TIM HOLTZ CREATIVE CHEMISTRY 103

WAITING ON YUPO

I am soooo excited to try this new

product.  It's called YUPO.

Tim says it's synthetic...a plastic...

and I will tell you after watching his video

in Creative Chemistry 103, that this 

product will WOW you when you

use the alcohol inks with it!

I am sitting on pins and needles waiting for

my YUPO product to arrive.

Anyway, I decided that I would just 

create one tag for Day 5 with Glossy Paper

and then repeat it again on Yupo when it arrives.

Alcohol Ink Stamped on Glossy Paper

Check out this background....

GORGEOUS.....

soooo sad my stamp slipped and this is all you 

are going to see of this BEAUTIFUL background.

This is pretty, but if I had just added some 

more BLUE...I would have had similar results.

Tag #1 - Alcohol Ink Stamped Resist on Yupo

This technique is really fun.....as I think all 

the lessons with alcohol ink will be.

So you apply alcohol inks and the Blending Solution onto
your applicator tool, and dab it all over your Yupo.
Keep applying until you like your background.
Let this dry.
Stamp your image with Archival ink......

be ready with your towel to wipe off the ink.
And TA DA...like magic there is kind of this

ghost image left.   FABULOUS FUN!

My Yupo product has arrived!

Tag #2 _Alcohol Ink Faded Layers on Yupo

This technique is a lot of fun and reminds me of the techniques used in 

Art Journaling.

Begin adding your layers of color of alcohol inks.

.(Let these layers dry). 

Put some blending solution onto your mat and 

gently work the solution onto your round blending tool foam....

(Making sure you apply just enough to wet the foam).

Next take a stencil and lay it on your project where you 

want the design.

Take your round blending tool with blending

solution applied to it and gently remove the color.

I really like this technique.

  

Tag #3 - Texture Resist on Yupo

Using alcohol inks make your background. 

Next pick an embossing folder to emboss with.

In order for this technique to work, this next step is important.

When embossing make sure the image is going to be pushed up through

the paper...(you want to be able to feel the raised image on the colored side of the paper).

Ink the raised surface with Archival ink and then immediately wipe away the ink

with a dry cloth.  You can work in small areas of the embossed image at a time.

As you can see from the tag, the embossed image appears after you wipe 

away the ink.....LoVe this technique!

Tag #4 Alcohol Ink Painting

You can make a very pale background and stamp your

image using a light color of Archival ink before you begin painting.

I went online and found an image to guide me and 

just painted it without stamping.

Pink Daisy

Here is my Alcohol Ink Painting on YUPO.

I found painting with Alcohol inks fun. Once you figure out how they work 

(they dry fast...but you just rewet the ink with blending solution), I think the inks

make them another great product to paint with.

Tag #5 - Alcohol Ink Liquid Landscape on Yupo

I found this technique interesting...but I was very hesitant and leery

of this entire process.  But once you go with it and just allow yourself

to play and not worry so much about the outcome...I found I

liked my end result.  You just move the alcohol inks around

 (you can use a straw or popsicle stick or some smooth tool on 

the surface) and try to achieve a landscape design.  

Pretty cool.....and I fell in Love with it after I stamped

the pine trees on it. 

Tag #6 - Alcohol Ink Splattered Florals on Yupo 

This was another technique that 

I was hesitant about trying. 

I just didn't see the purpose.

So I decided.... well this is suppose to be FUN!

And that is what I tried to do ...HAVE FUN!!!!

Apply Alcohol inks directly to Yupo.

 Apply blending solution, and then blast the ink 

with air using a straw or canned air.

I just used the Distress Marker Spritzer for 

this technique....I didn't have a can of air

or a straw on hand.

This is the final lesson from 

Creative Chemistry 103.

I have learned a great deal and

had a lot of fun using products and techniques

that I haven't used before.

Thank you Tim Holtz, 

Jennifer McGuire

and

Kristina Werner

for a FABULOUS CLASS!!!!!

CREATIVE CHEMISTRY DAY 4

THCC Day 4:  Distress Crayons

Here they are...and guess what...

MORE are coming!

I can't wait ...there are more shades and pastels,

LOTS more!!!!!
If you have not tried these crayons...

Well....you just oughta...

They are FABULOUS...

Kind of like gelatos, but better.  The most 

important thing about these crayons is that they
won"t  react with water unless you want 

them to, all you have to do is touch it.

Get ready to get your fingers dirty!

Tag #1 Distress Crayon Smudge

Get your fingers dirty...Smudge those colors....
all over a layer of Texture Paste.

 This was sooo much fun...
Yep I put only warm colors on here...
guess I need to make one with the
cool colors....YUMMY!

Tag #2 Distress Crayon Gesso Fresco

1st step - apply gesso, 2nd step - more smudging!

3rd step - use stencil and gently rub with damp
paper towel to lift color.

These crayons are so much FUN!!!!

Tag #3 Distress Crayon Textured Resist

The crayons were used like a modeling paste for this tag.

It's just a really thin layer used on the stencil and you go

over it with you finger and continue to smudge inside the stencil.

I really enjoyed this.  

 As I began inking this tag and the design appeared,

I was like Ahhhh, the pink is soooo soft and pretty,  just 

what I wanted to see. This is Tim's "Scribble" stencil.

Tag #4 Watercolor Resist

Tag #5 Distress Crayon Blended Background

Ohhh La La....I am in LoVe with these

crayons....smooth like butter and see how the

colors LoVe each other....Just by blending with 

water ...watercoloring with crayons...XOXO

Tag #6 Distress Crayon Layered Coloring 

First stamp your image, then apply your

collage medium...I used "CRAZING,"

(Two coats, first with a brush and another....

I used my finger -as suggested by the

Master himself- Tim Holtz.)

let dry, apply color with Distress Crayons,

smooth/blend colors, (I used my fingers), 

you can also use your water brush! 

Next dry the colors (this sets them), 

then use Picket Fence Distress Crayon

 to hi-light certain edges of your stamped images.

Ohhh this Crazing Collage Medium

is just Fabulous here....see all those 

teeny, tiny cracks.  LoVe them!
Thank you for taking the time to stop by!
Leave some Scrappy Love if you'd like!
 

TIM HOLTZ CREATIVE CHEMISTRY 103

THCC Day 3:  Distress Collage Mediums and Texture Pastes

I have always loved creating collages

AND 

Looking at old photos.

I sat with my grandmother and my father

looking at photos and watching them place 

photos in albums.  As they worked they would 

talk to me about all the details of the photos:  who was 

in the photo, whose side of the family they were on, and how they

were related.  

I had purchased the Vintage Distress Collage Medium some

time ago and fell in love with the appearance it 

gave my projects.  It brings back the memories

I have of looking at family photos of people long ago.

My father would really love this medium if he were here.

Tag #1 Distress Layered Collage

The Distress Vintage Collage Medium along with the

Distress Crayons worked  "PERFECTLY" for

aging this project.  

Tag #2 Texture Paste Coloring

 Tag #3 Texture Paste Embossing

I didn't have the proper paste for this project so

I gave it a go with something else that I love to use...

This stuff is sooo much fun...

so here is my tag with a different product.

Tim is always saying...practice...try new things

...you might discover something fabulous.

This could be a beautiful piece of fabric....

I am always in AWE when I use this stencil.
THS032 Flourish

Tag # 4 Texture Paste Resist

These tiles on this tag were made by using 

Tim's Tiles Layering Stencil # THS042

and the Transparent GlossyTexture Paste...

Tim used Picket Fence Ink on his tag to

highlight the tiles.  Mine is ordered so 

I just used some Distress Walnut Stain Ink on mine.

I love how this turned out.

Tag #5 Distress Grit-Paste Grunge
I really liked this product.
I don't mind getting my hands dirty at all,
so I applied it with my fingers just like
Tim suggested.
Then I applied the distress crayon.
It's really best to smudge the color in
with your fingers.  The color just blends and
smooths out and softens.
(If your finger gets sore...you can switch fingers
or use a rag).
The Grit-Paste looks like tree bark to me here.
My father love the Smoky Mtns. which is where
this photo was taken.
For me....I would say this is a keeper!!!!

Thank you for taking the time to stop by .......
leave some crafty love if you'd like!

Mylissa

TIM HOLTZ CREATIVE CHEMISTRY 103

Creative Chemistry 103 Day 2

All about Paints and Stains

I just have to SHOUT....

"I AM EXCITED ABOUT CREATIVE CHEMISTRY!"

I am loving it!

I set a goal ....

I am going to try not to OVERTHINK THINGS!

I am going to BE BRAVE...

THIS is FUN and AMAZING..

and I am not going to worry about how any  of 

my work turns out...I can redo, practice, and 

continue to improve....

THIS IS FOR ME!

Here is my tag for

DISTRESS PAINT RESIST...

As you can see...my tag is going to help me to 

REMAIN FEARLESS

TO BE BRAVE

(more tags to post later)

LOL....I wish there was no such thing as sleep and

interruptions...
Here are the other 4 tags

Distress Paint Lifting

Distress Stain Rub Resist

Distress Luminous Mica

Distress Marker Spritzed Watercolor

The first four of these lessons were FABULOUS...

Here is a little information about each one....

Tag #1:  Distress Paint Resist

I have stamped with paint many times, but 

I found the added layers so very interesting

and it added so much depth to my tag.

I LOVE THIS!

Tag #2:  Distress Paint Lifting

I definitely need to switch to flip tops on my paint.

Here is why....

 Yep if I had switched my tops...this wouldn't have 

happened!  I have some...I need to count my paint and 

purchase some for the rest.

I am in love with this technique...this is also 

perfect to try if you like to art journal.

For me I wrote the steps down as a reminder.

I kept wanting to put the stencil down and then paint.

(yep I sometimes have trouble following directions and 

want to go off into the sunset -LOL)

My mind was focused on what color of paint / stencil to 

use instead of the technique.  I love how this finished tag 

turned out.

Tag # 3:  Distress Stain Rub Resist

I  have always enjoyed rubbings.  

I found that my Basic Grey Roller Stylus just

didn't have the oomph I needed to transfer my

rubons.  Of course I didn't want to use my stash of 

Tim's (I will save those for the perfect project)

so I used something older.  So I switched to an old 

bone folder.  The reason I liked using this tool is

that the tip of the bone folder has a larger surface and

 I was able to transfer the image faster.  Rubbing lots

of items can sometime take a while with a small tool.

I am sorry Tim....but by the time I heard you say put 

random images around the edges of your tag...

I was already going for a complete image....

Right smack in the middle!

I wouldn't change anything about this tag...

LOVE IT!

Tag # 4 Distress Luminous Mica

Here is my tag BEFORE

I sprayed it with Distress Tarnished Brass

I love how there is so much going on with these

colors....I really didn't want to spray it...

but I was GooD and did what the teacher asked!

And spray I did!  Be careful with the sprays...

they are very good at what they do!
More info on Distress Mica Sprays and
Distress Spray Stains -
( I did NOT have the Mica Sprays)

 Distress Metallic Spray Stains are metallic pigment in a colored liquid
– Distress Mica Sprays are metallic mica in clear resin

Tag # 5 Distress Marker Spritzed Watercolor

O K I am going to be honest...

I am not CRAZY about this technique....
I have tried this several times and out of all the
techniques...this is my least favorite.
(maybe I need Tim to hold my hand)

Out of all the markers I tried...I only got two to

work....I probably would of had "MUD" on my

tag because after a while...I was just picking up

markers trying to get them to work...I didn't care

what color it was.

So yes...I finally gave up and just used my spray 

stain...I like how it turned out too!

I have to give Tim some credit here...he was 

very enthusiastic about his project!  

I PROMISE Tim...I will continue to practice 

on this technique!

Hooray...DAY 2 Tags Completed!

CREATIVE CHEMISTRY 103

Time for Creative Chemistry 103
 (with my favorite teacher:  TIM HOLTZ)

I can't believe it....

CC103 has arrived.

I am pressed for time to get 

everything completed in one day.

No worries right.

I will just keep at it until I finish.

First tag completed:

Distress DIY Ombre'

I have two more completed and two more

to go....

 LOL!

AS Cher would say...

"If I could turn back time"....

Right now it is almost 4 AM...I better get some

sleep so I can create more tomorrow.
Here are my completed tags from Day 1:

Distress DIY Ombre'

Distress Highlight Stamping Technique

Distress Off-Set Stamping

Distress Washed Watercolor

Distress Micro-Glaze Resist

 

I tried to pick a favorite, but I couldn't.

There are things that I really like about each tag. 

Even though they are all different styles and 

techniques, I enjoyed creating all of them.

I have quite a bit that I still need lots of 

practice on, but it is exciting to see 

improvement in my skills.

Of course you can't help but 

improve with the greatest teacher

in the whole wide WORLD:

TIM HOLTZ!!!!!