CC102 Chalk technique

Hello there

I've been playing with the Chalk technique from the course I did with Tim Holtz called Creative Chemistry 102 and love how this stamp turned out.

I am getting into Christmas mode and thought I would start with a tag seeing as Tim won't be doing 12 tags this December as we have already done 10 this year.

This tag has got his Tattered pine cone die, distress paints, flourish stamp and the sentiment was from His Joyful Song set.

Thanks for the visit

Bella

What's on My Workdesk Wednesday 228? CC102 tags

Hello fellow desk hopper and snooper from Julia's desk over at Stamping Ground, welcome to my desk in Cape Town, South Africa.

I was rather busy with Tim Holtz's on line course last week and here are the tags I made, each with the instructions on the back for refering back to at a later stage.

I then challenged myself to use as many of the 30 techniques I learned during the 5 days on ONE Scrapbook page and this was the result.  It took me a total of 7 hours to create all of this and you can see a step out of all the bits in the post below.  I managed to use 25 Techniques in the end!

Thanks for the visit, now I am off to see what I can see in your craft space.

Bella

CC102 Personal Challenge

Well, I decided to set myself a personal challenge today to see how many of the 30 techniques I learned in Tim's latest on line class called Creative Chemistry 102 (CC102 for short) I could squeeze onto one scrapbook page!

The answer is 25!

Here is how I started:

I chose my 3 favourite Distress inks ( Picked Raspberry, Ripe Persimmon & Mustard Seed) and that was my jumping point.  I also went for a nature theme and stuck to leaves, organic shapes and butterflies as much as I could.

Then some more stencil work

Finally a finished base page:

I set about creating all the embellishments with as many of the techniques as I could...at this stage I was thinking that I should maybe make it a double page layout!

Here are some close ups of the final layout showing some detail.

I have used 5 different techniques on the butterflies seen below.

I hope you enjoyed seeing the results of 7 hours at my desk, broken only to go make lunch for the family!

Thanks for the visit

Bella

CC102 Day 5 - Embossing

This has been the fastest and busiest week of my year...well that's what it feels like anyway!  Friday was the last of the master classes on CC102...Monday is just a fun day, but one to be looked forward to anyway as a wrap up of a lovely course.

Here are my tags for the Embossing, though I think my chalk one needs some practice, or a smaller stamp.

I also played with using micro-beads on the sticky embossing powder and they worked a real treat...here is my sample.  I have always struggled to use them on projects where they don't fall off or the glue is not too raised and bumpy.

I realised when I posted this that I had not done the shabby tag yet, so here it is!

Thanks for the visit

Bella

CC102 Day 4 - Alcohol inks

Here are my tags for today.  Loved learning new ways to use them.

CC102 - Faux Cracked Glass

There used to be a saying in my house that "if anything sits still long enough, Bella will ink it"  now the saying will be..."if it sits still long enough and is clear...it will get fake cracks!"

I am in love with this technique that I learned yesterday in day 3 of the Creative Chemistry 102 class with Tim Holtz (you have to have done 101 first to qualify to do 102)

Can't wait for today's class

Bring it!
Bella

CC102 Day 3 - Distress

I am just loving this process of learning something new each day.  CC102 has been a fabulous way to stretch my creative boundaries, ideas and processes...I am SO ready for tomorrow, and the next day and the next!  Bring it on Mr Holtz!

What's on my Workdesk Wednesday 227? CC102 fall out!

I have been looking forward to CC102 since the day it was announced and Tim has not disappointed!  What you see here is after day 2 and the fallout that needs to be put away before today's class starts!

So this is my desk, now I am off to see yours.

Bella

CC102 Day 2 Stencils

OK, so now I am back up to speed and LOVING IT!  Tim has really packed so much into each day that it really is a wonderful creative marathon to do each tag.  So good for the soul!  I have done 6 of the 7 tags for today and will finish the last one after I come home from teaching my evening class.

CC102 Day 1

Hi there

Can't believe that the day I have been waiting for since the announcement that Tim was doing round two of his Creative Chemistry class was the BUSIEST day of my life, so I am playing catch up quickly before day 2 arrives!

Here are 4 of my tags and the other two techniques are busy drying on my desk!
Thanks for the visit
Bella