Merry Christmas Suzanne!

 This post is dedicated to our 

fearless,

fabulous 

fantastic and 

fun

 "Boss Lady" Suzanne Dean!   

            Merry  Christmas  Suzanne! 

I know I said this before... but it bears  saying again and again!  

For those of you who may not know Suzanne,  she  created a wonderful on-line classroom for learning to use Copic Markers.  The link can be found at Color Me Creative Classroom The classroom quickly expanded to Cricut, Distress Inks, Prisma Pencils and Magnolia Images. Suzanne has 5 classes on Copic Alcohol Ink Markers that include  detailed video's with PDF files that include: 

Class I :  Wonderful "Must Have" Resources, Colorless blender, Highlights, Shading, Skin Tones, HairClothing and various  Color Combos

Class 2: Shadowing Images and Grounding images, Using the Colorless Blender, Light and Shodows (where to begin), Basic Shading and Highlighting, Coloring White and Black, More combos, Feathering Technique, Coloring Wood Tones and Coloring Hair and appropriate shading, Creating New Colors with Two Markers and Using the Multi-liner

Class 3:  Advanced Shading and Highlighting/Contrasts, Flicking Method of Blending, Landscapes, Reds/Dark blues/ and Browns, Metallic Tones, "T" Copics, Fur and Texutes, Spica pends, Products that enhance Copics, Copic Distress Ink Effect, and Pastels 

Class 4: Large Background areas, Flowers, vintage, Sheer Items,

Airbrushing, Refills to Create Backgrounds, Fabric and other cool tricks and tips.

Class 5:  Layering Copics, copper, Patina, Terracotta,  Rust, Tie Die, Hispanic Skin Tones,  Hispanic Hair,  Hot Pink, Animal Prints, Birds/Wings, More about Folds, Hair (Advanced) and Fur.  

All About Hair:  Covers a total of 14 videos): Dread-locks, Large big hair, boy's hair, braids & ponytails, super curly hair wavy hair, black hair, ethnic hair, all hair colors and tones, hair w/o lines, spiky fun hair and more.  

This list doesn't include everything...  but .....Where to begin???   At the beginning!   Every  class is jam packed full of learning opportunities!     This wonderful classroom can be found at:

Color Me Creative Classroom

I started taking Suzanne's classes 2 and a half ago and I have learned so much!   I never had a Copic Alcohol Ink Marker in my hand before...  and Suzanne was patient and helpful EVERY STEP OF THE WAY! I am proud to be a Senior Design Team member for Color Me Creative .  We have a fun group of wonderfully talented women in our group and have a great time with our challenges.  Each challenge provides the opportunity to put those wonderful Copic skills to use! 

I also had an opportunity to take a class from her in person at On the Road Classes  I quickly discovered that not only is she a fearless, fabulous, fantastic, fun, first-rate and far-out instructor, but she is an absolutely super wonderful person and a loyal friend!

Thank you Suzanne for all you do 

and

 all you ARE! 

This is my card I created for you Suzanne. 
 The image if called Copica from Saturated Canary.  

I used the following Copic Markers: 

Clothing/Shoes: G28,YG63, G40, C3, C01

Gift Bag:  R58, R38, R35, R32, R30

Skin Tones: E11, E00, E000

Hair: C7, C5, C3, C1

Background: B000, B00, BG10, White chalk/W3, W1, W0

I created my  background layer with Various Inks including G28, G40, B12 and R35. 

Colorless Alcohol Blender and Gold Leaf pen.  

I quilled some red and white flowers for embellishment.  

Suzanne has a big, big love for zebras!!   All my teemies are creating zeebie designs in their card.    I have always been a little different and my zeebie design turned out to be a  LEOPARD design!  LOL.   Guess I should go back to class 5 and  take a remedial on creating zeebie designs :D   Anyway,  I just want to say "Thanks" Suzanne for all you have done! :D   

 We hope you enjoy the hop and remember, the Holiday Bash at CMC is under way and you don't want to miss our on all the fun excitement and awesome prizes so be sure to stop in and enjoy the holiday spirit with us all.  You can find all the information you need HERE.

Suzanne, you are now invited to go to the following blogs  for more Holiday Love!
Your next stop is: Michele Speara

Enjoy the hop... here's a list of participants to help you get started:

Tina Gilliland 

Anary Baumgarth

Andrea Murdock

Brook Guinn

Jenn Cochran

Marie Gamber (You are here) :D 

Michele Speara

Patricia St. Martin

Shelby Goolsby

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

• Make It Monday - 
• Everybody Art Challenge 
• Through the Craftroom Door - 

Thanks for stopping by today and have a great Wednesday!!!

Happy Holidays!

Love and Hugs,

Marie,  
Color Me Creative Senior Design Team

(and faithful follower)