Art blog with thorough (and at times, salty) product reviews, with special emphases on watercolour and pastels.
Art blog with thorough (and at times, salty) product reviews, with special emphases on watercolour and pastels.
After playing with Stampin’ Up Symbols of Fortune DSP, I need a ginkgo leaf die. This Impression Obsession Ginkgo Leaf die, at just US$4.99, is the perfect companion piece to go with the papers. The Die Embosses Too! By the way, this die embosses too! The finished size measures 2.5″x2″. The etched impression makes each …
Spellbinders Bibi’s Butterflies collection is a stunning collection that came out last month. At the time of purchase, the Card Creator die set from this collection was sold out everywhere, so I purchased the So Many Butterflies and the Petite Floral Potpourri dies instead. The results are similar to what you can make with the …
Nichol Spohr can sell me snow, and I live in Canada. When I saw her design using the Hero Arts Neighborhood Houses Fancy dies and Mountain Scene stencil, I purchased them right away with no regret, even though I truly did not need them. Every time she puts out a new design from these product …
I have been using Prismacolor Premier coloured pencils to do most of my portraits for the past four years. They are wax based, creamy and blend well, but my major gripe is that some of the colours give a lot of wax bloom. I was ready to move onto oil-based coloured pencils. I tried Lyra …
I am in love with this Stamping Bella Gnome Pile stamp. Stamping Bella produces real rubber stamps, which I prefer, because the quality is much better than the photopolymer stamps. Even if you use some weaker dye-based inks you only need one pass and the image comes out crisp. I coloured the stamped image with …
For every shaker card I’ve made, there is at least one that ended up in my trash bin. Here are some shaker cards tips I have learned from my tragic experiences, as seen on the card above. Planning Let’s face it: shaker cards require planning. Sometimes, a good idea in your head doesn’t pan out, …
Feeling a bit nostalgic on Lunar New Year, I recreated the classic Hong Kong harbour scene in with Frantic Stamper Junk Boat die. The finished size of the junk boat measures 2.65″x 1.9″, making it the perfect size for scene building or regular card sizes. First, I used a blending brush and blended in several …
After purchasing my basic 24-pc Ohuhu alcohol marker set, I realized the colours were too dark for some of my other projects. I purchased Stampin’ Blends to fill in the colour gap. I bought 4 sets in Ivory/Bronze, Pool Party, Fresh Freesia and Gray Granite. Each set of 2 markers costs CAD$12.00 at the time …
Stamping Bella Rubber Stamps I discovered Stamping Bella‘s gnome stamps when I was searching for anything gnome-related. So far, I have purchased three of the gnome stamps in their collection, and I LOVE them. This one, Stamping Bella Gnome Bouquet, is my absolute favourite. In addition, I appreciate that these are real rubber stamps. The …
If you didn’t know by my site name already, I love gnomes! I am picky about the type of gnomes to collect though. I don’t like the ones with an aged face. My favourite is the kind with just the nose and beard. The Marianne Design Creatables Tomte Gnome Dies are exactly what I wanted, …
