May projects by France Ringuette

Good morning bloggers, It's my turn to showcase some fun projects made with various paper collections from Blue Fern Studios. Today, I'll be sharing with you, 2 cards and 2 layouts.

Project # 1 May Mother's day cards

Mother's day is just around the corner and I thought I would provide your 2 different cards that I made for my mother and mother in law.

First Card

For this card, I used papers from Homespun collection, Minis & Picturesque papers, Lace 10, Embossing Powders Cotton Candy, Flowers Christmas & Heartland blooms.

Second Card

For this card, I used the same paper collection, but added different elements like the use of the Honeycomb stamp set, 14 Karat Emblossing Powder, Barb's Medallion chipboard, Chesterville Blooms Flowers & Lace 4.

Layout #1: Cherish

This amazing picture was the inspiration for this next layout, my friend Brittany's daughter is just too cute for words in her peach tutu. I was inspired to use the Amber & Apricot collection for this layout.

From the Amber & Apricot collection I chose to use: Flora, Friendship & Tweet Melody papers

Under the photo I used the Amber & Apricot printed chipboard with a touch of colored cotton cloth. In my floral arrangements I used flowers from the Apricot Blooms & Harvest Lilies sets.

I decided to cut out the little bird and feathers from one of my papers to add onto the side of my picture. I love the softness it was bringing.

The Cherish chipboard is simply stained a bid darker for more contrast with the paper. You will also find under the Amber & Apricot flowers, an embossed image of the Weathered Doily Stamp in Baby Pink embossing powder.

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Layout #2: Happy

I've had my heart set on crafting this beautiful picture of my niece with her family for a while now. When going thru my papers, I fell on Pacific Coast from the Wanderlust paper collection and knew that this was the perfect one for this picture.

I started by applying a coat of white gesso under my picture are to highlight the focus. Then added some touched of sepia stamping with the Remnants Collage Stamp Set

I used various papers from the Wanderlust collection to build my layers under my picture. I hear embossed in Breeze color the Happy chipboard title.

The chicken wire chipboard is painted in 2 different colors to give it an old look. 

The last step was to stamp some flowers, add a few drop of white gesso, and there you go an old feel kind of  layout.

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Blue Fern Studios Products Used on the projects:

Paper

Homespun Minis

Homespun Picturesque

Amber & Apricot Fiona, Friendship & Tweet melody

Wanderlust Pacific Coast & scraps from my Wanderlost stash

Embossing Powder

14 Karat

Cotton Candy

Baby Pink

Breeze

Lace: 10 & 4

Flowers

Christmas Blooms

Heartland Blossoms

Chesterville Blooms

Apricot blooms

Harvest Lilies

Chipboard

Barb's Medallion

Cherish

Happy

Chicken Wire

Amber & Apricot printed chipboard

Stamp Set

Honeycomb Set

Weathered Doily

Remnants collage 

I hope you enjoyed my May projects, and wish you an amazing crafty month of May.

April Layouts by Yuko

Hello!Frisends!I would like to introduce three new layouts today.

I used all different collections.

【valentine】

　It's quite a season but ...

Pictures of when I made a cupcake with my daughter at Valentine's Day

I thought that I used it all the time.

This paper (home supun collection) is really cute! ! !

The title is a favorite favorite BFS embossed powder ginger.

At first it is a brownish dark colored powder.

When turning on the heater, it turns into a beautiful gold instant.

I love this change and I often demonstrate in the class.

This is a part of the 12-inch size chipboard sheet of the same collection.

Originally the surroundings were yellow but it will float slightly in color

I cut around with scissors.

As this 12-inch chip board comes out for each collection

It is very easy to use!

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Paper 

Home spun   Calling Cards/Homemade/

Homespun Minis/ Hospitality

Chipboard

Home spun /Valentain

Embossing powder

ginger

Lace

10A

【perfect】

This is a picture at a rape-blossom field.

The name of my daughter is associated with a rape blossom.

This cool parent color used for the title!

It is an embossed powder IRIDESCENT GREY.

It is not black, dark gray. Moreover, it entered lame.

It seems quite easy to use !

I also textured the background paper with modeling paste.

This stamp is also cool!

I stamped three places, but do you understand?

It matches too much with the pattern and how far it was originally printed

I do not know where I stamped!

This chip board is embossed with gold

Modeling paste with fingers at random.I colored after drying.

Whether the atmosphere will come out just by putting various colors

I feel like rust.

Honeycomb chipboard used for layout

I used it as an embellishment

because the one pulled out was also hexagonal and cute.

I put liquid pearl in the center. Looks like Bolt?

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Paper   

Wonderlust   Calling Cards/Seascape/Road Trip

Chipboard

Wonderlust/perfect/Banner Flags

Embossing powder

oatmeal/hotcocoa/IRIDESCENT GREY

stamp

departure

【ALL you need is love】

My daughter entered elementary school this year!

It is a picture of Japanese traditions, cherry blossoms and school bags.

The middle race chipboard is

I processed it with IVOLY embossed powder.

I made it ivory because it was too floating in white.It is a nice color !

I imagined cherry blossom petals in the background

I made a pattern with modeling paste.

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Paper

In the Mood   Pensive/Pensive/Attracted/Blissful

Chipboard

In the Mood /Mina's Border

Flower

Garden Blooms

Embossing powder

IVORY

Lace

10A

Stamp

Swiss Dots

Thank you so much!!!

April Inspiration and a video tutorial by Vera Shelemekh

Hello Blue Fern Studios Fans.
Vera Shelemekh is here with some new inspiration and a video tutorial. Actually I can't stop cutting and layering the amazing In the Mood collection. I combine the sheets, I mix them with papers from other collections and I still have lots of ideas :)

So, the first layout is rocking fun. I've chosen the picture of my little son holding guitar. He looks like Axl Rose from Guns'n roses.. by the way roses are cut from Vintage Christmas - Deck the Halls as well as the big gitar behind the photo.

The background is full of hogs embossed with Antique gold powder.

 The frame is covered with glitter. And there are also some seedlings here and there.

Blue Fern Studios products used:

 

Papers:

Vintage Christmas - Deck the Halls

In the Mood - Dreamy

 

Embossing powder:

Antique gold

Icicle

 

Seedlings

Flaming

Glitter:

Vintage gold

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The other layout will make the album spread together with the heart shape layout from my March inspiration blog post. I tried to use the same colors and similar set of products. 

I love the flower background  in combination with oval shapes cut from Heartland paper

  The frame is covered with Vintage golf glitter

Lace adds special charm to wedding projects.

 

Please, find the video tutorial how to make this wedding layout.

Blue Fern Studios products used:

Papers:

In the Mood - Ecstatic

In the Mood - Blissful 

Heartland - Red Rose Ball

 

Chipboards:

In the mood printed chipboard

 

Embossing powder:

Lime

 

Glitter:

Vintage gold

 

Seedlings

Gold nugget

Meadow

 

Flowers:

Late winter Lilies

 

Stamps:

Stamp - Vintage Phrases

Stamp - Garden frolic

Lace:

Lace 6

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Thank you for stopping by! I wish all Blue Fern Studios fans a happy crafting month.

See you in May *)

April Inspiration - Joanne Bain

Hi Everyone!!

Joanne here with you today to share a couple of layouts and a tutorial using gorgeous Blue Fern products.

For my first layout I mixed and matched collections. I have used papers from Amber & Apricot, Wanderlust and Seaside Cottage. I amazes me how beautifully the collections mix and match.

'My Loves'

So for this page was created with lots of fussy cut images from the different papers to create the dimensional cluster. The birds, brown leaves and yellow roses were cut from Birdsong and Sunny Deposition papers from the Amber And Apricot collection.

To get the fussy cut rose to blend into the paper I used the Penned Flourishes stamp and stamped a little more over the papers edge with black ink. It helped to blend it in perfectly.

In between each layer I added folded flowers and shredded cheesecloth to add extra interest and texture.

The frame around the top of my photo was cut from the In the Mood chipboard sheet and covered with some of the Seaside Cottage Mermaid patterned paper.

Blue Fern Studio

Materials List

Papers

Amber And Apricot

Birdsong Pattern Paper

Sunny Deposition Pattern Paper

Wanderlust

Mountain View Pattern Paper

Seaside Cottage

Mermaid Pattern Paper

Chipboard

In The Mood Chipboard Sheet

Seedlings

Twig

Embossing Powder

Dark Chocolate

Stamp

Penned Flourish

For my second layout I chose to go back to a favourite of mine white background. I chose to add fussy cut layers and add some of the Blue Fern mixed media ingredients. I have also created a step by step tutorail so maybe you can try your own or put your own spin on it.

'My Inspiration'

To create the main cluster I started by fussy cutting the flourishes from the Garden Life Morning Dew patterned paper.

In between each of the fussy cut layers I added a mixture of flowers and frayed cheesecloth. The background was created with a mixture of mica powders and paints. As I like my clusters to be tight I only allowed a little of the colour to show from behind.

In the background I also added Blue Fern seedlings and glitters. The main flower is one of the gorgeous white roses from the Garden Blooms set which was recoloured to coordinate with layout.

For the title I cut down the Blue Fern You Are My Inspiration chipboard title to just my inspiration bcause that is what my children are. All chipboard was left entirely raw.

And here is my tutorial, I hope you enjoy it.

Check out How to Create a Layout by Joanne Bain by Joanne Bain on Snapguide.

Blue Fern Studios

Materials List

Papers

Garden Life

Morning Dew

Chipboard

You Are My Inspiration Title

Flowers

Garden Blooms

Seedlings

Stirling Silver

Glass

Stamp

Penned Flouish

Glitter

Blue Ice

Black Ice

I hope I have inspired you this month.

Joanne

xx