Flower seed pockets with Garden Life papers

Hello and happy Saturday. Do you have a family member or friend that loves gardening?

Today I'm sharing a fun little project that could be used as a gift to that person.

I made these three seed pockets.

The pockets are criss cross cards. 

I used the Garden Life paper collection to make the pockets and inserts.

This collection is perfect for this occasion.

I also made 3 inserts, you can use these to write a little message on. 

They have a little tab on the top.

There's still room left for the seed packets.

I embellished the front of the pockets with die cuts and 

cut outs from the patterned papers.

Thanks for visiting the Blue Fern Studios blog.

Hugs, Henriëtte.

August Inspiration with Debbie Burns

Hi everyone!  Debbie here with you today to share my August projects.  I've used a couple different collections this month.    Let's start with the newer of the collections, Tattered Walls.   

"Adore"

I used The Garage (Side B) for the background, and applied various distress inks, paint splatters and a variety of Blue Fern Stamps, Floral Grunge, Remnants Collage and Texture Circles.

I placed pieces from Lace 4 around my page.  The lace was inked with a antique distress color.     A sprinkling of Red Grape and Wintergreen Seedlings were applied to the lace.  I  used the following flowers, Summer Blooms, Courtship Roses (which I sprayed with brown mist) and Harvest Lilies.  I added Rose Gold Glitter to the edges and centers of the flowers.

The title was embossed with a mixture of Mushroom and Antique Gold Embossing Powders.

Lots of layering under the photo using the Carolina Room and The Maids Room.  I placed Garden Lattice chipboard pieces on both sides of the photo, embossed with Mushroom and Antique Gold Embossing Powders.

Blue Fern Studios Products:
Paper:  Tattered Walls
The Garage (Side B), The Carolina Room, The Maids Room

Chipboard
Adore, Garden Lattice Bits

Flowers
Summer Blooms, Courtship Roses, Harvest Lilies

Embossing Powder
Mushroom, Antique Gold

Seedlings
Red Grape, Wintergreen

Lace
Lace 4

Glitter
Rose Gold

Stamps
Floral Grunge
Remnants Collage
Texture Circles

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"Every Moment Matters"

This layout features papers from the Tranquility and Tattered Walls collections.  I used Peaceful from the Tranquility collection for the background.  I applied some amber and marmalade inks on the background and lots stamping using the Tattered Newsprint and Remnants Collage stamps.

Beneath the photo I used the Trailing Scrolls chipboard.  I stained it dark brown and added some Tangerine Embossing Powder.  Beneath the photo I added layers using The Reading Room (side B) from Tattered Walls along with some pieces from the Ephemera pack.

The title is printed chipboard from the Remnants collection.

Here I used the  Wheat Stalk chipboard piece, which I stained brown and added Tangerine Embossing Powder.

Lots of beautiful flowers including Tranquil Blooms and Memories Blooms.  Some of the centers of the flowers are covered with Sailors Delight Glitter.  I used Twig, Paprika and Harvest Seedlings.

Blue Fern Studios Products:
Paper:  Tranquility
Peaceful
Paper:  Tattered Walls
The Reading Room (Side B)

Chipboard
Trailing Scrolls, Wheat Stalks
Printed Chipboard - Remnants

Flowers
Tranquil Blooms, Memories Blooms

Ephemera
Tatter Walls

Glitter
Sailors Delight

Seedlings
Twig, Paprika, Harvest

Embossing Powder
Tangerine

Stamps
Tattered Newsprint, Remnants Collage

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"Be Yourself"

My Third layout features the Garden Life collection.  I applied some inking on the background along with some masking. The background paper is Wallflowers (Side B). Lots of layering and fussy cut flowers under the photo from In Bloom, Calling Cards and Flower Bed papers.

I used a Flourish Ornaments here.  I cut the border off of it.  I embossed it with Snow Embossing powder and applied some ink.  A sprinkling of Tickled Seedlings were placed around the layout.  I used Fresh Florals, Apricot Blooms and Summer Blooms.

On each side of the photo I used the Heidi's Emblem Chipboard, embossed with Snow embossing Power and lightly inked.  Beneath the photo I used Stencil Tag 1.

Lots of beautiful flowers!

Blue Fern Studios Products:
Paper:  Garden Life
Wall flowers (Side B), In Bloom, Calling Cards, Flower Bed

Chipboard
Heidi's emblem, Flourish Ornaments, Stencil Tag 1

Flowers
Fresh Florals, Apricot Blooms, Summer Blooms

Embossing Powder
Snow

Seedlings
Tickled

I hope I've inspired you!
I'll see you next month.
. . . Debbie

May Inspiration by Debbie Burns

Hi everyone!  Debbie here with today to share my May projects.  I have three layouts using various Blue Fern Studios papers and products.

"Delightful"

I used three paper collections when creating this layout, Happy Accident, Garden Life and Heartland.  The background paper Fortuity is from Happy Accident.  I did some light masking and misting on the background.  I built up layers under the photo using additional papers from Happy Accident, Fluke, Lucky, Quirk and Windfall.  I did a lot of fussy cutting from In Bloom and Wallflower from Garden Life, and Bicycle for two and Love Song Serenade from Heartland.

Lots of beautiful flowers including Chesterville Florals, Apricot Blooms, Attic Charm Daisies and Moody Blooms.  I embossed the chipboard piece under the photo with my favorite Blue Fern Embossing Powder, Ivory and used a mixture of Sage, Green Ivory and Ivory on the leaves.

More layering under the photo with flowers cut from Garden Life and Heartland papers.

The chipboard title was covered with some pink spray and ink.  To the left of the title you can see more flowers that I fussy cut.

Blue Fern Studios Products Used:

Paper:  Happy Accident

Fortuity, Flike, Lucky,

Quirk and Windfall

Paper:  Garden Life

In Bloom, Wallflowers

Paper:  Heartland

Bicycle for Two, Love Song Serenade

Flowers

Chesterville Florals, Apricot Blooms,

Attic Charm Daisies, Moody Blooms

Embossing Powder

Ivory, Sage, Green Ivory

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My next two layouts feature papers from the Wanderlust collection.

"Capture The Moment"

I used the Ocean Voyage paper for my background.   I used Calling Cards and Souvenir to build up layers under the photo of my mom and her family out on the lake.  I stamped with Tattered Newsprint, Grungy Grid and Forever stamps.  I applied some light brown misting.  

In this picture as well as the one below you can see the Wanderlust Lilies.  I applied some Twig and Gold Nugget Seedlings to the lilies as well as the background.

The chipboard pieces on each side of the photo were embossed with Taupe powder.

The title was also embossed with Taupe Embossing Powder.

Blue Fern Studios Products Used:

Paper:  Wanderlust

Ocean Voyage

Calling Cards

Souvenir

Flowers

Wanderlust Lilies

Embossing Powder

Taupe

Seedlings

Twig

Gold Nugget

Stamps

Tattered Newsprint

Grungy Grid

Forever

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"Destination Unknown"

 I used side B from the Memento paper for the background.  I applied some misting and stamping with the Tattered Newsprint stamp.   Next I used stencils and applied some soft mat gel and embossed with Taupe and Azure embossing powders.  I built up layers under the photo using Wanderlust Petites, Souvenir and Calling Cards.  This lovely lady was my grandmother.  

I altered the Wanderlust Lilies with some white gold paste and a light misting.   I misted  the Heartland Blossom with a touch of gold.

I applied some Gold Nugget and Twig Seedlings to the flowers and background.

Under the photo I used a piece from the Wanderlust Printed Chipboard.

The title came from the Calling Cards paper.

Blue Fern Studios Products Used:

Paper:  Wanderlust

Memento

Calling Cards

Souvenir

Wanderlust Petites

Chipboard:
Wanderlust Printed Chipboard

Flowers

Wanderlust Lilies

Heartland Blossoms

Embossing Powder

Taupe

Azure

Seedlings

Twig

Gold Nugget

Stamps

Tattered Newsprint

I  hope I have inspired you today.

Thanks for stopping by and I'll see you in June!

. . . Debbie

April Inspiration - Joanne Bain

Hi Everyone!!

Joanne here with you today to share a couple of layouts and a tutorial using gorgeous Blue Fern products.

For my first layout I mixed and matched collections. I have used papers from Amber & Apricot, Wanderlust and Seaside Cottage. I amazes me how beautifully the collections mix and match.

'My Loves'

So for this page was created with lots of fussy cut images from the different papers to create the dimensional cluster. The birds, brown leaves and yellow roses were cut from Birdsong and Sunny Deposition papers from the Amber And Apricot collection.

To get the fussy cut rose to blend into the paper I used the Penned Flourishes stamp and stamped a little more over the papers edge with black ink. It helped to blend it in perfectly.

In between each layer I added folded flowers and shredded cheesecloth to add extra interest and texture.

The frame around the top of my photo was cut from the In the Mood chipboard sheet and covered with some of the Seaside Cottage Mermaid patterned paper.

Blue Fern Studio

Materials List

Papers

Amber And Apricot

Birdsong Pattern Paper

Sunny Deposition Pattern Paper

Wanderlust

Mountain View Pattern Paper

Seaside Cottage

Mermaid Pattern Paper

Chipboard

In The Mood Chipboard Sheet

Seedlings

Twig

Embossing Powder

Dark Chocolate

Stamp

Penned Flourish

For my second layout I chose to go back to a favourite of mine white background. I chose to add fussy cut layers and add some of the Blue Fern mixed media ingredients. I have also created a step by step tutorail so maybe you can try your own or put your own spin on it.

'My Inspiration'

To create the main cluster I started by fussy cutting the flourishes from the Garden Life Morning Dew patterned paper.

In between each of the fussy cut layers I added a mixture of flowers and frayed cheesecloth. The background was created with a mixture of mica powders and paints. As I like my clusters to be tight I only allowed a little of the colour to show from behind.

In the background I also added Blue Fern seedlings and glitters. The main flower is one of the gorgeous white roses from the Garden Blooms set which was recoloured to coordinate with layout.

For the title I cut down the Blue Fern You Are My Inspiration chipboard title to just my inspiration bcause that is what my children are. All chipboard was left entirely raw.

And here is my tutorial, I hope you enjoy it.

Check out How to Create a Layout by Joanne Bain by Joanne Bain on Snapguide.

Blue Fern Studios

Materials List

Papers

Garden Life

Morning Dew

Chipboard

You Are My Inspiration Title

Flowers

Garden Blooms

Seedlings

Stirling Silver

Glass

Stamp

Penned Flouish

Glitter

Blue Ice

Black Ice

I hope I have inspired you this month.

Joanne

xx

April inspirations by Jennifer Jacques

Hello all Blue Fern Fans,

It's my turn again here on the blog, with my April inspirations.
 I chose to work with three different collections this time.

First of all, a layout with a 2018 collection, Remnants.

Beaumont (b-side) paper was used as my background paper.  You can see it on the left.  On the right, this is Devonshire that I've used.  As I layered that particular part on a scrap of cardstock, I can tuck some Lace 4 pieces under it to add some details between the two papers.  You can also see the beautiful Blacksand embossing powder on my fairy chippie.

Finally, look at those beautiful BFS flowers 💕

The two white ones with the pearl inside are from Remnants Florals and 

the yellow one, above my picture, is in the Fresh Florals set. 

I added some flairs and some diecuts leaves with the flowers and that was it for that layout!

Blue Fern Studios products used in this layout

Papers: Collection  Remnants

-Beaumont (b-side)

-Devonshire

Embossing Powder: Blacksand

Lace: no 4

Flowers: Remnants florals and Fresh florals

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For my second layout, Garden life was the collection that have inspired me.

Sun kissed (b-side) is the paper that I've had a crush on this time.  I applied some clear gesso, some texture paste through a stencil and then, some pigment powders to enhance my focal point.

After all my mediums was dry, I stamped here and there with Departure Stamp that is perfect for vacation themed layouts.

I layered my two pictures on a tag made with In Bloom paper.  

Under that, a piece of Flower bed paper.

I also add in my clustering some flowers made out of vellum paper and embossed with Snow embossing powder.  On the right corner, I displayed some cute BFS flowers from Garden blooms and Fresh florals

Beside, the title is a chippie from Arrow words set, 

embossed with Ebony powder.

Really love that pinky layout: did you?

Blue Fern Studios products used in this layout

Papers: Collection  Garden Life
-Sun kissed (b-side)
-In bloom
-Flower bed

Embossing Powder: Snow and Ebony

Stamp: Departure

Chipboard:  Arrow words

Flowers: Garden blooms and Fresh florals

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Finally, my favorite layout for this month.

With one of my favorite Blue Fern collection of all time: Happy Accident!

The paper named Chance is my background here.  I applied some clear gesso, some modeling paste through a stencil and added some watercolor effect with sprays.  I made 2 tags with Layerings cards paper to display my picture on.

See that beautiful color on my title?

It's Coral embossing powder and I'm in looooooove with it!  

On the next pictures, you will see a lot of Blue Fern Studios flowers.

The peach one is from Chesterville blooms and I admit that I've split it in two parts: on the left higher corner under my picture and a smaller part that I've rolled on itself on the opposite.  

Two beautiful Dark tropic blue lilies and a white burlap from Remnants blooms beside the picture.  On the right side, another white one (with a flair in her middle) and a pink one from Moody florals.

Here and there. some black stamping with Swiss dots to add details on that background.

As final touches, some fussycut Butterflies, some pearls, 

some white gesso splatters and that's all for this Sourire layout.

Blue Fern Studios products used in this layout

Papers: Collection  Happy Accident
-Chance
-Layering cards

Embossing Powder: Coral

Stamp: Swiss dots

Flowers: 
-Chesterville blooms
-Dark tropic lilies
-Remnants blooms
-Moody florals

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So, which one is your favorite?

Thanks for passing by and see you next month!