Getting Inspired with Attic Charm

Hello friends!

Today I'm popping in to share my June creations for Blue Fern Studios, featuring another beautiful collection from Michelle Singh - Attic Charm! The papers are decked in so many gorgeous subtle details and pretty colors, not to mention reminders of the good ole days that I went to dig out old photos of my parents for the two projects I've made.

First is a layout of a photo of my folks when they were dating back in '73.

When I saw the b/w photo, I had tried to imagine what it would have looked like in color and all that came to mind was the blue sky. So I had built most of the layout around the color and chose the paper "Haberdashery" as my background paper.

More details in the close-ups:




Some bits of the Looped Frame chipboard here. I had stamped with Romantic Accents stamp and heat embossed with Imagine Ink Ebony EP before painting over with duo-toned acrylic paint.



Fussy cut flowers for layering, and subtitles from Calling Cards.



A heat-embossed image with Ebony EP using one of the Bourbon Street stamps. Love the details here!



Another view of the floral cluster.



My title piece "Always and Forever" which I had painted with Perfect Pearls.

Blue Fern Studios products used:

paper: Attic Charm - Haberdashery, Calling Cards, Generation, Mercantile, Sachet
chipboard: Looped Frames, Always and Forever
stamps: Bourbon Street, Romantic Accents
Embossing powder: Ebony

My second project is a video tutorial and I've repurposed an IKEA photo frame for the project. My parents don't have a lot of their photos on display so I hope they will find a good place to put this up.

The Dangles Border chipboard was a fun piece to use because it resembles lace. I had also die cut out a clock from the "Sachet" paper. One fabulous thing about Blue Fern's papers (and my students keep reminding me too) is that they are thicker than most other brands of patterned paper out there. This means that if you have delicate die cut designs, the paper is very unlikely to tear and can take the weight of any other mediums you might want to add.

Other details in the close-ups:

Attic Charm daisies are the perfect addition.

Layering Stems - one of my favourites! Seen together with Attic Charm daisies and glitter roses.

The die cut clock with lots of details in the background.

Altered Dangles Border with a bit of sparkle.

Lots of fussy cut details again.

And here is the start to finish video for this project. Sit back and enjoy!

Blue Fern Studios products used:

paper: Attic Charm - Generation, Sachet, Calling Cards, Attire

chipboard: Dangles Border, Layering Stems

Stamps: Romantic Accents set

Embossing powder: 14 Karat, Clover, Verdant

We have a winner!

Today is one of our favorite days of the month!  We get to select a winner for our sketch challenge. 

 We will also be featuring several layouts that caught our eye.

The winner of the May sketch challenge is:

Entry #10 was created by Shelby Doodle Designs (Nancy Smith) using paper from our Timeless Collection.  Her layout is to honor the memory of her sweet cat, Oliver.

Congratulations Nancy!  As the winner, you will receive a package of Blue Fern Studios chipboard.  

Please send an e-mail, within the next 7 days, to {valerie(at)bluefernstudios(dot)com} to claim your prize.

We would also like to feature some layouts that stood out as we looked through this month's entries:

Tanya SonatoJoy

Mickey Lozon

Rie Yamono

Congratulations to our winner and the layouts that were featured this month.  

And a BIG thank you to all who participated in our sketch challenge.  The June sketch challenge has been posted and you can find a link to it in the right sidebar.  We hope you will join us this month!

June Inspiration With Debbie, Featuring Attic Charm

Hi everyone!  Debbie here with you today sharing three layouts created with the new Attic Charm paper collection, chipboard, and flowers.  I really enjoyed working with Attic Charm papers, beautiful colors and details.  My first inclination was to use vintage photos on my layouts, but I decided to show how versatile the collection is by using photos of the past and present.

 My first layout features the Generation paper and a vintage photo that belonged to  my grandmother.  Not sure who the people are in the picture, but I love it, as they look so happy.  I couldn't help but wonder what the occasion was.   I added some texture to the background paper with some masking, misting with the Imagine Ink Sky Mist and some random stamping with the Romantic Accents stamp.  I added additional texture with torn pieces of paper doilies, some of which I misted with the Sky Mist, gold microbeads and some 14 Karat embossing power.  The layers under the photo are from Calling Cards. 

I used two pieces of chipboard here, Treasured Floral Frame and Dangle Bird Ornament which I cut  apart. Both were embossed with a mixture of the Imagine Ink Snow, Mushroom and Breeze Embossing Powers, and  some Blue Ice Glitter. I also used the 14 Karat embossing power on the green leaves.  Love the shimmery look!

Lots of Blue Fern Flowers . . . Attic Charm Daisies, Attic Charm Glitter Roses, Courtship Blooms and Tranquil Lilies!  The small green Courtship Bloom I embossed with 14 Karat embossing powder.

My title is a new chipboard piece from the Attic Charm collection.  I embossed with a mixture of  Snow, Mushroom, 14 Karat and Breeze Embossing Powers along with a sprinkling of Blue Ice Glitter.  Love the aged look of it.

Blue Fern Studios Supplies

Paper:  
Attic Charm:  Generation, Calling Cards

Chipboard:

We do not Remember Days, We Remember Moments
Treasured Floral Frame, Dangle Bird Ornaments

Embossing Powders:
Mushroom, Snow, 14 Karat, Breeze

Flowers:
Attic Charm Daisies, Attic Charm Glitter Roses, Tranquil Lilies
Courtship Blooms

Stamps:

Romantic Accents
Mist:
Sky

My next layout features the Sachet (side B)paper.    I added some random stamping with the Serendipity Medley and Romantic Textures stamps, along with some masking and paint splatters and inking on the background.   Layers  underneath the photo are from the Mercantile, Spring Posy and Calling Cards papers.

 The Floral Spray chipboard was embossed with Petal embossing power and the Bohemian Flowers with a mixture of Petal and Melon embossing powders.

I used the Attic Charm Daisies along with a green Tranquil Bloom and added in a few small Bohemian Flower chipboard pieces.  Tucked beneath the flowers I used the Chelsea Vine Chipboard embossed with Sage and Petal.

The title was embossed with a mixture of Nutmeg, Petal and  Mystic Plum embossing powders.

Blue Fern Studios Supplies

Paper:  Attic Charm

Sachet, Mercantile, Spring Posy, Calling Cards

Chipboard:

All You Need Is Love, Floral Spray, Chelsea Vines, Bohemian Flowers

Imagine Ink Embossing Powder:

Sage, Nutmeg, Petal, Melon

Flowers
Attic Charm Daisies,  Tranquil Blooms, Courtship Blooms

Stamps: 
Serendipity Medley, Romantic Accents

My final layout was created for the June Sketch Challenge.  

I used the Curio paper for the background and added some random masking, inking, paint splatters and stamping with the Bourbon Street and Romantic Accent stamps.   I used the  Calling Cards, Attic Key and Haberdashery papers for layers under my photo.  The photo is my dear friend's sweet daughter.  I edited it to give it a Vintage look.  Clusters of flowers include the new Attic Charm Daisies and Glitter Roses, along with some leaves embossed with 14 Karat Embossing powder.  I added two metal butterflies to each side of my photo embossed with Oatmeal, Breeze and Cotton Candy embossing powders.

I placed a portion of the Iron Signage chipboard underneath my photo which I embossed with a mixture of Mushroom, Oatmeal and Breeze Embossing powders.  To the left you can see a heart and key which I embossed with Oatmeal and Cotton Candy embossing powers.  Tucked beneath the Attic Charm Daisy is the Crackle Bits chipboard, embossed with Mushroom, Oatmeal, Breeze and Cotton Candy embossing power and beneath the Glitter Rose is a Blooming Foliage chipboard piece embossed with Verdant embossing powder. Torn pieces of lace were tucked in various places to give some added texture.

Here I've used the Leafy Rings chipboard embossed with the same mixture of embossing powers as the Crackle Bits.  I added some pink and blue micobeads on the chipboard as well as on the background paper.

Blue Fern Studios Supplies

Paper:  Attic Charm

Curio, Calling Cards, Attic Key, Haberdashery

Chipboard: 

Crackle Bits, Blooming Foliage, Iron Signage, Leafy Rings

Imagine Ink Embossing Powder:

Mushroom, Verdant, Cotton Candy, Oatmeal, Breeze, Cotton Candy, 14 Karat

Stamps:

Bourbon Street, Romantic Accents

Flowers:
Attic Charm Daisies, Attic Charm Glitter Roses

I hope I have inspired you!
Thanks for stopping by!
. . . Debbie

Attic Charm creations with Marie-Eve Bernard

Hello,

I'm here today to present you my three creations for May.  For all the creations, I use the new Attic Cham collection.  I love the soft colours and the new flowers sets that coordinate with it.  

Contemplation:

The Attic Charm flowers have gold glitter on it.  Love that sparkly look! Under the flowers, I use the new Crakle bits chipboard.

I use Imagine Ink Embossing powder in Lime and Sage to alter my frame.  Then I use the Fuchsia Imagine Ink Embossing powder for my title.

List of Blue Fern Studios supplies:

Papers:

Attic Charm, Generation

Attic Charm, Spring Posy

Chipboards:

Sea Side Frame

Serendipity Words 1

Crackle Bits

Imagine Ink Embossing powders:

Sage

Lime

Fuchsia

Flowers:

Attic Charm Flowers

Tranquil blooms

Tranquil roses and lilies

Selfie:

My frames where painted with gesso.  My title was emboss with the Imagine Ink Embossing powder in Seven Seas and Breeze.

On my background, I emboss the Wallflower stamp in both Seven Seas ans Breeze Imagine Ink Embossing powder.

List of Blue Fern Studios supplies:

Papers:

Attic Charm, Haberdashery

Chipboards:

Looped Frames

Selfies

Stamps:

Wallflowers

Imagine Ink Embossing powders:

Seven Seas

Breeze

Flowers:

Attic Charm Flowers

Tranquil blooms

Tranquil roses and lilies

Fantastique:

My Fantastique chipboard was emboss three time with the Imagine Ink 14karats embossing powder.  

To alter my flourish heart, I coat it with white gesso first. Then i apply my pink color.  I use a fine tip glue applicator to put glue where I wanted the Imagine Ink Watermelon glitter to adhere.  Finally, i sprinkle the glitters and let it dry. 

First I coat my Lace Heart border with Gesso. Then, to apply the Imagine Ink Watermelon glitter to my chipboard, I use sticky embossing powder.  This powder, when you est it, become sticky and it,s perfect to glue glitters to a chipboard.

List of Blue Fern Studios supplies:

Papers:

Attic Charm, Calling Cards

Attic Charm, Sachet

Attic Charm,Attic Key

Chipboards:

french adjective 2

Lace Heart Border

Flourish Hearts

Stamps:

Garden Frolic

Imagine Ink Embossing powders and glitters:

14 Karats

Glitter, watermelon

Flowers:

Attic Charm Flowers

Tranquil blooms

Tranquil roses and lilies

Thank you!

Marie-Eve

June Attic Charm Inspiration from Cathi

I have a big interest in genealogy and when I was younger my aunt gave me copies of many photos of our ancestors, I have some really great images and this month I decided to use family vintage photos for all of my layouts! I just love preserving our history a little bit this way.

For my first layout I feature a gorgeous photo of my grandfather Ernie Jones, circa 1910. I just love the way he is dressed and how they have him seated at a table. I used the Attic Charm Attic Key paper as my base and the gorgeous Mercantile paper featuring the chair image to reflect this in the layers I added to the layout. My title Treasure came form the Calling Cards page.

In this close up you can see the gorgeous Attic Trunk chipboard piece which has been embossed with Imagine Ink Embossing Powder in Ginger and "antiqued" with Sage Embossing Powder!  I have added some Attic Charm Daisies and Courtship Blooms.

In this close up you can see the Mini Flourish covered in gorgeous Imagine Ink Fool's Gold Glitter. I did a lot of background work and I have stamped the Halftone stamps, the postmark stamp from the Desk Set stamp set and a favorite of mine the cross texture stamp from Forever stamp set.  I added mist and masking using my texture paste.

There are lots of gorgeous Blue Fern Flowers on this layout, I have used the Attic Charm Glitter Roses, Courtship Blooms and Tranquil Lilies.  I have used the Imagine Ink Fool's Gold Glitter again to color the Vintage Lock chipboard.  I finished off the layout with lots of stitching around the edges.

Blue Fern Studios Supplies:

Paper:

Blue Fern Studios Attic Charm Collection~Attic Key

Blue Fern Studios Attic Charm Collection~Mercantile

Blue Fern Studios Tranquility Collection~Calling Cards

Chipboard:

Attic Trunk

Mini Flourishes

Vintage Locks

Imagine Ink Embossing Powder:

Ginger

Sage

Imagine Ink Glitter:

Fool's Gold

Stamps:

Desk Set

Forever

Halftone

This next layout features my great grandmother, Helen Tobin, when she was a young girl along with her sister. I just love the pose with the flower basket and chair...they don't look too happy here but I think they had to stand still for ages back in those days to take the photos!  The base of the layout is the gorgeous Haberdashery paper.

Here in this closeup you can see a cutout from the Calling Cards paper, "The Good Old Days". I have also used the Mercantile paper to build up my layers. Lots of Courtship Blooms here and Attic Charm Daisies.

I used the Graduated Squares and embossed them in Cotton Candy Imagine Ink Embossing Powder and added these to my layers. I tucked in another cut out from the Calling Cards paper and added some kraft tags for journaling.

In my final close up for this layout you can see my trio of chipboard (Film Strip, Vintage Locks, and Adorable) embossed in the gorgeous Ginger Imagine Ink Embossing Powder. I have added some stamping of the cross background stamp for the Forever stamp set. I also love the Making Plans stamp as it is a collage of some of my favorite texture backgrounds and depending on what part of the stamp I ink up I can get book page, script, rules, blue prints, or several other gorgeous patterns! The final stamp I added to the background is the needle book stamp from the Needlework stamp set, randomly around the edges. I added some misting and some masking with texture paste and a bit of splattering. To finish off this layout I added some stitching around the edges.

Blue Fern Studios Supplies:

Paper:

Blue Fern Studios Attic Charm Collection~Haberdashery

Blue Fern Studios Attic Charm Collection~Mercantile

Blue Fern Studios Attic Charm Collection~Calling Cards

Chipboard:

Graduated Squares

Vintage Locks

Adorable

Film Strips

Imagine Ink Embossing Powder:

Cotton Candy

Ginger

Stamps:

Forever

Making Plans

Needlework

My final layout is a layout I did for the sketch challenge. This photo is of my Great Aunt Marge who had it taken for my Great Uncle Les before he went off to war. He took it with him to remember her and I called this layout Patience because that is what they needed to make it through war time to see each other again and go on to have many years together and many many children!  For the base paper for this layout I chose the Attic Charm Curio paper. I took many cut outs from the Calling Cards paper to layer under my photo.  Here is the challenge sketch if you want to join in!

In this closeup you can see the gorgeous Attic Charm Glitter Roses and Daisies, as well as a Courtship Rose. I have layered the huge beautiful Roman Clock Set - Large, embossed with Imagine Ink Embossing Powder in Oatmeal underneath the photo.

I embossed the Patience chipboard piece with Imagine Ink Embossing Powder in Mushroom as well as flecks of Oatmeal.  I have added lace and pears to match her dress and necklace as part of my layout and I have tucked in some Bits of Honey chipboard pieces into the photo cluster as well.

To finish off the layout I added some background stamping using the gorgeous cross texture stamp yet again from the Forever set. I added the brick wall stamp from Essential Textures and also the clock stamp from the Bird Vignettes stamp set.  I tucked in a tag with some typed journaling about my great aunt's story and added some stitching again to finish off the layout.

Blue Fern Studios Supplies:

Paper:

Blue Fern Studios Attic Charm Collection~Curio

Blue Fern Studios Tranquility Collection~Calling Cards

Chipboard:

Bits of Honey

Roman Clock - Large

Patience

Imagine Ink Embossing Powder:

Oatmeal

Mushroom

Stamps:

Essential Textures

Forever

Bird Vignettes

I really enjoyed with Attic Charm set of layouts with a family history theme. I love that the photos are all my relations! I just love the care they took when making photos back then and am grateful for all the gorgeous memories! I hope you enjoyed these and am glad you took the time to visit! The Attic Charm collection is a gorgeous one!