I have decided for my birthday I am going to get my stock of stamping stuff built up so what do you recommend to colour in, have got water colour pencils, some
sakura (so more of those are going on my list) and a set of h2os but I cant get on with those at all - so what else do you all use - hubby wants to go to wales
on my birthday weekend for the rugby so I have been told to make a big list!!!!!
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Posts: 1296 (22/02/2008 19:27:43) |
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secretstamper |
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Posts: 3138 (22/02/2008 22:26:48) |
Sakura pens would be top of my list Julie, especially stardust and glaze. I've just got some tinkabella inks and they are gorgeous too, they make great
backgrounds as well as giving a lovely finish for colouring stamped images
sounds very exciting though - Hubby is asking for trouble, fancy tellig you to make a big list lol Claire xx |
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Posts: 770 (22/02/2008 23:09:43) |
Chalks!!! I'm totally non-artistic and using pens gives an effect such as achieved by a backward 3 year old, but even I can make a decent card with chalks
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Posts: 1296 (22/02/2008 23:09:46) |
Thanks Clarie, think sakura is 2nd on my list after some stamps, was thinking about the whisper pens as well (is that the right name). Yes he is asking for
trouble the list is getting huge lol
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Posts: 1836 (22/02/2008 23:15:57) |
I'm with Fiona, I love using chalks because you can get great results with chalks.
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Posts: 1912 (22/02/2008 23:53:03) |
I adore H2Os, such gorgeous colours and Marvy le Plume pens. Marvy's are brilliant to use as watercolours plus they can be mixed with H2Os to give that
shimmery colour. I also use acrylic paints, ordinary gel pens especially the metallic ones, ordinary felt tips - brush some felt tip colour onto an acrylic
block and pick up the colour with a damp paint brush.
I also adore the gold and silver with hints of colour Sakura pens (can't remember their name but Joanna stocks them) which can also be used with a damp paintbrush to spread the colour out and give a hint of gold or silver with the colour. Enjoy shopping Lynn xx |
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secretstamper |
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Posts: 3138 (23/02/2008 09:41:34) |
Those pens look lovely Lynn, are they they Moonlight ones? Can't remember the name but I've seen them on c&c and had forgotten about them. Oh dear
another thing to add to my wish list! What with Joanna having 2 new cds coming out I think I need to get a paper round before I go to work lol
Claire xx |
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Posts: 1296 (23/02/2008 10:19:59) |
The list is getting longer and longer. Marvy pens to be added now. Cant get on with chalks either, can you see a pattern emerging!!! I think I may need some
more H20s, I think I may have got the wrong set for me as the ones I have are very bright and almost gharish and have to be watered down a lot, so maybe I need
a lighter colour,
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Posts: 1912 (24/02/2008 00:33:50) |
Julie H2Os can be mixed together too just like ordinary paints, so it might be a good idea to get another set or two or three! I use lids off margarine/butter
tubs as paint palettes.
Claire it's the silver shadow and gold shadow Sakura pens, I find that if i use them direct to paper then I can hardly see the colour for the gold or silver but when a little is put on a picture and immediately "drawn" out with a water brush then the main colour is visible with a hint of gold or silver - lovely. Lynn xx |
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Posts: 531 (24/02/2008 10:20:37) |
I use a mixture of Copic markers and Marvy. Both work very well for colouring in. With the Marvy you can use directly on the stamp if you want instead of
Stazon and then colouring in. I don't use H20s except when the effect I want is to be a bit shimmery. I find I can't get the fine detail as usually my
fine brushes have disappeared just when I need them.
Chris x |
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Posts: 345 (24/02/2008 13:31:17) |
I'm a big fan of pearelscent tinting medium, costs a few pound for a large tube and is found in amongst the artist paints. It's a bit like sparkly
toothpaste and you only need a pea size blob, mix a tiny weeny bit with any wet colouring medium (felt tips scribbled on a plate, ink, watercolours etc) to
give a twinkly effect.
Polychromo pencils blended with sansador is another nice one but they arent cheap. |
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Posts: 1200 (24/02/2008 15:33:53) |
Hello Julie - my absolute favourite is the Stewart Gill range called Mini Mezze - Glenda Waterworth stocks them.
They are creamy to start with and you can water them down or mix just like H2Os, but I always use them in preference because there's no waiting once I've made up my mind. With the attention span at times of an amoeba I can have forgotten what I was planning by the time the H2Os soften! |
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Posts: 1501 (25/02/2008 01:26:42) |
well julie, you have a lot of advice, just wondering why i am putting my pennyworth in when these girls are the experts on card making.
i have most of the things people have but the thing i use alot are my whisper pens from docrafts. i use them all the time. the second lot i use alot are the stardust pens. hope its some help, love june xx ps i colour all my rubber stamps pictures in and the peel offs |
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Posts: 532 (16/03/2008 21:03:51) |
i use the Whispers Brush pens too,and sakura stardust
regards sharon |
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Posts: 300 (17/03/2008 19:59:17) |
Marvy pens too they give you some bright bold colours like felt pens but esp for crafting. have a thick & thin end.
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Posts: 616 (31/03/2008 21:06:49) |
I use tube watercolour paints, I find I can blend them, so in effect take out the process of drawing the picture.
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Posts: 3000 (31/03/2008 22:11:02) |
I like the Lyra Watercolour Crayons that Joanna sells.
Kathleen x |
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Posts: 52 (29/04/2008 21:29:20) |
Hi Cottager - I think the pens that you mean are the Gold/Silver Shadows - they are gorgeous, especially for writing greetings.
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Posts: 1 (09/05/2008 21:51:12) |
Hi, I'm new to the forum and use all of the above but still swear by my watercolour pencils and waterbrush. The inexpensive brush is filled up with water
by squeezing the barrel and drawing up as you would a fountain pen. Stores and travels securely. Lightly squeeze to wet brush and dry on kitchen roll then
take some colour from the tip of the Watercolour pencil. Try on scrap card. To change colour, simply squeeze a little water through onto kitchen roll and dry
again before going to next colour. Works wonders with rubber stamps and Staz On ink - I'm hooked on Penny Black stamps too !!
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Posts: 15 (12/05/2008 18:27:07) |
I have Marvy and Sakura pens and they are great. I love my watercolour pencils for shading but have also started using colouring pencils with Zest-it blending
solution. You apply the blednign solution with a paper stump and it gives a great effect.
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Posts: 2 (12/05/2008 23:27:30) |
What ever you add to your list my number one is my water brush as it makes the best of all that others have listed ................ once used no more brush and
water jar in my humble opinion
but as hubby was fool enough to say make a big list I would go the whole hog and then some ............... when will they ever learn offer us a new pen and we will want the whole stationers ! Lol !!! |
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