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Things on Thursday

04 Thursday Oct 2012

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Aussie Scrap Source, Hero Arts, Jennifer McGuire, Julie Fei-Fan Balzer, Paperie, Ranger, Shari Carroll, The Collins Rep Group

1. As you’re reading this I”m flying to Orlando! Yay! I’m headed off for four days of classes and workshop with the best in the industry at the Collins Rep show. I’m excited – the show in Houston last year was fabulous so I know what to anticipate this year and it makes me even more eager to be there!

2. Aussie Scrap Source has a great tutorial on altering pictures with paint. I definitely have to try out the first technique, the sample looks amazing!

credit: Aussie Scrap Source

3. I love this card by Shari Carroll. It looks fabulous and is so easy! I took a Hero Arts class from her in Houston last year and she and Jennifer McGuire were amazing! Unfortunately, neither are there this year but I’m sure the HA teachers will live up to my expectations!

credit: Shari Carroll

4. Julie Fei-Fan Balzer is up to her creative genius again! She has an awesome  tutorial on how to make your own vellum leaves – a must try!

5. There’s a few videos here on the new Ranger Metallic Distress Stains. I don’t think I need to tell you that I’m excited to be trying those this weekend with Tim Holtz! 🙂

credit: Ranger

I’ll be away from blog land until late next week but look for a full post then about the Collins Rep Show!

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Creative Chemistry 101

09 Monday Apr 2012

Posted by Sara in Classes, ScrapBook, Techniques, Uncategorized

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Jennifer McGuire, Online Card Classes, Tim Holtz

So I’ve raved about the online course I’m doing with Tim Holtz through Online Card Classes, and I’ve shown you a couple of tags that I’ve made. Today, I’m posting all the ones I’ve completed!

They’re all pretty standard, just the basic techniques, but now that I have this bunch, with recipes on the back, I can expand and make all sorts of fun stuff! I’ve already done a card for an upcoming class at The Paperie and made a birthday card, now I want to do some stuff on layouts. There are a couple of tags I haven’t been able to do yet, like the custom stamp pad, as I’m waiting for supplies to come in and can’t substitute for a few specific items. However, here’s what I have so far:

Day 2: Distress Ink

Blended Spritz & Flick/Brushless Watercolour/Wrinkle Free Distress

Day 3: Archival Ink

Alcohol Ink Agates/Archival Resist

Day 4: Re-inkers

Watercolouring with Re-inkers/Layered Misting

Day 5: Spray Inks & Stains

Stained Kraft Resist/Stamping with Stains/Marbled Stains

Day 6: Distress Markers (can’t wait for these to arrive at The Paperie!)

Picture will be here soon….I hope!

Day 7: Embossing (Regular and Distress)

Nostalgic Batik/Rusted Enamel/Distress Powder Resist

Day 8: Paint (Acrylic and Distress Crackle)

Dabber Resist/Crackle Paint Resist/Shattered Stains

Day 9: Perfect Pearls

Perfect Distress Mist/Perfect Distress/Perfect Distress Splatter

Day 10: Distress Stickles

Rock Candy Distress Stickles

Aren’t they cool? My faves are the Stamping with Stains, the Nostalgic Batik, and the Perfect Distress – love them!

This was truly one of the best classes (along with Jennifer McGuire’s Inspiration Showcase) I’ve ever taken – great techniques, lots to learn, and tons of info on the differences in inks, paints, and mediums.

Now, I just can’t wait to play some more! But first, I have to redo a class LO, make the May LO for the Yearlong class, and do a special project for The Paperie – maybe I’ll find a way to incorporate some of the new stuff!

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Creative Chemistry 101

28 Wednesday Mar 2012

Posted by Sara in Classes, ScrapBook, Techniques

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Alcohol ink, Creative Chemistry 101, Distress Ink, Hero Arts, Jennifer McGuire, Online Card Classes, Studio Calico, Tim Holtz

I’ve written here and I’ve tweeted about how much I am loving the Tim Holtz class – Creative Chemistry 101 through Online Card Classes. I’ve done quite a few online classes, and this may just be the best! Though, the Inspiration Showcase class with Jennifer McGuire is up there too. Let’s just call it a tie!

I’m having a blast learning about the chemistry behind paints, inks, stains, markers. And just hearing Tim talk about how he got started in the business, why he doesn’t clean stamps, how Distress Inks came to be, and more is worth the money, forget the other stuff!

Here are a few tags I’ve made – pretty basic, I really just wanted the technique on these, but I’ll also show you a card for an upcoming class that combines a couple of different techniques.

From left to right, top row:

Blended Spritz & Flick

Wrinkle-Free Distress

Layered Misting

Bottom row, left to right:

Stamping with Stains

Marbled Stains

I’ve tried a few other as well, but they’re not complete – I’m waiting on tags (black and kraft) and markers! And, before someone asks, the reason I’m waiting for those specific tags is that they are coated and so are a better surface to work on – I’ve tried office tags and they’re just no good!

My favourite is the Stamping with Stains tag – love the bright colours, the white stamping and the black images, which is why I use the white stamping technique on this card, along with the Alcohol Ink Agates technique:

This is just a prototype, but the techniques are very cool! The card class will be the end of April, we’ll make 3 cards, and this stamp set is included! Pretty awesome!

You can join the Creative Chemistry class anytime, the content is available forever, it’s fantastic even for those few scrapbookers who aren’t Tim fanatics, and Tim does a minimum of 2 videos a day – worth every penny and more! Go sign up! Now! You’ll thank me, I promise!

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