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Here's one for you girls. I am on my way out to choir so I'll leave you with this query!
I love twinkling H2O's to colour in stamps and for other colouring ideas, but what else can I do with them? Is there any fantastic use for them that I am missing? I'll collect answers later - put your thinking caps on 'cos I'm having a design crisis
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Hmmm....coloring in stamps is the only way I know of using them...anyone else??
(Psst...Fiona...are you a princess?? ;) )
__________________ - Karen, mom to the gnome and the little cupcakes! Yep, I got A GIRL!! Fear is that little dark room where negatives are developed. - M. Pritchard
I just purchased my first set, so I am wondering what all I can do with them. I will be sitting here checking back and forth on ALL of the WORDS of wisdom, from this place!
You can also stipple directly onto solid image stamps. I just decorated a three ring binder this weekend using the retired Ferns set. I used Scarab Beetle on those, which is really cool as it's green/brown depending on the angle (like the Pearl-Ex duo colors) Check it out: Gallery at Splitcoaststampers
I have all my H2Os in one of the large stamp storage boxes with the lids off (in a ziploc in my filing cabinet in case I ever need them). When I want to use them, I mist them down with water and let 'em sit for a couple minutes to "wake up." I then mist my stipple brush, too - careful as you don't want it to really be wet, but a little moisture helps the color transfer better. Then "ink" up your stamp, and go to town. You can also stipple over your entire image/page for general shimmer. In the example above I used several different colors in different areas - I really wish they showed up better in pictures!
Also, be sure to let them completely dry before closing back up, as they could possibly mold.
My sis has them and besides coloring in stamped images, she also paints the colors on to solid stamps and them stamps the image so that on the paper the image is "twinkling"
Ex. She has a strawberry stamp and she painted on to the rubber of the berry part with red twinkling h2o and she painted the vine part with green twinkling h2o then she stamped the image on to paper so and it looked like she used shimmering ink.
I dont know if this makes much sense... Sorry if it doesnt.
Above are the only two ways I know of to use them, i.e., coloring in an image and coloring the stamp before stamping the image. What's new to me is MAKING SURE THEY ARE DRY BEFORE YOU PUT THEM AWAY SO THEY DON'T MOLD! I live in the mold capital of the world, Central Florida! Thanks for the tip.
I took a class on the H2Os last winter and we did some background techniques as well as painting the line image with different colors and painting a solid image stamp (i.e. pear) with several colors. That technique was similar to using a marker.
One of the background techniques was done using only one color and a 1 inch flat paintbrush. Drag the paint straight across the card front in rows all the way down the front of the card. Then layer your main image on top of that.
The other technique was using about 3 different colors, mixing up a good portion of paint and water and painting it on the card front at random. Begin with the lightest color first. Because of the water the colors mix nicely together as they dry. Very fun and Very pretty! Just experiment and see what great combinations you can come up with.
I have been playing with Twinkling H2O's and have made a couple of beautiful backgrounds. I use quite a bit of water in the jar, wait a minute, swirl it around, and drop or streak on paper. Start with the lighter colors. Then I drop other colors on and they run together. Much easier than the alcohol inks. I have also used the gold Krylon pen with them! Fun to play with!
Do you know I never thought to use them like ink on my stamps. der :???:
Like that idea - will give that one a go - at the moment I only use them to colour in. Will try lots of new things now!
By the way I am definately that Princess - my favorite color is green and at the moment give me chocolate or else I will change.......
Keep posting please and any one who wants to PM me I'm still waiting for my first one!
Oh, in addition to one of the earlier posts, about taking a paintbrush with a H2O color on it, swipe across the cardfront to make a bacground. I was shown something similar. You can take a paintbrush and swipe it diagonally several times across the card. Makes pretty backgrounds! Never really thought of using it to make backgrounds but I'm sure theyd make beautiful shimmery ones!
__________________ ~ Wendy ~ *AVATAR--That's my DD's cute feet at the beach when she was 18 months old! She's 5 now!Where did the time go???
I have made some iridescent card with a couple of colors and then punched out dragonflies and butterflies - you can then 3D them with a pencil. They look cool
Twinkling H2O's
