Creative Chemistry Days 2

So far Tim is not disappointing me with his first online class.  The videos are very informative with somed great PDFs to print off and save for the future.  He has put a lot of time into making creative how to tags to glue to the back of your tags that you creative that you can save for a reference. 

Day two started off with a bang showing us some great technique that he has shared on his blog several times as well the explaination as to why it works the way it does. My favorite technique of the day was the waterbrush technique. This is a technique I have tried in the past and not really mastered or enjoyed but after several tries, I mastered the skill to a level I was satisfied with. 

Check out the tags I've made so far and the card with my waterbrush technique.  Now, I know most people think of flowers and wild life when you think of waterbrush--I know I do. But when I was looking for a stamp to do this project, I saw the old jalopy and the first thing I thought of  the old show The Waltons. I remember wathcing it as a kid and the fading in and out when it started was a very waterbrush sort of thing so I used my jalopy stamp.  So I made a quick card for a project to put on Day 2 forum--now off to catch up on Day 3's forum.

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Tara

Ah Ha Moment

Well today was day one or maybe day 2 depending on how you look at it of Tim Holtz's first ever online class.  There has been much anticipation to this--that is at least on my part.  I have had the distinct pleasure of taking several classes from him but I always learn something new from each section and feed off of his enthusiasm--this class has already provided more than I expected.  I have been super excited because the class is called Creative Chemistry and I am a science geek by profession and today was just what I needed--it gave some background to what the properties of the mediums we use and how and why they work.  Thanks Tim for clarifying why and when I try things it just doesn't work. 

What made todays lessons so funny was just last night I was talking with my BFF Angie about covering some Art Parts with picket fence Distress Stain to get a shabby chic look.  And I told her that I preferred covering them with snow cap Adirondack Pigments Inks its-- I don't know "milky."  Who knew I would learn why it was different when I got home from work this morning.  I tested out the difference this evening.  Its not a huge difference but its different. The ATC on the right is covered with Snow Cap white and Rusty Hinge Distress Ink and the ATC on the left is covered with Picket Fence Distress Stain and Rusty Hinge Distress Ink.  Check it out.  And check out Tims class its not too late to enroll, you won't be sorry.

Tim Holtz Creative Chemistry

Where is your Vagabond??

You need to run over to the Sizzix Blog and check out what Tammy Tutorial is doing this week.  She is doing a great contest that asks where is your Vagabond.  Now I love where she took her picture.  She is a Missouri girl as am I so she has her Vag in front of the Arch, which I have never been up in because everytime we visit it is too windy to go up in the top. Oh well, maybe someday.  So I decided to take my Vagabond on a little excusion around Columbia to some of the hot spots.  In front of the pillars at Jesse Hall on Mizzou campus, only the best pizza place this side of the Arch-- Shakespeares, and of course I included my office.  And the photo I am going to download, is a photo of my Vagabond one of the local Starbucks--of course after the supreme creator--Tim himself and his quad Espresso.

So check out the Sizzix blog and wish me luck because I sure do want those stickers and gauge keys.

Thanks for stopping by!!

Tara

Sewing Room Tag

This week you need to check out the lovely Linda Ledbetters Grundy Monday weekly challenge.  It takes you all the way back to Tim's Christmas Tag 2 from 2007.  I find this extremely exciting because I didn't even know who Tim Holtz was much less what this crazy craft I was getting myself in back then so I definately was not playing along like I am now.  I had my nose in a book focusing on passing my state boards to get my license to become a pharmacist. Check out how Tim created his tag way back in the day here:

Tim Holtz Tag 2 2007

Now I wanted to use my dress form stamp set but when I used all the smaller stamps with the paint dabber-- they were a little too detailed to work.  So what to do?? What to do??? I remembered Tim has blogged about creating your own stamps using craft foam and your Sizzix die cuts.  I used my Vagabond to cut some craft foam to get a custom stamp of a spool of thread which I stamped all over the tag with white paint.  I then used mustard seed and peeled paint distress paint on my craft sheet with water to get a great blend of color on my tag.  I wiped the ink off  white ink to expose the stamped areas.  I stamped my dress form with sepia archival ink.  I took some vintage lace and sprayed it with lettuce color wash and tied it at the top of the tag.  Lastly, I added some vintage sewing embellishments. 

Now go and check out Linda's work of art here.

Grundy Monday Challenge


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Tara

I Dream of Jeannie

This week when I saw the Simon Says Challenge I immediately thought of a Genie in a Bottle and who was the most famous Genie but Barbara Eden.  Well??? Maybe Alladin!!!  It depends on what era you were brought up in.  I was raised in the early 80s and loved watching old re-runs after school and I Dream of Jeannie was a favorite.  So this weeks Bottle It challenge is a tribute to Barbara Eden.  I used Wendy Vecchi's Crackle techique to cover the bottle with Dusty Concord stain.  I covered some Ranger Metal Foil with alcohol inks and cut them with different punches to get the top and bottom embellishments that I wanted--this was easier said than done.  The foil is so thin it doesn't work well with punches --it much easier with my Vagabond and a die cut but I didn't have anything that suited my fancy for this product.  But after many takes I finally got it done.  Hope you like my Genie bottle.  If you want to check out Simons challenge this week check it out here.
Simon Says Bottle It Challenge
                                                  
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Tara