Swirlydoos' Blog Hop

Welcome to the Swirlydoos' April Kit Reveal Blog Hop Block Party!!

If you came here from Rae's blog (http://scrappingfancy.blogspot.com/), then you are on the right track.  If not, go back to Swirlydoos' blog (http://www.swirlydoos.blogspot.com/) and start from there.  We have some amazing projects for you to see today !!  

Make sure to leave a comment on all of the blogs for a chance to win!!!  
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In case you're not familiar with Blue Fern Studios, we are a U.S. company founded with the idea of providing unique and sophisticated papercrafting designs, fulfilling the need for a more discriminating paper crafter.  We offer exquisitely detailed products to inspire all styles of craft artists.  Our products can be used for scrapbooking, mixed media, general crafting and more.  Let our designs inspire you!

We are pleased to join the Swirlydoos Blog Hop and have put together a collection of Blue Fern Studios Chipboard for one lucky winner.  We hope you will scroll down on our blog and see how our Design Team uses our beautiful chipboard.

You have until midnight, eastern time, on Wednesday 4/17 to complete the hop. Winners will be announced on the Swirlydoos Blog on Thursday 4/18.  In order to qualify to win here is what you need to do:

1:  Visit all of the blogs and leave a comment on each. This way we know you were there. Become a follower if you're not already. Take your time. There are REALLY beautiful things to see along the way.

2:  Before you leave each blog, look for the “special” words and write it down.
Once you have visited all the blogs and collected all the special words, they will create a sentence. 

3:  Finally, go back to the Swirleydoos Blog and leave a comment letting us know how much fun you had, and tell us the sentence that was created with all of the special words you collected. Can't wait to hear from you!

My special word is : "you"

The party continues over at Heidi's blog (http://seesterk.blogspot.com/).  Have fun!

Here is the order and blog addresses:
Swirlydoos CLICK HERE

Miranda - CLICK HERE
Paulien -CLICK HERE
Donna Salazar - CLICK HERE
Angelica - CLICK HERE
Lisa V - CLICK HERE
Rae Moses - CLICK HERE
Blue Fern Studios - CLICK HERE
Heidi - CLICK HERE
Vicky - CLICK HERE

Back to Swirlydoos!!

Making Chipboard the Project Focus~!

Hello everyone and welcome back to the Blue Fern Studios blog! Erin Blegen here with you today to show you how to take your favorite chipboard pieces and make them the shining star on your projects. I've got three different examples for you, featuring three different types of projects- all of varying sizes- so you can see how easily you can incorporate our amazing products into whatever you love doing best!

"The Wait is Long"

First up we have an 8"x10" canvas. My inspiration for this piece was the Grand Balloon. And paired with this sweet photo of my son as he patiently awaited a deer to his "stand", I found my match! It was perfect for putting together this whimsical scene and truly does take center stage on my canvas.

For the stars, I used the centers of the Ornate Medallions.

Blue Fern Studios Products Used:

Grand Balloon 075100

Vintage Locks 074783

Ornate Medallions (centers) 074462

"Pixie Tag"

 Next we have a smaller piece, a tag. And taking center stage we have one of the Regal Ornaments and Vintage Keys, inked and layered to create a wonderful centerpiece for this feminine project.

I just love the dimension! And so simple to create coordinating pieces with a coverage of chalk inks.

Blue Fern Studios Products Used:

Regal Ornaments 074479

Vintage Keys 075032

"Forever" Card

Finally, I have a "dressed up" card for you! I knew that the Charlotte's Dress Set would be perfect for a wedding card, though I hadn't exactly intended for it to be a Bohemian-style wedding- but that is just the way it goes sometimes, isn't it? :)

I used plenty of fabric, trims, wire, pearls, liquid pearls, and microbeads to bring this dress to life. What would you do with yours??

Blue Fern Studios Products Used:

Charlotte's Dress Set 075056

Thank-you for the visit today! Enjoy the rest of your weekend :)

Vibrant spring

Hello there, Eila here with some vibrant spring colours for you! Spring has been long overdue in Sweden so we are really longing for budding trees and blooms. The pages that I am sharing with you today are bursting with the vibrant colours of spring - yellow, purple and fuchsia.

Here is the first layout that I have called "Blooming".

 I misted the chipboard several times in denim blue and really love how the title pops.

The Seasonal Wildflower is one of my favourite Blue Fern Studios chipboards, so versatile. Dressing it in paint or mists with a sprinkle of pearls makes it truly gorgeous.

Blue Fern Studios products used on this project:

Blooming Beauty (074554)

 Seasonal Wildflower (074394)

My next page "Cute Stuff" is in bold purple.

Here I have stipled white acrylic paint and heavy modelling paste on the Royal Border - Large to get some structure before inking it in pale pink and dabs of brown.

The title was painted in white acrylic paint and then misted in several different hues of purple.

I used a mask and modelling paste on the Tropical vine before misting it in pinks and the same purples used for the title.

The flourished holder for the Fancy Birdcage was painted white and dabbed with fluid chalk in pale pink and grey.

Blue Fern Studios products used on this project:

 

Royal Border - Large  (074615)

 

 Good Vibes (074899)

 

Tropical Vine (074936)

 

Fancy Birdcage (074677)

My last project is about enjoying the little things in life, such as seeing crocuses sprouting in the flower beds.

 

 

The Picket Fence was dabbed with modelling paste for a knobbly effect and then painted in brownish Glimmer Glaze. The Organic Vine was first painted in green crackle paint and while still wet, I dusted it in greenish Cosmic Shimmer iridiscent pigment powder.

Blue Fern Studios products used on this project:

 

Evening Lamp Post (074660)

 Country Picket Fence (074561)

 

Organic Vine (074516)

Thank you so much for your visit to our blog today! We would love to see what you create with the Blue Fern Studios chipboards, please do share your projects with us in the Blue Fern Studios gallery! Happy creating!

Cheers!

Spring Colours from Camilla

Hi everybody! Camilla here with some new Blue Fern Studios projects.

For this layout I used the gorgeous Garden Gate chipboard from Blue Fern Studios. I painted it in white gesso and stamped gold ink on it using a script texture stamp. The paper are from the Vintage Spring Basics collection from Maja Design.

Blue Fern Studios products used:

Memento Vivere means Remember to live. This is something we all need to be remembered of when life is busy. The idea for the title of my layout was from the paper that is from Maja Design's Vintage Spring Basics collection. I have used a few chipboard pieces on this layout - Ornate Medallions, Damask Motif and Brigitte Butterfly Set. I painted them in white gesso and then I added some micro beads in silver.

Blue Fern Studios products used:

I also made a birthday card. Here I used the Brigitte Butterfly Set and the Heart Set. 

Blue Fern Studios products used:

See you next month!

3 Different Ways With Blue Fern by Svetlana Austin

Hello dear friends! 

Svetlana is here today to share with you a few different projects I created this month 

with Blue Fern Studios gorgeous chipboard.

I will begin with a little romantic frame I altered using some pretty chipboard pieces.

"Home Is Where The Heart Is" Altered Frame

The Princes Window I used for this project acts here rather as a door and it can actually open. I used little metal hinges to attache my window-door to the frame.

I used a sponge brush to apply gesso over my chipboard pieces. It is a very simple way to add some textured shabby look. Then I randomly added a few drops of glossy here and there and sprinkled it over with micro-beads. Once it was dry I rubbed a little gesso over the beads.

Blue Fern Studios products used for this project:

Princess Window (074578)

Country Picket Fence (074561)

"Beautiful St. Petersburg" layout

For this layout I used Village Sign Post and Ornate Medallions.

The Village Sign Post did a great job highlighting that beautiful cathedral in the background of my photo.

I covered it with black distress embossing powder. I love the uneven shiny look it gave to my chipboard - 

it looks so real.

Little beautiful pieces of chipboard from Ornate Medallions set are defiantly among my favorites. 

They are perfect to create some pretty embellishments to decorate your projects. 

I used orange glimmer mist to color this medallion. Once it was dry I covered it with crackle accents. 

You see - very simple ways to make your chipboard look perfect for any kind of projects you have in mind!

Blue Fern Studios products used for this project:

Village Sigh Post (074776)

Ornate Medallions (074462)

Decorated Drawer Unit

It have been already a while that I wanted to decorate this drawer unit to use it in my craft studio to store some bits and pieces. 

I cut the small Craftsman Frame to make decorative corners. These were sprayed with glimmer mist and covered with Crackle Accents for nice antique look.

Blooming Foliage was also cut in many small pieces to create pretty accents in the flower clusters I added to some of the drawers. I painted them with gesso then rubbed some areas with green ink and some areas with blue liquid pearls. I finished it off with Glossy Accents. I decorated the butterfly in the same way.

Blue Fern Studios products used for this project:

Craftsman Frame (074949)

Brigitte Butterfly Set (074387)

Blooming Foliage (074851)

I hope you were inspired to create something beautiful with Blue Fern Studios gorgeous chipboard.

Don't forget to share with us your projects in our gallery.

Thank you for visiting our blog today! Keep on coming - there is always something new and exciting!

Keep well!