December inspiration by Vera Shelemekh

Ho ho ho, Vera Shelemekh is knocking at the door)
Merry Christmas to all Blue Fern Studios fans all over the world!

Let me share some sparkling Christmas layouts and one extra off the page project which I'm sure you will enjoy.
First I'll share a very festive layout made with the brand new Remnants collection. I've used Remnants - Beaumont dark side as background and some Remnants printed chipboards in decor.

I've applied a huge variety of wonderful Blue Fern Studios chipboards: Graduated Circles,

hat from Cozy Christmas set, Holiday Treats, Holly Sprigs, Winter flakes and the title. The gingerbrad man is covered with Antique gold Embossing powder.

 

The background is shining with Fire engine glitter, Flaming and Fir tree seedlings and 

Holly springs are covered with Avocado embossing powder and the circle frame with Glistening sand.

Blue Fern Studios products used:

 

Papers:

Remnants - Beaumont 

 

Chipboards:

Remnants printed chipboard

Graduated Circles

Cozy Christmas set

 Holiday Treats

 Holly Sprigs

Winter flakes 

Title

Embossing powder:

 Icicle
Avocado

Antique gold 

Glistening sand

Seedlings: 

Seedlings - Flaming

  Seedlings - Fir Tree

 

Glitter

Fire Engine 

-----------------------

I have two more layouts with both Vintage Christmas collections. These are gifts for my good Instagram followers.

 This one is very tender and full of sweet romance with Vintage Christmas - Auld Lang Syne as background. And the frame is taken from the new Vintage Christmas printed chipboards set.

 I added Snow Medley and covered it with fools gold glitter. Therelayout is embelished with bits of fussy cut flowers from different collections.

 The black and white photo demands some contrast black elements, so I added some stamping with Holiday Wreath. And the title Heartland hoho chipboard perfectly fits the story.

 

Blue Fern Studios products used:

 

Papers:

Vintage Christmas - Auld Lang Syne 

Vintage Christmas 2 - Holiday Cards

 

Chipboards:

Vintage Christmas printed chipboard

Heartland hoho

Snow Medley

Embossing powder:

 Icicle

 

Glitter

Fool's gold

Stamps:

Jingle bells

Holiday Wreath

Flowers:

Apricot blooms

-----------------------

One more Christmas layout  and it seems the stories and pictures are never ending ) It was such a fun mixing Vintage Christmas 2 - Holiday treats paper sheet with fussy cut elements from Holiday cards.

 

The photo is framed into Sweet Home Vignette chipboard covered with Antique gold embossing powder. 

 
I also added festive Flaming and Mustard seedlings and covered the gesso pattern with Fire Engine glitter

Blue Fern Studios products used:

 

Papers:

Vintage Christmas 2 - Holiday treats

Vintage Christmas 2 - Holiday Cards

 

Chipboards:

Vintage Christmas printed chipboard

Sweet Home Vignette 

Cozy Christmas

Embossing powder:

 Icicle

Antique gold

 

Glitter

Fire engine

Stamps:

Christmas chimney

Seedlings

 Flaming

Mustard

-----------------------

And for the dessert I prepared a couple of crafty fir tree toys made of adhesive tape bobbins.

They are so tiny and cute! I decorated inner parts with trees from Winer forest chipboards set and characters cut from Vintage Christmas holiday cards.

Blue Fern Studios products used:

 

Papers: 

Vintage Christmas - Noel

Vintage Christmas 2 - Holiday cards

 

Chipboards:

Winter forest

Embossing powder:

Avocado

 

-----------------------

I wish all of you a very Merry Christmas and Happy new year!

See you in January *)

Holiday Album

As this month comes to an end (how is that possible?), we bring you the final project from our November Fan of the Month, Dorota Kopec.  You're in for a real treat today!

Dorota began with a 16cm x 21cm album.  The album cover is white canvas and their are 6 pages inside.  She used paper from the Vintage Christmas I and Vintage Christmas II collections, along with lots of winter/holiday chipboard.  

Take a look at the gorgeous cover Dorita created.  The title is from the Cozy Christmas 5-piece chipboard set, and the beautiful piece going down the left side of the cover is the Snow Medley chipboard piece.  The dainty flowers used on the cover are the Christmas Blooms. 

The pages in the album are just waiting for holiday photos to be added.  The hip raindeer in the top left corner is from the 5-piece Hipster Christmas chipboard set.   

These collections are filled with sweet vintage images and small cards for all of us who love fussy-cutting.  

The next 2-page spread in Dorota's album features layers of Vintage Christmas I and II for such an elegant look.  The sweet chipboard piece on the right side is the gorgeous Holidays Bright chipboard piece.  

Don't you just love the adorable angel that adorns this page?  

It's from the Little Angels and there are 4 angels in the set.  

Loads of holiday charm can be seen on these two pages with images of candy canes, peppermints, bells, a village scene, vintage florals and mistletoe.  Everything you need for a true holiday feeling!

The chipboard pieces on these 2 pages (a section of Holidays Bright and the Winter Sleigh), along with all the chipboard in the album, have been covered with a combination of Blue Fern embossing powder and glitter, which gives it a frosty look.  

I'm not sure if Dorota is keeping this album for herself or passing it on to someone else, but it is going to be beautiful reminder of this Holiday season.

We hope you will join us in thanking Dorota for sharing her album with us, along with all her projects this month using the Vintage Christmas collections.  

November inspiration and Video tutorial by Vera Shelemekh

Hello Blue Fern Studios fans!
Vera Shelemekh is here all over in tinsel and glitter  Why? Just because Christmas is coming. And I don't know a scrapbooker who didn't pile the crafty space with Christmas paper and embelishments.
I did! And today I'll show you two Christmas layouts + a video tutorial with the amazing Vintage Christmas collection.

The fist layout is about my son and snowy Christmas eve. The picture was taken last year. Colors fit the Vintage Christmas collection perfectly. I used Let it snow paper as background.

 

Winter trees chipboards are covered with green acrylic paint and Blue Fern Studios Avocado Embossing powder

 

 

I also included deer in the composition. It's covered with Icicle Embossing powder.

Have you seen the new fantastic Vintage Christmas printed Chipboards? I've used the piece with the house.

The leaves die cuts are made of Vintage Christmas 2 - Twas the Night. And I laso cut some flowers from Holiday cards and Vintage Christmas - Deck the Halls

 Please, enjoy my video tutorial from which you will learn how this layout is made.

Blue Fern Studios products used:

Papers:

Vintage Christmas 2 - Let it snow

Vintage Christmas 2 - Twas the Night

Vintage Christmas 2 - Holiday cards

Vintage Christmas - Deck and Halls 

Vintage Christmas 2 - Jolly

Chipboards:

Vintage Christmas printed chipboard

Winter trees

Winter deer

  Cozy Christmas

Embossing powder:

 Icicle
Avocado

Seedlings: 

Seedlings - Flaming

  Seedlings - Fir Tree

-----------------------

And one more Christmas layout about our family tradition to gather in my Father's in law place and have fun sledging and playing snowballs. Hopefully snow falls soon))

There is another family tradition to hide presents under Christmas trees and in piles of snow and search them at night)) So we pretend Santa is nearby)

For the background I used Vintage Christmas 2 - Tree Trimmings.

Framed winterwords are used as Title. All the chipboards in this layout are covered with Icicle Embossing Power.

 

Santa is cut from  Vintage Christmas 2 - Jolly

I love how the Tweet friends chipboard looks in the sceene.

I embelished the layout with a cup from cozy Christmas set and pieces of Lace 6.

 

Blue Fern Studios products used:

Papers:

Vintage Christmas 2 - Tree Trimmings.

Vintage Christmas 2 - Twas the Night

Vintage Christmas 2 - Holiday cards

Vintage Christmas 2 - Jolly

Chipboards:

  Cozy Christmas

Tweet friends

Framed winter words

Embossing powder:

 Icicle

Stamps:

Gift Tag Kit

Lace:

Lace 6

Thank you for stoppong by. Enjoy your Christmas preparation, the time will pass very quickly, and see you in December *)

A Little Greeting

Today's blog post features our November Fan of the Month, Dorota.  Once again, she is thinking ahead to Christmas with this pair of elegant cards.  What a beautiful way to send someone a holiday greeting, 

and a piece of art, at the same time!

This card has been created by layering several designs from the Vintage Christmas Collection.  The title, A Joyful Christmas, was cut from the Holiday Cards paper which can be found in the Vintage Christmas II Collection.  

The chipboard, which has been painted and glittered, is the Snow Medley.  

Flowers from Christmas Blooms finish off the card.

This sweet card has layers of goodness from the Vintage Christmas Collection, including the title, which was cut from the Greeting Cards paper.  The little Santa hat is from the Cozy Christmas chipboard set.  Once again, Dorota has added flowers from the Christmas Blooms.

Be sure to check back next Wednesday when Dorota will share a stunning Christmas album. 

You won't want to miss it!