Attic Charm Inspiration & More by Nicole

Every time Blue Fern Studios releases a new collection, I get a new favorite!

They are all designed so beautifully, with so much attention to detail, and Attic Charm certainly is no exception!  Soft and pretty with a touch of vintage - I absolutely adore it!

Here is my first layout created with this wonderful new line.

My page was inspired by the June BFS sketch challenge:

My favorite part of Attic Charm are these gorgeous paper daisies.

A very popular chipboard piece from BFS is the Music Box which is strikingly gorgeous.

I covered it with Cotton Candy Imagine Ink embossing powder and sprinkled a little Watermelon glitter to add a little sparkle and texture.  I then dabbed the piece with a little Pearl powder and white paint.

I combined the Attic Charm daisies with some fussy cut flowers from the papers and pale green Courtship Blooms and sneaked a Leafy Page Accents behind the flower cluster.

I added strips of the Tattered Diamond Bits to the layered paper strips below my picture, and used the word Heart, covered in Melon embossing powder, as part of my title.

Very shabby chic, indeed!

Blue Fern Studios supplies used:

Patterned papers: Attic Charm (Generation, Foyer, Haberdashery, Calling Cards)

Chipboard: Happy, Music Box, Leafy Page Accents, Tattered Diamond Bits

Flowers: Attic Charm Daisies, Courtship Blooms

Stamps: Weathered Doilies, Essential Textures

Imagine Ink: Embossing Powder (Cotton Candy, Pearl, Fuscia) / Glitter (Watermelon)

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I created another layout for my reveal using the Attic Charm collection,

this time with the Generation patterned paper as my base.

For my title, I decided to combine the words Blissful and Love from two different sets.

I colored Blissful in Melon embossing powder and Love in Mushroom.

I really loved this quote from the Calling Cards paper!  You can also framing my photo an older BFS chipboard piece, the Blue Fern Frame, that was in my stash even before I joined the DT.  I was waiting for the perfect opportunity to use it, and I thought it looked quite nice with this setup.  I cut it into pieces to add a piece on either side of my photo and covered it with my favorite Imagine Ink tone by far, Peacock.

A very romantic page for a very happy couple in love!

Blue Fern Studios supplies used:

Patterned paper: Attic Charm (Generation, Calling Cards) ***

Chipboard: Blissful, Love, Blue Fern Frame

Flowers: Attic Charm Daisies, Attic Charm Glittered Roses, Courtship Blooms

Imagine Ink: Embossing Powder (Peacock, Melon, Mushroom)

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For my final layout today, I went back in time a little and used the older collection, Autumn Anthology to go along with this fantastic photo taken by my friend Christine on her and her boyfriend's once in a lifetime trip to Turkey, last September.

Of course, due to the whole hot air balloon theme, I had to use this gorgeous piece called Olga's Layered Balloon.  I treated the bottom layer with black and espresso distress stains as well as dabs of blue paint, and covered the fancy top layer with Imagine Ink Melon embossing powder.

I stamped different travel-theme designs from the Journey and Postal Textures stamp sets on my background and fussy cut this pretty balloon from the papers.  The word Stillness seemed a perfect title for the photo and page!

I added the Organic Vine Corner that I separated and stuck each side of my flower cluster.

It was treated with distress stains, the same as the title and bottom layer of the balloon chipboard.

All main flowers are from Blue Fern Studios, including the blue flower which is from the Tranquil Roses set.  I altered it a little, removing its center and replacing it with a brown pearly brad.

How truly magical is this scene!?
My friend is very lucky to have been able to experience it and I wanted to create this layout for her as a keepsake.  I am sure that she will appreciate all the BFS goodies used on it!

Blue Fern Studios supplies used:

Patterned Papers: Autumn Anthology (Le Ballon, Robin)

Chipboard: Stillness, Organic Vine Corner, Olga's Layered Balloon

Stamps: Postal Textures, Journey, Love Story Set One

Flowers: Tranquil Roses, Courtship Blooms, Attic Charm Daisies

Imagine Ink: Embossing Powder (Melon)

I hope you have enjoyed my creations and you will visit my blog to see more!

Happy JUNE to all of you!

New Chipboard

Who doesn't love new products?  Because we all love new things to play with, we add new chipboard pieces each month, in addition to the pieces that we release with each paper collection.

Below you will see our most recent additions, all created by the talented Mina Arutynova.  

We begin with a gorgeous clock.  Be sure you notice all the intricate details on the clock.

We also have a sweet tea set, and two beautiful birds of love.

Cuckoo Clock

Tea Set

Birds of Love

For those of you who love frames, we have both a round and square frame.

Mandala Frame

Square Frames

Our French-speaking Blue Fern fans will be excited to see that we have added two new sets of words/ titles:

Our last piece is a beautiful border, named after the designer.  Don't you just love all the details?

Mina's Border

Thanks for stopping by today.

We hope you enjoyed taking a peek at our new chipboard pieces!

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