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A friend gave me four H2O's today as part of my birthday present but I don't know what to do with them! Are they supposed to be dry? Do you wet them? Do you use a wet brush? Any help would be greatly appreciated!
They are a sparkling water color paints. Spray the paint pot with a "little" water. You don't need much water to activate them. Then dab your brush into the paints and brush on your project. You can also put the paint on an acrylic plate or ceramic tile and dilute it more if you want a more subtle effect. I have a 6" x 8" white smooth ceramic wall tile that I use to mix water colors or paint.
I leave the lid off the paint pot for a day or so to dry before storing them as they can mold if not completely dried after use. I use distilled water to moisten the paint in the pot
I love them, but I only have a few colors . I wish I had more of them .
thanks everyone for your help. I will give these a try. As I said, I only have four, they were a gift. I just needed a little help getting started. I will give them a try tomorrow and I remember the tip about drying them out so they don't mold.
Thanks for asking this question Kathy, I had come on to SCS to find the answer to this question myself. I have the shimmers and although I love the colors I am not happy about the fact that they dry out so quickly so I was wondering how the H2O's work to see if I should get some. Thanks.
You can experiment with the amount of water you put in too - if you put a few drops of water in and let the paint sit for a while, you will have a more concentrated, brighter and more shimmery paint to work with than if you just mist or pick the color up directly with a waterbrush. The pigment in these is really, really vibrant!
Thanks for asking this question Kathy, I had come on to SCS to find the answer to this question myself. I have the shimmers and although I love the colors I am not happy about the fact that they dry out so quickly so I was wondering how the H2O's work to see if I should get some. Thanks.
What are shimmers?
H2 0's are "dry' cakes of water colors that you mist with water to activate. They are like "Pan" watercolors rather than tube water colors. Unless they get moldy from storing while damp I can't imagine them going bad.
Thanks!!
I bought a bottle of shimmer paint from Stampin UP. I like it . You apply it with a sponge dabber. It is available in white, champaign and one other color. I bought the white. It looks great applied over embossing folder textures
Something else the H2Os are great for are a wash background, with or without embossing resist. I tend to use them quite dilute for that. If you only have a very few colours (at the moment ;-)) you might find that a good way to use them.
I have read, too, that if you moisten them slightly you can paint them onto your stamp and stamp with them, like stamping with markers. But speaking personally, I've never managed to get the consistency just right to get a good result. You could always try, though .
Something else the H2Os are great for are a wash background, with or without embossing resist. I tend to use them quite dilute for that. If you only have a very few colours (at the moment ;-)) you might find that a good way to use them.
I have read, too, that if you moisten them slightly you can paint them onto your stamp and stamp with them, like stamping with markers. But speaking personally, I've never managed to get the consistency just right to get a good result. You could always try, though .
I love my Twinkling H2O's. I use them quite often. Love that they add a hint of sparkle. I use my waterbrush (aqua painter) and find that works just great. I don't even bother to put the lids back on, just leave them off and have them stored in a flat box.
I haven't seen them in Michaels or HL. I bought mine from www.DreaminginColor.com - they are directly from the manufacturer, so all the colors are available. There are some great ideas in the gallery too.
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Didn't notice anyone mentioning stamping with them for some beautiful results. Mist your H2Os, let sit a few minutes & mix, should be consistency of cream. Paint colors onto your stamp, mist & stamp. Remisiting allows several stampings. Some of the videos cover this as well as watercoloring techniques.
I was so glad they didn't go out of business but there was such a flurry of buying by H2O lovers when it was announced, I wonder if they have many sales now. The color line was revamped in the process. There was a poll to choose 72 favorite colors & some new color were added. They are very addictive.
I took the lids off my H2O's several years ago and store them uncovered in a shoe box lid. Since they are a hard cake type water color, leaving them uncovered has not hurt them at all.
Best of all in addition to not having to worry about mold, I can immediately see all the colors and pick which I want to use (I'm a visual kinda gal ya know;) ) and I'm more likely to use them since I don't have to "mess" with the lids everytime.
I took the lids off my H2O's several years ago and store them uncovered in a shoe box lid. Since they are a hard cake type water color, leaving them uncovered has not hurt them at all.
Best of all in addition to not having to worry about mold, I can immediately see all the colors and pick which I want to use (I'm a visual kinda gal ya know;) ) and I'm more likely to use them since I don't have to "mess" with the lids everytime.
I like to emboss a line art stamp on black or very dark cardstock, bleach out the inside of the design, then paint in with H20s. Almost impossible to photograph (for me), but unbelievably shimmery in real life. I like the idea on this thread to leave off the tops of the pots; thanks!
what a great thread. I have always wondered about them. Can youget them at Michael's?
I haven't seen them at Michaels yet, but I was browsing joann.com and found them there. They also carry the Radiant Rain mist & daubers. They're on sale for 30% off right now.
A friend gave me four H2O's today as part of my birthday present but I don't know what to do with them! Are they supposed to be dry? Do you wet them? Do you use a wet brush? Any help would be greatly appreciated!
I bought some of the Twinkling H2O's and love them. What I do is add a little water to the top of each pot that I want to use that day, let them soak for a few minutes. Then pour the paints into a plastic pallet and use either a paint brush or aquawriter and go to town. The only problem I am having is locating any replacements. I have about 50 of them but am on the last dregges of some of them. Does anyone have any idea where to find more?
Great thread! I love my Twinkling H20's, but could not find them any where in the Orlando area! And, I found that the website for the company was not in service anymore. (When I was searching.) Eventually, I found them at
Whimsy Stamps! I just wanted to let you know!
As far as storing them. I put a little piece of a white label on the lid, and painted it with the paint. That way I can see what it looks like when it is dry.
I have one question to ask. What colors do you use for a snow scene?
I have learned so many tips by reading this! Thanks so much everyone!
For snow scenes I mix Siam White from LuminArte and Icicles from Angelwings Ent. I found out that they were the same company but they changed the names of some of their products. So neither are in operation any more. Any hints??
I like to emboss a line art stamp on black or very dark cardstock, bleach out the inside of the design, then paint in with H20s. Almost impossible to photograph (for me), but unbelievably shimmery in real life. I like the idea on this thread to leave off the tops of the pots; thanks!
I read on another thread "ways to make due instead of buying new", posted by thedelmargores. She had a wonderful idea of making your own shimmery watercolors by dissolving children�s watercolors, adding Pearl-Ex, and letting them dry until hard again. Sweet idea! I haven't tried it yet, nor have I used Twinkling H2Os, so I cannot say how they compare. But I do intend to find out. And I'll be experimenting with artist grade watercolors, since they have a much wider range of colors than Crayola. Worth a try.
Martha Stewart also has a recipe for homemade kids watercolors: How to Make Watercolor Paint. I don't see why this wouldn't work with reinkers instead of food coloring and adding some perfect pearls or pearl ex.
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I've watched some great youtube video on using these. I got some on vacation last June in Washington State and have not used them yet. I foget about them. Thanks for bringing them to the surface of my brain again!
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For snow scenes I mix Siam White from LuminArte and Icicles from Angelwings Ent. I found out that they were the same company but they changed the names of some of their products. So neither are in operation any more. Any hints??
It's certainly become harder for me to get single pots - the site I used to get them from now only sells the packs, but you can get them from the manufacturer. A large pot of Siam White will last you ages . Search results for: 'siam'
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I have one question to ask. What colors do you use for a snow scene?
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I use Icicles a lot for snow, with a very pale blue or purple for shadows. I know a previous poster mentioned Siam White, but that doesn't have the same sparkle. I tend to consider it as a matt white, more like a plain watercolour or gouache.
You can see the difference - Icicles on the snow bear in this card and Siam White for the polar bears in this one .
Icicles for the snow here too.
white or yellow on windows or glass in stamp images to make it look like glass
add a bit to water scenes for sparkle, I even layer over colored pencils. Looks great.
I wanted a silver but didn't have that color so I mixed oyster white and hunter grey (old color names - and the grey looks more black than grey) and created a beautiful silver color. I have a day of the week pill box that I mix colors in. They dry just like the others and only need water to wet them for use again next time. Great way to make a few colors seem like you have more.
Kathy your fun has just begun. I just counted mine and I have 90. I also like to heat emboss a line image then use an aquapainter to watercolor with them. You can paint onto a solid image and spritz with water and stamp with that. My advice is to experiment and have fun.
For snow scenes I mix Siam White from LuminArte and Icicles from Angelwings Ent. I found out that they were the same company but they changed the names of some of their products. So neither are in operation any more. Any hints??
Hi, MerryLynn! Welcome to SCS!
My local store carries the H2Os, but I haven't looked at any chain stores recently. Google comes up with several websites if you search "twinkling h2o."
Good luck!
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