Thursday, June 18, 2015

Mixed media- with Keren Tamir


Hello Everyone, Its Keren here with two new projects for the Blue Fern Studios blog.

I really love experimenting with Mixed Media Products.
It has become my passion and so today I'm showcasing two different projects heavily based on mixed media using many different Blue Fern Studios chipboard pieces

First up is a 6x6 Shadow Box Frame Butterfly Canvas.


The whole canvas was inverted and framed with the Chelsea Frame. The frame was embossed in blue embossing powder and then dabbed with silver acrylic paint.


The centre of the canvas was filled with blue and silver glass beads. Then I glued a piece of the Turkish bits chipboard on the background.  Finally i used two butterflies from the Gabrielle butterfly set. All three pieces were embossed in either blue, silver or white respectively.


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My Second project today is a Steampunk 8x10 Mixed Media Canvas using different mechanical looking chipboard pieces and a real light bulb.

Its called 
"Let there be light"



I glued many different mechanical chipboard pieces like the cogs and gears, the light bulbs, the industrial corner, the working parts and some of the moving parts chipboard pieces. 


They were all covered in black gesso and then painted on top with different metallic paints.


The final touch was adding a real light bulb from my house. We recently changed a few of our light bulbs inside our home and so I've been using them in many of my projects. I figure its better to recycle them than throw them away.


Thank you so much for visiting the Blue Fern Studios blog
have a fantastic day!!!

Keren

Wednesday, June 17, 2015

This Week's New Products

Hello everyone.  Just a short post today to let you see the new chipboard pieces we have added this week.

First up are a couple of elegant pieces:

 

Classic Ornaments


Jasmine Pendants


A frame and some "bits"......

Rings Frame


Floral Lattice Bits


And of course, some titles/words:



Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Tuesday, June 16, 2015

First DT Projects By Debbie

Hi everyone!  Debbie here with you today to share my first projects as a designer for Blue Fern Studios.  I'm thrilled to be designing for Blue Fern Studios and I hope that I inspire you with my projects.  
Here is a little about me . . .


I have a shabby chic style and have been scrapbooking for 15 years.  I live in the beautiful state of Maryland near our nation's capitol.  I am an Assistant Project Manager for a general contracting company.  Evenings and weekends you can find me in my scrapbook room or outside tending to my flower gardens.  You can find my blog here:

For my first layout I used papers from the Deja Vu Collection; Luminaries, Lustre, Tresors and Petities Cartes.  Love the gorgeous colors and details in the papers.

A few details:
Here I used the Butterfly Damask chipboard which I embossed with white embossing powder.

I cut pieces from the Quartre Foil chipboard and embossed with white embossing power.  I randomly placed pieces on my layout.

Here I have used the chipboard word Special which I inked purple.
Products used:
Deja Vu Collection:
Luminaries
Lustre
Tresors
Petites Cartes
Chipboard:Butterfly Damask
Perfect, Adorable, Special
Quartre Foil

For my second layout I used papers from the Love Story Collection; Amazing Heart, Sweet Song and Calling Cards.  Another beautiful collection of papers!  Love the colors!

A few details:
Tucked being my photo is the new Photo Arches chipboard which I painted with some Shimmerz Inklingz in Sheer Bliss and then embossed with some white embossing powder.

I cut the bottom strip off of the paper and used it as my title and placed in on the Flutter Medley chipboard which I painted with the Shimmerz Inklingz Sheer Bliss and embossed with white embossing powder.  I held my heat gun close to the chipboard to obtain the bubbled texture.  I stamped some of my paper layers with the Vintage Edges stamp.

Here I used the chipboard word love from the Adore, Love, Cherish set which I covered with some red dimensional paint.
Products used:
Love Story Collection:
Amazing Heart
Sweet Song
Calling Cards
Chipboard:
Flutter Medley
Photo Arches
Adore, Love, Cherish
Stamp:
Vintage Edges

For my final layout I used papers from the Love Story collection; Amazing Heart, The Grand Ball and Calling Cards to create this vintage layout.

A few details:
I embossed a piece from the Spring Trinkets set along with a circle piece from the Brick Rings  chipboard with some Stampendous Shabby Pink Embossing Enamel.  Love the mix of colors.  I added some pink bling to the centers of the flowers

The word adorable from the Perfect, Adorable, Special set was inked with pastel pink.

This beautiful chipboard piece is from the Deja Vu Dangles which I also embossed with the shabby pink embossing enamel and added a little metal bird cage.
Products used:
Love Story Collection:
Amazing Heart
The Grandd Ball
Calling Cards
Chipboard:
Spring Trinkets
Deja Vu Dangles
Perfect, Adorable, Special
Brick Rings

I hope I've inspired you today!
Thanks for stopping by!
. . . Debbie




Saturday, June 13, 2015

Three projects, three collections by Marie-Josée

Hello all,

I hope you are all doing fine. School is almost out (well, here in Canada), and summer is just around the corner. Here are a few projects for you!

Box + easel card

I created this gift box with an easel card on top with the Déjà Vu paper collection. I used two different papers: Friperies for the box, and Un voyage à Paris for the card.



I altered one of the butterflies from the Brigitte Butterfly Set with white gesso and purple mist.



I also used a piece of the Country Picket Fence, altered with white gesso:


"Delight" layout

For this layout, I used a paper from the Blue Fern Garden paper collection, the first released by Blue Fern.


I glued the Checker Bits chipboard pieces to my background and added white gesso on top with a sponge.


I also altered a piece of the Postage Frames chipboard set with white gesso. The word Delight from the Delight set was altered with Gelatos. I just used the Gelatos on the bare chipboard and with my finger and a bit of water, I applied the color all over.


"Memories Captured" layout

This layout was created with the Ombré Dreams paper collection. The paper I used is Julianna's Dream.


 I used the Crosshatch Frame under my photo. I didn't alter it.


I also used the Memories Captured chipboard from the Captured Words set. This piece was also used as is, without any medium.


Thursday, June 11, 2015

Inspired by Elena Morgun

Hello, friends!
It's Elena Morgun here today. Glad to see you here, I hope you are having great sunny days!
Today I'll be inspiring you with the layout and step-by-step video tutorial, and mixed media canvas.

"Happy" layout

For the background I used a paper from Love Story Collection. I love this kind of papers! Wonderful background to make a photo stand out. This shot was made while my kids were going crazy:) It's very difficult to take a photo with both of them, but I am trying my best.
All the details of creation process you can watch in step-by-step video tutorial.
Enjoy!

A few details:
Blue Fern Products Used:
Paper
- Love Story: The Grand Ball
- Déjà Vu: Tresors

Chipboard
- Ginger's Poppies
- Postage Frames
- The Optimist Word Set

Stamp
- Journey
- Forever
- Halftone
- Texture 1
- Widgets


The second project for today is the mixed media canvas.
I created the background with the help of paper scraps, adding texture paste, stamping and spraying. Oh, I how I enjoyed playing with colors and textures!
Canvas turned out quite dimensional. I think, it's going to look nice on the wall.
A few details:
Blue Fern Products Used:
Paper
- Déjà Vu

Chipboard
- Postage Frames
- The Optimist Word Set
- Rings Panel

Stamp
- Journey
- Texture 1


Hugs,
Elena Morgun 

Wednesday, June 10, 2015

Introducing Paisley & Vine!

Just in time for warm weather, we are thrilled to introduce our brand new, modern paper collection......Paisley & Vine!  The paper in this collection is a combination  of nature inspired designs, combined with enduring patterns in shades of turquoise,  crisp greens, brick red and earthy brown.  This lively blend of colors is sure to add a little summer to your projects!

















We also have 3 new chipboard designs created to coordinate with this collection.


Paisley & Vine Flourish



Paisley & Vine Flowers



Paisley & Vine Medley



Thanks for stopping by today!