January inspiration by Pascale B.

Hello Sweeties,

Today I'm up on Blue Fern Studios blog for the first time. I have to say that I'm really honored to be part of this amazing Design Team.

For those who don't know me, I'm Pascale B. a working mom of 2 young adults. I live in the Loire Valley (France) well known for its beautiful castles and wines. I love to travel in and out my country and as I take a lot of photos during my trips, you will discover some of my finds in my projects as well as some of my ancestors... I mostly create layouts, but not only...

You can find my work on my personnal blog Scrap Made in Touraine,

some tutorials on Youtube,

and follow me on Facebook

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For the first project I choose a photo taken during a walk in the "Fairytales Gardens" of the Castle du Rivau (Léméré, France). It's a sculpture from Bassorade: " The Running Forest ".

I choose to made a really simple layout : some random stamping with the Brocade texture stamp, a touch of color for the background and some embossed chipboards. I used the Lucky powder on the small flourishes and the Ebony on the Dot Grid panel.

... some flowers colored with Twinkling H2Os and Primary Element.

And to finish I sprinkled Carrabean Glitter and Glass Glitter.

Blue Fern Studios products used:

Vintage Christmas Noel

Frolic Friendship

Paisley and Vine Bohemian

Chipboard Dot Grid Panel

Chipboard Mini Flourishes

Stamp Brocade Texture

Embossing Powder Ebony

Embossing Powder Lucky

Glitter Caribbean

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For this second page I chose a photo I took in September of the Castle of Villandry (Villandry, France), well-known for its beautiful "Jardins à la Française" (formal garden). The new Timeless collection is just perfect for this kind of photo.

I started to protect the paper (Timeless - Artistique) with a layer of clear gesso. When dry, I added some colors coordinated to the photo. I also added a design to the background with the Brocade Texture stamp that I heat embossed with the 14 Karat powder.

I covered the chipboards with clear gesso before coloring them with some Twinkling H2Os. When dry, I used the Brocade Texture stamp to add some texture to the chipboards and I embossed them with the 14 Karat powder too.

I added some texture to the grape vines too: I sprinkled some Sage embossing powder when the paint was still wet and I love the result!

I die cut the the title in a cardstock and embossed it first the 14 Karat powder. I embossed a second time with the Ebony powder but I didn't cover it properly so the gold is still visible.

Blue Fern Products used:

Timeless Artistique

Love Story The Grand Ball

Love Story True Harmony

Chipboard Quatrefoil Panel

Chipboard Moldings

Embossing Powder 14 Karat

Embossing Powder Sage

Embossing Powder Ebony

Stamp Brocade Texture

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And for the last layout I choose a photo of my great-grandparents's wedding in 1901.

I covered the background (Timeless - Couture) with clear gesso to protect it. When dry, I stamped randomly the background with a background stamp (Postal Texture) and an archival ink. I used a second stamp (Halftone) to add more texture and embossed the print with the pearl embossing powder. Then I added some colors to the background.

First I covered the chipboards (Framington Medley and  Marrakesh Panel) with clear gesso too, and added a thick layer of clear crackle paste. I let dry naturally. Then I colored them with different mica powders and fixed them.

I colored the flower and the leaves and I embossed the last ones with the sage embossing powder to add some texture.

I cut different papers (Autumn Anthology - Cottage and  Sanctuary - Calling Cards) and distressed them before adding them under the photo.

To finish the layout I added some mica flakes and I splattered black gesso mixed with gold mica powder.

Blue Fern products used:

Timeless Couture

Autumn Anthology Cottage

Sanctuary Calling Cards

Chipboard Marrakesh Panel

Chipboard Framington Medley

Stamp Postal Texture

Stamp Haftone

Emboosing Powder Pearl

Embossing Powder Sage

Summer snapshots

Hello BFS fans!
I hope you've all been great! I'm happy to be back and share with you some of the colorful snapshots from my summer.

'Bloom and grow'
It's all about the soft, white washed colors, with just a hint of teal and pink. The chipboards treatment is simple - I'm using either plain or just covered with a layer of gesso.
Chipboards: Deja vu border, Blue Fern frame (piece), Layering stems

'Totally love you'
This is one of my favorite BFS papers and I've been saving it for long! It's so decorative that it needs just a small amount of embellishments. I used piecec of old lace and chipboards to frame my story.
Some messy stamping is just added to get more contrast in the pastel backgrund.
Chipboards:Radiant suns, Blue Fern frame, Dot grid panel, Quaterfoil panel

'Remember (Krakow marketsquare)'
A selfie with my daughter while visiting Krakow marketsquare! A quick vacation layout, if you don't count the time for fussy cutting the roses ;)
Chipboards: Mixed chains, Grunge frames, Memory frames, Blue Fern frame (yes! again - this giant piece lasts forever)

I have about 1000 photos from this summer, so I might be sharing some more next time :)
Have a great day everybody!
DT Zanka

Another Layout using Love Story!

A quick post today, but we just had to show you this layout.  Creative Team Member Zaneta Glowa created this soft and dreamy layout using the back side of "The Grand Ball" paper from our Love Story Collection.  This paper is perfect with her photo!

Blue Fern Chipboard used:

One frame from the Lace Rounds Set of 2

Several pieces from the Blossom Branches set

A section from the Dot Grid Panel