February Inspiration by Debbie Burns

Hi everyone!  Debbie back with you today to share my February layouts.   I have two today, one created with the new In The Mood Collection and the second one featuring the Amber & Apricot collection.

"I Love You"

I enjoyed working with the new collection, In The Mood.  Lots of beautiful papers to choose from.  I used the Dreamy paper for my base.  Not much sun here in my neck of the woods to truly show the beautiful colors and details in the background paper.

To achieve the coloring on the chipboard piece, I used a mixture of two new embossing powders, Black & Gold along with Pure Red and a tiny amount of It's A Girl.

Lot of layering behind the photo using the Dreamy paper and Pensive Side B, 

along with the printed chipboard.

Look at all of those lovely flowers!   Most of them are from the new Moody Florals and Moody Blooms collections. I placed some chipboard pieces among the flowers which I embossed with Black & Gold and added some Fire Engine Glitter.   At the base of the flowers I used a mixture of two new Seedlings, Beating Heart and Pink Topaz.

Blue Fern Studios Products:

In The Mood Paper

Dreamy (both sides)

Pensive (Side B)

In The Mood Printed Chipboard

Embossing Powders

Black & Gold

It's A Girl

Pure Red

Flowers

Moody Forals

Moody Blooms

Seedlings

 Beating Heart

Pink Topaz

Lace

Lace 10

My second layout highlights the Amber & Apricot collection.

"Happy Little Moment"

The background paper is Chapters (Side B).  I thought the aged design on the paper was a perfect compliment to the old photo of my Mom and her family.  I applied some coral mist and stamping using the Swiss Dots and Tattered Newsprint stamps.

Lots of layering under the picture using pieces from the Printed chipboard that coordinates with the Amber & Apricot collection.  I embossed the chipboard with Blood Orange Embossing Powder. 

The title is from the Printed Chipboard.  I embossed some chipboard pieces with a mixture of Dark Chocolate and Blood Orange Embossing Powders.  

Lots of flowers from Late Winter Lilies, Chesterville Florals, Christmas Blooms, Homespun Blooms and Remnants Blossoms surround the picture.  

Blue Fern Studios Products:

Amber & Apricot

Birdsong (Side B)

Chapters (Side B)

Friendship

Amber & Apricot Printed Chipboard

Embossing Powders

Blood Orange

Dark Chocolate

Flowers

Late winter Lilies

Chesterville Florals

Christmas Blooms

Homespun Blooms

Remnants Blossoms

Stamps

Swiss Dots

Tattered Newsprint

 Thanks for stopping by.
I hope I have inspired you!
I'll see you next month.

. . . Debbie

'' In the mood '' to sharing ... Layouts by Tartine Peluche

Hello everybody!
I'm back to share with you my new inspirations.
This month, I propose you two pages of the ''Remnants'' collection
and one of the new collection ''In the Mood''.
... I hope you like pink and purple ...

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My first one is :

*You are LIFE ...*
( Remnants , Devonshire )

I've separated the heart of the '' Garden Blooms '' flowers to create more smaller flowers, I used the others part in the top of my photo.

As you know, I really like the lace, I like torn and use it partly on differet spot of my creation.
Here, a piece of Lace 5 under the photo and another piece used on the
bottom photo to create texture on my background.

All chipboards here, are embossed with '' Taupe '' powder. The other pieces on the
background are simply painted.

The Butterfly and the word '' LIFE '' are part of the Printed Chipboard '' REMNANTS ''

I used a lot of seedlings again, especially '' MAUVE'' '' PURPLE HAZE''
and a bit of ''GLASS'' seedlings that I mix with my own pearls and mini embellishements...

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BFS products used:
Paper:
Devonshire
Chipboards:
Printed chipboard Remnants
Embossing Powder:
Taupe
Ivory
Glitters:
Lavender Eggs
Flowers:
Garden Blooms
Remnants Blooms
Stamps:
Tattered Newsprint
Seedlings:
Mauve
Sterling Silver
Purple Haze
Laces:
Lace 5

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My next one :

Live Your Dream
( Remnants, Vignette )

First I've made a background full of texture, then I added a large piece of LACE 6 on them. I've painted it before sticked on background.

A montage of BFS flowers in layers  to insert the butterfly, as if it was foraging.

Zoom on the seedlings ..

Embossed in ''Taupe'' powder, the title catches the eye and gives a deep effect to my bakground.

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BFS products used:
Paper:- Vignette
Chipboards:- Printed Chipboards Remnants
Embossing Powder:- Taupe
- Night Sky
- Bubble Gum
Flowers:- Remnants Blooms
- Garden Blooms
- Harvest Lilies
Stamps:- Scratched
- Tattered Newsprint
Seedlings:- Twigs
Gold Nugget
Laces:- Lace 6

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And Finally my next one:

Sweetheart
( In The Mood, Dreamy )

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I used 3 papers for this one, the first is ''DREAMY'' to which I stuck in the bottom '' BLISSFUL''. The other one ( OPTIMISTIC) is used on the top left of the page and with my picture as an embellishment.

Lot of lace again! I used LACE4 as embellishment and Lace 7B ( White ) for the background.
The first layer of chipboard are embossed in PIXIE DUST, the other in BABY PINK.
You see also the beautiful BFS flowers mix of LATE WINTER LILIES and GARDEN BLOOMS

Zoom on the PIXIE DUST embossing powder.
The ring is embossed with BLACK AND GOLD embossing powder.

The flourishe embossined in BABY PINK and butterfly PIXIE DUST. The tip of the feather, is embossed in GINGER.
Under my paper '' Dreamy'' I placed a piece of LACE10 in pink color.
All the white beads comes from the LACE9B.
I used GOLD NUGGET and Pink topaz seedlings.

Zoom on the flowers, love it so much!!

My Title, sweetheart comes from th Printed Chipboard IN THE MOOD.

BFS products used:
Paper:- Dreamy
- Optimistic

- Blissful
Chipboards:Printed Chipboards In The Mood
Embossing Powder:- Baby Pink

- Pixie Dust

- Black and Gold
Glitters:- Pink Diamond
Flowers:- Garden Blooms
- Dark Tropic Lilies
Stamps:- Tattered Newsprint
Seedlings:- Gold Nugget
- Pink Topaz
Laces:- Lace 4

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Thanks for stopping by!
I hope I have inspired you.
I'll see you next month with another inspirations from IN THE MOOD collection.
Hugs, Tartine xoxo

Beach Walk by Pam Ellis

It has been such a joy to have Pam Ellis as our Blue Fern Fan of the Month.  Each and every project has been unique.  This week, she has added some awesome texture to her layout.  It's so realistic you will feel like you are taking a walk along the beach,

 Now we will turn it over to Pam so she can tell you about her creative process:

This is my dog Bruiser and I strolling the gorgeous beach in Caribou Monroe Nova Scotia. It was our first holiday in 15 years!  My husband and I had recently bought a fifth wheel and decided to travel the East Coat of Canada.  I have never known such peace. I can't wait to return this summer.

I applied a coat of clear gesso to my background and let dry. I then went over the area that would be surrounding my photo with clear crackle paste.  

I added some dimension with a stencil and some molding paste.  I mixed some art stones large and small in some matte Gel and applied around the "beach" area or lower half of the layout to imitate sand.  I then added some shells I picked up while on holidays in the East Coast (Nova Scotia)

I misted the layout with blue and several browns to try and match the paper.  I added paper layers behind my photo and popped it up from the page.  I embossed the Seashell frame with a variety of colors and attached it to my photo.  After I glued everything down, I then added a small vial of sand from the beach in Nova Scotia. 

I finished the layout by adding some blooms and my title. 

Paper (Seaside Cottage Collection):

Embark

Whitewash

Calling Cards

Voyage

Chipboard:

A Walk on the Beach

Seashell Frame

Nautical pieces

Embossing Powder:

Honey

Ginger

Sage

Coral

Seven Seas

Glistening Sand

Flowers:

Seaside Lillies

Harvest Lilies

I would like to thank Blue Fern Studios for the opportunity to be the Fan of the Month.  It meant the world to me.

January inspiration by Vera Shelemekh

Hey Blue Fern Studios fans! Vera Shelemekh is here for another wonderful creative term :)

Let me write a couple of words about myself for those who has recently joined the blog.

I'm Russian living and working in Moscow - the capital city. I'm a big fan of scrapbooking, papercrafting and quilting. I can't imagine my crafty space without paper and scissors.

Almost all of my layouts are telling stories about my family which consists of two young men: my 6 year old son and my hubby.

Scrapbooking is not only my hobby. It is my job and my lifestyle. I own a small shop on Etsy and occasionally teach people papercrafting.

You can find more information about me on social media:

Instagram @vera_shelemekh

Blog https://verusha-ru.blogspot.ru/

FB https://www.facebook.com/vera.shelemekh 

Last year I started to make my Wedding album with amazing Blue Fern Studios papers and embelishments but I feel like I need more layouts to achieve the goal. So today I will share some new wedding layouts with Remnants papers and printed chipboards.

The first one is experimental as I've never made layouts with huge photos.

I've taken Remnants - Devonshire for the background and embelished it with Remnants printed chipboards, the fence covered with Antique gold embossing powder and leaves covered with Lime and Aocado embossing powder.

 

 With some Meadow seedlings, Apricot and Heartland blossoms and Lace the layout looks full of tender feelings.

 

 

 

 

Blue Fern Studios products used:

 

Papers:

Remnants - Devonshire

 

Chipboards:

Remnants printed chipboard

 

Embossing powder:

 Lime

Avocado

Antique gold

 

Stamps:

Sweet titles

Seedlings

Meadow

Flowers:

Apricot blooms

Heartland blossoms

Lace:

Lace 4

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The other layout is more brutal, One of the photo locations was a brick wall so I tried to imitate the pattern on the background with the help of Essental Textures stamp and the new Ivory Embossing powder.

 

To the background I also added butterflies with the Stamp - Garden Frolic

 

 

 Chipboard butterflies are covered with Soot glitter and Iridescent Grey and Icicle embossing powders

 

Blue Fern Studios products used:

 

Papers: 

Remnants - Callaway

Remnants - Vignette

 

Chipboards:

Remnants printed chipboard

 

Embossing powder:

Icicle

Ivory

Iridescent Grey

14 Karat

 

Stamps:

Essential textures

Garden Frolic

Deja vu

Seedlings 

Gold Nugget

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And for the dessert today I prepared two Valentine cards for someone really special. 

I switched my attention to the amazing Heartland collection which I love with all of my heart. 

Heartland - Bicycle for Two and  Red Rose Ball as background and for fussy cutting.

 

And the Angel is cut from Heartland Love notes. I covered hearts and  vine chipies with the mix of lime and avocado embossing powder. I also added some Mauve seedlings here and there and bits of Lace 3

 And of course you have noticed the Fresh florals.

Blue Fern Studios products used:

 

Papers: 

Heartland - Bicycle for Two

Heartland - Red Rose Ball

Heartland -  Love notes

 

Embossing powder:

Avocado

Lime 

Glistening sand

 

Seedlings 

Mauve

 

Flowers

Fresh florals 

Lace

Lace 3

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I thank everyone for stopping by and wish you a good crafty season with Blue Fern Studios!

See you in February ;)

Vintage Inspired by Pam Ellis

This week, Pam Ellis, our Blue Fern Fan of the Month, has created a layout in memory of her mother, who lost her battle with cancer in 2011.  What a beautiful tribute to her mother, who she cared for when she was ill.  

Pam used this beautiful sepia photo of her mother along with paper from the Remnants collection.  To the background she applied modeling paste through a rose patterned stencil, and then used purple mist.

The Faded Bloom chipboard piece was cut and used in two places in her design, and serves as an area to place the title.  Pam also cut tags from the paper to use as layering elements.  

A few pieces from the Printed Chipboard and flowers from the Remnant Florals added the finishing touches.

Thank you Pam, for sharing your layout and memories of you mother.