January Video Tutorial by Marilyn Rivera

Hi everyone! I'm so happy to be back on the Blue Fern Studio design team with all those  talented ladies. I love Blue Fern products, I'm a fan!

My name is Marilyn Rivera, I'm from Puerto Rico but I live in North Carolina . I love to create and I used to live surrounded by fabrics, dress forms and threads designing dresses, because  you will see some of my dressmaking techniques in my work.
Scrapbooking become more than a hobby,   I've been giving the opportunity to travel and give workshops. I love to share my knowledge and techniques in my classes and in my video tutorials. My style is shabby chic with mixed media with a little of vintage.

You can see my work and videos:
Blog: http://marilynrivera.blogspot.com/

YouTube: Marilyn Rivera/YouTube Channel

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/marilyn.r.dominguez

Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/marilynrivera/

"Momentos Especiales"

I worked this page with the beautiful Blush collection. My title is the new Spanish chipboard word "Momentos Especiales" that means Special Moments that goes perfect with this lovely memory of my kids, here is my daughter's first birthday.
I selected the Chunky Heart Panel chipboard to create the background and made it different techniques that you will see in the video tutorial.

I painted the chipboard title "Momentos Especiales" with two vintage color tones and embossed with the new oatmeal color.

I traced the hearts chipboard with a marker to enhance it and create dimension.

I embossed some of the hearts with the new embossing powders Blue Sky and Cotton Candy.

Supplies:

Blush colllection- Calling Cards, Reminisce papers
Chipboards: Chunky Heart Panel, Momentos Especiales
Imagine-Embossing powders: Blue Sky, Cotton Candy, Oatmeal
Imagine Ink- Mist- Sky, Cotton Candy
Stamp- Beads and Charm


Here's the video tutorial, I hope you enjoy it!

"KEY TO MY HEART"

I made this card using the Blush collection. I mixed the calling cards and Cupid's Folly papers. The Valentine Hearts chipboard goes perfect in my card.

I cut out the bird and the Key to my heart phrase from the Calling cards papers.

Supplies:
Blush collection: Calling Cards, Cupid's Folly papers
Chipboard: Valentine Hearts
Imagine Ink- Mist- Cotton Candy


Thanks for stopping by...Until next time!
Marilyn Rivera

Blush,timeless collection layout! with Yuko.

Hi! Friends!　Yuko is here!
I am honored to be able to come here the third time!
Blue Fern Studios is no longer present a must-have for me.

 I love all products!!!

My name is  Yuko Tanaka and I live in Japan.
                   I live with my husband and a beautiful daughter.
                  After I got married in 2006,I started sorted our wedding photos and organizing
                  so that I could start “scrapbooking” in 2007.
                  I gave birth to the daughter of the wish to 2012. 

                 Now   I  eager in leaving the growth of the dearest daughter !

・Blog  http://wihtcolors.blogspot.jp/
・Fecebook  https://www.facebook.com/yuko.tanaka.102
・Instagram  https://www.instagram.com/sbyuko/
・Pinterest  https://jp.pinterest.com/yukotanaka102/




I made the layout using the First Blush collection!

【sweet on you】

It is a photograph of the birthday of my daughter.
Gift is a favorite Disney Princess picture book!

This title is a favorite
It was embossed with an embossing powder Oatmeal. This color love over! ! !

You get gold is strong when the light hits, but ease likely to match anything in the beige-ish color!

It dangles also I was embossed with Oatmeal.
Some Dangles paste a 4 of 4-year-old.

It has stamped in gold ink on mount of paper.

 

I used the doily on the bottom right.

*****BFS products*****

<paper>   Blush  calling cards/celebration /key to my heart

<chipboard>  sweet on you /Déjà Vu Dangles Chippies

<embossing powder> oatmeal

<stamp>Weathered Doilies

【WHAT A wonderful DAY】

Here chic TIMELESS collection.
It is a beautiful collection with elegant very classical.

Chip board of heart  I used 14karat of embossing powder.

I buried mesh after painting a cardboard with modeling paste, and attaching structure, and　add ink it with purplish red and brown ink.

*****BFS products******

<paper>   Timeless  calling cards/Main Street/Abode/song

<chipboard> Royal Heart Frame/Valentine Hearts

<embossing powder> oatmeal/14karat

The last is the layout using the January of the sketch.

【HUGS】

 Chip board of this heart, the arrow of the part and the heart is another chip board.

I was stuck by decomposition.

I cut off the heart of the arrow of the right middle and acquired the heart (cut a feather) with the upper feather.


And I used the feather which I cut for here.

Perfume bottles use by cutting cut what was stamped.

Beautiful bottles!!!

*****BFS products******

<paper>   Blush  calling cards/sweet heart/ Reminisce

<chipboard>  Valentine Hearts/Heart Hugs

<stamp> Bottled Sentiments

Thank you for looking!!!

It's January .. with Sandi Clarkson

Hello, Blue Fern Studios fans!

 My name is Sandi Clarkson and I am thrilled to begin my Second Term with the Blue Fern Design Team.  Having worked with the Blue Fern Studios owner, staff and many of my fellow team members, this tuly feels like home! It also doesn't hurt that I live in the same state where Blue Fern is manufactured to strengthen my sense of belonging! (Texas, USA)  Because of that proximity, I am sometimes the very first designer to get to see the new products! Talk about exciting!! 

I'm married with three grown, married daughters and a growing number of grandkids! By profession, I'm a very recently retired Audiologist (last week) and am excited to have more free time to get "lost" in creating! I enjoy trying new techniques but am usually happiest when the results still fit my "pretty" criteria. My scrap room is my happy place. I kind of love that my desks have paint, gesso and runaway micro beads all over them. I'm mostly a layout girl but love, love, love doing the occasional canvas. 

Please visit my blog at Soft Side of Sandi to see more of my work. 

So, onward with January's projects ...

"XOXO" (based on the January sketch and flipped)

This month I actually did 2 masculine layouts! Or maybe it is safer to say that I've used masculine photos and then did my own thing! For this first one, I've pulled out some older papers from the Sanctuary collection along with some older chipboard pieces. But I've paired them with some of the new embossing powders that I was dying to try .. Oatmeal and Sage. 

The background for this one was created with a stencil, super heavy gesso, tissue tape and a couple of mists, Persimmon and Jingle Bells. The Persimmon helped pull out some of the peachy, red tones from the paper itself. 

Beneath my photo layers is the Paisley and Vine Medley split in half which I've first gessoed and then embossed with the Oatmeal Embossing Powder. The XOXO title was treated the same but double embossed. I've included the Notebook Edges pieces of chipboard which lend themselves nicely to "guy" projects. For them, I've used the new Sage Embossing Powder and then splashed them with white paint. 

My lower cluster includes a Notebook piece as well as more of the Chelsea Vines which were used around the photo as well. Some variegation was created with my gelatos. 

Most of the Blue Fern paper collections come with a Calling Cards sheet which is ideal for photo layers and titles/subtitles. And I generally add some corrugated cardboard for increased dimension. 

I finished my page with flowers and specks of splattered paint, first white, then black. 

Blue Fern Products used:

Paper:

Santaury Birdsong Melody

Sanctuary Garden Plaza

Sanctuary Calling Cards

Chipboard:

Paisley and Vine Medley

Notebook Edges

XOXO

Chelsea Vines

Mist:

Persimmon

Jingle Bells

Embossing Powder:

Sage

Oatmeal

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"Delightful"

I've been dying to scrap this sweet father/son photo and challenged myself to get it done this month. 
Since they look a little "chilly" I wanted to give the page a frosty feel, so I've pulled out the Autumn Anthology Cottage piece. 

I'm not usually one to mix my "blues" but I just went for it here and am very pleased with the results. I've used the Sky Imagine Ink on the background and paper and on the Floral Lattice Bits. 
For the Roman Clock set, I opted to use the new Heavenly Embossing Powder. Wow, this one really glistens! If you like sparkle, this is the one for you! It's amazing! 

My word title is from the Optimist Set and is simply lightly inked with some brown ink. 

Aren't the Clock Hands intricate and beautiful? 

And the Heavenly Embossing Powder, wow! 

The Floral Lattice anchors the opposite side of the page. You can also see a good view of the Texture 1 stamp being used on my background layer.

Blue Fern Studios Products used:

Paper:

Autumn Anthology Cottage
Autumn Anthology Calling Cards

Chipboard:
Roman Clock Set large
Floral Lattice bits
The Optimist Word Set

Mist:
Sky

Embossing Powder:
Heavenly

Stamp:
Texture 1

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And now a girly page! 

 "True Love"

Lastly, I'm digging my hands into my new Blush collection stash! These papers are so my colors! I love me some teal with peachy-pink and a touch of yellow. They feel so warm to me. 

Lots of background interest was created on the Enamored paper, side B with Mists and stamps as listed below. And of course, some stenciling. For paper layering, I've torn some of the Enamored, side A as well as the Fondness papers and then the Valentine Cards to tuck here and there. 

I still had a few bits of the Floral Lattice Bits on my desk and decided to just paint them white and let them be a nice contrast to the other colors. I made some circles on my paper, being sure to capture those sweet red hearts near the top! Aren't they cute? 

You can also see part of the Chelsea Medallion that I've used as a photo layer. I misted it with Winter Fern and then heat embossed with Fern Embossing Powder. 

It seems fitting to start working some hearts into my creations, so I've used a couple of pieces from the Valentine Hearts chipboard set. Both were gessoed, then misted with Persimmon and finally heat embossed with the new Garnet color. The top piece with the keyhole is so fun! For that one I mixed in some 14 Karat EP with a double embossing technique. 

Just a closer look at this sweet hearts! And the wings. 

On the right, I've made a Valentine Cards cluster and layered in some flowers and resin. One little fussy cut butterfly is in the mix. He's from the Frolic collection. The Weathered Doilies stamping come into view in this close-up, as well as the Photography stamp. 

A fun dimensional shot! 

Blue Fern Studios Products used:
Paper:
Blush Enamored
Blush Fondness
Blush Valentine Cards

Chipboard:
Chelsea Medallion
Floral Lattice bits
Valentine Hearts

Mist:
Persimmon
Winter Mint

Embossing Powder:
Garnet
14 Karat
Fern

Stamps:
Texture 1
Photography
Weathered Doilies

Thanks for hanging in there with me for this rather long post this month! 
Please be sure to check out the sketch challenge HERE
See you next time! 
Sandi

What's New at Blue Fern Studios?

Hi everyone!  We hope you are having a wonderful weekend.  We have some new chipboard pieces that we can't wait to show you.  So many of you love to use our chipboard titles and words on your projects, so we have some new ones for you.  We also have some Valentine Hearts, an Ornate Wreath, and a set of 4 Banner Flags.  

For our Spanish-speaking customers, we are excited to add some titles created just for you!

We continue to add to our Image Ink line of products.  Take a look at these beautiful colors of embossing powder. 

If you haven't added embossing powder to chipboard, it's something you must try.  It's such a beautiful effect!