Thanks For The Memories, Tim!

A Big Thank You to Tim Holtz for the fabulous job teaching his first online class Creative Chemistry 101! I learned so much in 2 weeks. I made this quickly so I could upload it to the After Class gallery before it closed. I barely beat the deadline with merely seconds to spare. It ended up being the very last submission. I used Kraft Resist paper, photo I took of the Queen Mary view from The Pike in Long Beach, CA, and Greetings from stamp from Carmen's Veranda. I'd like to redo the whole thing but the main thing was to make something using some of the techniques I learned to show my appreciation.

Day 8c - THCC 101

Day 8 - THCC 101
Originally uploaded by Sandra SS

Shattered Stains & Paint Resist
For the middle manilla tag, I used white acrylic paint dabbed directly on the stamps with cut n dry foam. The two tags on the outside are the rock candy crackle paint resist. I use the really cheap craft foam from the 99 Cent Store to hand cut the shapes. It came out... interesting. The foam is thinner than regular craft foam and has a soft flexible feel to it like leather suede. I'm wondering if it could be used to make faux leather bracelets. It didn't melt from the heat gun but could have potentially burned if was used too long. The crackle paint was barely dry so has a thin crazing to it. I stained it with Adirondack alcohol inks as I didn't have stains or re-inkers, fun to watch!

Day 8a - THCC 101

Day 8 - THCC 101
Originally uploaded by Sandra SS

Crackle Paint Resist
It worked as expected. It can be tough to stamp a detailed design over the thick dried crackle paint. Rubber stamp images are from Lost Coast Designs and Tim Holtz Collection.

Day 7a - THCC 101

Day 7 - THCC 101
Originally uploaded by Sandra SS

Nostalgic Batik & Rusted Enamel Technique
The first tag on the left was a do-over as I really didn't like my first effort. I will work some more on this technique as I like the principle. I don't think my stamp choice works with the colors. The tag on the right came out really cool, first try! But this is all for learning and want to save my energy for the next lesson.

Happy Valentine’s Day!

Valentine card I made for my Mom. Front of card features glitter paper background, metallic heart stickers, paper doilies, 3 dimensional girl with foam relief from vintage ephemera cd. The entire card is very intricate requiring a lot of scissor cutting!



Inside the Valentine card is a 3D pop-up heart tied closed with a red ribbon. The Medium heart is hand cut from a template design by Sandy Jackson from Some Assembly Required. The heart opens to reveal a scene of vintage collage elements within the heart “tunnel.” I re-engineered the design myself to have a gatefold and hollowed out center similar to her egg design.