September inspiration by Pascale B.

Hello Sweeties

Today I'm up on Blue Fern Studio with three new projects. For the first one, I chose to work with the Wanderlust collection which fits perfectly with this photo of the castle of Valençay (Loire Valley, France) I've taken.

I primed the background with clear gesso. Then I sprayed a plastic bag with an ink and I pressed my paper onto it. I dried the background before I repeated the process with another ink. 

Next, I added a design with a stencil and modeling paste. I sprinkled the modeling paste with the Paprika embossing powder while the paste was still wet and heated set. 

I primed the chipboards with white gesso. I embossed the Whimsy Flourishes with the Antique Gold powder. I 

I painted the Rose Leaves with two brown ink and sprinkled them with the Paprika embossing while they were still wet. Then I heat set them. 

I used the Departure stamp to add a random design to the background before I glued all the embellishments

To finished the layout I added some seedlings and glitters.

Blue Fern Studios products:

Wanderlust - Mountain view	Rose Leaves	Whimsy Flourishes
Chesterville Florals	Departure	Chesterville Blooms

Antique Gold

Chili Powder

Paprika

Twig

Blue Ice

Blue Diamond

Pyrite

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The second project I have to share with you is made with the Amber and Apricot collection from Blue Fern Studios. I chose a photo of a statue that can be seen in the park of the castle of Valençay (Loire Valley, France)

I primed the background with clear gesso. Next, I added a design with a stencil and acrylic paints. When dry, I added a second design with another stencil and modeling paste. 

I primed all the chipboards with white gesso. I just painted the title with a brown watercolor. I also painted the leaves with different colors of watercolor. While the watercolors were still wet I sprinkled some Verdant embossing powder to add some texture. 

I embossed the Pretty Weeds with the Chili Powder and the Hot Cocoa powders. 

I colored the background with some watercolors to help the rose design to stand out.

I cut a few papers to add under the photo. I dried brush the Chesterville Floral flower with white gesso and I glued all the embellishments with a 3D gel.

To finish the layout, I added some seedlings and glitter.

Blue Fern Studios products:

Friendship	Tweet Melody	Joyful	Apricot Blooms
Spring Branch	Pretty Weeds	Serendipity Words 1	Chesterville Floral

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Chili Powder

Hot Cocoa

Verdant

Twig

Russet

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Here is the last project I have to share with you. I chose to work with the Wanderlust collection again which fits perfectly with this photo of the castle of Montpoupon (Loire Valley, France) I've taken.

I primed the background paper with clear gesso. Then I used the Wallflower stamp to add a design that I embossed with the In the Navy powder. 

I added another design with a stencil and a white crackle paste. I let dry alone to allow the cracks to appear.

In the meantime, I primed all the chipboard with white heavy gesso. I altered the Marrakech Panel with waxes.  

I colored the Leafy Twigs with watercolor and I sprinkled them with the Black Sand powder. 

I cut a few papers in the Souvenir sheet to add under the photo. I glued all the embellishments with a 3D gel.

To finish the layout I added some seedlings and glitters.

Blue Fern Studios products:

Memento	Souvenir	Marrakesh Panel	Leafy Twigs
Departure	Chesterville  Blooms	Wanderlust Lillies	Wallflower

Black Sand

In the Navy

Soot

Russet

Mocha

Twigs

September inspiration by Annie Samson

Hello Blue Fern Studios fans,

I am verry happy to share 3 layouts with you today  !

One with Happy Accident collection and two others with Amber and Apricot collection.

Born to be wild!

For my first layout, I have used the Quirk paper and Blessing pieces of paper 

of the Happy Accident collecction.

I added some green ink on my back ground.

Than I added texture with the Forever stamp set.

I have used Stormy sky embossing powder on my Turkish Bites chipboard and Avocado embossing powder on my Abstracted chipboard.

My title ''Born to be wild!'' has been altered with Breeze embossing powder. I really like to use different colors of embossing powder on the same layout !

To embellish my layout, I choose some beautifuls Blue Fern Studio flowers.

Here some closed up :

Here the liste of the Blue Fern Studios products used for this layout:

Papers:

Quirk - Happy Accident

Blessing - Happy Accident

Stamp set:

Forever

Embossing powder:

Stormy sky

Avocado

Breeze

Chipboard:

Turkish Bites 

Abstracted

Flowers:

Garden Florals

Honney

For this layout, I have useed Freindship paper from Amber and Apricot collection.

I wanted to create a layout where the flowers would be my focal point and for this matter, I did not use any mixed media on this layout except  white gesso splashs.

I choose to use one of the coordinated chipboard pieces as my title.

 I have also incorporate coordinated chipboard under my picture. 

I have use Coral embossing powder on my two pieces of chipboard the one under my clustering, Cricle Vine and the one on top of my picture Looped Frame.

Than I have add Blue Fern Studios flowers from differents collections.

Here some closed up of my layout:

Here the liste of the Blue Fern Studios products used for this layout:

Paper:

Freindship - Amber and Apricot

Chipboard:

Coordinated chipboard - Amber and Apricot

Circle Vine

Looped Frame

Embossing powder:

Coral

Flowers:

Apricot bloom

Happy litle moment

For my last September layout, I wanted to create a more dramatic and romantic layout.

I choose the Chapters paper from the Amber and Apricot collection.

I have use some cracle modeling past and different color of ink to create my background.

Than I have used paint to create a rust effect on my Shabby brick bites 

and Bordeau layered frame chipboards.

I have used some pieces from Lace 1 under my picture.

Than I add Blue Fern Studios flowers from the Wonderlust and Chesterville collection.

Here the liste of the Blue Fern Studios products used for this layout:

Paper:

Chapters - Amber and Apricot 

Chipboard:

 Shabby brick bites 

Bordeau layered frame

Lace:

Lace 1

Flowers:

Apricot Blooms

Chesterville Blooms

Happy roses

Wanderlust lilies

See you next month for more inspiration, Annie XX

Journey by Phyllis Fernandez

Hey Blue Fern Studios Fans, Phyllis here to share another layout using papers from the Wanderlust collection!  I'm a huge fan of shades of blues. It reminds me of the water at a beach!  

 

I started stamping with Blue Fern Studios Arcadia Textures stamp and Crackle Textures stamp.  After stamping I did some stenciling using White Crackle Texture paste and molding paste.  For the burlap texture I added some of Blue Fern Studios Embossing powders for hints of color.  Then with my other stencil I only added the White Crackle Texture paste,  it gives it just enough texture to my background.

I also used Blue Fern Studios Corner Flourish chipboard to my layout,  I heat embossed Blue Fern Studios embossing powder and then dry brushed Gesso to soften the colors so they blend in a little bit.

 

 

I did some diecutting with the Wanderlust papers for more texture.  I added Wanderlust Lilies flowers and a few flowers from the Apricot Blooms flowers.  The "Journey" chipboard sticker from Wanderlust collection went perfect with this layout!

 

 

For more texture (because I can never have enough) I added beads,  art stones and Blue Fern Studios seedlings and embossing powder glitter.  I gathered some embellishments from my stash to complete this layout!

 

 

Blue Fern Studios Supplies:

Wanderlust Calling Cards Paper

Wanderlust Pacific Coast Paper

Wanderlust Wanderlust Petites Paper

Crackle Texture Stamp

Arcadia Texture Stamp

Corner Flourishes Chipboard

Apricot Blossoms

Wanderlust Lilies

Glistening Sand Embossing Powder

Mustard Seedlings

Fern Embossing Powder

Breeze Embossing Powder

 

This layout was fun to create using lots of Blue Fern Studios items!  The paper is Amazing,  I still have a hard time cutting into it though!

Thank you for stopping by Blue Fern Studios today,  I hope I've inspired you to create something beautiful day!

Happy Creating!

New Items for Christmas

Want to spark your creativity?  What better way to do that than to add a few new items to your stash.   If you're like most of us, you are already thinking ahead to the upcoming holidays.  Our new items coordinate with our holiday collections, Vintage Christmas I and II.  Whether you are planning to create scrapbook layouts, make cards, create tags, or other projects, we have you covered.

First up, we have Printed Chipboard which contains 19 self-adhesive shapes.

We also have the following 4 stamps that are perfect for all your projects, including a gift tag set!

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great weekend!

September Inspirations by Catherine Giguère

Hello Blue Fern Studios Fans!  

Here's my turn to share with you three new layouts. This month, I had so much fun with the gorgeous Amber & Apricot paper collection. 

 'Incroyable' 

 For this layout, I used the Amber & Apricot "Birdsong" paper as background. I put a coat of clear gesso on it and I added texture by applying modeling paste through a stencil. Then, I applied yellow and green inks and I stamped many details with BFS stamps and brown ink.

I embossed my title 'Incroyable' with BFS Imagine Ink embossing powder 'Forest'.

I embossed one 'Trailing Scroll' with BFS Imagine Ink embossing powder 'Nutmeg' and the 'Krystal's frame' with BFS Imagine Ink embossing powder 'Ginger'.

Blue Fern Studios products used:

Papers

Amber & Apricot "Birdsong"

Amber and Apricot "Busy Bees"

Chipboards

Trailing Scrolls

Krystal's Frame- Small

French Adjectives 1

Stamps

Departure

Grungy Grid

Embossing Powders

BFS Imagine Ink 'Nutmeg'

BFS Imagine Ink 'Ginger'

BFS Imagine Ink ' Forest'

Flowers

Wanderlust Lilies

Harvest Lilies

Seedlings

Seedlings Twig

Lace

Lace 1

'Happy Smile'

For this layout, I used Amber & Apricot 'Chapters' paper. I first did a textured background with modeling paste, stencil, blue inks, brown modeling paste through a stencil, stamps and brown ink.

I embossed the 'Circle Code' chipboard with BFS Imagine Ink 'Dark Chocolate' embossing powder.

I embossed the 'Lace Round' chipboard with BFS Imagine Ink 'Snow' embossing powder.

I embossed the title with BFS Imagine Ink 'oatmeal' embossing powder.

Blue Fern Studios products used:

Papers

Amber & Apricot 'Chapters'

Amber & Apricot 'Busy Bees'

Chipboards

Circle Code

Lace Rounds

Arrow Words

Stamps

Departure

Travel Time

Embossing Powders

BFS Imagine Ink 'Snow'

BFS Imagine Ink 'Oatmeal'

BFS Imagine Ink 'Dark Chocolate'

Flowers

Chesterville Blooms

Apricot Blooms

Wanderlust Lilies

Seedlings

Seedlings Twig

Lace

Lace 6

'Wonder'

For this layout, I used the Wanderlust "Mountain View" paper as background. I put a coat of clear gesso on it and I added texture by applying modeling paste through a stencil. Then, I applied yellow ink and I stamped many details with BFS stamps and brown ink.

I embossed the 'Swirly Circle' chipboard with BFS Imagine Ink embossing powder 'Nutmeg'. 

I embossed the title with the same color. I glued many 'Twig' Seedlings to add texture to my background.

Blue Fern Studios products used:

Papers

Wonderlust 'Mountain View'

Wonderlust 'Lakeside'

Chipboards

Winter Titles

Swirly Circle

Stamps

Departure

Dispatch

Embossing Powders

BFS Embossing Powder 'Nutmeg'

Seedlings

Seedlings Twig

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

Catherine Giguère 

A New Layout from our Fan of the Month!

Hey Crafty friends,  Phyllis here to share another layout using Blue Fern Studios products.  

The Correspondence paper from the Sanctuary collection is a gorgeous patterned paper with hues of

 brown and gray. I wanted to make sure that the pattern and color would show through, 

so everything else for this layout had to be light in color.  

Once I figured out my design I started placing my flowers and diecuts. 

 

Then I used Blue Fern Studios Tattered Diamond Bits Chipboard and heat embossed the bits.   

I added some cheesecloth, beads, and glitter to give alittle more interest.  

Once I adhered everything down I got my acrylic paint out and did some flicking with the paint.

I used a paper punch to cut out some flowers using my Blue Fern Scraps.   

I also used scraps to die cut and used them to create texture and my background.

Supplies:

Sanctuary Collection ~ Correspondence

Serendipity Collection ~ Imagination & Inspiration

Tattered Diamond Bits Chipboard

Breeze, Chili Powder and Fern Embossing Powders

I hope I've inspired you to create something beautiful today,  Blue Fern Studios has Amazing products to create with!