Creative Chemistry 102 - all together now

Here are samples of each of the techniques shown in Creative Chemistry 102. If you haven't taken Creative Chemistry 101 or 102, you really should. Tim has some great discussions about how the products work together as well as many super cool technique tags for reference. Check out Online Card Classes. Many of these techniques I duplicated using different colors or stamps. Check out my blog for more side by side samples in the near future.

THCC 102 - Day 1

THCC 102 - Day2

THCC 102 - Day 3

THCC 102 - Day 4

THCC 102 - Day 5

Creative Chemistry 102 - Day 5

All good things must come to an end.  Day 5 was all about embossing.  I learned some fun new techniques that will be showing up in future cards and projects.

Leaves for all Seasons

 I just love the versatility of the new leaf stamps from Jam'n Stamps and Texana Designs.  Use bright colors and you can have a lovely, bright spring card.  Change to a deeper green and you can just feel the heat of the Texas summer.  Ah, then change it to the look of autumn.

I was having too much fun playing with the new Sizzix Flip-Its die cut.  It is a great die cut that makes a 5" square swing card.  Two-sided paper works great, but solid papers are just as much fun.  The really hard part is getting the movement captured in a photo.  You really have to play with it to have all the fun.

Spring Card

Texana Design Stamps:  Oak Leaf - large, Oak Leaf - small, Oak Leaf - mini, "Welcome" and "There's no place like TEXAS in the Springtime." 
Cardstock by Core'dinations
Green Patterned Paper by Paper Studio
Judikins Metallic Bronze Embossing Powder
Sizzix Movers and Shapers Large Dies Kit
      Card, Square Flip-Its

Fussy cut various leaves and sizes from the patterned paper to decorate your card.

Summer Card

Texana Design Stamps:  Leaf 1 - small,  Leaf 1 - mini, 
     "Welcome"
Green Cardstock
Green Patterned Paper by Paper Studio
Judikins Metallic Bronze Embossing Powder
Bleaching on some small leaves 
Tattered Angels Glimmer Glaze - Wicked for highlighting
     bleached leaves
Sizzix Movers and Shapers Large Dies Kit
    Card, Square Flip-Its

Fall Card

Texana Design Stamps:  Oak Leaf - small, Oak Leaf - mini,
    Leaf 1 - mini,  "Welcome" and "There's no place like TEXAS
    for the Holidays!"
Cardstock - Duo Tones - Olive
Judikins Metallic Bronze Embossing Powder
Bleaching on the front three stamps 
Versafine Ink - Sepia for border stamps
Sizzix Movers and Shapers Large Dies Kit
    Card, Square Flip-Its






Below are the six cards I made.  This card die cut can easily be trimmed on two sides to make the card fit in an A2 card envelope.

 Here's the card that I had the most fun with.  I had no idea how much fun bleach could be.  And it worked great for these stamps and this Duo-Tone paper.  All but the front three leaves on the square flip-it are simply stamped, embossed and bleached.  The three small oak leaves under the ribbon were stamped and embossed on light weight yellow paper, then colored with various shades of Tim Holtz Distress Stains.