Our Christmas Blog Hop for Suzanne

 This post is dedicated to our 

fearless,

fabulous 

fantastic and 

fun

 "Boss Lady" Suzanne Dean!   

            Merry  Christmas  Suzanne! 

Hi everyone!!  It's almost Christmas and though we all have family and friends we enjoy spending time with at this time of the year, we also have family and friends that we don't see or visit with often enough but still mean just as much to us!  Color Me Creative Challenge Design Team wanted to take a moment to send a big HUG and a special thanks to our fearless leader, Suzanne Dean.

I know I have said this before

But I will say it again! :D   

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 Distress Inks, Prisma Pencils and Magnolia Images and Creative Backgrounds. 

Some of the fabulous classes Suzanne teaches are:  

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 my journey 3 years ago  when I found Suzanne's wonderful classroom  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  and have a great time with our challenges.  Each challenge provides the opportunity to put those wonderful new  skills to use! 

Thank you Suzanne for all you do 

and

 all you ARE! 

This is my card I created - Just For YOU! 

I hope you like it!   

   Our cards are posted here so we can share the fun with you 

and 

then they will "wing" their way to her home!

So here's to you, Suzanne... we love you, your crazy ways and think you are just like family to  each and every one of us.   We love you, Suzanne and you are our inspiration! :D 

And now...head on over to Michelle Spera and enjoy the awesome project she is sharing with Suzanne.  If you entered our Hop in the middle, you can start at the top of our list and work your way through the wonderful inspirational blogs!    Happy Hopping...

Thanks for stopping by and sharing our little Blog Hop with us.    We hope you  have a Very Merry Christmas and that you  are enjoying your memories and treasured times with  family and friends!

Tina Gilliland

Linda Payne

Patricia St. Martin

Christine Riley

Julie Price

Marie Gamber

Michelle Spera

Kim DeRuosi

Shelby Goolsby

Jenn Cochran

Karen Gauthier

We love you, Suzanne 

and thank you for another fabulous year 

with the CMC DT "family"!!

I am linking this card with the following amazing challenges

• Make It Monday - Anything goes
• Scrapbook Stamp Society - Anything Goes - Optional (Christmas)
• Challenges 4 Everyone - Anything Goes
• Scribble & Scrap - Anything Goes

HAPPY HOLIDAYS EVERYONE!!!!
Hugs, 
Marie