August Layouts and Video Tutorial by Jessica

"Our Story"

Hi everyone!  My first layout I want to share with you this August features the Tattered Walls Collection and I included a video tutorial that you can find below.

The main background paper is "The Reading Room" and I added a strip of "The Garage" paper.

The Our Story chipboard was first given a coat of gesso, then painted with white acrylic paint.  Next I embossed the whole title with Pearl embossing powder.  Then using the Super Grunge stamp, I embossed the title with Ivory embossing powder.  I love the effect!  The Bits of Honey chipboard pieces were embossed with Fern embossing powder.

The red rose buds are actually from the Homespun Blooms flowers that I took apart and made into rose buds (you can see it in my tutorial).  The rest of the flowers on the page are from the Homespun Blossoms collection and look really nice with the colors in the picture.  Below the flower you are able to see the Green Ivory embossing powder that I used with the Crackle Textures stamp.  You can also see the Marine glitter on the flowers and Lemonade Seedlings that I added around the flowered areas and other spots around the picture.

In this picture you can see more details and see the Tattered Newsprint stamping that I did around the picture.

The Tattered Walls Ephemera was a nice touch to accent the areas around my picture.

And now, here is the video tutorial I created.  I hope you find it helpful and fun. :-)

Products used:

Paper

Tattered Walls - "The Reading Room"

Tattered Walls - "The Garage"

Tattered Walls Ephemera

Chipboard

Bits of Honey

Our Story

Embossing Powder

Fern

Pearl

Ivory

Green Ivory

Flowers

Homespun Blossoms

Homespun Blooms

Stamps

Crackle Texture

Tattered Newsprint

Super Grunge

Glitter

Marine

Seedlings

Lemonade

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"Love This Moment"

My second layout for August also features the Tattered Walls collection.  My background paper is "The Maid's Room" from the Tattered Walls Collection.  I wanted to use the colors blue, red, and yellow so I chose blue as the dominant color, red is the secondary color, then tiny bits of golden yellow as accents.  On three small areas on the background, I used matte gel and a soft floral stencil, then sprinkled some Beating Heart seedlings and some Blue Ice glitter over top.

The title chipboard Love This Moment was first embossed with Azul embossing powder.  Then I embossed over it with Pearl embossing powder.  This seemed to soften the sparkles from the Azul embossing powder.  On this side of the picture, the white flower is from the Christmas Blooms set.  I created the two red rose buds on this page by separating the pieces of one of the Homespun Blooms and folding them into place.  I did the same thing with the off-white Chesterville Florals flower to make some rose buds.

In this picture you can see more of the Beating Heart seedlings surrounding some tiny accent flowers I had from my stash.  The oval frame chipboard piece under my picture was cut in half (to fit the size of my picture) and embossed with Azul embossing powder.  The Gold Nugget seedlings add the touch of golden yellow that I wanted for the layout.

I used the Journaling Cards stamps on watercolor paper and embossed them with Azul Embossing Powder (and added the bits of Gold Nugget Seedlings).  The Card to the left of the picture has a piece of Tattered Walls Ephemera under it for dimension.

The two off-white flowers are both part of the Chesterville Florals set.  The red rose bud was made from one of the Homespun Blooms.  And the blue flower is from the Dark Tropic Lilies set.

Products Used:

Paper

Tattered Walls - "The Maid's Room"

Tattered Walls Ephemera

Flowers

Dark Tropic Lilies

Homespun Blooms

Christmas Blooms

Chesterville Florals

Chipboard

Oval Frame

Love This Moment

Embossing Powder

Azul

Pearl

Seedlings

Gold Nugget

Beating Heart

Glitter

Blue Ice

Stamps

Journaling Cards

I hope you enjoyed my layouts and video tutorial this month!  Stay tuned for more inspiration from the other lovely designers here at Blue Fern Studios.  Have a lovely day :-)

• ~ Jessica ~

May Layouts by Jessica

"Happiness is Homemade"

Hello friends!  My first layout for the month uses the Homespun Collection.

Using the Homemade paper for my background and Home Sweet Home for matting, I used the printed chipboard under the picture and as my title.  I used Glass seedlings and Army Dust glitter along with the Crackle Texture Stamp with green mists to create the background.

To the left of the picture you will see the the heart from the XOXO Title chipboard primed with gesso then painted in 2 different colors of pink mists.  The lily on this side is from the Harvest Lillies set.

To the right of the page, you can see a piece of the Wanderlust Vine Set and flower from the Dark Tropic Lillies Set.  I used a piece of Lace #12 to decorate the bottom.

Blue Fern Studios products used:

Paper

Homespun - Homemade

Homespun - Home Sweet Home

Chipboard

Xoxo Title Set

Homespun Printed Chipboard

Flowers

Harvest Lillies

Dark Tropic Lillies

Wanderlust Vine

Stamp

Crackle Texture

Seedlings

Glass

Glitter

Army Dust

Lace

Lace #12

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"'arty"

My next layout is pretty basic.  The background paper is Tweet Melody from the Amber & Apricot Collection.

I took four metal embellishments from my stash and painted them with black gesso.  Then I embossed them with Pearl embossing powder.  While the Pearl was still hot, I sprinkled Baby Pink embossing powder over it in spots to melt them together.  While they were still hot, I sprinkled some Petunia glitter over the embellishments.  For the background, I used a stencil with matte gel and Beating Heart seedlings.  You will also see the Tattered Newsprint stamping and the vertical stamping with one of the Distressed Titles stamps.

The Honey Comb Bits chipboard were embossed with Baby Pink and Coral embossing powder.

The pink lily is from the Harvest Lillies set and the little white bloom is from the Apricot Blooms set.

Blue Fern Studios products used:

Paper

Amber & Apricot - Tweet Melody

Chipboard

Honeycomb Bits

Flowers

Harvest Lillies

Apricot Blooms

Glitter

Rose Gold

Petunia

Embossing Powder

Baby Pink

Pearl

Coral

Seedlings

Beating Heart

Stamps

Distressed Titles

Tattered Newsprint

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"Sweet and Happy"

My last project features the Remnants Collection.  The background paper is Devonshire, and I also used Bloomsbury paper and Mini Remnants paper pieces for my background work under the mists.  To make the tag under the photo, I used the Bloomsbury paper with the Tattered Newsprint Stamp.

All of the chipboard on this page is the Remnants Printed Chipboard.  Some of them I even used with gesso to create part of the background and adhered it to the paper with matte gel.  The title pieces are also part of the Printed Chipboard Pieces set with glossy adhesive medium applied to the tops.

The lilies are part of the Harvest Lillies set.

The frame behind the picture is actually from the Printed Chipboard pieces.  I embossed it with Green Ivory embossing powder and sprinkled some Dark Chocolate embossing powder on top while it was still hot.  I randomly applied Burgundy seedlings in spots around the picture.

Blue Fern Studios products used:

Paper

Remnants - Devonshire

Remnants - Bloomsbury

Remnants - Mini Remnants

Chipboard

Remnants Patterned Chipboard

Embossing Powder

Green Ivory

Dark Chocolate

Seedlings

Burgandy

Stamp

Tattered Newsprint

Flowers

Harvest Lillies

Well, that's all for this month!  I will see you back here in June with some new projects to share.  Have a great May!

~Jessica

Introducing our August Blue Fern Fan of the Month

Hello everyone.  It's difficult to believe that it is August already.  But with each new month, we get an opportunity to introduce you to a new Blue Fern Fan of the Month.  For the month of August, please join us in welcoming Mariusz Gierszewski from Poland.  He is a fabulous designer and you will love  how he uses our products.  You are sure to be inspired!

We will turn it over to Mariusz so he can tell you a little about himself:   

My name is Mariusz Gierszewski. I come from Poland. I'm 26 years old and I'm young men who love papers, flowers and scissors. I live in Łodź in central Poland. My passions are scrapbooking, and card making.  Recently I tried to create something with mixed media. 

First work I ever made was in August, 2012. My favorite styles are vintage and shabby. Blue Fern products are awesome for my shabby style. I love to make cards and albums, sometimes layouts.  I have been an educator and designer for several manufacturers.  I hold a lot of workshops each month in many countries like Spain, Latvia, Greece, Indonesia, Brasil, Sweden, Norway or Slovakia. 

In my cards I try to show as much value as possible to the collection of paper. For this card I used the Garden Life collection.  These papers are awesome for shabby style and to the vintage look you can see on my cards. 

I cut some flowers from papers and make the composition with 3D effect. 

Afther that I attached fabric flowers from Garden Florals and Dark Tropic Lilies.  At the end I used 

gesso to reduce intensive color.  In this way I receive soft and shabby effect. 

Please be sure to check back next Wednesday when we will have another project from Mariusz.

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