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!

A first look at Vintage Christmas ~ with Sandi Clarkson

Hello, Blue Fern fans! 

Sandi Clarkson here with you today sharing my first Vintage Christmas project! 
I think I squealed a bit when I received my Design Team box the other day ... so many lovely new items! Wow! 

The Noel paper was treated with clear gesso and then super heavy gesso with a stencil. Imagine Ink in "Winter Mist" was misted and spread with water to enhance the stenciling. The "Carribean" glitter was then scattered over the background paper for lots of shine. Yes, we now have glitter! 

The chipboard pieces were all primed with gesso and then coated with the Imagine Ink in "Winter Mint" ( Snow Medley), "Leaf" (Eclectic Hearts), "Jingle Bells" (Garden Window) and "Cotton Candy" plus "Persimmon" (Wish, Wonder, Dream).  The Snow Medley piece was enhanced with "Fern" embossing powder, the Wish with "Poinsettia" embossing powder and the Eclectic Hearts with "Lucky" embossing powder. The Garden Window was misted with "Jingle Bells," then dusted with "Pyrite" glitter. 

Paper layers were cut and placed behind the Window. Flowers and bling were added as a final touch. 

Here are some close-ups:

I love Blue Fern Studios chipboard and had fun with some older pieces as well as some new ones! Having mist, embossing powder and glitter that mix and match  with the papers is wonderful! You can see that I like to do my embossing in more of a random way versus total coverage. For the Eclectic Hearts I added in some variegation with my green Gelato. In case you're wondering, the Garden Window does have Jingle Bell mist, a smidgen of inks and then is dusted with Pyrite glitter. One window shutter was cocked to reveal the paper beneath it. 

The Snow Medley piece has been cut in half and tucked into two different spots. The Winter Mint mist and the Fern embossing powder co-ordinate beautifully! Winter Mint os going to match so many of the BFS papers! 

More random embossing on the Wish piece. Again, the colors go so well together! Try Persimmon and Poinsettia together .. I think you'll like the combo. 

Well, that's my first project with Vintage Christmas! I can't wait to start another even though the weather is still hot here in Texas. Might go neutral this time instead of red and green. Hmm ...

Thanks for coming by! 

Blue Fern Studios products used:

Paper:

Vintage Christmas Noel

Vintage Christmas Magical

Vintage Christmas Greeting Cards

Chipboard:

Snow Medley

Wish Wonder Dream

Garden Window

Eclectic Hearts

Mists:

Leaf

Winter Mint

Persimmon

Cotton Candy

Jingle Bells

Embossing Powder:

Fern

Lucky

Poinsettia

Glitter:

Carribean

Pyrite

March Projects using Love Story by Melinda Thompson

Hi Everyone :)

Another new month so another lot of new projects which I am happy to share with you all!

This month I focused on the Love Story Collection papers.  Love how you can achieve so many looks from the one collection of papers.

Here are my projects. For this layout of our adorable puppy, I have used papers from the Love Story Collection - The Grand Ball, Amazing Heart and Calling Cards.  My chipboard has been treated with Gesso first and highlighted with inks, mists and paints. I just kept adding until I was happy with the effect.

 "Sweet Girl"

I love to layer up my chipboard as well to give lots of depth and texture to my project.  And using negative bits from the packs are awesome if you want to create a confetti look.

Paper Collection: Love Story
Chipboard: Garden Daisies - Large, Negatives from the Broken Rings set, Daisies Collage, Splattered Circles


 My second project I was inspired by the richness of the papers in the Love Story Collection.  The photo in this layout is of my late Grandmother who has been gone 30 years last year.  I was only a 4 years old when she passed away and don't have any memories of her. I love that this photo is of her in her much loved rose garden and I was immediately drawn to the gorgeous floral pieces of chipboard to use in this layout.

 "Forever in our Hearts"

The chipboard pieces are simply painted in some gold acrylic paint and then I randomly added some colour in different places for extra interest.

Paper Collection: Love Story
Chipboard Collection: Dresden Corsage, Gingers Poppies, Eclectic Hearts,


Thanks so much for stopping by today...happy crafting :)
 Melinda

Love Story Layouts Yuko

Hi!Friends!!

It's my turn to share　BFS projects!

My favorite collection"Love Story"is very sweet!!!

Very cute &cool taste is parfect!

【sweet】

Magic of the image was aside when I saw this paper.

I tried tailoring photos of daughter in magician！

This hat was cut out after  press theclear stamp.

Small Trump is handmade.

＜Blue Fern Studios Products＞

Love Story  Twenty One/Calling Cards /True Harmony /Concerto

Valentine's Word Set/Eclectic Hearts

【Love】

This paper is very elegant!
I transferred a lot of gesso to give a soft atmosphere.

＜Blue Fern Studios Products＞
Love Story   Sweet Song/The Grand Ball /Calling Cards
Valentine's Word Set/Lace Heart Border

【Lovely】

These chip board is beautiful in a very gorgeous!

The coloring I used shimmerz.

This love story series is really cute and favorite！

＜Blue Fern Studios Products＞

The Grand Ball/Calling Cards/Concerto

Collage Border /Lovely Birds/Grid Pieces

Thank you!

Evgenia's projects

Hello dear friends! Its Evgenia Petzer with you today and i have 3 projects that I wanted to share with you.
First, its a soft fabric shabby chic (or provence) journal that I made using one of my favourite colors: lavender hues.

Blue Fern Studios chipboard used: bits of honey, vintage keys, framed trinkets

Some close ups:

then comes a card that I made using blue Fern Garden Collection

Blue Fern Studios chipboard used: Eclectic Hearts, Bits of Honey

the heart is covered with sils and sprinkled with some microbeads on top

and a double-layout spread with which i started my new small album for my youngest son:)

 I used a mixture f both Bue Fern Garden and Ombree dreams paper collections.

Blue Fern Studios chipboard used: Charmed Page Dangles, Mini Flourishes

 Here all the chipboards are colored with inlinkz

Have  a great Sunday!