Have You Heard?

Have you heard that Blue Fern Studios now has a Facebook Group page?   We are the Blue Fern Fanatics and we would love for you join us!  

We are also bringing back our monthly challenges (Yeah!) 

and all the details are on our group page. 

This month, we are having a sketch challenge.

  So head over to Facebook and join the Blue Fern Fanatics group.  You will find posts from our design team, sneak peeks, and of course, our monthly challenge (which means prizes!).  It's also a place where you can share your projects with us.  We love to see how you use our products.

Then, grab your Blue Fern goodies and create a project using the sketch.  But remember, you can only enter through our Facebook group.  See you there!

Social Media and YOU, January edition #2

Hello, Blue Fern fans!
We hope your January is going well and that you've had some time to create!

We're back today with more Social Media features that we've found in "social media land."

Asuka Miyamoto  is an amazing paper crafter and teacher. She continually inspires us with her work. Here she has used the Secretary paper from our Frolic collection as her base and fussy cut from several other papers in the collection to create magic! We are especially fond of fussy cut title. You can find Asuka on Instagram @asukamiyamoto or on her  Blog.

Here is one more from Asuka  that we had held from publishing until now. We just have to share this amazing Ampersand using our Courtship Lane collection. Isn't it just beautiful?!!!

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Here Mabel Sim of Singapore has altered some of our patterned paper with water color to make it her own. She created this piece for our October Sketch challenge. Although she states she has limited Blue Fern supplies, we think the wintry effect on her chipboard is amazing. Please look for more of her work on Instagram @thecraftminded or on her blog at mabsdesigns.blogspot.sg.

Those are are features for this week!
We hope you'll give these ladies some love.

We can't wait to see what YOU are creating! 

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Sketch Challenge Winner!

Hello Blue Fern fans.  Today we are excited to announce the winner of our October Sketch Challenge, and to feature a few layouts from the challenge.  This month our winner is..........

 Entry #4 is from Joanne from Canada.  Congratulations Joanne!  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.  Here is the sweet layout Joanne created using the sketch.  What a beautiful way to use a chipboard frame.

Each month we love to feature some of the other layouts from the challenge, because we get to show off the beautiful ways in which you use Blue Fern products.  Here are few from the October challenge:


Jackie Clark's layout begins with an awesome photo, and builds from there.  Her use of the paper from the Sanctuary Collection, various pieces of chipboard, and awesome texture combine for a stunning look! 

Mabel Sim has created the next layout.  She said she had limited supplies, but feels that might have let her creativity run wild.  We sure agree with that.  The watercolor she added to paper completely changes the look, and gives it such a dreamy look. 

Our third feature this month is from Pam Ellis.  There are so many things to love about this soft, gorgeous layout.  The paper is from the Attic Charm Collection, and she has altered the chipboard pieces with various colors of embossing powder.  What a perfect layout for these adorable photos.

Thanks so much to all who entered our sketch challenge.  You just keep amazing us!

Our November challenge has been posted.  You can find a link in the sidebar.  We sure hope you will join us.

October Challenge

Hi everyone!  Are you ready for a new challenge?  We hope you like that we have been featuring a different challenge each month.  This month we return to a favorite, our sketch challenge.  We know many of you love the sketches created by designer Michele Singh, and she has a a beautiful one for us to use this month. 

This sketch calls for two photos, but of course, you can use one if you choose. 
You will see in our Creative Team examples below, that we show it both ways.  

Follow Your Bliss by Debbie Burns

Sunset by Renea Harrison

Yesterday by Sandi Clarkson

Heaven Sent Blessings by Maja Nowak

Now it is your turn! Whether you are new to our Sketch Challenge or have participated in the past,
 we would love for you to grab some Blue Fern products and use the sketch as inspiration for a project. 
We will have a prize package for one lucky winner (from a random draw),
and will feature a few projects from YOU at the end of the month!

We ask that you follow these guidelines:

1.) Feel free to interpret the sketch as you please.  You may use the sketch as-is or
flip/turn/mirror as you like, but please make sure your layout resembles the sketch.

2). You can create any project you please - a layout, card, 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 chipboard pieces or paper
featured in the sketch. You can find a list of stores that carry Blue Fern products  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 September 30, 2016.

Have fun with it.  We can't wait to see your projects using this month's sketch.

An InLinkz Link-up

We have a Winner!

Are you ready for us to announce the winner of our June Sketch Challenge?

Well, let's jump right in and select a winner.

Our winner is entry #13.  Who says 13 is an unlucky number?

 

The entry belongs to Ayumi Niijima.  Below is her layout celebrating a Japanese tradition. 

She has used Blue Fern chipboard and paper from the Serendipity Collection.

 

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.

The following 3 layouts were selected as our Featured Projects.  

Great job ladies.  We wish we could feature all of them!

 

Congratulations to Ola Khomenok!

(Blue Fern chipboard and paper from the Frolic Collection).

Congratulations to  Jan Penny!

(Blue Fern chipboard and paper from the Frolic Collection).

Congratulations to Kathy M!

(Blue Fern chipboard and paper from the Deja Vu Collection).

This wraps up our June Sketch Challenge.

If you are looking for the July Challenge you can click HERE to get all the details.  

e are doing something a little different this month, and we want your ideas!

We have a winner!

Today is one of our favorite days of the month!  We get to select a winner for our sketch challenge. 

 We will also be featuring several layouts that caught our eye.

The winner of the May sketch challenge is:

Entry #10 was created by Shelby Doodle Designs (Nancy Smith) using paper from our Timeless Collection.  Her layout is to honor the memory of her sweet cat, Oliver.

Congratulations Nancy!  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.

We would also like to feature some layouts that stood out as we looked through this month's entries:

Tanya SonatoJoy

Mickey Lozon

Rie Yamono

Congratulations to our winner and the layouts that were featured this month.  

And a BIG thank you to all who participated in our sketch challenge.  The June sketch challenge has been posted and you can find a link to it in the right sidebar.  We hope you will join us this month!

June Sketch Challenge

It's June - the official start to summer here in the U.S.  The days are longer and most of the children are out of school for the summer.  Vacation plans are on the mind of everyone.   We hope your summer will be filled with memories and fun new photos for creating layouts and projects.

We are going to start the summer with a sketch challenge.  Michele Singh, who creates a lot of our paper, has created the sketch for us.  We would love for you to join us.  We give you the entire month to use the sketch as inspiration for a project.

Here is the June sketch:

This sketch has some great elements to work with.  To get you started, a few members of our Creative Team have used the sketch as inspiration for their layouts.  

This month, each of our designers has used paper from our new collection, Attic Charm!

Elena Volchkova

Bec Genet

Maja Nowak

 

 

Nicole Doiron

Debbie Burns

Marilyn Rivera

Cathi O'Neill

Cathi shared with us such a sweet story about this photo.  We thought we would share it with you:

 "This is a photo of my Great Aunt Marge. She had it made for my Great Uncle when he went off to WWII. The title Patience is for both of them as they waited to see each other when he returned. I love that she made such a beautiful photo for him to take with him. I added pearls like she wore in the photo and some vintage lace to fit with the theme and typed my journaling onto the tag."

Now it is your turn!   Whether you are new to our Sketch Challenge or have participated in the past, we would love for you to grab some Blue Fern products and use the sketch as inspiration for a project.  We will have a prize for one lucky winner (from a random draw), and will feature a few projects from YOU at the end of the month!

We ask that you follow these guidelines:

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, but please make sure your layout resembles the sketch.

2). You can create any project you please - a layout, card,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 chipboard pieces or paper featured in the sketch. 

  You can find a list of stores that carry Blue Fern products  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 June 30, 2016.

An InLinkz Link-up

Our April Sketch Challenge Winner & Featured Layouts

It's always a good day at Blue Fern Studios when we get the opportunity to give away a prize, and to feature some of your layouts.  We would like to start by announcing the winner of our April Sketch Challenge.  

From a random draw, entry #7 is our winner this month.

Entry #7 was submitted by Dria (5finns) from an online gallery.  

Congratulations Dria!  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.  

 

Here is the layout Dria created for the sketch challenge.  Isn't this an amazing photo?  We love how she combine some peach accents along with several shades of blue to compliment the photo so well. 

This layout was created using paper from the Courtship Lane collection.

A huge thank you to all who participated in the April Sketch Challenge.  We have selected three very different styles of layouts to feature this month.  Our congratulations to these amazing women.

 

 

First we have this artistic layout created by AnastasiaElena, who flipped the sketch.  The layers of lace, fabric, ribbon, and buttons add some wonderful texture.  She has used paper from our very first collection - Blue Fern Garden.  It's so nice to see this paper from the past! 

Next we chose this gorgeous layout by Alesanalovesky, who used paper from the Frolic Collection.  The soft colors and embellishments let the photo be the star of this layout.  Did you notice the Blue Fern "Birds on a Wire" chipboard piece?

Our third feature is this month is from Daria Burmistrova and just couldn't be sweeter.  The layering and fussy cutting are stunning and give this layout such an elegant look.  Daria has used paper from our Blush Collection.

This wraps up our April Sketch Challenge.  Thanks so much for stopping by.  

Our May sketch has been posted.  You will find a link in the top right side-bar.  

We hope you will join us this month!

May Sketch Challenge

Hello friends.  We hope you stopped by to read all about the May sketch challenge we have for you.    

Each month our sketch designer, Michele Singh, creates a beautiful sketch for us.  We post it on our blog, 

and invite all our readers to use the sketch to create a project.  You have the entire month of May

 to enter your project.  Here's this month's sketch:

Each month several members of our Creative Team use the sketch to give you some ideas and inspiration to get you started.  Here's how 8 of our designers used this month's sketch:

Debbie Burns

Renea Harrison

Nicole Doiron

Wilma Voermans

Pascale Bernard

Maja Nowak

Yuko Tanaka

Marilyn Rivera

Now it is your turn!   Whether you are new to our Sketch Challenge or have participated in the past, we would love for you to grab some Blue Fern products and use the sketch as inspiration for a project.  We will have a prize for one lucky winner (from a random draw), and will feature a few projects from YOU at the end of the month!

We ask that you follow these guidelines:

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, but please make sure your layout resembles the sketch.

2). You can create any project you please - a layout, card,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 chipboard pieces or paper featured in the sketch. 

  You can find a list of stores that carry Blue Fern products  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 May 31, 2016.

An InLinkz Link-up

April Sketch Challenge

Welcome to April!  Each new month brings us a reason to provide you with a new sketch.  Here's our April sketch, designed by Michele Singh.  Don't you just love this design?  There are so many possibilities with this sketch!

Our amazing Creative Team went crazy with the sketch this month, so we have LOTS of awesome inspiration for you, as each designer put their own spin on the sketch.

Debbie Burns

Renea Harrison

Bec Genet

Elena Volchkova

Maja Nowak

Yuko Tanaka

Keren Tamir

Pascale Bernard

  

Cathi O'Neill

Maiko Kosugi

 Now it is your turn!   We would love for you to use the April Sketch as inspiration for your project.   We will have a prize for one lucky winner (from a random draw), and will feature a few projects from YOU at the end of the month!

We ask that you follow these guidelines:

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, but please make sure your layout resembles the sketch.

2). Please note that you can do whatever type of project you please - a layout, card, 

  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 April 30, 2016.

An InLinkz Link-up