Today we would like to show you how designer, Melinda Thompson, has used the beautiful Blue Fern Deja Vu collection to create a this precious layout.  The soft colors are the perfect backdrop for this sweet photo of her baby boy.

Here is a close-up of the Harlequin Panel which Melinda has positioned behind the photo, along with a piece (The Story) from the Arrow Words chipboard set.   You can see in the image above that she has also used small sections of the Harlequin Panel throughout her layout.  She has stamped images from the Halftone stamp set to add visual texture to her project.  

 We hope Melinda has inspired you with this beautiful layout!

New Chipboard Designs!

Hi everyone.  It's time to show you the new chipboard pieces just released.  

The first piece is a stylish frame:

Oval Daisy Frame

Next we have a set of four traditional corners:

Classic Corners

 

This next piece is an elegant emblem that measures a full 5-inches in length:

Heidi's Emblem

We know you all love our chipboard "bits" so we have added 2 new sets:

Chained Bits

Geometric Bits

And we finish our new release with a couple of word /title sets.   If you are ever at a loss to find the perfect title for your project, our word sets are the perfect solution!

Thanks for stopping by today.  We would love to know which pieces are your favorite!

Our Sketch Challenge Winner & Featured Layouts!

It's time to award a prize for our May Sketch Challenge.  This month, based on a random draw, 

the winner is entry #10, which belongs to Peper from Canada!

Peper, you have won a prize package of Blue Fern Chipboard!  

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

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

Here is Peper's happy layout titled "Smile".

Now we would like to feature a few layouts that caught our eye this month.  

The first feature this month is from Kavitha who has used paper from our 

Deja Vu collection in such a beautiful, dreamy way!

Evgenia Kovtun from Ukraine has created the second layout we are featuring this month.  This paper from the Love Story collection is the perfect background for this elegant layout.

The final feature this month is this layout created for our sketch challenge by Nadja-Naden'ka from Russia.  This paper from our Love Story collection goes so well with the vintage photo used on this layout. 

All the entries this month were wonderful.  We wish we could feature them all! 

Thanks to all who participated and congratulations to our winner, and those layouts that were featured.

We would love to have you join us in June, so grab some Blue Fern Studios paper and/or chipboard and create a layout using the sketch.  A link to this month's sketch challenge can be found in our right sidebar.

"Cherish' layout and video tutorial

Hello friends!

It is the month of June now and the summer is upon us! I'm looking forward to spending some time with the kiddos this month as school is out. What about you?

Today I have a video tutorial for Blue Fern Studios to share with you, using their new fabulous collection Deja Vu as well as their gorgeous chippies.

Here is the project:

I've focused a lot more on chipboard alteration for this project rather than creating my background, simply because the products are just so pretty!

Some close-ups:

My title piece "Cherish". I'm loving black gesso and how it makes the chipboard pops!

The butterfly dangle from "Deja Vu Dangles". Such a sweet little piece to work with. 

Vintage Label chipboard which I had fun stamping with the new Blue Fern stamp.

And here is the video of how I put the whole thing together:



Blue Fern products used:

Deja Vu collection (Atelier, La Plume, Tresors, Luxor)
Deja Vu Dangles Chippies
"Cherish" word
Vintage Labels
Journey Stamp
Half-tone Stamp

And that's all I have, thanks for dropping by!

love,

News from Blue Fern and June Sketch Challenge

Welcome to June everyone!  First we have a little bit of news to share with you.  We would like to introduce two new designers to our team - Sandi Clarkson and Debbie Burns.  Both of these talented women live in the United States, and we are super excited to have them join the Blue Fern team!  Look for posts from both of them later this month when they will share a little bit more about themselves and post some projects using Blue Fern products!  

Now it's time for us to reveal our June sketch challenge!  Our sketch designer, Michele Singh, has created this sketch for us:

Here's how a few of our designers have interpreted this month's sketch:

Bente Fagerberg

Sandi Clarkson

Keren Tamir

Zaneta Glowa

Now it is YOUR turn to show us how you used the May 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! 

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 June 30, 2015

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

Enter Here: 

An InLinkz Link-up

Deja Vu Collection with Galina Sazonova.

Hello friends!

Today I want to share with you my projects from the new collection Deja Vu.

I wanted to use lot of yellow. Let's look at the result.)

Here's the first of my projects this month:

"Butterfly Kisses"

I used a combination of several chipboard.. They are colored sprays, and then are covered with powdered for embossing.

 In these projects used a lot of stamps which were cut out and pasted on the pages.

As well as are many other prints from the paper.

Blue Fern Studios products used:

Paper

• Un Voyage A Paris
• Luminaires
• La Plume

Сhipboard

• Butterfly Kisses
• Chelsea Vines

Stamp

• Journey
• Déjà Vu
• Texture 1

My second project:

"What a wonderful world"

Two projects about my daughter when she was small.)

And here I used a lot of yellow.

 As well lot of of stamps which I like so much!))

 And some more details) ....

Blue Fern Studios products used:

Paper

• Lustre
• La Plume
• Luminaires

Сhipboard

• Chelsea Vines
• Déjà Vu Dangles Chippies

Stamp

• Journey
• Déjà Vu
• Texture 1

Thanks for visiting BFS blog!)

 Have a nice day!)

A couple of pages from Bente using Deja Vu and Montage collections.

Hi, today it's my turn again here on  the blog and I have made some pages to showcase some of the beautiful Blue Fern Studios chipboards and papers. They are such a treat to work with.

Here is my first page.

I decided on some pink and yellow tones mainly and painted my 'Floral Medley frame' using a pretty yellow tone that I picked up from the designs in the paper. 

The papers are from the 'Montage ' collection.

I used some Blue Fern Studios stamps as well. 

The hot-air balloon is part of the 'Journey' set and I even used some of te stamps from  'Halftone'.

Here are a few close ups as well:

I stamped the balloon once on a pink paper and once on a yellow one.

My second page for today :

Previously I have focused on the yellow and lilac tones in the 'Deja Vu' papers as these are really some of my fave colours, but as you see it's possible to pick a different colour scheme entirely :-)

I used the green sheet for the background adnd the wood patterned paper on top. As these are pretty neutral you can really pick almost any colour to add as accents and embellishments.

Here are a few close ups too:

I used the new 'Deja Vu border chippie' painted green as a base for my page.
I added a summery photo and picked pretty, illuminant yellow and red to go with it. 

It's such a vibrant and energetic combination.

I included a chipboard from the 'Ironworks accents' as a base for a small embellishmentcluster. 

 This ornamental chipboard border that goes with the Deja Vu collection is one of my preferred pieces right now. I hope you enjoyed my pages today and you will be back soon again to see what my friends in the DT are up to!

Have a lovely day!