Tim Holtz Class at CHA
July 18th, 2008
For those that don’t know, Tim Holtz is an designer and educator for Ranger Industries. He taught two classes today at CHA, it was very difficult to get into the classes. Lisa and I were a couple of lucky and excited gals.
The class was super fast paced and Tim was very entertaining. When we got there we had a huge bag of product waiting for us. Plus, thanks to Stampers Anonymous we also got one of Tim’s brand new stamp sets!!!
Tim packed eight techniques into two hours, each tag was made with a different technique. Each of us had different color samples as you can see in this picture showing both of our tag sets. Mine is in the ring provided and Lisa’s is spread out so you can see them better.
I’ll bold some Tim-isms that I captured, hoping to share a bit of his larger than life personality along with a few of his tips.
- You can use the paint daubers on any surface. You need to prime it properly the first use by pressing down on the head and at the same time squeezing the paint. Don’t bang it on the table trying to get the paint flowing, they are not hammer paints!
- Die inks are translucent while pigment inks are opaque which means you can layer pigment inks. But they dry very quickly, so never throw away the plastic vapor barrier. Yes, you can emboss with dye inks, IF you are like Indiana Jones!
- Ink the stamp before you stamp the ink. Contrary to common belief you do NOT have to store ink pads upside down because ink pads are a suspended medium. If you press the stamp into the pad it will put ink in recessed areas. Just, “tap, tap, tap and you’ll never have any weird little whoies.”
- On using the pigment pens, they are pigment so they also dry quickly. You have to work fast, scribble, blend, scribble, blend. Don’t just scribble, scribble, scribble, scribble and think hmmm, maybe I should blend this. It will already be dry. We smeared it on the back of a transparency to highlight some words.
- On working with the color washes. First emboss your image, then spray a couple of colors, one dark and one light. Then you press it with a craft iron (2 x hotter than normal irons), between some newspaper, until you see the stamped image. When it is done the newspaper will come right off. So, don’t think it is like a Band-aid and that if you rip it really quick it will be ok. It won’t. Just iron it some more until you see the pattern soak into the newspaper.
- Glossy paper behind a vellum accent acts like a light box, it just makes the image pop. You can glue vellum on glossy paper. BUT, put the glue on the paper, not on the vellum. And we’re not stuccoing a house, so if the glue clumps, thats too much!
- Helllllo Captain OBvious! I can’t remember why he said this, but it made me LOL!
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Neesey Gebalski says:
July 18, 2008 at 2:42 am
How exciting to be at CHA and meet Tim. I am ssoooooooooo envious. Your tags are beautiful. Want to teach a class here in Spokane???Please. Enjoy your time there and come back and tell us all about it on the MB. Be safe, and HAVE FUN!!!!
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Pati Loveland says:
July 18, 2008 at 3:03 am
Wow! I am sooooo jealous! What a wonderful opportunity to be able to meet Tim and hear him teach. I’ve watched videos of him and think he is awesome. Your first classes sound terriffic! Love the new stamps and Tim’s funny sayings. I think I will have to use the one about the glue sticks in class when school starts again. Can’t wait to hear more!
Enjoy!
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Tina Rivera says:
July 18, 2008 at 3:38 am
How cool to meet Tim. He is such a hottie. Thanks for sharing his tips with us. Have fun.
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scrapfor4 says:
July 18, 2008 at 5:05 am
Thanks for the great pics and tips!!
Would have loved to of been there!
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Jenny (South Carolina) says:
July 18, 2008 at 7:14 am
That man is so talented! Thanks for sharing the fun with us!
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Rachel (b&wsmommy) says:
July 18, 2008 at 8:06 am
Wow!!! What great goodies, I’m so jealous you got to go to a TH class!! The stuff you made looks great btw. Hope you’re having a blast!
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Tammy Rice says:
July 18, 2008 at 8:29 am
Hi Holly! Looks like you and Lisa are already having fun! Love your blog. Everything looks great. I’ll keep checking back to see what you girls are up to during CHA!
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Niki says:
July 18, 2008 at 9:01 am
Looks like you’re having a great time, and your tags turned out beautifully!
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Kim Gourley says:
July 18, 2008 at 11:20 am
OOOOO! You are having FUN! **Envious Kim**
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Avra says:
July 18, 2008 at 11:43 am
Wow! Looks like you’re having a blast already!
Thanks for sharing your tips from Tim Holtz!
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Candice Warnke says:
July 18, 2008 at 12:29 pm
Wow! You’re so lucky to have met Tim Holtz!! I’m loving all of this new stuff!! Those tags are AMAZING!!!!
Thanks for sharing!!
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Ann says:
July 18, 2008 at 12:31 pm
Those are some beautiful tags & techniques! Lucky you to get into the class.
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Brenda Myers says:
July 18, 2008 at 12:34 pm
Those tags are awesome!! And I am jealous that you got to meet Tim Holtz!! He seems like an awesome person!!
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Emily says:
July 18, 2008 at 12:47 pm
He sounds SO fun to take a class from–or to have a drink with–haha!
I love the highlighted Tim-isms! Thanks for the tips, AND the laughs! Can’t wait until tomorrow’s update! 
Thanks, Holly!! 
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Sheila Rogers says:
July 18, 2008 at 1:01 pm
Thanks so much for getting me all excited about all of these new things coming out and the tips.
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Jody Beatty says:
July 18, 2008 at 1:59 pm
You are so lucky! That is awesome and it looks like you are having a ton of fun. I can’t wait to see all the new product pictures. Thanks for sharing. – Jody
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Tifany D. says:
July 18, 2008 at 3:26 pm
Oh, I love Tim Holtz’s products! I am really excited about all the new Designer Stickles colors by Tim Holtz that will match my Tim Holtz inks! YAY! How fun to meet him in person!
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Carol (piapie0206) says:
July 18, 2008 at 6:50 pm
Looks like you had a great time.
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Janice G says:
July 19, 2008 at 12:33 am
Everything on your blog is GREAT! Thanks for sharing with us
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Melodie says:
July 19, 2008 at 12:36 am
I would absolutey thought I had died and gone straight to heaven to be in the same room with Tim! Your tags look great! Kudos to you fo being able to keep up! I heard he is a pretty fast paced guy!
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SandyR says:
July 19, 2008 at 12:08 pm
I am not sure what to write for a website because this is the first time I have ever posted to a blog.
I like how you explain what you have been doing and I hope you continue to have fun.
What an exciting time to be able to sit at different booth and create wonderful items and then get all those goodies.
I will be watching this afternoon to see what else you have been doing.
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scrapfor4 says:
July 21, 2008 at 2:10 pm
Green with jealousy here!! LOL!!
Looks like so much fun!!
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Christina says:
July 21, 2008 at 10:06 pm
Everything looks BEAUTIFUL!!!! Great Job!
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BugginTeresa says:
July 21, 2008 at 10:17 pm
WOW…looks like you had a great time. I am jealous you got to meet T. Holtz, I would love to attend one of his classes.
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Angie S. says:
July 21, 2008 at 11:11 pm
Great tips, thank you! I can’t believe that bag of goodies!!
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Jenny Titus says:
July 21, 2008 at 11:41 pm
oh my…. thanks for explaining how all of that works!!!! I have seen all of the products but I was not really sure what to do with it all! Now I have a much better idea! I don’t know how you kept up with it all! That was all done in 2 Hours????? Impressive. Once again I am jealous!
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mary jean says:
July 21, 2008 at 11:53 pm
LOL… Love those tim-isms! I am sooooooooojealous ! My dream is to take a calss from Tim!
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Susie says:
July 22, 2008 at 1:59 pm
Wow!!! How cool to take his class and learn from him in person. Thanks for sharing!!!
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Valerie says:
July 22, 2008 at 2:19 pm
I am SOOOO jealous you got to take that class! Lucky duck!! Thanks for sharing the tips!! Enjoy your new goodies!
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Craftymaw says:
July 22, 2008 at 2:32 pm
I love looking at your wonderful blog! What a great opportunity to go the CHA and taking a class with Tim as the teacher! Thanks for sharing things on your blog.
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Dana J says:
July 22, 2008 at 4:34 pm
Ok, your Tim-ism CRACKED ME UP! Thanks for sharing some of those Oh yea moments! ::)
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Lisa says:
July 25, 2008 at 12:58 pm
I cant believe it is all said and done now. I am already having Tim withdraws. He was such a wealth of info on techniques and uses of all his Adirondack products; and most of all soooooooo entertaining. Such a great personality he has. Holly, you did a great job catching his personality — I was sooo busy concentrating on trying to keep up and learn the techniques of all his products — where you kept up and caught all the cute things he said.
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Melissa Allore says:
July 25, 2008 at 1:03 pm
How amazingly cool that you got to participate in one of Tim’s classes!!!!!
I love how you quoted some of his little sayings! lol
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Pat Lund says:
July 25, 2008 at 1:22 pm
You are one lucky gal. I bet going to a class by Tim is exciting. Would love to take one. I will have to try the crackle paint.
Wonderful blog.
Pat