Spring Garden layouts by Patty Rogers

Hello everyone!  Today concludes our projects from the Blue Fern Fan of the Month, Patty Rogers.  It has been such a joy to have her with us this month, as we know what a big fan she is of everything Blue Fern.
Today, Patty has created 2 layouts to share with you.  I will let her tell you all about them!

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Hello Blue Fern Studios fans! It's Patty with my last post as Fan of the Month. What an honor this has been! I thoroughly enjoyed working with the Spring Parade collection.

Hi Blue Fern fans! It's Patty with another layout from the Spring Parade collection.
 I did quite a bit of fussy cutting for this piece, as well as 3-D work and applying texture.

One technique found in my work is layering. I think it shows off all of the beautiful papers,
 so dimension is a must for me.

You can see where I used the Forever stamp with Pink Dust embossing powder
on each of the layers in random places for texture and dimension.

I applied a few brushstrokes of gesso on the flowers to lighten them a little and distressed the layered papers.

Here, you can see the layering, distressing, textured background, splatters of color and embossed chipboard pieces.

For this layout, I used May Vignettes as my background paper. The little eggs, bunny, and
flowers are sweet without dominating the background. Again, I used the Spring Bunny Frame,
Good Vibes and Garden Lattice Bits for the chipboard.

I embossed the frame with Snow and Sea Mist embossing powders with just a sprinkle of Spring Posy glitter.

Fussy cutting the little bird in a basket adds dimension to the layout when popped up.

The banners were distressed and I embossed the title using Lavender Eggs.

The flowers used on this layout were Spring Peony and Berries, Spring Florals, 

Dark Tropic Lilies and Courtship Roses. 

 Wishing everyone a lot of creative enjoyment with Blue Fern Studios products! --- Patty

April Projects by Halyna Protsenko

Hello Blue Fern Studios Fans! This month I have 2 very different layouts and tenderness canvas for you. I  worked with the new Spring Parade collection and with the Courtship Lane collection.

"Beautiful" layout

For my first layout about my dearest friend Lika I chose Rememrance and April Medley paper from the Spring Parade collection. And I added some pieces of the Nature paper from the Paisley & Vine collection. This birds are amazing!!!! 

 Сhipboard element Rings Panel I painted to pastel colors of sprays.

 I used the Dark Tropic Lilies and other flowers in my flower cluster.

Blue Fern Studios Supply List:

Paper

- Spring Parade - Rememrance

- Spring Parade - April Medley

- Paisley & Vine - Nature

Chipboard

- Rings Panel

Flowers

- Dark Tropic Lilies

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"Memories Captured" canvas

For my second project I decided to create a "Memories Captured" canvas about my beautiful friend Yulia. I used Remembrance, Spring Petites, Sunday Best, June papers from the Spring Parade collection to create the layers on my canvas. 

I embossed the chipboard elements Ginger's Poppies and Memories Captured Titles with embossing powders: Lilac and Morning Sun. 

I used the new Spring Peonies, Chesterville Blooms and Attic Charm Glitter Roses

in my flower cluster.

Blue Fern Studios Supply List:

Paper

- Spring Parade - Spring Petites

- Spring Parade - Remembrance

- Spring Parade -Sunday Best 

- Spring Parade -June

Chipboard

- Ginger's Poppies

- Memories Captured Titles

Imagine Ink Embossing Powder

- Morning Sun

- Lilac

Flowers

- Chesterville Blooms

- Spring Peonies

- Attic Charm Glitter Roses

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"Tenderness" layout

And my third layout this month is a "Tenderness" pastel layout using the Parkway paper from the Courtship Lane collection as the background. This is a cute picture of my beautiful friend Olga!!

Also I used the pieces of Attic Charm paper collection - Haberdashery, Mercantile and Serendipity paper collection - Calling Cards.

 Сhipboard element Ginger's Poppies I covered with Imagine Ink Lilac embossing powder.

The flowers, chipboards and lace I decorated with Glitter - Blue Ice and Pink Carnation. This is very gorgeous!!!

Blue Fern Studios Supply List:

Paper

- Courtship Lane - Parkway

- Attic Charm - Haberdashery

- Attic Charm - Mercantile

- Serendipity - Calling Cards

Chipboard

- Ginger's Poppies

Imagine Ink Embossing Powder

- Lilac

Glitter

- Blue Ice

- Pink Carnation

I hope you enjoy viewing my projects. See you next time!

Hugs, Halyna.

Easter Joy by Patty Rogers

As we approach Easter, our Blue Fern Fan of the month, Patty Rogers, has an adorable Easter layout to share, using paper and chipboard from the Spring Parade Collection.  I'll let Patty fill you in on all the details:

Hi everyone! It's Patty Rogers again to share a layout I created with the beautiful Spring Parade collection. I wanted to use this photo of my two children as they were enjoying Easter Sunday. Don't you love the Spring Bunny chipboard frame?  The charming little bunny and its size are perfect for the trend in scrapbooking to use a small photo. 

For this piece, I used a variety of papers from Spring Parade (Market Place, April Medley, Sunrise, Susie's Garden and Spring Parade). The stripes in Sunrise paper begged for a horizontal or vertical design.  I used an inking sponge to darken the paper a little behind the area of interest to draw attention to that area and to make it pop. 

Some of the background work that I did can be seen here. First, I used Essential Textures stamp to play up the brick wall seen in the photo.  For the embossing, I used Lavender Eggs, Snow, and Sea Mist and added sprinkles of the brand new Spring Posy glitter! Also, I added a few splatters of gesso. 

This beautiful little girl is one of the many reasons I love Blue Fern Studios products! I fussy cut and popped her up for dimension. Also used here is Garden Lattice Bits chipboard in the background. I seem to be hopelessly addicted to dimension, texture and beautiful paper! 

 Flowers used here are the Spring Florals and Spring Peony and Berries. I painted a bit of gesso on the flowers to give them a lighter feel. 

Thanks for stopping by. See you next time!
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Meet our April Blue Fern Fan of the Month!

We are thrilled to announce our April Blue Fern Fan of the Month - the amazing Patty Rogers!  Patty is a true fan of everything Blue Fern.  If you stop by her blog, you will see pages of beautiful layouts using our products.  This month, we have the pleasure of sharing some of Patty's layouts with you.  Each week, we will have a new layout from her using the Spring Parade Collection.  She has some wonderful projects planned.  

For now, we will turn it over to Patty so you can get to know her and her creative process a little better.

My name is Patty Rogers, also known as A Sassy Scrapper in the world of Paper Crafting. My husband and I live in Texas, United States, where we met at Texas Christian University, as
 I majored in education and minored in art. Although our two children are grown now, I still enjoy doing layouts about them at any stage of their lives. 

Over the past twenty years, I have had several paradigm shifts in my style, and know that I am ever changing and improving in my work (read "play" here). I keep up with the latest supplies and trends and find that a romantic look is the style I enjoy creating most of all. I became interested in the artistic side of this “craft” a few years back, and love all the fun I have had with embossing, layering, painting, dimension and texture. My work is definitely considered multimedia.  

I love Blue Fern Studios products, and have been using them since 2011 while on a design team that carried their amazing products. I especially like that the quality and beauty of their paper is perfect for my style of scrapbooking and that their chipboard, flowers, stamps and embossing powders are perfectly coordinated. I am a hopeless Blue Fern Studio Fan! 

For this layout, I chose to use the Chesterville Shelf along with Good Vibes for a title, and Bits of Honey chipboard pieces as a backdrop.  Also used here are June and Market Place papers from the Spring Parade Collection, Pink Dust and Lavender Eggs embossing powders, and Spring Posy glitter.  

The flowers included are the gorgeous berries from Spring Peony and Berries, Spring Florals, Heartland Blossoms and Dark Tropic Lilies.  The colors in these Blue Fern Studios products were perfect for the Easter dress my daughter was wearing. It could not have been a better match!  

Techniques used for this layout included painting, heat embossing, tearing, 3 - D work, and crimping.  

Creating little clusters of the beautiful flowers brought it all together and made the layout very feminine.

One of my favorite techniques to use in a layout is to add texture. Sometimes, I achieve that by using modeling paste and a stencil. Another way to get texture is to heat emboss. For an added touch here, I used a paper crimper to achieve the corrugated look under the photo. For me, there was not one minute during the creation of this layout that was not pure enjoyment!

March projects with Halyna Protsenko

Hi there, Blue Fern Studios fans!!! Halyna Protsenko here again with some new creations for March. I would like to present  projects using the new beautiful Spring Parade collection and one more layout with amazing other collection.

"Little Moments" layout

The new Spring Parade Collection has a beautiful color combination. For my first layout about nice kids I chose the Rememrance sheet, because it's very tender! 

I layered pieces of the Sunrise paper and Sunday Best paper from the Spring Parade collection. And I added some pieces of the laces and paper muffin cups.

Сhipboard element Folkart Frame I covered with Imagine Ink Oatmeal embossing powder.

I used the new Spring Peonies and Chesterville Blooms in my flower cluster.

Blue Fern Studios Supply List:

Paper
- Spring Parade - Remembrance
- Spring Parade - Sunrise
- Spring Parade -Sunday Best 

Chipboard
- Folkart Frame

Imagine Ink Embossing Powder
- Oatmeal

Stamps
- Journey
- Tattered Newsprint

Flowers
- Spring Peonies
- Chesterville Blooms

"Memories Captured" layout

For my second project about little beautiful girl Dari I decided to create a "Memories Captured" layout. I use the Spring Petites paper from the Spring Parade collection for the background.

I embossed the chipboard elements Flutter Medley and Memories Captured Titles with a mix of embossing powders: Snow and Morning Sun. 

I also made a stamp Blooms and Stems and Owls and Birdson the tracing paper and embossed this with Imagine Ink Lilac embossing powder. Then I cut them out by contour.

And finally, no layout is complete without flowers! I added the beautiful Chesterville Blooms on my layouts.

Blue Fern Studios Supply List:

Paper
- Spring Parade - Spring Petites
- Spring Parade - Sunrise
- Spring Parade -Sunday Best 

Chipboard
- Flutter Medley
- Memories Captured Titles

Imagine Ink Embossing Powder
- Snow
- Morning Sun
- Lilac

Stamps
- Blooms and Stems
- Owls and Birdson

Flowers
- Chesterville Blooms

"Precious Memories" layout

My second layout about my pretty sister Yana. She is my sparkle star! She is my very beautiful girl! My sister is studing in New York University, we don't saw each other for one year and I miss her very much!!!

I started with the Charmed paper from the Blush collection. I layered pieces of the Couture paper from the Timeless collection and Stillness paper from the Tranquility collection. And I added some pieces of the resist canvas.

Сhipboard element Rings Panel I covered with Imagine Ink Oatmeal and Coral embossing powder. And titlre "Precious Memories" was covered with Imagine Ink Forest and Oatmeal embossing powder.

Blue Fern Studios Supply List:

Paper
- Blush - Charmed
- Timeless - Couture
- Tranquility - Stillness

Chipboard
- Ring Panels
- Precious Memories

Imagine Ink Embossing Powder
- Forest
- Oatmeal

Stamps
- Forever

I hope you enjoy viewing my projects. See you next time!
Hugs, Halyna.