Meet our September Blue Fern Fan of the Month!

We love the first week of each month because we get to introduce you to another Blue Fern Fan.  We are delighted to welcome the fabulous Phyllis Fernandez to Blue Fern Studios this month.  You are in for a real treat as she shares her stunning mixed-media style with us.  So, let's turn it over to Phyllis so you can get to know her a little more.  

Hello Crafty Friends,  my name is Phyllis Fernandez and I'm so honored to be Blue Fern Studios Fan of the month for September.  I love Blue Fern Studios paper and chipboard,  they're so Gorgeous and so fun to create with.  I won't lie......sometimes I don't even want to cut into the paper collections because they're soooo Gorgeous!  I finally had a chance to play with some of Blue Fern Studios Embossing Powders,  WOW I had no idea how awesome they are to create with!   

I have been crafting off and on for years but in 2005 I discovered card making and then I was introduced to Scrapbooking shortly there after.  I had no idea where this was going to take me but I was hooked!    I love creating Layouts,  mixed media canvases,  tags and on occasion I create cards.  

I hope you check back every Wednesday for my layouts I'll be creating using Blue Fern Studios.  

You can follow my blog for my latest projects:

http://scrapbookingbyphyllis.blogspot.com/

For this layout I used Blue Fern Studios paper:

-Chesterville George paper

-Happy Accident Windfall paper

-Happy Accident Quirk paper

-Happy Accident Fate paper

Blue Fern Studios Embossing Powders

-Rusted Roof

-Fern

-Breeze

-Chili Powder

-Coral

Blue Fern Studios Chipboard 

-And Fly

-Kevins Frame

-Memories

-Circle links

Blue Fern Studios Stamp

-Crackle 

Be sure to check back each Wednesday of this month when Phyllis will share another Blue Fern project with you!

April projects by Vera Shelemekh

Hello Blue Fern Studios fans!

Vera is here and I'm happy to share some inspiring projects with you. This month I keep on playing with Spring Parade collection scrapping my Easter photos... But first let me show you the Chesterville layout which I like a lot.

The layout keeps memories of our house renovation. Our kid was feeling really excited to help with this and that. I used  Chesterville - Whitford as the background adding Textured Wildflowers chipboard covered with Antique gold embossing powder.

 The photo is framed into a bigger Clip frame painted with white acrylic paint.  I used one of the Chunky words for the title.

Essential textures stamp helped me to add some more details to the background. And the bricks are covered with Mermaid glitter.

 

Blue Fern Studios products used:

 

Papers:

Chesterville- Whitford

 

Chipboards:

 Clip frames
Textured Wildflowers 

Chunky Words

 

Embossing powders:

Antique gold

Glitter:

Mermaid

Stamps:

Essential textures

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And now Spring inspiration.

The layout is the present for my good crafty friends. For the background I used Whimsy from Paisley&Vine collection. The composition consists of a lot of Spring parade fussy cut elemens, Circle vine frame covered with lime embossing powder and paper flowers including  the Spring lily

I also made some stamping with Deja Vu and then cut the elements

 

Blue Fern Studios products used:

 

Papers: 

 

Paisley&Vine - Whimsy

Paisley & Vine - Playing Cards

Spring Parade - Remembrance

Spring Parade - April Medley

 

Chipboards:

Circle Vine

 

Embossing powders:

Lime

Flowers:

Spring lilies

Stamps:

Deja Vu

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And at last some Easter memories. The kids were searching for chocolate eggs in the garden and I took some pictures and made this mini tunel album.

 The characters from Spring parade should be already famaliar to you. The fussy cut bunnies are so nice and the flowers so springy.

 

On the spreadsheets I used Easter chipboards: Classic bunnies and Easter Egg Ornaments all covered with Icicle embossing powder.

 

Blue Fern Studios products used:

 

Papers: 

Spring Parade - Joyful 

Spring Parade - May Vignettes 

Spring Parade - Spring Petites

Spring Parade - Sunday Best

Spring Parade - April Medley 

 

Chipboards:

Classic Bunnies

Easter Eggs Ornaments 

Blooming Foliage

 

Embossing powders:

Icicle

Flowers:

Late winter lilies

 

Thank you for stopping by and see you in May *)

 

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

Spring Parade and Chesterville Inspiration by Kris Berc

Hi, Blue Fern Studios friends and fans! It's Kris here to share my April layouts with you.

Cousins are Friends for Life

For my first layout, I chose chose two papers from the Spring Parade collection.  To treat the background, I flicked 5 different colors of spray, letting each color dry before adding the next.  I then added some texture paste through a stencil, and when dry, I added some contrast using black ink with the Serendipity Medley stamp.

I used the larger of the two hearts from the Frilly Hearts chipboard set to ground my photo.  It's embossed with Antique Gold embossing powder.

The title piece is embossed with the new Pink Dust powder.  It's such a pretty color!

I dabbed the flowers with a bit of gesso to blend everything together.

Below you can see a closeup of the background details.

Blue Fern Studios products used:

Paper

Spring Parade - June

Spring Parade - Remembrance

Chipboard

Cousins are Friends

Frilly Hearts

Embossing Powder

Antique Gold

Pink Dust

Stamp

Serendipity Medley

Flowers

Attic Charm Glitter Roses

Chesterville Florals

Spring Lilies

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Everyday Moments

Here's another layout made with Spring Parade paper! I treated this one with 4 colors of spray and modeling paste through a stencil.  When dry, I added contrast with black ink and one of the Coarse Fabrics stamps.  Then I decided to randomly stamp the Forever stamp all over the page, sometimes horizontal and sometimes vertical.  I like the effect!

The title chipboard piece, Everyday Moments, is treated with two layers of Ebony embossing powder.

Oh this Beaded Flourish chipboard piece is really beautiful!  I chose the Icicle embossing powder for it.  It's a lovely color for such a lovely piece.

I also embossed some Turkish Bits chipboard pieces in Icicle powder.

All flowers were treated with dabs of gesso :)

Blue Fern Studios products used:

Paper

Spring Parade - Joyful

Spring Parade - Remembrance

Chipboard

Beaded Flourish

Everyday Moments

Turkish Bits

Embossing Powder

Ebony

Icicle

Stamp

Coarse Fabrics

Forever

Flowers

Attic Charm Glitter Roses

Courtship Roses

Dark Tropic Lilies

Heartland Blossoms

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Dazzling

My last layout for today features awesome paper and chipboard from the Chesterville collection.  Oh how I love this paper!  I decided to make a girly, yet funky, page with it.  I treated the background with four colors of spray, a layer of modeling paste through a stencil, and some random stamping with a stamp from the Forever stamp set.

That cool abstract chipboard piece behind the photo is called Chesterville Doodle.  I embossed it with 14 Karat embossing powder.

This time I treated the flowers with a few drops of white spray.

Since I was going for a girly yet funky, grungy look, I added some lace and some burlap between the paper layers.

The Dazzling title piece from the Brilliant, Amazing, Dazzling chipboard set was treated with 2 layers of Ebony embossing powder.

One more detail shot!

Blue Fern Studios products used:

Paper

Chesterville - Holmes

Chesterville - Whitford

Chipboard

Brilliant, Amazing, Dazzling

Chesterville Doodle

Embossing Powder

14 Karat

Ebony

Stamp

Forever

Flowers

Heartland Blossoms

Spring Florals

Thank you for stopping by today.

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

March projects by Wendy Scholten

Hello everyone,

Today is my turn on the Blue Fern Studios Blog with my march projects.

I made 3 layouts, one with the chesterville collection and two with the new Spring Parade collection.

So let's start with the one from the Chesterville Collection called:

"Adorable"

I just love this picture of our little girl, she was only 10 months here.

I made this layout with the Whitford papers, i used the backside for my background and a piece from the front of the paper to place behind my photo.

 Don't you just love those papers, you can use them for every subject.

I embossed the chipboard pieces Textured Wildflowers, Memory Frames, one of the bohemian flowers and the word Adorable with the: iris, vintage gold and sand&sea embossing powders.

 To give the background a bit more texture i used the Essential Textures Stamp, that's all it really needed.

 I also used a lot of the gorgeous flowers : Heartland Blossoms, Courtship roses and the Dark Tropic Lilies

 I used a few things from my own stash: baubles, lace, berries, small beads in different colors and just a little bit of paint.

Blue fern Studios products used:

Papers:

-Chesterville: -Whitford (2x)

Chipboard:

- Textured Wildflowers

-Memory Frames

-Perfect, Adorable, Special

-Bohemian Flowers

Stamps:

-Essential Textures

Embossing Powders:

-Iris

-Sand&Sea

- Vintage Gold

Flowers:

- Heartland Flowers

-Courtship Roses

-Dark Tropic Lilies

Now for the Second one, this features the gorgeous new Spring Parade collection.

This is such a beautiful, bright paper collection that  really feels like spring, although you can use it for anything!

This one i called:

"Dazzling"

For this one i used the June paper as my background, and a stencil with some moddeling paste and oil pastels to color the background. Behind my photo i used a piece of the Susie's garden paper, i also fussy cutted a lot of flowers from that paper.

 First i embossed the Janie's Fram Chipboard piece with the Lilac and the new Lavender Egg's embossing powders,

 I placed the frame and the fussy cut flowers behind my photo frame and decided i wanted to turn the picture a bit to the side to give it a different effect.

 i placed some rhinestones in and around my frame to give it a bit of sparkle.

  The title Dazzling i embossed with the lavender Egg's and Fern Embossing powders to let it stand out a bit more.

 i used a few little flowers, lace, a sticker and rhinestones from my own stash tot complete this layout.

Blue fern Studios products used:

Papers:

-Spring parade:

 -June

                 -Susie's Garden

Chipboard:

-Janie's Frame

-Briljant, Amazing, Dazzling

Embossing powders:

- Lavender egg's

-Fern

-Lilac

Flowers:

-Spring Florals

-Spring peony and berries

And this is my last one for this month, also featured the Spring Parade collection.

"Cute Stuff"

I used the Susie's Garden paper, i just love this paper, the colors and flowers are so stunning, i also used a piece and fussy cut the flowers from the Sunday best paper.

 For the background i used a stencil with some moddeling paste as well as oil pastels for some color. I also used the tattered newsprint stamp with snow embossing powder to give my background some texture.

 I chose the Spring Bunny Frame, Spring Trinkets and the title Cute stuff from the Good vibes set for my chipboards, i embossed the spring bunnies frame with lilac embossing powder, the spring trinkets with Lavender Egg's and Speckled mint embossing powders.

 I used flowers from different collections on this one: Spring Florals,  Attic Charm Daisies, Heartland Blossoms and Spring Lilies

The title Cute Stuff was embossed with Snow embossing powder.

 i also used small flowers from my own stash as well as Pearls, prills and some paint.

Blue Fern Studios Products used:

Papers:

Spring Parade:

- Susie's garden

-Sunday Best

Chipboard

-Spring Bunny Frame

-Spring Trinkets

- Good Vibes set

Stamp:

-Tattered Newsprint

-Embossing Powders:

-Lavender Egg's

-Lilac

-Speckled Mint

- Snow

Flowers:

-Spring Florals

-Attic Charm Daisies

Heartland Blossoms

-Spring Lilies

I guess you can see where my inspiration came from, i love to use photo's off our little girl, lol!

Thanks for stopping by and see you next month.

Hugs Wendy