September inspiration by Elena Volchkova

Hi everyone! Today, I have prepared three layouts using the beautiful Blue Fern Studio materials. And I'm happy to show them to you.

September... Fall brings cool. And we all want to extend the summer. Let's try? My layout of the summer days. A lot of flowers and heat. And romance of course!

"Forest Fairy" layout

This layout is for my sister. I really like this photo, and I wanted to do a little magic layout. Simple and complex at the same time.
I used the Susan's Dream paper from the Ombre Dreams Collection as my background paper. I wanted a very light background, and this paper was the perfect. Сhipboard of a set "Forest Friends" can be applied idealy for this layout.


From the photos I made a 3-D structure. Cut the picture into several parts and the central part raised above the rest.


Chipboard Swirly Doodle was covered with Imagine Ink 14 Karat embossing powders. It is so beautifully with butterflies and spring flowers!


Animals from the "Forest Friends" set was covered with mixture of Imagine Ink embossing powders in 14 Karat and Petal. For snail I added additionaly Breeze Imagine Ink embossing powders.

And then you can see in the background mix of glitters - Sunshine and Peridot. They are so funny!

Blue Fern Studios Supply List:
Paper: Ombre Dreams - Susan's Dream
Chipboard: Swirly Doodle, Forest Friends
Imagine Ink Embossing Powder: Breeze, 14 Karat, Petal
Glitters: Sunshine, peridot

"Walk in a lilac garden" layout

My second layout about the walking in a lilac garden. La Plume paper from the Deja Vu Collection I used as my background paper. The second paper is the same I used to cut flowers out of it.
Many flowers and tenderness.


Serenity was covered with mixture of Imagine Ink embossing powders in Lilac and Iris.


Harlequin Panel decorated with Imagine Ink 14 karat embossing powder.


I used the Serendipity Medley stamp with Imagine Ink Iris embossing powder to create some details on my background. Plus I added drops of glitter Dusty Rose.

A little bit of lace and shabby ribbons added romance and tenderness.
And the main decor - flowers cutting from La Plume paper.


Blue Fern Studios Supply List:
Paper: Deja Vu - La Plume
Chipboard: "Serenity, Calm, Hushed" set, Harlequin Panel
Stamp: Serendipity Medley
Imagine Ink Embossing Powder: Lilac, Iris, 14 karat
Glitters: Dusty Rose

"Romance with umbrella" layout

The third layout today about romance with umbrella. It's very romantic and feminine. I used the Allegro paper from the Frolic Collection as my background paper.


Stillness was covered with Imagine Ink Breeze embossing powder. Embroidery - a little bird - adds a unique for my work.


I used a lot of lace, butterflies. Аnd of course, the flowers of the sets - Attic Charm Glitter Roses, Courtship Roses. They are beautiful!


Romantic Page Dangles I covered with Imagine Ink 14 karat embossing powder.


Blue Fern Studios Supply List:
Paper: Frolic - Allegro
Chipboard: "Peaceful, Stillness, Contentment" set, Romantic Page Dangles
Imagine Ink Embossing Powder: 14 karat, Breeze
Glitters: Blue Ice
Flowers: Attic Charm Glitter Roses, Courtship Roses

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

Hugs, Elena

July Projects by Cathi

Hello my scrappy friends, Cathi here to share my July projects with you using 3 different and gorgeous Blue Fern Studios paper collections.

This collection, Ombre Dreams, is an oldie but goody, one of my favorites, I just love the gorgeous pastel shades, it screams summer to me! I decided to do some beach themed layouts and chose this beautiful Ginger's Dreams page to be my base for this layout.

My girls are now 12 and 13, they look so so young and adorable here making sand castles on Venice Beach in California! I used the gorgeous Seaside Frame to frame my photo, coloring it with Sea Mist Imagine Ink Embossing Powder. I added the fun title Hello Summer on top, using the Buttercup Imagine Ink Embossing Powder.

Here you see a cluster of gorgeous Tranquil Blooms and Courtship Blooms. I tucked in a starfish from the Seaside Seashells set  which I had embossed with the Imagine Ink Ginger Embossing Powder and some of my stash of real shells!!

I used a circle mask and molding paste and sprinkled the Imagine Ink Sunshine Glitter into the paste, I love the sandy look it gives!  You can see here the background stamping using my netting stamp from Essential Textures set and the circles from the Halftone set.

Blue Fern Studios Supplies:

Paper:

Blue Fern Studios Ombre Dreams Collection~Ginger's Dream

Chipboard:

Hello Summer

Seaside Frame

Seaside Seashells

Imagine Ink Embossing Powder:

Sea Mist

Buttercup

Ginger

Imagine Ink Glitter:

Sunshine

Stamps:

Essential Textures

Halftone

Flowers:

Courtship Blooms

Tranquil Blooms

Here is my second beachy themed layout, this one is more atmospheric...it is a photo of the girls beach toys left behind while they ran off to dip their feet in the ocean...just a calm serene scene using the Peaceful paper from the Tranquility collection.



I absolutely love this Seaside Charms chipboard which I layered on top of my photo. I embossed it with Petal Imagine Ink Embossing Powder. I did some masking and used molding paste for my background and used one of my favorite patterned background stamps from the Forever stamp set. The butterflies in pink are from the Bourbon Street set.  I tucked in a few layers from the Calling Card paper to add dimension to my layout under the photo.

In my cluster I used another of my starfish chipboards, this time from the Seaside Treasure chipboard set.  I embossed the starfish in  Lime Imagine Ink Embossing Powder. I made a flower cluster with the gorgeous Tranquil Roses and Attic Charm Daisies. I also tucked in more of my stash of seashells!  I used the Inspiration chipboard, embossed with  Petal Imagine Ink Embossing Powder for my title.

Here you can see the Tranquil Blooms flower and more shells and a bit of the coral from the Seaside Treasure chipboard set. I tucked in a kraft tag for journaling.

Blue Fern Studios Supplies:

Paper:

Blue Fern Studios Tranquility Collection~Peaceful

Blue Fern Studios Tranquility Collection~Calling Cards

Chipboard:

Seaside Treasures

Inspiration

Seaside Charms

Imagine Ink Embossing Powder:

Ginger

Petal

Lime

Stamps:

Bourbon Street

Forever

Flowers:

Tranquil Roses

Attic Charm Daisies

Tranquil Blooms

For my final layout this month I used a vintage image I found of an adorable sleeping child. There was a bird on the photo so I added some bird resins to the layout!  For my base paper I used The Grand Ball sheet from the Love Story collection.

I used lots of layers from the Love Story Calling Cards sheet.  Here you can see lots of the stamping I did using the Texture Circles, Forever set, and the Essential Textures set.  I did some masking and modeling past here as well. My flower cluster is from the gorgeous Tranquil Roses and Lilies set and you can see a little piece from the Tattered Diamond Bits set which I embossed with Cotton Candy Imagine Ink Embossing Powder.

Here you can see the gorgeous Organic Vine chipboard piece embossed in Sea Mist Imagine Ink Embossing Powder. I also tucked in some more of the Tattered Diamond Bits under the photo. I added a resin birdbath and birds to fit the design of the layout!

I finished off the layout with the title Stillness which I embossed with the Sea Mist Imagine Ink Embossing Powder, tucking a cute little bird on top of the title!

I really enjoyed picking out some of my favorite papers and collections this month and I thank you so much for taking the time to stop by and visit!!

Blue Fern Studios Supplies:

Paper:

Blue Fern Studios Love Story Collection~The Grand Ball

Blue Fern Studios Love Story Collection~Calling Cards

Chipboard:

Stillness

Organic Vine

Tattered Diamond Bits

Imagine Ink Embossing Powder:

Cotton Candy

Sea Mist

Stamps:

Essential Textures

Forever

Circle Textures

Mixed media Wedding canvas and a layout with video by Wilma.

One of my sons will marry his girlfriend in June.
Not a big wedding with white dress and all....
We just have a nice day high up on the alp where they are living in summer with the animals.
Swiss music , food and the cows .... :)

To remember the day I made them a 11x14 mixed media canvas.

It takes another 6 weeks until they get married , so I had to use a Pinterest picture for now :) 

Offcourse I will add their own picture to the canvas.

I started by adding gesso, very rough so I had some texture .

Than I painted Spring blossom , not too exact, it is just a background.

Than I cut out flowers from a old curtain I bought for 50 cents at the driftstore .

You know the thin curtains most old paople have.....

They are great for texture or cutouts like the white flowers here.

Some green tule (driftstore too ) and a few little flowers.

I had this chipboard piece for some time and this was a great opportunity to use it.

The Gazebo piece is stippled with gesso.

After it dryed I mixed gesso and lime paint to get a soft color.

I sprenkled it over the whole canvas including the chipboard and than washed it out random.

This way I keep some white which makes it more interessting for me.

I also used the berry stems , did the same, but keep the paint a little darker .

I added it with a little paintbrush, random again.

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For my second project I made a mixed media layout.

In the video you will see how I sometimes change my mind during the process...

The chipboard pieces are both embossed .

I used the Chelsea Vines and Butterfly friends

Embossingpowder colors : Verdant and garnet

The titel is stippled with gesso...

Papers I used are from the Ombre dream and Frolic collection.

If you like you can watch my video here, hope you will like it...

Thanks for watching my April post

x Wilma x

March Inspiration by Elena Volchkova

Hi everyone! Today my three works will remind you of spring and romance. I wish you the most beautiful spring!

Tropical paradise layout

The first page about my vacation. About the place wh is so beautiful! About happy and joy :)


I used the Ombre Dreams paper as my background. Such light and airy! Chipboard Floral Lattice Bits continued the theme. Colored to turquoise wiht Sea Mist embossing powder and glitters - Blue Ice and Dijon colors.

In this layout, I used a lot of flower. They continued flower in the photo and create the same tropical paradise. Lovely Courtship Blooms and Courtship Roses embellish corne with chipboard Sunshine (The Optimist Word Set). It was covered with mixture of Imagine Ink embossing powders in Honey and Copper.

Stamp Forever with Copper Imagine Ink embossing powder helps to make an interesting background.


On the layout a lot of glitter. I used these three shades - Dusty Rose, Blue Ice, Dijon.
Now all sparkles and shimmers :)

Do you have pictures of travel? Exactly! You can easily repeat the mood of my layout
using products Blue Fern Studio:

Paper: Ombre Dreams - Ginger's Dream
Chipboard: Floral Lattice Bits, The Optimist Word Set
Stamp: Forever
Imagine Ink Embossing Powder: Honey, Sea Mist, Copper
Glitters: Dusty Rose, Blue Ice, Dijon
Flowers: Courtship Blooms, Courtship Roses

Walking in the gardens layout

My second project of March you can already see. This layout I have made for the Blue Fern March sketch. It's about romance of a country house, a walk in the garden with Courtship Lane collections. 

I used the Vintage Edges and Arcadia Textures stamps with Imagine Ink Iris embossing powder to create some details on my background.

Little Rabbit (All Natural Set chipboard) a wonderfully complements the mood of a summer day.



Here I used the Imagine Ink Celestial embossing powder to color the chipboard word "Fascination" (Serendipity Words 2). And to add some Imagine Ink Iris embossing powder to accent.

I cut a few pieces of paper to layer under my photo, I distressed all the edges. I also added Whimsy Flourishes Chipboard,  lace, cotton rope, paillettes, flowers and berries. 

Blue Fern Studio Supply List:

Paper: Courtship Lane - East Plaza
Chipboard: All Natural Set, Serendipity Words 2, Whimsy Flourishes
Stamps: Vintage Edges, Arcadia Textures
Imagine Ink Embossing Powder: Celestial, Iris, Lilac, Lime, Sage

Lace layout

And my third project - canvas, decorated in a light and lacy style. Lady in the photo likes to create lace and I wanted to show her passion in this work.

Layering paper Town Gossip from Courtship Lane collection. Distressed all the edges. Color aсcents added  Lilac and Petal Imagine Ink Embossing Powder: 

You can see pieces of vellum decorated Weathered Doilies Stamp with Lilac and Petal Imagine Ink Embossing Powder.


Chipboard Ginger's Poppies was covered with Imagine Ink Petal embossing powders.

Blue Fern Studio Supply List:

Paper: Courtship Lane - Town Gossip
Chipboard: Ginger's Poppies
Stamp: Weathered Doilies
Imagine Ink Embossing Powder: Lilac, Petal

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

Hugs, Elena

We Have a Winner & Featured Layouts

A big thank you to all of you who participated in our February Sketch Challenge.  As always, were were amazed by your talent.  Now we would like to announce the winner.  Based on a random draw, this month's winner is...........

 ............entry #18 which belongs to Camera Kanami of Japan!.  Congratulations Camera!  

As the winner, you will receive a package of Blue Fern Studios chipboard.  Please send an e-mail, within the next 7 days, to {valerie(at)bluefernstudios(dot)com} to claim your prize.

Here's the beautiful layout that Camera created for the sketch challenge, using paper from the Blush Collection and several pieces of Blue Fern chipboard. 

We have selected the following layouts that we would like to feature:

Chantale Maisan of Canada who used the Love Story Collection for this romantic layout.

Tiffany Solorio of the United States used the Ombre Dreams Collection for this super sweet layout.

Pam Ellis of Canada who used the Blush Collection and some Blue Fern chipboard for this adorable layout.

Congratulations to those who created these featured layouts!

Want to be eligible to win our monthly prize package or have your layout featured?  

Then be sure to enter your layout in our February Sketch Challenge.