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How can it be November already??

Posted by DeAnna

Wow. I guess I needed a break! The end of September was busy trying to get classes prepped and then October was a gong show. Rob was away for ten days in Mexico for the Pan American Games umpiring baseball. He’s gone again for five days to LA for an umpire camp. The season of never-ending baseball… I did manage to get a few crafty things done in October. I’ve been wanting to make my own wreath for fall using fall colors and die cutting leaves. I finally did it. Here’s an “almost” finished photo. I added some feathers after I took this photo.

I used the Spellbinders Three Leaves die set and then spritzed them with a water/perfect pearls mix and crumpled them all up. Once they were dry I inked them with various Distress Inks around the edges and on the creases to give them extra depth and texture. I used some letter stickers for the banner as a mask and inked it with greens, oranges, reds and walnut stain for the edges. Then I took off the letter stickers and spritzed with water/perfect pearls. I love the way it turned out, it’s stunning in real life. I made an extra banner using some letter stickers from Echo Park saying “All Hallows Eve” and some die cuts which I can slip right over top of the hello fall banner and remove after halloween.

I also attended my Intermediate Copic Certification in Langley and I am so glad I took it. I learned so much about light and shadows, shading and even hair – it was so worth the long day and the extra money! Here are some of the projects we worked on:

(Note: All drawings by Marianne Walker). All these photos were taken with my iPhone too. Not bad, eh?

I also bought the Penny Black Little Elf Finn stamp and I couldn’t wait to pair it up with some kraft cardstock and my Copics and this is what I came up with:

I used my Marvy La Plume Opaque White marker using flicking motions to color in the fur and it gives it so much texture I LOVE it! I used some MME Lost and Found Christmas paper from the 6×6 pad for the ornament and a gold glitter gel pen from my stash for the top of the ornament and the bells on her feet, and some glossy accents on the holly berries and leaf. That one is definitely getting a die cut frame and going onto a card. Someone special will get this one for sure ;D

That’s about it for right now, but I will try to start posting more regularly again. Got a couple projects coming up that I’ve been thinking about and working on and Christmas cards are percolating in the back of my brain so I can get started on them. Christmas is going to be here before I know it…

Oh, and here’s a quick product list. I’ll try to add one of these to each post when possible. Not all items I used are listed. For example, I couldn’t find the Marvy Le Plume Pigment Opaque Ink in White on any of the usual web stores (Two Peas, Simon Says Stamp, Ellen Hutson, etc.). Instead you can use Copic Opaque White with a toothpick or fine brush tip…

Peeled Paint Distress Ink	Fired Brick Distress Ink	Spellbinders Fall Leaves	Spellbinders Nested Maple Leaves	Copic Sketch Markers	MME Lost & Found Christmas 6×6 Pad
Wild Honey Distress Ink	Rusty Hinge Distress Ink