More Instagram Tim Holtz Demo

I have been posting on Instagram and Facebook but keep forgetting to post on my blog.  Here is what I have been up to the last few weeks following Tim Holtz on his Facebook Lives. 

This technique is called Stamp and Smudge.  Made a pretty Easter Card for my Mom.

This technique is called Eroded Metal.  Love how this one turned out.

This technique used a resist over the watercolor with microglaze.  

This is a Remanent Rub resist.  I said the happy on the rub reminded me of my dog Max.  So I added one of the cute dogs and his ball.  Max plays ball all day.  

Tim Holtz asked us to post our work (finished or unfinised) on Instagram with the hashtags #timholtz and #timholtzdemo.  He was handing out prizes randomly for people who did.  Much to my surprise I was picked for one of the prize packages (see below).  

I can't wait to ink up that Professor 2 Stamp set and play with the new stencil.

Happy Crafting!

Donna

Cards in Envy Blue and "Distressed"

Today the challenge on the Cards in Envy blog is for you to use Distress Inks and a lot of the color blue on your cards.  I decided this challenge made me think about blueprints.

I used the Tim Holtz Collage embossing folder on the blue cardstock and lightly applied white pigment ink to the raised areas.  The stamp was a Simon Says Stamp exclusive for Stamptember 2017 and I stamped it in Blueprint Sketch distress ink (of course!).  

Hop on over to the Cards in Envy blog and checkout the other blue and distress ink cards that the Design Team came up with.  Then link up your cards that are Blue and Distressed.  

Happy Crafting!

Donna

Merry Making Day 2

This card for the Online Card Classes Merry Making Class was about paint resist.  I used a metallic paint in the background.  I love the way the metallic acrylic paint shines through all the distress ink and the stamping.  So pretty!

I added a little snow pen to the top of the joy sentiment and some snow ornaments on the trees. 

Happy Crafting!

Donna

Cards in Envy Simple, Plain Card

The challenge on the Cards in Envy blog starts today and we are asking for simple, plain cards (Easy as 1, 2, 3).  That was a real challenge for me.

I did a stencil background (using distress ink and perfect pearls over the ink) and two die cuts.  That is as simple as I get (LOL)!  I really wanted to start working on Christmas Cards.  Yes, we have about 2 months before it is time to mail out Christmas Cards.  

Come check out what the rest of the design team did on the Cards in Envy blog.  Then link up your simple cards with us.

Happy Crafting!

Donna

Summer of Creative Chemistry Perfect Pearls

I finally had some time to play at Online Card Classes Summer of Creative Chemistry.  Here's two tags I made using Perfect Distress Technique on the left and Perfect Splatter technique on the right.

Happy Crafting!

Donna

Cards in Envy No Girls Allowed Challenge

It's time for another challenge over on the Cards in Envy blog.  This time we want to see your masculine cards.  Here's my card.

Tim Holtz stamps and dies to the rescue when a masculine card is needed.  This compass rose is a little tough to cut out because the points are not symmetrical.  I had to move the thinlits around to get them to match up and cut the right way.  DP is Stampin'Up.

Come check out what the other Design Team members did for their cards and then link up your masculine card on the Cards in  Envy blog!

Happy Crafting

Donna

CASE-ing Christmas Challenge 28

It's time for the August CASE-ing Christmas Challenge!  CASE-ing Christmas is now a MONTHLY challenge!  From this point on, The challenge will run from the 5th of each month at 6:00am CST until the last day of the month at 11:55pm CST.

Instead of seeing the DT cards all in one go, CASE-ing Christmas will be sharing them throughout the month.  My card will still be available to see starting on the 5th, though!  On the CASE-ing Christmas blog, just click the names on the hop list to see what each DT member has for you.

Each month, we will be celebrating CHRISTMAS on the 25th by doing a random giveaway to one lucky participant!  

We will have a variety of prizes to give out, but you MUST be linked up by the 23rd of each month in order to be entered into the drawing! :)

Here's the card for you to CASE (Copy and Share Everything) this month!

Original design by DT member Steph.

Here is my take on Steph's Card.

I flipped Steph's card and then got carried away with the Tim Holtz Holiday Joy set and a starry sky technique from Jennifer McGuire.  Star is a Memory Box die.  I know it is hard to see but the trees, deer, star and ground are all shimmer cardstock.  The stars are sprinkles of perfect pearl on Tim Holtz distressed ink background.

Come on over to the CASE-ing Christmas blog and see what the other DT members have for you and then join in for a chance to win a great prize.

Happy Crafting!

Donna

OWH Virtual Cardmaking Party Round 4

OWH is having a Virtual Card Making Party this weekend.  There are ten challenges and the linkys will stay open until Sunday September 8th.  So there is lots of time to play along. Challenge four is by Annette.  She asked us to make a love card using OWH sketch #29.

The DPs are some I won in another OWH challenge.  While I was making this it occurred to me that the large white rectangle is the exact size of an Artist's Trading Card (ATC).  The stamp is used is a Tim Holtz collage stamp designed for ATCs.  I just added the love stamp and heart from the Lovely Little Labels Stampin'Up! set.  It is late so I'll have to wait until tomorrow to do some more challenges.  Have a great evening.

Happy Crafting!

Donna  

Scrapfest at the Mall Of America

My dear Sister-in-Law talked me into going to Scrapfest at the Mall Of America this year.  She had attended last year and had so much fun she wanted to do it again.  I had an absolute ball!  It is a fantastic way for crafters to see vendors and learn about their products.  The have many booths with "make and takes" that are free (you must buy a Scrapfest badge to do the make and takes).  My absolute favorite booth was the Graphic 45 booth.  Each day of Scrapfest we made a different tag from their Lady's Diary line.  Here are the tags (each one measures 41/2 by 9 inches)

There were 27 booths and we hit each one of them at least once.  Many booths had different projects each day.  The Carta Bella and Echo Park booth did two projects a day!  Here is a sample of most of the make and takes I made.

We also attended two crops at the Archiver's store in Apple Valley MN.  The Friday night crop was sponsored by Maya Road and we made a darling card and got a goodie package of chipboard, a canvas mini album and a Vintage Embellishment Super Pack.  Maya Road has several grand prizes also but we didn't win.  On Saturday night the sponsor was Graphic 45.  We made a vintage card with real metal hinges and received a goodie pack that included Hampton Art stamps and a 12x12 pad of Graphic 45 Cirque paper.  I won one of the grand prizes that included an alphabet stamp set, Graphic 45 hardware, Little Darling Stamp sets and a Nutcracker 8x8 pad.  Plus the Archiver's store provided a goodie bag each night also.  I barely had enough suitcase room to cart all the goodies from Scrapfest home!

Last and best of all was the one hour and a half class with the Rock Star of crafting TIM HOLTZ!  (scream!)  He is one of the best instructors on video and even better in person.  The project taught us a lot of techniques.  After the class he was available for picture taking and autographing.  I had him autograph the top of my instruction sheet.  Here it is framed on my wall in my craft room next to my completed project.

 We enjoyed talking to women from all over the country while we were standing in line for the make and takes.  And of course the shopping, there were some amazing stores.  I hope you might consider attending a Scrapfest.  You will not be disappointed.  

Happy Crafting!

You can visit my Creative Memories website HERE.

OWH Rebel Challenge #2

Operation Write Home continues with their challenges throughout the weekend.  This challenge was use something you have been hoarding.  I got this 6x6 pad of paper from Simple Stories and had not used it yet.  I also had not used the Tim Holtz Heartfelt stamps yet.  So here is my card.

Happy Crafting!  See you for the next challenge.
Donna
You can visit my Creative Memories Website HERE.

Tim Holtz Creative Chemistry 101 Day 10

The last tag was easy!  We stamped our image with Distressed Ink and coated the entire image with Rock Candy Stickles.  It gave the tag a beautiful glitter sparkle that does not come off on your hands.  Unfortunatey, the glitter does not show up in the picture.  Here is my tag.

That ends the Tim Holtz Tag Show!  Back to making cards for Operation Write Home.

Happy Crafting!
Donna
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Tim Holtz Chreative Chemistry 101 Day 9

Almost done with class!  Today was about Perfect Pearls.  Tag 1 was supposed to be a re-inker and Perfect Pearl Powder mix to mist.  I didn't have the re-inkers but I did have some Perfect Pearls Mist.  so I used them to mist my TAG 1.  Tag 2 you stamped and then used the Perfect Pearls Powder over the stamped image.  Tag 3 was a splatter distress using Distressed Ink and Perfect Pearls Powder.  The photo does not do justice to the shimmer that the Perfect Pearls give to the Tags.  Here are my tags.

Back soon with one more tag for Day 10.

Happy Crafting!
Donna
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Tim Holtz Creative Chemistry Day 8

Day 8 was all about Paint Dabbers and Crackle Paint.  For Tag 1 I stamped with Metallic Silver Paint Dabber onto Sticky-back Canvas.  I then coated the canvas with the Distressed Stains.  The silver metallic shines thru the stains nicely.  For Tag 2 I used Rock Candy (clear) crackle paint on 1/2 of the tag.  Then I inked with Distress ink and stamped over the crackle paint.  Tag 3 used Rock Candy (clear) on chipboard shapes and then stained with Distress Stains.  Here are my tags.

Back soon with Day 9 and 10.

Happy Crafting!
Donna
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Tim Holtz Creative Chemistry 101 Day 7

This day was one of my absolute favorites!  I love heat embossing and all three tags were heat embossed.  Tag 1 was a Nostalgic Batik Technique (I did not iron out the embossing enamel like you would on a batik but Tim did).  Tag 2 is called Rusted Enamel and I love how the surface looks so distressed.  I can't wait to use this on a card background.  Tag 3 used the new Distressed Embossing Powder.  After you heat emboss you brush your hand across the surface and crystals release leaving more of a distressed look on your tag.  Very cool!
Here are my Tags for Day 7

I'll be back with days 8-10 later.

Happy Crafting!
Donna
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Tim Holtz Creative Chemistry 101 Day 6

This lesson was about the new Distressed Markers.  Archiver's finally got some Distressed Markers in and I was able to do these tags.  The Distressed Markers are amazing.  You can stamp with them and re-wet them on the stamp and stamp again.  Their colors are vibrant.  I look forward to obtaining a few more colors.  Here are my tags.

This is my last post for the night.  I will try to finish Days 7-10 tomorrow.  I want to be in the running for the prizes!

Happy Crafting!
Donna
You can view my Creative Memories Website HERE.

Tim Holtz Creative Chemistry Day 5

Day 5 was all about Distressed Stains.  Tag 1 was using Distressed Stains on Kraft Resist Paper.  Tag 2 was stamping with stains using the white "Picket Fence" stain (which is really more like paint).  Tag 3 was a marbled stain technique again using Picket Fence for the marbling effect.  Here are my tags.

I'll be back soon with Days 6-10.

Happy Crafting!
Donna
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Tim Holtz Creative Chemistry 101 Day 4

Day4 was a discussion of re-inkers and how to care for your ink pads.  Interesting to learn that storing ink pads upside down is not necessary.  The media used is suspended in the pad and doesn't really move up or down depending on how they are stored!  We really are getting a lot of technical information in this class.  I was only able to do 2 of 3 tags because the third tag was create your own custom inkpad.  I didn't have the inkpad material and didn't think it worth my while to get it.  I also didn't have any re-inkers for the first tag so "ad-libbed" and pushed my distressed ink pads onto my craft sheet and used a paintbrush to watercolor the tag.
The second tag was misting with re-inkers.  I used Perfect Pearls Mists instead and a Pink Paislee misting mask.  Here they are.

I'll be back with Days 5-10 later!

Happy Crafting!

Donna

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Tim Holtz Creative Chemistry 101 Day 3

I finally got some glossy paper to finish up Day 3 tags.  You can still register for the Tim Holtz Creative Chemistry 101 anytime, go HERE to find out how.  The videos and instruction sheets will be there forever and available anytime if you sign up.  The techniques for day 3 involved using Alcohol Ink and Archival Ink.  Here are my results.

Tag 1 used the Alcohol inks and I love how it turned out.  It shimmers in the light.  Tag 2 used various colored archival inks and then a black archival ink on top. I had a lot of trouble with the stamp I used and salvaged the tag because I don't have time to do it over.  The ink smeared in the bottom and didn't print on top.  Glossy paper is hard to stamp on.  The Third tag involves stamping on an embossing folder and having it transfer to your tag.  Interesting technique, it does require an embossing folder with a lot of open space.

Back with Days 4-10 later!
Happy Crafting!
Donna
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Tim Holtz Creative Chemistry 101 Day 2

I am taking the Tim Holtz Creative chemistry 101 Class at Online Card Classes.  You can still register for it.  Tim is such a creative person.  This class is understanding how all the Ranger ink, dyes and paper work together (and sometimes against each other).  Here are the first three tags from Day 2 (Day 1 was introductory).

 These tags use the distressed ink.  I love the middle tag.  It is a watercolor stamping technique.  I have learned a lot about how these inks react with water and to each other.  Fun class.

Happy Crafting!
Donna
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