November inspiration and Video tutorial by Vera Shelemekh

Hello Blue Fern Studios fans!
Vera Shelemekh is here all over in tinsel and glitter  Why? Just because Christmas is coming. And I don't know a scrapbooker who didn't pile the crafty space with Christmas paper and embelishments.
I did! And today I'll show you two Christmas layouts + a video tutorial with the amazing Vintage Christmas collection.

The fist layout is about my son and snowy Christmas eve. The picture was taken last year. Colors fit the Vintage Christmas collection perfectly. I used Let it snow paper as background.

 

Winter trees chipboards are covered with green acrylic paint and Blue Fern Studios Avocado Embossing powder

 

 

I also included deer in the composition. It's covered with Icicle Embossing powder.

Have you seen the new fantastic Vintage Christmas printed Chipboards? I've used the piece with the house.

The leaves die cuts are made of Vintage Christmas 2 - Twas the Night. And I laso cut some flowers from Holiday cards and Vintage Christmas - Deck the Halls

 Please, enjoy my video tutorial from which you will learn how this layout is made.

Blue Fern Studios products used:

Papers:

Vintage Christmas 2 - Let it snow

Vintage Christmas 2 - Twas the Night

Vintage Christmas 2 - Holiday cards

Vintage Christmas - Deck and Halls 

Vintage Christmas 2 - Jolly

Chipboards:

Vintage Christmas printed chipboard

Winter trees

Winter deer

  Cozy Christmas

Embossing powder:

 Icicle
Avocado

Seedlings: 

Seedlings - Flaming

  Seedlings - Fir Tree

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And one more Christmas layout about our family tradition to gather in my Father's in law place and have fun sledging and playing snowballs. Hopefully snow falls soon))

There is another family tradition to hide presents under Christmas trees and in piles of snow and search them at night)) So we pretend Santa is nearby)

For the background I used Vintage Christmas 2 - Tree Trimmings.

Framed winterwords are used as Title. All the chipboards in this layout are covered with Icicle Embossing Power.

 

Santa is cut from  Vintage Christmas 2 - Jolly

I love how the Tweet friends chipboard looks in the sceene.

I embelished the layout with a cup from cozy Christmas set and pieces of Lace 6.

 

Blue Fern Studios products used:

Papers:

Vintage Christmas 2 - Tree Trimmings.

Vintage Christmas 2 - Twas the Night

Vintage Christmas 2 - Holiday cards

Vintage Christmas 2 - Jolly

Chipboards:

  Cozy Christmas

Tweet friends

Framed winter words

Embossing powder:

 Icicle

Stamps:

Gift Tag Kit

Lace:

Lace 6

Thank you for stoppong by. Enjoy your Christmas preparation, the time will pass very quickly, and see you in December *)

October inspiration by Vera Shelemekh

Hello Blue Fern Studios fans,
Vera Shelemekh is here with some fresh inspiration. When I received the Homespun collection I just put away everything and started to create. I made a layout and a cookbook for homemade receipes to share with you this month ) This collection is so heartwarming and so cute that it became one of my fav Blue Fern collections.
But first, you know. winter is almost here and I'd like to create some wintery mood here on blog and only then warm you with something cosy )
So here it is

 I used Vintage Christmas - Auld Lang Syne as background together with flowers cut from Vintage Christmas - Deck the Halls paper.
There is a lot of wonderful Blue Fern Studios chipboards on this page:  Swirl ornaments covered with fire engine glitter and glistening sand embossing powder.
Berry stems are covered with Icicle Embossing powder.

 I also separeated some  framed winter words from the frame and covered the letters with glistening sand embossing powder.

  The tree itself is cut from the remnants of Vintage Christmas - Deck the Halls paper and painted with brown acrylic paint and Taupe embossing powder.

Blue Fern Studios products used:

Papers:

Vintage Christmas - Auld Lang Syne

 Vintage Christmas - Deck the Halls
Vintage Christmas 2 - Twas the Night

Chipboards:

Swirl ornaments

Berry stems

Framed Winter Words

 

Embossing powder:

 Taupe

Icicle

Glistening Sand

Glitter:
Fire engine

Stamps:
 Gift Tag Kit

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And now let me warm you with cosy Homespun.

The layout is about my son's hospitality. The picture was taken durung Russian pancake week several years ago. I'm so happy I could find the best decoration for it. Homespun - Homemade as background and embelishments taken from Homespun printed chipboard and cut from Homespun - Picturesque and Homespun - Homespun Minis paper sheets.

 I covered the Cute kitchen set with Antique gold Embossing powder, added Lace 4 and some Mauve seedlings here and there

I love how the Sweet titles Stamp look like in the composition. I used two of them.

 I've framed this layout and I'm going to hang it on the wall in our kitchen. So sweet it is!

Blue Fern Studios products used:

Papers:

Homespun - Homemade

Homespun - Picturesque

Homespun - Homespun Minis

Chipboards:

Cute kitchen set

Homespun Printed chipboards

 

Embossing powder:

 Antique gold

Seedlings:

Mauve

Stamps:

Sweet titles

Essential textures

Lace:

Lace 4

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And now my traditional off the page project. The cook book with Homespun printed chipboards, bits from the Cute kitchen set, Lace 6 and an Apricot Bloom on the cover.

 

The chipboards are coverd with Icicle and  Iridescent grey Embossing powders.

  There are four tabs made of Homespun - Tea Time and Homespun - Hospitality papers inside the book

 I decorated each tab with  chipboard from the Cute kitchen set, some pieces cut from Lace 6 and titels stamped with Homespun Spots.

Blue Fern Studios products used:

Papers:

Homespun - Tea time

Homespun - Hospitality

Homespun -Crafty

Chipboards:

Cute kitchen set

Homespun Printed chipboards

 

Embossing powder:

 Icicle
Iridescent grey

Stamps:

Homespun Spots

Lace:

Lace 6

 

Flowers:
Apricot blooms

I hope you enjoyed my projects and found something inspirational in each of them. Have a nice crafty month and see you in November *)

Christmas inspiration by Karolina

I defenitely prefer to say "hello" than "goodbye", but it's time to move on. It's my last post on BFS blog, but I'm sure it's not my last projects with BFS products!  I'm really thankful for the opportunity to be a part of this amazing DT. Thank you girls for everything! You are totally unique!

Today I would like to show you my 2 projects (one of them with mini tutorial) with gorgeous Vintage Christmas collections.

Calm

Let's start from the layout. What I love most in these collections is their versatility. You can prepare very traditional project with these papers as also more delicate and sweet, like my layout. When I look at this page I thinking about peppermint candies and candy canes, but also about something warm and cozy. I really like a combo of colours. 

Papers: Vintage Christmas 2 - Holiday Treats, Let it snow, Jolly, 'Twas the night;  Vintage Christmas - Greeting Cards, 

Embossing powder: Snow

Glitter: vintage gold

Chipboard: Serenity, Calm, Hushed, Seeing Stars

Magic and Wonder

My second project it's a Christmas canvas.  I prepared a little photo-tutorial for you.

I started from cover my canvas using old book pages. I'm pretty sure I said it few times, but I really love this effect. 

Next I cut some holly leaves and branches to make a wreath. I also cut a hoop from the common cardboard with scissors to have a shape of my wreath. It doesn't have to be perfect. it's only the skeleton of our construction and it will be unvisible. Then we can start to build our wreath.

We also need  two stripes of paper. We can make it look older using blending tool and the paper knife. We can also use stencil and modeling paste to make our background more interesting.

Next we need to prepare our chipboards. I have used copper and ginger embossing powders to colour them and I put gold glitter on a frame. Then I used a cardboard to make a distance between layers. 

And that's all! Now we need put everything together and add some extra embellishments. I made a snow paste with modeling paste, powder and gel medium.

And here is a result:

Papers: Vintage Christmas 2 - Greeting Cards, 'Twas the night;  Vintage Christmas - Magical, Deck the Halls

Embossing powder: Copper, Ginger

Glitter: vintage gold

Chipboard: Framed Winter Words, Winter Deer, Seaside Lanterns

So that's all. I wish you a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! :)

Bente's December farewell

Hi there friends.

Today is my last post here on the Blue Fern Studios blog, but it's definitely not the last 

time you'll see me creating with these gorgeous products. 

So we won't say Goodbye but instead Au Revoir. :-)

Today I have a  couple of pages and some cards to share .

For my first page I picked one of the pretty new papers from the  Vintage Christmas collection.

I also have some close ups of the details:

I used the Petal embossing enamel to treat my chipboards. That gorgeous round piece is called Twilight Garden Frame. I gave the Shabby snowflake (part of a set) the same treatment. 

I love the look of those tiny half pearls that I added to it!

On my background I used the Winter Mint and Cotton Candy Imagine Ink mists. I also used gesso and microbeads as well as a few paints.

For a title I used one of the designs on the Christmas cards sheet together with the word Christmas from one of the bottom strips.

I love the look of the strict stripes with the soft colourful blooms.

On my next page you'll see a familiar face :-)  

(Yup that's me  in one of the rare photos of me that I like. :-D, I know I've scrapped it a couple
 of times already LOL)

I used the Juliannas Dream paper from the magical Ombre Dreams collection. 

Such a beautiful and feminine collection, and so versatile too! I always love the combination of yellow with purple. I can't say why I love it so, except I find it sooo,sooo pretty!

And even here I have close ups to share:

I painted most of my chipboard pieces purple and gave them a lick of gesso on top to make them a bit more shabby.The Chained Bits look great here down the side of my photo. They are a good background for layering any kind of embellishment.

The Timeless Floral corner adds so much to a page. It's so great because you can turn it
any way you want so it will work in any corner 

I wanted a title thet was not too overpowering so I went with a single chipboard word that I painted and clear embossed. 

I added a some punched and die cut greenery as well.

And to round things off I have a couple of simple Christmas cards that I'd like to share with you.

The first one I made with one of the cards from the Christmas card sheet and added the bottom strip from a sheet down the sides. I used the Petal embossingpowder again.
The Framed Winter words are perfect for a card front.

On my second card you can see that even other non-christmassy collections can be used for seasonal cards. My background here is from the Montage collection, but the top sentiment is from the
Vintage Christmas collection of course. I added some bits from the Chain link 
chipboard panel that I painted a dark red. I used a little of the Cotton Candy Imagine Ink
on the background and  a stencil on top.

That was all from me! I want to a big THANK YOU to Leslie and Valerie for having me.
It's been a pleasure!!

I hope you all have a wonderful peaceful Christmas time wether you celebrate or not.
Merry Christmas and Peace on Earth!