November's Social Media Highlights!

What?! Mid-November? I can hardly believe it! 

Sandi here with you today sharing some November Social Media Highlights! 

We love looking for YOUR work when we are out and about on Social Media and seeing the amazing things you create with our product! So, whether it's Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, be sure and tag us so that we don't miss a thing! It's also helpful when you mention the name of the product you've used. With over a 1000 products in the wholesale store, we want to be sure we've not overlooked what you've included. 

Kana Abiko created this unique layout with a combination of paper collections, most notably Courtship Lane and Autumn Anthology by Michele Singh.  We love how Kana's altered the gazebo image from Autumn Anthology paper to make it look more like a little house. The window and photo behind it are such a clever idea! And look at that fussy cutting! You can see more of her creations Here and find her on Instagram at @abikokana. 

We are especially excited to see that Jennifer Evans (Jenaroo) is back to scrapping after several years of pursuing her nursing degree! Look at this shabby-licious, layered beauty! Here she has used the Frolic collection along with the Discover chipboard and added a few of her signatures .. doilies and  flowers! To visit her blog, go HERE. 

Designer Paula Calvanico has also used our Sanctuary collection to create this beauty! Photo is of her and her hubby at 15 and 17! With this the month of Thanksgiving here in the States, we were drawn to her color choices and use of the pretty leaf embellishment. Paula blogs  HERE and is on Instagram at @paula_calvanico. Isn't true love something to be grateful for?  

Next  up is this amazing layout by USA designer Heather Thompson. We love how she's altered the title piece and Persian Ornament Chipboard and used our Serendipity and Tranquility paper collection. This really puts us in the mood for a New Year's masquerade ball. Outstanding work, Heather! Please visit her at heifer21.wordpress.com and follow her on Instagram at @heifer21. You will love her attention to detail and wonderful techniques. 

Mayu of Japan posted this amazing piece on Instagram where you can follow her at @mayucrop_sbtnc. The fussy cut work is what really grabbed us for a second, then third look! She's used our newest Memoires and chose the dark red to add some drama to her photo of a traditional Japanese rite of passage. Please visit her blog HERE. 

That's it for this month ... and what a great month of inspiration it is! 

I hope you'll join me next month for a couple of special Social Media features! 

September inspiration by Karolina

Hi guys! Karolina here. Welcome on the Blue Fern Studios blog ;) Today it's time for my September inspiration. Can you believe it? Time is running out so quickly!

This time I would like to show you 3 projects - layout and two canvases. 

DREAM BIG

I had so much fun when I was creating this little canvas! I really like the background and turquoise accent in my composition. I used some dark vintage papers to create my composition and the chipboard piece - a little Dream big. I covered the chipboards with ginger embossing powder as well as a leaves.

CAGES

This layout only looks very cheerful. It's full of colors and embellishments, but I created this page to express my feelings. Not exactly good feelings. But I really like when my life, my thought can be an inspiration for my projects. Even though it's clear only for me ;)

Here I also used papers from few different collections. I do love panels chipboard from BFS! You can use it in so many projects and in so many different ways. This time I decided to use two panels.

BEAUTiFUL

And the last but not least my third canvas with funny photos of one of my best friend Weronika. Weronika is 3 years younger then me and she will be always like my little sister, especially I've known her since she was 3! It's a lot of time! 

Here I also used a part of chipboard panel but this time I didn't cover it. 

Ok, so that's all! I hope your monday morning was a little bit more colorful ;) Have a good week and see you in October!

September Inspiration With Debbie

Hi everyone, Debbie here with you today to share my layouts.  

My first layout was created for the September Mood Board Challenge.  Absolutely love the mood board with all of the beautiful colors and textures. You can find all the details of the Mood Board Challenge here.  I chose to create a beach themed layout using the Seaside Cottage collection.  I was inspired by the colors, the shells, the sun and the textures of the sand and water.

I used the Whitewash paper from the Seaside Cottage collection for my background and added some subtle inking with peach ink to pick up the colors in the sunset.  Lots of layering under my photo with  the Voyage, Mermaid (side B), Glory and Calling Cards papers.

I embossed the Blooming Flourish chipboard with a mixture of Mushroom and Sea Mist embossing powders.  Tucked beneath the flowers I used The Crackle Bits chipboard which I embossed with Snow  and In The Navy embossing powders and added some Blue Ice Glitter.  I used flowers from the Attic Charm Daisies and Tranquil Roses.

Here you can see an additional flower from the Seaside Lilies and some shells along with some micro beads on the Crackle Bits chipboard.

I love mixing colors of the Imagine Ink Embossing Powders.  On my title, I used a mixture of Mushroom, Sea Mist and Petal.

My next layout was created using the Sanctuary and Tranquility paper collections.

I found the cute vintage picture on Pinterest.  Love the angelic little girls and the pop of pink coloring added to the picture.  I used the Sanctuary Conservatory paper for the background.  I added some subtle inking with some berry ink to the background paper.  Layering under the picture includes Sanctuary Calling Cards and Tranquility Serenity paper. I cut out some doilies using the Tranquility Serenity paper.  I ripped the doilies into pieces to add some additional texture to the layout.

The Boston Lattice chipboard sits under my picture. I embossed it with some dark brown embossing powder from my stash and added some Fuchsia and Mushroom Imagine Ink Embossing Powders.

To the right of the picture I used the Garden Daisies - Large Chipboard, embossed with Mushroom and Fuchsia Embossing Powers with a touch of brown.  I used the Attic Charm Daisies and added some brown micro beads in the centers and tucked in some brown Courtship Blooms.

The title is part of Laughter, Happy, Smile. Embossed with a mixture of Mushroom, Fuchsia and Brown Embossing Powders.

My final layout was created with papers from the Deja Vu  and Love Story paper collections.

I used the Atelier paper for the background.  I added some white inking around the outer edges of the papers and some random masking of small dots around my photo. Layering under the photo includes the DejaVu Calling Cards, Tresors and from Love Story, Calling Cards.

I embossed the Floral Wreath with a mixture of Black Sand, It's A Girl and Petal Imagine Ink Embossing Powders.  I cut the wreath into pieces and placed it around the picture.  Some micro beads were added for texture.  I used Attic Charm Daisies and Attic Charm Glitter Roses.

Underneath the photo I used  a Doodle Corner chipboard, embossed with Black Sand, Its' A Girl and Petal Embossing Powders.

The title piece is from Blissful, Jubilation, Patience.  I chose Patience for the title as I thought the girl in the photo looked so patient as she stood there waiting to get her picture taken.  I embossed it with some Petal and Buttercup Embossing Powders and added some inking.

I hope I have inspired you today.
Thanks for stopping by!
. . . Debbie

Pregnancy photoshot layouts by Marie-Eve Bernard

Hello,

Today, I have 3 layouts with pictures from my pregnancy photoshop.  I was 35 weeks pregnant at the time and very excited about the arrival of a baby boy in our family (after two wonderful princesses, we were so happy to finally have a boy!). Léo arrived at the end of June and we are so happy to cherish this third treasure.  Be sure you will see some baby picture from me soon!

Anticipation:

For this layout, I use the gorgeous Timeless collection.

I cover the Corner flourishes with gesso and then paint it with a shiny red paint.  My title, family chipboard, was done almost the same, but use spray instead of paint.

In my flowers arrangement, I use the Attic Cham glitter roses and some Courtship blooms.  I match these with flowers from my stash. 

List of Blue Fern Studios supplies:

Papers:

Timeless Collection, Adobe

Timeless Collection, Artistique

Timeless Collection, Couture

Chipboards:

Serendipity words 1

Corner Flourishes

Stamps:

Arcadia Texture

Garden Frolic

Flowers:

Attic Cham glitter roses

Courtship Blooms

Family:

This time, I had fun with the Tranquility collection.

I leaved the Chicken wire panel and my title unaltered. I fit my layout perfectly this way.

On the butterflies, I apply gesso and before it was dry, I sprinkle some Imagine Ink Seven Seas and Breeze Embossing Powder. 

List of Blue Fern Studios supplies:

Papers:

Tranquility collection, Jubilation

Tranquility collection, Peaceful

Tranquility collection, Patience

Chipboards:

Chicken Wire Panel

Magical Monarchs

Family

Imagine Ink Embossing powders:

Seven Seas

Breeze

Flowers:

Attic Charm Flowers

Tranquil blooms

Tranquil roses and lilies

Patience:

For the third layout, I use the Tranquility collection again.  This collection is so stunning!

I cut the Ring panel into pieces and leave it unaltered.  I like that look with this paper collection. 

I embellish the layout with the Blue Fern Studios Flowers.  My title was emboss with the Imagine Ink Honey Embossing Powder two times.

On my background, I apply randomly white gesso. Then I stamp with the Journey and the Forever Stamp Set with yellow permanent ink.  Finally, I use some inks to do splatters.

List of Blue Fern Studios supplies:

Papers:

Tranquility Collection, Contentment

Chipboards:

Rings panel

Blissful, Jubilation, Patience

Stamps:

Journey

Forever

Imagine Ink Embossing Powder:

Honey

Flowers:

Attic Charm Daisies

Attic Charm glitter roses

Courtship blooms

Hope to have Inspired you with those layouts! Have a nice day!

Marie-Eve

3 Collections + You!

Welcome to the first day of August!  It's a new month and that means we have a new challenge for you. 
This month's challenge is 3 Collections + You!

During August, we are asking you to create a project using one of the 3 most recent paper collections from Blue Fern Studios.   Here is a sampling of each collection, but you can use any paper from these collections:

Seaside Cottage

 

Attic Charm

 Tranquility

Everything else is up to you!  We will have a prize package of Blue Fern products for one winner chosen by a random draw.  In addition, we will also feature a few projects!

You can create any project you please - a layout, card, canvas, altered item, mini-album, etc. as long as you use at lease one paper from the above mentioned paper collections.

Please upload your project using the Inlinkz tool below by midnight EST on August 31, 2016.

An InLinkz Link-up

Seaside Cottage and Tranquility collections with video by Wilma Voermans

So happy to show you two layouts with the new Seaside Cottage collection.

It was a last minute, since I just got my papers in, but I managed .

Scrapbooking is a great hobby to  relax after busy days at work :) 

My first choice of the collection is this SUPER background paper.

It is the B-side from the Mermaid paper.

The Seaside collection has a lot of great background papers for more masculine pages.

And the boys have to be scrapped too .

I am not sure or I  did it ever before, 

but I found out that alcohol ink is perfect for coloring chipboard.

It dryes quick, covers in one time and gives a beautiful mat finish.

Besides that it soakes into the chipboard ,  so the sides are colored too.

In the background I used Gold embossing powder and two  colors alcohol ink.

If I may say so myself...LOVE IT 

Chipboard that I used:

Celebration heart

XOXO set

Ornate frame

Number Grid small

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The second layout I made is also from the Seaside Cottage collection.

Its called Gala.

And yes, also the B-side..

I just love that paper with the Italian map image and the beautiful old color rosa.

The ornate frame was first embossed with oatmeal.

After that I brushed it with distress ink which was the right color for me.

I gave it a quick spray with a sealer to make the ink stay.

In the background I used Ginger embossingpowder

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My last layout is made on a pattern paper from the Tranquility collection.

I can explain what I did, but it is much easyer to watch the video I made .

A start to finish process video.

I hope you find the time to watch it here:

A few closeups:

Chipboard used:

Blooming foliage

Circle panel

Flowers all Blue Fern Studios..

Thank you so much for visiting the blog!

x Wilma x