Wednesday, March 18, 2015

Bright & Colorful- By Keren Tamir


"Love you"

Here is my first project for the month of March. It's a bright and colourful Mixed Media project using a photo of my daughter as an anchor.
The background paper is Ombré Dreams from Blue Fern Studios.


I used hexagon shapes to create the pattern in the background. First, I masked with a hexagon stencil. Then I stamped with the new Blue Fern Studios hexagon patterned stamp. Finally, I added Hexagon bits chipboard pieces around the photo.


The chipboard bits were painted in two different shades of purple/fuchsia and then doodled on with a white marker.


You can see all the Hexagon patterns in this picture below.


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"Shine"

This is also a bright and colourful layout but with a different color scheme.
The background paper is also from the Ombré Dreams Collection. I find this collection very versatile to use when you want to create bright and colourful projects.


I used a photo of myself and framed it in the new round butterfly frame which I personally designed. 
I love butterflies so I love being surrounded by them.


This was a picture my husband took of me during a beautiful sunset. I thought that I should also create a similar matching theme on this layout.
First, I created a stencilled background to mimic the sun rays from the picture.
Then I used the Butterfly frame as it has a sun-like appearance. I covered it in yellow and orange chalk ink.


Finally, I used three new Radiant chipboard Suns, which I painted in gold and then sprinkled with gold glitter. I loved using them as it continued on with the sun-filled theme. 



Thank you so much for visiting the Blue Fern Studios blog

Have a wonderful day!!

Keren

Monday, March 16, 2015

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

Sunday, March 15, 2015

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. 

Saturday, March 14, 2015

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!

Friday, March 13, 2015

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.

Wednesday, March 11, 2015

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

Tuesday, March 10, 2015

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!