Spring Parade and Chesterville Inspiration by Kris Berc

Hi, Blue Fern Studios friends and fans! It's Kris here to share my April layouts with you.

Cousins are Friends for Life

For my first layout, I chose chose two papers from the Spring Parade collection.  To treat the background, I flicked 5 different colors of spray, letting each color dry before adding the next.  I then added some texture paste through a stencil, and when dry, I added some contrast using black ink with the Serendipity Medley stamp.

I used the larger of the two hearts from the Frilly Hearts chipboard set to ground my photo.  It's embossed with Antique Gold embossing powder.

The title piece is embossed with the new Pink Dust powder.  It's such a pretty color!

I dabbed the flowers with a bit of gesso to blend everything together.

Below you can see a closeup of the background details.

Blue Fern Studios products used:

Paper

Spring Parade - June

Spring Parade - Remembrance

Chipboard

Cousins are Friends

Frilly Hearts

Embossing Powder

Antique Gold

Pink Dust

Stamp

Serendipity Medley

Flowers

Attic Charm Glitter Roses

Chesterville Florals

Spring Lilies

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Everyday Moments

Here's another layout made with Spring Parade paper! I treated this one with 4 colors of spray and modeling paste through a stencil.  When dry, I added contrast with black ink and one of the Coarse Fabrics stamps.  Then I decided to randomly stamp the Forever stamp all over the page, sometimes horizontal and sometimes vertical.  I like the effect!

The title chipboard piece, Everyday Moments, is treated with two layers of Ebony embossing powder.

Oh this Beaded Flourish chipboard piece is really beautiful!  I chose the Icicle embossing powder for it.  It's a lovely color for such a lovely piece.

I also embossed some Turkish Bits chipboard pieces in Icicle powder.

All flowers were treated with dabs of gesso :)

Blue Fern Studios products used:

Paper

Spring Parade - Joyful

Spring Parade - Remembrance

Chipboard

Beaded Flourish

Everyday Moments

Turkish Bits

Embossing Powder

Ebony

Icicle

Stamp

Coarse Fabrics

Forever

Flowers

Attic Charm Glitter Roses

Courtship Roses

Dark Tropic Lilies

Heartland Blossoms

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Dazzling

My last layout for today features awesome paper and chipboard from the Chesterville collection.  Oh how I love this paper!  I decided to make a girly, yet funky, page with it.  I treated the background with four colors of spray, a layer of modeling paste through a stencil, and some random stamping with a stamp from the Forever stamp set.

That cool abstract chipboard piece behind the photo is called Chesterville Doodle.  I embossed it with 14 Karat embossing powder.

This time I treated the flowers with a few drops of white spray.

Since I was going for a girly yet funky, grungy look, I added some lace and some burlap between the paper layers.

The Dazzling title piece from the Brilliant, Amazing, Dazzling chipboard set was treated with 2 layers of Ebony embossing powder.

One more detail shot!

Blue Fern Studios products used:

Paper

Chesterville - Holmes

Chesterville - Whitford

Chipboard

Brilliant, Amazing, Dazzling

Chesterville Doodle

Embossing Powder

14 Karat

Ebony

Stamp

Forever

Flowers

Heartland Blossoms

Spring Florals

Thank you for stopping by today.

I hope I have inspired you to create with your Blue Fern Studios products!

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March projects by Wendy Scholten

Hello everyone,

Today is my turn on the Blue Fern Studios Blog with my march projects.

I made 3 layouts, one with the chesterville collection and two with the new Spring Parade collection.

So let's start with the one from the Chesterville Collection called:

"Adorable"

I just love this picture of our little girl, she was only 10 months here.

I made this layout with the Whitford papers, i used the backside for my background and a piece from the front of the paper to place behind my photo.

 Don't you just love those papers, you can use them for every subject.

I embossed the chipboard pieces Textured Wildflowers, Memory Frames, one of the bohemian flowers and the word Adorable with the: iris, vintage gold and sand&sea embossing powders.

 To give the background a bit more texture i used the Essential Textures Stamp, that's all it really needed.

 I also used a lot of the gorgeous flowers : Heartland Blossoms, Courtship roses and the Dark Tropic Lilies

 I used a few things from my own stash: baubles, lace, berries, small beads in different colors and just a little bit of paint.

Blue fern Studios products used:

Papers:

-Chesterville: -Whitford (2x)

Chipboard:

- Textured Wildflowers

-Memory Frames

-Perfect, Adorable, Special

-Bohemian Flowers

Stamps:

-Essential Textures

Embossing Powders:

-Iris

-Sand&Sea

- Vintage Gold

Flowers:

- Heartland Flowers

-Courtship Roses

-Dark Tropic Lilies

Now for the Second one, this features the gorgeous new Spring Parade collection.

This is such a beautiful, bright paper collection that  really feels like spring, although you can use it for anything!

This one i called:

"Dazzling"

For this one i used the June paper as my background, and a stencil with some moddeling paste and oil pastels to color the background. Behind my photo i used a piece of the Susie's garden paper, i also fussy cutted a lot of flowers from that paper.

 First i embossed the Janie's Fram Chipboard piece with the Lilac and the new Lavender Egg's embossing powders,

 I placed the frame and the fussy cut flowers behind my photo frame and decided i wanted to turn the picture a bit to the side to give it a different effect.

 i placed some rhinestones in and around my frame to give it a bit of sparkle.

  The title Dazzling i embossed with the lavender Egg's and Fern Embossing powders to let it stand out a bit more.

 i used a few little flowers, lace, a sticker and rhinestones from my own stash tot complete this layout.

Blue fern Studios products used:

Papers:

-Spring parade:

 -June

                 -Susie's Garden

Chipboard:

-Janie's Frame

-Briljant, Amazing, Dazzling

Embossing powders:

- Lavender egg's

-Fern

-Lilac

Flowers:

-Spring Florals

-Spring peony and berries

And this is my last one for this month, also featured the Spring Parade collection.

"Cute Stuff"

I used the Susie's Garden paper, i just love this paper, the colors and flowers are so stunning, i also used a piece and fussy cut the flowers from the Sunday best paper.

 For the background i used a stencil with some moddeling paste as well as oil pastels for some color. I also used the tattered newsprint stamp with snow embossing powder to give my background some texture.

 I chose the Spring Bunny Frame, Spring Trinkets and the title Cute stuff from the Good vibes set for my chipboards, i embossed the spring bunnies frame with lilac embossing powder, the spring trinkets with Lavender Egg's and Speckled mint embossing powders.

 I used flowers from different collections on this one: Spring Florals,  Attic Charm Daisies, Heartland Blossoms and Spring Lilies

The title Cute Stuff was embossed with Snow embossing powder.

 i also used small flowers from my own stash as well as Pearls, prills and some paint.

Blue Fern Studios Products used:

Papers:

Spring Parade:

- Susie's garden

-Sunday Best

Chipboard

-Spring Bunny Frame

-Spring Trinkets

- Good Vibes set

Stamp:

-Tattered Newsprint

-Embossing Powders:

-Lavender Egg's

-Lilac

-Speckled Mint

- Snow

Flowers:

-Spring Florals

-Attic Charm Daisies

Heartland Blossoms

-Spring Lilies

I guess you can see where my inspiration came from, i love to use photo's off our little girl, lol!

Thanks for stopping by and see you next month.

Hugs Wendy



March projects with Halyna Protsenko

Hi there, Blue Fern Studios fans!!! Halyna Protsenko here again with some new creations for March. I would like to present  projects using the new beautiful Spring Parade collection and one more layout with amazing other collection.

"Little Moments" layout

The new Spring Parade Collection has a beautiful color combination. For my first layout about nice kids I chose the Rememrance sheet, because it's very tender! 

I layered pieces of the Sunrise paper and Sunday Best paper from the Spring Parade collection. And I added some pieces of the laces and paper muffin cups.

Сhipboard element Folkart Frame I covered with Imagine Ink Oatmeal embossing powder.

I used the new Spring Peonies and Chesterville Blooms in my flower cluster.

Blue Fern Studios Supply List:

Paper
- Spring Parade - Remembrance
- Spring Parade - Sunrise
- Spring Parade -Sunday Best 

Chipboard
- Folkart Frame

Imagine Ink Embossing Powder
- Oatmeal

Stamps
- Journey
- Tattered Newsprint

Flowers
- Spring Peonies
- Chesterville Blooms

"Memories Captured" layout

For my second project about little beautiful girl Dari I decided to create a "Memories Captured" layout. I use the Spring Petites paper from the Spring Parade collection for the background.

I embossed the chipboard elements Flutter Medley and Memories Captured Titles with a mix of embossing powders: Snow and Morning Sun. 

I also made a stamp Blooms and Stems and Owls and Birdson the tracing paper and embossed this with Imagine Ink Lilac embossing powder. Then I cut them out by contour.

And finally, no layout is complete without flowers! I added the beautiful Chesterville Blooms on my layouts.

Blue Fern Studios Supply List:

Paper
- Spring Parade - Spring Petites
- Spring Parade - Sunrise
- Spring Parade -Sunday Best 

Chipboard
- Flutter Medley
- Memories Captured Titles

Imagine Ink Embossing Powder
- Snow
- Morning Sun
- Lilac

Stamps
- Blooms and Stems
- Owls and Birdson

Flowers
- Chesterville Blooms

"Precious Memories" layout

My second layout about my pretty sister Yana. She is my sparkle star! She is my very beautiful girl! My sister is studing in New York University, we don't saw each other for one year and I miss her very much!!!

I started with the Charmed paper from the Blush collection. I layered pieces of the Couture paper from the Timeless collection and Stillness paper from the Tranquility collection. And I added some pieces of the resist canvas.

Сhipboard element Rings Panel I covered with Imagine Ink Oatmeal and Coral embossing powder. And titlre "Precious Memories" was covered with Imagine Ink Forest and Oatmeal embossing powder.

Blue Fern Studios Supply List:

Paper
- Blush - Charmed
- Timeless - Couture
- Tranquility - Stillness

Chipboard
- Ring Panels
- Precious Memories

Imagine Ink Embossing Powder
- Forest
- Oatmeal

Stamps
- Forever

I hope you enjoy viewing my projects. See you next time!
Hugs, Halyna.