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OK, I just had to have these things. I just tried to use them and what a mess. I tried using them with a watercolor brush to color in the image. It looked smeary not blended. Then I misted the cake with a bit of water, let it soften for about 10 minutes and tried to apply it directly to a stamp. All it did was bead up. What am I doing wrong? Can anyone help me with this?
BTW: Both CS and stamp were SU.
__________________ Pia "I am not old and haggard. I am Shabby Chic."
ok, I hope I can help...I love my twinkling h20's, but I mostly use them for painting directly onto a solid type stamp and then I spritz with water lightly and then stamp it. Sometimes if it doesn't print exactly like I want, I go back with my little paint brush and add some twink. h20 directly onto the stamped image like water color paint. I have never had it bead up on a stamp, but if your stamp is brand new, then maybe stamp it a few times with other ink and break it in...new stamps often do that to me. I just drop a few drops of water on the cake of twink. h20 , then mix it up a bit with my paint brush til it gets thicker. Paint it directly onto the stamp, spray with a light mist of water from a spray bottle before you stamp. There are a few cards in my gallery where I have used this method - mostly the pears that you see on some of my cards. HOpe that helps - if I can think of anything else, I'll post it!
When I use H20's I paint with a small paint brush. I put a couple of water drops in the H20 with my watercolor pen, and let it sit for a minute. Then i use a paint brush. I found when I use the water pen there is so much water everywhere.
when I water color with the twinkling h2o's, I love to use my aqua pen, i put a few drops of water into the paint, let it soften a bit, then use it to paint in the areas. I have tons of cards and projects in my gallery using them. they are so much fun to use! never tried directly painting them onto a stamp. I like the vividness of the twinkle when it is painted directly on. Just be sure and let your cake dry out before you put the lid back onto them. I love these paints!
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I don't like using the water pen, I prefer using a very delicate paint brush, very nice paint brush such as One Stroke paint brushes or the fine artists brushes you can get in the art section of Michaels. You pay for it, but they work so much better.
interesting reading this. I have never had problems with my aqua painter, but I did get the expensive aqua painter (Niji brand from michael's) so never have problems with too much water coming out and such.
__________________ Lisa C., Mom to 3 great kids, 3 super dogs and an cat that thinks she is a dog! My Gallery
This has probably been mentioned before but if you have too much water coming out of your water brush, remove the head from the barrel and put a tiny bit of sponge in there. This will slow the flow but not stop it.
I love my H2O's and I just use the Aqua painter pen drop a drop on the top of the H2O and rub it in a bit and paint away...I always test the color first on a scratch paper cuz you can get different colors depending on the amount of water you use more water the lighter the color. I just play around until I get what I want and duplicate that as I am coloring my image. You can not put too much water on CS without it warping and sometimes the paper will start to peel so you have to do whatever you are doing in as few strokes as possible.
I have not put them directly to a stamp before so I can not help you with that one! ;)
Good luck!
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Thanks everyone for your responses.
I got a few good paint brushes so now I am off to play.
I really want this to work because I so love the tiny bit of sparkle in this product.
__________________ Pia "I am not old and haggard. I am Shabby Chic."
In using twinkling H2Os I've found that it helps to spray my stamped image first with a little bit of Krylon matte spray, then coloring in with twinkling H2Os. It seems to help with the problem of the cardstock "dissolving" so fast from too much water and twinkling H2Os, and seems to help colors blend a little better. Just my opinion.
In using twinkling H2Os I've found that it helps to spray my stamped image first with a little bit of Krylon matte spray, then coloring in with twinkling H2Os. It seems to help with the problem of the cardstock "dissolving" so fast from too much water and twinkling H2Os, and seems to help colors blend a little better. Just my opinion.
Wow, great tip. Thanks so much, I will try it when I get home. Having to work every other weekend is a bummer at times.
I love Twinkling H20's and use them a lot. Invest in some paint brushes from the fine art department - you can wait for them to go on sale at places such as Hobby Lobby or A C Moore. I put a drop of water into the little pot and swirl the brush until some comes off onto the brush. Then I paint on the images I have stamped or embossed. The irridescence of the paint is the best part of these. Just experiment and I am sure you will find them wonderful. Niki
