern Studios Montage collection Calling Cards
Blue Fern Studios chipboard: Romantic Page Dangles, Chunky Words



Thanks for dropping in today, I hope you've enjoyed my projects and I look forward to sharing more soon. 

-Kim

Creations with {Patter}

Hello everyone. Patter here today to share my December creations with you. I have two layouts and a card to share with you today. Let's get started.

Trust
This layout is one I did for my chosen word for 2105. My word for next year is 'trust'. I used the Blue Fern Studios Montage collection for this 8 1/2 x 11 page.

The Chicken Wire Panel chipboard piece I covered in texture paste followed by some colored mist. I also only used a portion of this chipboard piece. It comes as a 12x12 piece but is wonderful to cut down to any size you need.

Papers: Blue Fern Studios Montage Invitation and Bouquet 

Blue Fern Studios chipboard: Chicken Wire Panel 

Joy
For the background of this card, I embossed and then sanded the Sanctuary Conservatory paper.

For the sentiment, I used the Chunky Words chipboard and covered it in texture paste.

Papers: Blue Fern Studios Sanctuary Conservatory

Blue Fern Studios chipboard: Chunky Words 

Smile

If you remember some of my previous layouts, this is the precious baby boy I have been scrapping. Well, that precious boy is now almost one. I cannot believe it! I wanted to give the family more scrapbook pages for their album, so this is the 8 1/2 x 11 page I created for them. I used the newest Blue Fern Studios December sketch, and I also used the newest BFS papers called Sanctuary.

To color the Poppies Collage chipboard, I covered the chipboard in a thick layer of gesso then embossed with various embossing powder colors.

Papers: Blue Fern Studios Sanctuary Botanical Garden 

Blue Fern Studios chipboard: Poppies Collage 

To join us in the sketch challenge fun and to be eligible for a prize, please see this post here. Thanks for stopping by today! Blessings,

'Sanctuary' Inspiration by Lisa Griffith

Hello Blue Fern Studios friends....

I am a little later than usual this month due to some technical difficulties on my part...

But I actually felt very lucky to have a few more days as it gave me a bit more time to play

with the new collection 'Sanctuary', that I am so IN LOVE with....

'perfect'

I started with the beautiful paper 'Conservatory' and then I layered a lot of pieces of Blue Fern Studios papers including the 'Calling Cards' from the Sanctuary collection and some pieces from the Blue Fern Garden collection in the background and created lots of texture with gesso, paints, stamping and gold micro beads.

For my title I embossed a piece from the 'Chunky Word Set' set in copper to match my copper colored paints.

I also used pieces of the 'Shabby Brick Bits' which I painted in white and then covered in different paints in gold and copper colors. You can also see a piece of 'Ginger's Poppies' tucked under my photo.

'girl in bonnet'

For my second project I started with the paper 'Bountiful' also from the Sanctuary collection. I only recently tried to do a layout with a dark background and I love how it turned out, using a dark background paper looks so dramatic and makes your photos and embellishments really stand out.

I layered some gesso using several masks, some blue and pink paint and pieces of washi tape to create my background and then added some bits of lace, flowers, and tucked in a piece of 'Blue Fern Frame' that I painted white and blue. You can also see small pieces of the paper 'Mercantile' from the Montage paper collection.

'magical'

For my final layout I started with the paper 'Meadows of Time' from the new Sanctuary collection. 

I just love the blue and brown vintage patterns here, so gorgeous and totally inspiring to me. I knew I wanted to make a wintery looking page so I started by adding gesso with a sea sponge for a very uneven look and then I added some mists in blue and brown.

I tucked in a few pieces of Blue Fern Garden paper, and then added some pieces of the 'Shabby Flakes' and a piece of 'Winter Titles' which I painted white and then sprinkled with white glitter.

I hope I have inspired you a little today :)

See you next time...

Lisa 

2layouts by Yuko

Hello!everyone!　

It's Yuko.

A town is already a sign of Christmas... I need to use the photograph of autumn early! 

It is a photograph when it is in a cosmos field. 

It was very beautiful. 

【happy】

"Montage" is an elegant atmosphere, but

I try to fun atmosphere.

Chip board of bricks is not a body, I used the one that was pulled.

I wound a pearl around the big circle.

 <Blue Fern Studios Products>

Paper:Montage FAIRYLAND/MERCANTILE/CALLING CARDS

Chipboard:shabby Brick Bits/Chunky Words/Mini Ring Things

【love】

I like hues of this paper very much!

Use light modeling paste in the background.

And coloring, are stamped.

My favorite technique.

 <Blue Fern Studios Products>

Paper:Montage Bouquet/Invitation
Chipboard:Good Vibes

Thank you♡