September inspiration by Vera Shelemekh

Hello Blue Fern Studios Fans! Vera Shelemekh is here with amazing Amber and Apricot inspiration. I'm in a flourish mood this month so all of my projects are full of wonderful Apricot flowers.

The first layout is dedicated to a bicycle ride. This photo was taken specially for the russian Scrapbooker of the year contest last summer (I never ride a bike with a newspaper in my hands in normal life).

This piece of printed chipboard inspired my to create this layout.

 

I framed the photo into small Krystal's frame covered with my favourite icicle embossing powder. In the layers of flowers you will also find beautiful Fading blooms chipboards covered with baby pink and avocado embossing powders.

 The layout is decorated with fussy cut flowers from the Amber and Apricot Tweet meloody and the Flora papers.

  I also added some elements from Lace 4.

 

Blue Fern Studios products used:

 

Papers:

Amber & Apricot - Friendship

Amber & Apricot - Flora

Amber & Apricot - Tweet melody

 

Chipboards:

Amber & Apricot - Printed Chipboard

Small Krystal's frame

 Fading blooms

 

Embossing powder:

 Avocado

Icicle

Baby pink

Lace:

Lace 4

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The second layout is about my little son. He has got a funny hat and looks like a Bee man in it )

I've used Amber & Apricot - Joyful as background.

With a lot of yellow and brown flowers it makes Autumn so soft and warm. The composition consists of  Amber & Apricot printed chipboards, fussy cut roses from Yesteryear paper...

The is also some Honey bits stamping on background.

 and I added here and there bees stamped with Amber accents.

I love the look of Mustard Seedlings here. Just like drops of honey )

 

Blue Fern Studios products used:

 

Papers:

Amber & Apricot - Joyful

Amber & Apricot - Flora

Amber & Apricot -Yesteryear

 

Chipboards:

Amber & Apricot - Printed Chipboard
Basic Stems

 

Embossing powder:

 Chilie Powder

Seedlings:

Mustard

 

Stamps:

Honey bits

Amber accents

 

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And now my traditional out of page project.

This is a box for knits and needles decorated with elements from Miss Tailor set. The elements are covered with Antique gold embossing powder.

I also used a couple of tender Apricot blooms and a Happy Rose.

You can also notice some Lace 4 and Tweeg seedlings in the decor. 

Papers:

Amber & Apricot - Chapters

 

Chipboards:

Amber & Apricot - Printed Chipboard

Miss Tailor Set

 

Embossing powder:

 Antique gold

Lace:

Lace 4

 

Flowers:

 Happy roses

Apricot Blooms

Seedlings:

Tweeg

Thank you for stopping by, wish you a happy Indian summer and see you in October *)

How Sweet it is to be Loved by You.

Hello Blue Fern Studios Fans!  Phyllis here to share my last layout for Fan of the Month. I created a layout using the Amber & Apricot collection.  So Gorgeous!  I love colors of fall.

First off I started with Amber & Apricot's Joyful paper and cut off the edges then did some distressing.  I added Amber & Apricot's Faded Blooms paper for my backing.  I love how the brownish tan and beautiful design looks behind Joyful paper.  I also distressed the edges.   I used Birdsong and tore around the birds and a portion of the paper for my design.  Then I used the other side of Birdsong for some contrast and tore some more paper. 

I added texture paste through a stencil, and then added Blue Fern Studios Blood Orange embossing powder.  It was exactly what I was hoping for, just enough glitter and color.  I also used the Blue Fern Studios Crackle & Grunge Grid Stamps for more texture.  

For layering I added Blue Fern Studios flowers and chipboard - Apricot Blooms, Wanderlust Lilies, Fern Leaves, Manchester Frame and Roman Clock chipboard pieces.  I added Blue Fern Studios embossing powders Avocado and Chili powder to the Manchester Frame, and then added some Blood Orange to it.  For the Roman Clock I used Blue Fern Studios Chili Powder.  I painted the Fern Leaves chipboard pieces with gold acrylic paint.  For the last part of creating my layout I added some Blue Fern Studios Twig & Mustard Seedlings.  For the title I used the Amber & Apricot Sticker Chipboard piece,  How Sweet it is to be Loved by you.

Blue Fern Studios Products:

Amber & Apricot Collection:  Birdsong,  Joyful,  & Faded Blooms

 Chipboard:  Fern Leaves,  Manchester Frame & Roman Clock

Embossing Powders:  Chili Powder,  Blood Orange,  Avocado

 Seedlings:  Twig & Mustard

 "How Sweet it is to be Loved by You" Sticker Chipboard piece

 Apricot Blooms 

 Wanderlust Lilies

 Crackle Stamp & Grunge Grid Stamp

I really enjoyed trying some new products from Blue Fern and felt honored they asked me to be Fan of the Month!  They always have gorgeous paper collections and so many other fun products to create with!  

I hope you have a chance to play with Blue Fern Studios - you will love their products!  Thank you so much for stopping by at Blue Fern Studios!    Happy Creating!

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A big thank you to Phyllis for sharing her creativity with us (and you!) during the month of September, and allowing us a peek inside her process.  Your projects have been amazing Phyllis!  

September Inspiration by Wendy Scholten

Hi All,

It's my turn on the Blue Fern Studios Blog already, how fast a month goes by!

I made a canvas and 2 layouts this month.

First my canvas:

'Blessings'

I made this with the Amber and Apricot Collection.

I used a stencil with moddeling paste for the background and to give it some color i used a brown and peach colored spray. i also used a few pieces of paper from the Busy Bees paper behind my photo frame. I gave the resin frame a bit of color with 2 different shades of waxes.

I embossed the Blooming Foliage and Blessings word from the spiritually speaking word set with Hot Cocoa and Copper embossing powder, I used the happy chipboard from the coordinated chipboard pieces from the Amber and Apricot collection.

I finished my canvas with some flowers, art stones and the new seedlings Twig and Paprika.

Blue Fern Studios products used:

Paper: Amber&Apricot

-Busy Bees

Chipboard:

-Blooming Foliage

-Blessings from the Spiritually Speaking word set

Embossing powder:

-Hot Cocoa

-Copper

Seedlings:

-Twig

-Paprika

Coordinated Chipboard

Then for my second one this month, a layout.

'Memories'

I made this one also with the Amber&Apricot collection, i used the Chapters and Yesteryear papers,  i also cut out a few of the flowers of the yesteryear paper.

For my chipboard i cut a Swirled Floral Corner Large in 2 pieces and embossed it with the snow embossing powder and some brown ink, as well as my memories frame from the Memory Frames Set. I also used a few pieces from the coordinated chipboard pieces.

For the lace pieces behind the flowers i cut up a few pieces from the Lace 4 .

I finished m layout with the Fresh Florals and Apricot Blooms and the Twig Seedlings

Blue Fern Studios Products used:

Papers: Amber&Apricot

-Chapters

-Yesteryear

Chipboard:

-Swirled Floral Corners Large

-Memoies from the Memory Frames set

Lace: 4

Embossing Powder:

-Snow

Seedlings:

-Twig

Flowers:

-Fresh Florals

-Apricot Blooms

Coordinated Chipboard

And my third one this month, a layout

'Sweet'

I made this with two older collections, Dejavu and Courtship Lane.
 I used paint and a stencil for the background.

I used the paper from the Dejavu collection as my background and cut out the flowers from the Courtship Lane paper.

For the little frame i used one of the Ornamental Labels stamp and placed a  piece of vellum on top.

For the Chipboard i used the Jeweled Frame and Sweet word from the Cute, sweet, Sassy word set and treated it with paint.

Thanks for watching and have a nice week!

Hugs Wendy



September inspiration by Pascale B.

Hello Sweeties

Today I'm up on Blue Fern Studio with three new projects. For the first one, I chose to work with the Wanderlust collection which fits perfectly with this photo of the castle of Valençay (Loire Valley, France) I've taken.

I primed the background with clear gesso. Then I sprayed a plastic bag with an ink and I pressed my paper onto it. I dried the background before I repeated the process with another ink. 

Next, I added a design with a stencil and modeling paste. I sprinkled the modeling paste with the Paprika embossing powder while the paste was still wet and heated set. 

I primed the chipboards with white gesso. I embossed the Whimsy Flourishes with the Antique Gold powder. I 

I painted the Rose Leaves with two brown ink and sprinkled them with the Paprika embossing while they were still wet. Then I heat set them. 

I used the Departure stamp to add a random design to the background before I glued all the embellishments

To finished the layout I added some seedlings and glitters.

Blue Fern Studios products:

Wanderlust - Mountain view	Rose Leaves	Whimsy Flourishes
Chesterville Florals	Departure	Chesterville Blooms

Antique Gold

Chili Powder

Paprika

Twig

Blue Ice

Blue Diamond

Pyrite

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The second project I have to share with you is made with the Amber and Apricot collection from Blue Fern Studios. I chose a photo of a statue that can be seen in the park of the castle of Valençay (Loire Valley, France)

I primed the background with clear gesso. Next, I added a design with a stencil and acrylic paints. When dry, I added a second design with another stencil and modeling paste. 

I primed all the chipboards with white gesso. I just painted the title with a brown watercolor. I also painted the leaves with different colors of watercolor. While the watercolors were still wet I sprinkled some Verdant embossing powder to add some texture. 

I embossed the Pretty Weeds with the Chili Powder and the Hot Cocoa powders. 

I colored the background with some watercolors to help the rose design to stand out.

I cut a few papers to add under the photo. I dried brush the Chesterville Floral flower with white gesso and I glued all the embellishments with a 3D gel.

To finish the layout, I added some seedlings and glitter.

Blue Fern Studios products:

Friendship	Tweet Melody	Joyful	Apricot Blooms
Spring Branch	Pretty Weeds	Serendipity Words 1	Chesterville Floral

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Chili Powder

Hot Cocoa

Verdant

Twig

Russet

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Here is the last project I have to share with you. I chose to work with the Wanderlust collection again which fits perfectly with this photo of the castle of Montpoupon (Loire Valley, France) I've taken.

I primed the background paper with clear gesso. Then I used the Wallflower stamp to add a design that I embossed with the In the Navy powder. 

I added another design with a stencil and a white crackle paste. I let dry alone to allow the cracks to appear.

In the meantime, I primed all the chipboard with white heavy gesso. I altered the Marrakech Panel with waxes.  

I colored the Leafy Twigs with watercolor and I sprinkled them with the Black Sand powder. 

I cut a few papers in the Souvenir sheet to add under the photo. I glued all the embellishments with a 3D gel.

To finish the layout I added some seedlings and glitters.

Blue Fern Studios products:

Memento	Souvenir	Marrakesh Panel	Leafy Twigs
Departure	Chesterville  Blooms	Wanderlust Lillies	Wallflower

Black Sand

In the Navy

Soot

Russet

Mocha

Twigs