Spring Garden layouts by Patty Rogers

Hello everyone!  Today concludes our projects from the Blue Fern Fan of the Month, Patty Rogers.  It has been such a joy to have her with us this month, as we know what a big fan she is of everything Blue Fern.
Today, Patty has created 2 layouts to share with you.  I will let her tell you all about them!

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Hello Blue Fern Studios fans! It's Patty with my last post as Fan of the Month. What an honor this has been! I thoroughly enjoyed working with the Spring Parade collection.

Hi Blue Fern fans! It's Patty with another layout from the Spring Parade collection.
 I did quite a bit of fussy cutting for this piece, as well as 3-D work and applying texture.

One technique found in my work is layering. I think it shows off all of the beautiful papers,
 so dimension is a must for me.

You can see where I used the Forever stamp with Pink Dust embossing powder
on each of the layers in random places for texture and dimension.

I applied a few brushstrokes of gesso on the flowers to lighten them a little and distressed the layered papers.

Here, you can see the layering, distressing, textured background, splatters of color and embossed chipboard pieces.

For this layout, I used May Vignettes as my background paper. The little eggs, bunny, and
flowers are sweet without dominating the background. Again, I used the Spring Bunny Frame,
Good Vibes and Garden Lattice Bits for the chipboard.

I embossed the frame with Snow and Sea Mist embossing powders with just a sprinkle of Spring Posy glitter.

Fussy cutting the little bird in a basket adds dimension to the layout when popped up.

The banners were distressed and I embossed the title using Lavender Eggs.

The flowers used on this layout were Spring Peony and Berries, Spring Florals, 

Dark Tropic Lilies and Courtship Roses. 

 Wishing everyone a lot of creative enjoyment with Blue Fern Studios products! --- Patty

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!

Seeing Stars by Edith Cloutier

It has been such a joy to have Edith Cloutier as our Blue Fern Fan of the Month.  It's easy to see from her enthusiasm that she really has a love for creating with Blue Fern products.  As we wrap up her time with us by showing off her fourth layout today, we want to give Edith a BIG THANK YOU from all of us!  We hope you will leave some love for Edith, too!  

Here is Edith to tell you all about her layout, "Seeing Stars"

I like to use Blue Fern Studios paper to make my layout's background because their beautiful patterns give a lot of style to my creations.  Their thickness is also perfect when using many mediums.  For this layout, I used the "Bretton" paper from the Chesterville collection.

As you may have noticed, I like to work with modeling paste with watercolor to do my background.  Also, I have a big crush for the "Tattered Newsprint" stamp.  I use it on practically all my layouts now.

I used the "Seeing Stars" chipboard with some embossing powder.  The Blue Fern glitter is perfect to add a special touch with micro beads and mica flakes.

And finally, no layout is complete without flowers!

Papers: Chesterville - Bretton

Chipboard: Seeing Stars

Flowers: Courtship Roses
Spring Lilies

Embossing powder: Wheat

Glitter: Pyrite

Stamp: Tattered Newsprint

Everyday Moments with our Blue Fern Fan of the Month

We are back today with our weekly project from our Blue Fern Fan of the Month, Edith Coultier.

She has done an amazing job so far this month, and you are sure to gain some inspiration

 from this week's layout.  I will turn it over to Edith:

Today I decided to use the beautiful collection "Mémoires" to make my layout.  

These papers are perfect to give a touch of romanticism to my creation.

I used a texture paste to do my background with watercolor point.  

Also, I embossed my title with Melon embossing powder.

Beautiful flowers, glass beads, glitter, butterflies and magnificent flairs to finish this layout in beauty. 

Papers:

Mémoires – Autumn Biography

Mémoires – Grand Sequel

Chipboard:

Everyday Moments

Rock Wall Bits

Flowers:

Spring Lilies

Courtship Roses

Chesterville Blooms

Embossing powder:

Melon

Stamp:

Tattered Newsprint

Plaisir (Pleasure) by Edith Cloutier

Hello Blue Fern Fans!  Today we welcome back our March Fan of the Month, Edith Cloutier.  You're going to love her second layout of the month.  The colors are beautiful and the photo is so darn cute.  Everything just comes together so well.

From Edith, describing her layout:

I used "George" paper from the new hottest collection, Chesterville, for my layout.  I added texture paste to emboss with Blue Fern Wheat Embossing Powder.  I used the same embossing powder on my title.

I ike to use some pieces of chipboard to add some dimension.  Flowers were perfect to decorate my creation.  On the final touch I used Merlot Glitter with glass beads and micro beads.

Paper:

Chesterville - George

Chipboard:

Boston Lattice

Turkish Bits

French Words

Flowers:

Attic Charm – Glitter Roses

Courtship Roses

Spring Lilies

Embossing Powder:

Wheat

Glitter:

Merlot

March Scrapbook Page Inspiration by Kris Berc

Hi, Blue Fern Studios friends and fans!  I have some scrapbook page inspiration for you today featuring the brand new beautiful Spring Parade collection.  If you didn't have spring fever before, just wait until you get a look at the pretty pastel colors and gorgeous patterns in this collection.  They are perfect for all of your Spring and Easter projects.

Brilliant

I chose the back side of the Spring Parade Susie's Garden paper as the base of this layout.  I covered it with clear gesso so that I could apply mixed media products.  Then I added 3 shades of pink and purple spray.  It is important to let each color layer dry before adding the next color, otherwise the colors will blend together.  Next, I applied modeling paste through a stencil.  Then I used the Tattered Newsprint stamp to add detail and contrast.

I chose the Spring Parade May Vignettes paper and used both sides of it under my photo.

I used the Blooming Flourishes chipboard set under my photo.  I embossed it with the new Lavender Eggs Imagine Ink embossing powder.  Isn't it pretty?!

I used Imagine Ink 14 Karat embossing powder on the title piece from the Brilliant, Amazing, Dazzling chipboard set.  I also sprinkled some gold beads here and there to coordinate with the gold title piece.

I dabbed the embellishments with a bit of heavy gesso to soften up the look.

and yes, I'm proud of my little girl for her academic accomplishment :)

Blue Fern Studios products used:

Paper

Spring Parade - Susie's Garden

Spring Parade - May Vignettes

Chipboard

Blooming Flourishes

Brilliant, Amazing, Dazzling

Embossing Powder

14 Karat

Lavender Eggs

Stamp

Tattered Newsprint

Flowers

Attic Charm Daisies

Courtship Roses

Dark Tropic Lilies

Heartland Blossoms

Spring Florals

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Perfect

For my second layout, I could not resist the Spring Parade June paper!  This paper is so very pretty.  I love the lace print border, the sweet flowers and in the bottom left corner... the Easter egg.  I added just a bit of color to the focal point area of the paper with 3 shades of purple and pink spray.  I topped that with a thin layer of modeling paste through a stencil.

I used three layers of the Spring Parade May Vignettes paper to mat my photo.

The chipboard piece behind my photo is from the Circle Groups set.  There are 5 pieces in that set, so it can be used on several projects!  I embossed it with Imagine Ink Lavender Eggs embossing powder.  It's so sparkly in person!

I was inspired by the colorful Easter eggs in my photo to add several colors of flowers to the page.  I tucked in one of the new Fancy Eggs chipboard pieces which I heat embossed with Imagine Ink Cotton Candy embossing powder.

I also used the Cotton Candy embossing powder on my title piece, which is from the Perfect, Adorable, Special chipboard set.

Blue Fern Studios products used:

Paper

Spring Parade - June

Spring Parade - May Vignettes

Chipboard

Circle Groups

Fancy Eggs

Perfect, Adorable, Special

Embossing Powder

Cotton Candy

Lavender Eggs

Flowers

Attic Charm Daisies

Late Winter Lilies

Soft Blossoms

Spring Florals

Thank you for stopping by today.

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

Thank You Daria

Hello Blue Fern Fans.  It's hard to believe that this is the last full week of February, which brings us to the last project from our Blue Fern Fan of the Month, Daria Makarova.  A big thanks to Daria for using our products so beautifully this month.  We will now turn it over to Daria to let you know a little bit about her magnificent layout below. 

I have created my last layout of the month using the Bretton paper from the Chesterville Collection.  I fell in love with this collection because it has incredible prints that are suitable for many different projects.  

 I used Wheat Embossing powder on the chipboard piece.  On the layout I used Burnt Copper Glitter with modeling paste.  It is an amazing color!  I have finished it off with the Courtship Roses flowers from Blue Fern Studios.

Thank you for the opportunity to work with an excellent paper that is beautifully decorated!

Plaisir (Pleasure) by Edith Cloutier

Hello Blue Fern Fans!  We welcome back our March Fan of the Month, Edith Cloutier.  You're going to love her second layout of the month.  The colors are beautiful, and the photo is amazing.  Everything just comes together so well.  

From Edith, describing her layout:

I used “George” paper from the new hottest collection Chesterville for my layout. I added texture paste to emboss with “Blue Fern Wheat Embossing Powder”. I used the same embossing powder on my title. 

I like to use some pieces of chipboard to add some dimension. Flowers were perfect to decorate my creation. On the final touch, I used glitters (Merlot) with glass beads and micro beads.

Paper:

Chesterville - George

 

Chipboard:

Boston Lattice

Turkish Bits

French Words

 

Flowers :

Attic Charm – Glitter Roses

Courtship Roses

Spring Lilies

 

Embossing Powder:

Wheat

 

Glitter:

Merlot