tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67125991382336003332024-03-18T20:24:40.253+01:00Paper and Glue HeavenBente Fagerberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13085045251331108414noreply@blogger.comBlogger570125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6712599138233600333.post-77864355141124938332016-10-09T23:15:00.001+02:002016-10-10T18:12:06.377+02:00'Fly Away' for Les Papiers de Pandore<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="text-align: left;">I made this page for Les Papiers de Pandore using mainly the </span><b style="text-align: left;">Carte Postal</b><span style="text-align: left;"> collection. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; text-align: left;">It has so many lovely elements! You decide what direction </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; text-align: left;">the page will take, and this time </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; text-align: left;">I wanted to take the more clean </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; text-align: left;">and simple route. I still used more or less my usual techniques </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; text-align: left;">so it still feels like </span><i style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: left;">me,</i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; text-align: left;"> if you get what I mean... :-)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I used gesso, mist and paints on my background as well as my watercolour crayons by Prima.. </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The 'travel words' were added using a stencil by Tim Holtz and I must say I quite </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">like the effect. I bought a couple of similar ones,but with other words and you'll be </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I cut out the cute hot-air balloon from one of the papers. The orange paper-strips with the sayings on were also from one of the patterned sheets. (But from the Sunny Bay Happy Mail kit)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I used a die by Sizzix called <b>Block Talk Bigz alphabet</b> to cut out my title. The word 'Away' was first glued to a piece of plastic backing so it could sit slightly elevated from the page. The word 'magic' is from another set by Sizzix '<b>Holiday Script 2'.</b></span></div>
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<i style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"> 'Hello! I am pleased today to present Winter Song ... the sweetness galore for this collection based on wood, foliage and pampering! Friends, resellers, leaders and associations, you will get in contact with Kirel Craft, and all other you will find this collection verysoon at your retailers as well as version Scrap Lyon ...'</i></h3>
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<i style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">'In addition to the mixture of all the leaves whose harmony is absolutely perfect, I have in mind several specific combos with this collection I am delighted to exploit ... From all mint-chocolate on nature ...'</i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">'Or how about femininity, with a combo light peach, chocolate and ecru ...'</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">'This little introduction will give you a good idea of the overall versatility of this collection. We love it so much! You can now win this collection by taking part <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Les-Papiers-de-Pandore-260544447301156/?fref=ts">on Facebook</a>, or on the <a href="http://lespapiersdepandore.blogspot.se/2016/09/nouvelle-collection-automne-hiver.html">Pandore blog</a>. That means you have double the chance of winning it! :-)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">What you do is comment on the posts and share on FB and your blogs.commenting on this post and share it on your blog ... On October 1 we will see who are the winners! </span></div>
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Bente Fagerberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13085045251331108414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6712599138233600333.post-84207253052738969012016-08-24T20:05:00.000+02:002016-08-24T20:05:00.167+02:00A shabby mixed media page for Les Papiers de Pandore<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It's really nice to be back with a layout to share again! It's been tooo long since I created a page....I bet some of you wondered if I would post ever again considering how quiet it's been around here. It has actually been almost three months since my last post....!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I used primarily the latest colletion called <b>Carte Postale,</b> but also a few bits and bobs from </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">other recent collections. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I made the title with a little something I found in my stash and of course the flowers are </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">almost exclusively by Prima :-)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I have been longing to do a little mixed media. On this page I used a light touch but had lots of fun. I have really missed getting my hands messy :-) Lots of gesso, paint, mists and other goodies here on this background that I created.</span></div>
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Hi! Today I am happy to say that I am guest designing with <a href="http://scrapafrica.blogspot.se/2016/06/scrap-africa-mood-board-challenge-no75.html">Scrap Africa.</a></div>
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I was the wnner of last months challenge with <i><a href="http://paperandglueheaven.blogspot.se/2016/04/a-mixed-media-page-using-les-papiers-de.html">this page</a></i> and got to prepare a page for the June reveal.</div>
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Here is the soft and beautiful mood board that Denise sent me:</div>
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It was a joy to create with this mood board. The colours are so yummy. Apart from the colours </div>
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I was inspired by the stacked trays and macaroons to use layering on my page. </div>
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I tried to add a couple of round shapes as well. </div>
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The spidery legs of the chair are reflected in the stencilled swirl on the right hand side of my page.</div>
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Lots of Prima products here. Apart from the ever gorgeous flowers I used the leaf die and a few </div>
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At the very bottom of my layers is a bit of cardboard box that I had rescued from the trash. </div>
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Apart from the paints I used many different kinds of media on here. -Different brands of mists, </div>
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The flair button is by Prima as well as the wooden shape underneath it. I love the subtle elegance of the pink and green half pearls in the 'wilder' mixed media setting.</div>
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Bente Fagerberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13085045251331108414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6712599138233600333.post-88281969706969140072016-05-08T18:18:00.001+02:002016-05-08T18:23:01.524+02:00'Simple Things' using 'Tales of You & Me''<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Did you all have a good (Inter)National Scrapbooking Day celebration yesterday?</div>
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There was so much fun happening all over he web!!</div>
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I managed to join in the afternoon as I had prior engagements. I could still take part in a couple of bloghops, some giveaways and also enjoy a few hours of Prima Ustream get-together. I stayed up <i>way</i> past my bedtime (US are 7-8 hours behind,....) So today I am tired. But it was all worth it as it was all so much fun! I actually think we should get to celebrate this great hobby/lifestyle </div>
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more than once a year!! Heck, why not once a month!!?...</div>
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For my page I used the Tales of You & Me again.I still think it's gorgeous and </div>
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I have many papers left,.... (So you'll see even mooooore,....) I prepared the background with paints, gesso, and stamps as always. I also added more mixed media ingredients in the form of Art Stones, tiny golden microbeads, and gold mica flakes. I used gel medium to stick it all down.</div>
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I coloured the art stones with Prima's Color Bloom spray;Tea Stain. The seambinding I used for my bows has the same colour as the Color Bloom mist.</div>
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I think it looks pretty neat,.... The flowers are different Prima ones, old and new. </div>
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So many layers and bits tucked in between,...just the way I like it :-).</div>
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I appreciae each and every one of you taking the time! <3</div>
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Today I have made another page with the French Riviera collection. </div>
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I decided they were a great match for my theme. The small daisies are from Bedtime Stories.</div>
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I love the look of the Art Stones that I coloured with Blue Fern Studios mist 'Sky'.</div>
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This photo was taken a few years back. I have a feeling the girls will probably protest that they don't look their best. You know: 'hair is messy' etc etc,..but to me they always look like princesses :-D</div>
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I will enter this page into the April challenge over at Let's Get Sketchy.</div>
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Bente Fagerberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13085045251331108414noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6712599138233600333.post-34414532093583900362016-04-27T18:00:00.000+02:002016-04-27T18:03:54.956+02:00A mixed media page using Les Papiers de Pandore's 'Carte Postale'.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Today I want to share a page using the new <b>Carte Postale</b> collection from <b>Les Papiers de Pandore</b>.</div>
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I love these new papers and also the stamp-set that have matching designs. Soo pretty!</div>
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You can see the ollection<a href="http://www.lespapiersdepandore.fr/grenier/33_carte-postale"> HERE</a></div>
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This was a really fun page to make. I used many of my mixed media goodies with the Pandore papers.<br />
I started with gesso and some mists, then I added some watercolour pencils and some different media and things for texture. The Finnabair art stones are great for just texture and even the tiny microbeads.<br />
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The beautiful Blue Fern Studios chipboard got a lick of white paint and I even stamped with a small script stamp on top. You can see how I added the art stones inside the tiny frames while letting the dotted washi tape underneath shows through.</div>
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Here I used the 'Say Hello' from the stamp set and made a kind of a title together with the word 'friend' from the Sizzix Tim Holtz Friendship Script Words.<br />
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The large white flower is by Prima and the leaves were made with a die also by Prima Marketing.</div>
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A couple of more close ups.As you see here; with just small means you can achieve a lot of texture.</div>
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Finally I would like to share with you the challenge at <a href="http://scrapafrica.blogspot.se/2016/04/scrap-africa-mood-board-challenge-no73.html">Scrap Africa</a> where I will be entering my page:<br />
I actually took the liberty of adding some yellowy tones to the mix . (Initially I saw the lighter greens as yellow on my screen) My page kind of evolved on it's own. I took my inspiration from the first and last picture of the board. I associated to layering and mixing things up very freely.<br />
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This is the enticing moodboard over there.<br />
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I hope you liked my page and maybe even feel a little inspired to create your own version of a mixed media page. They are just so much fun to make!!</div>
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Bente Fagerberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13085045251331108414noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6712599138233600333.post-90646212789682600912016-04-09T11:30:00.000+02:002016-04-11T22:24:07.092+02:00'My Beautiful Family', using 'Invitation' by Les Papiers de Pandore.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Today I have a page for you that goes to show that 'oldie can be goldie'.</div>
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I used an older collection by Les Papiers de Pandore for a collection of pictures of my girls amd me. It's called <b>Invitations</b> and it was just lying there in my drawer, still looking so pretty,... I had to pick it up and do something with it. </div>
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Just to let the papers shine I tried to do a version of 'clean and simple here :-) I don't know how much I succeeded though,...</div>
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I cut apart the callingcards and placed them on a sheet of patterned paper as frames for my photos.</div>
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I used a metallic copper-coloured sheet and one of the papers from the collection to form my title cutting it with a Sizzix alphabet called <b>Alphanumeric</b>. </div>
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This alphabet is fabulous and you get several letters of each so you can cut out long words in one go. Just look at it <a href="http://www.sizzix.co.uk/660210/sizzix-thinlits-die-set-102pk-alphanumeric-1-tall">HERE</a> (There is also a 'marquee' variation of it...)</div>
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I am actually quite into the recent trend to use gold and other shiny metallics on your pages. </div>
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I find it looks very pretty, although here it looks more orange than copper :-)</div>
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Just look at the cascade of pretty flowers down the center of the layout. Most are by Prima Marketing, but there are also some from Norwegian Papirdesign, I Am Roses and others from my stash. The resin key is Ingvild Bolme for Prima and the small green/black stickers are by Basic Gray. </div>
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The word 'remember ' is also a die cut using my Sizzix die set 'Friendship Words', which I really love!! You can see it <a href="http://www.sizzix.co.uk/660225/sizzix-thinlits-die-set-16pk-friendship-words-script">HERE</a></div>
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Do enjoy your Saturday and Sunday as much as you can and hug your dear ones!</div>
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Now that I have more time for scrapbooking I hope to have something scrap related to share on a more regular basis. I am using some of my new supplies and having a lot of fun. Do you remember the other day I told you I was working on a page using the new Prima collection 'French Riviera', </div>
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I picked the pretty woodboard paper and played with some mixed media supplies on top. </div>
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I used an older photo that was actually taken in Provence (where we have spent so many Summers over the years). This one was taken at least four years ago...</div>
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I added them both to the Ingvild Bolme resin frame and inside the chipboard design.</div>
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This page was made for a challenge on the Prima Marketing blog. At the start of each month I mean to play along with the challenges there, but DT assignmentss have often got in the way. </div>
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For this page I used Frank Garcias latest collection called <b>'Tales of You and Me'</b>. It's gorgeous!!</div>
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On my gessoed background I used a lot of colour including Prima Color Bloom sprays, Prima Watercolor pencils and ink. I used several of Finnabairs smaller stamps to create texture. </div>
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As you can see I had some fun doing a little fussy cutting from one of the patterned papers </div>
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These are two different shades of pink and come from two different packages. </div>
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It's actually from the Jodi Lee 'Princess' collection.</div>
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I am pretty content that I finally got a page in!</div>
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Bente Fagerberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13085045251331108414noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6712599138233600333.post-6093520599264686782016-02-15T23:24:00.000+01:002016-02-15T23:24:41.752+01:00'Winter' for Les papiers de Pandore.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I hope the week end has been wonderful and that you have been able to charge those batteries so you are ready for the week ahead! I have been working this week end, so as soon as I get a couple of hours I want to start a new scrappy project! This one here is my latest page and it was made for </div>
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The cute little wooden accent <b>Be Free </b>is by Prima and the round gold-rimmed tag is by </div>
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Bente Fagerberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13085045251331108414noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6712599138233600333.post-15257808754911621472016-02-01T20:35:00.000+01:002016-02-01T20:35:28.090+01:00'Hello Summer' for Les Papiers de Pandore.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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For a few years now I have been part of the designteam at <b>Les Papiers de Pandore</b> and they always manage to create the most gorgeous collections. One of the fun things about this latest one (apart from it being gorgeous of course :-D...) is that it is called <b>Scandinavia</b>. Many of you will know that</div>
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They are called Stockholm, Göteborg, Uppsala,.....and there is even one with 'my town' Malmö. </div>
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I picked a few matching sheets and got to work. I prepared my background with gesso, mists and paints.That is always such fun and decides a whole lot the direction of the page. I cut into some of the papers and layered my design pretty central on my page. The doilies were also fussy cut from one of the sheets. Isn't that bird cute? I cut that one from one of the 15x15 papers in the collection.</div>
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In this shot you can see how I covered part of the painted chipboard from <b>Blue Fern Studios</b> with gold microbeads. That is a favourite trend at the moment. Love the micas and the beads a lot!!! </div>
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I love the little cursive words that I cut using the <b>Sizzix </b>Thinlits dies by Tim Holtz. It is called <b>Friendship Words, Script. </b>You can find it <a href="http://sizzix%20thinlits%20die%20set%2C%20friendship%20words/">HERE</a>. </div>
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The flowers are from I am Roses and of course Prima Marketing as are the leaves. I added a little washi tape here and there . I love to <i>buy </i>washi but I dont seem to be using a whole lot,....</div>
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Finally a closer look at some of the detail I hope you like it!</div>
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That's when the yearly CHA Mega Show takes place in Anaheim Califlornia. This show is where the large players present their news and this never fail to create a big buzz in the community.<br />
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I was thinking it would be fun to assemble a kind of list featuring some of the favourites I have found while browsing. I am sure that there are still many more favourites to discover , </div>
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My number one scrap crush is of course Prima Marketing and as always they had so much </div>
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Here are two of their new collections:</div>
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The colours below are some of the new <b>Ken Oliver Liquid Metals</b>. They are so cool. They come in gold , pewter , copper, platinum etc too.</div>
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I am always excited to see what new things <b>Sizzix</b> comes up with and there are a few of the news that will be releasing in February. I picked these among many because they are great for mixed media!!<br />
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This woodgrain cardstock is gorgeous!!</div>
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I love the look of these smaller bite size stencils from <b>Tim Holtz. </b></div>
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There are so many jaw-dropping paper collections out and I have to share a few more with you...</div>
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Here's <b>Shimelle's Starshine:</b></div>
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It's so fresh and modern!! <3 it!!</div>
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<b>Kaisercraft</b> seldom disappoint and they don't this time either.</div>
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Here is my favourite from them called <b>#Me</b></div>
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<b>Tammy Tutterow</b> has some new stamps for <b>Spellbinders</b> that are pretty cool.</div>
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One of the loveliest new collections is the <b>Beautiful Dreamer</b> collection from a <b>Bo Bunny</b>, a big favourite of mine They have so many delightful new products/designs in their range I could make a post with only what they released :-) Love the paints and the dies and the stencils,and and and...</div>
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And last but not least a peek of some life like beauties from <b>Petaloo.</b> </div>
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What a great way to start off the NEW YEAR!!</div>
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Some time ago I was part of the fun design team at Cassie's <a href="http://paperissues.blogspot.se/"><b>Paper Issues</b></a>! Loved it!!</div>
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But here are some of the pages I made and I hope you like them :-)<br />
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I made this one for the Polish <b>Lemoncraft </b>designteam using House of Roses collection and </div>
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The second one was made for<b> Blue Fern Studios</b> and I have used a gorgeous round frame that I painted and laquered to frame a cute pic of my DD.</div>
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This third one was also made for <b style="text-align: center;">Blue Fern Studios</b><span style="text-align: center;"> showcasing papers and chipboards. I really love this picture of the girls with their grandmother celebrating her birthday.</span></div>
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<u><b>Everyday Moments </b></u></div>
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Another one for <b>Blue Fern Studios.</b> I whitewashed all the chipboards on my page. </div>
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This one was for the release of the Deja Vu collection.<br />
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<u><b>Summer Souvenirs</b></u></div>
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<b>Les Papiers de Pandore</b> from France is such a big favourite. I love the collections that Julie Blanc comes up with and this summery beauty called Sunny Bay is no exception. </div>
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This page shows off the Autumn Anthology collection from <b>Blue Fern Studios</b>. One of my fave collections from them for sure. </div>
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Loving the Frolic collection from Blue Fern Studios,and I think it goes perfectly with this </div>
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This page is a combination of fabulous dies that I got from <b>Sizzix UK</b> and papers from Polish manufacturer <b>Lemoncraft.</b> I die cut two sizes of PL cards and arranged them on my page. </div>
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Here I have used a combination of <b>Lemoncraft</b> and <b>Blue Fern Studios</b> as well as a few dies </div>
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I really had so much fun creaqting this next project for<b> Blue Fern Studios</b>. It's a round canvas that first of all received a thorough mixed media treatment, -which I then proceeded to almost entirely cover up. -But I loved every minute :-)</div>
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Design team layout for<b> Blue Fern Studios</b> with lots of colourwork and using some of their stamps for my background.</div>
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One more summery page using <b>Les Papiers de Pandore'</b>s delightful collections Sunny Bay and Cocktail collections. Such a light and happy page.</div>
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This next page is a souvenir of a very special day. My eldest daughter graduated from her<br />
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Another page made for <b>Les Papiers de Pandore </b>and using chipboard from Blue Fern Studios as </div>
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This is one of my most fave pages for the year. It has a nice layered feel to it achieved in part by the <b>Blue</b> <b>Fern Studios</b> chipboard frames.I am also quite pleased with the mixed media background. </div>
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I used the Montage collection by <b>Blue Fern Studios</b> and some beautiful BFS chipboard as well.<br />
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To round this off another page using the Deja Vu collection from Blue Fern Studios. Lots of soft and pretty colours.</div>
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It's been ages since I took part in a blog hop so this is FUN!! Ok so there are a couple more than 15 layouts, but it was kind of hard to leave some out as I liked them equally much... :-)</div>
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Thanks for dropping by and for any comments you make. I'd love to be able to visit back and </div>
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see what <i>you </i>are up to!<br />
Please hop along and see what the rest of the participants are sharing today!<br />
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Hi. Time for part two of my December Blue Fern Studios share :-)<br />
I used the <i><b>Juliannas Dream</b></i> paper from the magical <b>Ombre Dreams collection</b>. </div>
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Such a beautiful and feminine collection, and so versatile too! I always love the combination of yellow with purple. I can't say why I Love it so, except I find it sooo,sooo pretty!<br />
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I painted most of my chipboard pieces purple and gave them a lick of gesso on top to make them a bit more shabby.The <b>Chained Bits</b> look great here down the side of my photo. They are a good background for layering any kind of embellishment.</div>
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The <b>Timeless Floral corner</b> adds so much to a page. It's so great because you can turn it<br />
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I wanted a title that was not too overpowering so I went with a single chipboard word that I painted and clear embossed. The letter stickers by Prima were very glittery so I rubbed them with gesso to reduce the shiny aspect a little. I added some punched and die cut greenery as well made with the Tim Holtz Laurel punch and the Sizzix Garden Greenery die.</div>
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And to round things off I have a couple of simple Christmas cards that I'd like to share with you.<br />
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The first one I made with one of the cards from the Christmas card sheet and added the bottom strip from a sheet down the sides. I used the <b>Petal embossingpowder</b> again.<br />
The <b>Framed Winter words</b> are perfect for a card front.<br />
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On my second card you can see that even other non-christmassy collections can be used for seasonal cards. My background here is from the<b> Montage collection, </b>but the top sentiment is from the<br />
<b>Vintage Christmas collection</b> of course. I added some bits from the <b>Chain link </b><br />
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Bente Fagerberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13085045251331108414noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6712599138233600333.post-87521874139012615452015-12-21T09:43:00.002+01:002015-12-24T01:48:00.522+01:00Time to say good bye. <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Today is my last post on the Blue Fern Studios blog, It's been fun but of course everything has an end. I have enjoyed every minute of working with their gorgeous products. You will definitely see more of Blue Fern Studios around here in the fiture as well.</div>
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I used the Petal embossing enamel to treat my chipboards. That gorgeous round piece is called <b>Twilight Garden Frame. </b>I gave the <b>Shabby snowflake</b> (part of a set) the same treatment. </div>
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On my background I used the<b> Winter Mint </b>and <b>Cotton Candy Imagine Ink mists.</b> I also used gesso and microbeads as well as a few paints.</div>
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These adorable pink larger blooms are the from the Bel Canto colletion by Prima Marketing.</div>
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They are surely one of my all time favourites!!</div>
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Thanks for dropping by! I'll have a couple of free days around Christmas so hopefully I will be back again with not too much of a delay this time :-) </div>
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But just in case I don't see you again before X-mas I wish for you:</div>
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Bente Fagerberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13085045251331108414noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6712599138233600333.post-58733677056840458332015-11-29T22:46:00.000+01:002015-11-29T22:46:12.395+01:002 gorgeous new collections from Blue Fern Studios; 'Timeless' and 'Blush'.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">And now we are expecting a storm in a short while,..... I hope I'll be able to get to work tomorrow!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Blue Fern Studios have done it again. Not just one, but two gorgeous new collections</span></div>
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Bente Fagerberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13085045251331108414noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6712599138233600333.post-6427149247387347472015-11-22T18:42:00.001+01:002015-11-23T08:03:46.757+01:00'Sparkle' for Blue Fern Studios, using 'Vintage Christmas'.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Large, fluffy white beautiful flakes fell from the skies only to turn into a less attractive wet, slightly grey mush on reaching the ground. Living in this part of Sweden we are pretty used to that. Yesterday the neighbouring villages (maybe an hour from here) got something like 8-10 inches of snow but we only got rain. I guess it's because we are right on the coast and at the very southern tip of the country. But no doubt we shall have some more snow to enjoy (and not just to look at) as the year advances and we </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">get into Christmas mode. I'm looking forward to that!! :-)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In the recent box that I got from the super generous people at <b>Sizzix UK</b> there was a new paper punch size large by <b>Tim Holtz</b> called <b>Laurel</b>. I used it to punch out the small twigs/branches acattered here and there in my clusters. Pretty cute if you ask me!</span></div>
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Today is the day the new sketch is revealed on the Blue Fern Studios blog and I want to share that with you here as well to make sure you dont miss it :-) It truly is a great looking sketch!!</div>
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And here is my page using the new <b>Vintage Christmas</b> collection so full of gorgeous design and Christmas cheer. I used <b>Deck the Halls</b>, <b>Noel</b>, and <b>Greeting Cards</b>, </div>
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St. Lucia on December 13th and it's kind of a festival of light and our family go to church to listen to our youth choir sing beautiful seasonal songs. It's very special. </div>
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Bente Fagerberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13085045251331108414noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6712599138233600333.post-41329928716409483792015-10-25T10:00:00.000+01:002015-10-25T13:01:50.612+01:00A round canvas for Blue Fern Studios October sketch.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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This round canvas is my second project for <a href="http://bluefernstudios.blogspot.se/2015/10/bentes-october-projects.html">Blue Fern Studios</a> this month. I had this canvas for a while, but being mostly a 'layout-girl' myself, I didn't quite know how to approach it. In the end I opted for creating the most beautiful and delicate background, (in my own humble opinion LOL ) </div>
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just to cover the entire thing up..... I should have taken an in-between shot,... :-)</div>
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As inspiration for my canvas I used the October sketch by Michelle Singh. </div>
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I used calling cards from the <b>Frolic collection</b> as a title for my canvas.</div>
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The <b>Butterfly Friends</b> chipboard received a coat of white paint, some glitter and a light application of the green mist <b>Imagine Ink Leaf. </b>Also the large<b> Frolic Mesh Bits </b>chipboard was treated similarly.</div>
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I added a few leftover pieces of chipboard here and there, you can see them in the photo above. </div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;">Finally one more close up close up of the gorgeous </span><b style="font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;">Butterfly Friends, </b><span style="font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;">inked and glittered</span><span style="font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;">!</span></div>
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Thank you so much for taking a lok at my canvas and I hope you enjoy the rest of your Sunday!!</div>
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Bente Fagerberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13085045251331108414noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6712599138233600333.post-82601117843288700302015-10-23T19:45:00.001+02:002015-10-25T13:05:16.093+01:00'A Perfect Moment' for Blue Fern Studios<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Only one week left of October,...where did time go? Every year flies by faster than the other and today I actually found the <b>Blue Fern Studios </b>Christmas collection on my 'doorstep'.</div>
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As you would expect it is totally gorgeous, but that will be for another post. </div>
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Today I have a project to show you that uses <b>Autumn Anthology.</b></div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">I used the </span><b style="text-align: center;">Robin</b><span style="text-align: center;"> paper as a base and the </span><b style="text-align: center;">Cottage</b><span style="text-align: center;"> paper on top. I used a brayer to add a thin layer of gesso to prime my paper for the </span><b style="text-align: center;">Imagine Ink Sky</b><span style="text-align: center;"> mist and the </span><b style="text-align: center;">Love Story 2 </b><span style="text-align: center;">stamp set.</span><br />
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I cut a piece from the <b>Shabby Brick Panel </b>chipboard and haphazardly painted it white. I then just gave it a slight splash of the same mist I used earlier. </div>
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And can you see that tiny little aprocot coloured blossom? I made it with the <b>Tiny Tattered Floral</b>s set from <b>Sizzix.</b> (660227). And those lovely looking script words are made using another Sizzix die <b>Friendship Words: Script.</b> (660225)</div>
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I picked a choipboard title to suit my page and after priming with gesso I painted it with blue acrylic paint. To finish the look I added some Distress stickles on top. I used a third choipboard piece here as well, but it may be hard to detect,....-It's the arrow from the<b> Directions set. </b></div>
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But instead of painting it, this time I covered it in a cute washi tape. </div>
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So here's a closer look at the pretty colours in this page, and as you see I also cut some strips of other pretty papers in this collection just so I could do a little layering.<br />
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Thank you so much for visiting me today. I am so grateful that some of of you still drop by on a regular basis even though I don't have much to share with you lately. </div>
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I spend so much time at work there is not much left to be creative :-) </div>
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Bente Fagerberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13085045251331108414noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6712599138233600333.post-77012775410829558842015-10-14T20:43:00.000+02:002015-10-14T20:53:25.908+02:00Win a new Sizzix Big Shot!!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #444444;">Don't miss out on the chance to win one of these attractive and </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: 'Josefin Slab'; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px; text-align: center;"> Of course many of you are already familiar with the Big Shot but you would definitely enjoy </span><br />
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Bente Fagerberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13085045251331108414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6712599138233600333.post-39447323450042276182015-10-02T13:30:00.000+02:002015-10-02T13:30:07.202+02:00Vintage Christmas and other news from Blue Fern Studios.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's never too early for a great Holiday collection, right? :-)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Blue Fern Studios <span style="font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;">have come up with the perfect collection to get you in the holiday mood.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> I will share the latest images of the <b>Vintage Christmas </b>as well as some more </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We are also excited to introduce a brand new line of products called Imagine Ink. These products were created to coordinate with the Vintage Christmas line. No more searching for just the right color of mist, embossing powder, or glitter. We have done all the work for you!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Our three new mists are<b> Cotton Candy, Jingle Bells, </b>and<b> Winter Mint</b> and they are sure to add just the right amount of luster and interest to your projects.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">These three colors, <b>Phoenix, Caribbean, </b>and<b> Pyrite</b> will bring just the right amount of sparkle!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Once again, we have taken the guess-work out of it by selecting four colors that will coordinate with the Vintage Christmas collection -<b> Lucky, Poinsettia, Petal, </b>and<b> Fern</b>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thanks for looking in to see some of the new products coming soon from Blue Fern Studios.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Have a lovely week end all of you!!</span></div>
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Bente Fagerberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13085045251331108414noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6712599138233600333.post-35459661278896220532015-09-23T19:23:00.000+02:002015-09-23T19:23:58.083+02:00My Blue Fern Studios projects for September using NEW Autumn Anthology.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Hi there. I hope you are all well.<br />
I have been pretty busy juggling two jobs and trying to fit in some me time in between.<br />
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My two pages here show off some sheets from the new beautiful paper collection<b> Autumn Anthology </b>from <b>Blue Fern Studios.</b> Michelle Singh simply came up with a mixture of stunning designs and some of my most favourite colours.(again!)</div>
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Here is my first page with the collection:<br />
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Did you know that Blue Fern Studios now even carry mists? There will be new mists with each collection and I used two of the new colours here; <b>Imagine Inks Leaf</b> and <b>Sky.</b></div>
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I painted the chipboard title-words a neutral beige colour and decorated with some micro beads.</div>
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I used the stunning <b>Jackie's Window</b> to ground my design and this one is also painted with a mix of acrylic paint and some green mist. After it dried I went over the edges with a small chalk ink pad.</div>
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As you can see I used some of the new stamps on my page. </div>
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I used all three designs from the <b>Essential Textures set. </b></div>
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I cut out the banner that you can see under the chipboard from one of the calling cards.</div>
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The title is made of a couple of words from the <b>Chunky Words set</b>.</div>
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To make my flower cluster complete I added a few small chipboard twigs called <b>Berry Stems.</b> </div>
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I love the brown colour they were painted and the delicate look of them. </div>
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Ok, now for my second page for today:</div>
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Another beautiful sheet from the <b>Autumn Anthology collection</b>. </div>
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I actually fussy cut a part of one paper and added it on top of this blue one, (in case you go looking for a paper that looks like this :-D)</div>
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I used the <b>Royal Heart Frame </b>to surround the photo on top of the layers of paper and calling cards.</div>
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After I painted the heart frame a suitable colour I heat-embossed it with gold using one of the same textured stamps as above. I think the look is really neat!! </div>
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I added a few bits and pieces from the inside of larger chipboard pieces. </div>
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I find these are good to hold on to as they can be really useful.<br />
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As you see from the shot here I have added quite a lot of media to my layered papers. </div>
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I added different Prima Art Ingredients beads as well as glitter gel, paint, gesso, and ink. </div>
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I used some Fine Prima Art Sugar which means there is a certain shimmer to the page that does not come through in the pictures.</div>
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Finally a little reminder that there's still ample time to join in our <b>sketch challenge for September</b>.</div>
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Below is a picture of the sketch and a page I made as an example.</div>
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You can read ALL bout the challenge<a href="http://bluefernstudios.blogspot.se/2015/09/our-september-sketch-challenge.html"> HERE.</a><br />
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Thanks for looking!</div>
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