Blue Fern Studios: Deja Vu tweets chippie

Thursday, January 28, 2016

Maiko's First post as a DT member for Blue Fern Studios

Hi everyone!
Maiko Kosugi here today and
so happy to be posting to Blue Fern Studios for the first time!

I am so honoured to be amongst so many talented designers.

First, let me introduce myself.

I live in Tokyo, Japan. Also known as mai*

I'm married to a professional violinist and together we have 3 adorable sons,

2 and 8 and 12years old.

I am currently working as a piano teacher to children at home.

I started SB from March, 2009, and it has become my favorite hobby ever since.

Blog: http://maimaipiano.blogspot.jp/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/maiko.kosugi.5

Pinterest: https://jp.pinterest.com/maikokosugi/

My first Layout for this month is..

"Sweet"

Blue Fern Studios used:
papers
Blush-Calling Cards
Blush - Celebration
Blush - Cupid's Foll
Blush - Devoted
Blush - Enamored

Chipboards:
Eclectic Hearts
Heart Borders
Romantic Page Dangles
Cute, Sweet, Sassy

Embossing Powder
Cotton Candy
Pearl

I love this collection.

These papers are so lovely.

I cut an item off from some of paper, and combined and displayed those.

This Chipboard is "Romantic Page Dangles"and "Heart Borders".
So lovely!

This is "Eclectic Hearts".
Firstly, I painted these with an acrylic paint, next up I have heat embossed
them using embossing paste and embossing powder"cotton candy"

Next up...
"Cute"

Blue Fern Studios used:

papers

Autumn Anthology - Gazebo

Autumn Anthology - Calling Cards

Autumn Anthology - Mercantile

Autumn Anthology - Penmanship

Chipboards:
Garden Lattice Bits
Déjà Vu Tweets Chippies
Cute, Sweet, Sassy

Embossing Powder

Oatmeal

Sage

This Cage is "Déjà Vu Tweets Chippies"

Firstly,I painted these with an acrylic paint, next I colored it in blown ink,

and finally I covered it in Glossy Accents.

I cut several pieces of the "Autumn Anthology - Mercantile "to layer under my photo,

and I chose several flowers and arranged with those.

My last creation today is...

"Love"

Blue Fern Studios used:

papers

Timeless - Abode
Timeless - Calling Cards
Timeless - Keepsakes
Timeless - Maconnerie
Timeless - Song

Chipboards:
Charmed Page Dangles
Shabby Brick Bits
Happy, Heart, Love

Embossing Powder
Pearl

I chose this "Love" title for my layout.

This is simply painted with an acrylic paint ,white,purple and blown inks.

I cut sheet music off from "Timeless - Keepsakes" and layered that.

I used "Charmed Page Dangles".

I painted it with an acrylic paint ,some inks and then applied embossing powder"pearl".

That is all from me today.
Thank you for visiting!

Wednesday, December 2, 2015

December Inspiration with Jelissa

Hello friends!

Can you imagine, Christmas is less than 4 weeks away? I'm totally excited, and the cool weather has definitely put me in a festive mood.

Today, I'm up on the blog to share my creations for December, using the fabulous Vintage Christmas collection. While there are so many beautiful festive images for the season in this collection, there are also more generic papers that can be used for other themes.

For my first share, I've made a page of my boys based on the sweet December sketch by Michelle:

My background was mostly hidden by the clusters with little bits peeking out, so that the images on the paper do not get covered up. This time, I've also kept my layering to a minimum so that more attention can be given to the details in the embellishments.

Some close-ups:

One of the pieces from Clip Frames which I altered using Blue Fern Studios' own embossing powder. Love it that other than the red, it has a gorgeous gold tint to it. Lots of stamping in the background too to bring out a botanical feel.

Some fussy cut flowers which I tucked behind my photo. It has Christmas bits in it with the holly, but who would have know how nicely it blends in here!

A Deja Vu Tweets chippie which I altered with gold ink and painted with Imagine Ink in Persimmon.

Blue Fern Studios products used:

Vintage Christmas collection - Auld Lang Syne, Wonderland

Chipboards - Deja Vu Tweets Chippie, Clip Frames

Embossing Powder - Poinsettia

Mist - Persimmon

My second project and video tutorial is a Christmas mini album. When I first saw the Vintage Christmas papers, there were so many beautiful images I could cut out and use for an album so I knew I had to make one. As you all probably know by now, I'm not a Christmas project person with the exception of cards so this is really quite a first for me! Since the papers themselves are so gorgeous, I had to leave them as they are and build up smaller layers, so my tutorial focused more on playing with the chipboards.