Halloween project from Yuko

Hello!every one.

Atmosphere of the world is completely Halloween!

Blue Fern Studios 's paper is not suitable for Halloween?

No! The layout of such Halloween was made with coloring 

and a gorgeous chipboard. 

【HAPPY HALLOWEEN】

The cardboard of this frame colors it with resin sand,

 gesso,acrylic paints, crackle paint.

 I used gelatos, acrylic paints for the coloration of the background.

The cardboard of the title applied crackle paint from the colored top.

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Paper/ Montage  Now &Then

Chipboard/ Tatterd diamond Bits

Shabby Layerd Frame

Arrow Words

   Ornate Frame

【SWEET】

This layout used beautiful paper of Montage.

This balloon is very presence!

I added structure to the cardboard of the base with modeling paste.

And I colored it with a solid coloring agent from the top.

The beautiful paper of pattern I was cut out piled a lot.

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Paper/Montage  Mercantile,Invitation

Chipboard/Olga's Ballon

And layout using the October sketch.

【Loving You】

I like a delicate pattern of this paper very much.

So I left it if I added texture with modeling paste only a little in the background.

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                               Paper/Montage  Invitation .Bouquet

Chipboard/Roman Clock Set - Small,Loving You

Projects from our Creative Team

Since it's the weekend, we thought it would be nice to give you some inspiration from our Creative Team.  You will notice that each of these layouts began with a white or very pastel background.  Some designers chose to stay with a light or pastel color scheme, and others used dramatic color against the background.  Either way, you're going to want to give this a try!

Maja Stokk

Kelly Foster

Marie Josee Hamel

Evgenia Petzer

Yuko Tanaka

Keren Tamir

Jelissa Mei

Leila Cardoso

Patter Cross

Rae Moses

If this is a style you haven't used for a while, we hope you will take inspiration from one of these layouts and create a project beginning with a white or pastel background, and build color from there.  Enjoy your weekend!

colors and pastels 3 LO by Olga

Hello !

Lately I often use yellow. Lots of yellow. In this work I use Ups and Downs Panel and arrows from it. I use combination of sweet photo of my little dude :) As title I use sentence from Optimist Word Set and some Filmstrips.

For this one I use one of my summer nature pictures .  I used here Checker bits and Jeweled page dangles as elements and Dream Big sentence from Optimist set as title.  Dangle is covered with glitter I really like this look that transparent glitter gives on works ! I used also BFS papers from Ombre dreams collection

Here I also used summer photo and soft pastel colors from Ombre dreams. I really love this collection!
One of Capture Words sentences is title of my work . one graduated circle and one of pettie butique frames fill up my composition.

Video Tutorial with Adrienne Ford

Hello Everyone! 

Adrienne here, stopping in for a share of my latest video for Blue Fern Studios! I was incredibly inspired to create with this photo of my son. I always love adding a little bit of playful interaction between photo and chipboard mixed in with some seriously bold color. I really love how the Grunge Shooting Stars are placed as if they are shooting from his back. The colors I have added to this are bold and vibrant. They add so much to the already gorgeous chipboard!

So go get your brightest acrylics and sparkles and get ready for my October Video- Smile!

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Grunge Shooting Stars

Seeing Stars

Arrow Words

Ombre Dreams: Charlotte's Dream

Thanks for stopping in!!! :)

'Memories' by Lisa Griffith

Hello Blue Fern Studios fans! 

I hope this post finds you all well....

I had so much fun creating this layout using some beautiful fall colors and 

pretty Blue Fern Studios chipboards and papers.

'Memories'

I started with the paper 'Timeless' from the Blue Fern Garden collection. I created the background by  masking with texture paste and then used watercolors to paint some browns, oranges and golds.

I used the title chipboard called 'Memories' and also added pieces of the 'Wild Flourish Bundle'.

My second project is a card I made for a friend.

Here I started with the paper 'Leslie's Dream' from the 'Ombre Dreams' collection as my base and glued some pieces of the chipboard 'Turkish Panel'. Then I added my flowers and did some painting on the background with yellow and pink watercolors.

My third project for this month was a layout using the October sketch 

designed by Michele Singh for the Blue Fern Studios October sketch challenge.

Here is the sketch for October...you still have time to enter! There is a wonderful prize pack 

of new chipboard to be won!

I hope you have enjoyed my projects this month....

Until next time...

Lisa xo

Your October Inspiration with Patter

Well, it's the 21st which means it's my turn to share some Blue Fern Studios inspiration. For my creations this month, I created a card and a layout for you along with a layout using the October sketch. Let's look at each of them.

Sweet

When our identical triplets daughters turned 20 this past September, two of them were away at college. Celebrating a milestone with them away from home was hard. So, I enlisted the help of one of their friends at school to have some special surprises waiting for them on their special day. In order to thank her for her help, I created this card and included a gift card. 

I started with the new Blue Fern Studios Montage papers (Now and Then and Fairyland). Then I added a sentiment from the Arrow Words chipboard set. 

To color the chipboard, I lightly tapped on some black gesso. You can still see some bits of the natural chipboard showing through. I wanted it to have a more textured look instead of painted just black so I was able to achieve that by painting it in this way.

Blue Fern Studios products used:

Montage Now and Then paper

Montage Fairyland paper

Arrow Words chipboard

Cherish

For this 8 1/2 x 11 layout, I started with the new Blue Fern Studios Mercantile paper. I toned down the background just a bit by putting down a thin layer of gesso. Once dry, I added some stenciling and Gelatos for color.

I used two chipboard pieces from Blue Fern Studios—Adore, Love, and Cherish that I used for the title, and the Wild Flourish Frame. To cover the title chipboard, I just covered in black gesso. To cover the flourish chipboard, I first coated it in gesso. While the gesso was wet, I sprinkled on two different colors of embossing powder.

Blue Fern Studios products used:

Montage Now and Then paper

Montage Mercantile paper

Montage Fairyland paper

Montage Bouquet paper

Wild Flourish Frame chipboard 

Adore, Love, and Cherish chipboard

Memories
This photo is very precious to me. This is my daughter that went on an 8-week ministry trip this summer as lead guitarist for a worship band called "The Difference." I am so proud of her. I used this photo of her playing during chapel at school to create this 8 1/2 x 11 layout.

I used the new Blue Fern Studios Montage paper line. The Icon Set One chipboard set was perfect for this layout as it has a guitar in the set. I covered the guitar with Inka Gold graphite. Then I added some smudges of Gelatos in black licorice. I think it gave the guitar a nice effect. I also wrapped some twine around the top of the guitar for "strings."

For the rest of the layout, I used the Chunky Words chipboard set for the title. I covered that chipboard piece in Gelatos and Shimmerz Dazzelerz.

Blue Fern Studios products used:

Montage Now and Then paper

Montage Invitation paper

Icon Set One chipboard 

Chunky Words

Thanks for stopping by, and remember there is still time to join in the Blue Fern Studios October Sketch Challenge. Click here for details. Blessings,