Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Achieving Different Looks w/Erin Blegen

Hey everyone :)~ Erin Blegen here with you today to share with you three different projects, all using the same paper collection but achieving different looks using Blue Fern Studios chipboard! We've got a lot to get through, so let's get started :)...

"Lilah"

This project was created on an 8"x10" canvas. I love this beautifully soft photo of my niece Lilah, so I wanted to create a romantic piece with lots of stamping and bursts of color. Let's take a closer look at the Blue Fern Studios chipboard used here:

I've used pink crackle paint on the Princess Window piece before smattering with microbeads. Then I topped it off with a piece cut from the Symphony Border, misted it, and stamped to correlate with my bakcground.

I LOVE keys. I've painted this one from the Vintage Keys set with gesso, applied a very light pink mist to it, and then stamped over top. Then I brushed on some Stickles, added the heart gem and some tulle at the top.

This Vintage Locks piece was also lightly misted and then stamped.

Blue Fern Studios Products Used:

Princess Window 074578

Vintage Locks 074783

Vintage Keys 075032

"Our Bond"

My second project is a layout, featuring how easy it is to use chipboard in its raw fashion, which I love to do!

The Calligraphic Border provides dimension, texture, and detail to the layering beneath my photos. I felt that by leaving it raw, it really stood out like I wanted it to :).

Blue Fern Studios Products Used:

Calligraphic Border 074363

Vintage Keys 075032

"Hello" {Tag}

My final project today is this tag. I love the smaller chipboard pieces for projects like these! So much fun to put together :)

I've combined a dress form from the Miss Taylor Set, as well as the larger butterfly out of the Brigitte Butterfly set to dress up this tag. I used a combination of Glimmer Mist and embossing powder to set the base of my dress form. I then added the tulle skirt and some seed beads for the bodice. Finally, the little heart accent was put in place.

For the butterfly, I used some light misting and embossing powder as well, before adding my stamping. Finally I trimmed up the tops of the wings with some microbeads.

Blue Fern Studios Chipbpoard Used:

Miss Taylor Set 074721

Brigitte Butterfly Set 074387

Thanks so very much for stopping by the blog today! I hope you enjoyed my projects- and that you're inspired to go out and get some BFS chipboard for yourself!

Take care and see you again soon :),

xErin

Friday, February 1, 2013

Borders, flourishes and a heart

Hi there! I'm Irina Gerschuk and I'm super excited to be the part of Blue Fern Studios!
Thanks Leslie for inviting me to this awesome Design Team!

Well, let me introduce myself. I live in Moscow, the capitаl of Russia. I'm 28. I'm married for almost five years now and have two little kids. They are my bless and sure my greatest inspiration. I have a master degree at Computational Mathematics and Cybernetics. Love animals, classic and rock music, sea and a cup of a hot tea in the evening.
I have being scrapping for almost 2 years and it seems to be the hobby of my life))))

My favorite type of paper crafting project are cards, but I also create LO and altered projects.

My blog: http://irinagerschuk.blogspot.ru/

Today I'd like to share with you my new project. It's a shabby card.

Chipboard is one of my favorite scrap-embellishment and I use it almost in every project. To create this card I used four different pieces of BFS. I covered all of them with white embossing powder. The designs are so soft and elegant that I decided it would be just enough to show all of its beauty. Organic Vine Corner and Tuscan Window seemed too big for my project so I used only a part from them.

And here are some close-ups: