Just a little something from Kristine

Hi Everyone!

Kristine here to share some projects with you today. 

AND.... I have made a mini-tutorial for you :) 

Enjoy! 

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Cute stuff

I like to make my own backgrounds for my layouts, and this time I made a step by step mini-tutorial on how you can do it, and how to use and include chipboard on your background.

(Sorry for bad pictures, and some of the colors is wrong...)

1. Gather your supply. I used:
- Mod Podge
- Modeling paste
- Palette knife
- torn paper with different textures
- heat tool
- Canvas or cardstock
- Shabby brick panel
- Some chipboard leftovers

2. Use Mod podge to glue down the paper, in 3-4 layers.

3. When you are done gluing on paper, put on some chipboard. 

 4. I have cut out a piece of the 12x12" Shabby brick panel, and are using it as a stencil. 

 5. Put on modeling paste, a thick layer. 

 6. To create texture use the palette knife and tap it over det modeling paste before removing the chipboard. 

 7. Remove the brick chipboard, and use the heat tool to dry.
Place the brick chipboard over a new area of the layout, and repeat step 5-7. 

 8. After the modeling paste is dry, choose one or two colorsprays of choice and spray it over the modeling paste. After dyring, you can stamp over with a stamp, to create more texture.
Now the background is finish. 

Here is the end result, I hope you like it :)

I have used these Blue Fern Studios Chipboards: 

Good Vibes

 Shabby brick panel

Spring branch

In the end I just want to share a tag with you

Lovetag

I have used these Blue Fern Studios Chipboards:

Brigitte butterfly set

quatrefoil page panel

Good vibes

I hope you found some inspiration here today :)

A few simple Christmas Cards with Yana

Hello everyone! This is Yana sharing my newest projects using Blue Fern Studios chipboards. This month I have a few clean & simple cards to share with you. 

Those are some super easy and fun projects to do and they really don't require a lot of supplies or time! Plus you can easily turn them into mass-produced cards for the holidays to send to your family and friends.

First up - Merry Christmas card:

I used Shabby Flakes chipboard for this card:

My second project is another simple card with a few snowflakes layered on top of each other:

Once again I used chipboards from the same Shabby Flakes set: 

My last project has a little bit of a vintage feel to it, although its also a very simple one:

 The tree on this card is from the Winter Trees set:

This is all from me for today, I hope you liked my cards! Thank you for stopping by!

Ways to "dress up" your chipboard by Yvonne Yam

Hello there! It's Yvonne Yam here to share the different ways you can "dress up" your chipboard. :)

1. Colour your chipboard with a black Sharpie, then add glossy accents. [Boy meets world chipboard]
2. Coat with gesso, then mist. [the round remnant chipboard pieces]
3. Coat with gesso, lightly mist, then accessorize with feather, googly eye, feather and bling. Then finish with distress glitter. [The bird from the Little Birds set]

4. Paint with a bronze paint, using your paint brush to create textures. [The Shabby Brick Bits chipboard]

5. Colour your chipboard with a black Sharpie. [The Remember chipboard from the Memory Frames set ]

6. Coat with a layer of gesso, paint with a layer of pearlescent tinting medium, then finish with some glass bead gel [the Berry Stems chipboard]

7. Coat chipboard with gesso and create texture with a paint brush. Mist 2 different colours on the chipboard. [The sweet jar chipboard from The Latest Buzz set] 

Hope you enjoyed the different ways to "dress up " your Blue Fern Studios chipboard.

Design Team Call! {Reminder}

Just a friendly reminder, in case you missed it!

It's hard to believe, but it's already time for a design team call at Blue Fern Studios!

It's always an exciting time to open up our doors to our fans and give them the chance to represent our popular brand. If you would like to be a part of this fast-growing company and would love to create with our high-quality chipboard products, then this is the team for you!

We are looking to add a handful of designers to our team and once again, we are seeking out those who specialize in either cards/tags, altered projects, mixed media, and layouts encompassing all styles. We are also interested in acquiring a video instructor! If you feel that you would be a good fit for any of these categories, we would love to review your application!

To Apply:

Please email the following information to submissions@bluefernstudios.com. Please be sure to include "Design Team Application" in your subject. Application deadline is November 15th, 2013 at Midnight US EST.

Full Name
E-Mail Address
Country
Blog Link
List of Current Design Teams
Links to Current Online Galleries
(3) Projects that best showcase your style (preferably using chipboard,
but not required).

Please resize to 650 pixels.

If selected, successful applicants will serve a 1 year term, creating (3) projects per month and will be compensated with a substantial selection of our products. New designers will be notified once selection
is complete, and the new design team will be officially announced November 23rd, 2013 on the Blue Fern Studios blog.

We look forward to reviewing your applications, and wish you the best of luck!

October Sketch Challenge Winner & Features!

It's time to announce our prize winner for the October Sketch Challenge, as well as the Top 3 Features- so let's get started!

First, the lucky randomly drawn winner of our chipboard prize pack:

Congratulations to: Buffy Burnside!!

Email me {erin@bluefernstudios.com} within 7 days to claim your prize!!

Next, we have 3 beautiful features for you from our entries last month. As usual, this is NEVER an easy thing to do. We always have such wonderful talent and beautiful projects shared with us. Thank-you to all who take the time to participate- we appreciate each and every one of you!!

Taniko

We loved every little detail of Taniko's layout! The Heart Set was perfect for this one- and leaving the chipboard raw to compliment the multiple beautiful colors that make up her layout was the perfect way to go. Amazing work, Taniko! Thank-you so much for sharing your talent with us!

Jackie Clark

Jackie's touching layout commanded our attention! The warm colors with just the right amount of brights were perfect for her sweet photo. And her chipboard treatment? Divine!

Sonja B

Sonja's fun, boyish layout was a perfect take on our sketch and showed a great use of our popular title pieces! What a great representation of Blue Fern Studios! Thank-you for participating!!

And thanks to all of you, once again, for taking some time to participate this past month! Check out our November Sketch Challenge for your chance to be our lucky prize winner or one of our Top 3 Features!

Sharing a layout and a card.

We are coming to a close of 2013 in just a couple of months. I have enjoyed my last year working with all of the beautiful Blue Fern Studios chip board and look forward to a new year with new designs!! In the mean time, check here often as new designs are added to the inventory often!!
For my first project I did a 12x12 layout. I had to create a sweet layout to match the wonderful photo of my daughter and her kitty. He really is Sweet As Honey.

I hope you save the innards of your chip board because they add a wonderful design element to your projects!! And if not, you can always purchase a pack of the various pieces where you find Blue Fern Studios chip board. I used gesso as a base, then used a crackle paint on top, then finished it with a glaze medium after the crackle dried.

I base coated all of my chip board peices with gesso and used 2 colors of glaze medium to color  the pieces.  After they were dry, I inked the outer edges slightly for dimension.

I used a couple of colors of glaze medium on the flower chip board and used a pearl pen to add the stamen in the middle.

 Blue Fern Bits  

Graduated Circles

 Large Garden daisies

 Small Garden Daisies

 The Latest Buzz

For my next project, I created a card. Sometimes simplicity brings out the beauty in a chip board piece. I didn't want the beauty of the bicycle shape to get lost, so I made it the star of the card.

All I did was heat embossed it using a fine black embossing powder. I used layers of paper to frame the piece. This card can be used for many occasions.

Penny Farthing

Thanks for visiting today and I cant wait to bring you my next Blue Fern Studios projects for December.  Please visit us often here as the designers bring you inspiration day after day. You don't want to miss a thing!!