October inspiraiton with video process by Annie Samson

Hi Blue Fern Studios fans, 

I am very happy to share 2 layouts with you today.

One made with the Vintage Christmas collection and the second with the Homespun collection.

Wonder

For my first layout, I have used the Auld Lang Syne from the Vintage Christmas collection.

I have used a litle bit of brown ink on my backgroud.

Than to add dimention I have randomly add stamp with Jiggle bells and Holliday Wreath stamps sets.

I have used some pieces of the coordinated chipboards and some pieces of Turkis Bites embossed with Forest embossing powder under my picture.

Than I have used Sea Mist to embossed my Dangled Flake chipbaord and add it on top of my picture.

Than I have added beaudiful Blue Fern Studio flowers.

To add more texture to my layout, I have used Mustard seebling on top of my ornements. 

Blue Fern Studio products used

Paper

Auld Lang Syne - Vintage Christmas collection

Chipboard

Dangled Flake

Vintage Christmas coordination chipboard

Wonder

Turkish bits

Embossing powder

Sea mist

Taupe

Forest

Stam set

Jiggle bells

Holliday Wreath

Flowers

Christmas blooms

Garden blooms

Homespun blooms

Seedling

Mustard

Adorable

For this layout, I have used the Minis from Homespun collection as my background paper, than I have used pieces from several paper from the same collection to make my composition; Hospitality and Tea Time.

Than I have used pieces from the coordinated chipboards to create my focal point.

I have added the Dream Catcher chipboard embossed with Magenta and Buble Gum embossing powder under my picture.

Than I have added severals Blue Fern Studios flowers and the Berry Stems embossed with the Forest embossing powder.

To add more texture to my layout, I have used Green leaf and Sweet peas seebling on top of my ornements. 

You can see my creative process here:

Blue Fern Studio products used

Paper

Minis from Homespun collection

Hospitality from Homespun collection

Tea time from Homespun collection

Chipabord

Homespun coordinated chipboard

Dream catcher

Berry Stems

Adorable

Embossing powder

Buble gum

Magenta

Forest

Flowers

Spring Peony

Waanderlust lilies

Seedling

Green leaf

Sweet peas

See you next month Blue Fern Studios Fans, 

Annie XX

Pretty as a Picture by Lisa Landry

Today I'm very happy and excited to show you the second layout I've created 

as the Blue Fern Studios October Fan of the Month.

 This is my beautiful Mom when she was just 18 years old in 1948.

I knew this lovely photo would be perfect for the breathtaking page named 

Picturesque in the Blue Fern Studios Homespun collection!  

My designs always coordinate around pretty paper, rather than covering it up.  

That's exactly what I've done here.  Not only is the gorgeous paper a stand out, 
but so are all of the embellishments!

Every one of my creations has special meaning for me in some way.  This one of course is my dear mother, but also I noticed that she's wearing a pearl necklace.  I rummaged through the costume/faux jewelry pieces of hers and found a pearl necklace.  Some snippets from it really add a little bit more of 'her' in this layout.

  

I was especially excited to see things about sewing in this gorgeous Homespun collection.

My mother could sew very well and often made dresses for me when I was a child. 

She later made many of them for my daughter too.

I fussy cut & edge inked some ornate scissors from the Crafty page. 

They fit nicely at the bottom of the 'frame'.

On the Calling Cards page were lots of choices too.  The 'Simple Sewing Cards' is adorable and a great corner fit.  Also, how perfect it is to use the word 'Homemade'.  A Homespun Bloom really dressed up these cute cards!

The photo is placed on cardboard for added dimension & then framed by a pretty floral piece that is found on the backside of the Picturesque page.  The beautiful Blue Fern chipboard piece, Royal Border, is heat embossed in Rusty Rose.  The entire piece was then lightly brushed with matte gel and heavily coated with Ruby Slippers glitter. I let this dry and set, then brushed off excess areas with my fingertip and a dry paint brush.  

Look how gorgeous it turned out.

I made two matching flower clusters for each side of the photo with the pretty Homespun Blooms.  Red Christmas berry picks were added to match the printed ones on the page.  

Blue Fern's beautiful flesh toned Lace 3 was the perfect size.

Blue Fern Products used:

Homespun paper - Picturesque, Calling Cards, Crafty 

Homespun Blooms 

Lace - Lace 3

Chipboard - Royal Border 

Imagine Ink Embossing Powder -  Rusty Rose

Imagine Ink Glitter - Ruby Slippers

Thank you so much for stopping by today.  I'm anxious to get started on next Wednesday's layout and I hope you'll be back to see it.  Have a great week everyone!

Lisa : )