Showing posts with label grunge talk. Show all posts
Showing posts with label grunge talk. Show all posts

Thursday, June 16, 2016

A Mini Album And A Layout by Maja

Hello everyone, welcome to the Blue Fern Studios blog!

Today I'd like to share some projects I made using our two latest collections, Tranquility and Attic Charm. I warn you, it's a lengthy post, so grab your favourite beverage and sit comfortably :-)
Let's begin with a mini album I made. It's been based upon the Tranquility collection, though has little to do with tranquility as such ;-) The very title says it all:



All the pages are made the same way: half of a sheet folded in two for greater sturdiness. For the pages I used the Serenity and Stillness sheets. The covers (made from the Blissful paper) are further strengthened with pieces of the Calm paper machine-sewed around.
I made the title of the mini by combining the Shooting Stars piece with the Crazy Cousins piece. I embossed the former with Icicle, Breeze, Cerulean and Azure eps (I removed two stars and left the three to symbolise the three boys :) ), and the latter with Ginger and Copper eps. I added the stamped word "Photos" and the definition of serendipity from the Serendipity Calling Cards sheet:



Each page features a photo/photos, some stamps and chipboard pieces.
The inner cover is decorated with one of the Captured Words embossed with Oatmeal (as are the bricks), a stamped vintage camera and a Serendipity Calling Cards tag for some jounraling. The first page is stamped with a Forever chain motif and decorated with the word Fun: I embossed the outline with Ebony ep and the inside letters with Breeze first, then re-heated it a little for the powder to become sticky again and sprinkled some Azure glittery bits. That resulted in a nice vintage look:



I stamped the next page with the banner motif from teh Flight & Flair stamp set and added the Arrow Word Friends embossed with Breeze and Mushroom eps and a Cogs&Gears piece embossed with Copper ep - love that glittery shine :-) Then I added an extra page with an Attic Charm tag and a metal key charm:


The other side of the extra page is for journaling: I stamped its edge with a partially inked Making Plans stamp and added an Arrow Word embossed with 14 Karat ep (did I mention I love that glittery shine? ;-)) The next page refers to the quotation from the front side of the extra page - I added the Laugh Loud piece. I embossed the "Laugh" with 14 Karat ep and the "loud" with Oatmeal. The stamps in the background come from the Essential Textures and Photography sets.


The next two pages include stamps from Halftone and Postal Textures sets. On the left page I used the Heads Up! piece from the Optimist Word Set and embossed it with In The Navy, Ginger and Celestial eps for a varied look. I also added a Directions arrow embossed with 14 Karat. The Grunge Word on the next page is embossed with Mushroom ep. If you heat it a little more after it melts, the light particles come up and you get a really nice weathered look.



As the album is small, it needs some space for the journaling. These two pages are also pockets that contain tags I cut out from the Contentment sheet and decorated with quotations from the Serendipity Calling Cards paper:



Now the mini's getting really crazy ;-) I stamped the bacgrounds with Journey and Postal Textures stamps and added some chippies. I embossed the Crazy word with Ebony and then sprinkled it with 14 Karat, and the arrow above it - just the opposite :-) The Silly word and Crazy Story from Grunge Talk are embossed to get an ombre effect - that quite easy, I just covered parts of the pieces with washi tape, ink with an embossing ink, embossed with powder and then repeated with darker shades. I used Breeze, Cerulean and In The Navy for Silly and Oatmeal, 14 Karat, Mushroom and Ebony for the circle. I also added the Happy word embossed with Cerulean and 14 Karat:




The last pages feature the Deja Vu, widgets and Journey stamps, Chunky Words embossed with ginger ep and another Grungy Talk piece covered with Copper ep. The tag for journaling is decorated with an Attic Charm Calling Cards quotation.



Crazy Cousins:
Papers: Tranquility: Peaceful, Blissful, Contentment, Stillness, Calm, Patience, Serenity; Serendipity: Calling Cards; Attic Charm: Calling Cards
Chipboard: Grunge Shooting Stars, Grunge Talk, Crazy Cousins, Crazy, Silly, Fun!, Blue Fern Bits/Shabby Brick Panel, Arrow Words, Laugh Loud, Captured Words, Chunky Words, Cogs&Gears, The Optimist Word Set, Directions
EP: Mushroom, In The Navy, Cerulean, Azure, Bonny Blue, 14 Karat, Ebony, Oatmeal, Ginger, Breeze, Copper, Icicle, Celestial
Stamps: Halftone, Journey, Making Plans, Deja Vu, Flight & Flair, Forever, Photography, Postal Textures, Widgets, Essential Textures


Are you still here? :-) Then take a look at the layout you might have seen already if you visited our challenge post! As usually, I followed the June sketch quite faithfully and created this light, cheerful page using the latest Attic Charm collection:


I first stamped a border around the page using Halftone stamps and added a small Dreamy stamp too:


I included the same quotation tag as represented in the sketch and added some glittery roses and daisies from the collection flower sets.



The photo is mounted on a small Splattered Circles frame that I embossed with three eps. I also added some more flowers:



I coloured the Crackle Bits piece with a light teal mist that coordinates with the pastel colours of the papers:


 I hope you join in the fun! :-)

Care:
Papers: Attic Charm: Curio, Calling Cards, Generation
Chipboard: Crackle Bits, Splattered Circles
Stamps: Dreamy, Halftone,
Flowers: Attic Charm Glitter Roses, Attic Charm Daisies
EP: Breeze, 14 Karat, Cerulean

That's all from me for June, thank you for visiting and keep dropping by for some more inspiration from my talented DT friends!

see you, 
Maja

Sunday, January 18, 2015

My first 2015 Creations- By Keren Tamir


Hi everyone, Keren here excited to share my Blue Fern Studios creations for a second year and I can't wait to share them with you!!

Here is a little bit more about myself and then two of my creations for this month!!



My name is Keren Tamir and I live in Canada. I am a wife to a wonderful husband who is very supportive of my scrapbooking and a mother of two amazing kids; a 13 year old boy and a 8 year old girl. I’ve been scrapbooking for 11 years and I mainly scrapbook about my family.
I love to create and experiment with many different mediums and techniques. I also love using lots of flowers and vines in my projects. My style is always evolving and that’s one of the things I love about this art.
One of the main reasons I started scrapbooking was to preserve memories and photos for my children. However over the couple of years, I’ve started to enjoy another aspect of scrapbooking. I love the artistic outlet that it gives me. I love to create and I’m passionate about what I do.
I’m delighted to join Blue Fern Studios Design team for a second year. To see more of my art please visit my blog at: http://kerentamir.blogspot.ca
I hope you enjoy my creations!!

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"You rock my world"


Here is the first one of my layouts for this month. I used one of the Sanctuary collection paper as a background and to frame the photo.


I used the notebook edges to frame the the layout. I simply primed it in gesso and then stamped it randomly.



I used one of the Grunge Talk chipboard pieces as a title as it gave a double standard as both a title and the theme of the photo.


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"Cherish"


This second layout was also designed with the new Sanctuary collection.


The photo was framed in one of the Memory Frames. The frame was painted in brown and then I randomly glued bronzed coloured micro-beads. The same was done to the Fancy signage chipboard piece.


Finally I added the "Cherish" title from the "Adore, Love, Cherish" set.


Thank you so much for visiting the Blue Fern Studios blog.

Have a wonderful day!!

Keren

Friday, November 7, 2014

November projects with Camilla

Hi!

Camilla here with some new projects using the new Montage collection and some lovely Blue Fern Studios chipboards.

First a layout where I have used a frame (Collage Frame) and a title (Grunge Talk). 


First I painted it with white acrylic paint and then sprinkled some glass glitter onto it. Finally I added some clear beads.



My second project is a card where I have also used a frame (Jasmine Collage) and a title (Arrow Words).


The frame and the title are covered with platinum crackle texture paste.


I hope you like my projects and make sure to pop by soon to get more inspiration from the rest of the design team.