I also got to take a class from Tim Holtz. I laughed when I ended up in the very front row front and center. I like his stuff but I am not a groupie and so here I was up close and personal. It made me chuckle. They have a few photos of that on their blog as well if you want to scroll through their post you will see me. We made 3 cards and used a ton of different materials to complete them.
I am not sure which one is my favorite. The first is a gift card holder which is very fun. The gift card tucks in and is pulled out on a tag attached to the big puffy bow. The second uses Tim’s distress markers and you know me anything about coloring is right up my ally. I also got to try and keep one of the “new” marker misters. It is by his own admit ion not a new concept it just has been re-designed and released by Ranger. It is find of fun and will work with just about any marker since the tube that hold the marker can be adjusted in size and then has a screw that fastens down on the marker. But it is truly just little puffs of air so gives little individual puffs of mist. This is NOT to be mistaken as a replacement for an airbrush system!! The third little card is fun I LOVE the chunky glitter that we added to the heart and the paper bow that is made from a new die cut.
On Saturday evening I took a class from Kuretake the manufacturer of Zig it was a very fun class introducing a new way to make simple post cards in a very old traditional Japanese method. It is called Etegami;
The concept is quick and easy with ink and a form of water coloring. It is very loose and you hold the brushes way at the back end which keeps control much looser as well. You go very slow in the actual inking then the painting is done in a dabbing motion. To finish we made our own rubber signature stamps. Then the final step is mailing them. They actually had stamps and envelopes and asked everyone to send them off that very night. I finished 3 cards so Sara and Lori got my practice apples and this one will go to another friend 🙂 I was quite pleased with how they all turned out, and very impressed with how well the class was run.
I should have one or two more quick reports from the CHA to finish off. If you are still soaking in the aftermath and would like a little more Get It Scrapped did a wonderful roundup of sites that posted post CHA HERE.
Happy Wednesday!
