January Projects with Halyna Protsenko and video tutorial

Hello everyone!!! I'm so happy to present you my first two projects for Blue Fern Studios and video step-by-step layout tutorial! I'm so proud of being choose to be part of this great talented team. I really hop to inspire you all year long!

My name is Halyna Protsenko. I'm from Ukraine. I love to create many different projects: albums, layouts, canvas and cards. My works are very tender and light. I like flowers and lace! I like tenderness!!! My scrapbooking works is my soul))) Scrapbooking fascinated me 5 years ago and I am now a true fan of this!!! Scrapbooking become more than a hobby, it is my lovely job!!!  I love to share my knowledge and techniques in my classes and in my video tutorials.

You can see my work and videos:

Blog: http://galinushka-rukodelochka.blogspot.com

YouTube: HalynaProtsenko/YouTube Channel

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/galina.protsenko.1

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/galinushka_24/

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

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

"Flowers heart" layout

My first layout about my cute friend Elena. She is very beautiful girl and I love this photo very much!!!!!!

I worked this page with the beautiful Heartland collection. It is very tenderness and flowers! And I like it so much!!!!!

I selected the Circle Flourish Small Frame chipboard to create the background and made it different techniques that you will see in the video tutorial.

Here's the video step-by-step layout tutorial, I hope you enjoy it!

Blue Fern Studios Products used:

Papers

- Heartland - All You Need

- Heartland - Love Notes

- Heartland - Sweet On You

Chipboards

- Chipboard Circle Flourish Small Frame

Imagine Ink Embossing Powder

- Embossing Powder - Copper

- Embossing Powder - Oatmeal

Glitter
- Glitter Sunshine
- Glitter Blue Ice

Flowers
- Soft Blossoms
- Attic Charm Glitter Roses

"Magical" layout

My second layout is about my beautiful friend Nadya. Her eyes are very magical and I like it!!!!

For this layout I used the Vintage Christmas and Vintage Christmas 2 paper collections.

I have added Magical of chipboard from Winter Titles and colored them with Imagine Ink Antique Gold embossing powder.

This rose with glitter from Attic Charm Glitter Roses Collection is very beautiful!

Blue Fern Studios Products used:

Papers

- Vintage Christmas 2 - Twas the Night

- Vintage Christmas 2 - Holiday Cards

- Vintage Christmas 2 - Jolly

- Vintage Christmas - Magical

Chipboards

- Chipboard "Winter Titles"

- Chipboard "Roman Clock Set - Small"

Imagine Ink Embossing Powder

- Embossing Powder - Antique Gold

- Embossing Powder - Pink Peppermint

I hope you enjoy viewing my projects))) See you next time!!!

Hugs, Halyna.

January Inspirations plus a VIDEO tutorial by Catherine Giguère

Hello Blue Fern Studios fans! I am thrilled to write my first blog post as Blue Fern Studios Design Team member! It's a dream come true for me!

Let me first introduce me. I am 39 years old and I live in Quebec City, Canada. I'm a 4th grade teacher and a mother of two children of 6 and 4 years old that are the main stars of my layouts. I do scrapbooking for 11 years now and this is my passion. I love doing romantic layouts full of flowers. I also love mixed media.

You can find me on:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cat_gig/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/catherine.giguère.98
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWRWvTLyPhi9IOYtwvyXEQA
Pinterest: https://fr.pinterest.com/catemet/
sb.com: https://www.scrapbook.com/myplace/index.php?mod=galleries&login=1
Blog: http://www.lescrapdecat.blogspot.com

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Here's my first projects as Blue Fern Studios Design Team member.

'Follow Your Heart'

For this first layout, I made a step-by-step video tutorial that you can watch below. I used the paper Heartland XOXO to start this project. First, I made a textured background with a stencil and modeling paste. I used yellow and caramel inks to add colors. I also add details with the 'Making Plans' and 'Vintage Phrase' stamps.

Then, I embossed my chipboards 'Crackle Bits' with BFS Imagine Ink Embossing Powder 'In the Navy'. I used 4 pieces of this chipboard under my picture. I cut one piece to make the design I wanted. I used 3 others papers of the Heartland collection to put under my picture. 

I embossed my title 'Follow Your Heart' with BFS Imagine Ink Embossing Powder 'Honey'.

Then, I glued many Blue Fern Studios blue, yellow, white and turquoise flowers.

Here's the link to see the video tutorial: 

Blue Fern Studios products used:

Papers

 Heartland  XOXO

Heartland Kiss Kiss

Heartland Bicycle for Two

Heartland Love Song Serenade

Chipboards

Crackle Bits

Follow your Heart

Stamps

Vintage Phrase

Making Plans

Embossing Powder

BFS  Imagine Ink 'Honey'

BFS Imagine Ink 'In the Navy'

Flowers

Attic Charm Daisies

Attic Charm Glitter Roses

Dark Tropic Lilies

Harvest Lilies

'Magnifique'

I did my second layout on the gorgeous paper 'Wonderland' of the collection Vintage Christmas. I first did a subtile tone on tone background with modeling paste, stencil and brown inks. Then, I stamped with brown ink some words with the 'Vintage Phrase' stamp set. 

I embossed the 'Floral Lattice Bits' chipboards with BFS Imagine Ink Embossing Powder 'Garnet' to add a little bit of colour. I used pieces of Vintage Christmas 'Greeting Cards' paper and Vintage Christmas 2 'Holiday Cards' to put under my picture. 

I embossed the chipboard 'Circle Vine' with BFS Imagine Ink Embossing Powder 'Ginger' and my title 'Magnifique' from the French Adjectives 1 chipboard set with BFS Imagine Ink Embossing Powder 'Garnet'.

Then, I add many Blue Fern Studios flowers.

Blue Fern Studios products used:

Papers

Vintage Christmas Wonderland

Vintage Christmas Greeting Cards

Vintage Christmas 2 Holiday Cards

Chipboards

French Adjectives 1 (Magnifique)

Floral Lattice Bits

Circle Vine

Stamps

Vintage Phrase

Embossing Powder

BFS Imagine Ink 'Ginger'

BFS Imagine Ink 'Garnet'

Flowers

Attic Charm Glitter Roses

Late Winter Lilies

Soft Blossoms

I hope you have found some inspiration! I wish you a nice crafty day!

Catherine Giguère

January Projects by Babi

Hi Everyone!

I'm so excited to share with you my first projects for Blue Fern Studios.

It's such an honor to be a part of this talented team.

First, let me introduce myself.

My name is Barbara, but everyone calls me Babi. I am a Brazilian currently living in New Jersey, USA.  In my country I used to be a Librarian,  but now I spend most of my time taking care of my daughter, blogging, teaching and running a small scrapbook business.

I love creating girly projects and I can't resist beautiful flowers. I started this scrapbook journey as a cardmaker but know I'm all over the place, always learning and trying new things.

You can find me on:

Blog: http://www.babisworld.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/babi.kind.9

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

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

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDTu9O579RngkuvjW1uP-WQ

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In my first layout I used the back of the XOXO paper from the Heartland collection .

I started by applying some clear gesso all over the page. I like to protect and seal the paper before adding some color and texture.

Next, I used a stencil and black ink to create the background.

I applied some texture paste on a "handwritten" stencil and covered the paste with Pearl Embossing Powder and heated it after it dried. You can't tell so much just by looking at the picture, but it gives a very delicate texture.

I also covered the Floral Lattice Bits chipboard with Antique Gold Embossing Powder.

For the layers I used the following papers:  Bicycle for Two, Sweet of You and a piece of book paper.

I fussy cut some beautiful flowers using Bicycle for Two paper  and  arranged with some paper flowers - Spring Lilies to create a full bouquet.

To finish the background I added a love title, a little bit of spray ink, sprinkle white and black gesso for more contrast.

Supplies using Blue Fern Studios:

Papers: HeartlandCollection -(Xoxo, Bicycle for Two and  Sweet of You)

Chipboard: Floral Lattice Bits

Embossing Powder: Pearl and Atique Gold

Flowers: Spring Lilies

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The Heartland collection was also used in my second layout. I love how versatile this collection is. You can go from bold to colorful very easily and keep a natural style.

I used two Kiss Kiss sheets, one of them slightly smaller to add some dimension.

For the background I applied some texture paste using a heart stencil. Then on top of that I added It's a Girl and Pearl embossing Powder.

For the layers I used Love Blooms and Bicycle for Two papers.

Again, I did some fussy cutting using on the Sweet On You paper.  Sorry, I can't resist these beautiful flowers. LOL.

I used the chipboards Heartland XOXO that I embossed with Snow Embossing Powder. It gives a nice white look that contrast with the colorful papers.

And here you can see more details of the flower arrangement.

Supplies using Blue Fern Studios:

Papers: Heartland Collection  (Kiss Kiss, Bicycle for Two, Love Blooms and Sweet On You).

Chipboard: Xoxo

Embossing Powder: Pearl,  It's a Girl and Snow

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My last layout is all about winter.

In keeping with the Christmas spirit, I decided to use these beautiful papers from Vintage Christmas collection for a Winter layout.

I used the Auld Lang Syne paper for the base and added some strips of the Wonderland paper on the sides.

For the Layers I went with Auld Lang  (Vintage Christmas 1) and Twas the Night (Vintage Christmas 2).

Some texture with gesso, stencil, ink and stamps.

Then cut a couple of frames with white cardstock and applied some 3D gel followed by Vintage Gold and Pyrite Glitter. It's sparkly and gives some contrast to the page.

Moving on I embossed the chipboards Shabby Flakes with Snow Embossing Powder and Winter Titles with Antique Gold.

Supplies using Blue Fern Studios:

Papers: Vintage Christmas ( Auld Lang Syne and  Wonderland)

Vintage Chtismtas 2  (Twas the Night)

Chipboard: Shabby Flakes and Winter Title

Embossing Powder: Antique Gold, Snow

Glitter: Vintage Gold and Pyrite.

**Hope you enjoy it**

Thank you so much for stopping by today!

Babi

3 Chrstmas layouts with Yuko

Have you all had a wonderful Christmas?

I spent my time at home with my family.

Today I would like to introduce three Christmas layouts!

【joy】

I love paper of this red stripe!

However, anything becomes much the same when based on this.

So I made half daringly this time and used it.

Corner chip board was processed with ANTIQUEGOLD embossed powder.

The letter of the title posted red glitter FIRE ENGINE.

A layout of Christmas may become a lot gorgeous.

I also pressed the clear stamp.

<Blue Fern Studiso>

Paper   Vintage Christmas 2 - Holiday Treats/Holiday Cards/Let it Snow

Vintage Christmas - Greeting Cards

Chipboard  Dangled Flake/Chunky Words/Formal Corners

Glitter  FIRE ENGINE

Embossing Powder　ANTIQUEGOLD

Flower 　Christmas Blooms

Stamp　 Christmas Collage

【wish】

Very pale light blue color friendly atmosphere paper.

But since the ornament of the colorful tree was reflected in the photograph

I dared to make a monochrome photograph.

This neighborhood attached various textures.

The light blue lame is very beautiful with light blue and silver mixed!

I applied a brick texture with Modape.

I was able to meet before drying so that 

the surface can be traced like a toothbrush 

so that irregularities can be made.

Because I wanted the snow here to feel a bit frozen

I used GLOSS GEL and dyr glitter.

I also used a stamp here.

It will be tightened if a little black comes in.

<Blue Fern Studiso>

Paper  Vintage Christmas - Auld Lang Syne/ Wonderland

Chipboard  Winter Cabin/Wish, Wonder, Dream

Glitter SILVER PRISM

Embossing Powder  PEAL/FROZEN

Flower 　Soft Blossoms/Christmas Blooms

Stamp　 Christmas Collage

【Cool Christmas】

The end is a little classical feeling.

The picture is Christmas 

in Harry Potter area of Universal Studios Japan!

I went to the other day, 

but it is different from colorful tree etc. in USJ

Very chic and cool image tree and cityscape.

So I tried making it a little cool.

I'm really happy to use this picture !

I also did this coloring method in my class

It is a process to make two color embossed powder overlap.

This method is favorite because it can be used anything at all .

The fluffy snow is piled up!

I also made snow on the flowers.

<Blue Fern Studiso>

Paper  Vintage Christmas - Noel/Deck the Halls

Vintage Christmas 2 - Holiday Cards

Chipboard　　Star of David Set/Ironwork Edges/

Glitter PYRITE

Embossing Powder  EBONY/GINGER

Flower　 Christmas Blooms

Blue Fern Studios' DT that I had for three years

is also the last in this month.

At first there is only a chip board,

Although shops handled in Japan 

were also few manufacturers

It has become a very famous manufacturer

 in the past few years since paper has been released!

I was really happy to be involved with Blue Fern Studios ❤

I never thought I could do it for three years

I was really happy!

I also appreciate Valerie who always reply me gently

 in my poor English! 

DT is over, but  I love Blue Fern Studios ❤

I'm going to use a lot to continue making works!

Thank you very much!