Farewell 'Christmas' Projects by Nicole Doiron

What a bittersweet post this is for me, as after a year of being on this wonderful team,

this is my last post as DT member on the Blue Fern Studios blog.

Through the year, I have been blessed with wonderful scrappy friends,

fabulous quality products from generous owner Leslie and inspiration galore.

I am forever grateful of having been given this amazing opportunity

and will forever hold a special place in my heart for Blue Fern Studios.

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I've got 3 projects featuring the very festive 

Vintage Christmas collections 1 & 2.

The Vintage Christmas collections not only offer beautiful Christmas patterns, 

but also include lots of papers that are perfect for Winter-themed layouts like this plaid print.  

To go along with it, I chose several Winter chipboard pieces including the Snow Medley board, covered in Snow embossing powder with a touch of glitter dust, and these adorable mittens from the Cozy Christmas set on which I used It's a Girl and Blue Sky. 

You see below the Dangled Flake piece which I cut in half as I wanted to save some of it 

for another project. I added several flowers from the new kits, Christmas Blooms 

and Soft Blossoms.  I sprinkled lots of silver microbeads throughout my page.

I chose A Wonderful Life, covered in Snow, as the title to which I added the word Cozy 

which I 'stole' from the Cozy Christmas piece, as that is exactly the word that comes to mind

 when I look at this picture of Yves and I cozying up to each other 

for a selfie during a Winter stroll.

Blue Fern Studios products used:

Patterned Papers: Vintage Christmas 1 (Greeting Cards); 

Vintage Christmas 2 (Let It Snow, 'Twas the Night, Holiday Cards)

Chipboard: A Wonderful Life, Snow Medley, Cozy Christmas, Dangled Flake

Flowers: Christmas Blooms, Soft Blossoms

Imagine Ink: Embossing Powders (Snow, Blue Sky, It's a Girl)

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My next project is another layout, this time documenting a very special Christmas wish.

Before I met Yves, I had spent many a Holiday season surrounded by family and friends, but still somewhat lonely, wishing for true love, the kind of love that lasts a lifetime. My wish came true in 2006 and, since then, I get to spend every Christmas with my life partner, my soulmate, my best friend.  This picture was taken on Christmas eve a couple years ago. That is why I chose the title 'Twas the Night Before Christmas as the title, on which I used the new Santa's Suit embossing powder.  It's red and glittery and perfect for any Christmas project!

On my background, I used the Weathered Doilies stamp with the Ebony powder.

I added Holly Springs, covered with Sage and Santa's Suit, to my flower cluster and 

bits of Mixed Chains, covered in 14Karat, along the top and bottom of my picture.

Here you see a piece of the Holiday Vine, all decorated in gold.

And a final close-up of my Christmas wish come true!

Blue Fern Studios products used:

Patterned Papers: Vintage Christmas 1 (Magical, Greeting Cards)

Vintage Christmas 2 ('Twas the Night, Jolly)

Chipboard: 'Twas the Night Before Christmas, Holiday Vine, Holly Sprigs, Mixed Chains

Flowers: Christmas Blooms, Soft Blossoms

Stamp: Weathered Doilies

Imagine Ink: Embossing Powders (14Karat, Ebony, Santa's Suit, Sage)

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I realize this has turned out to be quite a long post, but bare with me please... it is my last! :)

And speaking of last, this is my last DT project... a trio of Christmas cards.

What is great about the Vintage Christmas Greeting Cards and Holiday Cards papers 

is that they are full of beautiful journaling cards and images, perfect for card making.

On this card, I used the Holiday vine and some Holly Sprigs chippies.

I also took a cream flower from the Soft Blossoms and turned it red using

the Santa's Suit embossing powder.

On Card 2, you can see the leftover Dangled Flake from my Winter page above.

These little leaves are the negative pieces from the Holly Sprigs.

I love all the beautiful vintage imagery from these papers.

Card 3 is set up on a misted and stenciled background.

You can see here that I added red gems on the Holly Sprigs.  The leaves were treated with Clover embossing powder and then dabbed with white paint for my signature white washing.

I cut a side of the Stars & Berries Frame, covered it in Snow embossing powder and

added a touch of the new Vintage Gold glitter on the stars.

Blue Fern Studios products used:

Patterned Papers: Vintage Christmas 1 (Wonderland, Magical, Greeting Cards)

Vintage Christmas 2 ('Twas the Night, Holiday Cards)

Chipboard: Holiday Vine, Holly Sprigs, Dangled Flake, 

Stars & Berries Frame, Leafy Page Accents

Flowers: Christmas Blooms, Soft Blossoms

Imagine Ink: Embossing Powder (Santa's Suit, Snow, Clover, 14Karat), Glitter (Vintage Gold)

Thank you for all your support this last year!

It was a pleasure creating for you all!

~ Nicole ~

Summer snapshots

Hello BFS fans!
I hope you've all been great! I'm happy to be back and share with you some of the colorful snapshots from my summer.

'Bloom and grow'
It's all about the soft, white washed colors, with just a hint of teal and pink. The chipboards treatment is simple - I'm using either plain or just covered with a layer of gesso.
Chipboards: Deja vu border, Blue Fern frame (piece), Layering stems

'Totally love you'
This is one of my favorite BFS papers and I've been saving it for long! It's so decorative that it needs just a small amount of embellishments. I used piecec of old lace and chipboards to frame my story.
Some messy stamping is just added to get more contrast in the pastel backgrund.
Chipboards:Radiant suns, Blue Fern frame, Dot grid panel, Quaterfoil panel

'Remember (Krakow marketsquare)'
A selfie with my daughter while visiting Krakow marketsquare! A quick vacation layout, if you don't count the time for fussy cutting the roses ;)
Chipboards: Mixed chains, Grunge frames, Memory frames, Blue Fern frame (yes! again - this giant piece lasts forever)

I have about 1000 photos from this summer, so I might be sharing some more next time :)
Have a great day everybody!
DT Zanka

Love Story projects by Zanka

Hello!
It's my turn to share some more project which I created in February using BFS elegant Love Story collection. This is just a small share of the wonderful possibilities which this collection can be used for.
For my first project I picked Grand Ball, my absolute favourite paper in the whole collection! I worked both with the front and the back side, and I can't make up my mind-which one do I like more ;)

This  layout's colour scheme was entirely inspired by the colours of the paper pattern.

I have used some plain chipboards which I think match perfectly for the colours here. The branch is randomly dabbed with gesso. The heart is primed with gesso and covered with glossy accents and embossed with a distress powder.
Chipboards used:
Spring Branch, Lace Heart Border, word set Laughter, Happy , Smile, Layering Stems

My second project is also inspired by the base paper colours but as you see, the palette and style are completely different here.

I used Love Story stamp sets 1 & 2 to fill up the background with the stamp collage.
Chipboards: Circle Vine, Mixed Chains. The framed is primed with gesso and painted with crackle paste.

Thank you for spending a moment with me today, have a fantastic creative day!
Zaneta aka Zanka

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

3 colourful layouts

Hi =) Maja here today to inspire you Blue Fern lovers with some layouts. I made three using both the new "Ombré Dreams" and the "Blue Fern Garden" papers for my projects. I love the watercolor effect on "Ombre Dreams" which goes so well with Distress Inks and stencils. It gives even more depth to the paper.

My first layout is of my son swimming in the pool. Here I have used a circle stencil with three differnt colors of Distress Ink. I also used a circle stiched stamp.

 

I have treated the chipboard pieces with Gelatos and Stickles. 

Blue Fern Products used:

Papers: Ombre Dreams - Susan´s Dream, Dream Cards 

Chipbord: Wild Florish Frame, Spring Trinkets

My next layout is also one made with Ombre Dreams using Distress Inks and Stencils. I have also used a couple of stamps.

Here I have treated my chipboard pieces with Gelatos, Silks and Primas chalk.

Blue Fern products:

Papers: Ombre Dreams - Joyce`s Dream, Dream Cards

Chipboard: Layering Steams, Mixed Chains 

For my third and last layout I´ve used the Blue Fern Garden and also here a stencil and Distress Ink.

Here I have treated the chipbords with white Gesso and Prima chalk. On the bigger chipboard piece I also used white Embossing Enemal.

Blue Fern products:

Papers: Blue Fern Garden - Signature, Picnic

Chipboard: All Natural Set, Damask Motif 

Thanks for stopping by =)

Ombre Dreams Projects - With Kelly Foster

Good morning!

Kelly here today. I have a layout and tag to share created with Ombre Dreams and some of the new chipboard designs!

"Remembering Special Moments"

For this one I paired the warm colors in my photo with the pretty orange and pinks in the "Shannon's Dream" paper. I applied all kinds of mixed media work to my background, followed by the "Wild Flourish Bundle" (cut in two and placed half in each cluster), and behind that, tucked in some of the "Mixed Chains".

All of the chipboard was first painted white, then colored with chalk inks, Inka Gold Metallic Rub, and lightly stamped.

Blue Fern Products:

Ombre Dreams "Shannon's Dream"

Ombre Dreams "Dream Cards"

Wild Flourish Bundle

Mixed Chains

"Be Free" Tag

For my tag base, I cut the tag shape from one of the "Dream Cards" and layered it over a piece of "Joyce's Dream" and cut around it. I cut a piece of the Number Grid - Small, and first painted it with Primary Elements Artist Pigments mixed with a clear glaze. Atop that, I painted with Silks in various colors, then adhered to my tag.

 I applied the same paints to one of the Spring Trinkets, and the little diamond pieces are off cuts from one of the panels. Everything was given a bit more color with watercolor paints and mist splatters.

Blue Fern products:

Ombre Dreams "Dream Cards"

Ombre Dreams "Joyce's Dream"

Number Grid - Small

Spring Trinkets

Blue Fern Bits

Thank you so much for taking a look today! I hope you are enjoying the Ombre Dreams collection as much as I am :)

*Kelly*