October inspiration by Wendy Scholten

Hi All,

It's my turn on the blog for Blue Fern Studio's today and i have 3 layouts to show you.

The first one with a picture of me and our little girl when she was only 10 months old is called:

Adore

I made this with the Memoires collection. I love the autumn feel from this paper collection.

I used the Photographic Record paper as my background paper and a few calling cards behind my photo. Next i embossed my chipboard Rose frame with the Sand&Sea embossing powder and my title Adore with Fern embossing powder.
Then i made clusters with the pieces of chipboard, the Ivory braided trim and some flowers; Garden Florals and Wanderlust Lilies

Blue Fern Studio's products used:
Paper: Memoires
-Photographic Record
-Calling Cards
Chipboard:
-Rose frame
-Adore (Adore, Love, Cherish)
Lace:
-Ivory braided trim
Flowers:
-Garden Florals
-Wanderlust Lilies
Embossing powder:
-Sand&Sea
-Fern


Then my second layout called
Great Outdoors

This one with the sweet photo of my husband and our little girl on a holiday in Germany was made with the new and gorgeous Homespun Collection.
First i prepped my Homemade paper with clear gesso, behind my photo i used gesso, a stencil with moddeling paste, some sprays and the Grungy Grid stamp with brown ink.
Next i embossed all of my chipboard pieces, the Folkart frame, Vintage Key and Great Outdoors title with Taupe embossing powder.
Then i started to put everything together with the Lace 3, pieces of the Lace 4, my flowers; Homespun Blossoms and Harvest Lilies and some items of my own stash.

Blue Fern Studios's products used:
Paper:  Homespun collection
-Homemade
Chipboard:
-Folkart Frame
-Vintage Key
-Great Outdoors from the All Natural set
Lace:
-Lace 3
-Lace 4
Flowers:
-Homespun Blossoms
-Harvest Lilies
Printed Chipboard
Embossing powder:
-Taupe
Stamp:
-Grungy grid


And then my last one this month:
Good Vibes

I made this layout with a picture from a Nature park called Brunssumer Heide where we celebrated Christmas last year, we actually had some snow that holiday.
I used the Vintage Christmas 1 and 2 collections for this one.
First i used a stencil and some moddeling paste with pigment color on the Holiday Cards paper to give my background a bit more color. Then i cut a few flowers out of the Deck the Halls paper and used a piece of the same paper behind my photo.
Next i embossed my chipboard pieces: Looped Frames and the title Good vibes with Snow embossing powder.
And placed everything on my paper. Then i made clusters with the Happy roses, cut out flowers and some other embellishments from my own stash.

Blue Fern Studios products used:
Paper: Vintage Christmas 1 and 2
-Holiday Cards
-Deck the Halls
Chipboard:
-Looped frames
-Good Vibes from the Good vibes word set
Flowers:
-Happy roses
Embossing powder:
-Snow


Thank you for watching and see you next moth! Enjoy all upcoming blogs.
Hugs wendy



July inspiration by Tartine Peluche

Hi everyone!

I'm back to share with you my new layouts of month.

My first one is :

The young woman was silent ...

For this layout I have to work in layer, several paper of the collection Happy Accident,

 a few paper cut and my chipboards.

I used Fortuity paper.

First my background is very simple a little cheese cloth here and there and some stamping with Serendipity medley and Grungy grid stamp. 

In the foreground the title "Story" embossed with the embossing powder "Copper". 

Under this one a chipboard of the kit "Spring Trinkets" embossed with Snow embossing powder, I then sprinkled with brilliant Burnt Copper.

On both sides of the title, the chipboard ginger's poppies embossed with Pink Dust embossing powder. 

Which I cut in two and placed on two different layers under the photo

Under the top of the picture, we find part of the chipboard Holiday Deer 

( No one said that deer live only in winter ... ;) But I removed the snowflakes from the chipboard.

I cut the chipboard so as to keep that central part for the top of my photo 

the other two pieces of the chipboard are layered under the flowers on the right side of the photo.

I embossed them with Oatmeal embossing powder and distressed with light brown ink pad.

If we look again on the left side of the picture we find one of the kit chipboards Petite Boutique Frames.

I embossed it with the powder "Snow" then I made a crackle treatment and then I added pink ink to bring out the cracks. 

Then I glued a piece of lace to the back.

I also used two deer from the kit "winter deer" I also embossed them with Oatmeal embossing powder and distresser with light brown ink pad.

I used small pink flowers from Courtship Roses kit.

Here is a few close ups:

Paper:

 Fortuity, Happy Accident

Chipboards: 

Petite Boutique Frames

Ginger's Poppies

Winter Deer

Holiday Deer

Story, Fairytale, Magic

Spring Trinkets

Embossing Powder:

Snow

Copper

Oatmeal

Pink Dust

Glitter:

Burnt Copper

Stamps:

Serendipity Medley

Grundy Grid

Flowers:

Courtship Roses

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My two others layouts featuring Garden Life paper

Capture life's moments

For the first of two, I used Felicity paper.

This background is a little more sophisticated than the first.

 I started by creating my texture then I played with ink and stamps.

 I really like the attached letter writing of "Serendipity Medley"stamp.

 I used it with a black ink to create contrast.

Then with the chipboard "Shabby Brick Bits" I added a little more texture to my background. 

I embossed it with "Snow" and applied a thin layer of blue opalescent paint.

To embellish my photo, I always opt for layers of paper, thus creating depth to my creation.

Between the different layers I added here, my flowers. 

The daisy comes from the kit "Attic Charms Daisy" the roses come from the kit "Garden Blooms"

If you look on either side of my photo, I used a peony from the kit "Chesterville Blooms" that I cut in half.

As journaling for my layout I used few printed chipboards from Garden life 

and "inspiration" come from Happy Accident printed chipboard.

Have you seen the new Rose Leaves chipboards? I love them! Here I painted them in green.

In the lower right corner of my page, there is a flower, normally white from Heartland Blossoms kit ... 

A happy accident made him fall into my ink ... and became like that ... I find her pretty!

I kept the best for the end ... my butterflies! (Royal Monarchs)

First of all, I put white gesso, after I used two different inks, one green and one gold.

 Then I made some white splash with gesso.

With a piece of lace that I inked with the same ink as my background, 

I stuck to the back of my butterflies. I really like the result!

So, you know everythings ...

And some close ups:

Paper:

Felicity, Garden Life

Chipboards:

Shabby Brick Bits

Printed chipboard Garden Life

Printed chipboard Happy Accident

Rose Leaves

Royal Monarchs

Stamps:

Serendipity Medley

Flowers:

Attic Charms Daisy

Garden Blooms

Cherterville Blooms

Heartland Blossoms

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Blossom Story

For this layout I've not did mixed media background. 

I just played with the paper ... I cut it,  torn it, and distressed it.

I started with the paper "Flower Bed" which I drew the flowers with black pencil. 

Each of the flowers one after the other ... I spent the day ...

I've used almost all the paper in entire.

Each of the cut parts placed on different layers under my photo.

My title "story" is embossed in white and then half of the top is embossed in purple. 

I used Snow and Lavender Eggs embossing powder.

Butterflies are stamped on a paper of "Spring Parade / May Vignettes"

 I used "Bourbon Street" and "Spring Accents" stamps

The "Looped Frames" and "Quatrefoil Panel" chipboards are simply embossed in white with Snow  embossed powder.

The small piece from Quatrefoil Panel is embossed with Baby Pink embossing powder.

I also added chipboard Leafed Bough that I cut into several pieces. I painted this one in green.

I used several yellow flowers of the kit "Garden Blooms" but I removed the central 

part of the flowers to keep only the petal of the bottom.

See my close ups for all details.

Paper:

In Bloom B-Side / Garden Life

Flower Bed / Garden Life

May Vignettes / Spring Parade

Chipboards:

Looped Frames ( Small )

Quatrefoil panel

Tiny Bits Quatrefoil panel

Leafy Bough

Story, Fairytale, Magic

Embossing Powder:

Snow

Baby Pink

Stamps:

Bourbon Street

Spring Accents

Flowers:

Garden Blooms, yellow

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That's all for the month, I hope to have inspired you for your layouts. 

Thank you for stopping by!

See you next month :)

see you soon!

Tartine Peluche xxx

May Projects by Vera Shelemekh

Hello Blue Fern Studios fans! 

Vera Shelemekh is here. Today is my turn to inspire you with the amazing Happy Accident collection. The self adhesive chipboards are absolutely gorgeous, aren't they? So easy to adhere and fun to play with!

My first layout is telling a summertime story. I even see the sun rays  shining from the right upper corner). I used Happy Accident - Incident paper for the background and a couple of pieces from the self adhesive chipboards set.

Graduated Circles and Chelsea Vines chipboards are covered with acrylic paint and some Mermaid glitter.

I love the combination of bright yellow and blue bubbles and flowers and watercolor birds from the Owls and birds stamps set.

And here is my video tutorial showing how to make this layout. I hope you will find it useful.

 

 

Blue Fern Studios products used:

 

Papers:

Happy Accident - Incident

 

Chipboards:

Graduated Circles

Chelsea Vines

Happy Accident self-adhesive chipboard

 

Glitter:

Mermaid

 

Stamps:

Owls and Birds

 

  Flowers: 

Happy Blooms

Dark Tropic Lilies

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And another Wedding layout, this time all in blue as it was the main color of our Wedding.  Happy accident - Quirk paper as the background with some flowers and butterflies cut from Frolic collection.

 I framed the picture into the middle Looped frame covered with Icicle Embossing powder.

There are some more butterflies on the Garden Frolic Stamp. I added them too.

 

Papers:

Happy Accident - Quirk

Frolic

 

Chipboards:

Looped frames
Winter Titles

 

Embossing powders:

Icicle

Stormy Skies

 

Stamps:

Garden Frolic

I would love to hear from you in the comments. Thank you for watching and see you in June *)