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! 

A Mini Album And A Layout by Maja

Hello everyone, welcome to the Blue Fern Studios blog!

Today I'd like to share some projects I made using our two latest collections, Tranquility and Attic Charm. I warn you, it's a lengthy post, so grab your favourite beverage and sit comfortably :-)
Let's begin with a mini album I made. It's been based upon the Tranquility collection, though has little to do with tranquility as such ;-) The very title says it all:

All the pages are made the same way: half of a sheet folded in two for greater sturdiness. For the pages I used the Serenity and Stillness sheets. The covers (made from the Blissful paper) are further strengthened with pieces of the Calm paper machine-sewed around.
I made the title of the mini by combining the Shooting Stars piece with the Crazy Cousins piece. I embossed the former with Icicle, Breeze, Cerulean and Azure eps (I removed two stars and left the three to symbolise the three boys :) ), and the latter with Ginger and Copper eps. I added the stamped word "Photos" and the definition of serendipity from the Serendipity Calling Cards sheet:

Each page features a photo/photos, some stamps and chipboard pieces.
The inner cover is decorated with one of the Captured Words embossed with Oatmeal (as are the bricks), a stamped vintage camera and a Serendipity Calling Cards tag for some jounraling. The first page is stamped with a Forever chain motif and decorated with the word Fun: I embossed the outline with Ebony ep and the inside letters with Breeze first, then re-heated it a little for the powder to become sticky again and sprinkled some Azure glittery bits. That resulted in a nice vintage look:

I stamped the next page with the banner motif from teh Flight & Flair stamp set and added the Arrow Word Friends embossed with Breeze and Mushroom eps and a Cogs&Gears piece embossed with Copper ep - love that glittery shine :-) Then I added an extra page with an Attic Charm tag and a metal key charm:

The other side of the extra page is for journaling: I stamped its edge with a partially inked Making Plans stamp and added an Arrow Word embossed with 14 Karat ep (did I mention I love that glittery shine? ;-)) The next page refers to the quotation from the front side of the extra page - I added the Laugh Loud piece. I embossed the "Laugh" with 14 Karat ep and the "loud" with Oatmeal. The stamps in the background come from the Essential Textures and Photography sets.

The next two pages include stamps from Halftone and Postal Textures sets. On the left page I used the Heads Up! piece from the Optimist Word Set and embossed it with In The Navy, Ginger and Celestial eps for a varied look. I also added a Directions arrow embossed with 14 Karat. The Grunge Word on the next page is embossed with Mushroom ep. If you heat it a little more after it melts, the light particles come up and you get a really nice weathered look.

As the album is small, it needs some space for the journaling. These two pages are also pockets that contain tags I cut out from the Contentment sheet and decorated with quotations from the Serendipity Calling Cards paper:

Now the mini's getting really crazy ;-) I stamped the bacgrounds with Journey and Postal Textures stamps and added some chippies. I embossed the Crazy word with Ebony and then sprinkled it with 14 Karat, and the arrow above it - just the opposite :-) The Silly word and Crazy Story from Grunge Talk are embossed to get an ombre effect - that quite easy, I just covered parts of the pieces with washi tape, ink with an embossing ink, embossed with powder and then repeated with darker shades. I used Breeze, Cerulean and In The Navy for Silly and Oatmeal, 14 Karat, Mushroom and Ebony for the circle. I also added the Happy word embossed with Cerulean and 14 Karat:

The last pages feature the Deja Vu, widgets and Journey stamps, Chunky Words embossed with ginger ep and another Grungy Talk piece covered with Copper ep. The tag for journaling is decorated with an Attic Charm Calling Cards quotation.

Crazy Cousins:
Papers: Tranquility: Peaceful, Blissful, Contentment, Stillness, Calm, Patience, Serenity; Serendipity: Calling Cards; Attic Charm: Calling Cards
Chipboard: Grunge Shooting Stars, Grunge Talk, Crazy Cousins, Crazy, Silly, Fun!, Blue Fern Bits/Shabby Brick Panel, Arrow Words, Laugh Loud, Captured Words, Chunky Words, Cogs&Gears, The Optimist Word Set, Directions
EP: Mushroom, In The Navy, Cerulean, Azure, Bonny Blue, 14 Karat, Ebony, Oatmeal, Ginger, Breeze, Copper, Icicle, Celestial
Stamps: Halftone, Journey, Making Plans, Deja Vu, Flight & Flair, Forever, Photography, Postal Textures, Widgets, Essential Textures


Are you still here? :-) Then take a look at the layout you might have seen already if you visited our challenge post! As usually, I followed the June sketch quite faithfully and created this light, cheerful page using the latest Attic Charm collection:

I first stamped a border around the page using Halftone stamps and added a small Dreamy stamp too:

I included the same quotation tag as represented in the sketch and added some glittery roses and daisies from the collection flower sets.

The photo is mounted on a small Splattered Circles frame that I embossed with three eps. I also added some more flowers:

I coloured the Crackle Bits piece with a light teal mist that coordinates with the pastel colours of the papers:

 I hope you join in the fun! :-)

Care:
Papers: Attic Charm: Curio, Calling Cards, Generation
Chipboard: Crackle Bits, Splattered Circles
Stamps: Dreamy, Halftone,
Flowers: Attic Charm Glitter Roses, Attic Charm Daisies
EP: Breeze, 14 Karat, Cerulean

That's all from me for June, thank you for visiting and keep dropping by for some more inspiration from my talented DT friends!

see you, 

Maja

Three times mixed media with Attic Charm by Wilma Voermans.

For this layout I used the monthly sketch which you will find here.

Orange is a favorite color for me, to use in vintage aswell as modern layouts.

This picture shows my daughter ready for travelling on the station.

The whole scene gave me a vintage feeling. I love that picture.

My starting point was the KEY paper (B-side).

I use mostly B-sides of papers, no intention, I just like them better ..

The sketch ( I turned it)

For the orange color I  used beads

I colored the white daisies with the orange heart with paint and gesso.

Afterwards I felled sorry for this, because 1 week later my son married.

And what had the bride in her bouquet??? White daisies with a orange heart !

And my beautiful white ones are used....

The lamppost is grunged up with embossing , gesso and paint.

To mimic the brigthness where the lightsource comes from I used golden paint ,

over golden embossing

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Second layout is also based on the June sketch.....

It was supposed to be  masculine, since I used a photo from one of my sons.

But there is a difference for me  between very masculine pictures for example in black and white.

This picture is in soft colors , so I did not overdo the masculine theme.

I started with the Sachet paper ( B-side)  out of the Attic charm collection.

My favorit without a doubt..

Colored the background with pastels and water., but left the beautiful pattern to show through.

In the background there are a few soft flowers that I covered up with gesso and my photocluster.

With a black perlpen, I draw random figures.

Than with a mask some greyish/blue inking.

The chipboard is a frame piece ,  one of the clipboard set.

I cut it up, used one as my love you title and the rest here and there over the layout.

I made a mix from nutmeg and oatmeal powder.

The color gets less intensive because of the oatmeal. 

Tip for summerlayouts: Oatmeal is super for beachthemes!

The titel is just inked up with black drawing ink

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My last layout for today is also in green/orange  Like the first one.

It just came out this way :) 

Although the orange is not that obvious like the first layout.

The start of the layout was on the beautiful Generation paper (Yes, again the B-side).

Starting off with two colors orange ink.  (offcourse first clear gesso )

Random heavy gesso, and than different shades of green embossing sprinkled over the background.

I have many many colors Blue Fern Studios embossing powder.

It is  such a luxury to pick the colors out of the whole range.

Here I used verdant and Lime..

Heatset it.

Than with a foliage stencil again heavy gesso.

The chipboard pieces I used are all embossed with pearl embossing powder.

Flourish, winter page dangle and title.

Thanks for visiting the blog, 

I hope you liked my post.

x Wilma x

Attic Charm Project by Bec

Hi Blue Fern Fans, today I have three projects made with the new Attic Charm Collection.

This collection is filled with the most gorgeous papers and pastel colours.

Stillness

First up I have a layout

I started by tearing the Curio paper and layering it onto the Sachet paper.

I then added some stamping with brown ink and the Serendipity Medley & Forever stamps before I added some texture paste through a stencil.

I treated the brick pieces out of the Shabby Brick bits with white crackle paste before I coloured them with a brown mist.

To colour the Roman Clock and Stillness title I used a mix of the Ginger, Oatmeal & Mushroom embossing powders.

I finished off the layout with some Tranquil Blooms & Tranquil Roses and Lilies mixed with a few extra flowers.

Blue Fern Studios Products Used:

Attic Charm Collection Papers: Sachet & Curio

Chipboard: Roman Clock Set Large, Shabby Brick Bits, Stillness from the Peaceful, Stillness, Contenment Set.

Stamps: Serendipity Medley & Forever

Embossing Powder: Ginger, Oatmeal & Mushroom 

Flowers: Tranquil Blooms & Tranquil Roses and Lilies

Tag Album

I made this tag min album by covering some tags with the Attic Charm papers.

For the cover I used the Swan Gate chipboard piece which I coloured with the embossing powders in Sea Mist, Breeze, Petal, Cotton Candy & Ginger

On the inside I used several of the Calling cards as well as lots of images I fussy cut.

Attic Charm Paper Collection

Chipboard: Crackle Bits & Swan Gate

Embossing Powder: Sea Mist, Breeze, Petal, Cotton Candy & Ginger

Memories

Finally I  have a layout made with the June Sketch.

I flipped the sketch so my photo is on the other side of the page.

To colour the Lace Rounds and Scalloped Border I used distress inks.

I covered the Berry Stems with Oatmeal embossing powder.

On my background I used the Serendipity Medley stamp with the Honey embossing powder and the Forever stamp with brown ink.

I finished my layout off with Attic Charm Daises, Courtship Roses, Tranquil Blooms & Tranquil Roses and Lilies

Blue Fern Studios Products used:

Attic Charm Collection Papers: Mercantile & Calling Cards

Chipboard: Lace Rounds, Scalloped Border & Berry Stems

Embossing Powder: Oatmeal & Honey

Stamps: Serendipity Medley & Forever

Flowers: Attic Charm Daises, Courtship Roses, Tranquil Blooms & Tranquil Roses and Lilies

Thanks for visiting

Bec.