January Projects by Ulrika Blomfelt

Hello!

I´m so happy to share my first work as a Blue Fern Studios designer with you all!

My name is Ulrika Blomfelt aka LillBlomman and I´m a swedish girl who loves all about scrapbooking! I started scrapbooking in April 2006. I live in a cute yellow house next to the woods and still close to our capital Stockholm. Here I live with my very loved hubbie our for a long time longed for son Viggo and a very cute but a bit crazy dog. I became a mother late in life and after that my scrapbooking ment even more for me! You will see lot of Viggo in my work because he´s the one I scrap most about. 

I love to create in all scrapbooking gengres! It´s too fun to just choose one of them. I love to pick out just the right color combination for a project and then continue my work. My style is a romantic mixed-media style but it can change from one project to another. I love to try new techniques and try to develop in my art all the time. I´m so proud to been asked to design for this company and thrilled to work with all amazing supplies. I´m looking forward to design with all the amazing and talented girls and spread the joy of crafting during 2015!

You are also very welcome to my personal blog at: www.lillblommanskapar.blogspot.com

I love making cards so I have two cards and two layouts to show you today.

For my card I used Sanctuary Bountiful and Sanctuary Calling Cards.

I painted the Natural Sprigs first in one shade of green and then I added a thin coat paint with glitter in it.

I used a lovely quote from Sanctuary Calling Cards paper inside of the Roman Clock set.

My next card looks totally different from the first but I actually used the same papers.

To create my sign I used the Damask Panel. First I painted it with Gesso. Then I added a rub-on sentiment. I also gave it a coat with Crackle Paint and light blue fluid chalk.

I painted Mini Flourishes with black acrylic paint and then I added a coat of Glossy accent.

For my layout about my boy and all his Christmas presents I used Sanctuary Botanical Garden and Meadows of Time.

For my Graduated Squares I wanted lots of texture. After Modeling Paste and Acrylic Paint I added some glass glitter.

This is my take on January sketch. I love to add gold to my work and here I mixed the gold with black and lilac.

As background I used Sanctuary Birdsong Melody. First I gave all my Chipboard pieces a coat of Gesso. On my Fancy Signage I used Gold Acrylic Paint and then I sprinkled over with Gold Rush Glass Glitter. On my Happy word Chipboard besides black Acrylic Paint I added Charcoal Art Sugar.

On my beautiful Butterflies I wanted lots of Gold flakes!

Hugs from Ulrika!

Sketch Challenger Winner & Featured Layouts

We are thrilled with the excitement over our new paper collection, Love Story.  In case you didn't see the sneak peek yesterday, scroll down and have a look. 

But now, it's time to announce the winner of our December sketch challenge.  We are happy that so many of you found time in the busy month of December to create a project using our sketch.

The winner of the prize for our December sketch challenge is........................

Entry #12 belongs to Sonja of Sweden!  Congratulations, Sonja. 

You have won an awesome prize package from Blue Fern Studios!  

Please send me an e-mail, within the next 7 days, 

at {valerie(at)bluefernstudios(dot)com} to claim your prize.

Here is Sonja's layout created using our Brick Bits chipboard piece:

Now we would like to feature a few entries in the sketch challenge.  This is just a sampling of the many beautiful projects created!

Sonia Thomason used paper from our Sanctuary collection, along with Broken Rings and the Happy title from our Love, Happy, Smile chipboard set to create this sweet layout with an artsy background.

Marina Gridasova of Russia created this layout titled "Time Has Flown", which seems very appropriate at the end of the year.  Both the paper and chipboard is from Blue Fern Studios.

Mabel Sim of Singapore used our sketch as inspiration for this beautiful canvas.  Be sure to check out her blog where she details exactly how she created this.  The beautiful chipboard piece was cut in half to extend from the picture.  

Congratulations to our prize winner and those who were featured this month.  

Thank you also, to everyone who entered our sketch challenge.  

The January sketch has been posted (see link in right sidebar). 

We hope you will all participate!

Coming Soon........Love Story

We are excited to give you a sneak peek of our upcoming paper collection, Love Story.  Created by Michele Singh, this collection is for anyone who is a romantic at heart or has a cherished love story to tell.  Various shades of pink, rose, and soft green are complimented by warm neutrals and rich blacks.  This collection brings beautifully framed pages, calling cards, love notes, images of nature and so much more!   

Two Layouts & A Canvas Creation by Kim Price

Hello everyone. My name is Kim Price and I live with my husband and two grown up daughters on the Central Coast of New South Wales, Australia - which is about an hours drive north of Sydney.

I've always had an interest in the arts, but I began my scrapbook journey around 12 years ago when I accidentally stumbled upon a scrapbooking shop and I was completely drawn in. I love to combine art mediums into my projects and I'm probably mostly known for my customised backgrounds and mixed media style. I'm really excited to be joining Blue Fern Studios in 2015!

Today I wanted to share a few of the projects I've been working on featuring lots of chipboard and stunning patterned paper collections. I've created two 12"x12" scrapbook layouts, one is based on this month's Sketch Challenge and a sweet little baby themed canvas.

My first layout is based on the January sketch challenge. I've used Blue Fern Studios Montage Now & Then patterned paper, fussy cutting some of the images from the paper layering them together with torn strips of paper from the leftover as shown in the photograph below. 

I've used "Crossing The Lines" chipboard element behind my photograph for a lattice effect, adding my title "adorable" from the "Good Vibes" pack and finishing the whole thing off with a sweet little flying bird shape from "Little Birds"

Paper - Blue Fern Studios Montage collection Now & Then 

Blue Fern Studios Chipboard - Crossing The Lines, Little Birds Set, Good Vibes

My second project is another 12"x12" layout - this time featuring the brand new collection, Sanctuary for a completely different look and style.

For my second layout I've kept embellishments to a minimum to really make the new Sanctuary papers shine. I've hand painted some plain cardstock using shades of beige and soft aqua then torn a sheet of Meadows Of Time patterned paper across the bottom edge and laid it over my cardstock. 

I've taken a second sheet of Meadows Of Time paper and trimmed all of the flower elements along with the bird image, arranging the flowers between the papers as show above for a layered look.

The "Twiggy Branch" chipboard was first given a coat of gesso, allowed to dry then I've painted it with a layer or two of watercolor, adhering tiny flowers and leaves along the branches.

I've painted the Small Garden Daisy chipboard element and the "All Natural" title in an antique white acrylic paint - tucking the flower stem behind the bird element and layering my title on top.

Papers: Blue Fern Studios Sanctuary collection Meadows Of Time
Blue Fern Studios chipboard: Twiggy Branch, All Natural Set, Small Garden Daisy

And my final project for today is a small canvas with a baby theme featuring a photograph of one of my precious angels when she was just newborn.

I first added some color and texture to my canvas background, allowed it to dry then layered elements from Montage Calling Cards patterned paper, including the sweet little fussy cut cherub image and tiny butterfly.

I've then added color to one of the Romantic Page Dangles, trimming into three pieces and layering two of the smaller pieces across the top of the canvas and placing the larger heart shape dangle along the right side tucked beneath my photograph. My Perfect title from the "Chunky Words" pack was again simply painted with acrylic paint in a shade of aqua to coordinate the design.

Papers: Blue Fern Studios Montage collection Calling Cards
Blue Fern Studios chipboard: Romantic Page Dangles, Chunky Words



Thanks for dropping in today, I hope you've enjoyed my projects and I look forward to sharing more soon. 

-Kim

New Beginnings with Jelissa

Hello Blue Fern Studios fans, and welcome to the new year!

I'm up on the blog today with a video tutorial of how I put together a mixed media journal cover, using nothing more than Blue Fern Studios chipboards, some metal bits and flowers. I was very inspired by one of our former creative team member Joyce Kers who kept a journal on inspirational women in her family, and I wanted to make a similar journal for myself but of my family tree which I hope to fill up in the year 2015.

This is the project:

and close-ups (warning: graphic-intensive!)

I have always used papers, cloth or canvas to create my layers but for this journal cover I decided to create my layers with the chipboards from Blue Fern Studios instead. The intricate laser-cut designs are perfect as every layer they form has lots of interesting details to catch the eye.  

I wanted a blank white base to start with so that I can get to play with the new mediums I got for Christmas, but didn't want my chipboards to feel boring. So all the chipboard pieces were covered with different texture mediums. 

My title piece which I kept simple.

Here is the video of how I put everything together:

Blue Fern Studios products used:

Floral Clock

Fall Foliage

Little Birds Set

Leafy Page Accents

Notebook Edges

"Family" word 

Thank you for dropping by the blog!

love,
Jelissa

Happy New Year and our First Sketch Challenge of 2015

Welcome to January and a brand new year!  We are going to start the year with a new sketch challenge.  Each month we bring you a new sketch, designed for Blue Fern Studios by Michele Singh.  You have the entire month to create and upload a project using the sketch.

Here is this month's sketch:

Some members of our Creative Team have used the sketch as inspiration to create these layouts.  They have used Blue Fern Studios paper and chipboard.  

Kim Price

Zaneta Glowa

Melinda Thompson

Keren Tamir

Karita Vainio

Ulrika Blomfelt

Galina Sazonova

Patter Cross

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 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! 

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, 2015

We look forward to your entries!

An InLinkz Link-up

Wrapping up 2014 (and new products)

2014 has been an exciting year of growth for Blue Fern Studios.  We brought you three awesome paper collections - Ombré Dreams, Montage, and Sanctuary.  We also added 257 new chipboard pieces!  Our designs include borders, titles, flourishes, frames, holiday items, and much more.  There is literally something for every style of crafter. 

We would like to end the year by showing you our most recent releases.

Baby Words

Snowflake Frame

Figure Skaters

Mesh Bits

Word Bubbles

Everyday Moments

Blossom Branches

Splatter Arrows

Snowboarders

Trailing Scrolls

Poplar Tree

We would also like to take this time to thank the  inspiring designers who will be rotating off our Creative Team.  Each and every one of them will be missed, for so many reasons.  Our designers are like family to us, and it's always difficult to say good-bye.  A few of them have been with Blue Fern Studios since the very beginning.

A Big THANK YOU to the following talented designers:

Camilla Ekman - Sweden

 

Evgenia Petzer - South Africa

Jackie Clark - Canada

Leila Cardoso - Brasil

 

Lisa Gregory - United States 

 

Lisa Griffith - United States

 

Maja Stokk - Sweden

Olga Heldwein - Poland

Rae Moses - United State

Adrienne Ford - United States

Kelly Foster - United States

Tiffany Solorio - United States

2014 was a great year for us, and we plan to have even more Blue Fern products to love in 2015!