Maiko's First post as a DT member for Blue Fern Studios

Hi everyone!
Maiko Kosugi here today and
so happy to be posting to Blue Fern Studios for the first time!

I am so honoured to be amongst so many talented designers.

First, let me introduce myself.

I live in Tokyo, Japan. Also known as mai*

 I'm married to a professional violinist and together we have 3 adorable sons,

 2 and 8 and 12years old. 

I am currently working as a piano teacher to children at home. 

I started SB from March, 2009, and it has become my favorite hobby ever since.

Blog: http://maimaipiano.blogspot.jp/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/maiko.kosugi.5

Pinterest: https://jp.pinterest.com/maikokosugi/

My first Layout for this month is..

"Sweet"

Blue Fern Studios used:
papers
Blush-Calling Cards
Blush - Celebration
Blush - Cupid's Foll
Blush - Devoted
Blush - Enamored

Chipboards:
Eclectic Hearts
Heart Borders
Romantic Page Dangles
Cute, Sweet, Sassy


Embossing Powder
Cotton Candy
Pearl

I love this collection.

These papers are so lovely.

I cut an item off from some of paper, and combined and displayed those.

This Chipboard is "Romantic Page Dangles"and "Heart Borders".
So lovely!

This is "Eclectic Hearts".
Firstly, I painted these with an acrylic paint, next up  I have heat embossed
them using embossing paste and embossing powder"cotton candy"

Next up...
"Cute"

Blue Fern Studios used:

papers

Autumn Anthology - Gazebo

Autumn Anthology - Calling Cards

Autumn Anthology - Mercantile

Autumn Anthology - Penmanship

Chipboards:
Garden Lattice Bits
Déjà Vu Tweets Chippies
Cute, Sweet, Sassy

Embossing Powder

Oatmeal

Sage

This Cage is "Déjà Vu Tweets Chippies"

Firstly,I painted these with an acrylic paint, next I colored it in blown ink,

and finally  I covered it in Glossy Accents.

I cut several pieces of the "Autumn Anthology - Mercantile "to layer under my photo, 

and  I chose several flowers and arranged with those.

My last creation today is...

"Love"

Blue Fern Studios used:

papers

Timeless - Abode
Timeless - Calling Cards
Timeless - Keepsakes
Timeless - Maconnerie
Timeless - Song

Chipboards:
Charmed Page Dangles
Shabby Brick Bits
Happy, Heart, Love

Embossing Powder
Pearl

 I chose this "Love" title for my layout.

This is simply painted with an acrylic paint ,white,purple and blown inks.

I cut sheet music off from "Timeless - Keepsakes" and layered that.

I used "Charmed Page Dangles".

I painted it with an acrylic paint ,some inks and then applied embossing powder"pearl".

That is all from me today.
Thank you for visiting!

September Projects by Melinda Thompson

Hello BFS fans :)

The months are rolling around pretty quickly aren't they! I have another 2 projects to share with you all.

First project I am using more gorgeous papers from the Deja Vu paper range. Here I have layered up a couple of the larger circle chipboard pieces underneath my photo layers.

"Precious Memories"

Some closeups...I love the soft greens and apricots in this paper range.

Paper: Deja Vu Collection

Chipboard: Beaded Flourish, Corner Flourishes, Graduated Circles, Heart Borders

My second project is using some papers from the Love Story collection. I love the white and black teamed up with red and blue.

"Our Cousin"

Some closeups from the gorgeous chipboard pieces....the heart scallop border is just beautiful.

Paper: Love Story Collection

Chipboard: Heart Borders, Chunky Heart Panel, Brackets, Heart Hugs, Majestic Frame 

Thank you so much for stopping by..hope you feel inspired to be creative today :)

Melinda

January Projects by Ulrika Blomfelt

Hello!

I´m so happy to share my first work as a Blue Fern Studios designer with you all!

My name is Ulrika Blomfelt aka LillBlomman and I´m a swedish girl who loves all about scrapbooking! I started scrapbooking in April 2006. I live in a cute yellow house next to the woods and still close to our capital Stockholm. Here I live with my very loved hubbie our for a long time longed for son Viggo and a very cute but a bit crazy dog. I became a mother late in life and after that my scrapbooking ment even more for me! You will see lot of Viggo in my work because he´s the one I scrap most about. 

I love to create in all scrapbooking gengres! It´s too fun to just choose one of them. I love to pick out just the right color combination for a project and then continue my work. My style is a romantic mixed-media style but it can change from one project to another. I love to try new techniques and try to develop in my art all the time. I´m so proud to been asked to design for this company and thrilled to work with all amazing supplies. I´m looking forward to design with all the amazing and talented girls and spread the joy of crafting during 2015!

You are also very welcome to my personal blog at: www.lillblommanskapar.blogspot.com

I love making cards so I have two cards and two layouts to show you today.

For my card I used Sanctuary Bountiful and Sanctuary Calling Cards.

I painted the Natural Sprigs first in one shade of green and then I added a thin coat paint with glitter in it.

I used a lovely quote from Sanctuary Calling Cards paper inside of the Roman Clock set.

My next card looks totally different from the first but I actually used the same papers.

To create my sign I used the Damask Panel. First I painted it with Gesso. Then I added a rub-on sentiment. I also gave it a coat with Crackle Paint and light blue fluid chalk.

I painted Mini Flourishes with black acrylic paint and then I added a coat of Glossy accent.

For my layout about my boy and all his Christmas presents I used Sanctuary Botanical Garden and Meadows of Time.

For my Graduated Squares I wanted lots of texture. After Modeling Paste and Acrylic Paint I added some glass glitter.

This is my take on January sketch. I love to add gold to my work and here I mixed the gold with black and lilac.

As background I used Sanctuary Birdsong Melody. First I gave all my Chipboard pieces a coat of Gesso. On my Fancy Signage I used Gold Acrylic Paint and then I sprinkled over with Gold Rush Glass Glitter. On my Happy word Chipboard besides black Acrylic Paint I added Charcoal Art Sugar.

On my beautiful Butterflies I wanted lots of Gold flakes!

Hugs from Ulrika!

Two Layouts and a Card with Rae

Hello! It's Rae with you today and I'm sharing some projects I made with the Montage and Ombre Dreams paper lines.

"Twinkle" Layout

For this layout I used the Montage paper collection.  It's based on our November sketch. Check out the sketch challenge HERE. There's still time to play along!

Here's a closeup of the Quatrefoil Panel piece that I cut to size. I used pink, white, and gold embossing powders to get this effect.

Here's a closeup of the title that I used from the Winter Titles set. I kept this treatment simple by using gold embossing powder. 

In this close up, you can see the piece of the Heart Border that I cut and painted with a whitewash.

I also cut up the Organic Vine Corner. I painted it with a dimensional green paint, and sprinkled it with green embossing powders and heated it up until the paint was bubbly.

"Follow Your Dreams..." Card

I really wanted to fit this card in a standard envelope, so I made it as flat as I could! I used some of my scraps from the Montage line. 

Here's a closeup that shows the treatment of the Mixed Chains and part of a Ginger's Poppies piece. I used grey and black ink pads directly on the chipboard without priming it.

Mommy's Boy

I used papers from the Ombre Dreams and the Montage lines. 

In this closeup, you can see the Corner Flourish. I also used a Mini Flourish on the other side of my flower cluster. I scraped these pieces with a black archival ink pad that desperately needs to be reinked, but it worked for this layout. :)

For the Mommy's Boy title piece, I used a turquoise embossing powder, then used that same archival ink pad to give it a worn look.

For the Romantic Page Dangle, I used grey chalk ink, then some black distressed embossing powder in random places. I also touched it with some blue chalk ink to soften the look of it. 

Thanks for stopping by to check out my projects today! Check back often- our team is always posting amazing creations!

Rae

Layout&2 cards Yuko

Hello!　It's Yuko.

Although I have been very excited for the new paper series,"Montage!

I also love the previous”Blue Fern Garden ""Ombre dreams"!

【cherisih】

My 2-year-old daughter is very much pleased with the umbrella these days.

A figure with the umbrella for adults is lovely!

I expressed the atmosphere that it rained with modeling paste and a rhinestone.

The pasteboard paper is also colored by watercolor.

 Chipboard circle  are embossed.（white and blue)

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paper  Ombre dreams  Susan's dream

chipboard Beaded Strings/Adore,Love,Cherish

【Dreams come true】

I will introduce two cards.

These were made from the paper of one sheet.

Chip board of this basket is very favorite！

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Paper   Blue fern Garden   Picnic/Ombre dreams dream cards

Chipboard   Spring Page Baubles/Little Baskets

【memories】

 

It made by the remaining papers that made the 1st card.

Glitter is applied after embossing to this chipboard. 

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Paper   Blue fern Garden   Picnic

Chipboard  Lace Rounds/Heart Borders

Thank you for looking!