Blue Fern Studios: GIVEAWAY {of their NEW paper collection!} & Sketch!

Blue Fern Studios is currently hosting a giveaway to celebrate their NEW Paper Collection:

Blue Fern Garden

First take a look at these gorgeous papers, and then scroll down to see how you can make it your OWN!

Are you in love yet? I know we are!

Now, for your chance to WIN:

-You can gain {one} entry by simply entering the link to your blog using the Inlinkz tool at the bottom of the post HERE. 

-Gain a {second} entry by sharing this giveaway on your blog {in a blog post}; simply enter the link to that post using the Inlinkz tool.

-Please be sure you are a follower of Blue Fern Studios!

-We'd love to see this shared on Facebook, Twitter, and other social media. Why? By getting the word out there, we get more entries- but what does that mean for you? 

*~*Every time we reach an additional 50 entries, we will give away ANOTHER paper collection! Therefore, if we get 50 entries, we give away 2 collections. 100 entries, we give away 3, and so on...The more you share, the better your chances of snagging one of these collections for yourself!*~*

So enter, share, and cross your fingers! This giveaway runs through January 20th, 2014 at midnight {Central Time}. The lucky winner{s} will be chosen by random draw shortly thereafter.

Head on over to the GIVEAWAY Post {HERE}

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Next, we have the January Sketch Challenge from Blue Fern Studios!

 Another beauty to inspire your creativity!!

And we have a brand NEW batch of goodies for you too- including some of our NEWEST designs, hot off the press! Take a look at what one lucky randomly drawn winning participant will win from this month's sketch challenge:

In addition to our prize winner, we will also select a Top 3 to feature in our winner post!

 

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! **Please note that you can do whatever type of project you please- a layout, card, tag, canvas, altered item- whatever suits your mood and style! We would love to see the different ways our sketch can be used.**

2.) You must use at least one piece of Blue Fern Studios chipboard- but you do not need to use the pieces featured in the sketch! You can find the store nearest you HERE. {Do not use any other brand of chipboard on your project please!}

3.) Upload your project using the Inlinkz tool at the bottom of the post {HERE} by midnight EST on January 31st, 2014.

See you there!

C'est Magnifique Bits & Pieces Giveaway~!

I'm glad you stopped by today, because it's time for the Bits & Pieces Giveaway from C'est Magnifique.  If you're new to this monthly give-away, it's very simple.  Leslie puts together the bits and pieces remaining from her kit and add-ons, and gives them away to one of our lucky blog readers.  Here's what is up for grabs from our September Kit "Shabby Dreams". 

It's easy to enter our Bits & Pieces Giveaway 

1.  You must be a follower of the C'est Magnifique blog.

2.  Use the Inlinkz tool at the bottom of the post HERE.

3.  We are giving you a chance to enter our giveaway twice!  To enter twice,

share this post on your blog (in a blog post, not your sidebar) and you can 

enter your name again using the Inlinkz tool below 

(just be sure to add the link to your blog post). 

The contest will close at midnight, September 12. 

The winner, selected by a random draw, will be announced a few days later.

Good Luck!

C'est Magnifique Bits & Pieces Giveaway!

Good morning my scrappy friends :). Just popping in today to share a little giveaway goin' on and then tomorrow I'm back with projects once again. Just wanted to give you all a break after so many of them in a row! But as I said- I've been a creating machine lately, so the projects are piling up!

{So come back tomorrow, okay?}

The order of business today is the giveaway of the Bits & Pieces from Leslie's August kit from C'est Magnifique Kits- and it's a great one this month.  Leslie was away at CHA in July and literally had NO time to scrap - so her Bits & Pieces collection is huge this month!

It's easy to enter our Bits & Pieces Giveaway

1.  You must be a follower of the C'est Magnifique blog.  If you do not already follow, just click 

on the "Join this site" button on the left sidebar and you'll be all set.  

2.  Use the Inlinkz tool at the bottom of the Bits & Pieces post HERE.

3.  We are giving you a chance to enter our giveaway twice!  To enter twice,

share this post on your blog (in a blog post, not your sidebar) and you can 

enter your name again using the Inlinkz tool~

(just be sure to add the link to your blog post). 

The contest will close at midnight, August 12.  

The winner, selected by a random draw, will be announced a few days later.

Good Luck!

C'est Magnifique Bits & Pieces Giveaway~!

Every month, C'est Magnifique gives its fans a chance to win Leslie's "bits & pieces" remaining 

from her June Kit.  This is what they are giving away to one of you!  

Since these are "bits & pieces", it will include items from the main kit, 

the flower add-on and the embellishment add-on.  

The winner may receive partial packages of embellishments

 and sheets of patterned paper that may be less than full size.

It's easy to enter our Bits & Pieces Giveaway.  Here's all you need to do:

1.  You must be a follower of the C'est Magnifique blog.  If you do not already follow, just click 

on the "Join this site" button on the left sidebar and you'll be all set.  

The winner of this challenge must be a follower.

2.  Use the Inlinkz tool at the bottom of the post HERE.

3.  They are giving you a chance to enter our giveaway twice!  

Share this post on your blog (in a blog post, not your sidebar) and you can 

enter your name again using the Inlinkz tool.

(just be sure to add the link to your blog post). 

The contest will close at midnight, June 12.  

The winner, selected by a random draw, will be announced a few days later.

PaperHaus Blog Hop (+ Giveaway~!)

Hi everybody! If you arrived here from Julianne's blog, you are right on track :)

Welcome to the PaperHaus Magazine Summer Delight Blog Hop! We are excited that you are hopping with us and we would like to thank you for hopping along! We are celebrating the release of the Summer Issue of PaperHaus Magazine! There is SO much inspiration, techniques, projects, and exclusive artist interviews inside! Not only that but it’s an issue filled with amazing Mixed Media projects from people from all over the world! We hope you enjoy flipping through the pages as much as we enjoyed putting it together for you! Below is the link to the summer issue, simply click on the cover to go there now! BUT Come back as I have a canvas to share with you, and a Giveaway too!!

We hope you were inspired, and here is some more inspiration too! 

 

Our Summer Delight event is all about fun summer days filled with scrapbooking and crafting! We want to share with you what we have made! Every day on the PaperHaus Blog there will be amazing inspiration and tutorials so be sure to stop on by every day in June!

Now, before I get to the Giveaway I have for you, I would like to share with you a canvas that I created for the hop today!

"Alma"

 This is a gift that I created for one of my life-long best friends Carrie and her sweet daughter Alma (who is my goddaughter). I took this photo of them on Alma's baptism day and have been wanting to do something ever since. To have the responsibility as a godmother is something I take with such honor and I hope to always be there for this little girl- in many ways, but most importantly spiritually :).

Here are a few closeups:

Products Used:

Page Chains

Calligraphic Border

Other Products Used:
Patterned Papers: Pink Paislee & Prima Marketing

Flowers: Prima Marketing

Embellishments: Pink Paislee (stars)

Stamps: Prima Marketing

Masks: Prima Marketing

Stamp Ink: Colorbox Archival Ink (black)

Mediums: Liquitex Modeling Paste & Pro Art Gesso

Mists: Tattered Angels

Other: seam binding, microbeads, seed beads, confetti stars

Thanks so much for taking a peek at my project :)~!

NOW- on to my Giveaway! 

One lucky hopper will win this collection of Prima flowers and Blue Fern Studios chipboard~! 

1. Make sure you are a follower of my blog! There are many options available on my left sidebar- I recommend Bloglovin since Google Reader will be going away :)

2. Leave a comment on this post!

3. (Optional) I would love it if you would "Like" my Facebook page!

https://www.facebook.com/ErinBlegenMyScrapCabin

My winner will be posted THIS WEEKEND- so keep an eye open!

Your next stop is Emilia van den Heuvel 

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And in case you get lost, the complete hop list is as follows:

• 1. PaperHaus Magazine www.thepaperhaus.com
• 2. Trina McClune www.trinamcclune.typepad.com
• 3. Gina Rodgers http://gingerbread.typepad.com
• 4. Anna Dabrowska www.finnabair.com
• 5. Julianne McKenna-De Lumen - http://julestheblingprincess.blogspot.com.au/
• 6. Erin Blegen- http://erinblegen.blogspot.com <---YOU ARE HERE!
• 7, Emilia van den Heuvel - http://few-favourite-things.blogspot.com
• 8. www.facebook.com/thepaperhaus

C'est Magnifique Blog Hop~!!

Hello everyone and welcome to the C'est Magnifique Blog Hop!! If you arrived here from the Webster's Pages blog, then you're right on track! OR, if you just happened upon my blog, you can start from the beginning of the hop HERE at the C'est Magnifique Kits blog. Why? Because there are a TON of amazing prizes to be won and plenty of scrappy inspiration along the way and you definitely don't want to miss out on any of it~!!

Blog Hop Order:

Brit Sviggum
Les Papiers de Pandore
Camilla Ekman
Webster's Pages
Erin Blegen <---YOU ARE HERE!!
Keren Tamir
Larissa Albernaz
Blue Fern Studios
Michele Singh
Stacey Young
Valerie Serfozo
{back to} C'est Magnifique Kits

For those of you who are visiting my blog for the first time, my name is Erin Blegen and I've been a proud member of the C'est Magnifique Design Team since April 2012. If you are new to C'est Magnifique, then you are definitely in for a treat! Just look at the fabulous May kit "Spring's Portrait":

We have papers from the "Invitation" collection from Les Papiers de Pandore and even some "Modern Romance" from Webster's Pages!

And we all love add-ons! Check out the gorgeous Flower Add-On:

And of course the always amazing Embellishment Add-On:

How about some projects?? I have two to share!

"To Be Treasured"

After capturing this photo of my two boys on Easter, I was a little worried about finding a way to scrap it in color. But upon seeing the beautiful May kit, I was so excited because I knew I would be able to get it done! SO many colors and options with this kit makes for so much versatility!

From the Flower Add-On:
Manor House: Winters Song: White
Webster's Pages: Perfect Petals: Park Drive
Prima: Lifetime: Mini Stem Roses
Prima: Lifetime: Roses

From the Embellishment Add-On:
Tattered Angels Glimmer Glam: Smooches
Blue Fern Studios: Chipboard: Lattice Fence

"Altered Box"

 I am loving doing altered projects at this moment, and this box was such a fun treat to put together! I think that "busier" patterns work great on projects like these, so I took advantage of this gorgeous paper from Les Papiers de Pandore before tackling the cluster work up top. As we draw nearer to Mother's Day, I thought this would be a nice gift for my mom...or maybe even my mother-in-law (depending on my mood- ha!).

 From the Flower Add-On:
Manor House: Winters Song: White
Prima: Lifetime: Fabric Flowers: Green
Prima: Lifetime: Mini Stem Roses
Prima: Lifetime: Roses

From the Embellishment Add-On:
Pink Paislee: Artisan Chipboard: Stars
Webster's Pages: Perfect Accents: Nesting Birds

Okay~! So on to the prizes! Thus far, you've seen some amazing giveaways (oh, and there are LOTS more to come!) and being a lover of giveaways myself, I'm offering up a little something too~!! Have a look:

 Lots of {mostly} NEW Prima- and I just had to throw in a package of my coveted Corine flowers ;)

**To be eligible for my giveaway**

1.) If you are not already a follower, please become one! I'd love it if you'd follow me via Bloglovin since Google Reader will unfortunately be going away in a couple of months :(.  

Just look for this image in my left sidebar to follow:

It's super easy, user-friendly, and it seems to be the route most people are starting to take. AND thanks to a couple of friends, I am happy to say that you can transfer ALL of the blogs you are currently following through Google Reader into your Bloglovin account. So if you don't have a Bloglovin account currently, just go ahead and follow me via Google Reader and then transfer over when you do! EASY.
 Thank-you!

2.) Leave me a comment here and let me know if you are a new follower, or if you're already one of amazing scrappy friends :).

That's it! As always, my giveaway is open INTERNATIONALLY~!!

You have until midnight {US EST} on Sunday, April 28th to complete the Blog Hop, with the winners to be posted shortly thereafter. As long as you have left a comment on each blog listed and are a follower, you will be eligible for the amazing prizes along the way~!!

So keep on going! Your next stop along the way is Keren Tamir!

C'est Magnifique Bits & Pieces Giveaway~!

Hi everyone!  It's time for Leslie (owner of C'est Magnifique Kits) to give her Bits & Pieces from the March Kit "Whimsical Melodies" to one of our blog readers.   This giveaway will include paper and embellishments from the kit, as well as the add-ons.

It's easy to enter our Bits & Pieces Giveaway.  Here's all you need to do:

1.  You must be a follower of the C'est Magnifique blog.  If you do not already follow us, just click on the 

"Join this site" button on the left sidebar and you'll be all set.  The winner of this challenge must be a follower of our blog.

2.  Use the Inlinkz tool at the bottom of the post HERE.

3.  We are giving you a chance to enter our giveaway twice!  Share this post on your blog (in a blog post, not your sidebar) and you can enter your name again using the Inlinkz tool at the bottom of the post (just be sure to add the link to your blog post).  

The contest will close at midnight, March 12.  The winner, selected by a random draw, will be announced March 14. 

BFS Blog Hop WINNER~!!

**For my February Giveaway, please go HERE**

Hey everybody! Thanks so much to those of you who stopped by my blog this past weekend during the Blue Fern Studios Blog Hop :)~! So many wonderful comments from so many amazing people- THANK YOU for making our first blog hop a BIG success! I sure hope you had some fun and were inspired along the way.

As promised, I have chosen the winner for my RAK:

After compiling a list of the eligible comments, and using textmechanic.com to scramble and number the list, I headed over to random.org to choose my winner.

And the winner is..................

TRACEY SABELLA!!!!

Congrats, Tracey! Please send me your mailing info to: erin@bluefernstudios.com within 7 days to claim your prize!!!

Thanks again to you all and I hope you have a wonderful day!

Blue Fern Studios Blog Hop~!!

*~*For my February Giveaway, please go HERE*~*

Hey there! Whether you mean to or not, you've found yourself in the middle of the very first Blue Fern Studios Blog Hop~!! So you're definitely in a great place as there are TONS of goodies to be won and of course plenty of inspiration along the way! So if you're in the middle of hopping and arrived here via Eila's blog, then you're in the right place! If you've stumbled upon my blog and would like to get in on the action, go to the beginning of the hop HERE so you don't miss out on anything!!

What: Blue Fern Studios Blog Hop
When: February 8th-10th, 2013
How: Simply visit each of the blogs below, then leave a comment (and become a follower, if required). There are sure to be plenty of goodies along the way!
Who: Here is the blog list, in order:

  

{start} Blue Fern Studios

Michele Singh

Valerie Serfozo (Design Team Coordinator)

Camilla Ekman

Eila Sandberg

                              Erin Blegen <---You are here!

Irene Tan

Irina Gerschuk

Iris Babao Uy

Jennifer Snyder

Joyce Lawrence

Kelly Foster

Lisa Gregory

Mona Pendleton

Patter Cross

Svetlana Austin

Vibeke Harila

{back to} Blue Fern Studios

As long as you stop at each of these blogs and leave a comment, you will be in the running for the randomly-drawn grand prize from Blue Fern Studios:

Additionally, I will be giving away a little prize pack myself: 

All you have to do to be in the running for my giveaway is (1) Become a follower of my blog {see the left sidebar and click the blue "Join this Site" button} and (2) Leave a comment at the end of this post~! That's it! Winner will be drawn via random.org and announced on February 11th!

And finally, I have a Blue Fern Studios project to share with you!

"Auntie & Me"

 This is a photo of Gunner and his Auntie Katie (one of my husband's sisters) when we went to visit his family last summer. Gunner is just one of those impossible-not-to-love children and everyone just enjoys him so much! Here I had pulled his hair back out of his face with one of my hair clips because it was so hot. That, combined with his Auntie's sunglasses, sure made for one cute little boy! So glad I finally got this photo scrapped :).

 Products Used:

Brigitte Butterfly Set

 Large Blue Fern Flourish

 

Royal Border

**Remember: in order to be entered in the drawing for my giveaway, please be sure to (1) Make sure you are a follower of my blog {see my left side bar and click the blue "Join this site" button} and (2) Leave me a comment on this post!** Thanks so much!!

Your next stop is Irene Tan. Good luck and have fun~!