"Happiness" by our Fan of the Month

It's Wednesday, so we are back with another layout from our Fan of the Month, Patty Rogers.
This week, she has created this sweet Easter layout.  We will let Patty tell you all about it.

Hi everyone! It's Patty again with another layout for the Spring Parade collection. I enjoyed working with these Blue Fern Studio Products so much that I made a process video while working on this piece. You can watch it below.

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You can see some of the layering and distressing in the photo below. The title word, "Happiness" is from the Good Vibes chipboard set. I love the way it gracefully curves over the photo so beautifully.

You can see where I tore the papers diagonally and popped them up. I may have had
too much fun with my layering, if there is such a thing!  Using a stencil and modeling paste,
I added texture to the background before splattering gold paint.

Here, you can see the pretty egg chipboard pieces. They are lovely and I thought it
would be perfect to hang them by a chain that I stamped on the background paper.
The chain stamp is from the "Forever" clear stamp.

Fussy cutting appears on most of my work and the little bunny from "Spring Parade" is adorable!
 To me, it is important to not allow the white middle part of the paper to be seen,
so I use markers to blend the colors along the edges.

I decided to use "Bits of Honey" on this layout and when working with the little hexagons, I was inspired to use them in a different way than ever before. The little hexagon had already been embossed and I was holding it with my tweezers when it jumped up and landed on a piece of cheese cloth! Brilliant! I glued it to the cheesecloth! Perhaps it was divine intervention...or maybe there was simply too much pressure from the tweezers! Too bad I can't take credit for that 3-D inspiration! It looked as if it was floating, so I did the same with two more hexagonal pieces.

Hope you enjoy the process video.....see you next time!......Patty

April projects by Lydia Guijt

Hello Blue Fern Studios and Paper Friends.

This month I have 3 very different layouts for you.

Two of them are with the beautiful Spring Parade Collection and the third one is with one of my favorite collections Chesterville. 

Let's get started

Discover

When we took this tour through the Grand Canyon this Sunset was just amazing. I knew I had to scrapbook it.

I'm using the Market Place paper as my base. The Tattered News Print Stamp right now is one of my favorite stamps and for this layout I used it to create some background interest. I chose one of my stencils and used paste to add more background details.

I wanted to use some straws for this layout to create a dramatic effect. The Turkish Bits pieces and Discover were embossed with Ebony embossing powder. 

The Layering Stems with Sea Mist embossing powder and topped with a layer of Caribbean Glitter. 

Behind my photo I put some smaller pieces from Spring Parade - Market Place and Sunday Best to create some layers. The straws already created some depth and helped with a nicely layered look. 

The beautiful Peony flower (Spring Peony and Berries) is quite big and is perfect to take apart and use in parts. Filling up the rest of the layout with some more flowers and embellishments. Some beads, micro beads and splatters to finish of the layout and we're all done.

Paper

Spring Parade : Market Place, Sunday Best

Chipboard

Turkish Bits, Layering Stems, Journey, Explore, Discover

Embossing Powder 

Sea Mist, Ebony

Glitter

Caribbean

Stamps

Tattered News Print

Flowers 

Spring Peony and Berries

  

Memories

For my second layout I'm going a little more classic. The base is Spring Parade - Sun Rise. Although in the corner it has an Easter theme. By covering it up. You can make it into whatever you chose it to be. I found the saying on Attic Charm - Calling Cards and went from there.

For the background I used the Tattered News Print Stamp to create interest around the page with Antique Gold Embossing Powder.

The Blooming Curls,  Whimsy Flourishes and Leafy Page Accents chipboard pieces all got embossed with Oatmeal embossing powder with the flowers on the Blooming Curls piece in Pink Dust.

I positioned all the pieces and started adding a variety of Blue Fern Studios flowers, Spring Florals, Soft Blossoms, Late Winter Lilies, together with some pieces of lace, ribbon and other embellishments. Some finishing touches with pearls, art stones and beads.

Paper

Spring Parade : Sun Rise 

Attic Charm : Calling Cards

Chipboard

Blooming Curls, Whimsy Flourishes, Leafy Page Accents

Embossing Powder 

Antique Gold, Pink Dust, Oatmeal

Stamps

Tattered News Print

Flowers 

Spring Florals, Soft Blossoms, Late Winter Lilies

Journey

My third and last layout for this month is a more masculine layout using the Chesterville collection.
This collection is just perfect for layouts like this.

I used Chesterville - Keswick as the base and started preparing my page with clear gesso. Then used the Tattered News Print stamp around the page. Next I got out 2 stencils and a combination of pastes to create some interest. Since I'm going for a metallic look. I used gold, silver and graphite. Continuing with splatter inks. Now that the background is all done it's time to get the chipboard pieces prepared. 

Circuitry and Discovery are embossed in Sand and Sea with a sprinkle of  Antique Gold here and there. The Faucets in Black Sand. Putting it all together on the page creating some layers with Chesterville : Keswick, Chester pieces. Some flowers from the Chesterville Blooms, Harvest Lilies and other embellishments to complete the look. 

Paper

Chesterville : Keswick, Chester, 

Chipboard

Circuitry, Faucets, Journey, Explore, Discover

Embossing Powder 

Black Sand, Antique Gold, Sand and Sea

Stamps

Tattered News Print

Flowers 

Chesterville Blooms, Harvest Lilies

I hope you liked the 3 completely different styles this month I created for you.

Looking forward to showing you more next month. 

Thank you for stopping by today!

Have a great day!

Lydia 

Thought Challenge

What if I fall? Oh my darling, what if you FLY? 

Creative Team member Tartine Peluche used a 'thought' on this layout 

instead of a photo and how amazing it turned out! 

What an awesome idea for a challenge!

 Upload your THOUGHT ONLY layout/canvas/project using at least one 

Blue Fern Studio product and use #bfsthought.  You could win 

a complete collection of HAPPY ACCIDENT papers! 

(no photos - quote only)  

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April Projects by Catherine Giguère

Hello Blue Fern Studios Fans!  Here's my turn to share my April projects with you. This month, I  worked with the Spring Parade collection and with the Courtship Lane collection.

Bonheur

For my first layout, I used 'Marketplace' paper from the BFS Spring Parade collection. I did a textured background with stencil, modeling paste, BFS 'Tattered Newspaper' and 'Essential Textures Stamps', art stones and different inks (blue, violet and yellow).

I embossed my chipboards 'Folkart Frame' and 'Organic Vine Corner' with BFS Imagine Ink 'Antique Gold'. 

I embossed my title (Bonheur) with  BFS Imagine Ink 'Amethyst'.

I cut the 'Organic Vine Corner' in half to put the pieces under my flowers. Then, I add a lot of BFS flowers.

Blue Fern Studios products used:

Papers

Spring Parade 'Marketplace'

Spring Parade 'Spring Petites'

Chipboards

Folkart Frame

Organic Vine Corner

French Words

Stamp

Tattered Newsprint

Essential Textures

Embossing Powder

BFS Imagine Ink 'Antique Gold'

BFS Imagine Ink 'Amethyst'

Flowers

Christmas Blooms

Courtship Roses

Dark Tropic Lilies

Attic Charm Daisies

Spring Florals

Spring Peony and Berries

Special

For my second layout, I used the paper 'Sunday Best' from the new BFS Spring Parade collection. I used modeling paste, stencils, green, aqua and brown inks and the BFS stamps 'Making Plans', 'Coarse Fabrics' and 'Tattered Newsprint' to do my background. 

I embossed all my chipboards with BFS Imagine Ink 'Ginger'.

I add a lot of BFS green, yellow and white flowers and I glued my title on them.

Blue Fern Studios products used:

Papers

Spring Parade 'Sunday Best'

Spring Parade 'Spring Petites'

Chipboards

Rock Wall Bits

Bits of Honey

Perfect, Adorable, Special

Stamp

Making Plans

Coarse Fabrics

Tattered Newsprint

Embossing Powder

BFS Imagine Ink 'Ginger'

Flowers

Attic Charm Glitter Roses

Attic Charm Daisies

Christmas Blooms

Courtship Roses

Late Winter Lilies

Merveilleux

For my last layout this month, I used the paper 'Concert Hall' from the Courtship Lane collection. 

I embossed my BFS chipboards 'Classic Ornement', 'Grand Ornement' and my title 'Merveilleux' with BFS Imagine Ink 'Coral'.

I glued my title on my flowers and I cut my chipboards 'Grand Ornement' and 'Classic Ornements' in two pieces and I glued them under my picture.

Blue Fern Studios products used:

Papers

Courtship Lane 'Concert Hall'

Courtship Lane 'Calling Cards'

Chipboards

Classic Ornaments

Grand Ornament

French Adjectives 1

Stamp

Serendipity Medley

Embossing Powder

BFS Imagine Ink 'Coral'

Flowers

Chesterville Blooms

Late Winter Lilies

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

Catherine Giguère

Easter Joy by Patty Rogers

As we approach Easter, our Blue Fern Fan of the month, Patty Rogers, has an adorable Easter layout to share, using paper and chipboard from the Spring Parade Collection.  I'll let Patty fill you in on all the details:

Hi everyone! It's Patty Rogers again to share a layout I created with the beautiful Spring Parade collection. I wanted to use this photo of my two children as they were enjoying Easter Sunday. Don't you love the Spring Bunny chipboard frame?  The charming little bunny and its size are perfect for the trend in scrapbooking to use a small photo. 

For this piece, I used a variety of papers from Spring Parade (Market Place, April Medley, Sunrise, Susie's Garden and Spring Parade). The stripes in Sunrise paper begged for a horizontal or vertical design.  I used an inking sponge to darken the paper a little behind the area of interest to draw attention to that area and to make it pop. 

Some of the background work that I did can be seen here. First, I used Essential Textures stamp to play up the brick wall seen in the photo.  For the embossing, I used Lavender Eggs, Snow, and Sea Mist and added sprinkles of the brand new Spring Posy glitter! Also, I added a few splatters of gesso. 

This beautiful little girl is one of the many reasons I love Blue Fern Studios products! I fussy cut and popped her up for dimension. Also used here is Garden Lattice Bits chipboard in the background. I seem to be hopelessly addicted to dimension, texture and beautiful paper! 

 Flowers used here are the Spring Florals and Spring Peony and Berries. I painted a bit of gesso on the flowers to give them a lighter feel. 

Thanks for stopping by. See you next time!
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April Projects by Babi

Hi Everyone,

Today I would like to share with you a couple of projects featuring Spring Parade Collection.  

I used  Marketplace and Sunday Best papers to create my  first project, called "Fabulous".

I used the Spring Parade paper to create the the layers on my layout. Then, I stamped some areas with Tattered Newsprint stamp  with  black ink to create contrast.

I covered the Turkish Bits chipboard with Snow Embossing Powder. 

And finished my project with some flowers that I "fussy cut" from Joyful paper. I also used  Late Winter flowers to  decorate it. 

Blue Fern Studios Supplies:

Papers:

Market Place

Sunday

Spring Parade

Chipboards:

Turkish Bits

Flowers:

Spring Florals

Late Winter

Embossing Powder:

Snow

Stamp:

Tattered Newsprint

For my second project I decided to create a " Easter Canvas" to decorate my house for this season. 

I used Spring Petites, Sunrise and May Vignettes tp create the layers on my canvas. You can check how I create the whole background for this project in the video below.

And added some gorgeous accents that I cut from April Medley and Sunday Best papers. 

I added a Floral Spray chipboard that I covered with Snow embossing powder. I always use white on the chipboard when I want it to look more discrete. 

 Then, I heat embossed the Grid Pieces with Antique Gold embossing powder.  This time I want to highlight the chipboards with a gold color.

I added some flowers and glitter to add more texture to it and finish with  Tattered Newsprint stamp to "break" the bold colors.

Blue Fern Studios Supplies:

Papers:

May Vignettes

June

Spring Petites

April Medley

Sunday Best

Chipboards:

Grid Pieces

Floral Spray

Flowers:

Spring Florals

Late Winter

Embossing Powder:

Snow

Antique Gold

Stamp:

Tattered Newsprint

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I hope you enjoy it and thanks for stopping by.

Babi

Meet our April Blue Fern Fan of the Month!

We are thrilled to announce our April Blue Fern Fan of the Month - the amazing Patty Rogers!  Patty is a true fan of everything Blue Fern.  If you stop by her blog, you will see pages of beautiful layouts using our products.  This month, we have the pleasure of sharing some of Patty's layouts with you.  Each week, we will have a new layout from her using the Spring Parade Collection.  She has some wonderful projects planned.  

For now, we will turn it over to Patty so you can get to know her and her creative process a little better.

My name is Patty Rogers, also known as A Sassy Scrapper in the world of Paper Crafting. My husband and I live in Texas, United States, where we met at Texas Christian University, as
 I majored in education and minored in art. Although our two children are grown now, I still enjoy doing layouts about them at any stage of their lives. 

Over the past twenty years, I have had several paradigm shifts in my style, and know that I am ever changing and improving in my work (read "play" here). I keep up with the latest supplies and trends and find that a romantic look is the style I enjoy creating most of all. I became interested in the artistic side of this “craft” a few years back, and love all the fun I have had with embossing, layering, painting, dimension and texture. My work is definitely considered multimedia.  

I love Blue Fern Studios products, and have been using them since 2011 while on a design team that carried their amazing products. I especially like that the quality and beauty of their paper is perfect for my style of scrapbooking and that their chipboard, flowers, stamps and embossing powders are perfectly coordinated. I am a hopeless Blue Fern Studio Fan! 

For this layout, I chose to use the Chesterville Shelf along with Good Vibes for a title, and Bits of Honey chipboard pieces as a backdrop.  Also used here are June and Market Place papers from the Spring Parade Collection, Pink Dust and Lavender Eggs embossing powders, and Spring Posy glitter.  

The flowers included are the gorgeous berries from Spring Peony and Berries, Spring Florals, Heartland Blossoms and Dark Tropic Lilies.  The colors in these Blue Fern Studios products were perfect for the Easter dress my daughter was wearing. It could not have been a better match!  

Techniques used for this layout included painting, heat embossing, tearing, 3 - D work, and crimping.  

Creating little clusters of the beautiful flowers brought it all together and made the layout very feminine.

One of my favorite techniques to use in a layout is to add texture. Sometimes, I achieve that by using modeling paste and a stencil. Another way to get texture is to heat emboss. For an added touch here, I used a paper crimper to achieve the corrugated look under the photo. For me, there was not one minute during the creation of this layout that was not pure enjoyment!