Things You Find In The Attic Using The Attic Charm Collection By Blue Fern Studios~

I just love the extremely, romantic new Blue Fern Studios Attic Charm Collection! It inspired me to create projects surrounding things that you would find tucked away in your attic. This one features a wedding dress. I can just see a young girl rummaging through her grandma's attic, opening up a trunk and finding a gorgeous confection that her loved one once walked down the isle in.

The layout is based on this month's Blue Fern Sketch and you can join in on the challenge on the blog here:
http://bluefernstudios.blogspot.com/

I started with a layer of Attic Charm Merchantile Paper, then took a piece of Attic Charm Sachet Paper, heavily distressed and inked it, then sewed it so that I could lift the edges for dimension.

I added White Crackle Paint Accents that I over inked randomly onto the page to add an aged effect.

Next, I layered on some wide Sweetheart Lace, and then cut down a piece of Attic Charm Foyer Paper, inked and sewed the edges and created a matte for my photo.

I used the new Blue Fern Looped Frames Chipboard, to form a double circle layer under the photo. I treated the chipboard with White Crackle Paste, then randomly colored places with a distress marker and then sprinkled the pieces with Silver Pink Shard Glitter Glass.

Here you can see the bottom, smaller frame. I added Courtship Blooms and Mulberry Paper Flowers to each frame, and then added some of my hand crafted Debutante Glitter Glass Butterflies to add even more romance.

At the side of the photo, I used Blue Fern Tranquil Roses & Lilies, more mulberry paper flowers, foliage, and some gauze I shredded and added beads to.

I repeated a smaller piece at the bottom corner.

Here, I took a Blue Fern Serendipity Words 1 Inspiration Chipboard piece, inked it then added shading with a distress marker.

Here is a shot so that you can see all the dimension and texture that you can capture with those quality Blue Fern Products.

Blue Fern Studios Supply List:
Paper:

Attic Charm-Foyer

Attic Charm-Sachet

Attic Charm Mercantile

Chipboard:
Looped Frames
Serendipity Words 1 (Inspiration)

Flowers:
Tranquil Roses & Lilies

Courtship Blooms

In keeping with things that one would find in their attic, I created this layout using an old Vintage Photo and the Blue Fern Attic Charm Collection.

I started with a layer of Blue Fern Attic Charm Haberdashery Paper, and then took a piece of  Attic Charm Sachet Paper and punched and sewed the edging. 

I cut a Blue Fern Wild Flourish Bundle in half, heat embossed it with Imagine Ink Sage Embossing Powder, then randomly dabbed it with clear embossing powder and sprinkled it with Imagine Ink Peridot Glitter.

I added lots of Mulberry Paper Flowers, Blue Fern Attic Charm Daisies and Courtship Blooms, along with a large Chiffon Flower and foliage. I then added some of my hand crafted Oh So Butterlicious Butterflies for added Dimension and Texture.

I took a Blue Fern Fancy Bird Cage Chipboard Piece, cut the pole and then attached the cage with a rhinestone button. I treated the chipboard with Gesso, Chunky Glitter Glass and added lace and mini roses. the little bird is from the Blue Fern All Natural Set,  and is heat embossed with Imagine Ink 14 KT embossing powder, and glitter painted accents.

Here is a close up of the Bird Cage. Such a focal point piece for any project!!!

And here is a Dimensional look at all the layering and techniques.

Blue Fern Studios Supply List:
Paper:
Attic Charm Sachet
Attic Charm Haberdashery

Chipboard:
Fancy Bird Cage
All Natural Set (Little Bird)Wild Flourish Bundle

Flowers:
Attic Charm Daisies
Courtship Blooms

Imagine Ink:
Embossing Powder Sage
Embossing Powder 14 KT
Glitter Peridot

And for my last project I created a Music Book Box with Tag Set tucked inside, because we all know that attics are full of all kinds of knick knacks with hidden treasures inside them!! I of course used the Blue Fern Attic Charm Collection to create this magical piece.

The box was covered with layers of Blue Fern Attic Charm Generation and Attic Key Papers along with lots of lace and Tulle Lace to capture the ballerina look. I added a Blue Fern Framed Trinket to the top of the box that I two tone painted added pearls to, and placed a mulberry paper into the center of , and then added some resin ballet slippers to.

The focal piece is a gorgeous Blue Fern Music Box Chipboard Piece that I did layers of techniques on. The ballerina body was painted in white crackle paint then inked with tea dye ink. She was then given a tulle tutu with rose bud. The top of the box was colored with gelatos, the bottom was painted pink then stippled with white gesso, and pearls were added as accents. The "key" was heat embossed with Imagine Ink Icicle Embossing Powder.

I added mulberry paper flowers, a Blue Fern Attic Charm Daisy,  a rhinestone and pearl button, and some of my Tiny Treasure hand crafted Love Story Butterflies.

For the page sides of the book, I took two Blue Fern Dangle Borders, painted them with white gesso and then cut them down and added them to the sides. I just love how romantic and gorgeous they look!!!

For the spine side of the book, I added Flower Girl Lace and a pink chiffon flower.

For the back side, I covered it in more of the Attic Charm Key Paper, then randomly crackle painted it and inked it with tea dye ink for a love worn looked.

The inside of the Book Box was covered with Attic Charm Papers, and the tag album tucks inside.

I created the tag album out of  pieces of the Attic Charm Papers, and the topper pieces were created with Attic Charm Calling Cards.

I used lots of laces,

Flowers,

and romantic touches,

to create sweet spots for small photos,

or journaling.

I hope you have enjoyed rummaging through the attic with me and that I have inspired you to grab some of those new Blue Fern Attic Charm Papers, Chipboards, Flowers, and Imagine Ink Mediums, to create your own attic treasures!!! Hugs ~Renea

Blue Fern Supply List:

Paper:

Attic Charm Attic Key

Attic Charm Calling Cards
Attic Charm Foyer

Attic Charm Generation
Attic Charm Merchantile

Chipboard:
Music Box

Dangle Border

Framed Trinkets

Imagine Ink:

Icicle Embossing Powder

Flowers:
Attic Charm Daisies

Today it's all about YOU!

Watching you use our products gives us such great joy.   We think you will enjoy seeing what we have found on blogs, social media, and online galleries. 

These beautiful cards created by Vera Shelemekh were made as thank you cards for teachers at the end of the year.  There is a compartment inside to tuck in a chocolate.  

We came across this beautiful layout by Robin Shakoor in an online gallery.  

Robin added the perfect embellishments to accent this paper from our Montage Collection. 

Anna Rogalska had posted this layout on her blog, and we fell in love with it!  Isn't it amazing how she has duplicated the flowers in the photo she has used?  Paper is from the Blush Collection, and the chipboard title, The Best Day Ever, has been cut apart to better fit the design of the layout.

Mei entered this sweet layout in one of our sketch challenges, using paper from the Serendipity Collection.  

The sweet photo jumps off the page with the layering of paper strips behind it.  

The chipboard title is also from Blue Fern.

We were very excited to see this layout created by Joanne.

Can you guess which paper collection she used as the background for this layout?  

If you really know Blue Fern products, you might recognize this as the backing for our larger pieces of chipboard.  What a creative example of re-purposing your packaging.  We love the design of this layout and how well the background brings out the beautiful blues in the photo. 

Last, but not least, is this artsy mixed media piece by  Djamila Khiter , which she shared on our Facebook page.  She used paper from the Timeless Collection for the background.  Did you know that Blue Fern paper is nice and heavy, and can withstand layers of media? 

Thanks to these amazing women for the beautiful ways in which you have used Blue Fern products!

We hope you will share your projects with us on Social Media!

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June Sketch Challenge

It's June - the official start to summer here in the U.S.  The days are longer and most of the children are out of school for the summer.  Vacation plans are on the mind of everyone.   We hope your summer will be filled with memories and fun new photos for creating layouts and projects.

We are going to start the summer with a sketch challenge.  Michele Singh, who creates a lot of our paper, has created the sketch for us.  We would love for you to join us.  We give you the entire month to use the sketch as inspiration for a project.

Here is the June sketch:

This sketch has some great elements to work with.  To get you started, a few members of our Creative Team have used the sketch as inspiration for their layouts.  

This month, each of our designers has used paper from our new collection, Attic Charm!

Elena Volchkova

Bec Genet

Maja Nowak

 

 

Nicole Doiron

Debbie Burns

Marilyn Rivera

Cathi O'Neill

Cathi shared with us such a sweet story about this photo.  We thought we would share it with you:

 "This is a photo of my Great Aunt Marge. She had it made for my Great Uncle when he went off to WWII. The title Patience is for both of them as they waited to see each other when he returned. I love that she made such a beautiful photo for him to take with him. I added pearls like she wore in the photo and some vintage lace to fit with the theme and typed my journaling onto the tag."

Now it is your turn!   Whether you are new to our Sketch Challenge or have participated in the past, we would love for you to grab some Blue Fern products and use the sketch as inspiration for a project.  We will have a prize for one lucky winner (from a random draw), and will feature a few projects from YOU at the end of the month!

We ask that you follow these guidelines:

1.) Feel free to interpret the sketch as you please by means of taking it as-is or
flipping/turning/mirroring it to suit your needs, but please make sure your layout resembles the sketch.

2). You can create any project you please - a layout, card,canvas, altered item

- whatever suits your mood and style! We would love to see the different 

ways our sketch can be used.

3.) You must use at least one piece of Blue Fern Studios chipboard OR use Blue Fern Studios paper on your project. Please note that you do not need to use the chipboard pieces or paper featured in the sketch. 

  You can find a list of stores that carry Blue Fern products  HERE.
 {Do not use any other brand of chipboard on your project, please!}

4.) Upload your project using the Inlinkz tool below by midnight EST on June 30, 2016.

An InLinkz Link-up

New Stamps!

With the release of our new collection Attic Charm, we promised you that we would also have some new stamp sets.  If you missed our release of Attic Charm, you can see it HERE.  

The first two stamps we released are these vintage images that have 

the look and feel of the Attic Charm collection:

The next three stamps also have a vintage feel and would be perfect for almost any project.  

We have a set of elegant lace, and some phrases that would be beautiful on a layout, 

mixed media project, or card. The third stamp set is a gorgeous Queen Anne frame.

Adding stamps to your projects will add a new level of texture.  Our design team frequently uses stamps, 

so as you look at their projects, we hope you will look for the dimension they achieve by using stamps.

Attic Charm Layout and More by Maiko

Hello Everyone!

Maiko here with you today to share my May projects.

First, I made this Layout using Lovely "Attic Charm" collection.
These papers are so Beautiful.

I love these!

My elder sister got married this month.

I made a layout using a picture of the elder sister's good-looking bride.

"Endless Love"

Blue Fern Studios used:

papers:

Attic Charm - Attic Key

Attic Charm - Attire

Attic Charm - Calling Cards

Attic Charm - Curio

Attic Charm - Haberdashery

Attic Charm - Mercantile

Chipboard:

Jeweled Frame

Flutter Page Dangles

Heart Set

Endless Love

Flowers:

Attic Charm Glitter Roses

Embossing Powder :

Pearl

Cotton Candy

Glitter:

Sunshine

This Chipboard is the "Jeweled Frame".

I really LOVE this. So lovelly!

This chipboard is the "Flutter Page Dangles".

First, I painted this with an acrylic paint, then I have heat embossed

using embossing paste and embossing powder  "Pearl",

and I painted it with Acrylic Paint.

I cut out these Flowers and Butterfly from the Attic Charm papers to embellish my page.

This Large White Flower is the "Attic Charm Glitter Roses".

Next, I used the Beautiful  Courtship Lane collection.

"We do not Remember Days We Remember Moments"

Blue Fern Studios used:

papers:

Courtship Lane - Bourbon Ave

Courtship Lane - Calling Cards

Courtship Lane - Town Gossip

Courtship Lane - Main Street

Chipboard:

Flutter Page Dangles

Bohemian Flowers

Remember Moments

Embossing Powder :

Pearl

Cotton Candy

Stamp:

Vintage Edges

This is a picture of me and my elder sister.

I chose Precious as the title.

First, I painted it with an acrylic paint, colored it with pink ink,

and finally I covered it in Glossy Accents.

My last creation today is...

"million Dollar SMILE"

Blue Fern Studios used:

papers:

Frolic - Adorn

Frolic - Allegro

Frolic - Calling cards

Frolic - Petits moments

Frolic - Amoroso

Chipboard:

Circle Groups

Million Dollar Smile

Heart Borders

Embossing Powder :

Pearl

Glitter:

Sunshine

 These Circle Chipboards are "Circle Groups".

I colored this with "Pearl" embossing powder and "Sun Shine"Glitter.

The chipboard border is the "Heart Borders".

I cut this in half and arranged it in left and right of the layout.

I colored this with "Cotton Candy" embossing powder.

That is all from me today.

Thank you for visiting!

May inspiration by Elena Volchkova

Hi everyone! Today, I have prepared three layouts using Tranquility Collection. And I'm happy to show it to you.

"Two fairies" layout

Mom and daughter. Beautiful and young. Such similar! And so different!
My layout about it. And about love, of course.

Paper Tranquility-Patience was the perfect backdrop for this green layout. Against the background there is a small golden spots created with Honey Imagine Ink Embossing Powder. The same powder covered chipbord Crackle Bits.

"Love" covered Azure Imagine Ink Embossing Powder. It combines perfectly with flowers and shades in the photographs.

Beaded Strings сhipboard and circles from Circle Groups was covered with mixture of Imagine Ink embossing powders in Lime and Sage, which give the the perfect combination!

Blue Fern Studio Supply List:

Paper: Tranquility - Patience
Chipboard: Beaded Strings, Circle Groups, "Adore, Love, Cherish" set, Crackle Bits
Imagine Ink Embossing Powder: Sage, Lime, Azure, Honey
Flowers: Attic Charm Daisies

"The charm of country life" layout

This layout for one wonderful young girl. Mischievous and fun! She likes to enjoy life! A wonderful girl! I wanted to capture the moment of spring joy. Joy of the simple life.

I used the Calm paper from the Tranquility Collection as my background paper. Paper with a summer mood!

"Blissful" I covered with Imagine Ink Seven Seas embossing powder. Circle Groups was covered with Imagine Ink Ginger embossing powder. By Ginger and Heavenly powders I added accents in the background.

For richness tone I added Dreamy and Weathered Doilies Stamps on the background.

Blue Fern Studio Supply List: 

Paper: Tranquility - Calm
Chipboard: Circle Groups, "Blissful, Jubilation, Patience" Set
Stamps: Dreamy, Weathered Doilies
Imagine Ink Embossing Powder: Seven Seas, Ginger, Heavenly
Flowers: Attic Charm Daisies

"Light oriental tale" layout

And the third ...  light, weightless ... oriental tale. Princess in a tent on the beach, waves lace wind. Flowers and sunlight glare.

Paper is so beautiful that define a background mood.
Symphony Border and Eastern Lantern I covered with Imagine Ink Honey embossing powder. This is my favorite shade of gold. Quiet and noble.

"Adore" was covered with Imagine Ink Garnet embossing powder.

This layout decorated with a lot of light and imponderable elements - lace, feathers, tulle. Beads and crystals add luxurious accents for our princess.

Blue Fern Studio Supply List:

Paper: Tranquility - Serenity
Chipboard: Symphony Border, Eastern Lanterns, "Adore, Love, Cherish" set
Imagine Ink Embossing Powder: Honey, Garnet
Flowers: Tranquil Roses and Lilies

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

Hugs, Elena