12 Wonderful New Twinkling H2O Colors

I was so excited to learn about 12 new Twinkling H2O Colors. Well I have received them and love them. I thought I would share them on my blog with anyone who hasn't already seen them. The Luminarte site doesn't have them listed yet, but I bought mine from The Frantic Stamper. I took the picture below my digital camera because I wanted to try and get the correct colors. I think I came pretty close except for the Go Navy. It is actually more Navy and darker, but other than that they are pretty right on.

By the way, if you are interested in my posting all of the colors just post a note after this entry and I will be glad to do it. I have them on a Color Swatch Chart I made for me. I will probably end up doing a new chart some time in the near future because the new colors are really crowded into it. Happy painting all!

I also want to thank all of you who have commented on my cards. You have no idea what it does for my soul to hear all of your kind words. What a warm welcome to the world of BLOG. Thanks again for stopping by "the blog".

 

 Shirley

 

New Blog New Card Art

I am pretty excited just to be this far along with my blog. For my header I used a cut and paste version of one of the two cards that I created for a class I just finished teaching at a nearby stamp store.


For the card above I used a version of a background called Waxed Paper Resist. The image is "Latte" by Impression-Obsession and the designer is Leigh Hannan. I love all of her stamps by the way. I use them a lot. A really nice thing about most I/O stamps is that you have a choice of:
- unmounted with no cushion,
- mounted with repositional cling (for acrylic mount) or
- unmounted with permanent cushion (for wood mount)
- some come in sets with the repositional cling or the clear (they are reduced a little when compared to the larger images).
The image was painted using Twinkling H2O's. Hmmmmmm You could say I love them too and use them a lot!! The ribbon is by May Arts.

I created the "Stir Stick" using beads I had. I really liked the look. The onyx rhinestones are flatbacks using Glossy Accents to glue them on.


On my second card I used 2 Leigh Hannan stamps. My main image is called "Cappuccino Garden". The image was stamped with Mica Magic Bronze from Clearsnap and heat set. The second image (heart steam) is from a Cling set in the New Spring Impression-Obsession Catalog called "Sweet Heats." The ribbon is again by May Arts. I attached it using Japanese Stab Binding. The coffee beans are beads. They are attached using head pins. Wire could be substituted. The Japanese Stab Binding technique is explained welll here:
http://www.scrapjazz.com/topics/Techniques/Binding/948.php
The nice part about the video is you can stop and start it as you follow the steps the first time. The foam on the cappuccinos is Marvy Liquid Applique. The image was painted with Twinkling H2O's. The hearts on the foam were done using Glossy Accents and Art Institute Glitter. The hearts on the "aroma steam" were done using Glossy Accents and Instant Coffee (any). The word "Love" is from the Rubber Stamp Tapestry set "Word Plate I". "a latte" is from Impression-Obsession stamp "Thanks a latte." Here and there I used Ranger's Gold glitter glue to accent among the leaves. A simple fun card.

 

 Shirley