Video Tutorial for Happy Accident 2 Collection by Jessica

"Love"

Hello my friends! Before I get to my video tutorial for the newest Happy Accident 2 Collection, I want to share my first layout for September featuring the Tattered Walls Collection.  My background paper is "The Maid's Room".

The larger pink and white roses are from the Happy Roses collection.

In this picture, you can see the Opulence chipboard piece.  Originally it was dark brown then I embossed it with Pearl embossing powder (there are only very small patches of the Pearl embossing powder that is visible on the chipboard).  I then used the Super Grunge stamp and embossed the chipboard with Ivory embossing powder.  Next, I used the Crackle Textures stamp with a black water solvent ink pad to stamp over the chipboard.  Finally, I applied Lavender seedlings with matte gel.

I used a lot of Tattered Walls Ephemera as part of my background textures.  In this picture, you can see that I used the For the Birds stamps with black water solvent ink.

I love how the pink flowers were able to flow across the page!  The pinks and whites remind me of waves of roses.  In this picture you can also see the white Garden Blooms flower.  It was originally a rose, but I took two layers of the rose, put them together, and added some stamen I had from my stash.

Products used:

Paper

Tattered Walls - "The Maid's Room"

Tattered Walls Ephemera

Flowers

Happy Roses

Garden Blooms

Chipboard

Opulence

Embossing Powder

Pearl

Ivory

Stamps

Crackle Textures

Super Grunge

For the Birds

Seedlings

Lavender

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"It's the Little Things in Life"

For my second layout, I used the newest Happy Accident 2 Collection and I am in love with it!  I used Happy Accident 2 "Smarty" as my background paper.  Under the stenciled area, I used Happy Accident 2 Ephemera and strips of "Damsel" paper.  I also distressed a piece of the "Damsel" paper and distressed Amber & Apricot's "Chapters" paper to go under my photo.  I also chose to use the new "It's the Little Things in Life" chipboard piece.  I coated it twice with gesso then spritzed it with brown and taupe mists.

I used the two new stamps Accidental Collage (slightly hidden at the left side of the page) and the flowers from the Garden Gate stamp set (slightly hidden under the floral panels at the top and bottom of the page).  I used the Tattered Newsprint stamp randomly around the page.

Here is a nice closeup where you can see that I embossed the pieces of chipboard with the Super Grunge Stamp and Pearl embossing powder.  Then I added little bits of the new Evening Sky seedlings randomly on the pieces of the Floral Panel chipboard that I cut into 3 sections.

I used flowers from both new sets of flowers - Happy Blossoms and Happy Florals.  The larger blue flower and the brown flower are from the Happy Florals and the other flowers on the page are from the Happy Blossoms set.  The Valerie's Butterflies chipboard pieces were painted twice with gesso then sprayed with blue and brown mists.  When they were dry I added extra concentrated white acrylic paint to the tips.  Finally, I used purple dimensional paint to adhere the new Wisteria seedlings to match the purple flowers on the page.

Under these three flowers and butterfly is the new Floral Butterfly Corner Panel chipboard that was created the same way as three pieces of the Floral Panel chipboard.  For the details, you can check out the video tutorial that explains it all.

Anyhow, I hope you get a chance to take a peak at the tutorial!  It is in fast forward motion and I tried to keep it as informative as possible without cutting out too much footage.  Thanks for stopping by!

Products used:

Paper

Happy Accident 2 - "Smarty"

Happy Accident 2 - "Damsel"

Happy Accident 2 - Ephemera

Amber & Apricot - "Chapters"

Chipboard

Valerie's Butterflies

It's the Little Things in Life

Floral Butterfly Corner Panel

Floral Panel

Embossing Powder

Pearl

Seedlings

Wisteria

Evening Sky

Stamps

Accidental Collage

Garden Gate

Tattered Newsprint

Super Grunge

Flowers

Happy Blossoms

Happy Florals

I hope I gave you some ideas and inspiration today for your next layout!  Any questions or comments are always welcomed. :-)

~ Jessica ~

Spring Inspiration from Lanette, with a Video too!

Hello All Lanette Here,

Here in Michigan we are desperately waiting for Spring to arrive. It's been a winter and I am ready for a spring green yard. So I thought  the Spring Parade Collection was perfect for me to create with this month. 

For my first layout I focused on the perfect pastels and the sweet bunnies in this collection...

Blue Fern Studios Products Used: Spring Parade Pattern Paper- Sunday Best & Susie's Garden. BFS Glitter- White Gold & Rose Gold. BFS Seedlings- Glass & Tickled. BFS Embossing Powder- Ivory & Pearl. BFS Chipboard- Ginger Poppies & Winter Titles (JOY). BFS Flowers- Courtship Roses & Late Winter Lilies. BFS Stamp- Tattered Newsprint.

You can see how I created this layout start to finish over on the Blue Fern YouTube Channel: 

Here are just a few details of my layout...

I love the way the Chipboard looks with Ivory & Pearl Embossing Powder.

A super sweet fussy cut bunny...

Lots of Seedling & Glitter to really make these lovely blooms shine.

For my second layout, I continued the Spring fun but this time I played with the Attic Charm Collection...

Blue Fern Studios Products Used: Attic Charm Pattern Paper- Generation & Curio . BFS Embossing Powder- Ivory & Pixie Dust. BFS Glitter- Pea Soup & Rose Gold. BFS Seedlings- Mauve & Meadow. BFS Chipboard- Spring Fever & Spring Bunny Frame. BFS Stamps- Tattered Newsprint, Departure & Butterflies. Misc Blue Fern Flowers.

Just a few details before you hop along...

 A peek at this lovely lace and this sweet little chipboard bunny.

A the bit of frame that I cut away from the bunny worked perfectly with the title.

Here is a good look at all the little extras that make this layout sparkle.

Don't you just love Seedlings & Glitter!

Thank you so much for stopping by today!

I hope that I have inspired you in some way, but if you are looking for more inspiration make sure you stop by and join the Blue Fern Fanatics Face Book Group!

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See you next month.

Remnants Video Tutorial and In the Mood Layout

Hello everyone and happy Valentine's Day!  Today I am up on the Blue Fern Studios blog to share a couple of layouts with you for February.

"Forever"

My first layout features the Remnants Collection.  I am very inspired by the whole collection so I decided to make another video tutorial for this layout.  You can see the video tutorial below.

I chose the Callaway paper for my background.  The Remnants Printed Chipboard pieces with a thin coat of gesso under my picture added just the right amount of dimension.  The circular chipboard pieces around the picture are from the Floral Circles Chipboard and the thin circle frame right behind the picture is from the Tattered Butterfly Chipboard.  I also used the word "Forever" from the Families are Forever Chipboard for the title.

Each piece of chipboard on my layout was first painted with two layers of gesso.  Then I double embossed the chipboard pieces with Pearl Embossing Powder.  Before the embossing powder dried, I sprinkled some White Gold Glitter on the wet embossing powder to add some shimmer.

All of my flowers in my layout have some gesso on the tips, and they were lightly sprinkled with Red Wine Glitter while it was still wet.  

To the right of the picture, I used a rose from the Happy Roses set, and the rose to the left of the picture is from the Spring Florals set.  The other three flowers on my layout with the pearls in the center are from the Remnants Florals set.

My picture is mounted on a torn piece of the Mini Remnants Paper.  To add the final touches,  I used a very small amount of Purple Haze Seedlings in various areas around my picture and flowers.

I hope my video tutorial will provide you with some inspiration for your next layout!  Don't forget that I would love to answer any questions you may have. :-)

Products Used

Paper

Remnants - Callaway

Mini Remnants

Chipboard

Remnants Printed Chipboard

Floral Circles

Families are Forever

Tattered Butterfly

Glitter

White Gold

Red Wine

Flowers

Happy Roses

Spring Florals

Remnants Florals

Embossing Powder

Pearl

Seedlings

Purple Haze

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"Remember"

My second layout for this lovely February features the newest In the Mood Collection.  I chose to use the Pensive Paper for my background and mounted my photo on a torn piece of the Mellow Paper.

I applied modeling paste and stencil then added pink and brown mists to the background.  When it was dry, I used the Crackle Textures Stamp with archival ink.

Next I embossed the Treasured Floral Frame with Pixie Dust and Baby Pink Embossing Powder.  I glued it to the paper, then I used matte gel to attach the Lace 12.

While the matte gel was still wet, I sprinkled some Tickled and Sweet Pea Seedlings.  Next I splattered some diluted black gesso then glued the torn Mellow Paper.

I decided to use small pieces of the Floral Lattice Bits Chipboard embossed with Peacock Embossing Powder and added some Army Dust Glitter.   I glued the pieces under the flowers from the Moody Florals Set.  Finally, I attached the Lace 10 around the side of the picture and randomly added some Emerald Seedlings.

I hope I gave you some inspiration today as you create new layouts from this lovely collection!  Take care!

~ Jessica McFall

Products Used

Paper

In the Mood - Pensive

In the Mood - Mellow

Chipboard

Memory Frames
Floral Lattice Bits
Treasured Floral Frame

Glitter

Army Dust

Flowers

Moody Florals

Lace
Lace 10
Lace 12

Embossing Powder

Pixie Dust
Baby Pink
Peacock

Seedlings

Tickled

Sweet Pea

Emerald

Stamp

Crackle Textures

May Projects by Vera Shelemekh

Hello Blue Fern Studios fans! 

Vera Shelemekh is here. Today is my turn to inspire you with the amazing Happy Accident collection. The self adhesive chipboards are absolutely gorgeous, aren't they? So easy to adhere and fun to play with!

My first layout is telling a summertime story. I even see the sun rays  shining from the right upper corner). I used Happy Accident - Incident paper for the background and a couple of pieces from the self adhesive chipboards set.

Graduated Circles and Chelsea Vines chipboards are covered with acrylic paint and some Mermaid glitter.

I love the combination of bright yellow and blue bubbles and flowers and watercolor birds from the Owls and birds stamps set.

And here is my video tutorial showing how to make this layout. I hope you will find it useful.

 

 

Blue Fern Studios products used:

 

Papers:

Happy Accident - Incident

 

Chipboards:

Graduated Circles

Chelsea Vines

Happy Accident self-adhesive chipboard

 

Glitter:

Mermaid

 

Stamps:

Owls and Birds

 

  Flowers: 

Happy Blooms

Dark Tropic Lilies

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And another Wedding layout, this time all in blue as it was the main color of our Wedding.  Happy accident - Quirk paper as the background with some flowers and butterflies cut from Frolic collection.

 I framed the picture into the middle Looped frame covered with Icicle Embossing powder.

There are some more butterflies on the Garden Frolic Stamp. I added them too.

 

Papers:

Happy Accident - Quirk

Frolic

 

Chipboards:

Looped frames
Winter Titles

 

Embossing powders:

Icicle

Stormy Skies

 

Stamps:

Garden Frolic

I would love to hear from you in the comments. Thank you for watching and see you in June *)

December Inspirations by Marilyn

Hi everyone! Marilyn here with you today to share my last video and projects for Blue Fern Studios.

This last year and a half in the design team was an amazing experience. 

Thanks Valerie and Leslie for giving me the wonderful opportunity to work with products that I love.

I made two layouts and a video tutorial using the Christmas Vintage collections.

I worked with the "Let it snow" paper here that I gave textures with different Blue Fern' stamps and embossing powder.  You will see the creative process in the video tutorial. 

I framed the photo with the Frosty Flake chipboard that I embossed with Icicle embossing powder.

I also embossed the "Its a holly Jolly Christmas chipboard piece.

Christmas Blooms and Soft Blossoms flowers...

Here's the Video Tutorial I hope you find some inspirations...enjoy it!!!

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"ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU"

I mixed both collection on this layout.  I love the Holiday Treats Paper side b, and I combined with the Christmas Vintage - Magical paper.  I cut out some images from both collection and a card.

I painted the Stars and Berries chipboard frame with gesso and next with distress ink.

I added the big white flowers from the Christmas Blooms package.

I hope you find some inspirations in my work and because I don't like the "goodbyes" I tell you until next time!!!! xx

Marilyn Rivera

The Most Wonderful Time of the Year with Jelissa

Hello Blue Fern fans!

Boy, has time flown. It has been 3 amazing years on the Blue Fern Studios DT and looking back, I'm really thankful for the opportunity to create with these amazing products. I'm so deeply grateful for Leslie's generosity and also being able to work with such a talented team of ladies. Today will be my last post for Blue Fern Studios, and I will be featuring the Vintage Christmas 2 collection.

We don't have a habit of taking traditional Christmasy sort of photos so I've always used more generic ones when scrapping for the season. This is a winter scene that I found so lovely and matched the colors of the collection quite nicely as well. I deliberately used the paper "Let It Snow" because both the theme and colors were so suited for each other.

Some details in the close-ups:

My title - Wonder word. I had used a few layers of Imagine Ink EPs here - Snow, Icicle and Sea Mist together with Blue Diamond glitter. 

Some of the Christmas Blooms that I have used as embellishment. 

The Stars and Berries Frame which I had altered with Mushroom and Oatmeal EP. The Large Flake chipboard which I had also covered with Frozen EP (it really reminded me of Elsa's beautiful blue gown!) and Blue Diamond glitter.

Blue Fern Studios products used:

paper: Vintage Christmas 2 - Let It Snow, T'was the Night

embossing powder: Frozen, Oatmeal, Mushroom, Icicle, Sea Mist

glitter: Blue Diamond

chipboard: Large Flake, Wish; Wonder; Dream, Star and Berries Frame

My second share is a video tutorial, and features much more of the festive and bright colors in the collection.

In my background, I have created a wreath with modeling paste and paints to complement the colors of the papers. Plus the fussy-cut elements here and there and the chipboards in the layers, it makes for quite a rich look without having to use additional embellishments.

some details in the close-ups:

Little doilies with Christmas emblems that I cut out from the "Tree Trimmings" paper. Tucked beneath are the Tree Toys chipboards which I had altered with Magenta and Grassy Knoll EPs and Phoenix and Summer Leaves glitter.

Part of the Stars and Berries Frame which I had altered with Oatmeal EP and snipped off for a slightly rustic touch. Hiding in my paper layers is a fussy-cut design from "Jolly".

Lastly, my title "Colorful Candles Burning Bright" which I had altered with Ruby, Ginger and Coral EPs and sprinkled with Autumn glitter.

Here is the video of how I put together this page:

Blue Fern Studios products used:

paper: Vintage Christmas 2 - Holida Treats, Greeting Cards, Jolly, Tree Trimmings

embossing powder: Oatmeal, Grassy Knoll, Magenta, Ruby, Ginger, Coral

glitter: Phoenix, Summer Leaves, Autumn

chipboard: Star and Berries Frame, Tree Toys, Colorful Candles Burning Bright