May Inspiration by Karolina

Hi everyone! It's Karolina here and I would like to show you my three projects I made for May's inspiration. Two of them are layouts with our newest collection Tranquility and a third one is a canvas. Ok, let's start!

Dare to Dream

Like I said, I prepared a canvas using a lot of beautiful chipboard. First I covered a canvas with a old book, an then I built my composition. I used three different ways of coloring chipboards - with chalk paints (ornate heart), with ink and glossy accents (Dare to dream) and with ebony embossing powder (Mini Flourishes).

I also added some flowers from Tranquil Roses and Lilies set. They match perfectly!

Blue Fern Studios Products Used:

Chipboard: Ornate Heart, Dare to dream, Mini Flourishes

Embossing Powders: Ebony

Stamps: Forever, Brocade Texture

Flowers: Tranquil Roses and Lilies

Boys will be boys:

My second project is a layout. I used new Blue Fern Studios Tranquility collection. Always when I get new papers I try to use them in a different way than it may seem. That's why I decided to make this messy, boyish layout using a vintage but I think also romantic collection.

Blue Fern Studios Products Used:

Papers: Tranquility collection - Calm, Jubilation, Patience, Peaceful

Chipboard: Boys will be boys, Mini ring panel, Spare Parts, Directions

Embossing Powders: Ebony

Stamps: Makind plans, Widgets, Forever

Spring fever

And the last but not least my third project is also a layout, but this time it is a very colorful and spring proposal. I also used Tranquility collection to show you the versatility of this collection.

Blue Fern Studios Products Used:

Papers: Tranquility collection - Calm, Jubilation, Patience, Peaceful

Chipboard: Spring Iris - Small, Spring Fever, Quilted page panel, Beaded strings

Embossing Powders: Ebony, Cotton Candy

Stamps:  Forever, Arcadia Texture

3 different collections with Yuko

Hello!Blue Fern Studios funs!

It's Yuko here!

【WHAT  A  wonderful DAY】

My family went to the memorial trip last month married 10 anniversary.

We took the photo at the same location as 10 years ago!

It was a wonderful experience!

Precious memories!

Because I wanted to express the clean and gorgeous feeling of Chapel

I chose this TIMELESS collection!

 Used tulle and white bird with the image of a wedding.

Clipboard (dangle) was embossed in parl.

It is clean out a little luster.

Such as the pattern of the letters and these bottles of paper

I feel good looks very little vintage.

Also processing the embossed of parl to the heart of the chip board,

 put a gold liquid Pearl from the top that.

<Blue Fern Studios>

Paper :  TIMELESS Artistique/ Calling Cards/Couture

Chipboard  : Romantic Page Dangles/Lace Heart Border

Embossing Powder/Pearl

【Journey】

These photos were taken by a Taketomi Island visited on the trip.

Because it was the color to red point

I chose the photo that is reflected in the bright red hibiscus and bougainvillea.

After the chipboard colored with ink

I was tracing with a pen of lame.

Chip board of the film was embossed with oatmeal.

Really this color is an excellent color can also be used to elegant to casual!

<Blue Fern Studios>

Paisley & Vine : Bohemian/Pathway/Playing Cards/Splendor/Whimsy

Chipboard : Journey, Explore, Discover/Film Strips/Directions

Enbossing Powder/Oatmeal

The other work is using the April sketch.

Paper used was a little nostalgic Frolic Collection.

The title was used for embossing powder 14karat.

This color also uses well with your favorite !

And Circle punch the card stock in the background, using the created template

I put a glitter paint a bond there.

This color and is beautiful!

The name is CARIBBEAN.

Finely skip the white paint

To have toned down as multiplied by the veil softly.

＜Blue Fern Studios＞

Frolic Collection -  Adorn/Friendship/Petits Moments

Chipboard-Brilliant, Amazing, Dazzling

Embossing Powder -14Karat

Gilitter-CARIBBEAN

Thank you!

From Romance To Grunge by Nicole Doiron

It's me Nicole and I am thrilled to be back with you to share some of my creations.
I have 3 layouts to show you today, going from romance to more romance to grunge!

Let's start with this one... soft and elegant.... using the Courtship Lane collection.

I stamped some of the tiny dot stamp from the Halftones set and
used Imagine Ink Snow embossing powder to add texture to my background.

It's no surprise that one of my favorite themes to scrap is love. And so this title Amour from the French Words set, was perfect for this picture of me and my man!

The majestic chipboard piece below is French Ironwork.  I covered it, as I did to the title, with Mystic Plum embossing powder, then frosted it with a little white.

The smaller flowers used are from the brand new BFS Courtship Roses and Blooms set.  They're beautiful!

Bordering the photo is one of the Leafy Page Accents. and some fussy cut flowers.

Blue Fern Studios Supply List:
Paper: Courtship Lane (Lover's Lane, Bourbon Avenue, East Plaza, Calling Cards)
Chipboard: French Ironwork, French Words, Leafy Page Accents 

Stamp: Halftones

Imagine Ink Embossing Powder: Mystic Plum, Snow

Flowers: Courtship Roses, Courtship Blooms

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My second layout is quite similar in style to the first one .

I chose a combination of papers from the Sanctuary, Love Story and Frolic collections.
That is just one of the many things I love about Blue Fern Studios papers... no matter the collection, they are all so versatile and work together very well!

Creating part of my title is the word 'Happy' from the Optimist Word Set... I simply painted it red.
Then, dangling from the bottom of my picture is the Mini Frame Dangle which I cut in two pieces and covered with Imagine Ink Oatmeal embossing powder and white paint.  In the frame, I put a piece of red Frolic paper and added some Fire Engine glitter to give it a little sparkle.

The other piece of the Mini Frame Dangle I used on the left side of my page as a flourish sneaking up from the mini prints.  You can see glimpses of Garden Frolic stamp on my background.

Included in my flower clusters are the beige Courtship Blooms.  I sprinkled some more Fire Engine glitter in and about the flowers.

And last but not least, you can see some Frolic Mesh treated with Ebony embossing powder.
The picture is of Yves and I on one of our very first dates, which was already 10 years ago!

Blue Fern Studios supply list:

Paper: Sanctuary (Birdsong Melody, Calling Cards)

Love Story (True Harmony)

Frolic (Calling Cards)

Chipboard: Optimist Word Set, Frolic Mesh, Mini Frame Dangle

Stamp: Garden Frolic

Imagine Ink Embossing Powder: Oatmeal, Ebony / Glitter: Fire Engine

Flowers: Courtship Blooms

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Now let's get down to the grunge part of this reveal!

This last layout today was inspired by the Blue Fern Studios April Sketch!

Ever since I started designing for Blue Fern Studios, I have been holding on to these particular chipboard pieces and was so anticipating creating the perfect boy layout.  I'm not sure if this layout is anywhere near perfect, but I have to say that I really love the way it turned out.

I started off a background paper from the Love Story collection and then covered it with blue and black mists as well as dabs of metallic blue paint and splatters of white.  I also did some black stamping using the Journey and Texture Set One. You can see here the title Boy Meets World which I embossed in Cerulean Imagine Ink embossing powder and lightly dabbed with more blue metallic paint.

For sure two of my favorite BFS chipboard pieces are the Techno-scape and Working Parts!  I love anything grunge and steampunk even though not my usual style.  On these pieces, I used Icicle embossing powder and then added some light dabs of blue.

Other chipboard used are two circle arrows from the Directions set, embossing with Ebony.

This gorgeous little boy is Tristan, my friend's son.

Blue Fern Studios Supply List:

Paper: Love Story (The Grand Ball)

Chipboard: Boy Meets World, Directions, Techno-scape, Working Parts

Imagine Ink Embossing Powder: Cerulean, Ebony, Icicle

Stamp: Journey, Texture Set One

Hope you enjoy! 

I would love to read your feedback in the comments!

March Layouts by Maja

Good morning, BFS Fans, welcome to the blog today :) It's Maja here to share three layouts I made using our latest collection, Courtship Lane. 
Ladies first, so let's start with a girly page :)

I like to layer papers for the background and add stamps - and so I did here. For the top layer I chose the Concert Hall paper as the young lady in the photo plays the violin. I also matted the photo with various papers and formed a semi-frame using Whimsy Flourishes, "closed" on the other side of the photo with the Village Sign Post piece embossed with Copper ep. Then I added some flowers and embellies:

The title word "Happy" is embossed with three eps in the purple palette for an ombre effect:

Papers: Calling Cards, Concert Hall, West Plaza, Royal Street
Stamps: Deja Vu, Forever, Vintage Edges
Chipboard: Whimsy Flourishes; Happy, Heart, Love;Village Sign Post
EP: Iris, Lilac, Mystic Plum, Verdant, Copper

For my second layout I opted for a cheerful spring palette of colours. This time the background features only one paper, Parkway, and no stamps.

I used several designs to mat the photo and they fill the beautiful frame Clip Frames set. I added colour to it with two shades of green embossing powders: Sage and Lime. I made the words stand out by embossing them with Oatmeal ep. Together with the large "Handsome" piece (embossed with Honey) they form my title:

Then I added some chipboard accents from the Arrow Words and Directions sets - to highlight them against the green frame I used Copper ep to emboss. I also added pieces of the Chickenwire Panel that I left saute.

I use flowers also on my boys' layouts, as they still don't mind ;) Here I used beautiful Courtship Blooms and Courtship Roses:

Papers: Parkway, Royal Street, Calling Cards
Chipboard: Handsome, Arrow Words, Directions, Clip Frames, Chickenwire Panel
EP: Sage, Lime, Copper, Oatmeal, Honey

And finally my last layout for March for which I chose orange tones of papers and embellishments:

I composed my background by tearing the house image off the West Plaza paper and layering the rest upon the Lover's Lane sheet. Then I added some stamping and a backet pattern using white modeling paste and stencil and then splashed some tangerine, golden and white mists:

Using two pieces from the Circle Groups I arranged a triangle-shaped design under the photo. I embossed them with Ginger ep and added some pieces from the Cogs & Gears set. I embossed them with Nutmeg ep for more contrast and placed upon or inside the circles:

One of the Arrow Words makes my title - I embossed it with Copper ep because it's very glittery and really makes this small piece pop out:

To finish off my page, I added some Courtship Blooms and metal charms:

Papers: Bourbon Avenue, West Plaza, Royal Street
Chipboard: Arrow Words, Circle Groups, Splattered Circles, Cogs & Gears
Stamps: Widgets
EP: Honey, Ginger, Copper, Nutmeg

I like how by selecting papers I could concentrate on main colours of the collection - green, purple and orange - separately to create varied backgrounds and climates for my pages.

That's all for today, thank you for visiting and see you later!

Maja