Watching YOU Put Our Designs to Work!

Hi everyone! We're dedicating another post to YOU- our friends, fans, customers...we've been on the lookout once more for examples of how you've been using our products and once again, we were delighted to discover all the beautiful things you have been creating! And today we would like to highlight just a handful of them :)

Steph Devlin

Our "Floral Clock" piece worked beautifully as a romantic backdrop to Steph's precious photo.

Dana Tatar

What a gorgeous mix of color and stamping on our "Blooming Foliage" piece- beautiful!

Barbara

The slight curve in the "Happiness" title from the "Good Vibes" pack worked perfectly with Barbara's circular design :).

Tina Tolliver

Don't you just love the bit of elegance our "Royal Border" adds to this beautiful layout? Perfect!

Tracey Gregory

The distressed finish of Tracey's title from the "Valentine's Word Set" perfectly compliments the feel of her layout. Love it!

Miranda Edney

Our "Garden Gate" is the PERFECT entrance to this stunning altered tray. What a masterpiece!

Rae_M

I love seeing our "Spring Iris" peek out from behind the doily. A stunning example!

Mgiov

Another incredible example of our "Garden Gate"- isn't this wall hanging just gorgeous?!

Thanks so much to you all for your inspiration! Remember- we're out there looking in the online galleries- so upload! We'd love to feature you right here on our blog!

Have a fantastic weekend :)

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/

Congrats to the Newest Design Team Members!

We were overwhelmed by the number of amazing design team applications- so much talent to choose from! So THANK YOU to each and every one of you who took the time to apply for our consideration. And please note- if you did not make it this time around, PLEASE try again- we will be doing a call every six months and with each call will be looking for something different. And believe me, you did NOT make this decision easy!

SO...without further adieu, please welcome the newest members of the Blue Fern Studios Design Team, with their term beginning July 1st:

Diana Mironova (Russia)

Encza (Poland)

Frau_Muller (Ukraine)
Kasia Krzyminska (Poland)

Kerryn Lawson (Australia)
Kotlyarova (Russia)

Kristine Henanger (Norway)

Yana Smakula (Ukraine)

Yvonne Yam (Singapore)

And returning for a second term, we have:

Camilla Ekman
Erin Blegen
Joyce Lawrence
Kelly Foster
Lisa Gregory
Patter Cross

Congrats, girls! We look forward to the next several months of your incredible inspiration with Blue Fern Studios products :).

And thanks once again to all who applied- we thoroughly enjoyed viewing your works!

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!

The beauty of raw chipboard

Hi ya!

I often hear less advanced scrappers say how much they would love to use chipboard on their pages, but that they are a tad afraid of doing that because they think it takes a lot of difficult techniques to make them look good.

The 3 pages I am going to share with you today, show how easily chipboards can be tailored to suit those who are still experimenting with techniques.

My first page is kept in a muted shabby style and the chipboards I have used have been dressed to reflect the same.

 

The Art Nouveau Frame was painted, misted and chalked in many different hues of alabaster, cream, peach, marigold, orange and brown to blend in with the other details of the page.

The Country Picket Fence was randomly and unevenly primed with gesso before misted. Look how weather beaten it looks! I just love when the raw chipboard peeks out.

Chalk is a quick and easy way of achieving any colour effects you want.

Blue Fern Studios products used:

 

Art Nouveau frame (074332)

  

Country Picket Fence (074561)

  

Good Vibes wordset (074899)

The next page also shows quick touches to colour match your chipboard with the colour scheme of your page.

 

The Calligraphic Border was cut in smaller sections and painted in a couple of different layers of pink. Cutting up pieces make them last longer and can be used on several layouts.

The Fancy Fob Watch had the same treatment as the Calligraphic Border.The chain that belongs to the Watch will be used on another layout.

Blue Fern Studios products used:

  

Calligraphic Border (074363)

 

Fancy Fob Watch (075148)

My last page shows again how beautiful peeks of raw chipboard can be. 

 

The Princess Window was not even primed before I just randomly swiped paint over it and then added a dab or two of gesso. The Royal Border - Large got the same treatment. Look how wonderfully their shape stand out.

 

Blue Fern Studios products used:

 

Princess Window (074578)

 

Royal Border large (074615)

Thank you so much for your visit! There is still plenty of time to join in on our May sketch challenge - YOUR CAN FIND THE DETAILS HERE

Cheers! Eila