June 2013 Tim Holtz Tag (Distress Marker Fun!)

Hi, guys! Today is the last day of the month, and I am squeaking my June 2013 Tim Holtz tag in! This month Tim focused on using the Distress Markers for watercoloring and other techniques.  I had fun using them to watercolor and splatter ink as well as a few other tips he gave us. This month I decided to have some fun and use some old twill I had on hand.  I saved it from an old shopping bag as I loved the thickness and color.  I used Tim's tool to fray the edges of the twill and used ink along the edges to give it an aged look as well.

As you can see, I did two tags.  I do one for myself each month, and one for my friend Ruth, who loves them, and now visits Tim's blog as well.  Some day, I hope to get her to get her fingers inky, but until then, she can share in the fun this way.  If you haven't tried your hand at these tags, I highly recommend you give one a try! You learn some great techniques, and you have plenty of inky fun!

Hope you have some fun today, and enjoy the remainder of the weekend!

Until next time!

Easter Cards, Blueprint Style

Hi, guys!  Hope all is well!  I thought I would share some of the Easter cards I sent out this year.  I picked up the new Blueprint series of stamps by Stampers Anonymous/Tim Holtz and just love them.

The first 3 cards were all colored with Copic markers.

The next 3 cards were colored using Distress Markers to watercolor the images and I used Distress Ink to apply color to the paper edges to give them a more aged look.

As you can see, I really enjoyed using these stamps.  I am looking forward to using the other stamps in the series now that I am done with my Easter crafting! Due to the amount of cards shared in this post, I am not bothering to list all the supplies; if you have any questions, just shoot me an email and I will answer any you may have.

Wishing you all a very Happy Easter, and a BEAUTIFUL Springtime!

Happy Birthday, Moe!

Hi, guys! Hope all is well!  For today, I wanted to share a card I made for my niece for her birthday.  I am very late in getting this to her.  I decided to get her a fun gift to send with it, and so I had to wait a bit for it to be made.  Can you guess what it is?

This was a fun card to make as I got to watercolor with my Distress Markers and use a lot of glitter!
This stamp is just adorable and since my niece loves art and creating, I thought she would be perfect.

Supplies: 
Stamps: Suzi Blu
Ink: Archival Black, Distress Markers
Paper: Recollections Card, Watercolor Paper
Misc.: Martha Stewart Glitters, Gems, Tim Holtz Tile Letters

I decided to get Momo a personalized stamp for her to use on her creations and cards.  She loves art and when she comes over we have such a great time making cards together.

I think she will love having her own stamp!  I ordered it from www.paperangel.com, as I have used them many times and love how they turn out.  Just a note: I have NO affiliation with them at all, just love their products and thought I would share in case someone needs a source for personalized stamps sometime.

Hope you have a great day!  Until next time!

Creative Chemistry 101 - The Finale

Hi, guys!  I hope you all had a great weekend.  I enjoyed it very much as I was able to complete the rest of my tags for the Tim Holtz Creative Chemistry 101 class.  I thought I would share them with you now.

Day 6:  Watercolor with Markers, Blending with Markers, Stamping with Markers

Day 7:  Nostalgic Batik , Rusted Enamel, Distress Powder Resist

Day 8:  Paint Dabber Resist, Crackle Paint Resist, Shattered Stains

Day 9:  Perfect Distress Mist, Perfect Distress, Perfect Splatter Distress

Day 10:  Rock Candy Distress Stickles

This class was full of great techniques and insights.  I highly recommend that anyone who would like to learn how to use the Ranger line of products sign up for this course.  The helpful hints Tim gives you are worth their weight in gold.  It is apparent that Tim really loves what he does and encourages you to stretch yourself and your creativity.  I found some of the techniques I will use over and over, and others I will pull out when I need to try something different and have some play time.  One thing I came away with from the class is that if I have an idea, I should just try it.  It may work, or it may not, but if it does, it can be great!

Have a great day, and I hope you find a few moments in the day to do something you love!