Memoires & Serendipity Inspiration from Nicole Doiron

Hello everyone!

I am thrilled to be back today to share with you more of my Blue Fern Studios creations, and I'm even more excited to showcase the stunning new collection Mémoires on 2 of these projects.

Let's start with this layout that was inspired by the October sketch challenge.

This is the fabulous sketch designed by Michelle Singh.

Here's to hoping that you will be inspired and play along with us this month!

First, I created the mixed media background on this page by stamping the Cracked texture stamp numerous times and then creating a vertical design with ivory acrylic paint and Garnet Imagine Ink embossing powder.  I chose the True Story title that I covered with Ebony powder.

Below you see one of the beautiful new chipboard pieces coordinating with Mémoires.  I used a layer of the glittery Lucky embossing powder on the Grand Ornement and then tamed it down a bit with a few different shades of distress ink.  I added a Jeweled Page Dangle covered in Black Sand powder which I both absolutely love as well as a Formal Corner in Ebony.

Blue Fern Studios has released some new flower sets which are all exquisite.  Below you see a green Mémoires Bloom combined with Seaside Lily and Courtship Blooms.

Blue Fern Studios Products

Patterned Papers: Mémoires (Nature's Novel, Chronicles, Calling Cards)

Chipboard: Grand Ornement, Jeweled Page Dangles, Formal Corners, True Story

Flowers: Mémoire Blooms, Seaside Lilies, Courtship Blooms

Stamp: Scratched

Imagine Ink: Embossing Powders (Lucky, Garnet, Black Sand, Ebony)

Next, this layout is a little bit more soft in 'nature' (pun unintended), using a combination of the gorgeous Photographic Record and Remember When papers.  I love the colour palette which is so versatile, perfect for any season photos.

I so love the Ginger's Poppies that I have lined along the bottom right corner.  I thought that the Melon colour would suit them very well.  The word Patience was covered with a mixture of Sage and Lucky.

Attic Charm Daisies and Harvest Lilies make up the pretty pastel flower clusters.

In the upper left corner of my page, framing my picture, are a Swirled Floral Corner which I separated in two pieces and a Whimsy Flourish.

I really love the quote "Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience" and thought it was perfect for my page.  This pretty flower was photographed from my mother in law's beautiful garden!

Blue Fern Studios Products

Patterned Papers: Mémoires (Photographic Record, Remember When)

Chipboard: Ginger's Poppies, Swirled Floral Corners - Small, Whimsy Flourishes, Patience

Flowers: Harvest Lilies, Attic Charm Daisies

Imagine Ink: Embossing Powders (Melon, Sage, Lucky)

For my last project today, I decided I would give you a double treat in a double-page layout!

You see on this page my favorite papers from the Serendipity collection.  I must say, these papers look as if they have been designed especially for me!  Soft flowery patterns in teal and red, ivory book prints and gorgeous vintage romance... absolutely stunning!

This double spread needed a big and bold title so I used the Remember Moments piece covered in Ruby. 

You see here the elegant Attic Stairs covered in Ebony.

I framed both sides of my layout with pieces of the Blue Fern Frame and I added an Ironwork Accent piece on the left side. The red Attic Charm Glitter Roses seemed ideal for this page and you can see that I also added a bit of Watermelon glitter onto my background.

I added favorite photos of my boyfriend and I throughout our 10 years together.

Blue Fern Studios Products

Patterned Papers: Serendipity (Fascination, Glee, Chronicle, Calling Cards)

Chipboard: Blue Fern Frame, Attic Stairs, Ironwork Accents, Remember Moments

Flowers: Attic Charm Glitter Roses

Stamp: Love Story Set 1

Imagine Ink: Embossing Powders (Clover, Ruby), Glitter (Watermelon)

Have a great rest of October everyone!

2017 Design Team and Video Educator Call

 It's time for us to start looking ahead to 2017, and we are searching for some talented designers and video educators to be a part of our Creative Team!   Blue Fern Studios is continuing to grow and we need paper-crafters of all styles to help showcase our beautiful, high quality patterned paper, chipboard, stamps, embossing powder and glitter.   This call is open to all countries. 


To Apply:

Please email the following information to apply@bluefernstudios(dot)com. Be sure to include "Design Team Application" in your subject. Application deadline is October 31, 2016 at Midnight US EST.

Full Name

E-Mail Address

Country

Link to your Blog

Link to your YouTube Channel (if you create videos)

List of Current Design Teams (and terms)

Please let us know if you design for any Stores (brick & mortar, or online)
 
Links to any Current Online Galleries

Three projects that best showcase your style, preferably using Blue Fern chipboard and patterned paper.  If you do not have access to Blue Fern products,  please use products with a similar style.  When viewing your photographs we will be looking for sharp focus, good lighting, and accurate illustration of color. 

Please resize all images to 650 pixels.

If selected, successful applicants will create (3) projects per month (choice of a combination of layouts, mixed media, altered items, or cards) and will be compensated with a generous selection of Blue Fern Studios products. New additions to our team will be notified once the selection is complete.  The 2017 Creative Team and Video Educators will officially be announced November 15, 2016 on the Blue Fern Studios blog.

We look forward to reviewing your applications, and wish you all the best of luck!

My layout for October by Marie-Eve Bernard

Hello,

I'm back with my three layout for October.  The first two are with the Seaside Cottage, I just wanted to keep summer here a little longer.  My last one is more seasonal with the fall color palette.

Mommy's Boy

My first layout is featuring my baby boy...and me!  It's not often that i use a picture of me on one of my project but I really like this one. For this layout, i use less medium as usual.

On the chipboard of the title, I apply a coat of gesso and add blue spray ink. For the squares, i just apply gesso.  

Blue fern Studios list of supplies

Papers

Seaside cottage, Calling Cards

Seaside cottage, Voyage

Chipboards

Mommy's Boy

Mod Sqares

A walk on the beach

On this second layout, I use plenty of Imagine Ink embossing powders on my chipboard pieces. To decorate, I use the Blue Fern Studios flowers and to have the total beachy look, i add some real seashells and starfish.

Blue fern Studios list of supplies

Papers

Seaside cottage, Embarck

Chipboards

Screen panel

A walk on the beach

Imagine Ink Embossing Powder

Ginger

Mushroom

Nutmeg

Seven seas

Breeze

Flowers

Harvest Lilies

Seaside Roses

Magique:

I really enjoy the fall color and wanted to use it on this layout.  I use a variety of paper collections on this one.  I mist colours of Imagine Ink embossing powders on my chipboard pieces.  On my background, I stamp with the Essential Texture Stamp set and emboss it with the Ebony powder.  

Blue fern Studios list of supplies

Papers

Serendipity, Fascination (background)

Tranquility, Peaceful

Timeless, Adobe

Timeless, Couture

Chipboards

Notebook Edges

French Adjective 2

Folkart frame

Imagine Ink Embossing Powder

Ebony

Mushroom

Nutmeg

Chili powder

Tangerine

Auburn

Stamps

Essential Texture

Hope you enjoy my october share!  See you next month!

Marie-Eve Bernard 

October Inspiration with Cathi

This month I wanted to do some more autumn themed layouts, because, well, I am in love with the autumn season, the colors, the leaves, everything... And of course I love the Blue Fern Studios Autumn Anthology and knew it needed to be used for this season!!

My first layout features my eldest Aine a few years back with an autumnal backdrop. Her red hair is always great for autumn layouts too!! For the base of the layout I used the gorgeous Penmanship paper. I just love the illustrations, a mixture of gorgeous fall flowers and mushrooms and fountain pens and vintage illustrations!  I always find the Calling Cards cutouts perfect for layering under my photos and the back side of the calling cards was just as gorgeous as the cut out images.

Here you can see the I Think You're Wonderful and Circle Flourish- Small chipboards embossed in the Tangerine Imagine Ink Embossing Powder.

I chose some beautiful peach colored Attic Charm Daisies and Courtship Blooms in dark brown to add to my layout. In the background you can see the splashes of ink and stamping I added to the layout using the Halftone stamp set, the Making Plans Stamp and the Essential Textures stamp set. I love the extra depth and texture stamping can give.

In my final photo here you can see the Turkish Bits chipboard I tucked in under the photo cluster. I used the gorgeous Amethyst Imagine Ink Embossing Powder to add a gorgeous color to it.

Blue Fern Studios Supplies:

Paper:

Blue Fern Studios Autumn Anthology Collection~Penmanship

Blue Fern Studios Seaside Cottage Collection~Calling Cards

Chipboard:

I Think You're Wonderful

Circle Flourish - Small

Turkish Bits

Imagine Ink Embossing Powder:

Tangerine

Amethyst

Stamps:

Halftone

Making Plans

Essential Textures

Flowers:

Courtship Blooms

Attic Charm Daisies

I went for a mix of modern and vintage for this layout. I had this great photo of my girls and some friends from years back and there are some adorable smiles in this photo, so of course it had to have the Million Dollar Smile as it title!  The paper I used here for the base is the flip side of the same paper above, Penmanship. I loved both sides so had to use both my papers this time!!



Here you can see I used the Million Dollar Smile for the title of my layout, embossing it and the Captured arrow chipboard from the Picture Perfect set in the beautiful Sea Mist Imagine Ink Embossing Powder. 

Here you can see the Calling Cards cutouts I layered under the photo, as well as the splashing and stamping I did in the background using the Forever stamp set.  I cut a piece down from the smaller Film Strip chipboard set and embossed it in Melon Imagine Ink Embossing Powder.

In my final photo for this layout you can see the big Film Strip accent I added again in the Melon Imagine Ink Embossing Powder, along with the beautiful orange Tranquil Bloom and aqua colored Spring Lily.

Blue Fern Studios Supplies:

Paper:

Blue Fern Studios Autumn Anthology Collection~Penmanship

Blue Fern Studios Seaside Cottage Collection~Calling Cards

Chipboard:

Million Dollar Smile

Film Strips

Picture Perfect

Imagine Ink Embossing Powder:

Sea Mist

Melon

Stamps:

Forever

Flowers:

Tranquil Blooms

Spring Lilies

For my final layout I used the beautiful Timeless collection. The base paper is the beautiful Papillon paper. My eldest as you might have guessed from past months, loves to dance, so  it won't surprise you to see another photo of her and her friends in swan gear this time! Such a lovely photo captured, I just had to scrap it, my girl is the second from the right lol. 

For the title of my page I used the Dreams Come True chipboard.  The photo is clustered yet again on the top of the always perfect Calling Cards cutouts used for layering behind the photo. Here you can see a good view of the mixed media background I did using mist splatters, watercolors, molding paste and masking and lots of stamps including the Making Plans, Forever and Essential Textures stamps.

The flowers I included in the layout are the Attic Charm Daisies, Courtship Blooms and Harvest Lilies, so beautiful!

In this photo you can see the Tattered Diamond Bits and Royal Monarch chipboard. The diamonds have been embossed in the Oatmeal Imagine Ink Embossing Powder while the butterfly has been embossed with the Cotton Candy Imagine Ink Embossing Powder and the edges have been additionally embossed in 14 Karat Imagine Ink Embossing Powder.

Blue Fern Studios Supplies:

Paper:

Blue Fern Studios Autumn Anthology Collection~Papillons

Blue Fern Studios Seaside Cottage Collection~Calling Cards

Chipboard:

Dreams Come True

Tattered Diamond Bits

Royal Monarchs

Imagine Ink Embossing Powder:

Cotton Candy

Oatmeal

14 Karat

Stamps:

Making Plans

Essential Textures

Forever

Flowers:

Harvest Lilies

Courtship Blooms

Attic Charm Daisies

I have really enjoyed making this month's layouts and am very much looking forward to the gorgeous new Memoires collection to work with next month!! Thank you so much for visiting!!!

We have a Winner!

Today we are excited to announce the winners of our September Mood Board Challenge.  

We will also have a few layouts to feature, so let's get started. 

The winner, based on a random draw is:

 

Lucky #13 is the winner this month, and entry #13 belongs to Ewelina Gryglak.

 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.

 

Take a look at the awesome layout Ewelina created for the Mood Board:

Your projects for our challenges always amaze us and we would like to feature a few layouts that caught our eye:

Annie Carignan's layout captures the light, airy, feel of the Mood Board with the combination of blue and yellow.

Hee Sun Kim took a very different approach with this interesting mixed media heart canvas.  The texture she has created is amazing!

 

 

 

And of course we had to feature a layout that took the beach theme all the way!  This one from Hiromi has it all - the colors, the feel, and the texture of our Mood Board.  What a fun layout. 

Congratulations to the winner and those who were featured!

To all of you who participated, we say Thank You!  

We hope you will join us for our October Sketch Challenge.  All the details can be found in our sidebar.