Thursday, June 26, 2014

Beautiful ombre dream paper's projects



Hello! It's Yuko here!
Blue Fern studios new paper"ombre dream"is very beautiful!
I love those!


this month my projects is using watercolors.




 【MEMORIES】
I made the crown with my daughter by holding the white clover.
It was a very wonderful day!
I added structure to the paper of a beautiful mount with modeling paste and colored it with watercolors.







Chip boards is colored with watercolor paint to paint the gesso.

 Blue fern Studios item
           Papers  / ombre dream  Ginger's Dream. Susan's Dream.Dream Cards
         Chipboards  / Spring Frame.Memory Frames




【Pretty as a Picture】
This paper is also very beautiful shade!
I. have made light and shade in watercolor in order to more beautiful.


This chip board of race is very delicate and beautiful.



Blue fern Studios item

Paper  ombre dream   Shannon's Dream 
Chipboards /  Lace Rounds   .Pretty as a Picture .Friends.Veranda Cage Set






Thank you for looking♡  



Yuko






Wednesday, June 25, 2014

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






Tuesday, June 24, 2014

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


Monday, June 23, 2014

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!

Sunday, June 22, 2014

'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



Saturday, June 21, 2014

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*