March project by Karita Vainio

Hello, 

Today I have a two layouts to share with you, 

made with the papers from the beautiful Love Story collection. 

"Adore"

This layout is made by following the March sketch.
I have used the Cotillion and True Harmony papers, Forever and Love Story stamp sets and 

Notebook Edges, Grid Pieces, Splattered Arrow and Adore chipboards.

Close ups..

And here´s my second layout and again made of my daughter.

"Sweet Smile"

For this layout I have the gorgeous Sweet Song paper.
Also I have used the Texture and Love Story stamp sets and Postage Frames, Arrow word and Royal Monarch chipboards.

And close ups...

Thank you for looking!

xoxo

Designer Inspiration

It's time to take a look at some inspiration from our Creative Team.   

They always find such unique ways to use Blue Fern chipboard.  

Enjoy!

"Moment" by Yuko Tanaka

"Snow Day" by Keren Tamir

"Love" by Marta Lapkowska

"Live Every Moment" by Angelica Franssen

"Take Time to Smell the Flowers" by Zaneta Glowa

"Best of Times" by Jelissa Mei

"You Only Live Once" by Marie-Josee Hamel

"Smile" by Kim Price

"Love" by Galina Sazonova

How could you not be inspired by all this goodness?  

We sure hope you found some new ways of using chipboard on your next project. 

New Products Day!

Happy Saturday, everyone!  

We just added a few new chipboard designs and wanted to share them with you today.  

We promise to make this short and sweet. 

We would like to start with a couple of new frames:

Vintage Labels

Winter Flake Frame

We have also added two really nice collages:

Ironwork Medley

Gatsby Collage

How about some grungy hugs and kisses:

XOXO

I can't wait to see how our Creative Team uses this statement piece!

Victorian Fan

And we will end with this pretty awesome set that could be used in so many ways!

Destination Stamps

That's all for today blog readers.  Enjoy your weekend!

Two layouts by Marie-Josée Hamel

Hello all,

Today, I have two layouts to show you.

"Amour" layout

For this layout, I used various papers from the Sanctuary collection.

I framed my photo with the Notebook Frame, which I left bare. I also added the word Love from the French Words set.

"Bonheur" layout

For this layout, I used a white cardstock background and various papers from the Montage collection.

I used the Twiggy Branch under my photo...

... and I heat embossed my title, Bonheur from the French Words set, with black embossing powder.

Mixed media on canvas, video, and two cards from Elena

Hi everyone! 

Elena Morgun here and today I have a mixed media canvas and two cards to share with you.

"Best of times"

Blue Fern chipboard is very dense that's why creating a mixed media project using it gives so much pleasure. One can cover it with water-based paints and not be afraid for damaging this chipboard.
My grandmother with her father are in the photo. Simple love this image!

Here is the canvas:

Some close-ups:

And here is the start to finish video tutorial for this canvas. Enjoy!

Blue Fern Products Used:

Paper

• Sanctuary: Birdsong Melody

Chipboard

• Techno-Scape
• Turkish Panel
• Memory Frames

Also today, I have made two more cards) They are pretty simple, but that is the charm. 

I painted Blue Fern chipboard with Color Bloom spray. I like the way it shines now!

Blue Fern Products Used:

Paper

• Love Story: Amazing Heart
• Montage: Now and Then
• Montage: Bouquet

Chipboard

• Mesh Bits
• Mini Flourishes

That's all from me today.

Have a great week end with lots of time to be creative.

Hope to see you soon again!

Take care,

Elena Morgun

Today It Is All About YOU!

Hi everyone.  Today we are back with some amazing layouts that we have found on blogs and in online galleries.  They aren't layouts from our Creative Team - they are projects created by YOU!  Take a look at what we found:

This elegant layout was created by Gerry van Gent using paper from the Ombre Dreams (background) and Sanctuary (fussy cutting) Collections.

Lynette Jacobs created this layout for our February Sketch Challenge.  We love the look she achieved on the Printer's Bits chipboard.  It looks like vintage enamel that is chipped around the edges.  If you want to know how to get this look, she explains it on her blog.

This is another layout that was created for our February Sketch Challenge by Misaki of Japan.  We feature layouts each month from our sketch challenge, but we can't include all of them, so it's nice to include them in this post.  Misaki has used paper from the Love Story Collection and added several pieces of chipboard which she embossed.

Marilyn Rivera also used paper from the Love Story Collection for this beautiful canvas and tucked in some Blue Fern chipboard behind her photo.

This sweet layout, created by Ginny Hickmott, we found in an online gallery. Ginny used paper from the Sanctuary Collection which seems just perfect with this photo of her cat, taken outside. 

We hope you enjoyed seeing these layouts and found some inspiration for your next project. 

Thanks to all of you for using Blue Fern products in such a beautiful way!

March Projects using Love Story by Melinda Thompson

Hi Everyone :)

Another new month so another lot of new projects which I am happy to share with you all!

This month I focused on the Love Story Collection papers.  Love how you can achieve so many looks from the one collection of papers.

Here are my projects. For this layout of our adorable puppy, I have used papers from the Love Story Collection - The Grand Ball, Amazing Heart and Calling Cards.  My chipboard has been treated with Gesso first and highlighted with inks, mists and paints. I just kept adding until I was happy with the effect.

 "Sweet Girl"

I love to layer up my chipboard as well to give lots of depth and texture to my project.  And using negative bits from the packs are awesome if you want to create a confetti look.

Paper Collection: Love Story
Chipboard: Garden Daisies - Large, Negatives from the Broken Rings set, Daisies Collage, Splattered Circles


 My second project I was inspired by the richness of the papers in the Love Story Collection.  The photo in this layout is of my late Grandmother who has been gone 30 years last year.  I was only a 4 years old when she passed away and don't have any memories of her. I love that this photo is of her in her much loved rose garden and I was immediately drawn to the gorgeous floral pieces of chipboard to use in this layout.

 "Forever in our Hearts"

The chipboard pieces are simply painted in some gold acrylic paint and then I randomly added some colour in different places for extra interest.

Paper Collection: Love Story
Chipboard Collection: Dresden Corsage, Gingers Poppies, Eclectic Hearts,


Thanks so much for stopping by today...happy crafting :)
 Melinda