June colours with Jelissa

Hello friends! Thank you for dropping by :)

Today I'm in to share three projects I created for Blue Fern Studios, featuring the new paper collection Ombre Dreams and some fantastic chipboard pieces.

"Count the Ways"

The first is a layout I made of my big boy, with papers from Ombre Dreams collection.  The title came from one of the most popular love poems around - Sonnet 43 by Elizabeth Browning but I used it here to describe my love for my sweet and wonderful child.

Some close ups:

A frame from the Memory Frame set which I misted green. 

Counting the ways with the number grid chipboard panel, which I covered with black EP.

A piece of Layering Stem. Gosh, I love these! Just perfect for tucking into any little corner of my floral cluster.

A piece from Fall Foliage, also misted with green and gesso brushed on randomly. 

Blue Fern products used:

Ginger's Dream

Shannon's Dream

Number Grid - Large

Memory Frame Set

Layering Stems

Fall Foliage

"Follow Your Bliss"

My second project is a simple little card. In fact, I made a card instead of my usual LO because I wanted to use the chipboards as the main features. I layered sheets from the Ombre Dreams collection and layered water colours in pastel tones, careful not to hide the lovely details the papers have.

Some close-ups:

The Twilight Garden Frame. What a lovely piece! I used gold paint on the lamp and added a layer of crackle. For the rest of the frame, I coloured with gelatos.

I used "Follow your Bliss" word as my card sentiment, which I covered with some bronze embossing powder.

Blue Fern products used:

Leslie's Dream

Twilight Garden Frame

Follow Your Bliss

"Blue Skies"

My third project is a layout I created for this month's sketch challenge. If you havn't seen it, do take a look because Michelle has come up with another fabulous sketch. And to win a pack of gorgeous Blue Fern products, just create a project based on the sketch and link it up. It's that easy!

Here is the sketch again:

And my take on it:

I used "Susan's Dream" for my background. It has the most calming tones of blues and greens, with a tinge of orange which I have used to highlight certain elements of the page. I like to use a lot of mediums and thinner papers tend to warp with so much fluid sitting on it. But the BFS papers are so much heavier (and sturdier), my LO remained pretty much the same shape even when I was adding quite a fair bit of water to bleed the colours. If you love playing with mediums like me, you'll find the quality of BFS papers just perfect. 

A cut-out phrase from "Dream Cards". There are several elements that you can fussy cut out from this page and layer them on your project. I also used a gear and bird chipboards. 

Another phrase from "Dream Cards" layered on top of the Mini Ring Things chippie.

The Treasured floral frame chippie. Love the delicate vines and flowers on this piece!

Blue Fern products used:

Susan's Dream

Treasure Floral Frame

Mini Ring Things

Widget Works
Descano Gardens (bird)
Layering Stems

And here's a start to finish video I put together to show you how I did the background, as well as the various techniques I used to alter the chipboards. Sit back and enjoy the show, and do remember to play along with our sketch challenge this month!

That's all for today. Do check back at our blog again for more inspiration from the rest of the fabulous Blue Fern girls!

love,

Jelissa

Ombre Dreams 3 Times

Hello  all Blue fern studios fans !

Today i have for You 3 Layouts on Ombre Dreams. The Latest paper collection from BFS.  I love them since first look . They are soft , pastel universal, thick and beautiful.

My first work is with Ginger's Dream and Susan's Dream . At first i prepared background with

City Map Panel and my mist sprays. I simply sprayed through the chipboard on regular white cardstock. I received interesting background - negative of my chipboard panel. Chiboard is still perfect to use.   I could use in the same work and get pattern and color match but i left it for another work ;)   Techno Rings fitted me perfectly in industrial background composition    At the end I used Captured Words as title of my work.

Second work is based on Susan's Dream. I made it with photo of my friend. Again I used chipboard to make some effects in background. They are lights and soft because the paper is so beautifull , soft and fitted amazingly to my work so i decided to not cover it too much.

I started with adding little bit of gesso through Circle Groups around my composition. I
used also Broken Rings, Seasonal Wildflowers,  and Picture Perfect,  as elements around the photo

This one is in violets and blues. little bit of messy with lot of stamping. Instead of photo I used here beautiful postcard . I use Charlotte's Dream as base of my project and as paper elements in composition I used Broken Rings and Dot Grid Panel as elements under my photo. And Dream Big as title to my work and ligtest element in the same time

New Products for June!

We're excited to reveal today our latest chipboard designs! We hope you like them!

Anchors Away

Birds on a Wire

Brick Rings

Brown Eyed Girl

Express Yourself

Grunge Shooting Stars

Seeing Stars

Ups and Downs Page Panel

Which ones do YOU love the most? We'd love to hear from you!

'Best of times' by Lisa Griffith

Hello BFS fans! It's my turn to share my projects with you today.

I know you've seen by now the new 'Ombre Dreams'. I really love the rainbow of 

colors in this collection, and I also totally love how the BFS chipboard patterns are 

echoed very softly in these beautiful papers. I have enjoyed working with them so much.

In honour of Father's Day this month I wanted to create a lo with a photo of my Dad.

I found this photo of when my parents visited us when we were living on Miami Beach.

The photo was many years ago but I still remember everything we did that day ;)

Here are a few close ups....

I used the paper called 'Ginger's Dream' for my background, and pieces of 'Dream Cards'

as layers under my photo. I also used 'Turkish Panel' , 'Memory Frames' and a piece of 

'Sail Away' which I painted white and then sprayed lightly with colored mists.

My next project is a card I made for my mum using a photo of her when she was young.

I wanted to make her something really pink and shabby and the paper 'Shannon's 

Dream' was so perfect for this! I started with masking with gesso and then used 

pink and gold mists. I used some pieces of 'Quatrefoil Panel' which I painted white.

I hope I have inspired you a little today! 

Until next time, Lisa xo

Ombre Dreams Projects - With Kelly Foster

Good morning!

Kelly here today. I have a layout and tag to share created with Ombre Dreams and some of the new chipboard designs!

"Remembering Special Moments"

For this one I paired the warm colors in my photo with the pretty orange and pinks in the "Shannon's Dream" paper. I applied all kinds of mixed media work to my background, followed by the "Wild Flourish Bundle" (cut in two and placed half in each cluster), and behind that, tucked in some of the "Mixed Chains".

All of the chipboard was first painted white, then colored with chalk inks, Inka Gold Metallic Rub, and lightly stamped.

Blue Fern Products:

Ombre Dreams "Shannon's Dream"

Ombre Dreams "Dream Cards"

Wild Flourish Bundle

Mixed Chains

"Be Free" Tag

For my tag base, I cut the tag shape from one of the "Dream Cards" and layered it over a piece of "Joyce's Dream" and cut around it. I cut a piece of the Number Grid - Small, and first painted it with Primary Elements Artist Pigments mixed with a clear glaze. Atop that, I painted with Silks in various colors, then adhered to my tag.

 I applied the same paints to one of the Spring Trinkets, and the little diamond pieces are off cuts from one of the panels. Everything was given a bit more color with watercolor paints and mist splatters.

Blue Fern products:

Ombre Dreams "Dream Cards"

Ombre Dreams "Joyce's Dream"

Number Grid - Small

Spring Trinkets

Blue Fern Bits

Thank you so much for taking a look today! I hope you are enjoying the Ombre Dreams collection as much as I am :)

*Kelly*

Ombre Dreams projects with Rae

Hello all! It's Rae sharing some projects I've made using the amazing new paper line, Ombre Dreams. I have to say that I LOVE this paper so much!

"Dreams Come True" Layout

This is my layout based on the June sketch. 

I used the "Dream Cards" paper to make the title. I wanted to use this piece of the "Layering Stems" set  in this flower cluster, but I only had ONE! What's a girl to do? Well, I soaked that piece in water for a few minutes, then peeled the layers, and got three pieces out of it! This is a great way to get a lighter look with chipboard, and let it flow and give a little different kind of dimension. After the pieces dried, I painted them with green paint and added some darker green ink for a realistic look.

I primed the "Renaissance Border" with gesso, and added some purple microbeads while the gesso was still wet. The beads only stuck in some places, and gives it a unique look. After the gesso was dry, I misted the whole piece with some peach colored mist.

I added a a "Royal Page Bauble" that I painted gold using distress stain.

 "Wonder" Layout

 I adore cemetery statues! I found this picture on Reddit, and there was no photographer listed to give credit to, but MAN! What an amazing photo! I printed it out some time ago, and it seemed to fit so well with the "Ginger's Dream" paper. 

 
I painted the "Ginger's Poppies" pieces with gesso, then added some green watercolor for the leaves and stems, then added some watered down Izink to the flowers, which resisted in some spots- AWESOME!

 Here's the other poppy.

One of the layers behind the photo is the "Grand Garden Gate." I used a combination of distress stains, distress inks, and chalk inks to get this patina look. 

"All You Need is Love" Layout

This is one of my favorite pictures of me and my son. I've made a few layouts with this picture before, but my family has taken them! This one is just for me. 

Again, I primed the "Small Circle Flourish" with gesso and painted the leaves and flowers with some green and purple mists to give a watercolor look. Then, I added some flowers. See that heart lock? I cut that from one of the "Romantic Page Dangles" and colored it with silver Izink and grey chalk ink.

Here I cut up more "Romantic Page Dangles" so I could use the chains to accent the larger chain which is from the "Page Chains" set, and used the same products I did on the heart lock. 

The key is from the "Vintage Keys" set. I lightly scraped black archival ink over the key. 

Thanks for having a look at my pages using Ombre Dreams! Have a great day!



Rae