September Sketch Challenge Winner and Featured Layouts

Hello everyone.  Today we would would like to announce the winner of our September sketch challenge and feature some of the amazing layouts that were entered in our challenge last month.  

Our winner, based on a random draw is.................Entry #23, which belongs to Pam Ellis.

Congratulations Pam!   As the winner, you will receive a package of Blue Fern Studios chipboard.  Please send me an e-mail, within the next 7 days, to {valerie(at)bluefernstudios(dot)com} to claim your prize.

Here is the lovely layout that Pam created using paper from the Frolic Collection.  

Behind this amazing photo, she tucked in a piece of the Floral Lattice Bits.

Now we have the pleasure of featuring a few of the amazing layouts that were created by those who entered our sketch challenge last month.

Alena Kabanets of Russia  created this layout using paper from the Ombre Dreams Collection.  The chipboard is from the Marrakesh Panel.  We love how she painted the chipboard a dark brown to add contrast. 

Tiffany Solorio's layout is a perfect example of the elegance.  The soft background paper is from our Autumn Anthology Collection.  She has layered chipboard (Shabby Brick Bits), patterned paper, and lovely flowers to compliment this sweet photo.

The next feature is this Victorian-themed canvas created by Kate (Urban Mermaid), using paper from Autumn Anthology.  In the center of the canvas she used the Tea Medley chipboard piece. There are so many interesting details on this canvas, including the mini tea bags she made. 

Cathy Cafun rotated the sketch and entered this girly pink layout in our sketch challenge.  The paper is from the Frolic Collection and chipboard is the Flutter Page Dangle.  We love all the distressing and paper tearing!

Thank you ladies for inspiring us with your projects this month.  Our October sketch has been posted (see link in our sidebar).  We sure hope you will join us once again!

Mini album from the collection Paisley & Vine with Galina Sazonova.

Hello dear friends!

Today I want to show you a mini-album  from bright collection Paisley & Wine.

The album turned light and airy. You can use the framework of chipboard for photos or freely place them on the pages.

The main decoration is chipboard and paper cut!

When painting chipboard used new mists - Persimmon and Leaf.

Let's see the details...

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Use products Blue Fern Studios:

Paper

Paisley & Vine

Mists

Ink - Persimmon

Ink - Leaf

     

Chipboard

Bits of Honey

Hexagon Bits

 

Boys will be Boys

Grunge Talk

 

Techno Rings

Thank you for visiting BFS blog!)

Have a nice day!)

Frolic Fun with Jelissa

Hello friends!

How time flies and we're already in the month of October! Honestly I can't wait for the rest of the year to come by as I know the weather will be a lot cooler (and the northeast winds will be blowing the haze from Indonesia far, far away....)

I'm up today on the Blue Fern Studios blog with two creations for this month. Firstly is this layout of my second boy when he was still a little baby. When our little girl was born she looked exactly like her eldest brother. But as the days went by and I looked at her again, she resembles her second brother! It's amazing how babies change over time in character and appearance.

I'm using the oh-so-gorgeous Frolic collection designed by Michelle Singh. Just love the bright happy colors perfectfor a day out under the sun or just about any other memory that warms your heart. My background work is simple because there were just so much detail in the papers that I wanted to show off.

Some close-ups:

The Deja Vu Atelier chippie which I have covered with a few different mediums. What you see here is crackle paint in pewter (for some reason my cracks are not showing up nicely all over), Perfect Pearls and Sticklers.

For this part of the same chippie, I've painted the flowers with matt paints and leaves with Twinkling H2Os.

Some more detailing here with plastic fillers on one of the chipboard flowers and silver microspheres dotting the leaves. I've layered my photos with pieces from "Calling Cards" from the collection.

My title piece double heat-embossed and sprinkled with distress glitter.

And my balancing cluster with simple fussy cut designs.

Blue Fern Studios products used:

Paper: Frolic - Calling Cards, Friendship, Petite Moments, Veranda, Secretary

Chipboard: Deja Vu Atelier chippie, Mommy's Boy

 My second creation is a layout with a video tutorial. This one is of one of my cats who passed on some years back at the age of 13. Grumpy one she was, but always so elegant and graceful (until the day she tried to sneak up on a grasshopper and it backfired spectacularly).

I used lots of pinks from the Frolic collection because she was such a lady.

Some close-ups:

The Framington Medley chipboard layered on top of fussy-cut frames.

Chained Bits chipboard which I snipped and tucked all over.

My title piece from the Love Story collection. It was sitting in a box full of these cut outs and looked perfect for this layout.

My floral cluster.

And here is the video of how I put everything together. Sit back and enjoy the process!

Blue Fern Studios products used:

Paper: Frolic - Secretary, Amoroso, Allegro
Chipboard: Chained Bits, Framington Medley

And that's all I have for today. Thanks for dropping by!

love,

It's Time for our October Sketch Challenge

Hello everyone and welcome to a new month.  Our tradition is to begin each month with a fresh dose of inspiration in the form of sketch challenge.  Not only do we give you a new sketch to work with, we also show you how some of our talented Creative Team have used the sketch.  Here is this month's sketch, designed by the very talented Michele Singh.

Marie Josee Hamel

Yuko Tanaka

Keren Tamir

Marilyn Rivera

Debbie Burns

Sandi Clarkson

Wow, our design team outdid themselves this month.  Excellent job, ladies!
Now it's your turn to show us how you will interpret the 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, but please make sure your layout resembles the sketch.

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 October 31, 2015

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

 

Enter Here:

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