An Altered Paint Palette and A Layout by Kim Price

Hi everyone, it's Kim here today with a few of my latest creations for Blue Fern Studios. I've really been feeling the love lately and with Valentine's Day just around the corner I've been creating a lot of love themed projects.

My first project is an altered piece which is sized just right to mount onto a 12"x12" page if you wish. I've used a traditional style wooden artists palette, altering it with some gorgeous Montage patterned papers and Valentine's Day themed chipboard.

Here I've taken one of the pieces from the Valentine Cupids Set and painted it up to look like a traditional vintage style cherub using acrylic paints, colored pencils and a fine Sharpie. I'm just loving how this little babe turned out and it looks so gorgeous against the stunningly romantic Montage Invitation patterned paper - perfect for Valentines Day.

In a similar way I've added color to my chipboard title using the word "love" from "Adore, Love, Cherish", coloring it with watered down acrylic paint to resemble watercolor and adding definition with a fine black Sharpie to really make it pop.

Here's a last photograph taken from the side to highlight the dimensional look to the piece.

Blue Fern Studios patterned papers: Montage Invitation

Blue Fern Studios chipboard: Adore Love Cherish, Invitation, Valentine Cupids

My second project today is a layout created using patterned papers from the beautiful Blue Fern Studios Sanctuary collection.

I've created this piece using one of the stunning dark papers from the collection - Bountiful

I then began to add some fussy cut layers using the floral images found on Garden Plaza patterned paper as well as the butterfly images and some leaves. To these layers I've included my "Natural Beauty" title from the All Natural set, coloring it with a coordinating shade of watercolor.

I've also gone ahead and added a few floral chipboard pieces from both the All Natural Set as well as the Layering Stems Set, again adding watercolor for an instant hit of color and texture. The results are stunning.

Blue Fern Studios patterned paper: Sanctuary Bountiful and Garden Plaza
Blue Fern Studios chipboard: All Natural Set and Layering Stems


Thanks for dropping by today, I hope you've enjoyed my projects for this month featuring Blue Fern patterned papers and chipboard.

My First DT Projects - Galina Sazonova.

Hello!

I am pleased to welcome you on BFS blog and to share my first projects as  an designer Blue Fern Studios.

And a little bit about myself )...

My name is Galina and I'm 46 years old. I come from Belarus, 

but now live with my family in Moscow. I am a happy wife and mother of two children, 5 year old boy and 21 year old girl) My profession - Landscape designer, but not so long ago I discovered scrapbooking and he soon became a part of my life!

I get my inspiration from different things and events, as well as

from people and emotions. I really love life, therefore I create a lot of layers and colours in my
projects .) I like the different styles and the opportunity to try something new.

Hope you enjoy my creations!

Welcome to my blog:

http://galadreams.blogspot.ru/

Canvas "Angel Eyes"
Here is the first one of my projects for this month. This nostalgic canvas about my childhood. Little girl with sad eyes in the photo - it's me) ....

More details:

Blue Fern Studios products used:

• Chipboard - Textures - Checker Bits
• Chipboard - Words - Spiritually Speaking

Layout "Birdie"

My second project was created on the basis of the January sketch. In the photo I'm in my new small hat birdie.)

And more details:

Blue Fern Studios products used:

• Paper - Sanctuary -  Bountiful
• Paper - Montage - Society, Wisdom
• Chipboard - Textures - Tattered Diamond Bits
• Chipboard - Words - The Optimist Word Set

Project "Angel on duty"

And at last my third project - gift wrapping based of kraft .

More details:

Blue Fern Studios products used:

• Chipboard - Textures - Ornate Heart
• Chipboard - Words - Spiritually Speaking

I wish you a creative mood and good day!)

Galina.)

Bente's first post for Blue Fern Studios.

Hi there!...*waving from Sweden*.

My name is Bente and some of you may have seen my creations around the internet for a few years now. I started scrapping about six years ago and never stopped to look back. I've tried many other creative outlets like knitting, sewing and embroidering, but scrapbooking is by far my favourite.

I am a native of Norway although I have lived more than half my life away from there. I have had my permanent address in the south of Sweden for many years, but have spent a few years in exciting places like Chile, Mexico and the UK. Loved that!

My three beautiful daughters are my main inspiration and we also have a cute but spoilt kitty.

I am so happy to be on the 2015 creative team here at Blue Fern Studios!

To see more of my work please visit me here:

Paper and Glue Heaven. 

Now for my first creations here on the blog:

Here I used the Roman Clock set and the Arrow Words set. 

To add colour to the pieces and create a coherent look I coloured the pieces with an ink chalker.

I love the feminine look created by lifting and layering a piece of the pretty Montage paper.

My next page features the youngest members of the family. 

-My DD and Lady, the royal princess of our house :-)

Again I used the beautifully decorated papers from the Montage collection.

The large frame is called Shabby Layered Frame.

In the corners you can see some Tattered Diamond bits.

I love these pictures that I took a while back. 

I love the look of the enamel dots on the black painted frame.

 Finally to round off this post I created a couple of cards using the lovely Sanctuary collection.

I used the pretty Roman Clock set and the Arrow words  here as well.

On this card is also a small piece from the Ironwork Accents set.
The Tattered Diamond bits were painted inked and stamped with a musical note pattern.

Products used: Papers from the Montage collection and the Sanctuary collection, Roman Clock set, Arrow Words set, Shabby Layered frame, Tattered Diamond bits, Ironwork Accents.

I hope you liked my first creations as a DT member for Blue Fern Studios.

Thanks for looking!

2 layout and card.

Hello!

Today I will share you Snow layout！

【plaisir】

My daughter very glad to see snowing was very cute！

She sings "Let it go" then！LOL!!!

The title applied gesso and colored it in INKLINGZ .

Snow of this chip board・・・

 Using this part of this chip board！

<Blue Fern Studios Products>

Sanctuary  Bountiful/Meadows of Time/Botanical Garden/CallingCards

Circle Groups/Shabby Flakes/French Words/

【PERFECT day】

I like a MONATGE series very much!

It's my taste by the very gentle shade.

<Blue Fern Studios Products>

Montage  Bouquet/Calling Cards/Now&Then
Spring Trinkets

【kiss】

This card is a favorite in the chic.
Title has sprinkled the distressed powder.

Blue Fern Studios ' paper   is thick and points to a card!

<Blue Fern Studios Products>

Sanctuary  Bountiful/Meadows of Time/CallingCards/Conservatory

Shabby Brick Bits/Wedding Words

Thank you !

Three layouts by Marie-Josée Hamel

Hello, Blue Fern Studios fans! I am so glad to once again be part of the Blue Fern Studios design team this year. Last year was amazing and I am sure 2015 will be just as fantastic, with tons of new products to work with. I am grateful to have the chance to share my projects here with you each month and I hope you will find them inspiring.

You can also visit my personal blog, Les créations de mariemily (in French and English). There, you will find many more projects I create with Blue Fern Studios chipboards and papers.

Without further ado, here are the three projects I want to share with you today.

"Memories" layout

For this project, I decided to go with the industrial look and to use NO flowers, a big challenge for me! :)

I started with the Circuitry and Software Pieces chipboards, which I glued to my background, the Calling Cards paper from the Sanctuary collection.

Then, I applied a thin coat of gesso with a sponge and sprayed various colors of ink all over my chipboard.

I also stamped lots of patterns, using various stamps and black ink, on top of the chipboards and on the background.

I altered the Faucets and Hooks and Keys chipboards with black ink and added them to my layout.

I put the Memories frame from the Memory Frames set on top of my photo.

"Happy" layout

For this layout, I used the Leslie's Dream paper from the Ombre Dreams collection for my background, which I altered with Gelatos and various mists.

While it was drying, I altered the Ruth's Doily chipboard as well as two pieces of the Mini Flourishes chipboard set with white gesso. I also stamped black archival ink directly on the word Happy, from the Laughter, Happy, Smile chipboard set. Here are some close-up views of those pieces.

"Smile" layout

For this layout, I used the Fairyland paper from the Montage collection for my background.

 
I glued the Ups and Downs Panel on top of it, on which I applied a tiny coat of white gesso. I used diluted Gelatos to add splashes of color. Then, I sprayed eight differents colors of mists on top.

The title is made with the word Smile from the Laughter, Happy, Smile chipboard set, altered with black spray ink. Here a few close-ups of my layout.