Memoires with Jelissa

Hello friends! 

Today is my turn on the Blue Fern blog and I'm excited to be showing you a couple of projects I've created with the beautiful new collection by Michele!

This collection had me digging up old photos from the attic. My first layout is one of my folks when they were on their honeymoon.

Keeping the background really toned down because of the details in the paper that I wanted to show.

Close-ups:

Mesh bits chipboard which I had altered with Clover and Grassy Knoll embossing powders.I also fussy cut an element from Calling Cards which made a lovely addition to this floral cluster.

Another cluster with the other half of the Mesh Bits chipboard, layered over another fussy cut from Calling Cards and a bit of the Cuckoo Clock chipboard.

The Cuckoo Clock chipboard which I painted with copper metallic paint and added a couple of shiny bits on.

My title piece which I altered with Copper, 14 Karat and Antique Gold EP.

Blue Fern Studios products used:
paper: Memoires - Chronicles, Nature's Novel, Songbird Drama, Calling Cards

chipboard: Cuckoo Clock, Mesh Bits, Everlasting Love

embossing powder: 14 Karat, Antique Gold, Copper, Clover, Grassy Knoll

stamp: crackled textures

My second project is a video tutorial which I had created with also papers from the Memoires collection. This features a photo of my dad and me on a holiday trip.

A fair bit more details in the background as the paper was suitable for some playing around with. I also deliberately chose the Daisy Collage chipboard to match the paper because of the brick motif.

The clock piece from Cuckoo Clock chipboard, of which the main clock was used in the first layout. I also used Late Winter Lilies throughout the layout because they added so much softness to the page.

Sparkly antique feel created for the Ever After Frame.

Daisy Collage tucked between the paper layers.

More of the Daiy Collage.

You can view the creative process in this video:



Blue Fern Studios products used:

paper: Memoires - Tale of Treasures, Nature's Novel, Autumn Biography
chipboard: Cuckoo Clock, Daisy Collage, Ever After Frame set

EP: Copper

Glitter: Dijon, Autumn, Burnt Copper, Fool's Gold

flowers: Late Winter Lilies

My layouts for May by Marie-Eve Bernard

Hello,

I'm here today to present you my 3 layout for May!  I had fun playing with the brand new Tranquility Collection.   I love it!  One of my Blue Fern Studios all time favorite!

Memories Captured:

On this layout, you can see my oldest daughter Delphine.  The picture was taken last year in Monaco.  We had the chance to spend two weak in southern France.  What a beautiful family vacation! The French Riviera is  simply stunning!

To create my layout, i use the Calm paper from the Tranquility  collection. I love the flowers on the side! I use two sheets of this paper: one for my base and the other to put under my picture.

On my background, I use three différents stamp set:  Wallflower, Serendipity medley and Garden Frolic.  To embellish my layout, i add some Blue Fern Studios flowers from the Tranquility collection and from the courtship lane collection. Just add some navy blue ones from my stash.

For the frames ( Ever after frame set) , I first emboss them with Imagine Ink In the navy embossing powder.   Then, I add a touch of the Imagine Ink  Seven seas embossing powder.  Finally, i reheat the powder and i sprinkle some Imagine Ink Nutmeg  embossing powder.

For my title (Captured words), i coat my chipboard with white heavy gesso.  Once the gesso dry, I apply the same watercolours that I use for my background.  Finally, I distress it with with heavy gesso.  

List of Blue Fern Studios supplies:

Papers:

Tranquility Collection, Calm 

Chipboards:

Ever After Frame set

Captured Words

Stamps:

Wallflowers

Serendipity Medley

Garden frolic

Imagine Ink Embossing powders:

In the navy

Seven seas

Nutmeg

Flowers:

Courtship blooms

Tranquil blooms

Tranquil roses and lilies

Formidable:

For this second layout, that was the flowers that inspired me!  I just love the pink and orange one together.  I had the perfect photo to pair these: Delphine in the pumpkins fields. Again, I play with the Tranquility collection.  It's fun that we can achieve to completely different feeling with the same collection!

I begging with the Hushes paper from the Tranquility collection.  On my bcacgroung, I stamped with the wallflowers stamp and emboss it with the Imagine Ink fuchsia embossing powder.  Then I use the Serendipity stamp and the Imagine ink tangerine embossing powder.

Underneath my picture, I use the Dangle border.  I prep it with gesso and use the same sprays ink that i use for my background. The title came from the Frech Adjective 2 set.  The font is just amazing!  Love this set.

Those flowers are just gorgeous! I mixted the too Tranquil flowers set.

List of Blue Fern Studios supplies:

Papers:

Tranquility collection, Hushed

Chipboards:

Dangle border

French Adjectives 2

Stamps:

Wallflowers

Serendipity Medley

Imagine Ink Embossing powders:

Fuchsia

Tangerine

Flowers:

Courtship roses

Tranquil blooms

Tranquil roses and lilies

Cute:

I use the Courtship Lane collection for my last layout. This time it is a picture of my little Mathilde at the beach!

I mix the beautiful Courtship roses with the Ginger's poppies Chipboard ans some patterned papers flowers.  I cover the chipboard with White gesso and sprinkle some Peal Imagine Ink embossing powder while the gesso is still wet. Then, I heat set it. 

I use the same technique to alter my cute chipboard piece.

On my background, I stamp (embossing ink) with the Weathered doilies stamp set and emboss it with the Imagine Ink Embossing powder in Mystic plum.

List of Blue Fern Studios supplies:

Papers:

Courtship Lane Collection, Town Gossip

Courtship Lane Collection, Bourbon Avenue

Chipboards:

Cute, Sweet, Sassy

Ginger's poppies

Stamps:

Weathered Doilies

Imagine Ink Embossing powders:

Mystic Plum

Pearl

Flowers:

Courtship roses

Thank you and see you next month! 

Marie-Eve Bernard

February Projects by Cathi O'Neill

Got a whole lotta love, for these three! For the Blue Fern February Sketch I have made a layout featuring my husband and two girls. If you peek between their heads you can see the Shannon River and the Clare hills in the background, I just love where we live!  This layout features the Blue Fern Studios Blush Collection, Devoted and Calling Card papers.

And here is the gorgeous sketch we used:

I used a lot of layers for my layout, all from the gorgeous Calling Cards paper. I tucked in some Tattered Diamond Bits covering them with the Imagine Ink Oatmeal Embossing Powder and used the Heart Set which I embossed with Imagine Ink Cotton Candy Embossing Powder.

I've used a lot of gorgeous flowers from my stash and added a twine bow. You can see the Postal Textures stamp I used  in the background along with some masking and splashes.

Blue Fern Studios Supplies:

Paper:

Blue Fern Studios Blush Collection~Devoted

Blue Fern Studios Blush Collection~Calling Cards

Chipboard:

Heart Set

Tattered Diamond Bits

Imagine Ink Embossing Powder:

Cotton Candy

Oatmeal

Stamps:

Postal Textures

My next project is a set of canvases, again using the gorgeous Blush Collecition. this time the Celebration and Enamoured papers and lots of gorgeous Blue Fern Studios chipboard.

I really wanted to try a folk art angel in the style of Kelly Rae Roberts, so my canvas on the left is my version of it!!The skin, bodice and skirt are all made from Blush papers and I used a ton of stamps on these!  

In this close-up you can see the gorgeous Essential Textures Netting stamp.I wanted something inspirational for my angel so I printed out onto some of the Blush sheets, "She thought she could. So she did."  For some extra depth of color I added gelato pigments to the edges of the skirts and the canvas.

For my angel's wings I used the flying wheel stamp from the Widgets stamp set and fussy cut them out!  The angel got her necklace from the Beads and Charms set.  I used the gorgeous Grassy Knoll Imagine Ink Embossing Powder to do some background masking and also on one of the Ornate Medallions. I also used more of the Ornate Medallions cut in half for part of her dress and as decoration on the canvas, these were covered with Cotton Candy Imagine Ink Embossing Powder.

I love my second canvas as well. It is a simpler design but I used the same papers and colors to tie the two together. Here you can see that I colored in the Follow Your Bliss chipboard with the same gelato colors I used on the angel canvas. I love the way I was able to layer the frame, butterlies and title.

For the Royal Monarch butterfly I used Cotton Candy Imagine Ink Embossing Powder. You can see around the edge here that I used more gelatos, the Essential Textures and the Needlework stamps.

At the base of my design I used the beautiful Ever After Frame and embossed it with Grassy Knoll Imagine Ink Embossing Powder.

Blue Fern Studios Supplies:

Paper:

Blue Fern Studios Blush Collection~Fondness

Blue Fern Studios Blush Collection~Celebration

Chipboard:

Follow Your Bliss

Royal Monarchs

Symphony Border

Ornate Medallion

Ever After Frame 

Imagine Ink Embossing Powder:

Cotton Candy

Grassy Knoll

Stamps:

Beads and Charms

Widget

Essential Textures

Needlework

My final project uses our newest paper line Serendipity! I just fell in love with this at first sight, so beautiful and vintage grungy! For my base I used the beautiful Serendipity Contemplation paper.

I have done my favorite thing to do with Blue Fern papers and used the Calling Cards cut apart page to layer behind my vintage image photo. I used the strip from the bottom of the paper as part of the design as well!

Here you can see where I have used one of the Graduated Circles frames to frame my image. I covered the frame in some gorgeous Claret Imagine Ink Glitter!  I made the frame a little more grungy by adding some gesso on top of the glitter .  You can just about see the chipboard flower in the frame. It is from the All Natural set and the stem is embossed with Imagine Ink Sage Embossing Powder while the flower has gorgeous Dusty Rose.Imagine Ink Glitter

Here you can see the flowers and nest I used from my stash. Tucked in with the flowers you can see another piece from the All Natural set, the little leaves which I have embossed with the Imagine Ink Sage Embossing Powder..

To finish off my layout with a title I chose Natural Beauty from the All Natural set, again embossed in Imagine Ink Sage Embossing Powder. As a final touch I added some splashes in pink and some stamping using the netting from the Essential Textures stamp set and the diamond pattern from the Forever stamp set..  Isn't this paper line just gorgeous? Thank you so much for stopping by and visiting!

Blue Fern Studios Supplies:

Paper:

Blue Fern Studios Serendipity Collection~Calling Cards

Blue Fern Studios Serendipity Collection~Contemplation

Chipboard:

Graduated Circles

All Natural Set

Imagine Ink Glitter:

Claret

Dusty Rose

Imagine Ink Embossing Powder:

Sage

Stamps:

Essential Textures

Needlework

My first projects for Blue Fern Studios: Marie-Eve Bernard

Hello,

I'm so happy to present you my first three projects for Blue Fern Studios!  I'm so proud of being choose to be part of this great talented team.  I really hop to inspire you all year long.

My name is Marie-Eve Bernard.  I live in the beautiful Quebec City, Canada, with my family.  I'm the mother of two girls, Delphine and Mathilde, and pregnant of the third one (It's for July).  My husband, Laurent, will be surrounded by pink and princesses!  My family is my source of inspiration.  I'm a scrapbooker since more then 10 years now.  My style changed a lot over the past years.  I'm now passionate by mixed media.  I can't do a layout without getting my fingers dirty.  One thing that do not change over the years: my love of gorgeous papers, chipboards and flowers. So, I'm in heaven here with Blue Fern Studios products.

You can follow me there:

My blog:  www.lescreationsdemarieve.blogspot.ca

My Facebook page:  https://www.facebook.com/lescreationsdemarieve/

First Layout: Laughter

My first layout is made with the gorgeous Déjà Vu collection. I love the soft look of this collection.

On this flourish piece, I completely recovered it with the Iris Embossing Powder.  After, I emboss it a second time entirely with the Pearl Embossing Powder.  Finally, I add a little touch of Icicle Embossing powder.

The frame is simply embossed with the Icicle Embossing Powder.  For my title piece, I cover it with heavy Gesso and create texture with a stiff brush, just like stucco.  When the gesso is dry, I used a spray ink to color it.

Blue Fern Studios Products used:

Papers

- Déjà Vu Lustre (background paper)

- Déjà Vu Luminaries

Chipboards

- Laughter, Happy, Smile

- Blooming Flourish

- Ever After Frame Set

Imagine Ink Embossing Powder

- Pearl

- Iris

- Icicle

Stamps set:

-  Texture Circle

Second Layout:  Sweetheart

My second layout is ma with the brand new collection Blush!  This collection is simply gorgeous, girly and romantique.  It is completely my style and fall in love with it immediately.

On my background work, you can see that I use two Blue Fern Studios Stamp set (listed bellow).  On my Berry stems, I used Garnet Embossing Powder first and a little touch of the Otmeal one. My title is cut from the Valentine Cards paper. I use a tool to distress it on the edges.

Blue Fern Studios Products used:

Papers

- Blush Fondness  (background paper)

- Blush Valentine Cards

- Blush Celebration

Chipboards

- Berry Stems

Imagine Ink Embossing Powder

- Oatmeal

- Garnet

Stamps set:

-  Brocade Texture

- Vintage Edges

Third Layout:  Fairytale

My third layout is  made with the new Timeless Collection.  Such a wonderful collection too!  I was perfect for a picture of me in front of the Château de Chambord in France.  

I covered my frame with the Garnet Embossing Powder and ad touch of Mistic Plum.  I cut the corner flourish in two to have one on each side of my photo.  I use Mystic Plum Embossing Powder on the flourish pieces. For my title, I use the same technique from the first layout, but i apply two colours of spray ink.

Blue Fern Studios Products used:

Papers

- Timeless Maçonnerie (background paper)

- Timeless Freedom

Chipboards

- Story, Fairytale, Magic

- Corner Flourishes

- Ever After Frame Set

Imagine Ink Embossing Powder

- Garnet

- Mystic Plum

Stamps set:

- Texture Circles

- Vintage Edges

I hop you enjoy.
Thank you for passing by and see you next month!

Marie-Eve

March Sketch Challenge

Really? Could it be March already?  Well, that's what the calendar says so that means our sketch designer, Michele Singh, has a brand new sketch for you! 

 I love the beautiful chipboard frame (Keepsake Frame) on this month's sketch, but as you will see below, you don't HAVE to use a frame on your layout.  Our Creative Team interpreted the sketch in several different ways.  

Keren Tamir used a frame from our Ever After Frame Set

Zaneta Glowa used layers of beautiful Love Story paper under her photo, instead of using a frame. 

Yuko Tanaka rotated the sketch and used our Boston Lattice chipboard piece behind her photos.

Melinda Thompson used paper from the Sanctuary collection for her layout and she also chose to layer paper under her photo.

 The 4-piece Memory Frames Set is very popular and is what Karita Vainio used for her sketch layout.

We have many chipboard pieces that can used as a frame.  Kim Price framed her photo with the Roman Clock and added some Blue Fern flourishes. 

Marie-Josee Hamel's background paper is from Ombre Dreams.
Instead of a frame, she let patterned paper in a contrasting color, frame her photo.  

Blue Fern title

Mini Ring Things chipboard set

What's next? 

One lucky winner, selected by a random draw, will receive a prize package of Blue Fern Studios chipboard!

In addition, we will also select 3 (or more) layouts to feature.

We have just a few simple rules to follow if you would like to participate in our sketch challenge:

1.) Feel free to interpret the sketch as you please by means of taking it as-is or 

flipping/turning/mirroring it to suit your needs! 

2). Please note that you can do whatever type of project you please - a layout, card, 

  canvas, altered item- whatever suits your mood and style! 

We would love to see the different ways our sketch can be used.

3.) You must use at least one piece of Blue Fern Studios chipboard OR use Blue Fern Studios paper on your project. Please note that you do not need to use the pieces featured in the sketch

- use whatever suits your fancy! You can find the store nearest you HERE.
 {Do not use any other brand of chipboard on your project please!}

4.) Upload your project using the Inlinkz tool below by midnight EST on March 31, 2015

We look forward to seeing how you use our sketch and Blue Fern products!

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