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Lifebook 2013 Willowing Week 40 with Rachelle Panagerry

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Playing Catch-up on my Lifebook lessons.  October is hectic for me with sewing costumes and all so my art usually gets put on the back burner.   Week 40 lesson was about keeping somethings inside of you..... and that's, OK :-) I fully intend to add things to the inside of the hands that I keep inside.  

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Willowing Lifebook 2013 Lesson Week 41: Celebrating Earth with Printmaking

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The focus of this piece was printmaking. First, I used lino and chisel to carve my leaves.  It's very simple to make your own stamps :-) Next, I used my Gelli Plate to create mono prints with acrylic paints on deli paper in fall colors. After that, I used matte medium to glue down my mono prints onto my piece of mixed media art paper. Then, I used black acrylic paint (because my stazon ink pad ran out) to stamp random leaves along most of the border of my piece. After drying a bit, I used my Luminart shimmering watercolors to add a little sparkly fall color (persimmon, alfalfa, and autumn butternut) around the page and leaves. Next, I used my black china marker to create a border around the page. Then, having found a suitable poem about fall, I printed it out on regular printer paper and used matte medium to attach it to my page. Finishing touches:  Ok, so I can't just leave it without a little bling ;-) so I added a little embellishm

October Artist Trading Cards

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October is one of my favorite months... I love fall.... I love Halloween.... I love the crisp air.... Every month, I try to participate in the ATC swap at www.willowing.ning.com This month's theme was "Orange" or "Halloween", so I combined both.  These were very simple ATC's but I thought that they turned out cute.  I did not have a ton of time as October is also costume season for me.  I create and sell pirate costumes on ETSY! https://www.etsy.com/shop/MessyJessyCreates