July Inspiration by France Ringuette

Hi fellow Blue Fern Fans, today will be my last series for Blue Fern Studio. Due to some unexpected work changes, I am required to do lots of business travel, this is has the impact of reducing my craft time and I've had to make the heartbreaking decision to leave the amazing Blue Fern Studio creative team. I hope this last production will inspire you with the amazing Blue Fern Studio Products.

Layout #1: Travel

My first layout this month is inspired by the amazing Tattered Wall grunge feel paper of The Garage. It is amazingly perfect for making boy layouts, I just fell in Love with this paper.

Have you seen this new Azul embossing powder? It is spectacular. Perfect mix of turquoise and silver.

The ephemera are so much fun to use, it makes the perfect small elements around your picture.

Blue Fern Studios Products Used: 

Paper:

Tattered Walls The Garage

Tattered Walls Ephemenra

Flowers:

Harvest Lilies

Embossing Powder: Azur

Chipboard:

Wanderlost Words & Frolic Mesh

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Layout #2: Love

Oh what can I say, it's so easy to be inspired when you get the chance to work with an amazing baby photo like my friend's daughter, she is just adorable. Happy Accident remains one of my favorite collections. I love the detailed print on this background. On this layout, I wanted to created a soft vintage feeling so I opted to play with lots of flowers and embossed chipboard.

Frame chipboards are my favorites, I love using them under my pictures to create dimension. Embossed in rose gold, this one gives the softness I was looking for with a twist of shimmer.

Touched of Lace add to the delicate feeling of the page

I love this flower with a pearl center, just perfect. I also enjoy adding lace in my layering of the flowers.

On this dangle chipboard, I opted to use 2 different embossing powders : Baby Pink & 14 karat

Blue Fern Studios Products Used: 

Paper:

Happy Accident

Flowers:

Heartland Blooms

 & Apricot Blooms

Embossing Powder: Baby Pink, 14 karat & Rose Gold

Chipboard:

Frame & Dangling butterfly

Lace: 10 & 4

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Layout #3: Dreamer

Sweet Sweet Sweet baby, I just love this amazing picture of my friend's son Jack. This layout was just too fun to do. 

The Tranquility collection was just what I needed, it breaths calm and tranquil, perfect for this baby picture.

The Widget stamp is so much fun for a boy layout, I just enjoy the gears. I also enjoy embossing on my layout,

A bit a lace, a few flowers and the delicate ornaments are a perfect touch for this baby boy layout.

Blue Fern Studios Products Used: 

Paper:

Tranquility Calm & Peaceful

Flowers:

Dark Tropic Lily

Embossing Powder: In the Navy

Stamps:

Widget

Lace:  4

I hope you enjoyed my last projects for Blue Fern Studio and I wish you an amazing crafty July !

Before I go, I'd like to say a special thanks to Valerie & Leslie for the opportunity to have been part of the amazing Blue Fern Studios design team. Blue Fern Studios has been and will always be one of my favorite brands for papers, embossing powders, chipboards and many more products. I wish you and the team amazing success for the many years to come.

September Inspiration with Jelissa

Hello friends and welcome to the month of September!

Things are definitely going at warp-speed for me now that little baby is due any time now. Sometimes I do feel like I'm getting affairs in order, which sounds so morbid!

Anyhow, I'm in today to share my September creations for Blue Fern Studios. I couldn't resist using the sketch that Michelle has created for this month's challenge even though I had a different project planned. So here is her sketch:

And my take on it:

I've never used so much purple before! But the soft palette of the Deja Vu papers made it so easy and pleasing. This is one of my favourite photos of Number 2 and hubby - don't they look so happy with their bright smiles?

Lots of close-ups:

My title, which I have left untouched but just simple priming with gesso. Not forgetting the paper layers I have under my photo.

Part of the Circle Vine chipboard which I used to frame my photo. I had cut out one end so that the whole piece fits and still gives me the flow I wanted for the page. I had also die cut some leaves out for adding into the floral cluster.

Die cut doily from one of the Deja Vu sheets.

Using the collection title from the info strip as a sentiment in my top cluster. I used the Deja Vu stamp set to create a resist for my watercolor background, plus the little piece which I had snipped off the Circle Vine chipboard. I also added some beads and distress glitter for extra texture.

Blue Fern Studios products used:

Papers: Deja Vu collection - Tresors, Atelier, Lustre, Petite Cartes

Deja Vu Stamp set, Widgets

Chipboards: Laughter, Happy, Smile

Circle Vine

My next share is a educator video I've created. I had wanted a relatively simple layout without too much clusters and a comfortable amount of white space. 

Again, using Deja Vu papers. I can't seem to get enough of this gorgeous collection! The drawings on this paper is so subtle but yet they actually help to create a visual flow that framed my main cluster beautifully.

Many, many close-ups again:

The Township Collage chipboard which I had altered in a few different ways.

I've always wanted to use that bird cage stamp!

I like the dangling trinkets in the Deja Vu stamp set a lot because of the intricate details they have, just like BFS's laser-cut chipboards. 

My title piece.

Main cluster with the pretty papers all layered up and I sneaked in bits of lacy flowers.

And here is how I created this page:

Blue Fern Studios products used:

Papers: Deja Vu collection - Friperies, Petite Cartes, Lustre, Atelier

Deja Vu Stamp Set

Chipboards: Township Collage, Frolic in the Sun

Layouts with Déja Vu collection by Keren Tamir

I'm excited to showcase my projects today at the Blue Fern Studios Blog. 

I've used the Deja Vu collection for both these layouts.

Both layouts were created on the same background but with two different colour schemes which shows the paper's versatility.

"Sweetheart"

Although its spring, my first project is snow filled with earthy colours.

I framed my daughter's picture in the Winter flake frame which I personally designed for Blue Fern Studios. I covered it randomly with cream coloured embossing powder and then inked it in brown.

The background was stamped with the Deja Vu Stamps, the vintage edges stamp and the journey stamp. All were inked with brown distress ink.

Finally I used the Sweetheart word from the Lovebirds set.

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"Perfect photo op"

Thie second layout was also stamped in the background with a new BFS stamp. I used the widgets stamp to create the texture in the background.

This is an old picture of my son. He must be 3 years old here. I framed it in one of the vintage labels chipboard pieces which I coloured in green distress ink. I also used the seaweed chipboard to add as an embellishment. 

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

Have a wonderful day!!

Keren