Deja Vu Layouts

Hello everyone!  Today we are back with two new layouts from our Creative Team using the amazing new paper collection.......Deja Vu.  You will also see our team using some Blue Fern chipboard (of course!) and some of our new stamp sets.  Enjoy!

First up is this precious layout created by Marta, who told us she thinks the Deja Vu collection is stunning!  In addition to this beautiful paper, Marta has also used the Deja Vu stamp set to add even more of the delicate dangles to her layout.  Chipboard pieces include the Seaside Frame and Capture the Moment title.

Here is a closer look at the Deja Vu stamp set:

This elegant layout was created by Elena who has used a couple of papers from the Deja Vu Collection. 

Chipboard pieces include some of the Turkish Bits and a small Postage Frame under the photo. 

Here is a close up of the recently released Journey and Halftone Stamp Sets Elena added to the background.

Thanks for stopping by, and have a great day!

April Sketch Challenge Winner and our Featured Layouts!

It's time for us to announce the winner of our April Sketch Challenge, but we would first like to take a moment to thank all of you who entered the challenge.  You sure do make us look good when you use Blue Fern products!

The winner of the April challenge is..............

entry #3 which belongs to Jessika of Sweden. 

  

Jessika, you have won a prize package of Blue Fern Chipboard!  

Please send me an e-mail, within the next 7 days, 

at {valerie(at)bluefernstudios(dot)com} to claim your prize.

Here's the beautiful layout Jessika created using one of our most popular 

chipboard sets, the Shabby Brick Bits!

Each month we like to feature a few layouts from our sketch challenge 

because we LOVE to show off how you use our products!  It just so happens that all three of the gorgeous layouts below were created by women from Australia. 

The first layout we are featuring this month was created by Alison Bevis.  Alison has used paper from the Ombre Dreams Collection (Shannon's Dream).  The large chipboard piece is a portion of the Industrial Corner, which she altered by heat embossing with several colors, and then adding mist.  What a beautiful look she achieved!  Her title, Love, is from the "Good Vibes" set of chipboard words.  There is absolutely so much to love about this layout, including the precious photo!

Mandie Meier used a gorgeous photo of her daughter for her layout.  The background paper is from the Blue Fern Ombre Dreams Collection.  Mandie accented the layout using the Tattered Diamond Bits chipboard piece as well as the "Love" chipboard piece from the Adore, Love, Cherish set of words.   This layout is so soft and sweet and beautiful!

Lizzy C has done some fabulous fussy cutting using our beautiful Montage Paper Collection.  She added the stunning Wild Flourish Frame and some of the Turkish Bits chipboard pieces to complete the look.  The way Lizzy altered the frame is nothing short of amazing.  We can't think of a better way to show off Blue Fern products!

Congratulations to our winner, Jessika, and the three very talented ladies whose layouts we have featured this month.  We hope you will take a moment to congratulate them!

Our May sketch has been posted.  You can find a link in the right sidebar.  

We hope to see lots of amazing layouts again this month.

A Layout & Mixed Media Canvas Featuring NEW Blue Fern Studios Deja Vu Collection by Kim Price

Hello everyone, it's Kim here today and I'm really excited to be sharing more projects featuring the brand new Deja Vu collection along with some amazing new chipboard from Blue Fern Studios.

My first project today is a layout featuring a much loved photograph of my eldest daughter taken recently. This dramatic black and white photo of her coordinates perfectly with the Twilight Garden Frame fitting snugly inside, and I've teamed this piece with a sheet of Deja Vu La Plume patterned paper as my background.

I've given my chipboard a coat of gesso and when it had dried added a lovely splash of color with watercolor paint. I've also gone ahead and added some finer detail with colored pencil for some added definition. Using a second sheet of La Plume patterned paper I've cut out some of the flower images and layered them between my photo and chipboard frame for a layered effect. I just love how the flowers and leaves look on my daughter's hair.

I've also added some paper layers from Deja Vu Petites Cartes patterned paper, cutting around a few selected journaling cards and adhering them in place along with my title "Believe" from the Spiritually Speaking set. When the watercolor had dried on my title I've simply added some doodling using an archival quality permanent fine black marker.

Patterned papers: Deja Vu La Plume and Petites Cartes 

Chipboard: Twilight Garden Frame and Spiritually Speaking

For my second project today I've chosen to create a small canvas measuring 8 inches x 8 inches, which is the perfect size to fit the Winter Flake Frame comfortably. I added some brickwork texture using impasto, gesso and then painted the whole background in a washy shade of olive green.

Next I painted my Winter Flake chipboard frame with gesso, adding watercolor paint for a variegated effect and mounted the frame on my canvas with some dimensional tape.

I've fussy cut the teacup image from Deja Vu Petites Cartes patterned paper as well as some of the flower images from my leftover pieces of La Plume patterned paper, and layered them over the top of my frame with dimensional tape for a great 3d effect.

Here's a closer look at some of the fussy cut detail and dimension.

Patterned paper: Deja Vu Petites Cartes and La Plume

Chipboard: Winter Flake Frame

Thanks for calling in today, I hope you have enjoyed my projects!

-Kimx

May Sketch Challenge

Welcome to May everyone!  Here it is.........another sketch challenge for you. 
Michele Singh has created this beautiful sketch exclusively for Blue Fern!

Take a look at how our design team has used paper from the Deja Vu Collection
 and this sketch as inspiration for their layouts:

Zaneta Glowa

Keren Tamir

Marie Josee Hamel

Yuko Tanaka

Kim Price

Now it is YOUR turn to show us how you used the May sketch.

One lucky winner, selected by a random draw, will receive a prize package of Blue Fern Studios chipboard!

In addition, we will also select 3 (or more) layouts to feature.

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! 

2). Please note that you can do whatever type of project you please - a layout, card, 

  canvas, altered item- whatever suits your mood and style! 

We would love to see the different ways our sketch can be used.

3.) You must use at least one piece of Blue Fern Studios chipboard OR use Blue Fern Studios paper on your project. Please note that you do not need to use the pieces featured in the sketch

- use whatever suits your fancy! You can find the store nearest you HERE.
 {Do not use any other brand of chipboard on your project please!}

4.) Upload your project using the Inlinkz tool below by midnight EST on May 31, 2015

We look forward to seeing how you use our sketch and Blue Fern products!

Enter Here:

An InLinkz Link-up

Deja Vu!

Members of our team have been busy with the Deja Vu Collection (paper, stamps, and chipboard), and their creativity always amazes us.  Here's some inspiration for you! 

 

"Grateful for You" by  Patter Cross 

 Deja Vu Paper

Luminaires

Petites Cartes

Blue Fern Stamps

Halftone

Blue Fern Chipboard

 Trailing Scrolls

Collage Frame

Grateful for You title

"Fabulous" by Marie-Josée Hamel

 Deja Vu Paper

Petites Cartes

Blue Fern Stamps

Halftone

Vintage Edges

Blue Fern Chipboard

 Deja Vu Border

Deja Vu Dangles

Thank you Patter and Marie-Josée for your beautiful, and very different layouts using this awesome new collection.  No matter what your style, you will love these elegant designs!

April Projects by Galina Sazonova.

Hello friends!)

I really love to use black color in my works. And today I want to show you two projects on the basis of paper from the collection of Sanctuary and of black color.)

1. "This Moment".

My first project about of  wonderful moments in Tuscany.)

I used background chipboard "Shabby Brick Panel" and stamps to accentuate the texture and color of of old walls ....

Chipboard was painted with red spray and covered by glossy accent ....

 ....This created the volume effect. 

And a little more details) .....

 2. Card-motivator "Love".

My second project is about waiting of the summer ....

Despite the fact that there are many black, but the card, seems to me, looks very optimistic.)

  Smell the flowers, the birds singing, greens around, coolness of water ..... what could be better?))

 I used my favorite miniature  chipboard "Checker Bits"....

 .... and  paper from the collection Sanctuary. Chipboard was painting with spray of several shades.

Here such dreams of summer) ....  

Blue Fern Studios products used:

Сhipboard

• Shabby Brick Panel
• Checker Bits 
• This Moment

Paper

• Bountiful, 
• Calling Cards 
• Meadows of Time
• Botanical Garden

Stamp

• Texture 1

Thanks for visiting BFS blog!)

 Have a nice day!)

Bente's April projects.

Hi it's me Bente!

I used the new Deja Vu papers for two of my projects. I also used matching chipboards. 

It is such a pretty collection!

First I made an off the page project. 

Such an easy project but it still has the 'cute' effect .-)

The cute little shadowbox was a leftover from some used up scrapsupplies.

I painted the box with diluted gesso and added small areas of green/pink paint.

I painted the branch and added a couple of mini roses to it. I glued pictures and some journalling cards to the back and proceeded to decorate the box with flowers etc. Fun!!

My second project is a layout, which is what I normally make.

I used several of the gorgeous papers from the 'Deja Vu' collection, Nowadays I really like working with the colour purple.(As opposed to when I first started scrapping when I found it such a 

hard colour to work with). I just love the purple/yellow combo here.

To emphasize the purple tone of the papers I decided to paint my chipboards purple as well. 

I used part of the large chickenwirepurple panel and Deja Vu dangles.

I used most of the papers in the collection and had so much fun trying out what papers to mix and match. I distressed and layered some of the journalling cards in the center as a mat for my photo.

I also coloured some of the flowers with paint to make them match more. As most of my stuff is in boxes at the moment due to the move I am really challenged to find enough other supplies to complement what I have. That's why I had to paint my flowers ;-)
If you look closely you might even notice I used some of the new Deja Vu stamps. ;-)

Finally I have a page for you that I made a little while ago, -actually at the end of last month. 

It was done for the Blue Fern Studios monthly sketch challenge. 

First you have the sketch. If you hurry you can still make it by the 30th of April.

Look HERE.

And below is the page that I made with inspiration from the above sketch. 

Okay, that's all for now! 

Thank you for checking out Blue Fern Studios and my projects.

See you next month!