Summer School Graduate

With the completion of Creative Chemistry 103 summer school is offically over.  Tim really kept us going in this class but it was so worth it.  Thank you Tim for another class packed with product information and techniques, and especially for the live chats.  

Here are a few of the techniques we learned since my last post.

Texture Paste Embossing

Distress Crayon Smudging 

Gesso Fresco

Layered Collage

Texture Paste Resist

Creative Chemistry 103 - Day 2

Day 2 of Tim's class just as intense as day 1.  It was all about layers. Layers of inks, stains, and paint while using stencils to achieve effects. I enjoyed all of the techniques in todays lesson. Here are my favorites.

Paint Resist

Paint Lifting

Luminous Mica

Stain Rub Resist

Last Class of the Summer

Tim Holtz's Creative Chemistry 103 started today. For the next 6 days Tim will be posting a new class every morning, and judging from today's lesson it's going to be a very busy week. Today's class included 5 new techniques here are my first 3.

Distress DIY Ombre 

Distress Highlight Stamping Technique

Distress Off-Set Stamping

Creative Chemistry 102

The month of July was filled with the techniques from Creative Chemistry 102.  Even though the class ran the whole month it was a challenge to complete the techniques and done on time.  The one thing I learned is that you do not want to get behind in a Tim Holtz class.  He makes these techniques look so easy. You watch and say to yourself that should take about 20 minutes.  Two hours and 3 tags later you have something that resembles Tim's. At that point you remember that life is not perfect, so why should your art be.

Here are just a few of the tags I completed, and trust me some of these are NOT my first attempt.
Enjoy while I get ready to move on to Creative Chemistry 103. Wish me luck...

Stencil Stamping

Embossing Through Stencils

Paint Monoprint

 Stencil Sketching

 Smudge Stamping

Mixed Media Layering

Inspiration Wednesday - Week 15

I love my Verday paints.  They make it so easy to achieve a patina finish on any material.  I've used mine on paper and metal and they both turned out better than I hoped. The hardest part about using these paints is waiting overnight for the reaction. You find yourself literally watching paint dry. These colors, by far, are my favorites.  I hope you enjoy them too.

Tim Holtz Tags of 2016 - July

The two techniques we remixed this month are Watercolor Resist and Layered Words. Both of these techniques are from our 2015 tags.  I enjoyed these techniques than and had a great time mixing them for this month because it's a Halloween theme.

After all it is my favorite holiday....

Inspiration Wednesday - Week 14

One of the things I'm loving about this years pages is that I've been getting to use all the "stuff" that I kept because someday I could use it.  I got to go though my ribbon stash for these pages, and I found ribbon I forgot I had.

I had a great time going through the box that holds my ribbon looking for the perfect ones to use, and even though my hands were covered in gel medium when I was done I was happy with how the pages turned out.