All you need is love

Hello, Henriëtte here today. I'm sharing an exploding box I've made with a love theme.

For this project I used up some of my scraps from different paper collections.

I decorated the outside of the box with lace roses which I colored a bit with red ink.

On the lid I used the printed chipboard pieces from the "In the Mood" collection. 

For the centerpiece on the inside I cut a styrofoam ball in half, 

colored it red with ink and glued lace around it.

Then I decorated it with an abundance of flowers.

I also placed a key charm with red ribbon in the middle.

Products used:

Papers and printed chipboard pieces:

Attic charm

In the Mood

Heartland

Flowers:

Remnants blooms

Floral basics pink

Summer Blooms

Blue Ferns Studios florals

Charm:

Ornamental keys

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs, Henriëtte.

Coffee shop gift card holder - by Vicky Alberto

I am sharing a fun card I made using all of the scraps left over from projects I have created for Blue Fern since February. Can you spot the collections? Homespun, Heartland, Remnants, Wanderlust, Amber & Apricot.

Inside is a coffee shop gift card holder with Happy Accident collection ephemera.

On the front I used Blue Fern seedlings on the love letter chipboard, Homespun adhesive shapes and some pretty flowers too.  Everything on this project is Blue Fern product!

Thanks for stopping by the blog today!

Altered Can and Jar - Vicky Alberto

I decided to have some fun altering a tomato can and a plastic mayonnaise jar...

I just can't seem to get enough of Blue Fern's Homespun and Heartland collections, so I mixed them together! 

On the tomato can, I added an adhesive butterfly from the Remnants collection, Tattered walls ephemera and Blue Fern flowers too. Nothing from my stash on here... this is ALL gorgeous Blue Fern product.

On the mayonnaise jar, Homespun adhesive shapes, Tattered walls ephemera, Blue Fern flowers, ribbon and flourish heart chipboard were added... again nothing from my stash on this project either!

On the heart chipboard I inked in dark pink and then randomly glued some Blue Fern pink embossing powder on top, for a thick shabby look. Well... once again thanks for stopping by to take a peek at my projects!

Two Kirigami Gift Boxes - Vicky Alberto

I am back to share a cute project idea - 6 x6 inch kirigami gift boxes. These are great for any time of year. I had fun playing with the Blue Fern's Heartland and Homespun collections, plus their gorgeous flowers, lace, adhesive shapes (that coordinate with the paper collections)... and of course chipboard (the clock is from the love story accents).

Here is a close-up of the first box...

The only thing used from my "stash" is a paper doily.

Here is a close-up of the second box...

On the clock chipboard (from the love story accents), I simply dabbed ink to leave expose raw chipboard showing. Sometimes less is more on some projects and a simple technique is perfect to suit the design style.

 Thanks for taking the time to view my projects today and you can find a kirigami gift box tutorial on my blog at:

https://simplypaperandcreativity.blogspot.com/2011/07/kirigami-box-tutorial.html

Two cards with Heartland papers

Hi, DT Henriëtte here today sharing two card I've created using the heartland papers.

This paper collection is gorgeous and perfect for your love themed project.

I used the heartland papers to make the card bases and dimensional layers.

For the card on the left I colored the "Love Story Adornments" chipboard with red ink 

and placed it behind the die cut circle frame.

I've added white lace and flowers in the lower right corner.

For the other card I colored the chipboard frame with pink and green inks to match the papers and glued behind it a cut out from the Heartland "Love notes" paper.

I added flowers, a cute bow made from dyed seam binding, some die cut leaves

 and a stamped sentiment.

Here is a list of the products I used:

Patterned Paper:

Heartland collection

Chipboard:

Love Story Adornments

Breezy's frame

Flowers:

Garden Blooms

BFS flowers

Lace:

Lace 4

Stamp:

Sweet Titles

Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs, Henriëtte.

Cards for "LOVE" month - by Vicky Alberto

My name is Vicky Alberto (aka Simply Paper in the design world). After a 4-year break from being on design teams, I am thrilled to be designing for Blue Fern Studios for 2019... and that I finally get to renew my passion for paper art!  My blog address is http://simplypaperandcreativity.blogspot.com where I chat about my work, and share my various tutorials.  I describe my style as “a little shabby and a lot of chic”, with a vintage approach. 

I enjoy working with vintage/romantic style papers and adore adding distressed layers, doilies, lace, stamping, and putting lots of flowers and chipboard on my projects.  Therefore, Blue Fern is a match made in heaven for me... since they have it all and more!

Sometimes my projects feature handmade flowers and unique gift boxes (all of my tutorials are listed on my blog - quick links in the right sidebar).  Also, my full design gallery can be viewed at http://www.scrapbook.com/profiles/444271.html.  Now, enough about me and onto the beautiful elements I designed with this month...

The first card features a mix of the gorgeous Heartland and Homespun collections, plus love story adornments & 2 hearts set chipboards.  On the chipboard, I primed with gesso, glazed with a glass beads medium and then sprinkled BF pink embossing powder (before it dried).  Look at the gorgeous flowers and adhesive shapes that coordinate with the paper collections... wow Blue Fern makes designing so easy!  The only thing from my own "stash" is that cute heart paper doily.

The second card features once again a mix of the beautiful Heartland and Homespun collections, plus love letters chipboard.  On this chipboard piece, I simply randomly dabbed gesso to leave exposed raw chipboard.  I then dabbed a bit of clear glue and quickly sprinkled blue BF embossing powder (before it dried).  The only thing from my "stash" is the circle paper doily.  More gorgeous BF flowers that perfectly matched this project are featured here! 

Thanks for taking the time to view my projects today.  I cannot wait to create more and share new projects soon.  Blue Fern is a real treat to design for since there are so many amazing elements to design with, that all perfectly coordinate.  Blue Fern is truly one stop shopping!

Blog:  http://simplypaperandcreativity.blogspot.com 

Pinterest:  https://www.pinterest.ca/vickyalberto/pins/

Gallery: http://www.scrapbook.com/profiles/444271.html

Valentine inspiration by Henriëtte

Hi, my name is Henriëtte van Mierlo, I'm 49 years. I live in The Netherlands with 
my husband Robert and my 17 year old daughter Emma.
 I work parttime in financial administration and in my sparetime I love to craft, 
especially card making.

I’ve been making cards for many years, tried different styles but nowadays they are 

more shabby chic/vintage.

Besides card making I also like mixed media projects, flower making (foamiran, fabrics, paper), 

DIY projects, working with polymer clay and altering art.

When I'm not crafting I love reading books and I try to go to the gym twice a week.

Well, never a dull moment and often not enough hours in the day.

Here are the links to my blog, facebook, pinterest, instragram and you tube channel.

Blog: http://hmier.blogspot.nl/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/henriette.vanmierlo.3

Pinterest: https://nl.pinterest.com/hmier/

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

You Tube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCX7cGlRveDAf22C4r5QZ1ig

I'm very excited to be on the Blue fern Studios design team and looking forward to share my creativity with you.

The first project I like to share is in style with today's occasion Valentine's day. 💘

I altered this heart shaped box using the beautiful Heartland papers.

First I cut all the paper pieces and glue them on, covering the box with the papers.

Then I decorated the box and lid with red ribbon, lace trim, BFS flowers and chipboard pieces.

I embossed the "love letters" chipboard with BFS "oatmeal" embossing powder. 

The chipboard heart and envelope are colored with inks.

Products Used

Patterned Paper:

Heartland - All you need, Love notes and Valentine party

Chipboard:

Love letters

Heart set
Remnants self-adhesive chipboard shapes

Embossing Powder:

Oatmeal

Flowers:

Garden Blooms

BFS flowers

Lace:

Red ribbon

Braided trim

I hope you like my first project. Thanks for stopping by! 

I appreciate your comments very much.

Hugs, Henriëtte.

June inspiration by Vera Shelemekh

Hello Blue Fern Studios fans. I have several inspiring projects to share with you this month.
I just returned from a small sea side trip which inspired me to create a layout usung Seaside cottage collection.

The chipboard frame is embossed with Icicle powder.

 
Those grand baloons are stamped with the Journey stamps set.

I also used the Essential textures stamp for the background.

 

 

Blue Fern Studios products used:

 

Papers: 

Seaside cottage - Regalia

Wanderlust - Calling Cards

 

Embossing powder:

Antique gold

Icicle

 

Stamps:

 Stamp - Essential textures

 Stamp - Journey

 

Seedlings:

Mustard

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 The other layout is for my wedding album. I used Remnants paper and printed chipboards to recreate the scene.

Chipboard pieces are embossed with Antique gold powder and the window with Icicle.

The printed chipboards fit the scene perfectly.

The title is stamped with Wedding sentiments stamp.

 

Blue Fern Studios products used:

 

Papers:

Remnants - Highgate 

Remnants - Callaway

 

Chipboards 

Remnants printed chipboard

 

Embossing powder:

Icicle

Antique gold

 

Seedlings

Gold nugget 

Meadow

 

Stamps:

 Stamp - Essential textures

 Stamp - Wedding sentiments

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And here is my traditional off the page project: sewing box which I will be using for small chipboard pieces and later probably for knits or needles )

 I used papers from In the Mood and Homespun collections. These can be perfectly mixed.

I embelished the box with chipboards embossed with Irisecsent grey powder and wonderful Lace 4

 
And the flowers: adorable Heartland Blossoms

Blue Fern Studios products used:

 

Papers: 

In the Mood - Pensive

Homespun - Homestead

Heartland - All You Need

 

Chipboards 

Homespun printed chipboard

 

Embossing powder:

Iridiscent grey

 

Lace:

Lace4

 

Flowers:

Heartland Blossoms

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Thank you for stopping by my June inspiration and see you in July *)