Summer Of Creative Chemistry - Week 4

It's time to share my week 4 project for Summer of Creative Chemistry!

This week's challenge is to create a project using Archival Ink.

My first project is a card using the Archival Ink Resist Technique.

This is a really fun technique that I don't think I've used since the first time I took

Creative Creative 101. It was wonderful revisiting it!

I started by stamping my trees on glossy paper using Potting Soil & Leaf Green Archival Inks.

I then gathered a few different colours of Distress Ink and using my blending foam & tool tired to recreate the colours of a sunset.

I added my sentiment and adhered to my card base to finish it off.

This card was so quick to make that I decided to make another card using the Alcohol Ink Agate technique on yupo paper with Archival Ink stamping.

Tim Tag Remix - June

Wow! I can't believe June is almost done!

Thankfully, I remembered to get my tag done for Tim's Tag Remix.

This month Tim's tag was created using two techniques from 

2015 - Tissue Wrap Collage & Stencil Plaid

~My finished tag~

I didn't have the plain tissue wrap so I used some plain white tissue paper that I had on hand.
I chose a few stamps for my background and stamped them onto the tissue paper with
Black Archival Ink.

Once my tissue paper was ready I used Distress Collage Medium in Vintage tint to apply it to a piece of lightweight watercolour paper. I don't have the new substrate paper so I needed to make sure to use a paper that was thin enough to use with my thinlit die butterflies.

While this layer was drying I began working on my base. Tim uses the Stripe Layering stencil to create a plaid pattern. I decided to use two different layering stencils to create a different effect.

Once my tissue paper layer was dry I used 2 small, thin metals dies to cut out my butterfly images.

I adhered it over my base with Distress Collage Matte Medium then added a bit of stitching around the edge.

I layered my butterfly die cuts then adhered it over a piece of burlap to the lower corner of my tag and added a simple sentiment.

submitted to:

Tim Holtz 12 Tags of 2016 - June

Summer Of Creative Chemistry - Week 3

It's time to share my week 3 project for Summer of Creative Chemistry!

This week I rediscovered the awesomeness of  Perfect Pearls.

 Tim demonstrated 3 fabulous techniques but my favourite was

Perfect Splatter Distress Technique.

I decided to make a birthday card using the Perfect Splatter Distress Technique for my background and the Paint Dabber Resist Technique for my oval focal point.

Unfortunately, the shimmer from the Perfect Pearls does not photograph very well.

I was enjoying the Perfect Splatter Distress Technique so much that I made a few more card background to keep on hand.

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