<Janet> (sample page is uploading now)
<crowfAFK> hi yama
<anno> so.
<anno> what's the class?
<cak> it's a mystery class!
<crowfAFK> so far, no buddy noes
<anno> rofl!
<anno> cool.
<anno> mystery class.
<cak> I have a love-hate relationship with convention week--prolly too much stimulation!
<crowfAFK> yeah and this suspense is killin me!
<glitrbug> Yeah, I get that way too
<cak> LOL
<wyorph> I'm a newbie--you guys type FAASSTT!! :-)
<Kaye> hey guys
<crowfAFK> hi wyorph!
<yamamama> hi newbie,, where ya from?
<cak> That's one thing about IRC--your typing skills improve radically!
<wyorph> Hi! First time to cyber convention--
<crowfAFK> welcome!
<yamamama> welcome
<Janet1> Welcome to the convention!!
<wyorph> Thanks! The classes have been cool!
<glitrbug> Welcome to our craziness
<cindyc> wyorph.... interesting nickname
<Kaye> my first time too
<crowfAFK> see janet types the fastest so she said three words of welcome
<Kaye> great fun isn't it
<crowfAFK> hi there kaye!
<indigojone> my first too!
<wyorph> from wyoming and a pharmacist AND a stamper
<enchy4mill> RED!
<crowfAFK> welcome to you too!
<glitrbug> hi kaye
yamamama sits next to enchy and says,,, THANKS SWEETIE,, for the catty,, what a suprise
<Kaye> hey everyone
<cindyc> you should meet frank....
<anno> so..
<enchy4mill> you are welcome yamamamay
<enchy4mill> you needed it
<yamamama> yes I did,,,,LOL
<anno> woohoo!
<Janet1> ANNO! TAKE IT AWAY!
<yamamama> you are so sweet
<anno> rofl!
<crowfAFK> ohhh at lasssst! fat marvies!!
<anno> ok.
<Marvey> who are you calling fat?
<enchy4mill> sshhhhhhhh anno - don't tell anyone
<anno> rofl!
<cak> lol
<crowfAFK> fat is marvie!
<enchy4mill> no
<AliciaG> =)
<cak> (it should be me)
<enchy4mill> shhhhhh yama don't tell anyone
<anno> http://www.geocities.com/alsoanno/fatmarvies.html
<anno> there's the pictures!
<anno> follow the directions, buy the stamps!
<anno> your turn, janet.
<anno> rofl!
<enchy4mill> roflol anno
<cak> the RD version!
<Janet1> Uhhhhh explain it more than that. I get confused
<enchy4mill> i printed anno's instructions on the color laser printer at work today
<anno> rofl!
<anno> ok.
<enchy4mill> quite nice
<anno> sorry.
<enchy4mill> beautiful
<anno> I just sat back down.
<anno> ok.
<anno> the fat marvy technique, a la anno.
<cindyc> tis a coat of many colors....
<anno> well.. yeah, I learned it from a magenta video!
<anno> and they did call it joseph's coat, although usually when you hear 'bout joseph's coat it involves a brayer.
<anno> and..
<anno> I can't bray.
<anno> so.
<anno> this works for me.
<anno> I used to have a cat my mama named josephine, cuz she had a coat of many colors.
<anno> we called her kitty.
<anno> did y'all look at the pictures?
<Libster> yes ma'am
<anno> www.geocities.com/alsoanno/fatmarvies.html
<anno> any questions?
<Libster> http://www.geocities.com/alsoanno/fatmarvies.html
<brenda4> gorgeous anno
<Libster> wouldn
<indigojone> yup - VERY nice
<anno> ty, lib!
<anno> ty, brenda!
<Libster> welcome
<anno> ty, indigo!
<Janet1> fat Marveys are the big brush markers, right?
<wyorph> ooo I like this example too: http://www.dm.net/~anno/fatmarvy6.jpg
<anno> yes!
<anno> the marvy brush markers.
<Kaye> i suck at embossing
<anno> rofl wyorph.. I gotta go look at that and see what it is...
<Kaye> it always screws up
<anno> oh!
<anno> that's from the old class! I like that one too!
<Libster> I love that tree!!!!
<anno> it doesn't so much matter with this, kaye...
<Janet> that's the one you smooshed with the memories pad?
<anno> because the color is gonna take over, rather than the embossing.. it doesn't have to stand alone like it sometimes needs to.
<Kaye> any good tips on embossing
<anno> yeah, that's the one I smooshed with the memories pad.
<anno> I wish I could find the before pictures.
<anno> but they're lost in cyberspace somewhere!
<anno> oh.
<anno> kaye,
<Kaye> yes
<anno> I learned this from the radiant pearls video..
<anno> if you're embossing stuff with large areas, like these fairies..
<anno> I didn't do this, but it is cool..
<anno> use your embossing ink..
<anno> or a color'd pigment..
<anno> then utee..
<anno> then, before you hot it up,
<anno> detail clear..
<anno> clear utee..
<anno> to fill in the spaces?
<anno> and then hot it up..
<anno> that makes for good coverage.
<brenda4> wow
<anno> the big chunks, and then the fine grains..
<Kaye> cool great tip
<Kaye> is the video good
<kat> anno caps please
<wyorph> this technique works neat with watercolors also
<anno> that was the best thing I got from the video.
<C_Lion> I keep a mix of regular UTEE and detail clear
<ANNO> oh.. that's handy, c-lion!
<cak> pre-mixed? What a good idea
<C_Lion> another tip, lol
<ANNO> good idea!
<ANNO> ok..
<ANNO> so..
<ANNO> the fat marvy thing..
<ANNO> you stamp in clear and emboss in clear...
<ANNO> double dip your ep's if you like!
<ANNO> then you just take your fat marvys (brush markers) (any watercolor marker will work)
<Kaye> so you pre mix the utee and the detail clear
<ANNO> fat marvys just got fat points so they scribble faster..
<ANNO> c-lion does!
<ANNO> I just used plain old ordinary clear ep, on these pictures.
<ANNO> then you scribble all over the image..
<ANNO> any way you want..
<Kaye> is the radiant pearls video good
<ANNO> it was pretty good...
<glitrbug> I love that fairy stamp
<ANNO> the EP tip was the best for me, cuz.. I don't paint...
<C_Lion> do you ever have trouble with the clear getting cloudy on dark paper?
<ANNO> so most of the rest of it was wasted on me!
<ANNO> I only stamp on kraft.
<ANNO> rofl!
<ANNO> almost exclusively.
<Janet> occasionally I do, clion, is the embossing ink getting icky under there someone told me
<Janet> and I was told to hot it up again and it would usually clear up
<C_Lion> ty janet
<glitrbug> I was thinking of trying a mix of translucent Premo with that on top & see if it would work as a window thingy
<glitrbug> with some of those fairy stamps
<Kaye> like a window cling
<ANNO> that might be really cool, glitrbug
<Kaye> you can use the liquid sculpey
<Kaye> it is awesome stuff
<ANNO> once you've scribbled all over what you embossed already, take a paper towel and wipe the ink off the EP..
<ANNO> and it'll look pretty.
<ANNO> before that it's pretty ugly.
<cak> lol
<ANNO> seriously.
<Kaye> brb need to put a sheet on the bed
<ANNO> you gotta wipe that marker ink off before you can believe you're actually doing anything but makin' a mess.
<Janet> and the other day when mine looked too garish, putting the memories tan on the top really made it cool
<glitrbug> I tend to add glitter
<ANNO> yeah.. I wish we could find the step by step from the old class, cuz that proved that point.
<glitrbug> you make garish sound bad.....
<Janet> LOL
<Janet> Garish as a way of life.
<ANNO> if you scribble on it and you still don't like it, smoosh a brown memories pad.. (well.. sometimes it doesn't work. it worked for the pink thing!)
<Janet> it worked for my leaf!
<ANNO> then spritz your paper towel with spritz cleaner and clean the ep off again..
<glitrbug> Brown on pink !!! Oh my!
<ANNO> look at the gaudy flowers..
<ANNO> I left those alone too!
<ANNO> and..
<ANNO> they are.. garrish!
<ANNO> rofl!
<glitrbug> Well, I like the flowers all right, just don't care for orange.
<ANNO> it's not so bright as it looks in the scan..
<glitrbug> I work in a grey cube so can't get enough color when I am loose
<Janet> i think it was the lime green in my leaf i didn't like. but the brown memories pad made it perfect
<ANNO> when I did those flowers from the last class.. they were just too pastel, really.
<ANNO> I scribbled the colors I thought they should be..
<ANNO> and it was blah...
<ANNO> but smooshing the memories brown on top made them look old, rather than blah.. sorta.
<glitrbug> Magenta always spices things up
<ANNO> I can't really 'splain how it worked, just that it did.
<glitrbug> that's great ano. I will try that sometime.
<ANNO> I wish I could show you the difference!
<glitrbug> Out of the box for me
<Janet> everybody should try this. it's fun!
<ANNO> if you look at the leaf ones..
<glitrbug> Yeah, before & after
<ANNO> the red one I smooshed brown memories on, and the green one I smooshed green memories on.
<ANNO> I tried vivid once, I think I saw that in a magenta video too,
<ANNO> but it just ate the imate..
<ANNO> image..
<ANNO> the ink soaked all in?
<C_Lion> I only see one card, are there more?
<ANNO> so I might as well not have colored it at all.
<Janet> there are links for more at the bottom
<ANNO> www.geocities.com/alsoanno/fatmarvies.html
<ANNO> she mighta just got the link to the last class picture..
<C_Lion> ty anna
<C_Lion> anno
<Janet> (I'm afraid to cut and paste one now , afraid i'll lose the next page link)
<C_Lion> oooh those are pretty
<wyorph> I have also seen this done using markers FIRST then stamp and emboss with a bolder stamp
<ANNO> so.. I'm not sure it's memories that makes a difference, but you don't want a really juicy pad.. I think a felt-type pad probably works better than one of the foam type, like any of clearsnaps.
<wyorph> then top off with darker ink
<ANNO> oh..
<ANNO> cool..
<ANNO> I'll have to try that sometime too! still emboss in clear?
<ANNO> cool.
<wyorph> the images are colored instead of white that way
<wyorph> yes, still emboss in clear
<cak> and no brayer involved!
<ANNO> that might just sell me on rabbit's peacock.
<C_Lion> are teh butterflies stamped in Blanco?
<ANNO> that's why I like this cak.. I can't brayer..
<ANNO> no..
<wyorph> you can DTP with markers or a dye ink pad
<ANNO> still stamped in clear and embossed in clear..
<ANNO> then scribbled over.
yamamama has a question
<wyorph> yes
<yamamama> how much do you think the image is compromised by the color of paper you mount it on?\
<ANNO> compromised?
<yamamama> or is it at all?
<ANNO> I think it's enhanced by the color!
<ANNO> long as you pick the color you can work with.
<ANNO> yanno?
<yamamama> it shows through the clear embossing?
<ANNO> sure.
<ANNO> can't you tell those are not white?
<ANNO> or.. can you?
<ANNO> maybe you can't.
<yamamama> you never use white anno...lol
<ANNO> I dunno, I never tried on white!
<Janet> i'm the one who likes white
<ANNO> I almost always start with kraft.
yamamama too
<ANNO> not 100%, but almost always.
<ANNO> when I sit down to stamp, I snag a piece of kraft and start.
<ANNO> unless I have a white idea, or unless yamamama is tryin' to teach me to chalk!
<Janet> LOL
<yamamama> lol
<ANNO> but usually, almost all the time, I start with kraft.
<glitrbug> I had to go out & get more glossy to try that chalk thing from last nite
<ANNO> you can start with anything you want.
<MomCat> I like to stamp on paper that is not a solid color.
<ANNO> I got a piece of glossy today in my yellow rose social prize!
<ANNO> what should I do with it?
<glitrbug> I need to get a ream of glossy
ANNO is glossyimpaired
<yamamama> the 4 samples that are together,, now those arn't done on kraft,, right?
<Janet> (well and I usually use either acetate or toiletpaper<g>)
<ANNO> course they are.
<ANNO> all on one piece of kraft.
<C_Lion> polished stone is my favorite use of glossy
<wyorph> HGTV example of what I was trying to describe:
<ANNO> or brown.. I dunno for sure what it's name brand is.
<MomCat> what is the URL, please?
<wyorph> http://hgtv.com/HGTV/project/0,1158,CRHO_project_13576,FF.html
<yamamama> it looks lighter than I picture "kraft"
ANNO is polished-stone impaired too.
<ANNO> it just scanned light.
<glitrbug> You stamp on glossy with dye and q-tip chalk over it. last nite it was with photo stamps
<ANNO> www.geocities.com/alsoanno/fatmarvies.html
<Susan> lol anno i buy white glossy by the ream!
yamamama never chalks on glossy
<ANNO> I buy kraft/tan stuff by the ream!
<Susan> Stipple on the glossy
<Libster> I can't find white glossy
<Susan> then stamp over it
<Libster> only plain
<Susan> very fast and easy
<Susan> no embossing necessary
<ANNO> but.. that layer under the vellum on the first fairy card, the fall color one.. that is glossy..
<ANNO> the yellowgreen one.
<ANNO> I tried that blueprint thing...
<ANNO> it didn't work..
<ANNO> but it was the right color for that layer!
<glitrbug> What blue print thing?
<Janet> those are so cool.
<glitrbug> I missed that one
<ANNO> the blueprint thing...
<Janet> hey Lory!
<ANNO> you..
<ANNO> I dunno if I can remember it.
<ANNO> you..
<Lory> hey
<yamamama> Lib??
<cak> It's a hand applied light-sensitive emulsion
<ANNO> I'll have to watch that movie again.
<ANNO> you..
<brenda4> hey lory
<ANNO> no..
<ANNO> it's easier than that, cak!
<Lory> hey brenda
<ANNO> you..
<ANNO> oh!!
<cak> (they sell it already coated on paper)
<Janet> hi, Jratz
<ANNO> you smoosh ancient page ink all over a report cover..
<jratz> Hi
<ANNO> and then you ink a stamp with embossing ink (clear)
<ANNO> and stamp it into the mess you made on the report cover..
<ANNO> then you put a piece of glossy in there..
<ANNO> and close the cover..
<ANNO> and brayer over it..
<ANNO> and in theory...
<yamamama> andmake another mess
<ANNO> you get like a blueprint.
<ANNO> I got a mess.
<cak> Ah!
<yamamama> LOL
<ANNO> but, it was the right color mess, for that card!
<glitrbug> LOL that would be a doomed project for me
<ANNO> actually..
<wyorph> A true crafter--never throw anything away!
<glitrbug> Yes, you got something useable
<ANNO> you might not ink the stamp at all.
<ANNO> you might just stamp.
<ANNO> I can't remember.
<kat> wouldn't that mess up you embossing pad
<ANNO> I'll have to watch the movie again.
<ANNO> well..
<yamamama> take away color
<ANNO> it was clear ink on a clear stamp..
<ANNO> the intent is to remove ink from the report cover.. yes.
<kat> oh, ok
<kat> gotcha
<Sber> is there a url>
<Janet> there is!
<ANNO> sure.
<yamamama> http://www.geocities.com/alsoanno/fatmarvies.html
<ANNO> www.geocities.com/alsoanno/fatmarvies.html
<ANNO> rofl.
<ANNO> ty, yamamama
<yamamama> †
<ANNO> I'm bound to typo it.
<Sber> thanks!
<ANNO> cuz I'm just typing it.. rofl!
<Libster> Hi Sber!
<Janet> SB!
<Sber> hey there!
<ANNO> did you look at the last sample in the extra links?
<Sber> pretty!
<Libster> I love that tree!
<glitrbug> Yes
<Libster> I saved it
<ANNO> that's the same thing only with black.
<yamamama> libster......
<ANNO> I tried it with clear but it sucked.
<indigojone> I love it in black!
<ANNO> partly cuz my clear pad was kind of sucky at the time.. it didn't emboss well.
<ANNO> somewhere I have proof of that.
<ANNO> but the black worked well!
<ANNO> so..
<ANNO> you can just use the fat marvy thing to color whatever you wanna stamp and emboss in whatever color you want...
<ANNO> scribbling is the cool part.
<ANNO> well.. part of the cool part.
<ANNO> you wanna see the ugly tree?
<ANNO> (it's really ugly)
<Sber> this is on non-glossy or glossy
<Janet> (is not)
<ANNO> unglossy
<cak> yeah (it'll make me feel better)
<Sber> thanks!
<yamamama> glossless
<ANNO> (is kraft-type)
<ANNO> ok..
<ANNO> lemme find it...
<ANNO> http://www.dm.net/~anno/tree2.JPG
<Libster> yamama you wanted me???
<ANNO> there's the ugly one.
<Sber> Anno you did a great job with the samples! so take a compliment grasiously and enjoy it!
<yamamama> I am talking to you in private,,,,,,,, go find me
<ANNO> oh.. ty!
<Janet> oh no, I love that one!
<ANNO> I do appreciate the compliments!
<ANNO> but that one was a total failure..
<ANNO> rofl.
<ANNO> the inkpad was awful so it didn't emboss well..
<ANNO> and I didn't figure out there was a sun or moon in the image til it was already too scribbled to make it show!
<Sber> hey it was a really detailed image too. so...
<brenda4> oh i love it
<indigojone> oh but Anno, the colors are lovely and the fibers are just right for it
<ANNO> well.. thanks...
<brenda4> neat effect
<ANNO> that's when I got a new embossing pad.
<ANNO> I reink'd the old one and it was never the same after.
<ANNO> kinda watery.
<ANNO> and I used a real reinker too!
<ANNO> so I dunno what was up with that.
<ANNO> but..
<ANNO> it killed it.
<Sber> hey rabbit!
<ANNO> hey rabbit!
<glitrbug> I like it too anno
<Janet> RRabbit!
<ANNO> ty, glitrbug
<RubberRabb> Hi all
<kat> i liked it a lot anno
<MomCat> I love the clear tree anno
<ANNO> ty, kat
<ANNO> I like the black tree.
<ANNO> rofl!
<glitrbug> It just didn't come out the way you planned
<RubberRabb> you killed what anno (hoping for a confession)
<ANNO> I killed my embossing pad, rabbit..
<ANNO> I almost killed my husband today..
<ANNO> but..
<ANNO> I wimped out.
<indigojone> lol
<Janet> (it's still an iffy thing with mine)
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