August inspiration by Wendy Scholten

Hi all,

Today's my turn on the Blue Fern Studios Blog with my projects for August.

This is my firts layout called:

'Happy'

I used the Wanderlust collection, the Pacific Coast paper on the background and a piece of the Memento paper on top. I also used a piece of the Roadtrip paper behind my photo.

A piece of lace 3 used to cover the seem.

 I also cut out some flowers from the lace 4 to tuck behind my flower clusters.

 I embossed the Swallow border with Snow embossing powder and cut it in pieces to fit my photo and the word Happy with the Sand and Sea embossing powder.

 For the flowers i used the Wanderlust Lilies and some of my own stash.

Blue Fern Studio's products used:

Papers: Wanderlust

-Memento

-Pacific Coast

-Road trip

Chipboard:

-Happy from the Chunky words set

-Swallow Border

Embossing powders:

-Snow

-Sand and Sea

Lace:

-3

-4

Flowers:

-Wanderlust Lilies

My second layout:

'Nature's playground'

I also used the Wanderlust collection for this layout.

I used the Ocean Voyage paper and a small piece of the Roadtrip paper behind my photo.

For my background i used a stencil and moddeling paste as well as some color sprays.

I cut a piece of lace and placed it behind my photo.

I embossed the Hot Cocoa embossing powder for my Nature's Playground title that i cut in half.

The Oatmeal embossing powder for the Leaf Swirled Frame and the Avocado embossing powder for the Fern Leaves.

 I also used the Late Winter Lilies and the Heartland Blossoms.

Blue Fern studios products used:

Papers:

-Ocean Voyage

-Roadtrip

Chipboard:

-Nature's playground

-Fern Leaves

-Leaf Swirled frame

Embossing Powder:

-Snow

-Avocado

-Hot Cocoa

Lace:

-4

Flowers:

-Late Winter Lilies

-Heartland Blossoms

And my last one this month:

'Happy Moment'

I used the new Amber and Apricot Collection.

For the background i used the Chapters paper and tore the Birdsong paper a bit so you can see the background. I also used 2 sets of stamps, the Honey Bits and the Sweet titles to give my background a bit more texture.

 I embossed the Happy Moment ( i cut it out of the frame) with the Hot Cocoa embossing powder and the Krystals Frame small with the Glistening sand embossing powder.

I also used a few pieces of the printed chipboard.

 For the flower clusters i used the new Apricot Blooms and the Fresh Florals.

Blue Fern Studios Products used:

Papers:

-Chapters

-Birdsong

Chipboard:

-Krystals Frame Small

-Happy moment

-Printed Chipboard

Embossing powder:

-Glistening Sand

-Hot Cocoa

Stamps:

-Honey Bits

-Sweet titles

Flowers:

-Apricot Blooms

-Fresh Florals

Thanks for stopping by and have a nice day!

Hugs wendy



August inspiration an a video by Annie Samson

Hi Blue Fern Studios fan,

I am verry excited to share my 2 layouts made from the brand new collection Amber & Apricot.

Sweet

For my first layout, I wanted to create a deep and romantic layout.

 I choose the back side of the Chapiters paper to create my layout.

I add some modeling past trough two differents stencils and add 2 tones of brown and 2 tones of yellow ink to create my focal point.

I embosed the Krystal's frame large with Copper embossing powder and the Krystal's frame small with Honey embossing powder

Than I use pieces from Faded Bloom and Yesteryear papers to create dimention.

I use the Bits of honey stamp kit to add texture to my background.

I use some chipbaord of the coordinated chipboard to embellish my layout.

And I use the Apricot bloom,  Chestervill bloom and Garden life flowers to decorate my layout.

For the final touch, I use the Paprika and Mustard seedling un top of my ornements.

Here some closed up of my layout

Here a process video of my layout

Here the list of the Blue Fern Studios products I used

Papier

Chapiters 

Faded Bloom 

Yesteryear

Chipbaord

Krystal's frame large 

Krystal's frame small

coordinated chipboard

Embossing powder

Copper embossing 

Honey

Stamp 

Bits of honey 

Flowers

Apricot bloom,

 Chestervill bloom

Garden life

Seedling

Paprika

Mustard

Sweet as honey

For my second layout, I wanteed to create a more delicate layout.
I choose the paper Friendship and add a little bit of peach ink on my backgroud.
I cut my Fading bloom chipbord in two pieces and embosse it with Coral embossing powder.
I also use pieces of Shabby brick bites embossed with the Honey embossing powder.
I have also use the Honey embossing powder for my title; Sweet as honey.
I add some coordinated chipboard under my picture.
And finaly I have used flowers from Aprico bloom and Chesterville floral to decorate my layout.

Here some closed up of my layout

Here the list of the Blue Fern Studios products I used

Papier

Friendship 

Chipbaord

Fading bloom

Shabby brick bites

Sweet as honney.

coordinated chipboard 

Embossing powder

Coral

Honey

Flowers

Apricot bloom,

 Chestervill Florals

Thanks for your visit and see you soon, Annie Samson

Win or learn, never lose

Hello everyone!  Today we have another beautiful card from our August Blue Fern Fan of the month, Mariusz Gierszewski.  His style is so elegant.  With its rich tones, this card reminds me that autumn is not far away!

For this card, Mariusz used paper from our Happy Accident Collection.  The flowers and leaves are handmade using stamps.  The background paper was cut using a die, giving the card an interesting look, and adding texture.

Mariusz added a frame and title from the Happy Accident Printed Chipboard Shapes to the center of the card.

Be sure to stop back next Wednesday when we will have another project from Mariusz!

August Layouts by Catherine Giguère

Hello Blue Fern Studios Fans!  

Here's my turn to share with you two new layouts and a video tutorial. This month, I had so much fun with the gorgeous Wanderlust paper collection. 

"Merveilleux"

For this layout, I used the Wanderlust "Petites" paper as background. I put a coat of clear gesso on it and I added texture by applying modeling paste through a stencil. Then, I applied yellow inks and I stamped many details with BFS stamps and brown ink.

I left my chipboards (BFS Whimsy Flourishes and Natural Frame) raw but I put a little bit of white gesso dilued with water on them.

I also left my title raw and I add beads around the flowers to add texture.

I did a video tutorial of this layout, you can watch it here:

Blue Fern Studios products used:

Papers

Wanderlust 'Petites'

Wanderlust 'Seascape'

Wanderlust 'Calling Cards'

Chipboards

Whimsy Flourishes

Natural Frame

French Adjectives 1

Printed Chipboards

Stamps

Departure

Dispatch

Grungy Grid

Tattered Newsprint

"Magnifique"

For this layout, I used Wanderlust 'Ocean Voyage' paper. I wanted to do a beachy layout. First, I did a textured background with modeling paste, stencil, aqua and mint inks, stamps and brown ink.

I glued a piece of net on my background with medium gel. I embossed my BFS chipboards Trailing Scrolls with BFS Imagine ink Seafoam embossing powder and the BFS Swallow Border with BFS Imagine Ink Sea Mist embossing powder. Then,  I aged them with brown paste. 

I embossed my title 'Magnifique' (BFS French Adjectives 1 chipboards) with BFS Imagine Ink Black Sand to make it stand out.

I add beads and shells to complete the beachy look.

 Blue Fern Studios products used:

Paper

Wanderlust 'Ocean Voyage'

Chipboards

Trailing Scrolls
Swallow Border
French Adjectives 1
Printed Chipboards

Stamps

Departure

Tattered Newsprint

Embossing Powders

BFS Imagine Ink 'Seafoam'

BFS Imagine Ink 'Sea Mist'

BFS Imagine Ink 'Black Sand'

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

Catherine Giguère 

A Fairy Good Life

The second project from our August Blue Fern Fan of the Month, Mariusz Gierszewski, is this very soft and magical layout.  Mariusz has beautifully used the frame of the paper as the base for this lovely design.  The chipboard, flowers and fussy cutting create a very eye-pleasing design for this sweet infant photo.

Here is what Maruisz had to say about this layout:

Another work in which I could bring you closer shabby style. I prepared at the begining chipboards by embossing powder and cut many emablishments from other papers. After that I start to build composition of fabric flowers in the corner and more or less oposite/middle side. On the top flowers I add the gesso. On the end I add few printed chipboard pieces from collection the all corners, and to decorate layout. Balance and harmony formed an integral whole.

Blue Fern Products Used:

Paper

Garden Life Collection

Chipboard:

Circle Vine

Chelsea Vines

Circle Flourish Frame - small

Other:

Embossing Powder

Garden Life Printed Chipboard

Flowers:

Garden Florals

Happy Blooms

Spring Lilies

Spring Peony & Berries

Thanks so much, Mariusz, for sharing this beautiful layout with us!

August Inspiration by Babi

Hi Everyone,

Today it's my turn to share with you my new projects using gorgeous Wanderlust and Amber & Apricot collections.

For the first, I used Memento and Pacific Coast papers for a project which I named "Fun Times".

To add texture, I used stencil and Distress on the main paper. Then, I stamped a few images  with  Departure Stamp.

The Natural Frame chipboard was covered with Snow Embossing Powder.

I used Lace 4,  Spring Lilies and Wanderlust Printed Chipboard to decorate the rest of the layout.

I finished the layout by adding microbeads, gesso and other embellies. 

Blue Fern Studios Supplies:

Papers:

Pacific Ocean

Memento

Chipboads:

Wanderlust Printed Chipboard

Natural Frame

Flowers:

Spring Lilies

Embossing Powder:

Snow

Stamps:

Tattered Newsprint 

Lace 4

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For my second project I decided to create a layout called "Unforgetable".

The background was created by gluing  Road Trip and Lakeside paper,  also from the Wanderlust collection. 

Then, I added some texture with stencil, modeling paste, watercolor paint  and Tattered Newsprint stamp.  

To create the layers, I used Ocean Voyage and Calling Cards Papers. Then, proceed to emboss the the Fading Bloom and Grid Pieces chipboards with  Avocado and Snow embossing powder. 

Afterwards, I added some gel and seedlings Twing and Green Leaf.

To finish the project, I used flowers from Apricot Blooms, Wanderlust Lilies and Chesterville Blooms. 

Blue Fern Studios Supplies:

Papers:

Ocean Voyage
Lakeside
Road Trip
Calling Cards
Memento

Chipboads:

Fading  Bloom
Grid Pieces 

Flowers:

Chesterville Blooms
Wanderlust Lilies
Chesterville Blooms

Embossing Powder:

Snow
Avaocado

Stamps:
Tattered Newsprint

Seedlings:

Twig

Green Leaf

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I decided to finish my monthly inspiration with two cute cards from the new collection Amber & Apricot.  I trully love this collection and so far it is one of my favorite: very girly, delicate and with a hint of Fall. 

I used Flora, Birdsong and Joyful papers to create my first card.  Then, I added some texture with stencil and modeling paste. 

I added Lace 6, Apricot Blooms and some leaves that I die cut with Ocean Voyage paper (Wanderlust collection).  

This beautiful title is a stamp called Sweet Titles (Amber & Apricot) that I heat embossed with Antique Gold. 

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On my second card I used  Tweet Melody, Sunny Disposition, Flora, and Joyful papers. 

Then, I decorated it with some leaves and flowers that I "fussy cut" from Flora paper. Next, I added some Apricot Blooms (it's a must have) and this gorgeous title is from Amber and Apricot Printed Chipboard. 

Blue Fern Studios Supplies for both cards:

Papers:

Ocean Voyage

Flora

Birdsong

Tweet Melody

Joyful

Sunny Disposition

Chipboads:

Amber & Apricot Printed 

Flowers:

Apricot Blooms

Embossing Powder:

Antique Gold

Stamps:

Sweet Titles

Seedlings:

Twig

Green Leaf

Lace:

Lace 6

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I hope you enjoy it and thanks for stopping by.

Babi