Blue Fern in Classic and Modern Styles

Hello dear scrappy friends! 

Svetlana Austin here with my June projects. 

This post is my last one as a design team member for this amazing company. 

It was such a big honor for me to serve this term on the very first design team 

together with so many amazingly talented ladies. 

But I am surely not saying good bye to any of them or to all the pretty chipboard pieces from BFS. 

I will be more than happy to continue using it in my projects.

Now let's see what I have for you today.

My first projects is an altered vinyl record.

Here I used the gorgeous Floral Clock chipboard piece. 

It is no surprise that this beautiful design so quickly became very popular with so many of you.

To "dress up" the clock I painted it roughly with gesso leaving some areas raw. 

Then I stamped it lightly and rubbed some areas with blue liquid pearls. 

Blue Fern Studios products used for this project:

Floral Clock

My next project is a decorated wooden canvas with mixed media touches.

It is very bright and really happy looking. 

It is quite small in size - only 8'' by 8''.

Most of the time I start with a layer of gesso on my chipboard pieces. 

Here I added a little bit of yellow paint patches on the title word and the Damask Flourish, which I cut in two pieces. I also applied liquid pearls to the Damask Flourish for extra color and shimmer.

Blue Fern Studios products used for this project:

Damask Flourish

Good Vibes

I will finish off with a layout in a completely different style.

I made a very bright and modern double pager using some little chipboard pieces from Widgets and Urban Acronyms packs.

Here you can see one of the layouts a bit closer.

Some of the chipboard pieces I painted with acrylic dubber paint and some I left raw.

Blue Fern Studios products used:

Good Vibes

Urban Acronyms

Widgetworks

And that is all from me. 

Thank you for letting me share with you my projects at Blue Fern Studios blog!

I hope you will keep on visiting me on my personal blog - Colorful Memories

Keep well, everyone! ♥

Chipboard Tutorial; Canvas; and a Matchbox Mini Sewing Kit

Hello everyone, Joyce here again, and I'm going to share with you a quick and easy tutorial that you can use on any of your chipboard pieces:

Canvas made with the Blue Fern Studios petite boutique frame, using the same technique posted above on the Regal Ornaments.  I posted a quick and easy tutorial for the canvas background on my blog if you'd like to try it and the tutorial above using some Blue Fern Studios chipboard:

On the Iron Works piece below, simply apply white crackle paint, mist, and apply some drywall tape over the piece and highlight the textures squares with some rub-on  metallic paste.

Matchbox Mini Sewing Kit.  I took a part a medium sized matchbox to use as a pattern and created this little sewing kit using the Miss Taylor chipboard pieces.  Simply rub-on some metallic paste on the scissors but don't cover up the entire chipboard piece and then lightly mist a color of your choice on the entire chipboard piece. Easy, right?

Let us know if you try out the tutorial on your Blue Fern Studio chipboard pieces so that we may visit you and see what you created too. 

3 Different Ways With Blue Fern by Svetlana Austin

Hello dear friends! 

Svetlana is here today to share with you a few different projects I created this month 

with Blue Fern Studios gorgeous chipboard.

I will begin with a little romantic frame I altered using some pretty chipboard pieces.

"Home Is Where The Heart Is" Altered Frame

The Princes Window I used for this project acts here rather as a door and it can actually open. I used little metal hinges to attache my window-door to the frame.

I used a sponge brush to apply gesso over my chipboard pieces. It is a very simple way to add some textured shabby look. Then I randomly added a few drops of glossy here and there and sprinkled it over with micro-beads. Once it was dry I rubbed a little gesso over the beads.

Blue Fern Studios products used for this project:

Princess Window (074578)

Country Picket Fence (074561)

"Beautiful St. Petersburg" layout

For this layout I used Village Sign Post and Ornate Medallions.

The Village Sign Post did a great job highlighting that beautiful cathedral in the background of my photo.

I covered it with black distress embossing powder. I love the uneven shiny look it gave to my chipboard - 

it looks so real.

Little beautiful pieces of chipboard from Ornate Medallions set are defiantly among my favorites. 

They are perfect to create some pretty embellishments to decorate your projects. 

I used orange glimmer mist to color this medallion. Once it was dry I covered it with crackle accents. 

You see - very simple ways to make your chipboard look perfect for any kind of projects you have in mind!

Blue Fern Studios products used for this project:

Village Sigh Post (074776)

Ornate Medallions (074462)

Decorated Drawer Unit

It have been already a while that I wanted to decorate this drawer unit to use it in my craft studio to store some bits and pieces. 

I cut the small Craftsman Frame to make decorative corners. These were sprayed with glimmer mist and covered with Crackle Accents for nice antique look.

Blooming Foliage was also cut in many small pieces to create pretty accents in the flower clusters I added to some of the drawers. I painted them with gesso then rubbed some areas with green ink and some areas with blue liquid pearls. I finished it off with Glossy Accents. I decorated the butterfly in the same way.

Blue Fern Studios products used for this project:

Craftsman Frame (074949)

Brigitte Butterfly Set (074387)

Blooming Foliage (074851)

I hope you were inspired to create something beautiful with Blue Fern Studios gorgeous chipboard.

Don't forget to share with us your projects in our gallery.

Thank you for visiting our blog today! Keep on coming - there is always something new and exciting!

Keep well!

A Moment In Time With Blue Fern

Hello scrappy friends! Svetlana is here to share with you some more of Blue Fern goodness.

Do you enjoy all the inspiration from our designers? I hope so. On our side, we surely enjoy working with all the amazing chipboard designs Blue Fern Studios bring on.

My first project for today is a layout I created with some cute photos of my son.

"A Moment In Time" Layout

I used a packaging paper from Blue Fern chipboard as a base of my layout. Those papers have very pretty design on it and you surely will not want to thorough it away!

I used A Moment In Time phrase piece, Twiggy Branch and a bird from Icons Set One.

To decorate my chipboard, first I primed it with gesso. After that I covered it with crackle paint. To be honest I wasn't after the cracks, I just wanted this particular color. Next I added some red glitter glue and a layer of glossy accent to the bird and the title. The branch I left in matte. I darkened it a bit with some black ink.

Blue Fern Studios chipboard used for this layout:

A Moment In Time

Twiggy Branch

Icons Set One

My second project is an altered 3D frame.

Here I used Country Picket Fence and Organic Vine Corner.  

I covered the fence with dark brown ink and then added some more black ink here and there. After that I covered it with a layer of glossy accent.

I cut the vine in half to create 2 beautiful flourishes. I inked it in the same way I did with the fence. I sprayed some Perfect Pearls over it to add a little bit of green shimmer. I finished it with a layer of glossy accent.

I think that it is very easy but effective way to dress your chipboard.

Blue Fern Studios chipboard used for this layout:

Country Picket Fence

Organic Vine Corner

 Don't forget that Blue Fern Studios' blog hop will start tomorrow. We hope you will join us in the fun. There will be a lot of inspiration and some great prizes along the way.

Thank you for visiting our blog today. Keep well everyone!