Mixed Media Monday: Autumn

Welcome to Autumn or Fall!  It is Mixed Media Monday here at the All That Stickles blog, with me, Ann, from the Design Team.  The weekend marked the official beginning of my favourite season: Fall. The ongoing theme at our Linky Party is Fall and Harvest.  For some inspiration I made this in my Art Journal:

This is the view we have in our back yard every Fall, no joke!   There is quite a bit of wild life  in the little woods including foxes, wild turkey, sometimes deer, hares, and all the other little woodland creatures you can imagine.  This page is a combination of digital photography shot with my Fuji camera,  stamps (rubber and clear) inks, pastels, crayons and stickles in Parika, Lime Green, Yellow, Distress: Scattered Straw, Vintage Photo, and Spiced Marmalade. I also used Ranger's Jet Black Archival ink for the stamping.

 Here is a closer view of some of the areas with stickles, it is very difficult to show the sparkly goodness on screen.

Thanks for stopping by and please check out my blog: Annmakes for the rest of the materials I used to make this, and other fun things!  :)

Tips & Techniques Tuesday: Fall colours?

Hi, it's Ann from the Design Team, and today I bring you a little tutorial on using Stickles for your fall projects.  Thinking of this project I pondered what are Fall colours?  Since I live in an area of the world that is drastically defined by changes in the seasons year round I assume the colours in the nature that surround me are "THE " Fall colours. Those are the browns, burgundies, golden hues of orange and red,  the dark rich yellows and the greens in various shades and deep tones.  But if you live somewhere else that does not have these dramatic changes in the seasons or live in a very urban area, perhaps your views are different!  So my second group of Fall colours is inspired by what often happens at this time of year on this side of the hemisphere, which is back to school. Back to school for me means primary colours: Red, Blue, Green, and Yellow.  Just like the crayons in a box.

The tag above was made with :

Stickles in Spiced Marmalade, Paprika, Frayed Burlap, Fired Brick, Scattered Straw, Vintage Photo, Patina, and Midnight Blue.

Distress Inks (also by Ranger): Peacock Feathers, Shaded Lilac, Tumbled Glass, and Aged Mahogany.

The second tag was made with;

Stickles in Yellow, true Blue, Burgundy, and Green.

Distress Inks (Ranger): Barn Door Red, Stormy sky, Milled Lavender, and Broken China.

Stamps used:  "Whimsical Moon and Stars"  Get Inky! Stamps by Blue Moon Creation

I hope that you enjoyed my take on Fall and Stickles.  Thanks for stopping by, and please stop by my blog, Annmakes for other pictures and ideas.