Memoires & Serendipity Inspiration from Nicole Doiron

Hello everyone!

I am thrilled to be back today to share with you more of my Blue Fern Studios creations, and I'm even more excited to showcase the stunning new collection Mémoires on 2 of these projects.

Let's start with this layout that was inspired by the October sketch challenge.

This is the fabulous sketch designed by Michelle Singh.

Here's to hoping that you will be inspired and play along with us this month!

First, I created the mixed media background on this page by stamping the Cracked texture stamp numerous times and then creating a vertical design with ivory acrylic paint and Garnet Imagine Ink embossing powder.  I chose the True Story title that I covered with Ebony powder.

Below you see one of the beautiful new chipboard pieces coordinating with Mémoires.  I used a layer of the glittery Lucky embossing powder on the Grand Ornement and then tamed it down a bit with a few different shades of distress ink.  I added a Jeweled Page Dangle covered in Black Sand powder which I both absolutely love as well as a Formal Corner in Ebony.

Blue Fern Studios has released some new flower sets which are all exquisite.  Below you see a green Mémoires Bloom combined with Seaside Lily and Courtship Blooms.

Blue Fern Studios Products

Patterned Papers: Mémoires (Nature's Novel, Chronicles, Calling Cards)

Chipboard: Grand Ornement, Jeweled Page Dangles, Formal Corners, True Story

Flowers: Mémoire Blooms, Seaside Lilies, Courtship Blooms

Stamp: Scratched

Imagine Ink: Embossing Powders (Lucky, Garnet, Black Sand, Ebony)

Next, this layout is a little bit more soft in 'nature' (pun unintended), using a combination of the gorgeous Photographic Record and Remember When papers.  I love the colour palette which is so versatile, perfect for any season photos.

I so love the Ginger's Poppies that I have lined along the bottom right corner.  I thought that the Melon colour would suit them very well.  The word Patience was covered with a mixture of Sage and Lucky.

Attic Charm Daisies and Harvest Lilies make up the pretty pastel flower clusters.

In the upper left corner of my page, framing my picture, are a Swirled Floral Corner which I separated in two pieces and a Whimsy Flourish.

I really love the quote "Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience" and thought it was perfect for my page.  This pretty flower was photographed from my mother in law's beautiful garden!

Blue Fern Studios Products

Patterned Papers: Mémoires (Photographic Record, Remember When)

Chipboard: Ginger's Poppies, Swirled Floral Corners - Small, Whimsy Flourishes, Patience

Flowers: Harvest Lilies, Attic Charm Daisies

Imagine Ink: Embossing Powders (Melon, Sage, Lucky)

For my last project today, I decided I would give you a double treat in a double-page layout!

You see on this page my favorite papers from the Serendipity collection.  I must say, these papers look as if they have been designed especially for me!  Soft flowery patterns in teal and red, ivory book prints and gorgeous vintage romance... absolutely stunning!

This double spread needed a big and bold title so I used the Remember Moments piece covered in Ruby. 

You see here the elegant Attic Stairs covered in Ebony.

I framed both sides of my layout with pieces of the Blue Fern Frame and I added an Ironwork Accent piece on the left side. The red Attic Charm Glitter Roses seemed ideal for this page and you can see that I also added a bit of Watermelon glitter onto my background.

I added favorite photos of my boyfriend and I throughout our 10 years together.

Blue Fern Studios Products

Patterned Papers: Serendipity (Fascination, Glee, Chronicle, Calling Cards)

Chipboard: Blue Fern Frame, Attic Stairs, Ironwork Accents, Remember Moments

Flowers: Attic Charm Glitter Roses

Stamp: Love Story Set 1

Imagine Ink: Embossing Powders (Clover, Ruby), Glitter (Watermelon)

Have a great rest of October everyone!

February Inspiration by Elena Volchkova

Hi everyone! Today, I have prepared for you three layouts using the beautiful Blue Fern Studio materials.

The first two are from the wonderful new Serendipity collection.

Spring in the Air layout

The first layout is of the blossoming spring. When around bird song, the soul also sings.

On the photo - my friend Irina. She is so good in a natural style.

In the background you can see the fence from Country Garden stamp with  Imagine Ink Honey Embossing Powder.

 I like to emboss chipboard with a few shades of embossing powder to create a color transition. Here I have used Nutmeg and Honey Embossing Powder. 

Sage and lime green also combine well together to create a very interesting transition of color!

Blue Fern Studio Supply List:

Paper:  Serendipity: Chronicle

Chipboard: All Natural Set, Layering Stems, Shabby Brick Bits

Stamp: Country Garden

Imagine Ink Embossing Powder: Nutmeg, Honey, Sage, lime

Sea Romance layout

My second layout is very romantic and all about the dreams of a young girl.
About the purest of feelings and about the sea!

For this layout I have added natural shells and various small things - beads, thread, sequins, paillettes. The Seaweed сhipboard was covered with mixture of Imagine Ink embossing powders in Sea Mist and Breeze, which give the the perfect combination!

 Here I used the Imagine Ink Cotton Candy embossing powder to color the chipboard word "Cherish".

Magic butterflies carry away our dreams!

Blue Fern Studio Supply List:

Paper:  Serendipity: Merriment

Chipboard: Jeweled Page Dangles, "Adore, Love, Cherish", Seaweed

Imagine Ink Embossing Powder: Sea Mist, Breeze, Cotton Candy

 

 

Summer Joy Layout

This layout I have made for the Blue Fern February Sketch 
using the Paisley & Vine paper, which is ideal for summer photos. Blush and Timeless collections add the wonderful blooming accents.

The Flutter Medley chipboard is so interesting.  I used a mix of Imagine Ink embossing powder to color the chipboard. Cotton Candy and Mystic Plum - they look good together!

Blue Fern Studio Supply List:

Paper:  Paisley & Vine: Whimsy
Blush: Fondness
Timeless: Calling Cards

Chipboard: Flutter Medley, Valentine Hearts
Stamp:  Washi Strips

Imagine Ink Embossing Powder: Cotton Candy, Mystic Plum

I hope you enjoy viewing my projects. See you next time :)

Hugs, Elena

Sketch Challenge Winner & Featured Layouts

Let's start off this post by announcing the winner of our June Sketch Challenge.  The winner is entry #16, which belongs to Jessika of Sweden, who has won an assortment of Blue Fern Studios chipboard!  Jessika, please send me an e-mail, within the next 7 days, to {valerie(at)bluefernstudios(dot)com} to claim your prize.

 Take a look at this happy layout Jessika created using pieces of the Waterworks Frame chipboard piece.

The sketch challenge entries this month were outstanding!  There were so many awesome projects to choose from to feature this month, but we have narrowed it down to the following.  We hope you enjoy them!

The first featured project was created by Elena Lishchenko of Russia.  Elena entered a hand-made album cover in our sketch challenge, and it sure is beautiful!  The chipboard piece used on the cover is from the Deja Vu Dangles Chippies set, and the paper is from our Deja Vu collection.

In her blog post, Elena shows the inside of her album, which was also created using the Deja Vu collection.  She has several videos on her blog where she shows exactly how she stacked layer after layer of gorgeous paper from the Deja Vu collection to create each page inside the album.  Here's a peek inside:

Our second feature this month is from Pascale who lives in France.  We love that the pieces from the Turkish Bits, which she has painted black, provide the perfect background and texture for this elegant photo.

And our third feature this month is by Elena Volchkova of Ukraine. We fell in love with the softness Elena created using paper from the very first Blue Fern collection, Blue Fern Garden.  Elena used the Dresden Corsage, which she cut into several pieces, and sprinkled some of the Broken Rings around her layout. 

We couldn't stop at just 3 features this month, so we will continue!  This one uses

paper from the Deja Vu collection, and was created by Karine Gagnon of Canada.  Karine has added the Dresden Corsage chipboard piece to her layout, and used a piece from the Love, Happy, Smile set for the title.

The final feature from our June Sketch Challenge is from Yasmins of Norway.  Yasmins has a YouTube video on her blog where you can watch her process as she created this layout.  She used the Jeweled Page Dangles and Majestic Frame chipboard pieces.  We love how she altered the frame by adding some tiny beads.  

That's it for this month.  Congratulations to our winner, and the awesome women who created the five layouts/album we are featuring this month.  It was such a difficult choice, as always.  Thanks to ALL of you who took the time to enter our sketch challenge in June.

Our July sketch has been posted, and a link to it can be found in our right sidebar.  We hope you will join us once again in July. 

3 Beach Layouts with 3 different collections- by Keren Tamir

Keren here, and today I have 3 beach layouts created with three different Blue Fern Studios Collections.

I recently came back from a family beach vacation. I wanted to show how versatile all the Blue Fern studios collections are and how easily they can be used for the same theme.

"Beautiful Girl"

With the Ombré Dreams Collection

For the background paper I used Ombré Dreams Charlotte's Dream and I also used the Ombré Dreams- Dream Cards as layers.

I used the corner flourishes chipboard which I cut into pieces. I painted it in pastel blue acrylic paint and stamped and inked it.

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"Hello Summer"

With the Blue Fern Garden Collection

I used the "Signature" paper from the Blue Fern Garden collection for the background.

For chipboard, I used the Jewelled page dangles,  Jewelled frame and the Hello Summer title. They were all painted in with two different colours of acrylic paint.

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"A Joyful heart"

with the Montage Collection

I used the Fairyland paper from the Montage Collection.

I framed the photo with the chipboard Collage Frame which I covered with embossing powder. I also used the wave shaped chipboard from the "By the sea" set.

I hope my layouts inspired you to scrap your holiday beach pictures or any old summer pics!!

Have a wonderful day!