Blue Fern Studios

Tuesday, December 8, 2015

December Inspiration with Melinda Thompson

Hello my crafty friends :)

This is my final projects for Blue Fern Studios. My 12 month term finishes at the end of December and I can't believe how quick that 12 months went!

With my last 2 projects I used the new Vintage Christmas paper range. Its a beautiful paper range with such a range of colours to choose.

In my first project I was inspired by the gorgeous pinks, reds and aqua's. Such a pretty combination.

"Merry Christmas"

Lots of paper strips and fussy cutting...oh what fun! Chipboard pieces have been lightly painted in Gesso first and then covered with mists, inks and glitter :)

Paper: Vintage Christmas

Chipboard: Holiday Frame, Holly Sprigs, Word Ornaments

My second project is full of glitter and shine! I have used the new Imagine Ink Glitter range - Carribean and Pyrite on my chipboard pieces and a sprinkle here and there in my paper. I was truly shining after this project!!! :):)

"Magical"

Paper: Vintage Christmas

Chipboard: Winter Village, Winter Titles, Winter Page Dangles, Christmas Ornaments, Beaded Strings

Thanks for stopping by today, I hope you feel inspired to create this holiday season. Thank you Blue Fern Studios for having me on the team this past 12 months...its been absolutely fun!

Take care

Melinda xo

Saturday, December 5, 2015

It's Time to Select a Winner & Featured Layouts

Hello everyone! We hope your weekend is off to a good start. We're here today to announce the winner of our November sketch challenge, and to feature a few layouts.

Let's start by selecting a winner:

Entry #5 belongs to Kathleen White! Congratulations, Kathleen. As the winner, you will receive a package of Blue Fern Studios chipboard. Please send an e-mail, within the next 7 days, to {valerie(at)bluefernstudios(dot)com} to claim your prize. Kathleen created this festive layout using paper from the Vintage Christmas collection.

We have also selected 3 layouts to feature from those entered in our sketch challenge.

Marina Gridasova

We loved the beautiful colors Marina used for this layout, and the leaves that are scattered around. The top paper is from the Blue Fern Ombre Dreams collection and she has also used a couple of chipboard pieces.

France Ringuette

France has used an awesome title for her layout - "I am Simply Me" which tells her story of believing in herself. Love how she has added the Blue Fern chipboard frame behind her photos, and added a splash of color to her layout.

Marie-Eve Bernard

Our third feature this month comes from Marie-Eve who will be joining the Blue Fern Creative Team in 2016. Don't you just love how she has used the Chunky Heart Panel on this layout?

We hope you have enjoyed this look back at our November sketch challenge.

Thanks to all of you who created a layout for our challenge. We love seeing how you use our products.
Our December sketch challenge has been posted and you can find a link on our sidebar.
We hope you will join us this month!

Thursday, December 3, 2015

Christmas projects with Galina Sazonova.

Hello dear friends!

Very soon there will come Christmas. So today I want to share with you some ideas of Christmas.)

1. Christmas gift box.

I wanted unusual bright colors.) They express the joy and happiness of the holiday!

Blue Fern Studios products used:

Paper

Frolic: Amoroso, Friendship, Adorn

Paisley & Vine: Whimsy

Сhipboard

Wish, Wonder, Dream

Seeing Stars

Arching Leaves

2. Christmas tags.

In these works, I would like, on the contrary, the traditional winter colors. Very delicate and light... Waiting for the Miracle) ....

Blue Fern Studios products used:

Paper

Frolic: Friendship, Adorn

Autumn Anthology: Mercantile, Parfumerie

Сhipboard

Checker Bits

Winter Titles

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Have a nice day!)

Wednesday, December 2, 2015

December Inspiration with Jelissa

Hello friends!

Can you imagine, Christmas is less than 4 weeks away? I'm totally excited, and the cool weather has definitely put me in a festive mood.

Today, I'm up on the blog to share my creations for December, using the fabulous Vintage Christmas collection. While there are so many beautiful festive images for the season in this collection, there are also more generic papers that can be used for other themes.

For my first share, I've made a page of my boys based on the sweet December sketch by Michelle:

My background was mostly hidden by the clusters with little bits peeking out, so that the images on the paper do not get covered up. This time, I've also kept my layering to a minimum so that more attention can be given to the details in the embellishments.

Some close-ups:

One of the pieces from Clip Frames which I altered using Blue Fern Studios' own embossing powder. Love it that other than the red, it has a gorgeous gold tint to it. Lots of stamping in the background too to bring out a botanical feel.

Some fussy cut flowers which I tucked behind my photo. It has Christmas bits in it with the holly, but who would have know how nicely it blends in here!

A Deja Vu Tweets chippie which I altered with gold ink and painted with Imagine Ink in Persimmon.

Blue Fern Studios products used:

Vintage Christmas collection - Auld Lang Syne, Wonderland

Chipboards - Deja Vu Tweets Chippie, Clip Frames

Embossing Powder - Poinsettia

Mist - Persimmon

My second project and video tutorial is a Christmas mini album. When I first saw the Vintage Christmas papers, there were so many beautiful images I could cut out and use for an album so I knew I had to make one. As you all probably know by now, I'm not a Christmas project person with the exception of cards so this is really quite a first for me! Since the papers themselves are so gorgeous, I had to leave them as they are and build up smaller layers, so my tutorial focused more on playing with the chipboards.