April Projects by Halyna Protsenko

Hello Blue Fern Studios Fans! This month I have 2 very different layouts and tenderness canvas for you. I  worked with the new Spring Parade collection and with the Courtship Lane collection.

"Beautiful" layout

For my first layout about my dearest friend Lika I chose Rememrance and April Medley paper from the Spring Parade collection. And I added some pieces of the Nature paper from the Paisley & Vine collection. This birds are amazing!!!! 

 Сhipboard element Rings Panel I painted to pastel colors of sprays.

 I used the Dark Tropic Lilies and other flowers in my flower cluster.

Blue Fern Studios Supply List:

Paper

- Spring Parade - Rememrance

- Spring Parade - April Medley

- Paisley & Vine - Nature

Chipboard

- Rings Panel

Flowers

- Dark Tropic Lilies

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"Memories Captured" canvas

For my second project I decided to create a "Memories Captured" canvas about my beautiful friend Yulia. I used Remembrance, Spring Petites, Sunday Best, June papers from the Spring Parade collection to create the layers on my canvas. 

I embossed the chipboard elements Ginger's Poppies and Memories Captured Titles with embossing powders: Lilac and Morning Sun. 

I used the new Spring Peonies, Chesterville Blooms and Attic Charm Glitter Roses

in my flower cluster.

Blue Fern Studios Supply List:

Paper

- Spring Parade - Spring Petites

- Spring Parade - Remembrance

- Spring Parade -Sunday Best 

- Spring Parade -June

Chipboard

- Ginger's Poppies

- Memories Captured Titles

Imagine Ink Embossing Powder

- Morning Sun

- Lilac

Flowers

- Chesterville Blooms

- Spring Peonies

- Attic Charm Glitter Roses

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"Tenderness" layout

And my third layout this month is a "Tenderness" pastel layout using the Parkway paper from the Courtship Lane collection as the background. This is a cute picture of my beautiful friend Olga!!

Also I used the pieces of Attic Charm paper collection - Haberdashery, Mercantile and Serendipity paper collection - Calling Cards.

 Сhipboard element Ginger's Poppies I covered with Imagine Ink Lilac embossing powder.

The flowers, chipboards and lace I decorated with Glitter - Blue Ice and Pink Carnation. This is very gorgeous!!!

Blue Fern Studios Supply List:

Paper

- Courtship Lane - Parkway

- Attic Charm - Haberdashery

- Attic Charm - Mercantile

- Serendipity - Calling Cards

Chipboard

- Ginger's Poppies

Imagine Ink Embossing Powder

- Lilac

Glitter

- Blue Ice

- Pink Carnation

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

Hugs, Halyna.

April projects and a video by Annie Samson

Hi Blue Fern Studios fans, 

I am very excited today to share my April layouts with you ! The first one is made from the verry beautifil collection Chesterville and the second one is from the verry coloured collection Srping parade.

Good Vibe

For my firs layout, I used the paper Breton from Chesterville collection. 

I used burgendy ink and one stamp for the Forever kit to add texture to my background. 

Than I used Mushroom embossing powder on the Techno rings chipboard kit.

To add a litle bit more interest on my chipboard, I used the same stamp on top of it.

Than I cut the Damask chirpbord in 2 pieces and I used the Ruby embossing powder to collor it.

Than I used Attic charmed glitter roses and Harvest lilies flowers to embellish my layout.

List of the Blue Fern Studios products I used

Paper

Breton from Chesterville

Stamp

Forever

Embossing powder

Mushroom

Ruby

Flowers

Attic charmed glitter 

Harvest lilies

Chipbaord

Techno rings

 Moment

You can see my crative process on this video 

For my second layout, I used the Remembrance paper of the Spring parade collection.

I used many stamp to add texture to my background; Forever, Tattered new script and Fleurs wallpaper.

Than I add modeling past and gold, pink and with ink on my bacground.

I used left over of a Vintage christmas paper to embosse and cut flowers.

Than I used 14 karat and Pink dusk embossing powder to altered my chipgbord; Floral lattice bites, Ornate frame and the word Moment.

 And I add Attic charm glitter roses and Harvest lilies.

List of the Blue Fern Studios products I used

Paper

Rembrance of Spring parade

Deck the all from vintage Christmas

Stamp

Forever

Fowers wallpaper

Tattered new script

Embossing powder

14 karat

Pink dust

Flowers

Attic charmed glitter 

Harvest lilies

Chipboard

Floral lattice bites

Ornate frame

Moment word

See you next month, Annie XX

"Happiness" by our Fan of the Month

It's Wednesday, so we are back with another layout from our Fan of the Month, Patty Rogers.
This week, she has created this sweet Easter layout.  We will let Patty tell you all about it.

Hi everyone! It's Patty again with another layout for the Spring Parade collection. I enjoyed working with these Blue Fern Studio Products so much that I made a process video while working on this piece. You can watch it below.

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You can see some of the layering and distressing in the photo below. The title word, "Happiness" is from the Good Vibes chipboard set. I love the way it gracefully curves over the photo so beautifully.

You can see where I tore the papers diagonally and popped them up. I may have had
too much fun with my layering, if there is such a thing!  Using a stencil and modeling paste,
I added texture to the background before splattering gold paint.

Here, you can see the pretty egg chipboard pieces. They are lovely and I thought it
would be perfect to hang them by a chain that I stamped on the background paper.
The chain stamp is from the "Forever" clear stamp.

Fussy cutting appears on most of my work and the little bunny from "Spring Parade" is adorable!
 To me, it is important to not allow the white middle part of the paper to be seen,
so I use markers to blend the colors along the edges.

I decided to use "Bits of Honey" on this layout and when working with the little hexagons, I was inspired to use them in a different way than ever before. The little hexagon had already been embossed and I was holding it with my tweezers when it jumped up and landed on a piece of cheese cloth! Brilliant! I glued it to the cheesecloth! Perhaps it was divine intervention...or maybe there was simply too much pressure from the tweezers! Too bad I can't take credit for that 3-D inspiration! It looked as if it was floating, so I did the same with two more hexagonal pieces.

Hope you enjoy the process video.....see you next time!......Patty

April projects by Lydia Guijt

Hello Blue Fern Studios and Paper Friends.

This month I have 3 very different layouts for you.

Two of them are with the beautiful Spring Parade Collection and the third one is with one of my favorite collections Chesterville. 

Let's get started

Discover

When we took this tour through the Grand Canyon this Sunset was just amazing. I knew I had to scrapbook it.

I'm using the Market Place paper as my base. The Tattered News Print Stamp right now is one of my favorite stamps and for this layout I used it to create some background interest. I chose one of my stencils and used paste to add more background details.

I wanted to use some straws for this layout to create a dramatic effect. The Turkish Bits pieces and Discover were embossed with Ebony embossing powder. 

The Layering Stems with Sea Mist embossing powder and topped with a layer of Caribbean Glitter. 

Behind my photo I put some smaller pieces from Spring Parade - Market Place and Sunday Best to create some layers. The straws already created some depth and helped with a nicely layered look. 

The beautiful Peony flower (Spring Peony and Berries) is quite big and is perfect to take apart and use in parts. Filling up the rest of the layout with some more flowers and embellishments. Some beads, micro beads and splatters to finish of the layout and we're all done.

Paper

Spring Parade : Market Place, Sunday Best

Chipboard

Turkish Bits, Layering Stems, Journey, Explore, Discover

Embossing Powder 

Sea Mist, Ebony

Glitter

Caribbean

Stamps

Tattered News Print

Flowers 

Spring Peony and Berries

  

Memories

For my second layout I'm going a little more classic. The base is Spring Parade - Sun Rise. Although in the corner it has an Easter theme. By covering it up. You can make it into whatever you chose it to be. I found the saying on Attic Charm - Calling Cards and went from there.

For the background I used the Tattered News Print Stamp to create interest around the page with Antique Gold Embossing Powder.

The Blooming Curls,  Whimsy Flourishes and Leafy Page Accents chipboard pieces all got embossed with Oatmeal embossing powder with the flowers on the Blooming Curls piece in Pink Dust.

I positioned all the pieces and started adding a variety of Blue Fern Studios flowers, Spring Florals, Soft Blossoms, Late Winter Lilies, together with some pieces of lace, ribbon and other embellishments. Some finishing touches with pearls, art stones and beads.

Paper

Spring Parade : Sun Rise 

Attic Charm : Calling Cards

Chipboard

Blooming Curls, Whimsy Flourishes, Leafy Page Accents

Embossing Powder 

Antique Gold, Pink Dust, Oatmeal

Stamps

Tattered News Print

Flowers 

Spring Florals, Soft Blossoms, Late Winter Lilies

Journey

My third and last layout for this month is a more masculine layout using the Chesterville collection.
This collection is just perfect for layouts like this.

I used Chesterville - Keswick as the base and started preparing my page with clear gesso. Then used the Tattered News Print stamp around the page. Next I got out 2 stencils and a combination of pastes to create some interest. Since I'm going for a metallic look. I used gold, silver and graphite. Continuing with splatter inks. Now that the background is all done it's time to get the chipboard pieces prepared. 

Circuitry and Discovery are embossed in Sand and Sea with a sprinkle of  Antique Gold here and there. The Faucets in Black Sand. Putting it all together on the page creating some layers with Chesterville : Keswick, Chester pieces. Some flowers from the Chesterville Blooms, Harvest Lilies and other embellishments to complete the look. 

Paper

Chesterville : Keswick, Chester, 

Chipboard

Circuitry, Faucets, Journey, Explore, Discover

Embossing Powder 

Black Sand, Antique Gold, Sand and Sea

Stamps

Tattered News Print

Flowers 

Chesterville Blooms, Harvest Lilies

I hope you liked the 3 completely different styles this month I created for you.

Looking forward to showing you more next month. 

Thank you for stopping by today!

Have a great day!

Lydia 

Thought Challenge

What if I fall? Oh my darling, what if you FLY? 

Creative Team member Tartine Peluche used a 'thought' on this layout 

instead of a photo and how amazing it turned out! 

What an awesome idea for a challenge!

 Upload your THOUGHT ONLY layout/canvas/project using at least one 

Blue Fern Studio product and use #bfsthought.  You could win 

a complete collection of HAPPY ACCIDENT papers! 

(no photos - quote only)  

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April Projects by Catherine Giguère

Hello Blue Fern Studios Fans!  Here's my turn to share my April projects with you. This month, I  worked with the Spring Parade collection and with the Courtship Lane collection.

Bonheur

For my first layout, I used 'Marketplace' paper from the BFS Spring Parade collection. I did a textured background with stencil, modeling paste, BFS 'Tattered Newspaper' and 'Essential Textures Stamps', art stones and different inks (blue, violet and yellow).

I embossed my chipboards 'Folkart Frame' and 'Organic Vine Corner' with BFS Imagine Ink 'Antique Gold'. 

I embossed my title (Bonheur) with  BFS Imagine Ink 'Amethyst'.

I cut the 'Organic Vine Corner' in half to put the pieces under my flowers. Then, I add a lot of BFS flowers.

Blue Fern Studios products used:

Papers

Spring Parade 'Marketplace'

Spring Parade 'Spring Petites'

Chipboards

Folkart Frame

Organic Vine Corner

French Words

Stamp

Tattered Newsprint

Essential Textures

Embossing Powder

BFS Imagine Ink 'Antique Gold'

BFS Imagine Ink 'Amethyst'

Flowers

Christmas Blooms

Courtship Roses

Dark Tropic Lilies

Attic Charm Daisies

Spring Florals

Spring Peony and Berries

Special

For my second layout, I used the paper 'Sunday Best' from the new BFS Spring Parade collection. I used modeling paste, stencils, green, aqua and brown inks and the BFS stamps 'Making Plans', 'Coarse Fabrics' and 'Tattered Newsprint' to do my background. 

I embossed all my chipboards with BFS Imagine Ink 'Ginger'.

I add a lot of BFS green, yellow and white flowers and I glued my title on them.

Blue Fern Studios products used:

Papers

Spring Parade 'Sunday Best'

Spring Parade 'Spring Petites'

Chipboards

Rock Wall Bits

Bits of Honey

Perfect, Adorable, Special

Stamp

Making Plans

Coarse Fabrics

Tattered Newsprint

Embossing Powder

BFS Imagine Ink 'Ginger'

Flowers

Attic Charm Glitter Roses

Attic Charm Daisies

Christmas Blooms

Courtship Roses

Late Winter Lilies

Merveilleux

For my last layout this month, I used the paper 'Concert Hall' from the Courtship Lane collection. 

I embossed my BFS chipboards 'Classic Ornement', 'Grand Ornement' and my title 'Merveilleux' with BFS Imagine Ink 'Coral'.

I glued my title on my flowers and I cut my chipboards 'Grand Ornement' and 'Classic Ornements' in two pieces and I glued them under my picture.

Blue Fern Studios products used:

Papers

Courtship Lane 'Concert Hall'

Courtship Lane 'Calling Cards'

Chipboards

Classic Ornaments

Grand Ornament

French Adjectives 1

Stamp

Serendipity Medley

Embossing Powder

BFS Imagine Ink 'Coral'

Flowers

Chesterville Blooms

Late Winter Lilies

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

Catherine Giguère