Kelly's October Shares + Video Tutorial!

Hello!

Kelly here. I hope you are having a great weekend! We are seeing our first bit of snow where I live, but I still am sharing summer pages - perhaps I am in denial? That's OK with me!!

"Adorable"

Summertime with toddlers - well, we are all about the park - especially the swings! There is something *so sweet* about chubby little baby lets dangling from a baby swing!! 

The showcase piece on this page is the Chickenwire Panel..I used it as a textural element on my background as well as tucking into my clusters. I left it mostly bare, but did spray with a subtle gold shimmer mist. The pieces that are up top were just painted to match my background.

 Above you can also see some of the Natural Sprigs. These were water distressed, painted with a pearly paint, and then embossed with gold embossing enamel.

 Above, one of the clouds from Cloudy Skies - I have it a coat of gesso, a touch of stamping with a blue chalk ink, and gently blended the ink around the edges.

Lastly, above is the cute little birdie from the All Natural set, given a gold shimmer then detailed with pen. The word adorable is from the Good Vibes set - this was also painted with gesso and given a shot of gold mist.

                                            Chickenwire Panel:                      Cloudy Skies:

 

                                           Good Vibes:                                 Natural Sprigs:

All Natural Set:

"Enjoy The Little Things"

Blue Fern Studios chipboard often inspires me to create whimsical scenes on my layouts. I was totally inspired by the Spring Branch. I created a video on how I altered this piece:

I love the realistic look of it and was moved to make it a part of a tree for this page..I blended it in with lots of thread, flowers, wire curls, and paint.

Below, the Lattice Fence, All Natural Set, and bits of fibers, flowers, and thread completed the scene.

                                          Lattice Fence:                            All Natural Set:

Spring Branch:

I hope you have enjoyed my projects and my video today!

Have a wonderful week!
*Kelly Foster*

2 layouts and 1 tag by Vibeke Harila

Hi:)

A new month - and its my turn to show 

you some of my work.

 I have worked hard to make something new that maybe can

inspire you to create with your chipboard.

I will show you 2 layouts and 1 tag today.

Enjoy :)

"Memento vivere"

My first layout is with a pic of my youngest daughter and her friend

playing in our garden. 

"Memento viviere" is the perfect title 

- it means "Remember to live"

I have used the sketch here in the Blue Fern blog,

you can read more about it here.

This is the beautiful Brigitte Buttefly.

It is so pretty. I have painted it with a touch of white paint.

This is one of my favorite chipboard - Lattice Fence.

So perfect for my layout. Beautiful. Just a bit white paint on it.

Lattice Fence

Brigitte Butterfly Set

"Captured"

A really simple layout from me.

Just a bit mist - and some flower.

It think this pic is so cute:):)

One of the Doodle Corners. 

I have a bit CracklePaint and brown mist on it.

Perfect:)

Under my pic and the flowers I have put the lovely Lattice Gate.

Doodle Corners

Model: 075162

Lattice Gate

Picture Perfect

"Congratulations"

A birthday tag for a friend of mine.

So easy to make when you have so lovely chipboard.

The chipboard is Spring Iris.

Some ink - and clear embossing. Easy and pretty.

Spring Iris - Small

Model: 074912

I really hope you enjoyed my work.

Have a nice day.

Hugs Vibeke

http://vibekescrapperogskryter.blogspot.com/

Coordinating Your Chipboard w/Any Type of Project!

Good morning Blue Fern Studios friends! Erin Blegen here with you today :). I'm going to be sharing 3 different types of projects (layout, card, and tag) and how you can make your chipboard coordinate- no matter your style or project {type} preference. 

I remember when I was new to raw chipboard, I didn't know quite how I would make those pieces become a part of my project without standing out- in a bad way. So if you feel like that yourself- don't worry! If you haven't had much experience with working with chipboard, that is a completely normal reservation! But today I would like to encourage those with this fear to try out some of these simple techniques- and get yourself on your way to becoming a chipboard altering fool ;)!

"Walk"

I like that I almost have to guess myself which of the embellishments here are chipboard- because they blend so nicely with the rest of the layout. And all it takes is a little bit of recognition of the papers and other products with which you are working, and applying those features to your chipboard.

Take for example this Ironwork Accents piece. I simply used a rubber stamp from my personal collection that complimented my papers and used it to stamp my primed (w/gesso) chipboard. I then used it as a meeting place for the seam binding that stretches across the page, topping off its center with a bow. Super easy- ANYONE (with some stamps and ink, that is) can do this!

The exact same idea was repeated here. I cut this piece off of the bottom of the Garden Gate (You will find that I love to piece apart- and stretch the use of- my chipboard!)

Here I've taken a panel from the Lattice Fence and mimicked the look of the metal embellishment beside it. I've done this by using a stone-colored distress ink dabbed very lightly over top.

Blue Fern Studios Products Used:

Ironwork Accents

Garden Gate

Lattice Fence

Floral Clock (one of the hands)

"This Wonderful Life" {Card}

Here again I've made this gorgeous piece from the Brigitte Butterfly Set become a part of my project. 

I actually used a butterfly stamp with some brown distress ink to create the pattern on this piece. I felt this particular design was complimentary to my papers. After drying, I used a sandy colored chalk ink very lightly over top to tone down the white of the gesso (used to prime the piece before stamping). 

Blue Fern Studios Products Used:

Brigitte Butterfly Set

"You Make Life Beautiful" {Tag}

Finally, I have a tag to share. I chose to use one of the Petite Boutique Frames, which I simply primed with gesso before using blue embossing powder and setting it with a heat gun. I love the beautiful, glossy finish- and that this design was the perfect platform for the resin piece I was to layer next.

Next came one of the Vintage Locks, which I decorated with some blue microbeads. Again, an altering idea that anyone can do!

Blue Fern Studios Products Used:

Petite Boutique Frames

Vintage Locks

Thanks for coming by the Blue Fern Studios blog today! I hope I've been able to offer a few simple techniques and have encouraged you to try some of them very soon :).

Take care!