Inspiration Wednesday - Week 18

Woo Hoo! A collage week.

When I started these classes with Donna I never thought I'd be saying that.  But, I do love pages with texture and these have lots.  This time I used super heavy gesso.  I also got to go through my junk box for trinkets to smash into the gesso.

After slathering the super heavy gesso on the pages I finally got to use that chipboard I've been saving for I don't know how long.  After the pages dried, which took about 24 hours I made a Burnt Umber glaze and painted both pages.  After about a minute  I wiped the glaze off. I love the way the glaze stuck in the nooks and crannies on the pages.  These pages are one of my favorites so far this year.

Inspiration Wednesday - Week 17

I'm still catching up on my blog posts for August. For this project our mission was to create a picture using pieces of washi tape.  It was like Donna knew we all had a box of the stuff that wasn't getting used.

I got my inspiration from some of the flowers I created in Donna's Abstract Flowers class.  The pages were way more fun to complete than I thought they would be.  Once I got started I couldn't wait to get it done.

Inspiration Wednesday - Week 16

I'm playing catch up this weekend with my blog posts and my art.  Finally got to do lesson 16 from Donna.  I wasn't so sure about these pages when I started since I totally skipped trying the bubble technique. I loved using both the positive and negative of my stencils, and just kept adding layers until they became something I liked. The negative flower is my favorite.

Tim Holtz Tags of 2016 - August

Every year my goal is make the time, no matter how busy I am, to complete my "Tim Tag".  August was one of those busy months, but I did manage to get my tag done.  I would have liked to have had more time to devote to this one, but part of my challenge is to accept that all tags are not created equal, and I'll like some more than others.  Hope you enjoy.

Thanks Tim! I'm looking forward to September.

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