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Monday, October 6, 2014

Sketch Challenge Winner & Featured Layouts!

Happy Monday everyone! Today we would like to announce the winner of our September Sketch Challenge. Thanks to all of you who participated in our challenge by following the sketch and using Blue Fern Studios products for your layouts.

Based on a random draw, the winner is..................

Congratulations to Candy Chelepi of Australia!

You have won an awesome prize package from Blue Fern Studios! Please e-mail me at {valerie(at)bluefernstudios(dot)com} to claim your prize.

Now we would like to share this month's 3 featured layouts.

Marina Gridasova of Russia who used paper from the Blue Fern Garden Collection

Sandra Nicholls of Australia who used both Blue Fern Studios chipboard and paper from our new Montage Collection!

And last, but not least, this layout by Svetlana Austin of South Africa who used Blue Fern Studios chipboard.

Congratulations ladies!

Be sure to check out our October Sketch challenge. A link to the details can be found in the sidebar above.

Friday, October 3, 2014

Two monochromatic layouts by Marie-Josee

Hello, Blue Fern Studios fans!

Today, I have two monochromatic mixed media layouts to show you.

"Tofino" layout

This summer, we went to Tofino, British Columbia, a beautiful beach. I decided to focus on the blue because it is the color of the sea and it makes a nice contrast with the color of the sand in my picture.

I glued two pieces from the Checker Bits set to my background and applied gesso all over. I then added color with Gelatos and various mists. I also stamped patterns with black ink on my chipboard.

I also used two pieces of the Ombre Dreams paper behind my photo.

"Wonderful Sweet" layout

To create this layout, I glued the Number Grid - Small to my background, and once again, I applied gesso all over. I also applied gesso to my square frame, which is part of the Graduated Squares set, and to the words, Wonderful, as well as Sweet, from the Arrow Words set. I set those aside.

Then, I added color to my background with Twinkling H2O watercolors, Gelatos and various mists. I also used stamps and black ink.

I added two different colors of mist to my frame.

The words were not altered, because I wanted them to stand out.

Thursday, October 2, 2014

Priceless Moments with the Montage collection

Hello friends, can you imagine it's already October and the last quarter of the year?! Oh my gosh, time has really past hasn't it?

Today I'm up on the Blue Fern Studios blog with an education video and I'm squealing with excitement because it features the gorgeous Montage collection that Michele Singh has designed. I basically just swooned over it - too pretty!

Here's the mixed media layout I created:

I've used "Now and Then" as my background paper, together with layering pieces from "Society" and "Calling Cards". Tucked between the papers are the new Poppies and Jasmine collages. These are my favourite at the moment and they are actually a combination of flowers with existing chipboard designs already available (Poppies is mixed with Bits of Honey, and Jasmine is mixed with Checkered Bits).

Some close-ups:

My page title from "Bouquet".

The Poppies collage. Love the effect you get when layering shades of colors.

This is the Jasmine collage and you can see the gradients in the colors giving an ombre effect.

So here's the video I've made, do enjoy the process!

That's all I have for today. If you have not subscribed to us on Youtube, now's the time to do so! And do drop by the blog again to see what the rest of the fabulous team has in store for you.

Blue Fern products used:

"Society"

"Calling Cards"

"Now and Then"

"Bouquet"

Poppies Collage

Jasmine Collage

love,

Wednesday, October 1, 2014

October Sketch Challenge

Welcome to October everyone!

Let's start the month with a brand new sketch designed just for us by Michele Singh.

We think you will agree that there are so many possibilities!

Take a look at how our Design Team interpreted the sketch:

Keren Tamir

Camilla Ekman

Marie Josée Hamel

Yuko Tanaka

Patter Cross

Jackie Clark

Leila Cardoso

Lisa Griffith

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 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,

tag, 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 31st, 2014.

We look forward to your entries!

An InLinkz Link-up

Tuesday, September 30, 2014

NEW Products for September

Good morning! Can you believe we've reached the end of the month? It's time for us to reveal our latest chipboard designs- and there are a lot of them! So get comfortable, sit back, and have a good look :)

Beautiful & Ornate...

Folk Art Frame