Cards with Yana Smakula

Hello everyone! This is Yana Smakula sharing my December projects with you - I have two cards and a blank December album page waiting to be filled out later this month.

Enjoy the Ride:

I used silver metallic marker from Dovecraft to paint the bike and arrows. 

For this project I used the following chipboard pieces: Directions, My Bike

Together forever:

For this project I used the following chipboard pieces: Valentine Cupids

December album page:

Finally I have a page for my December album. For this project I used chipboard as a mask (see photo below) to spray my background and a small snowflake as an embellishment:

 

 

For this project I used the following chipboard pieces: Bits of Honey, Let is Snow

Those are my final projects for Blue Fern Studios. Feel free to stop by my blog anytime as I'm sure I'll be using Blue Fern Studios chipboard on many other projects in future. Its been a fun six month and I hope you enjoyed my projects. 

Decorated boxes by Yvonne Yam

Hello there. It's Yvonne Yam here to share my December projects with you. This month, I used my current fave Blue Fern Studios chipboard - Rings Panel and gold paint, to decorate two different boxes.

For the first box, I went the girly route by adding pearls and trim and the edges and used the Rings Panel chipboard to add a little texture and dimension to the lid of the box.

For my second box, I decided to create an ornate box because of the shiny foil patterned paper I used.

I added pearls to the Rings Panel chipboard for texture and drama. These panels were added to the top and sides of the lid.

Hope you've enjoyed the projects I've shared the last 6 months using the lovely chipboard from Blue Fern Studios. :)

November Sketch Challenge Winner & Top 3 Features!

Today we bring to you our lucky randomly drawn winner of the chipboard prize pack from last month's sketch challenge, as well as our Top 3 Features! Always an exciting day on our blog!

As always, we received a wonderful array of entries, all showcasing our products in a unique variety of ways. It is a humbling thing to see :) Thank-you for making Blue Fern Studios so beautiful!

Let's get to the winner of our chipboard prize pack, shall we?

A BIG congrats to Debby L!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thank-you SO much for sharing your talent with us, Debby! Please email me {erin@bluefernstudios.com} within 7 days to claim your prize :)

Our Top 3 Features:

Stokely

Stokely WOWED us with this stunning, neutral-toned layout. She cut our Blooming Flourish in half, dressed it up with plenty of texture, and placed it beneath her photo. Thank-you for joining us this month, Stokely! We LOVED this!!

Caroleanne Wright

As much as we love dolled-up chipboard, we also love to see it in its natural state, and Caroleanne has done it perfectly here! We love the way our Chickenwire Panel was cut and how it cascades down as a backdrop for her title. Perfect!

Elizabeta Dimitrova

What perfect timing for a festive Christmas layout! We sure do love the treatment of our Twiggy Branch; perfect for a wintery feel! 

Thanks once again to everyone who played along this month! We hope to see you again :)

Be sure to check out the December Sketch Challenge if you haven't already!

It started with 2 pieces of Kraft paper...

 It's me, Lisa!! December is here!! I hope that everyone is getting into the holiday spirit!!! Well, with the hustle and bustle of the season, It may be a little difficult to find time to create. But Create I must, so I pulled out 2 pieces of 12x12 Kraft paper..After all, it is the color of chipboard. I covered them with gesso...Then the magic began...

 I created this layout as a gift for a dear friend who lost her husband this year.
I primed the Graduated Circles with gesso. Then painted them with acrylic glaze and dabbed some black paint over it when it was dry.

 I painted the By the Sea words with flat black acrylic paint.

  I always save the innards from my panels chipboard. The diamonds came from the Harlequin Page Panel. I glued them to the background and painted them with gesso to blend in, before I sprayed the whole page with mists.

  This next layout was totally inspired by Australian artist Di Garling. I just pulled some chipboard from my collection and got busy.

To adorn the Spring Branch, I covered it with some texture paste and let it dry. Then I painted it with acrylic glaze.

I painted the Doodle Flowers with acrylic glaze as well. I added a rhinestone to the middle of this one.

 
I painted and tucked some of the Doodle Flowers among the flower cluster.

Thank you for joining me today on the Blue Fern Studios Blog. Make sure you check back often to see the inspiration created by Design Team. You can join me on my blog for details, and the story behind the By The Sea layout.

December Sketch Challenge!

It's hard to believe that we've reached our final sketch challenge for this year and we are quickly approaching our very first anniversary! We hope you will love the latest sketch we have for you, designed as always by the talented Michele Singh:

Check out the samples some of our design team members put together for you:

Yvonne Yam

Patter Cross

Kerryn Lawson

Lisa Gregory

Erin Blegen

Simply gorgeous! We can't WAIT to see YOUR take :)!!

As always, we've got a great grab bag of chipboard for one randomly chosen participant:

In addition to our prize winner, we will also select a Top 3 to feature in our winner post!

We have just a few simple rules to follow if you would like to participate in our sketch challenge:

1.) Feel free to interpret the sketch as you please by means of taking it as-is or flipping/turning/mirroring it to suit your needs! **Please note that you can do whatever type of project you please- a layout, card, tag, canvas, altered item- whatever suits your mood and style! We would love to see the different ways our sketch can be used.**

2.) You must use at least one piece of Blue Fern Studios chipboard- but you do not need to use the pieces featured in the sketch! You can find the store nearest you HERE. {Do not use any other brand of chipboard on your project please!}

3.) Upload your project using the Inlinkz tool below by midnight EST on December 31st, 2013.

We look forward to your entries!

Panels with Patter

Hi! Patter here with some Blue Fern Studios panel inspiration for you today. I have used both the Quatrefoil Panel and the Chain Link Panel along with some other Blue Fern Studios pieces. This month, there have been several occasions in which I have had to make cards to send. So, armed with my great Blue Fern Studios products, I will share two of those cards with you today using panels and other chipboard.

A Card for Ordination
My friend was ordained on the 17th so this was the card I made for her. I started the bottom layer with patterned paper and the Blue Fern Studios Quatrefoil Panel. I inked it in distress ink and then added embellishments on top. It makes a great backgound piece.

I also added a couple of Blue Fern Bits that I colored with gelatos and layered them with my other embellishments.

Blue Fern Products Used: Quatrefoil Panel, Blue Fern Bits

A Sympathy Card
Our senior pastor's father passed away this month. I used the above card for inspiration but this time I used the Blue Fern Chain Link Panel. I also inked this panel in distress ink and placed the panel in the background.

I then used the Blue Fern Studios Organic Vine. I spritzed it with water and let it sit for a minute. Once the water had soaked in and the chipboard was soft, I began peeling up some of the leaves. I then spritzed with a mix of water and gesso and let it dry overnight. In the morning, I added several gelato colors and spread them around with a wet paintbrush. I then spritzed with a bit of green mist and let dry. I always like this effect. It comes out different every time.

Blue Fern Products Used: Chain Link Panel, Organic Vine

Thanks for stopping by, and I hope you will use some Blue Fern Studios panels on your next card or other paper creation!

Clean Up! w/Erin Blegen

Good morning! Erin Blegen here with you today to share a few projects using some of the newer Blue Fern Studios products. I started out with a layout and then decided to clean up my scrap space and create next a card and tag using paper and chipboard scraps. What a way to get organized and creative at the same time ;)!

"What a Wonderful Day!"

I was looking back on some older photos and found this precious set of my middle child from the summer of 2012. I remember clearly this day- and it truly was wonderful :). I wanted to create something happy, conveying that through my fun color scheme and accompanying chipboard elements. Using one of the Film Strips pieces, I was able to include a few extra little photos from that day :)

 I love these adorable, contemporary Memory Frames! I simply dabbed this one with a chalk edger pad.

A simple coat of yellow acrylic paint dressed up these Shabby Bricks Bits pieces, which added to my layering with fun texture and interest :)

Blue Fern Studios Products Used:

Memory Frames

Film Strips

Shabby Bricks Bits

Next up, I have my "scrap" projects:

"Love"

Since I had the Memory Frames out, I decided to create a sweet tag. After priming with gesso, I applied some clear embossing ink, mist, and white sparkly embossing powder and set it with a heat gun.

 Blue Fern Studios Products Used:

Memory Frames

Swirly Doodle

"Reach & Wander"

 For my final project, I took some of the Tattered Diamond Bits and a partial Film Strips piece to accent this simple scrap card using up some leftover papers from my layout. Sometimes all you need is a little gesso and maybe some stamping and you're set!

Blue Fern Studios Products Used:

Tattered Diamond Bits

Film Strips

Thank-you for stopping by the Blue Fern Studios blog today!

Have you had a chance to play along with this month's sketch challenge? Check it out- there's still some time :)!