April projects by Vera Shelemekh

Hello Blue Fern Studios fans!

Vera is here and I'm happy to share some inspiring projects with you. This month I keep on playing with Spring Parade collection scrapping my Easter photos... But first let me show you the Chesterville layout which I like a lot.

The layout keeps memories of our house renovation. Our kid was feeling really excited to help with this and that. I used  Chesterville - Whitford as the background adding Textured Wildflowers chipboard covered with Antique gold embossing powder.

 The photo is framed into a bigger Clip frame painted with white acrylic paint.  I used one of the Chunky words for the title.

Essential textures stamp helped me to add some more details to the background. And the bricks are covered with Mermaid glitter.

 

Blue Fern Studios products used:

 

Papers:

Chesterville- Whitford

 

Chipboards:

 Clip frames
Textured Wildflowers 

Chunky Words

 

Embossing powders:

Antique gold

Glitter:

Mermaid

Stamps:

Essential textures

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And now Spring inspiration.

The layout is the present for my good crafty friends. For the background I used Whimsy from Paisley&Vine collection. The composition consists of a lot of Spring parade fussy cut elemens, Circle vine frame covered with lime embossing powder and paper flowers including  the Spring lily

I also made some stamping with Deja Vu and then cut the elements

 

Blue Fern Studios products used:

 

Papers: 

 

Paisley&Vine - Whimsy

Paisley & Vine - Playing Cards

Spring Parade - Remembrance

Spring Parade - April Medley

 

Chipboards:

Circle Vine

 

Embossing powders:

Lime

Flowers:

Spring lilies

Stamps:

Deja Vu

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And at last some Easter memories. The kids were searching for chocolate eggs in the garden and I took some pictures and made this mini tunel album.

 The characters from Spring parade should be already famaliar to you. The fussy cut bunnies are so nice and the flowers so springy.

 

On the spreadsheets I used Easter chipboards: Classic bunnies and Easter Egg Ornaments all covered with Icicle embossing powder.

 

Blue Fern Studios products used:

 

Papers: 

Spring Parade - Joyful 

Spring Parade - May Vignettes 

Spring Parade - Spring Petites

Spring Parade - Sunday Best

Spring Parade - April Medley 

 

Chipboards:

Classic Bunnies

Easter Eggs Ornaments 

Blooming Foliage

 

Embossing powders:

Icicle

Flowers:

Late winter lilies

 

Thank you for stopping by and see you in May *)

 

April projects by Wendy Scholten

Hi Everyone,

I'm so happy to show you my projects for this month.

I created 3 layouts with 2 different collections including one with the new Happy Accident papers.

They are really stunning!

So let's start with the first one.

I used the Spring Parade for this one, i wanted to keep it simple so the picture really stands out.

I wonder from who she get's her goofiness , lol!

'Happiness'

I used the Sunday Best paper, a stencil with modeling paste and oil pastels with some water for the background. Behind my photo i used a piece of the Market place paper.

I chose the Happiness word from the Good Vibes word set, i used it with the new lavender eggs embossing powder.

And the other chipboard pieces are the Ginger Poppies, i used those with the snow embossing powder and tucked them behind my photo.

For my flower clusters i used the Chesterville Blooms, Harvest Lilies and a few of my own stash.

I used a mix of sequins to give it more color and playfulness.

Blue Fern Studios products used:

Papers:

Spring Parade:

-Sundays Best

-Market Place

Chipboard:

-Happiness from the Good Vibes word Set

-Ginger Poppies

Embossing Powders:

-Lavender Eggs

-Snow

Flowers:

-Chesterville Blooms

-Harvest Lilies

and this is my second Layout this month:

"The Big Day'

For this layout i also used Spring Parade papers, the Remembrance backside. I used the paper twice, one i torn in half and place it on top of the whole paper, i tucked some lace behind it.

Behind my photo i used some moddeling paste with a baroque stencil and some sprays for the color.

I also used the tattered newsprint stamp with the vintage gold embossing powder to give my background more color.

As my chipboard title i used The Big Day from the Wedding Words set which i embossed with the vintage Gold Embossing Powder.

And to frame my photo i used the Bordeaux Layered Frame, the back i embossed with Snow Embossing Powder and the front with the Oatmeal embossing powder.

 For my flowers i used Heartland Blossoms and some of my own stash.

I also used some embellishments, stickers, a doily, glitter and some cheesecloth.

Blue fern Studios products used:

Papers:

Spring Parade

-Remembrance 2x

Chipboard:

-Bordeaux Layered Frame

-The Big day from the wedding words set

Stamp:

-Tattered newsprint

Flowers:

-Heartland Blossoms

Embossing Powder:

-Vintage Gold

-Snow

-Oatmeal

And my last one was made with the new Happy Accident Papers, it just arrived in time to make a layout for this months blog. The papers, chipboard pieces and flowers are gorgeous, not to mention the embossing powders and glitter. Love them!

"Joy"

For this layout i used the Incident paper, and a few pieces from the Layering Cards paper.

I used a stencil with moddeling paste and some sprays for the background.

And the Grungy Grid and Vintage Phrases stamps.

This collection comes with new chipboard pieces, i used a few on my layout, they match the papers so well. There are words, sayings, flowers, frames and more!

 For my other chipboard pieces i used the title Joy from the Chunky words set and a piece of the Rose Frame, i embossed them with Stormy skies embossing powder and the Pea Soup Glitter.

 For my flowers i used the Happy Blooms, Happy Roses and the Spring Lilies

The only thing i used more were some glass beads in 3 different matching colors.

Blue Fern Studios products used:

Papers:

Happy Accident

-Incident

-Layering Cards

Chipboard:

-Matching Happy Accident chipboard

-Joy from the Chunky words set

- piece of the Rose Frame

Embossing Powders:

-Stormy Skies

Glitter:

-Pea Soup

Stamps:

-Grungy Grid

-Vintage Phrases

Flowers:

-Happy Blooms

-Happy Roses

-Spring Lilies

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Hugs Wendy



Seeing Stars by Edith Cloutier

It has been such a joy to have Edith Cloutier as our Blue Fern Fan of the Month.  It's easy to see from her enthusiasm that she really has a love for creating with Blue Fern products.  As we wrap up her time with us by showing off her fourth layout today, we want to give Edith a BIG THANK YOU from all of us!  We hope you will leave some love for Edith, too!  

Here is Edith to tell you all about her layout, "Seeing Stars"

I like to use Blue Fern Studios paper to make my layout's background because their beautiful patterns give a lot of style to my creations.  Their thickness is also perfect when using many mediums.  For this layout, I used the "Bretton" paper from the Chesterville collection.

As you may have noticed, I like to work with modeling paste with watercolor to do my background.  Also, I have a big crush for the "Tattered Newsprint" stamp.  I use it on practically all my layouts now.

I used the "Seeing Stars" chipboard with some embossing powder.  The Blue Fern glitter is perfect to add a special touch with micro beads and mica flakes.

And finally, no layout is complete without flowers!

Papers: Chesterville - Bretton

Chipboard: Seeing Stars

Flowers: Courtship Roses
Spring Lilies

Embossing powder: Wheat

Glitter: Pyrite

Stamp: Tattered Newsprint

Everyday Moments with our Blue Fern Fan of the Month

We are back today with our weekly project from our Blue Fern Fan of the Month, Edith Coultier.

She has done an amazing job so far this month, and you are sure to gain some inspiration

 from this week's layout.  I will turn it over to Edith:

Today I decided to use the beautiful collection "Mémoires" to make my layout.  

These papers are perfect to give a touch of romanticism to my creation.

I used a texture paste to do my background with watercolor point.  

Also, I embossed my title with Melon embossing powder.

Beautiful flowers, glass beads, glitter, butterflies and magnificent flairs to finish this layout in beauty. 

Papers:

Mémoires – Autumn Biography

Mémoires – Grand Sequel

Chipboard:

Everyday Moments

Rock Wall Bits

Flowers:

Spring Lilies

Courtship Roses

Chesterville Blooms

Embossing powder:

Melon

Stamp:

Tattered Newsprint

Plaisir (Pleasure) by Edith Cloutier

Hello Blue Fern Fans!  Today we welcome back our March Fan of the Month, Edith Cloutier.  You're going to love her second layout of the month.  The colors are beautiful and the photo is so darn cute.  Everything just comes together so well.

From Edith, describing her layout:

I used "George" paper from the new hottest collection, Chesterville, for my layout.  I added texture paste to emboss with Blue Fern Wheat Embossing Powder.  I used the same embossing powder on my title.

I ike to use some pieces of chipboard to add some dimension.  Flowers were perfect to decorate my creation.  On the final touch I used Merlot Glitter with glass beads and micro beads.

Paper:

Chesterville - George

Chipboard:

Boston Lattice

Turkish Bits

French Words

Flowers:

Attic Charm – Glitter Roses

Courtship Roses

Spring Lilies

Embossing Powder:

Wheat

Glitter:

Merlot

February Projects by Babi

Hi Everyone,

Today it's my turn to share with you my new projects with the upcoming collection Chesterville.  It's such a beatiful grunge style collection and  it will be available soon for you to work with it.

I used the Chesterville - Bretton and Whitford papers to create my first project, called "Smile Today".

I applied some texture paste with stencil, watercolor and paint to create a more girly background.

Then, I covered  the Manchester Frame Chipboard with Antique Gold and Fern embossing powder and acrylic paint.

I finished  the layout with some gorgeous paper flowers - Spring  and Late Winter Lilies.  

Supplies using Blue Fern Studios:

Papers: Chesterville - Bretton  and Whitford 

Chipboard: Manchester Frame

Embossing Powder: Fern and Antique Gold

Flowers: Spring and Late Winter Lilies

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My next projet is a  mini album  that I made with several papers from  Chesterville collection. You can check the names in the supplies list.

For the Cover I used the Chesterville George, Chester and Holmes  papers.

I used the Texture Wildflowers for the cover, then I embossed it  with  Antique Gold (a must have :)) and Fern Embossing Powder.

I stamped on a vellum paper a few images of the  Widget Stamp and added  Snow Embossing Powder to it.

To finish, I added some embellishments, gesso and watercolor to create more dimension.

Now I would like to share my video tutorial that shows  how I decorated the cover for my mini album. You can see the whole project at the end of the video.

Supplies using Blue Fern Studios:

Papers: Chesterville (Barton, Bretton, Buckley, Chester, Geroge, Hargrave, Holmes, Keswick, Preston).

Chipboard: Texture Wildflowers, Romantic Page Dangles, Shabby Bricks Bits and Checker Bits and Gears

Embossing Powder: Antique Gold, Fern and Snow

Stamp: Widget

**Hope you enjoy it**

Thank you so much for stopping by today!

Babi

Plaisir (Pleasure) by Edith Cloutier

Hello Blue Fern Fans!  We welcome back our March Fan of the Month, Edith Cloutier.  You're going to love her second layout of the month.  The colors are beautiful, and the photo is amazing.  Everything just comes together so well.  

From Edith, describing her layout:

I used “George” paper from the new hottest collection Chesterville for my layout. I added texture paste to emboss with “Blue Fern Wheat Embossing Powder”. I used the same embossing powder on my title. 

I like to use some pieces of chipboard to add some dimension. Flowers were perfect to decorate my creation. On the final touch, I used glitters (Merlot) with glass beads and micro beads.

Paper:

Chesterville - George

 

Chipboard:

Boston Lattice

Turkish Bits

French Words

 

Flowers :

Attic Charm – Glitter Roses

Courtship Roses

Spring Lilies

 

Embossing Powder:

Wheat

 

Glitter:

Merlot