Projects by Yvonne Yam

Hello there! It's Yvonne here to share my projects for August. First up is this lace tag. The base is a red tag which I covered with lace and then added some embroidered black blooms for added texture.

The dressform chipboard was painted with gold paint then topped with gold mica and then "dressed" up with pearls, ribbon and a bead.

I used the Miss Tailor set.

My second project is an 8x8 canvas. A little mixed media background with washes, paints and stamps.

For the Garden Gate and Country Picket Fence (I cut it to fit my canvas) chipboard, I spritzed with black mist, then added black lava medium for really cool texture and sparkle.

For the Follow Your Bliss chipboard, I painted with white gesso and then topped with clear glitter.

Hope I've inspired you to use your Blue Fern Studios chipboard. :)

July Sketch Challenge WINNER & Top 3 Features!

Good morning, Blue Fern Studios fans! It's time to announce the WINNER of our July Sketch Challenge, and also share with you our TOP 3 Features! And I must say- you did NOT make it an easy month for us to choose, that's for sure! We had the most amazing entries- thank you to all of you who participated! We always love to see how our chipboard can be used, and we truly appreciate everyone who entered :).

SO...first item of business is to announce the randomly drawn WINNER of the July Sketch Challenge prize!

CONGRATS to....................Carrie Sedack!!!!!!!!!

 

She shared such an ADORABLE entry with us this month:

We can't wait to get your prize pack sent off to you, Carrie! Please contact me at:

erin@bluefernstudios.com

to claim your prize!!

 

And NOW...on to our TOP 3 Features!!

As mentioned, it was seriously NOT easy to narrow down our amazing entries this month to a Top 3. Such a talented group! But here we go...

 

The first talent we'd love to feature is:

Lisa Griffith

Lisa, there is just so much we love about this gorgeous layout! Your details are astounding- but what we love most is how your commanding title takes the stage here- just the right amount of black to pull the entire project together. We're so happy that Blue Fern Studios could lend a hand in making this stunning page SHINE!

 

Next, we have the very talented:

Elizabeta Dimitrova

Oh, how we love this beautiful, sweet layout! The Brigitte Butterflies blend perfectly- with just a hint of sparkle, they are the perfect accents to your lovely clusters. Congrats to you on this well-deserved feature!

And finally we have the wonderful:

Debby

We sure love the natural, raw chipboard look- and Debby has pulled it off perfectly with this here layout! Our pretty and popular Doily Bunting was easily straightened and added as a perfect linear accent to D's sweet photo. What a great take on the sketch too- thanks so much for creating such an inspiring, beautiful layout!

And thankYOU once again to everyone who took the time to partake in our July Sketch Challenge! We truly enjoy each and every entry that comes in- so please consider our current August Sketch Challenge- we'd love to feature you here! Or maybe you will be the lucky winner of our prize package! Either way, we love to see our pieces in action, so do share with us here :)

See you soon!

Getting Krafty, and take a walk through the daisy's with Blue Fern Studios!!

Hey there Blue Fern Studio Fans, Lisa here.  The month of July, just came and went. So here we are at the peak of summer and I was feeling kind of Krafty again this week...So, Using Kraft paper once again, I decided to color it up a bit this time and adorn it with some fabulous heat embossed chip board!! It amazes me on how many ways you can use chip board. And how many ways you can adorn it.

This time I decided to use embossing medium and embossing powder on my chip board pieces. I heat embossed the chip board and then used a white color wash over the embossed pieces. I love the new fancy words that Blue Fern Studios is creating!! My biggest difficulty in creating pages is the title and journaling. These words make the best titles and make it so easy for me!!

Love, love the Bits Of Honey chip board. You get  6 pieces in the set. And I only used 1 for this one and snipped it apart to create 2 smaller pieces. That still leaves me 5 great pieces left in the package!!

 Here is just another view of the page to show dimension. I put bits of pop dots under the Born To Be Wild chip board piece to lift it off of the page.

I added the other piece to the opposite side of the photo. My daughter is sweet as honey, with a wild streak in her.  These pieces were perfect for my layout!

                                           Bits Of Honey                             Born To Be Wild

 I often dream of old iron gates that have been aged and show there patina finish well. On this layout I aged the gate in a fine Patina using only embossing powder. And in a future post, I will show you how I did it with a tutorial.

 I used 3 different embossing powders to create the color on the Tweet Friends piece. The little birds on the branch are just so sweet.

 Here is a close up of the gate. I only used 1 side of the gate as I used the other one in another project.
You can see the fine faux Patina finish.

I heat embossed the Sunshine word with yellow. It shines in real life and looks like sunshine.

                                           Garden Gate                                    Tweet Friends

                                                               The Optimist Word Set

 Thank you for coming to visit with us today. Keep coming back as the Blue Fern Studio Designers show you their fabulous creations to start those creative juices flowing!! Till next time.... xo

August Sketch Challenge!

We've turned another page on the calendar- can you believe it? It's always an exciting time because we get to share our latest sketch challenge with you. And we have a whole bunch of examples from the design team as well, so I hope you're ready!

Our August Sketch, designed by Michele Singh:

{Isn't it GORGEOUS?!}

Let's see what our design team has created with this sketch:

Camilla Ekman

Kelly Foster

Kristine Henanger

Patter Cross

Frau_Muller

Yana Smakula

Yvonne Yam

Lisa

So many different ways to do this one- and don't you worry if you don't have the chipboard pieces featured in the sketch- feel free to interpret it as you like with whatever you have :)

As always, we've got a great grab bag of chipboard for one randomly chosen participant:

In addition to our prize winner, we will also select a Top 3 to feature in our winner post!

We have just a few simple rules to follow if you would like to participate in our sketch challenge:

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! **Please note that you can do whatever type of project you please- a layout, card, tag, canvas, altered item- whatever suits your mood and style! We would love to see the different ways our sketch can be used.**

2.) You must use at least one piece of Blue Fern Studios chipboard- but you do not need to use the pieces featured in the sketch! You can find the store nearest you HERE. {Please do not use any other brand of chipboard on your project please!}

3.) Upload your project using the Inlinkz tool below by midnight EST on August 31st, 2013.

We look forward to your entries!

Inspirations with Encza

Hello everyone! My name is Ania but on the Web you can find me as Encza from Poland.

I’m very excited that I will have the chance to present my inspirations 

in such an amazing Design Team.

I had the opportunity to meet with you over the next few months 

and I hope that my work provides You interesting inspirations.

Working with these beautiful chipboards from Blue Fern Studios is an amazing adventure for me.

What I prepared for you today?

Let's see :)

Mini  photo album

It’s a small photo album with pictures of my children. I’ve made it for my daughter.  Look at closing of album which I’ve used decorative tags and chipboards from Blue Fern Studios.

I used:

Leafy Page Accents and Ironwork Accents

Romantic card

Next of my work today  is a romantic wedding card. I’ve used two chipboards which I painted a silver pearls and glitter.

I used:

Leafy Page Accents and Ironwork Accents

Frame with my children

It’s a crazy frame with my children. I’ve used chipboards from Blue Fern Studios, tags, flowers and glitter.

I used:

Wedding Words

Thank you for your time spent with me and my inspirations. I hope that you enjoyed yourselves.

Ania_Encza :)