Homespun Family Recipe Box

Hello Blue Fern Studios Crafters, it's Aida from  @aidaville . Do you have favorite family recipes that everyone loves ? Keeping recipes and the stories about them is a wonderful way to remember and continue your family history. I've made a Recipe Box with decorated separators to help you organise the different recipes. The Homespun Collection is just perfect in soft shades of pinks, yellows and greens.

These are the Blue Fern Studios products I used :

Homespun Paper Collection and Printed Chipboard.

Others : Heavy weight white cardstock  |  Pale Green Glitter Cardstock | Buttons

The front of the box measures 6 inches (top and bottom) and 71/2 inches at the sides. This gave enough room to use the lovely chipboard shapes from the Printed Chipboard sheet. The word "Recipe" is die-cut from glitter cardstock.

Below are the closer photos of the Box.

The recipe separators are easily made from heavy cardstock and decorated with patterned papers and die-cut words. Each piece measures 4 1/2 inches at the top and 8 inches tall.

The tabs are circle punch outs with leftover papers.

Keeping family history alive is so important and using food to tell our stories is a great way to connect. I hope this post will start your own creative ideas on how to stow your favourite recipes.

Thank you for coming by today, have a good week ahead !

Aida Haron  @aidaville

Sharon's August Layouts!

Hi everyone!  Welcome August!

Today is the day I have been looking forward to all month.  It's the time I get to share 3 new layouts with all of you!  My pages for the month of August all have a family theme  - I want to honor and preserve my family photos and share with you how wonderful (and easy!) it is to make layouts that mean something to you!

So without further ado, here they are:

Layout #1:  Life is Full of Surprises

I used a photo that I took of my daughter, Anne, in 2012.  She loves to ride her bike,  and on this particular afternoon, she got on her bike while she was still in her dress that the wore to church.  I have hidden journaling about this tucked under the photo.

For this layout, I used the gorgeous "Tattered Walls" collection.  I really love all of the beautiful paper in this collection.  This particular paper is entitled "The Sun Room."  

Here is a close up:

As you can see, I stamped and embossed directly on the edges of my page to bring your eye directly to the photo.  I also embossed my chipboard with Buttercup embossing powder.  You have to try Blue Fern Studios' embossing powder - it is a dream to use!!!

Here is another view:

Blue Fern Product List:

Paper: Tattered Walls "The Sun Room" 

Chipboard: Persian Ornament,  Blooming Curls, "Life is full of Surprises"

Stamp:  Grungy Grid

Embossing Powder: Buttercup, Celestial

Flowers: Wanderlust Vine, Fresh Florals

Seedlings: Lemonade

Glitter: Army Dust

Lace:  Lace 3B, Lace 10

Ephemera: Tattered Walls

Layout #2:  Fabulous

Here, I used a photo of my niece, Sarah, age 3, and my daughter Katie, age 8, taken for Mother's Day in 1997.  

This time, I used the beautiful and versatile "In the Mood" collection.  I love how the pinks and reds of the paper go perfectly with the pinks of Sarah's and Katie's dresses.  

To give you a better look, here is a close up:

And a different angel:

Blue Fern Product List:

Paper: In the Mood "Amused" and "Peaceful"

Chipboard: In the Mood printed chipboard, Opulence, Elegant Flourish, "Fabulous"

Embossing Powder: True Red, Black Sand

Flowers: Garden Blooms, Summer Blooms

Seedlings: Flaming

Glitter: Gilded Rose, Soot

Lace: Lace 1, Lace 10, Lace 12

Layout #3:  Our Family

This layout features the very gorgeous Tattered Walls collection.  The paper is entitled "The Carport."  (I have said this before, but I really love how each of these papers are named after a room!)  

For this layout, I featured photos of our immediate family that were taken for our Christmas photo this past year.  I especially loved using the small chipboard frames embossed in gold and the gold Lace 9C to emphasize and clearly define them.

Here are some close ups:

I stamped and embossed the edges of my paper with the "Night Sky" embossing powder.   I also embossed the chipboard "solar dangles" with Night Sky EP.  This EP is spectacular and goes perfectly with this patterned paper.

And a different view:

Blue Fern Product List:

Paper: Tattered Walls "The Carport" 

Chipboard: Briella's Mini Frames, Classic Mini Frames, Solar Dangles, A Spring Day, "Family"

Stamp: Distressed Titles

Embossing Powder: Night Sky, Goldenrod

Flowers: Remnants Blooms, Moody Florals

Seedlings: Pink Topaz

Glitter: Boysenberry

Lace: Lace 6, Lace 9C

Ephemera: Tattered Walls

It has been a pleasure sharing my August pages with you!  I love making layouts when I have Blue Fern products at my fingertips.  I hope you get a chance to make some scrapbook pages this month.  Happy Scrapping!

See you next month . . .

June "Tattered Walls" Pages by Sharon!

Hi everyone!  I am thrilled to be here today sharing three new scrapbook pages that I made using the gorgeous "Tattered Walls" paper collection:

To me, this is a "must-have" collection for any scrapbooker.  It is so versatile and each and every page is absolutely beautiful.  So without further ado, here are my layouts . . .

Layout #1:  Family

I decided to use the cool "Powder Room" paper:

One of my favorite parts of making this page was using the "Stone Cottage" chipboard piece.

  I decorated it with Taupe and Blue Sky embossing powder

And I did the same with the Chipboard "Family" word, too.

Here's a different view:

I especially liked scrapping a treasured family photo of the four of us using this beautiful collection.  

Blue Fern Product List:

Paper: Tattered Walls "the Powder Room"

Chipboard: Stone Cottage, "Family"

Embossing Powder: Taupe, Sky Blue

Flowers: Spring Blooms, Wanderlust Lilies

Seedlings: Aquamarine

Lace:  Lace 1, Lace 2, Lace 10

Ephemera:  Tattered Walls

Layout #2:  Sweet Memories

I came across some old photos from my wedding day, and just had to scrap this one!

I used the stunning "Maid's Rom" paper:

Here is a close up so that you can get a better look:

The "Glam Frame" and "Memories" chipboard pieces worked well here.  And the taupe embossing powder is a dream to work with!

Also, I stamped the musical notes and embossed directly on my page using the 

"For the Birds" stamp set:

Blue Fern Product List:

Paper: Tattered Walls "the Maids Room"

Chipboard: Glam Frame, "Memories"

Embossing Powder: Taupe

Stamp: For the Birds

Glitter: Pink Carnation

Flowers: Garden Blooms, Spring Blooms

Seedlings: Red Grape

Lace:  Lace 3, Lace 10, Lace 12

Ephemera:  Tattered Walls

Layout #3:  Our Story

I used the other side of "the Maid's Room" paper because it resembled a book and went perfectly with my "Our Story" theme, which is based on my daughter's love for each other.

The centerpiece of this page is this beautiful "Fancy Love" stamp set:

I embossed directly on my page, and stamped over the embossing in black to bring out "Love One Another" better:

And here is a different view:

Blue Fern Product List:

Paper: Tattered Walls "Apartment B" and "the Maid's Room"

Chipboard: Embellished Frame, "Our Story"

Embossing Powder: Ivory

Stamp: Fancy Love, Home Accents

Glitter: Gilded Rose

Flowers: Remnants Blooms

Lace:  Ivory Braided Trim, Lace 12

Ephemera: Tattered walls

I want to take a minute to thank you for stopping by the BFS blog today! I also want to let you know how easy and fun it is to create beautiful scrapbook pages when you have the right supplies that add so much to your layouts.  Please take a moment to check out the BFS retail store.  

I can't wait to share more with you next month. 

Happy Scrapping! ♥

June Inspiration by Debbie Burns

Hi everyone!  Debbie here with today to share my June projects using the new Tattered Walls collection.  Truly a beautiful collection perfect for your everyday and vintage pictures.  

"Family"

I used the Powder Room paper for my background and pieces from the Ephemera  pack to mat the photo of my mom and her brother.  I applied some light misting of blue along with some splatters of black.  I love the randomness of the print on the paper.  

Lots of beautiful flowers including the new Spring Blooms, Chesterville Blooms  and Memories Blooms. Love the subtle touch of purple on the new Spring Blooms.

Lots of new chipboard pieces with the new collection.  Here I've used the Briella's Mini Frames and Elegant Flourish.  Both were embossed with Black Sand embossing powder.

The chipboard title was embossed with a mixture of Black Sand and Azul embossing powders.  I applied some art stones along with Aquamarine Seedlings.

Blue Fern Studios Products Used:

Paper

The Powder Room

Embellishments

Ephemera Pack

Chipboard
Family
Briella's Mini Frames
Elegant Flourish

Flowers

Spring Blooms,
Chesterville Blooms

Memories  Blooms

Embossing Powder

Black Sand
Azul

Seedling
Aquamarine

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"Our Story"

I used Suite 204  paper for my background.   I used The Maids Room and The Garage (side B) to build up layers under the photo.  

I embossed the title with Mushroom Embossing Power.  Lavender, Maroon and Gold Nugget Seedlings are used  in various places throughout the layout.

Here I've used a piece from the Ephemera Pack along with more Seedlings.

More from the Ephemera pack, the word Smile.  To the right of Smile is a white flower from the Spring Blooms.  I also used flowers from Chesterville Blooms and Wanderlust Lilies. Chipboard pieces on both sides of the photo were embossed with Mushroom

Blue Fern Studios Products Used:

Paper

Suite 204

The Maids Room

The Garage

Embellishments

Ephemera Pack

Chipboard
Our Story

Flowers

Spring Blooms
Wanderlust Lilies
Heartland Blooms
Summer Blooms

Embossing Powder

Mushroom

Seedlings

Lavender
Maroon

Gold Nugget

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"Love This Moment"

 I used Apartment B paper for the background.  I built up layers under the photo using Garage (side B) and The Maids Room  and pieces from the Ephemera Pack.    I placed chipboard under and around my photo using A Spring Day and Glam Frame.  I felt that the raw chipboard complemented the background paper.  On each side of the photo I used a doily die cut and the Sun Room paper.  Tiny leaves were cut from the Library paper.

Tucked within the flowers from the Summer Blooms is the word Joy from the Ephemera pack.

I cut the title into two pieces and left it untreated.   More flowers from the Summer Blooms, Moody Blooms and Fresh Florals.

Here you can see part of the untreated Glam Frame and A Spring Day Chipboard.

Blue Fern Studios Products Used:

Paper

Apartment B

The Garage

The Maids Room

The Sun Room
The Library

Embellishments

Ephemera Pack

Chipboard:
Love This Moment
Glam Frame
A Spring Day

Flowers

Summer Blooms

Moody Blooms
Chesterville Blooms
Fresh Florals

Embossing Powder

Taupe

Azure

I  hope I have inspired you today.

Thanks for stopping by!
I'll see you next month!

. . . Debbie

Pregnancy photoshot layouts by Marie-Eve Bernard

Hello,

Today, I have 3 layouts with pictures from my pregnancy photoshop.  I was 35 weeks pregnant at the time and very excited about the arrival of a baby boy in our family (after two wonderful princesses, we were so happy to finally have a boy!). Léo arrived at the end of June and we are so happy to cherish this third treasure.  Be sure you will see some baby picture from me soon!

Anticipation:

For this layout, I use the gorgeous Timeless collection.

I cover the Corner flourishes with gesso and then paint it with a shiny red paint.  My title, family chipboard, was done almost the same, but use spray instead of paint.

In my flowers arrangement, I use the Attic Cham glitter roses and some Courtship blooms.  I match these with flowers from my stash. 

List of Blue Fern Studios supplies:

Papers:

Timeless Collection, Adobe

Timeless Collection, Artistique

Timeless Collection, Couture

Chipboards:

Serendipity words 1

Corner Flourishes

Stamps:

Arcadia Texture

Garden Frolic

Flowers:

Attic Cham glitter roses

Courtship Blooms

Family:

This time, I had fun with the Tranquility collection.

I leaved the Chicken wire panel and my title unaltered. I fit my layout perfectly this way.

On the butterflies, I apply gesso and before it was dry, I sprinkle some Imagine Ink Seven Seas and Breeze Embossing Powder. 

List of Blue Fern Studios supplies:

Papers:

Tranquility collection, Jubilation

Tranquility collection, Peaceful

Tranquility collection, Patience

Chipboards:

Chicken Wire Panel

Magical Monarchs

Family

Imagine Ink Embossing powders:

Seven Seas

Breeze

Flowers:

Attic Charm Flowers

Tranquil blooms

Tranquil roses and lilies

Patience:

For the third layout, I use the Tranquility collection again.  This collection is so stunning!

I cut the Ring panel into pieces and leave it unaltered.  I like that look with this paper collection. 

I embellish the layout with the Blue Fern Studios Flowers.  My title was emboss with the Imagine Ink Honey Embossing Powder two times.

On my background, I apply randomly white gesso. Then I stamp with the Journey and the Forever Stamp Set with yellow permanent ink.  Finally, I use some inks to do splatters.

List of Blue Fern Studios supplies:

Papers:

Tranquility Collection, Contentment

Chipboards:

Rings panel

Blissful, Jubilation, Patience

Stamps:

Journey

Forever

Imagine Ink Embossing Powder:

Honey

Flowers:

Attic Charm Daisies

Attic Charm glitter roses

Courtship blooms

Hope to have Inspired you with those layouts! Have a nice day!

Marie-Eve