Meet our July Blue Fern Fan of the Month!

We hope that all of you in the United States enjoyed a wonderful day of celebrating

 our country's independence yesterday. 

The first Wednesday of each month also allows us the celebrate the Blue Fern Fan of the Month!  

Joining us for the month of July is the awesome Tracy Funk.  You will enjoy the vintage and 

slightly grungy style that she uses when creating.  Each Wednesday during the month 

Tracy will share a layout using Blue Fern products.

Let's turn it over to Tracy so you can get to know her a little better, 

and to see the first layout she has created for us this month!

Hi, my name is Tracy Funk.  I live near Toronto, Canada with my husband and two teenage sons. I have always liked crafts but discovered scrapbooking in 2008 and have been addicted to it ever since.  My style leans toward vintage because I love to scrap old family photographs but I do like to scrap photos of my boys too. I am so excited to be Blue Fern Studios' Fan of the Month for July.  I love their chipboard and the premium quality paper they make, especially. It's a pleasure to create with their products.

I'm very excited to present this layout called "Garden Contemplation" that I did for Blue Fern Studios

 as their "Fan of the Month" for July.  If features a photo of my husband's great-grandfather.  

For this layout I used Patience from the Tranquility Collection.

This chipboard piece is the Floral Lattice Bits which I finished by dabbing them with

 green, blue, brown and white paint using a brush.

The Ironwork Arch at the top left of layout was painted with white and various shades of brown 

using a sponge stippler to give a soft, blended effect.  I also inked around the edges with dark grey.

I used brown embossing powder on the Renaissance Border and rubbed green paint over the rough embossed surface using my finger.  I then glued some tiny beads randomly over top using a clear-drying adhesive.

Thank you so much to Blue Fern Studios for this opportunity!

July Inspiration by Kris Berc

Hi, Blue Fern Studios fans! It's Kris here to share my July projects with you.  I have three layouts to show you today that I hope will get you into a creative mood!

Wish

For this layout, I chose a beautiful paper called Concert Hall from the Courtship Lane collection.  I love how the paper matches the backdrop in this photo of my daughter.  This photo was taken at one of her recent dance competitions...it's a small group jazz number to "Bippity Boppity Boo"!

I treated the paper with drops of blue and pink spray ink, topped that with some white gesso through a stencil, and then used a stamp from the Forever stamp set with black ink.

I embossed the "Wish" title piece with three colors of Imagine Ink embossing powder (In the Navy, Bonny Blue, and Icicle).

I embossed the Manchester Frame in Imagine Ink Bonny Blue powder, and then layered on the Folkart Frame, which I embossed with Imagine Ink In the Navy powder.  I'm so pleased with the effect!  Don't be afraid to layer your chipboard pieces :)

Blue Fern Studios products used:

Paper

Courtship Lane - Concert Hall

Chipboard

Folkart Frame
Manchester Frame
Wish, Wonder, Dream

Embossing Powder

Bonny Blue
Icicle
In the Navy

Stamp

Forever

Flowers

Chesterville Blooms
Dark Tropic Lilies
Heartland Blossoms

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Daddy's Little Girl

I chose a beautiful paper from the Serendipity collection called Imagination for my second layout.  I treated it with some white gesso, some drops of pink, peach, and orange spray ink, and some stamping in black with the Tattered Newsprint stamp.

Oh how I adore this Daddy's little Girl chipboard piece!  It comes as one piece, but I cut it into two pieces in order to suit my design.  It's embossed with Imagine Ink embossing powder in Antique Gold.  I used the same treatment on the Royal Monarch to the right of the photo.

I embossed two of the Berry Stems chipboard pieces with Sand & Sea Imagine Ink embossing powder and tucked those into the top and bottom of my flower cluster.  There are several berry stem pieces in the set!

Blue Fern Studios products used:

Paper

Serendipity - Imagination

Chipboard

Berry Stems
Daddy's Little Girl
Royal Monarchs

Embossing Powder

Antique Gold
Sand & Sea

Stamp

Tattered Newsprint

Flowers

Chesterville Florals
Harvest Lilies
Soft Blossoms
Spring Lilies

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Joy

I went back to the gorgeous Courtship Lane paper collection for my third layout.  The paper is called Royal Street.  I kept the mixed media quite simple on this one.  As you can surely see, Blue Fern Studios papers and embellishments are gorgeous as they are and do not need extensive altering to look fabulous in your scrapbooks!  I simply added some drops of purple and teal mists, then stamped here and there with a stamp from the Forever stamp set.

I covered a Graduated Circles chipboard piece with Iridescent Grey Imagine Ink embossing powder.  What an awesome powder it is!  A favorite for sure.

The Joy chipboard piece from the Good Vibes set sums up the emotion of the photo of my daughter and her grandfather perfectly.  It was a joyful visit for sure :)  I embossed the chipboard with Imagine Ink embossing powder in the color Plum.  It's a lovely, rich color and it looks terrific with the plum colored berries!

Blue Fern Studios products used:

Paper

Courtship Lane - Royal Street

Chipboard

Good Vibes
Graduated Circles

Embossing Powder

Iridescent Grey
Plum

Stamp

Forever

Flowers

Dark Tropic Lilies
Happy Blooms

Spring Peony and Berries

Thank you for stopping by today.

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

We would like to thank the talented Bev Code for joining us during June as our Blue Fern Fan of the Month, and sharing her beautiful layouts.  It's always humbling for us to see you take our products and put them to use preserving your family memories, and Bev does just that so well.  So now, we will turn it over to Bev for her last post of the month.

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Hi Blue Fern Studios fans. I am using the amazing SPRING PARADE Collection on these pages.

"Love This"

Hi... Bev here today. As Fan of the Month at Blue Fern Studios I am thrilled to be able to create using layers of paper from the SPRING PARADE collection. I used many CHIPBOARDS that I copic coloured. I finished it off adding a 3D FLOWER in the print cluster of flowers and some bead accents. 

This  project shares a photo of all four of my Grand Kids when we were together celebrating. My favourite times are when family spends time together and they actually let me take some family and group photos.

I slit and fussy cut around the blooms images in paper to insert the layers that base the photo.

Here is the finished photo detailing the inserted layers with added accents.

Close up shots of copic coloured chipboards.

 Blue Fern Studios products used:

Papers

Spring Parade ' June '

Spring Parade ' Sunrise '

Spring Parade ' Spring Petites '

Chipboards

Arrow words

Bohemian Butterflies

Rings Page Panel

Flowers

Dark Tropic Lilies

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"The Story"

Up next is another page using layers again as the base from the SPRING PARADE collection. I used many CHIPBOARDS that I copic coloured and one piece I added special effects I'll be sharing with you. I finished it off adding a beautiful FLOWER/accent and some bead accents. 

This project shares a family photo from our group gathering .... they graciously sit while I get some photos to save our memories.

For this chipboard piece I'd like to share my steps to finishing it. I copic coloured the base with green and brown copics. I then used a signo white gel pen to doodle the lines in the leaves.

This close up gives a great view of the treated chipboards and the amazing flower with berries.

 Blue Fern Studios products used:

Papers

Spring Parade ' June '

Spring Parade ' Sunrise '

Spring Parade ' Spring Petites '

Spring Parade ' Marketplace'

Chipboards

Arrow words

Rings Page Panel

Spring Branch

Flowers

Spring Peony & Berries

Thanks for visiting today.... I have enjoyed my month here sharing amazing projects using fabulous Blue Fern Studios products. Be sure to check out the store for these and many other collections of papers, chipboards, flowers and many other new lines.

Bev Code June Fan of the Month

Design Team projects Wendy Scholten June

Hi everyone,

It's my turn today to show you my design team work for the month June.

I have a canvas and 2 layouts to share with you.

So let's start with the canvas:

'Heaven Sent'

I only used a small piece of paper on this canvas behind my photo, it's from the new Garden Life collection.

 I used a stencil, some modeling paste, 4 colors paint spraynand the Blue Fern Studios Forever Stamp for my background.

 I used a piece of the Quatrefoil panel, the Circle Flourish frame and the Word Heaven Sent from the Spiritually Speaking Word Set as my title.

I thougt the title matched the photo very well, she's my little angel sent from Heaven and now we're waiting for our second little angel to say hello! We are so blessed!

 I used the Stormy Skies embossing powder on all the chipboard pieces to let them stand out more.

For the flower clusters i used the  Attic Charm Daisies, Dark Tropic Lilies, a flower from an older collection and a few small ones from my own stash.

Blue Fern Studios Products used:

Papers:

- Garden Life

Chipboard:

- Quatrefoil panel

-Circle Flourish frame

-Heaven Sent from the Spiritually Speaking Word set

Embossing powder:

-Stormy skies

Stamp:

-Forever

Flowers:

-Attic Charm Daisies

-Dark tropic Lilies

Then my first layout for this month:

'Natural Beauty'

I used the Garden Life paper In Bloom paper and a small piece of the Sunrise paper behind my photo and a stencil, some moddeling paste and matching sprays.

I also used a few pieces of vellum with embossed flowers with the snow embossing powder.

 

I used the matching Rose Leaves, the  Floral Spray chipboard and for my title the Natural beauty saying from the All Natural word set. I used The Baby Pink and the Clover embossing powder which a combined with some paint.



I also used a few pieces from the matching printed chipboard set.

 I used Garden Blooms flowers and one from an older collection.

Blue Fern studios Products used:

Papers:

Garden Life: -In Bloom, Sunrise

Chipboard:

-Floral Spray

-Rose Leaves

-Natural beauty from the All Natural set

Embossing Powder:

-Snow

-Baby pink

-Clover

Flowers:

-Garden Blooms

Printed Chipboard

And my last Layout for this Month:

'Happy'

For this one i also used the Garden Life papers, Flower Bed and a piece of the Sunrise paper.

I fussy cut a few pieces of flowers from the Wallflowers paper to tuck behind my flowers

 I used the Timeless Floral Corner and the word Happy from the Happy, Heart, Love word set as my chipboard and treated them with stormy skies embossing powder and the iridescent grey on top to give it a beautiful sparkle.

 To give my background a little bit more texture i stamped a few images with the essential textures stamp. and used a piece of lace over my photo and behind my chipboard corner.

 I used a Christmas Bloom, a courtship rose and some Garden blooms.

I aso used a few pieces of the printed chipboard.

 Blue Fern Studios Products used:

Papers:

-Garden Life: Flower Bed, Sunrise, Wallflower

Chipboard:

-Timeless Floral Corner

-Happy from the Happy, Heart,Love word set

Stamp:

-Essential Textures

Embossing Powder:

-Stormy skies

-Iridescent Grey

Flowers:

-Christmas Blooms

-Gaden Blooms

-Courtship Roses

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a great day!

Hugs wendy



June inspiration by Halyna Protsenko

Hello, dear Blue Fern Studios fans! It's Halyna here to share a few new layouts with you.

"Garden Memories" layout

For my first layout about my dearest friend Elena I chose Flower Bed, Sun Kissed paper from the Garden Life collection. And I added some pieces of the Calling cards paper.

I embossed the Rose Leaves chipboard piece with Butter Cup and Oatmeal embossing powders. The Leafy Rings chipboard piece is embossed with Baby Pink embossing powder. And the Chunky Words Memories chipboard piece is embossed with Iridescent Grey embossing powder.

I used the Garden Florals, Christmas Blooms, Chesterville Blooms and other flowers in my flower cluster.

Blue Fern Studios Supply List:

Paper

- Garden Life - Flower Bed

- Garden Life - Sun Kissed

- Garden Life - Calling cards

Chipboard

- Rose Leaves

- Leafy Rings

- Chunky Words - Memories

Embossing Powder

- Butter Cup

- Oatmeal

- Baby Pink

- Iridescent Grey

Flowers

- Garden Florals

- Christmas Blooms

- Chesterville Blooms

"Happy Fairy" layout

Using the Garden Life Collection I created my second layout "Happy Fairy" about my beautiful and magical friend Elena.

 I used the Garden Life papers: Sunrise, In Bloom, Snippets, Calling cards. Сhipboard element Chunky Words - Happy I covered with Imagine Ink Iridescent Grey embossing powder and chipboard element Blooming Flourishes - with Imagine Ink Baby Pink embossing powder

My flower cluster includes Chesterville Blooms and Garden Florals.

I used some pieces of the coordinate chipboard to embellish my layout.

Blue Fern Studios Supply List:

Paper

- Garden Life - Sunrise

- Garden Life - In Bloom

- Garden Life - Snippets

- Garden Life - Calling cards

Chipboard

- Blooming Flourishes

- Chunky Words - Happy

Embossing Powder

- Baby Pink

- Iridescent Grey

Flowers

- Garden Florals

- Chesterville Blooms

"Sparkle" layout

And my third layout this month is a "Sparkle" pastel layout using the Main street paper from the Courtship Lane collection as the background. This is a cute picture of beautiful girl Diana!!

Сhipboard element Déjà Vu Dangles Chippies I covered with Imagine Ink Antique Gold embossing powder. And chipboard element Winter Titles - Sparkle I covered with Imagine Ink Oatmeal embossing powder.

I used the Attic Charm Glitter Roses in my flower cluster.

Blue Fern Studios Supply List:

Paper

- Courtship Lane - Main street

Chipboard

- Déjà Vu Dangles Chippies

- Winter Titles - Sparkle

Embossing Powder

- Oatmeal

- Antique Gold

Flowers

- Attic Charm Glitter Roses

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

Hugs, Halyna.