Spring Parade and Chesterville Inspiration by Kris Berc

Hi, Blue Fern Studios friends and fans! It's Kris here to share my April layouts with you.

Cousins are Friends for Life

For my first layout, I chose chose two papers from the Spring Parade collection.  To treat the background, I flicked 5 different colors of spray, letting each color dry before adding the next.  I then added some texture paste through a stencil, and when dry, I added some contrast using black ink with the Serendipity Medley stamp.

I used the larger of the two hearts from the Frilly Hearts chipboard set to ground my photo.  It's embossed with Antique Gold embossing powder.

The title piece is embossed with the new Pink Dust powder.  It's such a pretty color!

I dabbed the flowers with a bit of gesso to blend everything together.

Below you can see a closeup of the background details.

Blue Fern Studios products used:

Paper

Spring Parade - June

Spring Parade - Remembrance

Chipboard

Cousins are Friends

Frilly Hearts

Embossing Powder

Antique Gold

Pink Dust

Stamp

Serendipity Medley

Flowers

Attic Charm Glitter Roses

Chesterville Florals

Spring Lilies

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Everyday Moments

Here's another layout made with Spring Parade paper! I treated this one with 4 colors of spray and modeling paste through a stencil.  When dry, I added contrast with black ink and one of the Coarse Fabrics stamps.  Then I decided to randomly stamp the Forever stamp all over the page, sometimes horizontal and sometimes vertical.  I like the effect!

The title chipboard piece, Everyday Moments, is treated with two layers of Ebony embossing powder.

Oh this Beaded Flourish chipboard piece is really beautiful!  I chose the Icicle embossing powder for it.  It's a lovely color for such a lovely piece.

I also embossed some Turkish Bits chipboard pieces in Icicle powder.

All flowers were treated with dabs of gesso :)

Blue Fern Studios products used:

Paper

Spring Parade - Joyful

Spring Parade - Remembrance

Chipboard

Beaded Flourish

Everyday Moments

Turkish Bits

Embossing Powder

Ebony

Icicle

Stamp

Coarse Fabrics

Forever

Flowers

Attic Charm Glitter Roses

Courtship Roses

Dark Tropic Lilies

Heartland Blossoms

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Dazzling

My last layout for today features awesome paper and chipboard from the Chesterville collection.  Oh how I love this paper!  I decided to make a girly, yet funky, page with it.  I treated the background with four colors of spray, a layer of modeling paste through a stencil, and some random stamping with a stamp from the Forever stamp set.

That cool abstract chipboard piece behind the photo is called Chesterville Doodle.  I embossed it with 14 Karat embossing powder.

This time I treated the flowers with a few drops of white spray.

Since I was going for a girly yet funky, grungy look, I added some lace and some burlap between the paper layers.

The Dazzling title piece from the Brilliant, Amazing, Dazzling chipboard set was treated with 2 layers of Ebony embossing powder.

One more detail shot!

Blue Fern Studios products used:

Paper

Chesterville - Holmes

Chesterville - Whitford

Chipboard

Brilliant, Amazing, Dazzling

Chesterville Doodle

Embossing Powder

14 Karat

Ebony

Stamp

Forever

Flowers

Heartland Blossoms

Spring Florals

Thank you for stopping by today.

I hope I have inspired you to create with your Blue Fern Studios products!

Everyday Moments with our Blue Fern Fan of the Month

We are back today with our weekly project from our Blue Fern Fan of the Month, Edith Coultier.

She has done an amazing job so far this month, and you are sure to gain some inspiration

 from this week's layout.  I will turn it over to Edith:

Today I decided to use the beautiful collection "Mémoires" to make my layout.  

These papers are perfect to give a touch of romanticism to my creation.

I used a texture paste to do my background with watercolor point.  

Also, I embossed my title with Melon embossing powder.

Beautiful flowers, glass beads, glitter, butterflies and magnificent flairs to finish this layout in beauty. 

Papers:

Mémoires – Autumn Biography

Mémoires – Grand Sequel

Chipboard:

Everyday Moments

Rock Wall Bits

Flowers:

Spring Lilies

Courtship Roses

Chesterville Blooms

Embossing powder:

Melon

Stamp:

Tattered Newsprint

January projects with Karine Gagnon

Hi there, Blue Fern Studios fans,

I'm so excited to be here today to share my first post on the blog. First, let me introduce myself.

I'm 36 years old, mother of two adorable children and partner to the love of my life for over 20 years now. I'm also a high school French teacher, here in the beautiful Quebec city where I live. I discovered scrapbooking about ten years ago now, when my boyfriend brought home a scrapbooking magazine telling me he thought about me when he saw it. If only he'd knew what kind of a monster he would create! I'm an addict since. Lately, I like all things mixed media and texture. I can't make a layout without altering the background. 

You can find me 

• on my blog: http://www.imageparimage.blogspot.com
• on Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/bizounour/
• on my Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/TiBiZoU1979

I'm so excited to be joining the Blue Fern Studios team and I hope that my projects will inspire you.

My first project was created using this month's sketch.

Moment

I was charmed by the vintage look of the Conservatory paper from the Sanctuary collection. I thought it was perfect for my little guy's picture with his «Frank Sinatra's hat». I used some light misting to add a bit of color, a stencil with a light touch of modeling paste and Postal Textures stamps with some Imagine Ink Oatmeal embossing powder to add a touch of texture in the background.

I chose flowers and embellishments to go under my picture. I used the Grid Pieces and I left them raw, because they are so beautiful. I used two cards from the Calling Cards paper (Sanctuary collection) to mat my picture. As for my title, I used the Moment word from the French Words set and I covered it with Imagine Ink Oatmeal embossing powder.

You can see the embossing powder on the background, on the picture above.

Blue Fern Studios products used:

Papers: Conservatory (Sanctuary collection) and Calling Cards (Sanctuary collection)

Chipboards: Grid Pieces, French Words

Stamps: Postal Textures

Embossing Powder: Imagine Ink Oatmeal Embossing Powder

Adore

My second layout features one of the new paper collection. I chose this beautiful pink pattern from the Celebration paper (Blush collection) to go with my daughter picture. I covered some of it with torn doilies.

Over that, I used some parts of the Marrakesh panel which I painted white with gesso.

I just love this panel! On my title piece, part of the «Adore, Love, Cherish» set, I used Imagine Ink Poinsettia embossing powder.

Blue Fern Studios products used:

Papers: Celebration (Blush collection), Valentine Cards (Blush collection) 

Chipboard: Marrakesh Panel, «Adore, Love, Cherish» set

Embossing powder: Imagine Ink Embossing Powder Poinsettia

Everyday Moment

My last project features probably my favorite paper ever! It is called Artistique, from the Timeless collection. I love the texture!

I used the Swirly Circle to ancre my composition. I left it raw, because I wanted a rustic more masculine look. I used Postal Textures stamps to add interest in my background.

As for a title, I chose the Everyday Moments piece and I covered it with Imagine Ink Ebony embossing powder.

Blue Fern Studios products used:

Papers: Artistique (Timeless collection), Calling Cards (Timeless collection)

Chipboard: Swirly Circle, Everyday moments

Embossing Powder: Imagine Ink Ebony embossing powder

Stamps: Postal Textures

I hope my projects inspired you.
Have a nice day.

É

Three layouts by Marie-Josee

Hello, Blue Fern Studios fans!

I am really happy to be back on the Blue Fern Studios for the third year. It will be very exciting with all the new products and paper collections!

My name is Marie-Josee, I am 40 years old and I live in Gatineau, Quebec, Canada, with my husband and my daughter. I have been scrapbooking since 2006. I love to create layouts, but I also create cards, mixed media projects and altered art.

You can see my work on my blog, Les créations de mariemily, or on my Facebook page, also called Les créations de mariemily.

I will now show you the three projects I created with three differents paper collections.

"Everyday Moments" layout

For this layout, I used the Déjà Vu paper collection.

I also used a piece of the Turkish Panel chipboard.

I altered it with Blue Fern Studios embossing powder (color Petal). I applied the embossing ink directly on the chipboard, and I sprinkled the powder here and there without covering the chipboard completely.

I did not alter the Everyday Moments chipboard because the color fitted with the rest of the layout.

"Always Remember" layout

For this layout, I used the Sanctuary paper collection.

I also used a piece of the Roman Clock Set - Large, the biggest one, as the focal point of my layout.

Here's how I altered it.

First, I added brown ink to the chipboard with the pad, leaving some bare spots here and there. Then, I added embossing ink randomly, only in some spots, and I used Blue Fern embossing powder (color Fern) to add touches of color here and there on the chipboard.

Then, I added gesso here and there with a dry brush.

I altered the title with a black ink pad, also leaving some bare spots. Then, using teal spray ink, I added more color to the chipboard.

Circles layout

For this layout, I used a paper from the Ombré Dreams collection and the Jumbo Rings panel. I put the panel on my paper and used a pencil to draw the inside of the circles. Then, I set aside the paper.

I primed the chipboard with gesso, and while it was still wet, I sprayed green ink on it.

While it was drying, I stamped the inside of the circles with the Blue Fern Studios round stamps. Then, I glued my chipboard to the paper and added more spray ink.

Here are some details!

Thanks for looking, and have a great week!

Marie-Josee

Vintage Christmas Collection - winter feeling

Hi, so nice you found the time to visit the blog in the busy Christmas weeks.

Not everybody on this world celebrates Christmas .

Today I want to show you that the beautiful Vintage Christmas collection can also be used on other themed layouts . 

The first one is a mixed media page on my favorite paper from the collection.

                               The background is gessod and for the color I used alcohol inks.
               The title piece xoxo was painted white and I added some fairydust when it was still wet.
                       It gives a beautiful glitsery shine, which is hard to see in the picture.

I cut a Brick Ring in two and colored it with two colors ink.

The background stamps come from my favorit stamps out of the collection 

 textures

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My next layout is made after the beautiful sketch for this month challenge.

For me,  this picture shows the line between fall and winter.

I wanted to mirror the picture in my background.

There is a lot of stamping going on .

The chipboard grid piece was perfect to tuck under my photo cluster.

It holds the natural feeling I like .

The titel piece is embossed in dark brown.

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Thanks for visiting the blog and Merry Christmas to all of you.

x Wilma x

Mixed media layouts by Zanka

Today I have two projects to show for you, created with BFS Ombre Dreams. This collection has a delicate mixed media feel and whether you just leave it there or add more -like I did here- to enhance this effect, I'm sure you will be delighted with the result!

'Everyday Moments'

The chipboards are primed with clear gesso and painted with different colours of paints. In the background I used the same primer, adding watercolours randomly and finishing it off with the stencil.
Chipboards used:Organic coins, Everyday Moments, Layering Stems
Stamps:Forever, Halftone

' A Beautiful Life'

In this layout I used the same techniques, but different colours. The focus point is enhanced with a layered composition of chipboards, which makes the photo really pop out.
Chipboards used: Spring Branch, Deja Vu border, Grid pieces.
Stamps: Vintage Edges

These are my last 2 layouts in July and for a while I will not be sharing new works here...I have to temporarily step down from my DT tasks due to personal reasons but I hope to see you again in a few months.
Lots of love!
Zaneta aka Zanka

Three layouts by Marie-Josée

Hello all,

It's July already, school's out and summer is finally here! I am now having some well-deserved time off and I am really happy to have more time to devote to scrapbooking. Here are my latest layouts with Blue Fern Studios products!

"Everyday Moment" layout

For this layout, I used a panel, Printer's Drawer. I glued it to a 12" x 12" piece of chipboard and I applied white gesso all over.

Then, I altered it with various mists and Gelatos.

I used the Everyday Moments chipboard as my title. I altered it with black embossing powder.

I also used various stamps and black ink to add different pattern.

"Fabulous" layout

For this layout, I used a paper from the Sanctuary collection as my background.

I used the word "Fabulous" from the Arrow Words set as my title. I altered it with black embossing powder.

I cut two different pieces of the Graduated Circles set. I cut them to be able to use only a part of each piece on the right side of my layout. I altered the chipboard with gesso, mists and Gelatos.

"Capture the Moment" layout

For this layout, I used a paper from the Ombre Dreams collection as my background.

I also used two pieces of chipboard from two different sets, Grid Pieces and Captured Words.

I altered both pieces with white embossing powder.