Mary Christmas by Elena Volchkova

Hi, everyone! Soon the New Year, and today I would like to please you with a holiday mood! My layouts and greeting cards for your inspiration!

"Two sweet girls" layout

This layout about two pretty girls - аunt and niece. But both know how to have fun. And they are having fun and celebrate! Young and wonderful!

I used the Deck the Halls paper from the Vintage Christmas Collection as my background paper.
Very festive scrap paper!


Good Vibes I covered with Imagine Ink Honey embossing powder


Arching Leaves was covered with mixture of Imagine Ink embossing powders in Verdant and Lucky, which give the the perfect combination! Magic Green!


I embossed small rings (from Mini Rings set) with the Magenta and Tangerine embossing powders. And I use them as Christmas balls with beads, bells and sequins.

Blue Fern Studios Supply List:
Paper: Vintage Christmas - Deck the Halls; Vintage Christmas 2 - Holiday Cards
Chipboard: Arching Leaves, Good Vibes, Mini Rings
Imagine Ink Embossing Powder: Honey, Verdant, Lucky, Magenta, Tangerine
Flowers: Tranquil Blooms

"Christmas in Paris" layout

My second layout this is a fantasy of Paris. On a beautiful winter fairy tale in the in the dreamy city.
I used the Noel paper from the Vintage Christmas Collection as my background paper. And a lot of romantic details, 

I invite you to enjoy. I invite you... to Paris :)

Photo of the Eiffel Tower with trees in the snow, old letters, metal corner openwork, flowers and thread sisal.


Corner Flourishes I divided into two parts. They was covered with Coral Imagine Ink embossing powder.


French Word Plaisir I embossed with the Celestial Imagine Ink embossing powder.


The star anise adds warmth. And red glitter accents added to the festive mood. I used Fire Engine glitter in my layout.




Blue Fern Studios Supply List:
Paper: Vintage Christmas - Noel
Chipboard: French Words, Corner Flourishes
Imagine Ink Embossing Powder: Coral, Celestial
Glitters: Fire Engine
Flowers: Christmas Blooms, Soft Blossoms

Two christmas cards

Creating postcards in December is do wonderful process, so is it possible create only one item? Minimum two and they are is never enough somehow :) So my advice - always make them a little more!



I used the Tree Trimmings paper from the Vintage Christmas Collection as cards background. And I cutting elements from Holiday Cards (also Vintage Christmas Collection)




I embossed the Seeing Stars with the 14 Karat and Copper embossing powders.
Joy & Love I covered with Imagine Ink Poinsettia embossing powder






Blue Fern Studios Supply List:
Paper: Vintage Christmas 2 - Holiday Cards, Tree Trimmings
Chipboard: Good Vibes, Seeing Stars
Imagine Ink Embossing Powder: 14 Karat, Copper, Poinsettia
Glitters: Sunshine
Flowers: Christmas Blooms, Memoires Blooms,

I hope you enjoy viewing my works.

I congratulate all of you with the New Year 2017! Let it be magical and wonderful!

Hugs, Elena Volchkova

Cathi's August Seaside Cottage Projects

Hello my scrappy friends! This month my projects are coming a little later as I was on holiday at the start of the month, taking these lovely photos at Cannon Beach in Oregon!   I have made two layouts and done a Project Life spread using the gorgeous Seaside Cottage papers.  I also did something a little different and used my gorgeous beachy papers in my planner! I have recently become obsessed with Project Life and Planning and wanted to show how you can used these beautiful vintage papers to work with both these types of creative papercrafting!

My first layout features a great photo of my brother ("Uncle B") and my two girls. I just love it. This Seaside Cottage Mermaid is just stunning, I love all the detail and gorgeous imagery and wanted to show it off so didn't go too heavy on my background work and made the layers, flowers and chipboard enhance the already gorgeous design.

Here you can see the papers that I used to layer, some cut outs from the Calling Cards sheet and the beautiful Relics paper.  I absolutely love this gorgeous Seaside Lantern chipboard piece and I embossed it with the stunning and glittery 14 Karat Imagine Ink Embossing Powder.

Aren't these new Late Winter and Harvest Lilies amazing? I just love the distressed look they have and the beautiful colors! I added some Courtship Roses and some shells from my stash to the floral cluster. I also tucked in some Crackle Bits pieces in the cluster! I used the Poinsettia Imagine Ink Embossing Powder on the Crackle Bits for a bit of coral/red/gold effect on the pieces.

I added a bit of stamping in Faded Jean and Walnut Stain Distress Inks to add some interest to the background of the layout, using some of my favorite standbys, the netting from the Essential Textures stamp set and the diamond pattern from the Forever set.

I love this Perfect Day chipboard piece, and it really was the end to a perfect day hanging out with family at a beautiful beach!!  I tucked in a tag for some private journaling and I embossed the title chipboard with the same stunning 14 Karat Imagine Ink Embossing Powder.  I hope you enjoy this layout, it is one of my current favorites!!

Blue Fern Studios Supplies:

Paper:

Blue Fern Studios Seaside Cottage Collection~Mermaid

Blue Fern Studios Seaside Cottage Collection~Calling Cards

Blue Fern Studios Seaside Cottage Collection~Relics

Chipboard:

Perfect Day

Crackle Bits

Seaside Lanterns

Imagine Ink Embossing Powder:

14 Karat

Poinsettia

Stamps:

Essential Textures

Forever

Flowers:

Late Winter Lilies

Harvest Lilies

Courtship Roses

I have a ballet mad daughter who is always striking ballet poses at the most random times! She did a number of poses on the beach this day, and asked for us to take some photos for her to share on Instagram lol!  For this layout I used several papers. My base layer is the Whitewash paper which I layered the Embark paper on top of and edged with some machine stitching. Of course I had to add in some layers and a cute beach sign cut from the Calling Cards paper which I find perfect for adding details to all my projects, including my next project, a Project Life spread!!

Here is a closeup of my cluster on the bottom of the page. I added some beautiful flowers including the gorgeous blue one from the Dark Tropical Lilies set and a Courtship Rose. I have an unending stash of shells to add to my beachy layouts so I tucked in lots of them here. I used the Summer Vacation chipboard piece and I love the sand and sea effect I got using the Oatmeal Imagine Ink Embossing Powder along with the Seven Seas Imagine Ink Embossing Powder added along the bottom of "vacation".  You can see a Calling Card cut out that I tucked in under the cluster here too.

Here is another flower cluster again using a beautiful blue lily from the Dark Tropical Lilies set and the soft coral color of the Seaside Lilies set. I of course added some shells from my stash and here you can see the stamp and masking work I did in the background.  I find the Making Plans stamp amazing as it has beautiful script, text, and several other patterns that you can use just sections of to add specific textures to a layout...it makes it feel like a half dozen texture stamps in one! I used just the print section of text from the stamp and added it randomly around the layout.  I also used the circles from the Halftone stamp set and my favorite netting stamp from Essential Textures.

Here you can see the beautiful Seashell Frame I used to frame the photo of my daughter. I again used the two toned effect of sand and sea with the Oatmeal Imagine Ink Embossing Powder along with the Seven Seas Imagine Ink Embossing Powder.

And here is a full image of my ballerina in motion. To finish off the layout you can see more of the stamping I did and bit of masking and molding paste texture I did. I used the same Faded Jeans and Walnut Stain Distress Inks to add background stamping and texture as my last layout, I think the blues and browns are perfect for beachy layouts!

Blue Fern Studios Supplies:

Paper:

Blue Fern Studios Seaside Cottage Collection~Mermaid

Blue Fern Studios Seaside Cottage Collection~Calling Cards

Blue Fern Studios Seaside Cottage Collection~Relics

Chipboard:

Summer Vacation

Seashell Frame

Imagine Ink Embossing Powder:

Oatmeal

Seven Seas

Stamps:

Essential Textures

Halftone

Making Plans

Flowers:

Dark Tropical Lilies

Seaside Lilies

Courtship Roses

For my last project it is really a whole bunch of different projects in my new genres of papercrafting I am loving this year, Project Life and planning/journaling!!  I have done this very vintage Project Life layout above using many  many cut outs from the Calling Cards paper as well as the Relics distressed pink paper. The title of this spread is A Walk on the Beach. I love that this chipboard fit perfectly into a 4x6 pocket on my Project Life page protector! For both the Walk on the Beach and the Smile chipboard from Arrow Words, I have used a two toned effect using the Honey and Breeze Imagine Ink Embossing Powders, I just love the look of it!  The shells and starfish are from the Seaside Seashells and Seaside Treasures sets and those have been embossed in the Honey Imagine Ink Embossing Powders. The word all come from the cutouts on the Calling Cards paper and I have layered them with some of the journal cards from the sheets as well. I have typed out some journaling and printed it onto the Seaside Memories cut apart journal card. All my photos are of my girls and my brother and his wife at Cannon Beach, a great day that deserved to be commemorated.

I have an A6 Hobonichi journal I used for watercoloring and writing about my day, it comes with a clear cover under which you can add your own paper to customize your journal. I did exactly that and really love the way it turned out!!  I used the Voyage paper for my base, adding stitching around the edges. I then layered the gorgeous mermaid image from the Calling Cards paper.  for my flower cluster I used the Late Winter and Harvest Lilies, again adding shells from my stash. I love the dolphin and mermaid chipboards from the Ocean Mermaid set. I embossed the chipboard with Chili Powder Imagine Ink Embossing Powder and then added some word stickers to finish it off!  On the left I have a simple laminated bookmark/pencil board to mark my page. I have used the Splendor paper and a gorgeous image from the Calling Card paper.

My planner is a handmade traveler's notebook, which is basically just a notebook cover with elastics on the spine to add several sets of notebooks in it. Mine has a monthly and weekly calendar and a reference notebook. I just love changing out my notebooks every month and adding different covers. I have used the gorgeous Whitewash paper on the left and laminated it to make a "dashboard" this is a more permanent cover which people often use to also store sticky notes  etc on the inside. The notebook cover on the right isn't laminated and is attached to the actual notebook which gets removed and changed out monthly. I have used the Splendor paper for my base for the notebook cover and an image from the Calling Card page.

I love to make folders for my travelers notebook to add a few more pockets to store things in! This houses my stickers I tend to use! I have chosen the Gala paper to make my notebook.

 Here is a view of the inside of my folder...it actually has 4 pockets, I find the taller pockets great for receipts!  I hope you like my different projects, a new way to use the gorgeous Blue Fern papers!!

Blue Fern Studios Supplies:

Paper:

Blue Fern Studios Seaside Cottage Collection~Calling Cards

Blue Fern Studios Seaside Cottage Collection~Gala

Blue Fern Studios Seaside Cottage Collection~Splendor

Blue Fern Studios Seaside Cottage Collection~Whitewash

Blue Fern Studios Seaside Cottage Collection~Voyage

Chipboard:

Walk on the Beach

Arrow Words

Seaside Seashells

Seaside Treasures

Ocean Mermaid

Imagine Ink Embossing Powder:

Honey

Breeze

Chili Powder

Flowers:

Late Winter Lilies

Harvest Lilies

Grungy Art Journaling- By Keren Tamir

Hi Everyone,

Its Keren here with two new projects for the Blue Fern Studios blog.

As I usually create layouts, I really wanted to to create something different that comes from my heart.

I felt art journaling was the best way to express how I feel and to experiment with the chipboards, embossing powders and glitters.

I also really wanted to create grungy mixed media pages so I added lots of texture and movement.

"Imagination"

First I inked the background in green and yellow tones. Then I stamped the background using the Journey and Textured circles stamps.

The circle was created using thick texture paste. Then I sprinkled embossing powder on it and heat dried it. Finally I glued the beaded string chipboard piece that was embossed in verdant and seven seas embossing powder.

The Serendipity imagination title was embossed in the 14 Karat embossing powder.

I also used the lattice bits on my page which were embossed in seven seas, verdant and 14 karat embossing powders, too. The heart was embossed only in the 14 Karat embossing powder.

I also sprinkled some Fool's gold glitter on the background.

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"Inspiration"

This is my second grungy texture mixed media journaling page.

This time I used a different set of colours and textures.

The tattered diamond bits chipboard was embossed in raspberry embossing powder. The Serendipity Inspiration word was embossed in the poinsettia embossing powder.

Thank you so much for visiting the Blue Fern Studios Blog

Have a wonderful day!!

Keren

January projects with Karine Gagnon

Hi there, Blue Fern Studios fans,

I'm so excited to be here today to share my first post on the blog. First, let me introduce myself.

I'm 36 years old, mother of two adorable children and partner to the love of my life for over 20 years now. I'm also a high school French teacher, here in the beautiful Quebec city where I live. I discovered scrapbooking about ten years ago now, when my boyfriend brought home a scrapbooking magazine telling me he thought about me when he saw it. If only he'd knew what kind of a monster he would create! I'm an addict since. Lately, I like all things mixed media and texture. I can't make a layout without altering the background. 

You can find me 

• on my blog: http://www.imageparimage.blogspot.com
• on Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/bizounour/
• on my Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/TiBiZoU1979

I'm so excited to be joining the Blue Fern Studios team and I hope that my projects will inspire you.

My first project was created using this month's sketch.

Moment

I was charmed by the vintage look of the Conservatory paper from the Sanctuary collection. I thought it was perfect for my little guy's picture with his «Frank Sinatra's hat». I used some light misting to add a bit of color, a stencil with a light touch of modeling paste and Postal Textures stamps with some Imagine Ink Oatmeal embossing powder to add a touch of texture in the background.

I chose flowers and embellishments to go under my picture. I used the Grid Pieces and I left them raw, because they are so beautiful. I used two cards from the Calling Cards paper (Sanctuary collection) to mat my picture. As for my title, I used the Moment word from the French Words set and I covered it with Imagine Ink Oatmeal embossing powder.

You can see the embossing powder on the background, on the picture above.

Blue Fern Studios products used:

Papers: Conservatory (Sanctuary collection) and Calling Cards (Sanctuary collection)

Chipboards: Grid Pieces, French Words

Stamps: Postal Textures

Embossing Powder: Imagine Ink Oatmeal Embossing Powder

Adore

My second layout features one of the new paper collection. I chose this beautiful pink pattern from the Celebration paper (Blush collection) to go with my daughter picture. I covered some of it with torn doilies.

Over that, I used some parts of the Marrakesh panel which I painted white with gesso.

I just love this panel! On my title piece, part of the «Adore, Love, Cherish» set, I used Imagine Ink Poinsettia embossing powder.

Blue Fern Studios products used:

Papers: Celebration (Blush collection), Valentine Cards (Blush collection) 

Chipboard: Marrakesh Panel, «Adore, Love, Cherish» set

Embossing powder: Imagine Ink Embossing Powder Poinsettia

Everyday Moment

My last project features probably my favorite paper ever! It is called Artistique, from the Timeless collection. I love the texture!

I used the Swirly Circle to ancre my composition. I left it raw, because I wanted a rustic more masculine look. I used Postal Textures stamps to add interest in my background.

As for a title, I chose the Everyday Moments piece and I covered it with Imagine Ink Ebony embossing powder.

Blue Fern Studios products used:

Papers: Artistique (Timeless collection), Calling Cards (Timeless collection)

Chipboard: Swirly Circle, Everyday moments

Embossing Powder: Imagine Ink Ebony embossing powder

Stamps: Postal Textures

I hope my projects inspired you.
Have a nice day.

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