Magical by Vija

Today, we are back with a layout from Vija Anton, our December Blue Fern Fan of the Month.  

She has used the Homespun paper collection to create this beautiful wedding layout.  

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For my layout featuring a candid photo from my son and daughter in law's wedding I used the beautiful Homespun Hospitality paper.  I turned it on its side for my layout and allowed the beauty of the paper speak for itself, just embellishing the page with mainly chipboard and flowers.

To keep the photos the focus of the page I used a frame from the Homespun printed chipboard shapes and embossed all the chipboard pieces in Antique Gold and adding some Sea Mist embossing powder and Wintergreen Seedlings to some of the pieces to keep the page unified. I similarly altered the Wanderlust Vine to tie in with the chipboard pieces.

I added a few bits of lace to add visual dimension and contrast. And a little bit of stamping to extend the foliage and give it a touch of whimsy. 

Paper:

Homespun Hospitality 

Printed Chipboard:

Homespun Printed Chipboard

Flowers:

Homespun Blooms

Wanderlust Vine

Chipboard: 

Flutter Medley

Blooming Foliage

 Winter Titles

Stamp: 

Dreamy

Seedlings: 

Wintergreen

Glitter: 

Black

Embossing Powder:

 Sea Mist

Antique Gold

Lace

Little Girls by Lisa Landry

A huge thank you to Lisa Landry for joining us this month as our October Blue Fern Fan of the Month.  We hope you have enjoyed her layouts using our new Homespun Collection as much as we have.  She has taken us back in time as she remembers people and events from times past.  Here's Lisa with her 4th layout this month.

Today is my final layout for Blue Fern's October Fan of the Month. Thank you so much to Blue Fern Studios for allowing me this wonderful opportunity to work with so many gorgeous products!  My layout features a 1965 photo of me when I was just 4 years old.

I was absolutely determined to use more of the stunning Blue Fern Lace in my final layout.

It fits perfectly in the center of this gorgeous Hospitality page.

Aren't the Homespun Blossoms soooooo pretty?!

My layout is 100% Blue Fern flowers and lace. I used both sides of the Tea Time page to hand make some of the flowers.  Using flower punches, I edge inked and then formed the petals, gluing one flower inside the other. 

The flower centers are made by sprinkling Blue Fern's Wintergreen Seedlings on top of a dollop of glue. The tiny red flowers have a white pearl center.

I also hand made some Salvia-type flowers.  I ran a wire through the center of each punched flower, using a bead in between as a separator, gluing everything as I went.  The tops of the wires (the stamen of the flower) are coated in glue and then dipped in Blue Fern's Wintergreen Seedlings. 

I wrapped the wire stems around the beautiful Blue Fern Wanderlust Vine with its detailed leaves and adorable bright yellow flowers.  This vine also has black gypsophila flowers on it that I removed because of the color palette of my layout.  I divided the Wanderlust Vine into two pieces so that I could use one on each side of the photo.  What an array of beautiful flowers!

It has been such an honor and a complete joy creating this month with Blue Fern's gorgeous Homespun collection.  I will definitely have more creations with this collection on my blog in the near future.

Thank you for stopping by and have a GREAT day!  Lisa : )

Blue Fern Products used:

Homespun paper collection
Hospitality (main layout)
Tea Time (handmade flowers)
Homestead (Title cuts)

Flowers

Homespun Blossoms (#837586)

Wanderlust Vine

Lace

Lace 7B

Imagine Ink Seedlings

Wintergreen

Wanderlust Inspiration by Kris Berc

Hi, Blue Fern Studios fans! It's Kris here to share my August projects with you.  I have three layouts using the new Wanderlust collection to show you today...oh how I adore the colors and patterns in this collection!

I Think You're Wonderful

I started with the gorgeous Wanderlust Ocean Voyage paper and prepped it with clear gesso.  I couldn't resist coloring the paper with yellow spray inks to match those beautiful, vibrant yellow flowers in the Wanderlust Vine! I then applied modeling paste through a stencil and some black stamping here and there with the new Travel Time stamp.

I treated the title chipboard piece with two embossing powders: Summer Breeze and Starry Night.

I used the same treatment on the Garden Lattice Bits chipboard.

I tucked a Wanderlust printed chipboard piece in at the bottom right of the photo, then layered on a Wanderlust Vine, a Wanderlust Lily, and a white rose from the Happy Roses set.

Blue Fern Studios products used:

Paper

Wanderlust - Ocean Voyage
Wanderlust - Seascape

Chipboard

I Think You're Wonderful
Garden Lattice Bits
Wanderlust Printed Chipboard

Embossing Powder

Summer Breeze
Starry Night

Stamp

Time Travel

Flowers

Wanderlust Vine
Wanderlust Lilies
Happy Roses

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Happiness

For my second layout, I started with the gorgeous Wanderlust Mountain View paper. This time I was inspired by the blue pool water in my photo to add various colors of blue spray ink.  I then applied modeling paste through a stencil and some random stamping in black with the new Departure stamp.

I embossed the Happiness chipboard piece with Ebony embossing powder.  I embossed the sides of the Natural Frame chipboard piece with Hot Cocoa embossing powder, and then embossed the foliage areas of it with Avocado embossing powder.

My flower clusters include yellow and blue Wanderlust Lilies, a blue lily from the Dark Tropic Lilies set, and yellow blooms from the Spring Florals set.

Below is a closer look at the Avocado embossing powder...isn't it lovely?!

Blue Fern Studios products used:

Paper

Wanderlust - Mountain View
Wanderlust - Petites

Chipboard

Good Vibes set
Natural Frame

Embossing Powder

Ebony
Avocado
Hot Cocoa

Stamp

Departure

Flowers

Wanderlust Lilies
Dark Tropic Lilies
Spring Florals

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This Moment

I changed things up a bit for my third layout and focused more on the Wanderlust collection's neutral tones.  I started with the B-side of a piece Wanderlust Calling Cards paper and then layered strips of Wanderlust Pacific Coast paper (both sides) horizontally.  After a treatment of clear gesso, I painted the paper a bit with tan and brown spray inks, followed by stamping here and there in black with the new Dispatch stamp.

I embossed the "this Moment" chipboard piece with Mushroom embossing powder and then grunged it up a bit.  Above the chipboard piece, you can see some of the new Ivory Braided Trim.

The Swallow Border chipboard piece is another new item!  I treated it with Mushroom embossing powder and then added some Speckled Mint embossing powder in random areas.  It's layered on top of some of the new Ivory Venise Lace and topped with a Wanderlust Lily.

The Fern Leaves chipboard pieces are new, too! I treated two of them with the new Avocado embossing powder and tucked them into my embellishment clusters.

Blue Fern Studios products used:

Paper

Wanderlust - Calling Cards
Wanderlust - Pacific Coast
Wanderlust - Souvenir

Chipboard

This Moment
Swallow Border
Wanderlust Printed Chipboard

Embossing Powder

Mushroom
Speckled Mint
Avocado

Stamp

Dispatch

Flowers
Wanderlust Lilies

Lace
Ivory Braided Trim
Ivory Venise Lace

Thank you for stopping by today.

I hope I have inspired you to create with your Blue Fern Studios products!

July projects by Vera Shelemekh

Hello Blue Fern Studios fans!

Vera Shelemekh is here and I'm completely ready to share Wanderlust inspiration with you. This month I've made an experiment. I've used products from the new Blue Fern Studios release only. This was so fun and I love the result.

My first layout is about family vacation. I used Wanderlust - Pacific Coast as background.

I decorated the lo with some cut elemennts from Wanderlust - Souvenir and Wanderlust - Calling Card.The picture is framed with the Wanderlust - Printed Chipboard.

 I painter the background with watercolors and the Embossing Powder - Summer Breeze and applied some stamping with the new stamps.

The title is the Great Outdoors chipboard with Wanderlust Lilies in the middle.

Blue Fern Studios products used:

Papers:

Wanderlust - Pacific Coast
Wanderlust - Souvenir
  Wanderlust - Calling Card

Chipboards:

Wanderlust - Printed Chipboard

Great Outdoors

 

Embossing powder:

Summer Breeze

Stamps:

Stamp - Journey

Flowers

 Wanderlust Lilies

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The other layout is made on Wanderlust - Memento background.

 

The composition is built of  Wanderlust - Printed Chipboard title, stamped elements and Curling Corner chip paintet with white acrylic paint.

Blue Fern Studios products used:

Papers:

Wanderlust - Memento 

 Wanderlust - Souvenir
  Wanderlust - Calling Card

Chipboards:

Wanderlust - Printed Chipboard

Curling Corner

 

Stamps: 

Stamp - Seaside Memories

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And my third inspiration project is the decorated notepad. I  used Wanderlust - Petites for background.

The notepad is decorated with Lace 3, elements cut from Wanderlust - Souvenir, Fern Leaves covered with Avocado Embossing powder and the Wanderlust Vine

Blue Fern Studios products used:

Papers:

Wanderlust - Petites

 Wanderlust - Souvenir   

Chipboards:

Fern Leaves

  

Embossing powder:

Avocado

Flowers

 Wanderlust Vine

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That's all for today. I wish you a good crafty month and see you in August ;)