Fall Harvest Banner

To add to my Fall and Halloween home decorations I wanted to make the Harvest Banner that was pictured in the Autumn/Winter Idea Book 2012 for CTMH.

In making this banner I used some of the new Alcohol markers from CTMH. I colored the leaves with the markers. They work so smoothly when coloring in a stamped image. The markers come in a two pack.  One maker is the base color and the second marker will be a lighter or darker shade of the base color. You get some built in shading right away using both markers. Before using the markers I stamped all the images in Cocoa Pigment ink. Using Pigment ink is the only ink that will not run when coloring with the markers. Although you because Pigment ink takes a while to dry you either need to use a heat gun to dry the image or let it air dry before coloring.

To cut the banner pieces, letters and the decorative strips on the banner I used the Artiste Cartridge and the following images.

1. 1.Banners-Kraft CS  E7 + Accent 1 @4" you need 14 of these.
2. Zigzag strips- Cranberry CS and Sunset CS--E5 +Accent 2 @ 1 1/4" Cut 4 of each color
3. Letters- all 2" with Colonial White CS
4.  H- C6 + Shift
5.  A- C1 + Shift
6. R- 4 B4 + Shift
7.  V- D4 + Shift
8.  E- B3 + Shift
9.  S- C2 + Shift
10.  T- B5 + Shift

Supplies:

1. C1504 Fall Harvest stamp set
2. Colonial White CS, Cranberry CS, Sunset CS, Kraft CS
3. Cocoa ink
4. Alcohol Marker sets in Autumn Terracotta, Honey, Cranberry markers, Barn Red , Desert Sand
5. Cocoa Re-inker
6. Burlap Ribbon
7. Hemp
8. Mini Medley Antique Gold
9. Spray Pen
10. Cricut Artiste 
11. Basics Mini Pigment ink set

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Countdown To Halloween

Today to start the month of October I have a Countdown to Halloween project. It was made by using two 3 x 3 chipboard blocks for the base. Again I used the Moonlight paper pack to decorate each block. Add a few Halloween brads,Glitter, Chipboard numbers, stamping, embossing and voila finished cubes to Countdown to Halloween.

I took a few pictures of the different sides of each block. You just turn the blocks each day to reflect the number of days until Halloween remains.

 Try making a set of your own. They were lot's of fun and can be decorated in so many ways.

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