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Ok, I've been reluctant to purchase blender pens as I already had the Aquabrushes and didn't see the point in having two similar products. I use the Aquabrushes to lift ink of the lid and watercolor my images. I also have the Stampin' Pastels but was disappointed when using the Aquabrushes with them as the color was so weak.
Now that my demo kit just arrived and I watched the Getting Started DVD's blender pen demo, I've been giving these blender pens a whirl with my Stampin' Pastels and I LOVE them Now I get why the pastels are so popular but you NEED to have the blender pens to get the full benefit.
They are also great to use with your ink pads. Just gently squish the lid of the pad in a few times then open it up. You will have some ink gathered in the lid. Just pick it up with your blender pen and color away. I love mine too.
Oh yes, I almost forgot. Welcome to Stampin' Up! Don't forget to sign up for the demo side of SCS. You will find tons of helpful information, templates, advice and encouragement. See you over there.
I use Blender pens with ink, aquacrayons, watercolor pencils, Perfect Pearls, chalk pencils, chalks. Yep, just about anything. Couldn't live without 'em! They're the greatest!!!! :-)
__________________ Diane H.
TAC Demonstrator #1484/Manager, Smilin' Stampers My TAC SiteMy BLOG
A time saving tip: If your Doves get dry, just take the cap off and stand them upright in the bottle of refill with the tip down. About 10 minutes later take it out and wipe off the plastic barrel and you have a pen that will go miles before it gets dry again. It just wicks it right up so well! I could not live without mine! You can also cut the tips back into points again, but replacement tips are so very cheap that I rarely bother with that.
i love my blender pens... I use them with chalks, inks ( and reinkers) , pencils, the watercolor crayons, I love them
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To be honest, I've never done it with my Pearl Ex--only with my Perfect Pearls. PE seems a bit heavier than PP so I'm not sure how it would work. Maybe the same? Maybe not? Let us know!!! :-) Maybe I'll have to try it just for fun. I've got more colors of PP than PE....
__________________ Diane H.
TAC Demonstrator #1484/Manager, Smilin' Stampers My TAC SiteMy BLOG
Well today I FOUND my long lost H20 paint pot's. (now I need to find my aqua pen)..
GRRRRRR..........
And I thought I would try sometime new. ---Well as least for me anyway---.
I took a older Blender pen and put in the H20 pot and started getting some of the paint on the brush,
I used a scrap piece of paper to see what it would look like. And Wow! it looks cool.
So I finished my stamped image with it. I hope to upload it on Monday or Tuesday of Next week
Sept 25th 0r 26th 06
It's nice cause you can control how heavy of color you want or how light you want.
Well I'm off to the basement to play again..
I really need to get some stamping done. Or my name will be MUDD!!!
A time saving tip: If your Doves get dry, just take the cap off and stand them upright in the bottle of refill with the tip down. About 10 minutes later take it out and wipe off the plastic barrel and you have a pen that will go miles before it gets dry again. It just wicks it right up so well! I could not live without mine! You can also cut the tips back into points again, but replacement tips are so very cheap that I rarely bother with that.
Great Tip! Thank you BubbleQueen50.. I've always poured mine in at the top and always ended up spilling half of it! Love your tip!
Don't you love blender pens - I do so much with them - they are still my blender of choice. I tried the aquapainters - and I love them too - but not like I love the blender pen!
After readin this thread I decided that I definitely like blender pens the most. I also have aquapainters and they bite. It seems like I can't control how much water coming out of the tip. Blender pens, I love! I just dabbed the blender pen on the cap part of watercolor wonder crayon. Awesome, freaking awesome! I love the watercolor wonder crayon so much that I just ordered Lyra watercolor crayons! Good deal on jerry artrama website. $49.95 after massive shipping charge ($11.95). Can't beat that. It was for set of 48 crayons. Watercolor crayons and blender pens.....AWESOME!!! Sooo easy to combine colors and everything.
A time saving tip: If your Doves get dry, just take the cap off and stand them upright in the bottle of refill with the tip down. About 10 minutes later take it out and wipe off the plastic barrel and you have a pen that will go miles before it gets dry again. It just wicks it right up so well! I could not live without mine! You can also cut the tips back into points again, but replacement tips are so very cheap that I rarely bother with that.
"Doves"= short for "Dove Blender" You can get Dove Blender refill fluid and Dove tips. These are different from the Tombow kind and EK Success kind that aren't reuseable. I'm not sure what SU are like....
HTH! :-)
__________________ Diane H.
TAC Demonstrator #1484/Manager, Smilin' Stampers My TAC SiteMy BLOG
Hi. leanerme! Yes, blender pens do dry up. But they do last for a long time. They dry up faster using them with SU's pastels/chalks.
I found dove refill in a local stamp/sbook store. I personally don't like to refill my pens - too messy and just doesn't last too long.
If my tips are still good on the blender pens, I will just pour a tiny bit of refill into the cap, dip my blender pen into the refill and then color away (inks, markers, watercolor pencils, pastels, etc.).
I like the aqua painters, but the blender pen is my favorite. Less water, more control, more "blending."
Well today I FOUND my long lost H20 paint pot's. (now I need to find my aqua pen)..
GRRRRRR..........
And I thought I would try sometime new. ---Well as least for me anyway---.
I took a older Blender pen and put in the H20 pot and started getting some of the paint on the brush,
I used a scrap piece of paper to see what it would look like. And Wow! it looks cool.
So I finished my stamped image with it. I hope to upload it on Monday or Tuesday of Next week
Sept 25th 0r 26th 06
It's nice cause you can control how heavy of color you want or how light you want.
Well I'm off to the basement to play again..
I really need to get some stamping done. Or my name will be MUDD!!!
Here is the New card I used with my Blender pen and Twinkling H20 Gallery at Splitcoaststampers
It might now be approved yet but check out my gallery later.
After readin this thread I decided that I definitely like blender pens the most. I also have aquapainters and they bite. It seems like I can't control how much water coming out of the tip. Blender pens, I love! I just dabbed the blender pen on the cap part of watercolor wonder crayon. Awesome, freaking awesome! I love the watercolor wonder crayon so much that I just ordered Lyra watercolor crayons! Good deal on jerry artrama website. $49.95 after massive shipping charge ($11.95). Can't beat that. It was for set of 48 crayons. Watercolor crayons and blender pens.....AWESOME!!! Sooo easy to combine colors and everything.
If you purchase a NIJI WATER BRUSH you will love using the Aqua brush much better.
I started out with using just a Aqua painter brush. And I "HATED" IT!!!!!
But since I have found the Niji Water brush. I have been Super Happy!!!!
It let you control how much water comes out of the brush!
Kathy...THANKS! Yes, that did answer my question. :-) Thank you too, for the tip regarding using the Dove refiill in a cap and dipping the dry SU blender pen in. LM :-)
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Originally Posted by stampin8mom
Hi. leanerme! Yes, blender pens do dry up. But they do last for a long time. They dry up faster using them with SU's pastels/chalks.
I found dove refill in a local stamp/sbook store. I personally don't like to refill my pens - too messy and just doesn't last too long.
If my tips are still good on the blender pens, I will just pour a tiny bit of refill into the cap, dip my blender pen into the refill and then color away (inks, markers, watercolor pencils, pastels, etc.).
I like the aqua painters, but the blender pen is my favorite. Less water, more control, more "blending."
OMGosh - I love blender pens!
