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

January Inspiration by France Ringuette

Good morning bloggers,

Today is an exciting day for me, as I am getting the opportunity to share with you my very first projects for Blue Fern Studios.

First, let me introduce myself.

My name is France, I am a french Canadian living in the Montreal area of Canada. I am blessed to have 2 young adult boys and a loving husband. You'll see thru my 2018 projects that my family and our passion for traveling are often the focus points of my projects. I also work in Marketing in the Medical device field. Crafting is my relaxation. I enjoy mainly making scrapbook pages, but you will also see me making cards, tag, art journals and mixed media canvases.

Here are the links to my social networks:

Blog: http://fringuetteart.blogspot.ca/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ringuetf/

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/Laringuette

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MyProcraftinationByFranceRinguette/

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

Please come say hi, it's always fun to meet new crafty friends.

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Sweet Dreams (Layout #1)

 The inspiration from this page started with this amazing paper in the Remnants collection called Devonshire. I fell in love with the printed flowers and birds on this particular page.

I started playing with my chipboards by adding seedlings to cover them, I have to say that I was very pleased with the results and love the dimension this brings to the layout. I used Meadow seedlings.

The title, oh what color to chose is always a challenge I find. I was intrigued by this new embossing powder called Night Sky, at first, I wasn't certain it would have a fit on a boy's page but at the end I enjoy the contrast that it has with the Meadow seedlings, so I opted for this color.

The center of the Remnants bloom flowers has a slight yellow highlight that I covered in white gesso, then glued a mix of mauve seedlings and red wine glitter. The results are amazing.

Around my picture I used night sky embossing powder with weathered doilies stamp set. On my chipboard circle flourish small frame, I used one of the new colors green ivory. 

Once my layout is done, then I added touches of red wine and icicle glitter to my flowers and some on the paper.

Blue Fern Products used:

Paper: Remnants Devonshire & Callaway (6x6)

Glitter: Red Wine & Icicle

Chipboard:

Floral Lattice Bits

Sweet Dreams

Circle Flourish small

Thistle Spray

Flowers:

Remnants Bloom & Florals

Wanderlust vine

Seedlings: Mauve and Meadow

Embossing Powder: Night Sky & Green Ivory

Stamps:

Weathered Doilies

Tattered Newsprint

Vintage Edges

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Remember this Day : Sintra Portugal (Layout #2)

If you enjoy traveling and you've never ben to Portugal, trust that this needs to be added to your bucket list. Sintra is a beautiful city that has amazing Unesco sites that are spectacular to visit. When I looked at the stunning paper from the REMNANTS collection, I knew it was perfect for this picture. This paper is Bloomsbury, I loved the old books look at the detailed printing of the flower and clock.
The title is part of the Remnants chipboard series and so perfect for a capturing any precious moment.

I wanted to add a bit more red to the page, so I chose to work with a stencil, light molding past and this amazing Garnet embossing powder. Once the embossing was done, I wanted to add more stamping to the background. I chose to use the Vintage Edges stamp set.

I love adding flowers to my projects, on this layout I added some from the Remnants Bloom and Floral Collections. I also cut out some flowers from the amazing lace 4 set.

For the chipboard, I inked the Shabby Brick bits. Once my layout was almost completed, I added the final touches with splatters of inks, white gesso and touches of Sterling Silver Seedlings.

Blue Fern Studio products used:

Paper:

Remnants Bloomsbury

Chipboard:

Remnants printed collection self adhesive

Shabby Brick Bits

Flowers: Remnants Bloom & Florals

Embossing Powder: Garnet

Seedling: Sterling Silver

Stamp: Vintage Edges

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Love (Layout #3)

 I just loved this picture of my niece with the new born son Ayden, I've been enjoying making many pages for her recently. I have to say that this one is simple but oh so happy about how it turned out.

The starting point was this amazing paper from the Happy Accident collection called Incident. I love textured backgrounds and this one does the work for you, so rich in details, I opted not to alter it and just build layers.

I selected to emboss the Chicken Wire Panel with Blue Sky embossing powder. I did the same with the Love title chipie.

On my flowers, I opted to add some touches of white gesso and Blue Ice glitter.

Blue Fern Studio products used:

Paper:

Happy Accident- Incident

Chipboard:

Chickenwire Panel

Love title

Flowers: Remnants Bloom & Heartland Blossoms

Embossing Powder: Blue Sky

Glitter: Blue Ice

Well I hope you enjoyed my 3 pages for my first series with Blue Fern Studio, I wish you a very crafty 2018 !

France xxx

Our October Fan of the Month

October is here, and so is our new Blue Fern Fan of the Month, the wonderful Lisa Landry.  Her elegant style is perfect paired with Blue Fern products, which explains why she is such a fan.  So, let's get to know Lisa, and take a look at her first layout for us this month (and get to know one of her beautiful cats, too).

Hi!  My name is Lisa Landry (a.k.a. iluvcats261).  >^..^<

My husband and I live in Lake Charles, Louisiana where we were both born and raised. I have a wonderful daughter, an awesome son-in-law, and two sweet Grand Kitties that live not too far away in Houston, Texas.  Besides my husband an daughter, the loves of my life are my two magnificent Birman cats, Miss Gali and Lucy (mother and daughter), who have become popular in the scrapping community because they are my biggest inspirations.

My daughter introduced me to scrapbooking in 2010 and it’s the first craft I’ve ever been interested in.  Scrapping brings me peace, happiness, enjoyment and relaxation.  My creations are mostly romantic style with an added touch of shabby chic on occasion.  I especially love creating flower clusters, stenciling a pretty design and heat embossing chipboard!  The paper design and the photo I choose guide me through the creation process.

When I discovered Blue Fern Studios I fell in love with their high-quality products and have been one of their biggest fans for a very long time!   I’m extremely honored to be Blue Fern’s October Fan of the Month!  I hope that you enjoy my creations…..and as always, have a wonderful day!  Lisa : )

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For this layout, I used Blue Fern Studios Happy Accident paper collection that has 

light blue tones (because of Lucy's eyes) and beige and white (for Lucy's colors).  

The photo is adhered to cardboard for a little raised dimension. 

 BFS Doodle Corners chipboard reminds me of string!

I used them to frame Lucy's adorable photo.  

They are heat embossed in BFS Imagine Ink color Starry Night.  WOWOWOW!  

What a perfect match to Lucy's eye color!!

Cute black & white Baker's Twine was perfect to zig-zag around the layout edge 

since the layout is all about Lucy's beloved string. 

To the upper right of the photo, I heat embossed Blue Fern Studios brick stamp 

in the Essential Textures set with their Imagine Ink color Oatmeal.  

Blue Fern Studios Products used:

Happy Accident paper "Blessing" backside

Essential Textures Clear Stamp Set - bricks

Imagine Ink embossing powders - Oatmeal & Starry Night

Chipboard - Doodle Corners

I hope you enjoyed my first post!

I look forward to creating some new layouts with Blue Fern's gorgeous products!

See you the next few Wednesdays.  Have a great day, Lisa : )

September inspiration by Annie Samson

Hello Blue Fern Studios fans,

I am verry happy to share 3 layouts with you today  !

One with Happy Accident collection and two others with Amber and Apricot collection.

Born to be wild!

For my first layout, I have used the Quirk paper and Blessing pieces of paper 

of the Happy Accident collecction.

I added some green ink on my back ground.

Than I added texture with the Forever stamp set.

I have used Stormy sky embossing powder on my Turkish Bites chipboard and Avocado embossing powder on my Abstracted chipboard.

My title ''Born to be wild!'' has been altered with Breeze embossing powder. I really like to use different colors of embossing powder on the same layout !

To embellish my layout, I choose some beautifuls Blue Fern Studio flowers.

Here some closed up :

Here the liste of the Blue Fern Studios products used for this layout:

Papers:

Quirk - Happy Accident

Blessing - Happy Accident

Stamp set:

Forever

Embossing powder:

Stormy sky

Avocado

Breeze

Chipboard:

Turkish Bites 

Abstracted

Flowers:

Garden Florals

Honney

For this layout, I have useed Freindship paper from Amber and Apricot collection.

I wanted to create a layout where the flowers would be my focal point and for this matter, I did not use any mixed media on this layout except  white gesso splashs.

I choose to use one of the coordinated chipboard pieces as my title.

 I have also incorporate coordinated chipboard under my picture. 

I have use Coral embossing powder on my two pieces of chipboard the one under my clustering, Cricle Vine and the one on top of my picture Looped Frame.

Than I have add Blue Fern Studios flowers from differents collections.

Here some closed up of my layout:

Here the liste of the Blue Fern Studios products used for this layout:

Paper:

Freindship - Amber and Apricot

Chipboard:

Coordinated chipboard - Amber and Apricot

Circle Vine

Looped Frame

Embossing powder:

Coral

Flowers:

Apricot bloom

Happy litle moment

For my last September layout, I wanted to create a more dramatic and romantic layout.

I choose the Chapters paper from the Amber and Apricot collection.

I have use some cracle modeling past and different color of ink to create my background.

Than I have used paint to create a rust effect on my Shabby brick bites 

and Bordeau layered frame chipboards.

I have used some pieces from Lace 1 under my picture.

Than I add Blue Fern Studios flowers from the Wonderlust and Chesterville collection.

Here the liste of the Blue Fern Studios products used for this layout:

Paper:

Chapters - Amber and Apricot 

Chipboard:

 Shabby brick bites 

Bordeau layered frame

Lace:

Lace 1

Flowers:

Apricot Blooms

Chesterville Blooms

Happy roses

Wanderlust lilies

See you next month for more inspiration, Annie XX

Meet our September Blue Fern Fan of the Month!

We love the first week of each month because we get to introduce you to another Blue Fern Fan.  We are delighted to welcome the fabulous Phyllis Fernandez to Blue Fern Studios this month.  You are in for a real treat as she shares her stunning mixed-media style with us.  So, let's turn it over to Phyllis so you can get to know her a little more.  

Hello Crafty Friends,  my name is Phyllis Fernandez and I'm so honored to be Blue Fern Studios Fan of the month for September.  I love Blue Fern Studios paper and chipboard,  they're so Gorgeous and so fun to create with.  I won't lie......sometimes I don't even want to cut into the paper collections because they're soooo Gorgeous!  I finally had a chance to play with some of Blue Fern Studios Embossing Powders,  WOW I had no idea how awesome they are to create with!   

I have been crafting off and on for years but in 2005 I discovered card making and then I was introduced to Scrapbooking shortly there after.  I had no idea where this was going to take me but I was hooked!    I love creating Layouts,  mixed media canvases,  tags and on occasion I create cards.  

I hope you check back every Wednesday for my layouts I'll be creating using Blue Fern Studios.  

You can follow my blog for my latest projects:

http://scrapbookingbyphyllis.blogspot.com/

For this layout I used Blue Fern Studios paper:

-Chesterville George paper

-Happy Accident Windfall paper

-Happy Accident Quirk paper

-Happy Accident Fate paper

Blue Fern Studios Embossing Powders

-Rusted Roof

-Fern

-Breeze

-Chili Powder

-Coral

Blue Fern Studios Chipboard 

-And Fly

-Kevins Frame

-Memories

-Circle links

Blue Fern Studios Stamp

-Crackle 

Be sure to check back each Wednesday of this month when Phyllis will share another Blue Fern project with you!

August inspiration by Pascale B.

Hello Sweeties

Today I'm back on Blue Fern Studios blog.

The first layout I have to share with you a layout feature a photo montage I've created.I used the new collection Amber and Apricot.

First, I primed the background with clear gesso. Then I mixed some Autumn glitter with a 3D gloss gel to add a design with a stencil to the background. I want the design to be discreet.

I covered the Corner Flourish with a copper crackle paste. I primed the Fern leaves with gesso, then I painted them with different watercolors. While the watercolors were still wet I sprinkled them with several embossing powders: Lime, Avocado, Chili Powder and Hot Cocoa and I heat embossed them.

When the background was dried, I used the Honey Bits and the Departure stamps to add more texture with different Archival inks.

I cut a few papers to add under the photo. Then I glued all the embellishments: some Apricot and Chesterville Blooms, the Fern Leaves and the Corner Flourish. I added some color to the background.

To finish the layout I added some Twig and Paprika seedlings.

Blue Fern Studios products:

Amber & Apricot collection: Busy bees, Joyful and Tweet Melody
Chipboards: Corner Flourish, Fern Leaves
Flowers: Apricot Blooms, Chesterville Blooms
Stamps: Honey Bits, Departure
Glitter: Autumn
Embossing Powders: Chili Powder, Hot Cocoa, Avocado, Lime
Seedlings: Paprika, Twig

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Here is my second project. I used again the Amber & Apricot collection to lay out this photo of a sculpture from Edith Guillaume.

I primed the background with clear gesso. Then I added a design with a stencil and clear crackle paste. I let dry naturally.

I primed Krystal's border with white gesso. Then I embossed it with different embossing powders to match the color of the statue. 

When the background was dry, I added another design with the Departure stamp and the Pear embossing powder. Then I added some color with different watercolors.

I primed the Rose leaves with white gesso before painting them with different shades of green and brown watercolors.

I cut a few papers from the Amber & Apricot collection to add under the photo and I glued all the embellishments with a 3D gel.

To finished the layout I added some seedlings and glitter.

Blue Fern Studios products:

Amber & Apricot collection - Birdsong, Tweet Melody, Yesteryear
Chipboards - Krystal's Border, Rose Leaves
Flowers - Fresh Floral
Stamp - Departure
Embossing Powders - Chili Powder, Nutmeg, Auburn, Pearl
Glitter - Autumn
Seedlings - Paprika, Twig

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Here is my third project. I work with the Happy Accident collection to showcase a photo I've taken of the castle of L'Islette where the tempestuous love affair between the two sculptors Camille Claudel and Auguste Rodin was sheltered. 

As usual, I primed the background with clear gesso. Then I added a design with a stencil and Graphite paste. When dry I toned down the design with white gesso.

While the background was drying, I primed the Leafy Twigs with white gesso and the Manchester Frame with black gesso. I used some waxes to alter the frame.

I colored the leaves with different shades of green watercolor and sprinkled them with the Avocado embossing powder while they were still wet. After having embossed them, I added some green wax. 

I cut some papers to add under the photo in the Layering Cards sheet and I glued all the embellishments with a 3D gel.

To finish the layout I added some seedlings and glitter.

Blue Fern Studios products:

Happy Accident collection - Incident, Layering Cards
Chipboards - Manchester Frame, Leafy Twigs
Embossing Powder - Avocado
Glitter - Orange Peel
Seedlings - Mustard, Paprika, Twig