CREATIVE CHEMISTRY 103 - DAY 5

I love alcohol inks, can you tell?

So today's class was super exciting for me. Having said that, I did have a couple of failures. I just couldn't get my stamped resist to work at all. That technique is to die for so its something I will keep practising until I get it right.

I made a couple of Yupo backgrounds and used a stencil over each of them.

Bit gorgeous eh?

So my challenge technique incorporated the above background plus alcohol ink painting. However, I decided to stamp my images on ordinary card and cut them out. A bit of a task but worth it. I now have another family birthday card made.

CREATIVE CHEMISTRY 103 - DAY 4

This class was long awaited. I finally got to learn the full magic of Distress Crayons. A little secret too - more are about to be released, yippee!

For my card today I had a go at distress crayon textured resist. The idea was to use cogs for my background and then add some 'found' embellishments that my step son finds for me to use in mixed media projects. It's his birthday next month so I felt using some here was appropriate. The #46 relates to Valentino Rossi the GP bike super hero and as my step son has always ridden a bike, this was appropriate too.

CREATIVE CHEMISTRY 103 - DAY 3

I enjoyed today's classes, but then, I've enjoyed days 1 and 2 also. It was a struggle to put my sewing machine away last Sunday and ready myself for these classes, but to be honest, I will struggle to put all my crafty stash away to sew again after the things I'm learning this week. Tim has awakened my love of inkyness and thinking outside the box once more. 

On with picking a technique from today and creating something using it. I decided on trying texture paste embossing plus a bit of distress marker spritzed watercolour from yesterday.

 Another card to add to the 6 I need to make.

 I wish you could sniff this card because the embossing powder is scented. Lovely. 

Today will be really exciting because Tim is showing us all the magic we can achieve with distress crayons. Cannot wait.

CREATIVE CHEMISTRY 103 - DAY 2

I chose one of the techniques from Day 2 and used it to make a colourful background for a birthday card.

This really really was so much fun. 

There is a good chance the person who is to receive this card will see it beforehand so I apologise for that, but this online class is giving me ideas for all the greetings cards I need to make for the next few weeks. Thanks to Tim for getting my creative juices flowing once more.

CREATIVE CHEMISTRY 103 - DAY 1

Tim Holtz began the third online workshop in his Creative Chemistry series today. You have to have completed both parts 1 and 2 to be able to take part. Having done that each time they were released, I just had to complete part 3.

Today I decided to make a card using a technique that Tim has named ' Distress Off-Set Stamping'.

For obvious reasons, I am not telling you what that means or how to achieve it, but will show the little card I've made instead.

These next few days are going to be such fun.