Doodle Mystery Solved by Tim Holtz
July 23rd, 2008
When I was in Tim’s class at CHA we got to play with his Alcohol Inks. It was my first time to use them, I’d like to play with them a little more before I say how much I like them. I used to watercolor, so I thought I’d pick it right up. One issue I had was that the palette was pre-filled and I didn’t know what color was what because they dry dark. The other issue is that we were working with a very detailed image of a bird and I was having trouble getting the ink to stay where I wanted it on the transparency.
I think I’d love using it to do washes on black and white acrylic transparencies…as long as I was preparing the colors myself.
Anyway, thanks to Tim for solving a mystery for me! We used the Sakura water brushes and he told a funny story about the first time he used them. He said he noticed the lids screwed on backwards. Evidently it was a brand new product from Sakura, the company that makes the Glaze and Souffle dimensional inks pens. So he calls them up to give them the heads up that in the US we are righty-tighty. Come to find out they have a good reason for screwing on backwards! Most people are right handed, and when you are using the water brush it would have a tendency to come unscrewed as you work!
I probably laughed a little TOO loud at this story because I was thrilled to have this mystery solved. My kids have had many Aquadoodle products and I’m forever getting frustrated with myself for tightening those dang pens when I’m trying to refill them with water! Thanks to Tim I finally have a logical reason for this and will be able to remember to open them the “right” way!
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Jackie Russett says:
July 23, 2008 at 11:03 pm
WOW that is so cute, I love the colours and the animals are adorable. Thanks for the cuttlekids die/cuttlebug sandwich, very handy
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Linda (imjustantique) says:
July 24, 2008 at 6:49 am
This is just to Cute !! TFS !!! Linda (imjustantique)
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Micha says:
July 24, 2008 at 11:44 am
I love the way they used the boxes to make this make and take.
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ambermommy3 says:
July 24, 2008 at 1:21 pm
Wow!!!!! This is really awesome!!!!! I love your blog! There is a lot of info on here!!!! TFS!!!!!
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Amy says:
July 24, 2008 at 7:27 pm
That is so cute – I love it! AmyD from the cricut message board!
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LisaMH says:
July 24, 2008 at 11:19 pm
This is just too cute! both my kids would love to make something like this. LisaMH
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Stephanie says:
July 24, 2008 at 11:27 pm
The tin is so cute!!! I will have to try making one myself.
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Celiamomof2 says:
July 25, 2008 at 12:05 am
That is an adorable tin!!
Also wanted to add that you have a great blog!
Congratulations on it!
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Samie says:
July 25, 2008 at 12:14 am
This is a great boy project!! Thanks for sharing.
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CraftyKaren says:
July 25, 2008 at 12:35 pm
LOVE this!! Had I known the CK works on the cuttlebug too, I would’ve picked up more of them at J’s clearance.
Love the pics and your blog. Thanks for the vicarious thrill of teh CHA show. SInce I don’t work at in the industry I don’t think I’ll EVER get to go.
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DaphS says:
July 25, 2008 at 1:19 pm
I love this! I have these dies. I am going to have to make one of these!!
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esheen says:
July 25, 2008 at 2:12 pm
Thank you for showing this and giving us the recipe for using cuttlekids in our cuttlebugs. Wouldn’t you think PC would mention on the packaging that they can be used in the cuttlebug? I have looked and looked at the animal set but didn’t want to buy it if it wouldn’t cut in the cuttlebug!
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SHERRY says:
July 25, 2008 at 2:41 pm
i love all of your work, it has inspired me to give these products a try
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Navymom says:
July 25, 2008 at 3:29 pm
Thanks so much for sharing your time at CHA, it was fun to see.
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Susie says:
July 25, 2008 at 4:15 pm
That is so adorable, my lss made this at CHA too and I got to see it when she brought it back. I love those animals.
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Scotti (from HP) says:
August 30, 2008 at 11:12 am
That is the cutest! You’re very talented!