"Cherish' layout and video tutorial

Hello friends!

It is the month of June now and the summer is upon us! I'm looking forward to spending some time with the kiddos this month as school is out. What about you?

Today I have a video tutorial for Blue Fern Studios to share with you, using their new fabulous collection Deja Vu as well as their gorgeous chippies.

Here is the project:

I've focused a lot more on chipboard alteration for this project rather than creating my background, simply because the products are just so pretty!

Some close-ups:

My title piece "Cherish". I'm loving black gesso and how it makes the chipboard pops!

The butterfly dangle from "Deja Vu Dangles". Such a sweet little piece to work with. 

Vintage Label chipboard which I had fun stamping with the new Blue Fern stamp.

And here is the video of how I put the whole thing together:



Blue Fern products used:

Deja Vu collection (Atelier, La Plume, Tresors, Luxor)
Deja Vu Dangles Chippies
"Cherish" word
Vintage Labels
Journey Stamp
Half-tone Stamp

And that's all I have, thanks for dropping by!

love,

News from Blue Fern and June Sketch Challenge

Welcome to June everyone!  First we have a little bit of news to share with you.  We would like to introduce two new designers to our team - Sandi Clarkson and Debbie Burns.  Both of these talented women live in the United States, and we are super excited to have them join the Blue Fern team!  Look for posts from both of them later this month when they will share a little bit more about themselves and post some projects using Blue Fern products!  

Now it's time for us to reveal our June sketch challenge!  Our sketch designer, Michele Singh, has created this sketch for us:

Here's how a few of our designers have interpreted this month's sketch:

Bente Fagerberg

Sandi Clarkson

Keren Tamir

Zaneta Glowa

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 June 30, 2015

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

Enter Here: 

An InLinkz Link-up

Deja Vu Collection with Galina Sazonova.

Hello friends!

Today I want to share with you my projects from the new collection Deja Vu.

I wanted to use lot of yellow. Let's look at the result.)

Here's the first of my projects this month:

"Butterfly Kisses"

I used a combination of several chipboard.. They are colored sprays, and then are covered with powdered for embossing.

 In these projects used a lot of stamps which were cut out and pasted on the pages.

As well as are many other prints from the paper.

Blue Fern Studios products used:

Paper

• Un Voyage A Paris
• Luminaires
• La Plume

Сhipboard

• Butterfly Kisses
• Chelsea Vines

Stamp

• Journey
• Déjà Vu
• Texture 1

My second project:

"What a wonderful world"

Two projects about my daughter when she was small.)

And here I used a lot of yellow.

 As well lot of of stamps which I like so much!))

 And some more details) ....

Blue Fern Studios products used:

Paper

• Lustre
• La Plume
• Luminaires

Сhipboard

• Chelsea Vines
• Déjà Vu Dangles Chippies

Stamp

• Journey
• Déjà Vu
• Texture 1

Thanks for visiting BFS blog!)

 Have a nice day!)

A couple of pages from Bente using Deja Vu and Montage collections.

Hi, today it's my turn again here on  the blog and I have made some pages to showcase some of the beautiful Blue Fern Studios chipboards and papers. They are such a treat to work with.

Here is my first page.

I decided on some pink and yellow tones mainly and painted my 'Floral Medley frame' using a pretty yellow tone that I picked up from the designs in the paper. 

The papers are from the 'Montage ' collection.

I used some Blue Fern Studios stamps as well. 

The hot-air balloon is part of the 'Journey' set and I even used some of te stamps from  'Halftone'.

Here are a few close ups as well:

I stamped the balloon once on a pink paper and once on a yellow one.

My second page for today :

Previously I have focused on the yellow and lilac tones in the 'Deja Vu' papers as these are really some of my fave colours, but as you see it's possible to pick a different colour scheme entirely :-)

I used the green sheet for the background adnd the wood patterned paper on top. As these are pretty neutral you can really pick almost any colour to add as accents and embellishments.

Here are a few close ups too:

I used the new 'Deja Vu border chippie' painted green as a base for my page.
I added a summery photo and picked pretty, illuminant yellow and red to go with it. 

It's such a vibrant and energetic combination.

I included a chipboard from the 'Ironworks accents' as a base for a small embellishmentcluster. 

 This ornamental chipboard border that goes with the Deja Vu collection is one of my preferred pieces right now. I hope you enjoyed my pages today and you will be back soon again to see what my friends in the DT are up to!

Have a lovely day!

Memories Captured by Marta Lapkowska

Hello everyone,

It's Marta Lapkowska here.

I hope you are doing great.

I am back to you with my new page and full video tutorial. 

You can see my creative process step by step.

As you ca see this is very magical page. I wanted to recreate the forest and dreamy scenry from the photo. I added some dry moss, thread to build my page.

I love the colours of Deja Vu paper collection, so soft and elegant. My favourite way of altering the chipboards is to emboss them with white embossing powder.

I hope you will enjoy my creating process. Have fun !

Marta x

Deja Vu Collection layout Yuko

Hello!Friends!It's   my projects for  May.

I used the Deja Vu series released newly.

It isn't usually to use purple, but this purple is very beautiful!

The other colors combined with that (yellow and green) are also exquisite!

【Moments IN TIME】

Layout in purple Maine.

The favorite top in the purple layout made by now!

Because is it the color which isn't usually used? Somewhat fresh!

The yellow was made the accent according to the pattern  paper, and it was a correct answer!

This chipboard is also very pretty!

A purple part, use  SHIMMERZ.

Green  part use  liquid Pearl.

And empty light modeling paste is piled up.

The commemorative stamp added to this series of Blue Fern Studios

 was put on paper and it was cut.

The stamp  is easy to push and easy to use for a line to be delicate.

The place which can be cut and used is also very convenient.

< Blue Fern Studios Products>

Paper    Deja vu    Luster/Luminaries/Petites Cartes/Voyage A Paris

Chipboard   Sophie's Window / Birds on a Branch

Stamp: Déjà Vu

【Fabulous】

Expansive space was imagined featuring a picture of the daughter of the smiling face 

which bursts who runs after a soap bubble.

Big square frame cardboard, presence using are plentiful 

and do good work without but insisting too much.

I pushed the paper and cut the stamp of this balloon.The black stamp is good; accentuate.

I'd like to take out a soap bubble sense, and gel medium was taken on.

< Blue Fern Studios Products>

Paper   Un Voyage A Paris  /La Plume   / Friperies /Luminaires

Chiobord     Chelsea Frame /Chelsea Vines

Stamp: Journey

This which is already introduced as a layout with a sketch in May.

【grateful YOU 】

May's Sketch

Come Join!!!

Thank you❤

Yuko

Two stories told with the same paper - by Zanka

Here's the situation: imagine you have a beautiful sheet of paper and just too many ideas for how to use it, so you can make up your mind... Can you relate to that ?
I'm the lucky girl here because I had TWO pieces of the same beautiful paper, so I could tell two different stories in slightly different styles. To make it even more fun, I used similar composition, embellishment types and the same techniques .

This is an original vintage photo from the family archive, so it deserved a vintage framing. I kept it soft and feminine. In this page I kept the beautiful border strip, it's discrete but it makes a stunning accent.

In this page I used the soft tones of the paper as a background  to contrasting lively colours of the embellisments, including pieces of Ombre Dreams.
In both layouts I'm using the mix of plain and decorated chipboards. The technique for the coloured chippies is to prime with white gesso,  paint them with watersoluble crayons or gelatos and cover with a layer of clear UTEE. I hope you can see the final effect on the close-ups below:

Supplies:
Papers: Deja vu - Friperies, Petites Cartes.  Ombre Dreams
Chipboards: Majestic frame, Dresden corsage, Floral medley frame, Chelsea vines, Doily bunting

Thank you so much for joining today! Perhaps you have some projects created with Friperies ? I'd love to see them!
DT Zanka