Tim Holtz and Online Card Classes are hosting a “Summer of Creative Chemistry”, with a review of Tim’s “Creative Chemisty 101” and “Creative Chemistry 102”, each with new weekly challenges from Tim, and finishing up with a brand new “Creative Chemistry 103”! What a wonderful chance to review (or catch up) with the content of the first two classes, refresh one’s technique, and learn new things, all in three short months!
The assignment for the first week of the Summer of Creative Chemistry is to review Lessons 1 and 2 of Creative Chemistry 101 and to sum up what we’ve learned by “[creating] a tag, card, or other project using FOUR OR MORE COLORS OF DISTRESS INK. [We] can use any four Distress Ink colors and any technique from class.”
Well, Day 1 was a review of the characteristics and properties of Distress Products and had no technique demonstrations. Day 2, however, went into three uses of Distress Ink: “Blended Spritz and Flick”, Brushless Watercolor” and Winkle-FreeDistress” techniques. The tags I made when taking Creative Chemistry 101 are shown here, in that order:
The assignment for the first week of the Summer of Creative Chemistry is to review Lessons 1 and 2 of Creative Chemistry 101 and to sum up what we’ve learned by “[creating] a tag, card, or other project using FOUR OR MORE COLORS OF DISTRESS INK. [We] can use any four Distress Ink colors and any technique from class.”
Well, Day 1 was a review of the characteristics and properties of Distress Products and had no technique demonstrations. Day 2, however, went into three uses of Distress Ink: “Blended Spritz and Flick”, Brushless Watercolor” and Winkle-FreeDistress” techniques. The tags I made when taking Creative Chemistry 101 are shown here, in that order:
I went with a variant on “Blended Spritz and Flick” for my challenge tag. I stamped multiple images of some salt-water taffy candies in Versamark on an Inessentials #8 manila tag (a larger tag than I usually use) and heat- embossed them with white embossing powder:
I then used a blending tool and foam to apply four colors (“Fossilized Amber”, “Abandoned Coral”, "Cracked Pistachio” and “Mermaid Lagoon” ) of Distress Ink, spritzed and flicked water on to the tag, let it sit for a few minutes, and then blotted the tag with a paper towel. I wiped the ink from the embossing powder and heat-dried the tag. This is the blended spritz & flick technique...
I couldn't let the tag just "be", however, so I continued with Distress Inks and overstamped the candy images with patterned candy wrappers in the same Distress Ink colors and them with Archival “Jet Black” ink, stamped a sentiment:
Products used in making this tag were:
- Stamps: Simon Says Stamp & Waffle Flower set "How We Roll" (SSS1011566)
- Inks: Distress Ink "Fossilized Amber", "Abandoned Coral", "Mermaid Lagoon" and "Cracked Pistachio"; Versamark; Archival "Jet Black"
- Embossing Powder: Top Boss "white"
- Papers: Inkssentials #8 manila tag
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