Attic Charm inspiration by Pascale

Hello Sweeties,

Today I'm up on Blue Fern Studios blog with 3 new projects featuring the new paper collection: Attic Charm. The first project  is a canvas I made for a friend whose son get married last month.

I started to glued a tissue paper to the canvas and covered it with a thin layer of gesso. Then I layered together some paper strips (Haberdashery, Sachet, Generation), lace, drywall tape, ...  and covered them with a thin layer of gesso too. 

I added a design with the Serendipity Medley stamp that I embossed with Honey Imagine Ink. I colored the background with different colors of watercolor, Bister and Primary Element. 

I primed the chipboard with white gesso. I colored the French Word "Bonheur" with a Primary Element. as well as the Jeweled Frame. 

I stamped and embossed also the "Jeweled Frame" with the Serendity Medley stamp and the Honey embossing powder.

I die-cut some leaves in the Generation paper. I sprinkled them lightly with the Verdant embossing powder that I heat set.

Blue Fern Studios products:

Attic Charm papers - Haberdashery, Sachet, Generation

Flowers  - Attic Charm Daisies

Chipboards  - French Words, Jeweled Frame
Stamp - Serendipity Medley

Imagine Ink - Embossing Powder - Verdant, Honey

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My second project showcase a photo of the Castle of Brézé (Brézé, Loire Valley, France). You can't see it on the photo, but there is an underground castle under this one that is quite impressive. 

I cut the Sachet paper in the middle and glued the edges together so they were in the middle. Then I added a layer of clear gesso. When dry, I added a design with a stencil and a white crackle paste.

I primed the French Ironwork with white gesso and the Spring Branch with a clear gesso. 

Then I colored the chipboards with some Twinkling H2O. While the watercolor were still wet, I sprinkled the Spring Branch with Sage, Lime and Nutmeg embossing powders. I added also some Icicle emboosing powder to the French Ironwork.

When the crackle paste was dry, I colored the backgroung, before gluing all the embellishments.

Blue Fern Studios products:

Attic Charm collection: Sachet, Haberdashery
Flowers - Attic Charm Glitter Roses
Chipboards - French Ironwork, Spring Branch
Imagine Ink - Embossing Powders - Sage, Lime, Nutmeg, Icicle

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The third project showcase a photo that was also taken at the Castle of Brézé. I was trying to find the right angle to take my photo, when I was startled by these bee: I haven't notice that she was in the flower, but I was lucky enough to have time to take these photo; it was only when I print the photo that I discover there was more than one inhabitant in this rose...

As usual I started to primed the background (Generation) with a clear gesso. While it was drying, I mixed some Mica Powder with a soft gel and texture powder: I used this paste to add a design with a stencil.  

When dry, I added some white crackle paste. I let dry again before adding some color. 

I stamped randomly the background with one of the Circle Textures stamp (music notes) and a metallic paint.

I colored the Floral Lattice Bits and the Tranquil Foliage with a metallic paint and a pink watercolor to the latter. Then I dried brush the flowers with a white gesso to add some light.

Blue Fern Studios products:

Attic Charm collection - Generation, Mercantile, Calling Cards
Chipboards - Tranquil Foliage, Floral Lattice Bits
Stamp - Texture Circles

Attic Charm Inspirations with Video Tutorial by Marilyn

Hi everyone! It's Marilyn here with you today to share two projects and a video tutorial with the  new beautiful Attic Charm collection.

I worked with the Attic Charm-Haberdashery , Calling Cards and the Spring Posy papers.I gave different techniques to the Spring Posy paper that you can watch all the process in the video tutorial.  I painted and embossed the new Crackle Bites and the Happy word chipboards with a mix of Buttercup with Pearl embossing powders.

I cut out and distressed one of the cards from the Calling Card paper.

I highlighted the title (Happy, Heart, Love chipboard) tracing it with a distress marker. .

I used the Attic Charm- Daisies and the Glitter Roses.

Blue Fern supplies:
Attic Charm collection: Spring Posy, Calling Cards and  Haberdashery papers.
Chipboards:  Crackle Bits, Happy, Heart, Love
Flowers: Attic Charm Glitter Roses, Attic Charm Daisies
Embossing powder: Buttercup, Pearl
Stamp:Forever


Here's the Video Tutorial,take a cup of coffee or tea, sit relax and enjoy it!! :)

 "I LOVE YOU MORE"

My second project is inspired on the June sketch challenge. The paper are the Attic Charm- Curio and the Calling cards papers, the flowers-Daisies are from the same collection and the little ones are the Courtship blooms.

I framed the photo with the Shrine Frame chipboard that I embossed with Antique Gold embossing powder. 

I also embossed the title with the antique gold embossing powder  that is the "I Love You More" chipboard.

I added pieces of the Crackle Bits chipboard around the flowers and the card.

Blue Fern Products:
Attic Charm collection: Daisies and Glitter Roses
Curio and Calling Cards papers
chipboards: Shrine Frame, Crackle Bits, I Love You More
Embossing Powder: Antique Gold


Thanks for stopping by...until next time!
Marilyn Rivera

June Inspiration with Karolina

Hi Blue Fern Studio's fans! It's Karolina here. Today I would like to show you my June's projects I made using our latest collection Attic Charm.

Paris Paris

Let's start with my first layout with beautiful view of the Paris and Eiffel tower. 

I started my work on the choice of photo and paper... It's always a most difficult step of the work ;) 

When I was planning my composition I realized I would like to add something interesting accent on my background. So I took another paper I tore it to the stripe. Then I put everything together and I knew it was a very good idea. I added some chipboard pieces, some flowers and medias and that' all! I really like this page, hope you too :)

I covered all  chipboards (except a frame) with using metallic paint in a copper color. A frame I covered with using a turquoise chalk ink.

Papers: Calling Cards, Curio, Generation, Sachet, Haberdashery, Spring Posy

Chipboard: Film Strips, Memory frames, Petite Boutique Frames
Stamps: Forever, 

Capture the moment

My second layout is definitely in a marine style. The idea for this work was born a year ago, but I was waiting for a good opportunity ;) First I used a clear gesso on my based paper, then I took unprimed canvas and cut out the sail. I built my whole composition on the top of the sail and I added some marine embellishments like a chain, steering wheels, a net. Finally I added a title using beautiful chipboard - "Capture the Moment". I covered a chipboards with using "seven seas" embossing powder. So everything is matching perfectly ;)

Papers: Curio, Generation, Sachet, Haberdashery, Spring Posy

Chipboard: Capture Words

Embossing powder: Seven Seas

Glitter: Caribbean, Gulf Coast

Stamps: Forever, Halftone,

Wedding cards

Attic Charm collection is very soft and romantic so it will be perfect for all you shabby projects. I prapered two very delicate cards for a wedding to show you how beautiful these papers are. I hope I succeeded.

Papers: Curio, Sachet, Mercantile, Calling Cards, Haberdashery, Spring Posy

Thanks for visiting the blog, see you soon in July!

Karolina

Around the World with Blue Fern Studios- by Keren Tamir

Hi Everyone,

Its Keren here with a different type of blog post today!!!

Ever wonder where Blue Fern Studios' products are used? except for the US, where it is manufactured, Blue Fern Studios products travel to many places around the world.

Recently I had the pleasure of teaching this layout class below in Quito, Ecuador.

I have some photos below depicting my experience!!

I've also taught the same layout last year in San Jose, Costa Rica and so I'm sharing both events with you today as Blue Fern Studios travels to Central and South America!!

Enjoy!!

For the classes in Ecuador I used the Courtship Lane papers as the original ones were sold out. The Blue Fern Studios papers match so well with each other that it wasn't a problem switching these around.

The Blue Fern Studios chipboard pieces used for this layout were: Majestic Frame, Flutter Dangles and two special words "Momentos Especiales" designed just for us in Spanish.

I also used the Blue Fern Studios embossing powders to emboss the chipboard.

Here I am below explaining some components of the class.

Everyone is busy concentrating on their work. I love seeing my students working hard as it makes the final result so much more rewarding!!

Selfie with Isela the owner as everyone is working behind us!!

Look at the beautiful creations. Each one more beautiful than the next!!

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Below are the pictures of my event from last October in Costa Rica.
It was an amazing event as well and everyone loved the Blue Fern Studios products.
Below is the same layout class as above but with a different paper collection for the background.
The other components remained the same.

Everyone working hard!!!!

Here are the beautiful creations!! look at all the Blue Fern Studios loveliness.

Thank you so much for visiting the Blue Fern Studios blog!!
Hope you enjoyed this blog post!!
Have a wonderful day!!

Keren

June Social Media Feature and YOU!

We are so excited to bring you today's Social Media Feature! 

We have some great projects created by YOU, the end user of our products. 

And guess what?!! We crossed over the 1000 followers mark on our Instagram account and couldn't be more ecstatic! Thank you so much! It happened pretty organically and we are pleased about that. Not a follower yet? Here's a LINK for you. 

Of course, we are always on the "lookout" for YOUR creations on social media and love seeing your work! Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, Blogs and even online galleries. Keep posting! It inspires all of us, especially here at Blue Fern Studios. 

Now are you ready to see some gorgeous projects? 

 First up is this sweet layout by Mei of Japan that we found on Instagram. Our Blush paper collection has been hugely popular for it's great color palette, vintage design and amazing fussy cutting potential. 

We love Mei's adorable double photo technique and floral clusters.

You can see more of her work on Instagram where her user name is @meikkmei92. 

We found this beauty by Barbara Kind, a Brazilian living in New Jersey, USA, on Instagram as well. 

Then we made a visit to her website and were blown away by her beautiful work. Here she has made the Ombre collection really come alive. Ombre is still a fave for many of us and we hoard it to use on our projects. Barbara's Instagram user name is @babikindl. Please leave her some comments there. 

An online scrapbooking retailer posted this lovely layout by Anita of the United Kingdom. We tracked down her Blog where she explains exactly how she created this layout using our Serendipity paper collection and several of our chipboard pieces, Berry Stems and Romantic Page Dangle. We hope to see more of her work soon! 

Katja Mezzanotte posts her creations on Social Media with some frequency and we were drawn to a recent project also using Serendipity. But as we perused her Instagram account at @mezzanotteskapar,

we fell in love with this gorgeous layout featuring the Autumn Anthology collection. The clean lines and oversized peek-a-boos draws the eye straight to her great photo. You can visit her blog on the link. 

  Tomomi Hiramaru is known as @tomomitti1117 on Instagram. She blogs at Her Blog, Happy Croppy where we hope you'll visit her. On this layout, she has combined some Serendipity papers with a Blush Calling Card and created the perfect scene for her sweet photo. Lots of great detail to enjoy on this one!  Especially that banner! 

We always like to bring you something "different" on Social Media Feature day. So, today we're sharing this altered book page that Kimiemin posted on Instagram as @montblanc3hamster. She did a beautiful job of fussy cutting the Blush collection and arranging her images to create a unique way to display her photo. Kimiemin has a website you can visit at Audrey Smile. 

Lastly, Mariko Hisazumi of Japan posted this glorious project on her  Blog, Pinterest and on Instagram at 

@yakmari. Even with her bold title, she still managed to use two photos, a note card and a few subtitles. The die cuts and florals definitely add a delicate touch. Her papers are from Serendipity, using the Merriment sheet as her background. 

So …. that wraps it up for today! 

Regardless of which Social Media outlet is your favorite, remember to tag us so that it will draw our attention. We would love to feature YOU on our blog!

Have fun creating! 

New products are coming SOON!