Tim Holtz Inspired

Years ago I took a workshop with Tim Holtz at the Ten Second Studio in Texas. Tim was just starting to use power point to do his classes because of a recent trip to Africa. With 200 ladies attending he had to find a way to show all the steps without having the samples being passes around. 
Our workshop only had 25 but it still made a big difference!
He said for us not to over think the project, just grab a color and slap it down. It's the creative process that's important. I was at a table with two ladies who just couldn't slap color down. They had to think where the final project would go, what color the room was, was it going to be a gift, what colors did they like more etc....  They were without question several steps behind everyone else in the class. So here is where the power point came into play. Instead of having to go over what they had missed, Tim would just scroll back the photo of the step they were on. I don't think they finished the project but it didn't hold up the rest of the class. If you've ever been to a big class and someone can't work without the sample in front of them or the exact color on the sample, you know what I'm talking about. 
OK back the the card. Tim's live video today was about just being creative, play with what you have while we all have to stay at home. It's the process of having fun not the end result. I decided to do the smooching technique using my Twinkling H2O watercolors. The surprise was the grid lines on the acrylic block  I used transfered on to the paper, which added more texture! I then tried a tip Jennifer Mcguire showed awhile back on how to get your sentiments to line up straight. You save the cut out part of the die cut and use that as a guide on your card. It worked, not that I didn't believe JM. :) 
Oh, hello there is a Simon Says die.