Social Media and YOU, January edition #2

Hello, Blue Fern fans!
We hope your January is going well and that you've had some time to create!

We're back today with more Social Media features that we've found in "social media land."

Asuka Miyamoto  is an amazing paper crafter and teacher. She continually inspires us with her work. Here she has used the Secretary paper from our Frolic collection as her base and fussy cut from several other papers in the collection to create magic! We are especially fond of fussy cut title. You can find Asuka on Instagram @asukamiyamoto or on her  Blog.

Here is one more from Asuka  that we had held from publishing until now. We just have to share this amazing Ampersand using our Courtship Lane collection. Isn't it just beautiful?!!!

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Here Mabel Sim of Singapore has altered some of our patterned paper with water color to make it her own. She created this piece for our October Sketch challenge. Although she states she has limited Blue Fern supplies, we think the wintry effect on her chipboard is amazing. Please look for more of her work on Instagram @thecraftminded or on her blog at mabsdesigns.blogspot.sg.

Those are are features for this week!
We hope you'll give these ladies some love.

We can't wait to see what YOU are creating! 

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December's Social Media Feature and YOU!

Happy December, Blue Fern fans! 

We hope you are enjoying this special holiday Season and are finding at least a little bit of time to be creative! Today we are sharing just a few of our finds from the past few weeks! 

Remember to post your work and tag Blue Fern Studios for a chance to be featured … and just so that we can be sure to see your  creations! 

First up we have this lovely album by Aida Haron of Singapore. If you visit her Instagram account at 

@aidaville, you will find a quick video that she uploaded showing you all it's gorgeous hidden spots for photos and journaling! Great way to use Vintage Christmas, Aida! 

Kylie Kingham's posted this lovely creation on Instagram, stating that shabby chic is her favorite style! Here she has used Blue Fern Studios Memoires to perfection! You'll want to follow her on Instagram at @paper_sweetpea. Also, be sure and check out her blog Paper Sweet Pea because this gal does it all … clean and simple, shabby, planners and altered art! 

Hiromi Yasuda is a very busy scrapper and posts often! We are pleased to see her work with Blue Fern Studios products because she truly inspires. This is one of the most amazing uses of the Seaside Cottage paper collection that we have seen! She certainly has the perfect photo! The Perfect Day chipboard is a great final touch. Please follow her on Instagram at @nyanhiro.

If you have followed our Social Media posts for long, you know that we like to feature some altered art each month.  Here Aira Hashimoto has used cut files to create this amazing hot air balloon. This could be re-created with almost any of our paper collections to achieve different effects. Please follow Aira at @airahashimoto on Instagram. 

Last but not least, we have this gorgeous Frolic creation by Kathy Martin. Kathy can be found on Instagram at @pinkieto07. We love how the warm tones blend perfectly with her outdoor photos. The dangling chippy and flower cluster are wonderful finishing touches.

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We will be back later this month featuring some our Creative Team's favorites from this past year!
We thought it would be fun to see what the designers like best!  (If you visit us on Pinterest or Instagram, you'll get a sneak peek into ALL our 2016 inspiration!) 

Next year we will be doing several Social Media posts a month, so don't forget to tag us so that we can find you! 

See you soon!  

Sandi 

Oldies but goodies with a dash of new ~ Sandi

Hello there, Blue Fern Studios fans! 

Thanks for stopping by our Blog. 

Sandi here with you today to share my July projects using a variety of paper collections and chipboard as well as our other products which are so perfect for embellishing what we create! 

I'll begin with a layout I created for my son-in-law in memory of his dad. This photo is very special to him and I had promised to scrap it for him. After several false starts, I finally found a great fit with the Serendipity Reminisce side A and then used Merriment, Calling Cards, Fascination and Chronicle for my photo layers.

This is "Bob and little granddaughter Peyton" standing by the lake.  So, I wanted to go with the blue tones and add pops of color as accents. I embossed the Chained bits with Seven Seas Embossing Powder. If you haven't tried that particular set, I highly recommend them.  Perfect for adding a little "edge" to your page. Of course, we needed some "plant life" to reside alongside the lake and I chose the newish Tranquil Foliage piece. After priming it with white gesso, I used gelatos and ink and then made a little sunflower which was Bob's favorite flower. 

My background was created with super heavy gesso and a stencil. To create more dimension, I used an embossing ink with the Wallflower Stamp and then coated it with Watermelon Glitter. 

This, of course, is a great shot of the amazing flowers Blue Fern is now carrying. These are the Attic Charm Glittered Rose and Attic Charm Daisies as well as a few of the Courtship Blooms. The chipboard title "Friends" is from the Arrow Words set and is embossed with Mushroom and then double-embossed with Honey. 

A Calling Card for a subtitle. 

More of the Watermelon stamping. 

I finished with some black ink splatters, cheesecloth and art stones. 

Blue Fern Studios Products used:

Paper: Serendipity Merriment, Calling Cards, Reminisce, Fascination, Chronicle

Chipboard: Arrow Words, Tranquil Foliage, Chained bits

Stamps: Wallflower

Glitter: Watermelon

Embossing Powder: Seven Seas, Mushroom, Honey

Flowers: Attic Charm Glitter Roses, AC Daisies, Courtship Blooms

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These two cuties are my nieces, Kim and Karen. I'll be seeing them in about a week and I'm so excited! Since I didn't have a particular paper collection that I needed to highlight, I reached back for the Frolic collection and used Frolic Veranda, Petits Moments, Calling Cards, Dans Le Jardin and Amoroso. I enjoyed doing some "rare for me" fussy cutting of the sweet frames and used them as layers along with chipboard. Side B of Petits Moments is my base layer. 

I wanted a subdued, uniform look for the under layers, so both the Spanish Tiles and Whimsy Flourishes piece are simply painted with white gesso.  You can see that I had lots of fun with layers! 

I wanted the Selfie title to really pop, so went for the Heavenly embossing powder! It's the bomb if you want a great bright blue that looks sparkly! Of course, I've used lots of flowers, Attic Charm Glitter Roses, Attic Charm Daisies, Tranquil Blooms and Tranquil Roses and Lilies. There in the corner is my Whimsy Flourish. 

I'm so loving the frames cut from the Frolic Amoroso paper. Wish I'd done it sooner! 

Here you can see some of the background stamping with the Halftone stamp and the Serendipity Medley Stamp. I added some splatters and shadowing with a blue mist from my stash. Then finished with art stones. 

Awesome dimension! 

Blue Fern Studios Products Used:

Paper: Frolic Veranda, Petits Moments, Calling Cards, Dans LeJardin, Amoroso

Chipboard: Spanish Tiles, Whimsy Flourishes, Selfies

Stamps: Serendipity Medley, Halftone

Embossing Powder: Heavenly

Flowers: Attic Charm Glitter Roses and Attic Charm Daisies, Tranquil Blooms, Tranquil Roses and Lilies

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Here is the newest little scrapper in our family.  After seeing some of my recent layouts, she got busy creating some for her mom! 

I've used mostly Attic Charm paper for this layout but my title note is from Serendipity. My base layer is Attic Charm Foyer. 

The Leafy Swirl Frame and Gatsby Collage were treated similarly. I went with my new fave way of alternating embossing powder colors on both these pieces, using Cotton Candy, Fern, Buttercup and Ginger. 

A close-up of the Gatsby Collage chipboard and some of the Blue Fern Studios flowers. 

You can see some of my stamping here as well as one of the Ironworks pieces which was simply embossed with Ginger and tucked into some layers. 

I love the Ironworks pieces for tucking into floral clusters as well. 

One last look at the dimension and colors. 

Blue Fern Studios Products Used:

Paper: Attic Charm Foyer and Calling Cards, Serendipity Calling Cards

Chipboard: Gatsby Collage, Leaf Swirled Frame, Ironworks Accents

Stamps: Serendipity Medley

Embossing Powder: Cotton Candy, Fern, Buttercup and Ginger

Mist: Cotton Candy

Flowers: Tranquil Roses, Tranquil Blooms, Attic Charm Daisies

Thanks again for coming by today! 

I hope you found something to inspire you. 

Sandi

A Mixture of Everything by Nicole Doiron

Hello!  This is Nicole and it's my turn to share with you some creations featuring plenty of Blue Fern Studios goodies!  This month, in wait of the brand new collection, Seaside Cottage (click HERE to see it!) that is on its way to me via post and which I will prominently feature in my August reveal, I decided to dig into my BFS stash and pick some of my all-time favorites... oldies but certainly still goodies!

Let's start with this very sunny layout featuring the beautiful Frolic collection!

 I thought that these papers were perfect for this very Summery page!  I wanted my layout to be happy and fun so I started with the title 'Frolic in the Sun' colored in an ombre effect over some stenciled yellow sunrays, all using different Imagine Ink embossing powders and glitter.

Below you see some of the pretty Attic Charm Daisies.  The yellow flower was an Attic Charm Glitter Rose from which I removed the center and replaced with a royal blue brad to go with my palette.

To go along with my sunrays, I used the smaller Looped Frame in the upper right corner of my design while using the larger one behind my photo. They were both covered with a combination of Buttercup and Honey embossing powders.

I fussy cut some of the butterflies from the patterned paper and popped them up throughout.

This sweet photo of little Jade 'frolicking in the sun', very proudly showing off her parasol, was the perfect photo for my page!

Blue Fern Studios products

Patterned Papers: Frolic (Veranda, Dans le jardin, Friendship)

Chipboard: Frolic in the Sun, Looped Frames, Leafy Page Accents

Flowers: Attic Charm Glitter Roses, Attic Charm Daisies

Imagine Ink: Embossing Powders (In the Navy, Cerulean, Bonny Blue, Buttercup, Honey), Glitter (Sunshine)

While my first layout is very bright and sunny, this one is a little darker, using the Timeless collection.

I absolutely adore this dark brown woodgrain paper and had to use it as my background.  I added some stenciling with black molding paste and some stamping designs with white ink.  I mixed 3 shades of embossing powders (ebony, auburn & mushroom) to colour the title and the Floral Lattice Bits.

 I created some elegant flower clusters using some beautiful Blue Fern Studios blooms along with more from my stash, adorned with fancy brads and badges.

The focal point of my layout is the fantastic Sweetheart Dressform - this piece is just so elegant!  I covered it with magenta embossing powder, then dabbed with a little white.

Blue Fern Studios products

Patterned paper: Timeless (Abode, Artistique, Calling Cards)

Chipboard: Sweetheart Dressform, Floral Lattice Bits, Leafy Page Accents, Contentment

Flowers: Attic Charm Daisies, Courtship Blooms

Stamp: Making Plans

Imagine Ink: Embossing Powders (Magenta, Ebony, Auburn, Mushroom)

For my last project, I created a mixed media canvas using lots of BFS chipboard, flowers and Imagine Ink mediums.

My base was created using layers upon layers of mediums.  I have to be honest, I started over this project about 3 times, not being satisfied with the result.  They say... third time's a charm.  Well, this proved to be true for me with this canvas.  After much gesso, molding paste, crackle paint, mists and inks, I added the final touches to it with some Imagine Ink embossing powder and glitter mixed in with glitter glass to create the pinkish shimmery texture.  I love the way it turned out!

I chose the title Dreams Come True as the theme for my canvas because we are all dreamers at heart, and I'm hoping that this canvas could bring a little hope and inspiration to someone somewhere someday.  I first covered this piece with Peacock embossing powder.  Such a beautiful colour!!!  And then, I dabbed some clear gesso and heated it to add some bubbly texture to it.

All the flowers used on my canvas are from Blue Fern Studios.

I fussy cut some butterflies and added die-cut scalloped squares, all from the Frolic line.  The "Dare to Dream" sentiment comes from the Paisley & Vine collection.

And last, but certainly not least, take a look at the gorgeous Victorian Fan!  I used Lime embossing powder on it as well as on the Checker Bits.

I hope I was able to inspire you with my creations today!

Blue Fern Studios products

Patterned Papers: Frolic (Adorn, Dans le jardin)

Chipboard: Victorian Fan, Dreams Come True, Leafy Page Accents, Checker Bits

Flowers: Tranquil Roses & Lilies, Attic Charm Glitter Roses, Courtship Roses

Imagine Ink: Embossing Powders (Peacock, Lime, Sea Mist, Cotton Candy), Glitter (The Pink Ladies)

We have a Winner!

Are you ready for us to announce the winner of our June Sketch Challenge?

Well, let's jump right in and select a winner.

Our winner is entry #13.  Who says 13 is an unlucky number?

 

The entry belongs to Ayumi Niijima.  Below is her layout celebrating a Japanese tradition. 

She has used Blue Fern chipboard and paper from the Serendipity Collection.

 

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.

The following 3 layouts were selected as our Featured Projects.  

Great job ladies.  We wish we could feature all of them!

 

Congratulations to Ola Khomenok!

(Blue Fern chipboard and paper from the Frolic Collection).

Congratulations to  Jan Penny!

(Blue Fern chipboard and paper from the Frolic Collection).

Congratulations to Kathy M!

(Blue Fern chipboard and paper from the Deja Vu Collection).

This wraps up our June Sketch Challenge.

If you are looking for the July Challenge you can click HERE to get all the details.  

e are doing something a little different this month, and we want your ideas!