Three times mixed media with Attic Charm by Wilma Voermans.

For this layout I used the monthly sketch which you will find here.

Orange is a favorite color for me, to use in vintage aswell as modern layouts.

This picture shows my daughter ready for travelling on the station.

The whole scene gave me a vintage feeling. I love that picture.

My starting point was the KEY paper (B-side).

I use mostly B-sides of papers, no intention, I just like them better ..

The sketch ( I turned it)

For the orange color I  used beads

I colored the white daisies with the orange heart with paint and gesso.

Afterwards I felled sorry for this, because 1 week later my son married.

And what had the bride in her bouquet??? White daisies with a orange heart !

And my beautiful white ones are used....

The lamppost is grunged up with embossing , gesso and paint.

To mimic the brigthness where the lightsource comes from I used golden paint ,

over golden embossing

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Second layout is also based on the June sketch.....

It was supposed to be  masculine, since I used a photo from one of my sons.

But there is a difference for me  between very masculine pictures for example in black and white.

This picture is in soft colors , so I did not overdo the masculine theme.

I started with the Sachet paper ( B-side)  out of the Attic charm collection.

My favorit without a doubt..

Colored the background with pastels and water., but left the beautiful pattern to show through.

In the background there are a few soft flowers that I covered up with gesso and my photocluster.

With a black perlpen, I draw random figures.

Than with a mask some greyish/blue inking.

The chipboard is a frame piece ,  one of the clipboard set.

I cut it up, used one as my love you title and the rest here and there over the layout.

I made a mix from nutmeg and oatmeal powder.

The color gets less intensive because of the oatmeal. 

Tip for summerlayouts: Oatmeal is super for beachthemes!

The titel is just inked up with black drawing ink

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My last layout for today is also in green/orange  Like the first one.

It just came out this way :) 

Although the orange is not that obvious like the first layout.

The start of the layout was on the beautiful Generation paper (Yes, again the B-side).

Starting off with two colors orange ink.  (offcourse first clear gesso )

Random heavy gesso, and than different shades of green embossing sprinkled over the background.

I have many many colors Blue Fern Studios embossing powder.

It is  such a luxury to pick the colors out of the whole range.

Here I used verdant and Lime..

Heatset it.

Than with a foliage stencil again heavy gesso.

The chipboard pieces I used are all embossed with pearl embossing powder.

Flourish, winter page dangle and title.

Thanks for visiting the blog, 

I hope you liked my post.

x Wilma x

Keren's Projects with Courtship Lane Collection

Hello Everyone!!

Its Keren here with two projects for Blue Fern Studios!

I usually create two layouts but this time I wanted to create something different with the Courtship Lane collection.

"Home Sweet Home Memories"

I really love the vintage house images on the Courtship Lane papers so I fussy cut them to fit into my three part shadow box frame.

I cut three different houses to fit each of the boxes as they measured 3,4 and 5 inches squared respectively. The houses were cut out of the West Plaza, East Plaza and Calling cards papers.

The middle box was framed with one of the graduated squares. The right box was framed with the Memory frame. Finally I placed the Iron Signage chipboard on the top corner of the left shadow box.

All three chipboard pieces were embossed in both Oatmeal and Sage embossing powders.

Then I added a "Home Sweet Home" phrase out of the Calling Cards paper to add to the sign.

I added some matching  Courtship flowers and other vines to embellish around the frames as well as the Evening Lamp Post  chipboard which was simply painted with acrylic paint.

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"Sail Away"

For my second project, I used the Town Gossip paper from the Courtship Lane  for the background.

I framed the photo in one of the Beaded Strings chipboard which was embossed with Tangerine embossing powder. I also added the swirly doodle under the photo. I cut it in half so it would show under both ends of the photo. Both the light house chipboard piece from the "By the Sea" set, were embossed in Ginger embossing powder

The sail away title was sprayed in brown to match the Courtship Lane flowers.

I also used the Journey stamp to create some texture in the background with brown ink.

Thank you so much for visiting the Blue Fern Studios Blog

Have a wonderful day!!

Keren

New Montage collection with Maja

Hi, Maja here today to share two projects made with the gorgeous new Montage paper collection. I hava a layout and a tag that I made. Let´s start with the layout.

When I first saw this paper collection I knew what I would do with just this piece of paper when I got it in my hands. Love tha lamp that is in the paper and the BFS chipboard  "evening lamp post" works so well with it. So that was my plan and this is how it turned out. My color splashes are made with Distress Stains. For my chipboard pieces I used black and white gesso.

Blue Fern products used:

Paper: Montage - Bouquet & Invitation

Chipboard: Evening Lam Post, Bohemian Flowers & Roman Clock Set Small

Next is my tag. I love the romatic vintage feel of the Montage collection and that what I wanted to create in this tag.  

Blue Fern products used:

Paper: Montage - Bouquet, Fairyland & Society

Chipboard: Tattered Butterflies

Thanks for stopping by =) 

Three projects with Irina Gerschuk

Hi ladies!
It's Irina with you today and I'm really excited to share my new projects!
My first project is a LO "Blooming Beauty" about my little sister. It tells a short "family story" about our walk in the woods one hot summer day:

And let me show you some close-ups:
I covered the title "Blooming Beauty" with two different colors of paints then added a layer of crackle accent and after all covered it spontaneously with microbeads:

Here is one more closer look at the title, and under the rose is a piece from the Ornate Medallions set:

Well, here are three different pieces of BFS: Symphony border (also painted with different colors and than added microbeads), Evening Lamp Post (I covered it with white embossing powder) and parts from the Garden Window (again painted with different paints and after it added a layer of glance lacquer):

 The same window but from the other angle (just want to show you all the painting and volume here))):

And here are the pieces of BFS that I've used in the LO:

Garden Window (Model: 074691):

Symphony Border (Model: 074530):

Evening Lamp Post (Model: 074660):

Ornate Medallions (Model: 074462):

Blooming Beauty (Model: 074554):

My next project is a birthday card. I used the Calligraphic Border and Damask Flourish in it:

Some close-ups:
The Damask Flourish I covered with two different kinds of paints (choosing colors that match the palette of the card) and than added a thick layer of crackle accent:

 I added a flower composition on top of it to achieve more volume and details here:

 And here is one of my favorite pieces of BFS - the Calligraphic Border. As to me it's stylish, elegant and so universal that can match almost very work))) I covered it with white embossing powder:

And here are the pieces I've used:

Damask Flourish (Model: 074868):

Calligraphic Border (Model: 074363):

My last project for today is a soft handmade notebook made from stitch:

I've used a piece from the Double-Dutch Flourish Set here:

 Covered the chipboard with lavender paint and than with white crackle paint:

And here is the BFS piece by itself:

Double-Dutch Flourish Set (Model: 074431):

That's all for today!

Thanks for stopping by!

Irina

Vibrant spring

Hello there, Eila here with some vibrant spring colours for you! Spring has been long overdue in Sweden so we are really longing for budding trees and blooms. The pages that I am sharing with you today are bursting with the vibrant colours of spring - yellow, purple and fuchsia.

Here is the first layout that I have called "Blooming".

 I misted the chipboard several times in denim blue and really love how the title pops.

The Seasonal Wildflower is one of my favourite Blue Fern Studios chipboards, so versatile. Dressing it in paint or mists with a sprinkle of pearls makes it truly gorgeous.

Blue Fern Studios products used on this project:

Blooming Beauty (074554)

 Seasonal Wildflower (074394)

My next page "Cute Stuff" is in bold purple.

Here I have stipled white acrylic paint and heavy modelling paste on the Royal Border - Large to get some structure before inking it in pale pink and dabs of brown.

The title was painted in white acrylic paint and then misted in several different hues of purple.

I used a mask and modelling paste on the Tropical vine before misting it in pinks and the same purples used for the title.

The flourished holder for the Fancy Birdcage was painted white and dabbed with fluid chalk in pale pink and grey.

Blue Fern Studios products used on this project:

 

Royal Border - Large  (074615)

 

 Good Vibes (074899)

 

Tropical Vine (074936)

 

Fancy Birdcage (074677)

My last project is about enjoying the little things in life, such as seeing crocuses sprouting in the flower beds.

 

 

The Picket Fence was dabbed with modelling paste for a knobbly effect and then painted in brownish Glimmer Glaze. The Organic Vine was first painted in green crackle paint and while still wet, I dusted it in greenish Cosmic Shimmer iridiscent pigment powder.

Blue Fern Studios products used on this project:

 

Evening Lamp Post (074660)

 Country Picket Fence (074561)

 

Organic Vine (074516)

Thank you so much for your visit to our blog today! We would love to see what you create with the Blue Fern Studios chipboards, please do share your projects with us in the Blue Fern Studios gallery! Happy creating!

Cheers!