Februari Projects By Wendy Scholten

Hi Everyone,

Today it's my turn to show you my projects for this month, 2 of them feature the new Chesterville collection, it's absolutely stunning!

For my first page

"All Natural"

 i used the Chesterville Hargrave paper, when i saw this one i knew i had to use it!

I mixed some white gesso with artsian powders and created a background for my photo.

Then i used the harlequin of the Texture 1 stamp and one of the vintage phrases

 and also a stencil i used with paint to give my background more texture.

 a few chrystals and string from my own stash.

The Chesterville collection comes with some beautiful grungy chipboard pieces, i used the Chesterville Collage which i cut in pieces to fit my photo right and an older set called All Natural, which matched my theme for this page perfectly.

I treated the Chesterville Collage with Oatmeal embossing powder, The All natural Set with Mushroom  and Sand and Sea embossing powder except for the butterfly (It's a girl embossing powder) and my title, on that one i used Vintage Gold embossing powder.

I also used a few Lilies from the Havest, Late Winter and Spring Lilies, thes are so gorgeous and can be used on everything!

Blue Fern Products used:

Papers:

-Chesterville- Hargrave

Chipboard:

-Chesterville Collage

-All Natural set

Stamps:

-Texture 1

-Vintage Phrases

Embossing Powder:

-Oatmeal

-Mushroom

-Vintage Gold

-Sand and Sea

-It's a girl

Flowers:

-Harvest Lilies

-Late Winter Lilies

-Spring Lilies

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Now for my second one

 "Two Hearts" 

i made a smaller canvas with Attic Charm papers and a picture from our wedding day in 2012.

 I used the Spring Posy papers as well as a few cards from the calling cards paper and strips of paper from the Sachet paper where i put some lace behind and between the layers to give it some depth.

I created the background with the Forever stamp and
i also used some It's a girl embossing powder and the essential texture stamp for different textures.

For my chipboard pieces i used the Floral clock and the Symphony border which i treated with snow embossing powder mixed with some glitters.

The Title Two Hearts from the Wedding Words Set i embossed with mushroom embossing powder but i found it was too dark so i used a little Gesso to tone it down a little.

i used some glitter, small flowers, chrystals and beads from my own stash.

For the flower clusters i used the Harvest Lilies.

 Blue Fern Products Used:

Papers: Attic Charm

- Spring Posy

  -Calling cards

-Sachet

Chipboard:

-Floral Clock

-Wedding Words

-Symphony border

Stamps:

-Essential Texture

-Forever

 Embossing Powders:

-Snow

-It's aGirl

-Mushroom

Flowers:

-Harvest Lilies

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And for the third one

"Sassy"

i also used the new Chesterville Collection.

For this page i used the Whitford paper and placed the Bretton paper (this one is so pretty with the small flowers) which i cut a bit smaller on top.

I cut the inside of the Whitford paper and used a piece of it behind my photo.

I made a lot of photo's of our little girl on our last vacation, i like them so much combined with these papers as you can probably see, because i used two already this month, lol.

 For the background i used modeling paste with a stencil which i colored with artisan powders and mica powders. I tucked in some Cheesecloth behind my photo.

I used the Manchester Frame which is part of this Chesterville Collection and the title Sassy from the Cute Sweet Sassy Set.

The Frame was embossed with the mushroom embossing powder and the title Sassy was treated first with crackle paste for some texture and then i used the vintage gold embossing powder.

 I used the  Late Winter Lilies and the Harvest Lilies.

 To give it al some more texture and depth i used some different sizes of art stones.

 I also used some small embesllishments and flowers from my own stash.

Blue Fern Studios products used:

Papers:

-Whitford

-Bretton

Chipboard:

-Manchester frame

-Cute, Sweet, Sassy

Embossing Powder:

-Mushroom

-vintage Gold

Flowers:

-Late Winter Lilies

-Harvest Lilies

This Chesterville Collection is so stunning and versatile, i'm sold!

Thanks for visiting and have a nice day!

Hugs Wendy



February Inspirations by Catherine Giguère

Hello Blue Fern Studios Fans! I am so excited to share three new projects with you! This month, I had the chance to work with the soon to come Chesterville paper collection. This collection is absolutely gorgeous, it's a must have, trust me! First, let me show you my first layout I did with the Attic Charm collection.

'Incroyable'

I used the paper Attic Charm 'Sachet' to start this project. First, I made a textured background with a stencil and modeling paste. I used pink and yellow inks to add colors on my background. I also add details with the 'Vintage Phrase' and 'Essential Textures' stamps and black ink.

Then, I embossed my chipboard 'Leaf Swirled Frame' with BFS Imagine Ink Embossing Powder 'Cotton Candy'.  I used pieces of Attic Charm 'Calling Cards' paper to put under my picture. 

I add a lot of Blue Fern Studios flowers around my picture.

Blue Fern Studios products used:

Papers

Attic Charm 'Sachet'

Attic Charm 'Calling Cards'

Chipboards

Leaf Swirled Frame

French Adjectives 1

Embossing Powder

 BFS Imagine Ink 'Cotton Candy'

Stamp

Vintage Phrase

Essential Textures

Flowers

Attic Charm Daisies

Attic Charm Glitter Roses

Harvest Lilies

'Adorable'

I did my second layout on the gorgeous paper 'Barton' of the soon to come collection Chesterville. I did a background with modeling paste, stencil and brown paste. I add blue and brown inks on top of it.

I embossed my chipboards Printer's Bits with BFS Imagine Ink 'Nutmeg'. I embossed my title with BFS Imagine Ink 'Sand and Sea' embossing powder.Then, I add some Blue Fern Studios flowers. 

Blue Fern Studios products used:

Papers

Chesterville 'Barton'

Chipboards

Printer's Bits

Perfect, Adorable, Special

Embossing Powder

BFS Imagine Ink 'Nutmeg'

BFS Imagine Ink 'Sand and Sea'

Flowers

Dark Tropic Lilies

Late Winter Lilies

Courtship Roses

'Moment'

I did my third layout on the Chesterville 'Breton' paper. I love this paper! I did a background with a stencil and modeling paste. I add texture with brown paste and color with pink ink.

I embossed my title with BFS Imagine Ink 'Oatmeal'.

I embossed the chipboard 'Beaded Flourish' with BFS Imagine Ink 'Mushroom'.

Then, I add many Blue Fern Studios flowers.

Blue Fern Studios products used:

Papers

Chesterville 'Breton'

Tranuility 'Calling Cards'

Chipboards

Beaded Flourish

French Words

Embossing Powder

BFS Imagine Ink 'Mushroom'

BFS Imagine Ink 'Oatmeal'

Flowers

Attic Charm Daisies

Dark Tropic Lilies

Courtship Roses

Heartland Roses and Bloom

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

Catherine Giguère

Sketch Challenge Winner!

Hello Blue Fern fans.  Today we are excited to announce the winner of our October Sketch Challenge, and to feature a few layouts from the challenge.  This month our winner is..........

 Entry #4 is from Joanne from Canada.  Congratulations Joanne!  As the winner, you will receive a package of Blue Fern Studios chipboard. Please send an e-mail, within the next 7 days, to {valerie(at)bluefernstudios(dot)com} to claim your prize.  Here is the sweet layout Joanne created using the sketch.  What a beautiful way to use a chipboard frame.

Each month we love to feature some of the other layouts from the challenge, because we get to show off the beautiful ways in which you use Blue Fern products.  Here are few from the October challenge:


Jackie Clark's layout begins with an awesome photo, and builds from there.  Her use of the paper from the Sanctuary Collection, various pieces of chipboard, and awesome texture combine for a stunning look! 

Mabel Sim has created the next layout.  She said she had limited supplies, but feels that might have let her creativity run wild.  We sure agree with that.  The watercolor she added to paper completely changes the look, and gives it such a dreamy look. 

Our third feature this month is from Pam Ellis.  There are so many things to love about this soft, gorgeous layout.  The paper is from the Attic Charm Collection, and she has altered the chipboard pieces with various colors of embossing powder.  What a perfect layout for these adorable photos.

Thanks so much to all who entered our sketch challenge.  You just keep amazing us!

Our November challenge has been posted.  You can find a link in the sidebar.  We sure hope you will join us.

The Envelope Please......

Today we have several winners to announce.  First up are the winners from our July Contest.  In case you forgot, in July we asked you to give us some suggestions for chipboard titles.  Wow! - we were amazed by all the great titles you came up with.  As promised, we will select one winner from the blog posts, and one winner from the Facebook posts.  

Even though we are announcing two winners today, we will be using a LOT more of your suggestions, so keep an eye out for new titles and sets of titles.  We may be using yours.

So, here are our winners.  We will be making these titles first:

From the blog: our winner is Aggie who suggested some school related words/titles such as:  

You've Got This, A+, Learning Something New, Reading, Studying, Test Time, 

First Day, Graduation, Hitting the Books, School, Elementary, Middle and High School, 

Favorite Teacher, various subjects (English, Math, Science, Art, History etc), Recess, etc. 

From Facebook: our winner is Marilyn Hughes who suggested "Forever Young".

Congratulations Aggie and Marilyn!  As winners you will receive a prize package from Blue Fern Studios that will include the title(s) that you suggested.  Please send an e-mail, within the next 7 days, to {valerie(at)bluefernstudios(dot)com} to claim your prize.

August Challenge Winners & Featured Layouts

Based on a random draw, the winner of our August challenge is:

 

Entry #8 belongs to France Ringuette!  Congratulations France.  

You have won a prize package from Blue Fern Studios.  Please send an e-mail, within the next 7 days, to {valerie(at)bluefernstudios(dot)com} to claim your prize.

Here is the layout France created using the Tranquility Collection.  

What awesome bright colors against this background!

In August, we asked you to use one of our 3 most recent collections: Tranquility, Attic Charm, or Seaside Cottage.  We would like to feature one amazing layout from each of these collections:

The first layout was created by Beatriz (B-arte) of Spain.  This vintage style layout is so elegant and we love the texture she has created!

Next up, we have a layout using the Attic Charm collection.  Kylie Kingham (Paper Sweet Pea) created this gorgeous layout.  You will also see that she has several pieces of Blue Fern chipboard scattered throughout.  Kylie has a process video which you can view HERE at YouTube.

And for all you dog-lovers, our third feature of the month uses paper from the Seaside Cottage collection.  

Vija Anton created a beautiful layout using this photo of their Golden Retriever, Cooper.  What an amazing layout that really captures the feel of the beach.!

Congratulations to all of you who were one of our features this month.  

And a big thank-you to all who participated in the August challenge.  There were so many wonderfully creative layouts.  You never fail to make our job of selecting featured layouts a difficult one.  

You have used Blue Fern products beautifully!

We sure hope you find some time in September to join us for our Mood Board challenge.  

You can find all the details in our sidebar.

August inspiration by Karolina

Hello everyone! Karolina here. 

Today I'm so glad to be sharing with you two creations - a layout using the fabulous new collection Seaside Cottages mixed with another collections and a canvas in a very sweet style using Attic Charm collection. My projects are always very reach and I'm using so many embellishments, layers, flowers, textures and color touches I really like this effect, because then you can read projects using your hands. If you know what I mean Hope you like it!

Fascination

Firstly my layout. I have used one of my favourite combination of colors - turquoise, blue, yellow and brown. It looks amazing, isn't it? On a base paper I chose a beautiful paper from Seaside Cottage collection and then I have built a composition with using differents turquoise-blue shades papers from few collections of Blue Fern Studios. I added also black accents to make my project more contrasty. Then I added some embellishments and flowers of course (a turquoise flower is my handmade flower! I'm proud of myself :D)

Papers: Seaside Cottage - Voyage, Regalia; Sanstuary - Bidsong melody; Serendipity - Calling Cards; Love story - Concerto; Paisley&Vine - Bohemian, Nature; Attic Charm - Curio, Sping Posy
Chipboards: Serendipity words 2, Quilted Page Panel 

Glitter: Caribbean, Peacock, Burnt Cooper

Sweet

My second projects is a canvas with my sweet goddaughter Sophie. She is soo cute! But I have to admit that she is very naughty girl ;) 

Now Sophie is 2 years old, but I really like this photo. I prepared very reach and high composition using papers from Attic Charm collection. There you can find so many pink and another soft colors papers. I added so many flowers, some embellishents and chipboards of course! To color my title and background chipboard pieces I have used embossing powders - fuhsia and petal and some pieces I left in natural color of chipboard. 

Papers:  Attic Charm - Mercantile, Foyer, Calling Cards
Chipboards: Arrow words, Directions, Quatrefoil Panel, Leafy Page accents

Embossing powders: Fuhsia, Petal