'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 

Two Layouts and a Card with Rae

Hello! It's Rae with you today and I'm sharing some projects I made with the Montage and Ombre Dreams paper lines.

"Twinkle" Layout

For this layout I used the Montage paper collection.  It's based on our November sketch. Check out the sketch challenge HERE. There's still time to play along!

Here's a closeup of the Quatrefoil Panel piece that I cut to size. I used pink, white, and gold embossing powders to get this effect.

Here's a closeup of the title that I used from the Winter Titles set. I kept this treatment simple by using gold embossing powder. 

In this close up, you can see the piece of the Heart Border that I cut and painted with a whitewash.

I also cut up the Organic Vine Corner. I painted it with a dimensional green paint, and sprinkled it with green embossing powders and heated it up until the paint was bubbly.

"Follow Your Dreams..." Card

I really wanted to fit this card in a standard envelope, so I made it as flat as I could! I used some of my scraps from the Montage line. 

Here's a closeup that shows the treatment of the Mixed Chains and part of a Ginger's Poppies piece. I used grey and black ink pads directly on the chipboard without priming it.

Mommy's Boy

I used papers from the Ombre Dreams and the Montage lines. 

In this closeup, you can see the Corner Flourish. I also used a Mini Flourish on the other side of my flower cluster. I scraped these pieces with a black archival ink pad that desperately needs to be reinked, but it worked for this layout. :)

For the Mommy's Boy title piece, I used a turquoise embossing powder, then used that same archival ink pad to give it a worn look.

For the Romantic Page Dangle, I used grey chalk ink, then some black distressed embossing powder in random places. I also touched it with some blue chalk ink to soften the look of it. 

Thanks for stopping by to check out my projects today! Check back often- our team is always posting amazing creations!

Rae

2 Layouts and a Gatefold album by Lisa Gregory

Hi There, Lisa here, welcoming you to November! That  means 3 more designs from me to inspire you.

For this first layout, I was in a purple kind of mood. I used Ombre Dreams paper in  Joyces Dream. I loved the purple and blue tones in the paper. I did a little masking with molding paste and chose sprays to enhance the colors. I mounted the paper on a piece of corrugated cardboard and did some distressing  around the edges.

Surrounding the photo I used Tattered Diamond Bits chipboard that were sprayed with spray in 2 colors. I also took apart the Organic Vine chipboard and used it in 2 places on the layout.

I took 1 piece from the Gingers Poppies Set and used embossing powder on it. Then I sprayed it with spray for added color and shimmer.

 I tucked some of the Tattered Diamond Bits in between the paper and cardboard in my peekaboo spots around the edges.

For my next layout I wanted to go for the golden theme of Autumn. I used the Montage Collection in Invitation.

I heat embossed gold embossing powder on the Royal Monarchs butterfly. Then I used some German Gold Glass glitter on spots of the wings. Once it was set. I glued on some rhinestones in different colors. It looks like jeweled brooch. This brooch was my inspiration. I didn't want to distract from the beautiful intricate details of the Monarch butterfly, so I only added a few rhinestones.

 I treated the Treasured Floral Frame  the same as in the butterfly.

I heat embossed the Blessings chipboard from the Spiritually Speaking set. 

This next project is a 6x6  Gate Fold album. I found I could use the word cutouts on the inside along with some room for journaling, or photos, or both!

I used the Blue Fern Garden paper collection in Boudoir for the front, back and inside covers.

The inside tiers were made from a variety of tags, small pictures and wording  from Ombre Dreams and Montage.

 I created 3 tiers to the Gate Fold album. There is plenty of room to add pictures and journaling.

 The backs of each section would be perfect to place small photos.

I added a small clasp closure to keep the album closed. The Spring Frame was heat embossed using  embossing powder. There is a gold undertone that simply shimmers in the powders and the coverage on chip board is amazing!

Thank You for joining me today for my November Blog post. I hope you visit us often as the Design Team always has gorgeous inspiration for you. Don't forget our Sketch Challenge as well as the arrival of the new Blue Fern Studios paper collection "Sanctuary"!! We are very excited!!

 xoxo

My October Inspiration - by Keren Tamir

Keren here and I really can't believe its October already. The end of the year is just around the corner and I can't believe it will be soon 2015. It feels like it was just yesterday when the millennium started and now we are well into it!!

With our world the way it is nowadays, I felt I needed to create a piece of art that sends some love and peace energy to the world. I painted this "Free Spirit" Peace girl on a A4 water-colour paper pad and used watercolors and Blue Fern Studios Chipboard to bring her to life.

Peace

The Blue Fern Studios Ginger's Poppies were embossed in both Gold and Copper embossing powders. I cut them up into separate pieces to embellish the girl's hair.

The word peace, from the good vibes chipboard set, was simply painted in gold acrylic paint.

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Sweet Treasures

For my second project this month I created a layout using the Montage Collection and some bits and pieces from the Blue Fern Garden Collection.

I framed the photo in one of the graduated squares after adding lots of layers. The background is from the Montage collection- Calling Cards paper.

I also used the word Sweet from the Arrow word set and the wild flourish bundle.

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

Have a wonderful day!

Keren

Montage cards by Evgenia Petzer

Hello dear friends! Its Evgenia Petzer with you today with 3 cards that all are made using gorgeous new Monatge collection that i just got! Its SO gorgeous! My absolute favourite and must have for all 2014 releases. Seriously, its just G.O.R.G.E.O.U.S.

You will see lots of fussy cutting and layering and my favourite soft pastel colors and of course lots of Blue Fern Studios chipboard.
On the first 2 cards I used quite big chipboards so you can also see that they are good not only for the LOs, but for the cards as well...

 Blue Fern Studios chipboards used: Ginger's Poppies

another angle:

My second card, very easy to make, but with these gorgeous papers and chipboards you don't need a lot of othe embellishments...

  Blue Fern Studios chipboards used: Rose Bouquet

and my last one for today...

 Blue Fern Studios chipboards used: Roman Clock Set- Small, Bits of Honey

The clock is embossed with Zing powder and other chipboard on all the cards is colored with inklingz by Shimmerz.

Have  a great day, Evgenia.

3 Layouts

Hello its Olga here!


My first work for today is soft Layout with picture of my friend. I use violet Ombre Dreams papers Joyce's and Charlotte's dream  to make layered background. As part of my construction in background I use parts of chickenwire panel, Under composition I put one of Frilly hearts and saying adore from Adore , Love Cherish set

This work is also with photo of my Friend. This time I use pink shades of Ombre Dreams papers I use Shanon's and Leslie Dream and little bit of Julianna's dream in base composition. I added some gauze and Ornate Frame . As title I use chunky words and add one of Ginger poppies under main composition

 

 

 

 

This work is lift of my last work with tutorial for BFS . I used different colors and elements. I made it wit picture of my son, some direction arrows, arrow Words and seeing Stars for my mom ( she really liked first one ) Base where scraps of green BFS Ombre Dreams papers