A New Year and a New Collection with Jelissa

Hello friends, and a very happy New Year to you and your loved ones!

I'm excited about what this year has in store for me and with all the possibilities of great things happening. But most importantly, I'm more than happy to be back on this amazing team with the most gorgeous products, so let me share my first creations for Blue Fern Studios for 2016.

My first share is a layout of my three babies. It's almost impossible to get them into one photo, let alone make them smile all at the same time so everyone here is looking in different directions. I've used Papillon as my background paper and instead of the usual white gesso and modeling paste combination, I went for a totally different look with a darker palette to match the mood of these papers.

For the background, I spread black gesso over a flower stencil to match the nature motifs in this collection. For contrast, I used white gesso for my script and stem stamps. I also used a lot of Imagine Ink embossing powders - Mystic Plum with Halftone stamps, Cotton Candy with Textured Circle stamp. For the latter, I sprinkled Sage embossing powder while the first pink layer was still melted to obtain a double embossed effect.

Some close-ups:

For Framington Medley chipboard, I used Garnet embossing powder, followed by a second layer with Mystic Plum, and then a third layer with Pearl. Each layer of embossing powder is heated and wet before adding the next layer. For the Willow Flower chipboard, I painted with gelato followed by some dimensional paint in a similar purple shade.

Some of the background details and the papers from the collection I used for layering.

My title from "Calling Cards". It is a perfect moment indeed to get all three of them willing for a photo. I'm still waiting for a "More Perfect" moment when all three are smiling at the camera.

More background details.

Blue Fern products used:

paper: Timeless (Papillon, Calling Cards, Abode)
chipboard: Framington Medley, Willow Flower
embossing powder: Mystic Plum, Garnet, Cotton Candy, Sage

Stamps: Half-tone, Textured Circles

My second share is this "Timeless" winter page. Again, you see how versatile this collection is and I can use it flawlessly for a seasonal layout. I had chosen a photo of a beautiful winter landscape and selected the papers to match the neutral tones. The photo itself conveyed a sense of all time stopping as the snow blankets everything, making it Timeless.



More closeups:

Part of the Snowflake Medley and Mystic Branch, along with a lot of other details.

Flowers layered upon a die cut snowflake.

A very inconspicuous title taken from the info strip, so as not to disrupt the mood the whole page creates.

Some more background details.

Layering the amazing papers from the collection.

And here is the start-to-finish video of how I put this page together.



Blue Fern products used:

papers: Timeless (Couture, Main Street, Song)
chipboards: Snowflake Medley, Mystic Branch
Imagine Ink: Oatmeal ep, Jingle Bells mist
stamp: Textured Circles

That's all I have for today. Have a great week ahead!

Jelissa

January Sketch Challenge

Welcome to 2016!  

We're here today with our very first sketch challenge of the new year.  Our sketch has been created by the very talented Michele Singh, who also creates many of our paper collections.  Here's what we have for you this month:

Now we would like to show you some examples using this month's sketch.  This is your first chance to see layouts from some of our new design team members, and some from the fabulous designers who are returning this year.  

Keren Tamir - Canada

Renea Harrison - United States

 

 

Pascale Bernard - France

 

 

Karine Gagnon - Canada 

 

 

Maja Nowak - Poland

 

 

Cathi O’Neill - Ireland

 

 

Debbie Burns - United States

 

 

Nicole Doiron - Canada

Now that you've seen inspiration from our design team, it's your turn to show us how you will use this month's sketch.

One lucky winner, selected by a random draw, will receive a prize package 

of Blue Fern Studios chipboard!

In addition, we will also select 3 (or more) layouts to feature.

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, 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 January 31, 2016

We look forward to seeing how you use our sketch and Blue Fern products!

Enter Here:

 

 

An InLinkz Link-up

As we ring in the new year, we think of new beginnings and fresh starts.  

In 2016 we look forward to bringing you even more new products each month! 

Our new design team is eager to get started and has already been creating beautiful, inspiring projects using Blue Fern products.  This year will be filled with lots ideas to fuel your creativity!

Our 2016 Design Team

Bec Genet - Australia

Cathi O’Neill - Ireland

Debbie Burns - United States

Elena Volchkova- Ukraine 

Jelissa Mei - Singapore - Video Educator

Karine Gagnon - Canada

Karolina Czajkowska - Poland

Keren Tamir - Canada

Maiko  Kosugi - Japan

Maja Nowak - Poland

Marie-Eve Bernard - Canada

  Marie Josee Hamel - Canada

Marilyn Rivera - United States- Video Educator

Nicole Doiron - Canada

Pascale Bernard - France

Renea Harrison - United States

Sandi Clarkson - United States

Wilma Voermans  - Switzerland

Yuko Tanaka - Japan

Wishing you all a new year filled with happiness!

Look What We Found!

What better way to end the year than to feature some gorgeous layouts created by YOU!  As we look at websites, blogs, and online galleries, we are so excited to see the creative ways you use Blue Fern products.  So today, we would like to feature 12 amazing women, and show you how they have used Blue Fern!

Tracey Sabella

Cathy Cafun

Marie Willetts

Kimberly Heard

 

Rae Moses

Jan Penny

Michelle McDonald

Kris Berc

Taru Jehkonen

Galina

Peper

Gotch

We sure hope you have been inspired by these layouts.  

Thanks to all of you for an amazing 2015. 

December's inspiration from Galina Sazonova.

Hello dear friends!

Merry Christmas and coming New Year! 

Today I want to show you my last job to the  BFS Design Team. Thank you for the opportunity to create in such a great and talented team! Thank you very much, and you, dear friends!

"Beautiful"

This project is dedicated to my good friend. She is gentle and strong, kind and sweet girl. So I chose soft colors and delicate textures.

Blue Fern Studios products used:

Paper

Frolic:  Friendship, Amoroso

Autumn Anthology: Mercantile, Parfumerie

  

  

Сhipboard

Checker Bits

Winter Flake Frame

Beautiful

  

Thanks you big and have a nice day!)

The Perfect Moment...Timeless collection

Hello everyone! I hope you had a great Christmas Day.  It's Marilyn here with you today sharing my second December project that I made with the new beautiful  TIMELESS collection.

I'm in love with this collection, the colors, the designs and the vintage look are wonderful.

I worked with the new chipboards and embossing powder colors, too.

I selected the Papillons paper for my background,  I also made some fussy cutting from the Calling Cards paper and used it for my title. The chipboards are the Chelsea Medallion and the Bohemian Butterflies that I embossed with the new  Mystic Plum and 14 Karat embossing powders .

I added a chain to the Chelsea Medallion for a real look and I worked the Medallion using two embossing powder and a little of gesso.

I stamped with the Halftone stamp using black ink and also with Versamark  and 14 Karat embossing powder. 

I placed the big Bohemian Butterfly beside my photo and gave some blue and gold colors to my background.

I glued the center of the small butterfly and carefully pushed up the wings .

Blue Fern Studios products:
Timeless collection- Pavillions-Calling Cards papers
Chipboard-Chelsea Medallion- Bohemian Butterflies
Embossing Powder- 14Karat, Mystic Plum
Stamp- Halftone

Thanks for stopping by...Until Next Time!

Marilyn Rivera

Snowy feelings....from Switzerland.

I hope you had beautiful Christmas days .

In Switzerland there was no snow , it was warm and the tourists are dissapointed.

Since I wanted to make a snowfeeling layout I took  pictures from last year.

For my background I used a paper from the vintage Christmas collection.

I added clear gesso on both sides to make the paper sturdy .

It also helps to have a flat page.

On another (same) paper I doodled circles.

Than I punched some flowers out of it.

I took a a normal flowerpunch, and glue them in a pattern using both sides .

Behind my picture a paper with Swiss images I found at the tourist info .

The negative leftover pieces from the punching are tucked in between the layers.

Over the whole page I glued silverfolien , just little pieces here and there.

The chipboard is the charming snow medley piece.

I cut it in 4! pieces and used them all over the page.

All I did was painting 2 layers with my wink of stella pen.

The chipboard gets just a little darker with a beautiful soft shimmer.

The titel was also done like this, but just one layer with the glitterpen.

I rubbed some gesso over it to give that snowy feeling.

Thanks for visiting the blog

x Wilma x