March sketch for Cést Magnifique

Hi Everyone,
Here's my sketch for the Cést Magnifique March kit! I hope you make something fab with it!

Enjoy!
Michele

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Fresh Sketch Friday!

Hi Everyone, here's a fresh sketch, enjoy!

Michele ;-)

Congratulations to the winner!

Thanks to everyone who participated in the first Blue Fern Studios blog hop!  I am delighted to have so many new and returning followers participate in the fun.  There were so many heartfelt words of encouragement, which are so much appreciated.

I used random.org to select a number between 1 and 80, the number was 7 and...

The winner is:

Cathi ONeill

She has some very pretty layouts on her blog, so be sure to visit her at:
http://celticknotted.blogspot.com/

 

 Congratulations Cathi… I can't wait to see what you do with your new chipboard!

Michele

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Blue Fern Studios Blog Hop!

Welcome to the Blue Fern Studios Blog hop! I hope you are in the mood for some inspiration from our highly talented Design Team members.  Be sure to visit each blog on the list below; you won't want to miss a thing! There are plenty of chances to win goodies along the way. Here is the blog list in order:

Blue Fern Studios Blog

Michele Singh ---> you are here!

Valerie Serfozo

Camilla Ekman

Eila Sandberg

• Erin Blegen
• Irene Tan
• Irina Gerschuk
• Iris Babao Uy
• Jennifer Snyder
• Joyce Lawrence
• Kelly Foster
• Lisa Gregory
• Mona Pendleton
• Patter Cross 
• Svetlana Austin
• Vibeke Harila
• Blue Fern Studios Blog

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:

Additionally, I will be giving away a prize pack myself! To be eligible to win this package, please follow my blog and comment on this post.

Thanks for stopping by and happy hopping everyone! Your next stop is:  Valerie Serfozo

Enjoy!
Michele
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February sketch for Cést Magnifique

Hi Everyone,
Here's my sketch for the Cést Magnifique February kit! This kit features the Blue Fern Frame that I designed; available at in their store:

 
I hope you make some fantastic creations with this sketch.  Get more inspiration from the DT at the Cést Magnifique blog.

Enjoy!
Michele
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Happy Birthday C.S.I.!

Look Who's Turning One!
Welcome to the CSI Birthday Blog Hop. I am proud to say that I am a detective over at CSI. It's a fantastic place to get really creative and make some great scrapbooking pages, using Debbi's fantastic case files.

Here's a note from Debbi, founder of C.S.I:

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CSI: Color, Stories, Inspiration turned one this month, and we've been celebrating with fun and festivities all month long. But what's a birthday party without presents? We are rounding out CSI's birthday celebration with a huge pile of presents! The talented and very generous CSI design team, aka the CSI Detectives, have prepared special blog posts for you this week, and all you have to do is leave a comment on participating design team members' blogs for a chance to receive a present from them! The more blogs you comment on, the more chances you'll have to receive a gift!

We also have the brand-new company Blue Fern Studios joining our blog hop! Our very own Detective Michele Singh is the designer of this company's beautiful chipboard, and we are delighted to have Blue Fern Studios join us to celebrate our birthday on the month they were introduced to the world!

The CSI Birthday Presents Blog Hop will run from January 25 - 29. Winners will be announced in our Full Disclosure (Announcements) Forum the following week. A newsletter will go out to members once this announcement is posted.
Here is a list of the blogs you will want to visit:

Adrienne Ford

Anna-Karin Evaldsson

Annette Gearside

Ayeeda (Aida Domisiewicz)

Blue Fern Studios

Debbi Tehrani

Debbie Standard

Eila Sandberg

Heather Jacob

Helen Wallace

Jasmine Shea

Jeanette Lee

Lindy Gillespie

Michele Singh---> YOU ARE HERE

Riikka Kovasin

Sascha Schmidt & Maria Schmidt

Shaunery Wharton

Tina Walker

Yumi Takasaki

Zanka (Zaneta Glowa)

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So, how would you like to win some chipboard?

In honor of the big birthday bash, I'm giving away TEN packages of Blue Fern Studios chipboard!  These are all small enough to fit in a regular letter-sized envelope. I will draw ten winners using random.org. Here are the designs:

What do you need to do to be eligible to win?

Just comment at the end of this post, and it would be nice if you would also follow my blog.

Here's the case file for this week:

And Here's my page using this case file:

I used some Blue Fern chipboard here (cups, spoon and leaves)

Here's a preview of the coordinates for this weeks challenge:

You can get this free printable pdf file over at CSI.

Thanks you everyone for stopping by and helping us celebrate CSI's birthday. I wish you all good luck with winning all the fab prizes!  If you are following all of the posts for this blog hop, your next stop is: Riikka Kovasin

Michele ;-)

January sketch for Cést Magnifique

Hi Everyone,
Here's my sketch for the Cést Magnifique January kit! I hope you make some fantastic creations with this sketch. 

Enjoy!
Michele
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Blue Fern Studios Winner Announced!

Hi Scrappy Friends!
WOW, thanks to all of you who participated in my blog giveaway! It was heartwarming to receive so many well wishes, and to get such great feedback. I loved reading about all of your favorites, and now I am excited to create even more for you to enjoy. Thank you so much for all of your support and kind remarks.

Now for what you have been waiting for.... 

I assigned numbers to everyone who left comments, and gave those who posted on their blog an extra number, there were 75 total entries. I used random.org to generate a number between 1 and 75. The number generated was 22, and that person is…

Elena C

Congratulations Elena! 

Here's what Elena had to say:
Your designs are absolutely beautiful...I WANT THEM ALL!!!!
I guess my favorites would be the borders and the flourishes...ooohhh, and the corners!!! Wish you the best with this new venture. You do have the best product on the market!!!

You can visit her blog at: http://seebeautyallaround.blogspot.com/

Elena, I'm ready to ship out your chipboard package, I just need to know where to send it, so will you please send me an email with your info to: adesigngirl@gmail.com

Happy New Year Everyone!
Michele
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Guess who's the Graphic Designer behind Blue Fern Studios…

It’s me! 

 

In case you haven’t heard, there’s a new papercraft company in town, and it’s called Blue Fern Studios. I am proud to announce that I am the Principal Graphic Designer for Blue Fern!  We’ve started with chipboard designs and will be offering a paper line soon. Other products are also in the works.  Blue Fern Studios is a wholesale company, so you will need to look for products at your favorite scrapbooking store. But there are some giveaways happening so you can get your hands on some of the fantastic chipboard by participating (see info below).

You may have wondered why my blog has not had very many posts the past few months, now you know why! I’ve been drawing chipboard designs on my trusty Mac late into the night. My goal has been to create unique, beautiful designs, and some fun stuff too.

I know you will appreciate the attention to detail I’ve given these designs. If your favorite scrapbooking vendor doesn’t carry Blue Fern Studios products yet, please ask them to!

Favorite Chipboard Giveaway!

Check out our website store at www.bluefernstudios.com/store/, and let me know what your favorite designs are. Follow my blog and comment on this post (below) by Sunday, January 6th.  I will  randomly draw one winner on January 7th. One lucky winner will get a prize of some of my favorite chipboard designs (seen below):

 

Get two chances to win!

1. For your first chance to win, go to www.bluefernstudios.com/store/  and look at the chipboard designs, then tell me here on my blog what your favorite designs are.  Follow my blog and comment on this post (below) by Sunday, January 6th.

2. For a second chance to win, share this giveaway post (link back here) on your blog. Post below that you’ve done so.

Thanks for stopping by and best of luck to those who enter!

Michele

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December sketch for Cést Magnifique

Hi Everyone,
Here's my sketch for the Cést Magnifique December kit! I hope you make some fantastic creations with this sketch.  You can check out the contents of the December kit here; a preview is below. There are some neat goodies in this kit!

Enjoy!
Michele  ;-)

Feeling sketchy!

Hi Everyone, here's a fresh sketch, enjoy!

Michele ;-)

Blog hop winner!

Thank You!
First of all, I would like to sincerely thank all of you who stopped by my blog, left comments and followed me. It's so exciting to have such sweet and talented artists following my blog. I hope you will all enjoy using my sketches, and maybe even be inspired by some of my layouts. I have nearly 70 new followers thanks to the Cést Magnifique blog hop event! 

Selecting a winner…
After taking out two duplicate posts, I had 82 total posts. Using Random.org, a random number was generated between 1 and 82. Number 74 came up, and yep, she's a follower!   

She's an Aussie, her name is Jullene Karl and her blog is studiojullene.blogspot.com. 
Congratulations Jullene, you've won a $30 gift certificate to Cést Magnifique!  
(Jullene, I'll need your email address to hook you up with Cést Magnifique.)

Thanks again to everyone who participated in the blog hop!

Michele ;-)

Cést Magnifique Kits 1st Anniversary Blog Hop!

Hi everyone and welcome to the Cést Magnifique Kits Blog Hop!

If you've arrived here from Joyce Lawrence's blog, then you're right on track! If not, head back to the beginning of the hop HERE at the Cést Magnifique Kits blog! Along the way there will be plenty of inspiration as the design team shares with you their projects created with the amazing November kit. There will also be prizes from four manufacturers, and prizes from Cést Magnifique Kits AND their design team! Lots and lots of goodies to be won!

This month I have the pleasure of designing my very first sketch for Cést Magnifique.
Here it is (I hope you love it!):

Below is the November Cést Magnifique kit, which features the 7 Dots Studio: Domestic Goddess paper line, designed by Anna Dąbrowska (Finnabair)—of which I am a huge fan!  I based my sketch (above) on the items that are included in this kit.

 

follow, comment, and you are entered for a chance to
WIN a $30 gift certificate!
I'm giving away a $30 gift certificate to the Cést Magnifique Kits store, simply follow my blog and leave a comment to this post to be eligible. One winner will be randomly drawn.

 
It’s time to get started! Here’s what you need to do:
1. Visit each blog along the Blog Hop
2. Leave a comment on each blog (and become a follower, if required)
3. End the blog hop back at the Cést Magnifque Kits Blog, and leave a comment

You have until midnight (US EST) on Monday, October 29 to complete the Blog Hop.

Your next stop along the Hop is at the Manor House Creations blog

Good luck and have fun!
Michele ;-)

Sassy Sketch Sunday

Hi scrappy friends, here's a new sketch…
enjoy!

Michele ;-)

Sketchy Monday

New sketch, enjoy!

Michele ;-)

Sunny

Here's my page for CSI's case file no. 36 using this weeks fab sketch from Once Upon a sketch. I usually scrap digitally, but this time I got messy and had some fun with traditional materials.

Evidence: Use letters, leaves, misting, tone on tone, scattered elements, curved shapes.

Testimony: Journal in the form of a letter: A pull-out tag on the right side has a little letter for my journaling, it says:
May, 2004, Dear Charlotte, How you make me smile with that sunshine-happy face of yours. Do you know what joy you've brought into my life? You make me happier than I've ever been. You charm everyone with that cute face of yours. What a joyful, sweet and fun baby you are. Love, Mommy 

 

Here's the case file:

Join the fun all September log and CSI where we are playing with case files and sketches from Once Upon a Sketch!

…And be sure to pick up the coordinated printables I designed for this case file:

 
Thanks for looking!

Sketchy Saturday

Happy Saturday, enjoy!

Michele ;-)

Case file No. 34

I hope all of you will take a look at CSI case file number 34, it's fantastic!
Here's the file:

Sometimes you just want to scrap something pretty, and this case file was perfect for that.

Here's my layout: "Still"

Here's the kiddo caught after a crazy jumping on the bed session. She can never sit still for me, but I managed to get this photo.

Evidence: birds, stripes, ribbon
Testimony: use inspiration word relax as a jumping off point

Journaling says:
Captured: delightfully still for just a second after jumping like a monkey on the bed.

Stuff: Rhonna Farrer Kiss Me collection, digital stamps, plus lots of CU stuff, Splendid Finns bakers twine, case file coordinates. Everything altered, grunged up, recolored, twisted and turned.

If you'd like to play this week and need a jumping off point, be sure to check out the coordinates I designed to go with the case file, here's the preview:

Free to download for CSI members! You can get them at the bottom of this post (click here).

Thanks for looking!

Sketchy Thursday!

Hi fellow scrappers. I had a request for a sketch with an angel and a zipper pull, so here it is!
Enjoy!

Michele ;-)

Sneak!

Here's a peek at the case file to be revealed tomorrow over at CSI:

Be sure to check out the case file, and the printable coordinates that I've designed for it. They are free to download for any member.

Michele  ;-)

Sketchy Wednesday!

Sometimes you just need a little something to get you through the week, enjoy!

Michele

sneak!

Here's a sneaky peek at the case file to be revealed this Friday over at CSI:

Be sure to check out the case file, and the printable coordinates that I've designed for it. They are free to download for any member.

Michele  ;-)

Sketchy Sunday

Enjoy!

The Color Room #123

I couldn't resist the color palette for the color room this week! If you are familiar with Anna Dabrowska's work, then you will see some influences here. I was lucky enough to spend an entire day learning her techniques in a class a few weeks ago. What an amazing artist she is.


Here's the palette:

Here's my layout: Elegant at Three

 

Stuff:
Studio Rosey Posey, now and then and kindred spirits kits
some handmade stuff, a couple Jenni Bowlin buttons, one Prima charm.

Thanks for looking!

Fresh Sketch Friday!

Happy Friday, enjoy! 
—Michele

Two more sketches

 

Posting a couple more sketches, enjoy!

More sketches!

 

Here are more sketches to work with. I hope these inspire you to create something fantastic!  I’d love to see what you do, so please post a link to your blog so I can visit and say “hi.”  

Enjoy!

Getting Sketchy

I am a creative director/graphic designer for a media company, and I’ve been at it for a long time. I am so fortunate to be able to do what I love for a living.  I also love paper crafting.  Combining both my loves of paper crafting and my vocation, allows me to scrap digitally, design printable scrapbooking elements (coordinates) for CSI, and much more.

So why am I telling you all of this?

Well, here’s the question of the day:

Do you like to work with sketches? My scrappy-pal Joyce likes to start with a sketch. She was looking for some fresh designs, and I told her I would make some for her. So I did; and I’m going to share them with you, too!  Joyce has a romantic, shabby, mixed-media style. She’s an advanced scrapper and true artist that is always experimenting with the latest techniques. I wanted to make sketches that would work well with her style and this made for a fantastic challenge that I thoroughly enjoyed. I’m hooked on making these now, so be on the lookout for sketches here on my blog. Below are a few of my favorites so far. Enjoy!

 

Michele ;-)