Today was the first day since coming back from the Annual Stampin’ Up! Inspire. Create. Share Event (AKA Convention) that I have had a chance to play with some of the new toys. High on my list was the new Blendabilities (alcohol markers) that are coming – now I tried these at the product playground at Convention and I’m not sure if it was just because they were new to me, I was surrounded by lots of people and was rushing or the image we got to use there was little, but well basically my colouring was rubbish. Fortunately there was an all attendee giveaway in the last session that included a pack of the new markers in Calypso Coral and a new stamp called Blended Bloom and I wasn’t about to let new toys sit untouched for too long. So last night even though I didn’t have the Memento ink (it’s in my order that will ship this week) I Versamarked the image, then stamped it straight into Soft Suede Classic ink and clear embossed the image on Whisper White card stock before colouring.
I experimented with colouring the petals light to dark, then dark to light, I also don’t have the colour lifter (or should that be shifter?) yet – all my new toys are coming on pre-order so I’m making do with what I have on hand at the moment. I added some Crystal Effects to the centre and petal turn overs. The centre of this one is coloured in So Saffron & Crushed Curry Stampin’ Write markers as I only have the 3 colours of the Calypso Coral in the Blendabilites at the minute. I fussy cut the flower and popped it up on Dimensionals. Did you notice the colour of the rhinestones on the butterfly? That’s right – you can re-colour the basic rhinestones or pearls with the Blendabilities markers – so now absolutely everything colour co-ordinates! The leaves, butterfly and sentiment is from another new stamp set called Kinda Eclectic which I absolutely love – we got it as part of the 2014 Inspire. Create. Share registration.
I can’t wait for my new colours to come so I can practise this new colouring technique a lot more. If you can’t wait to get your hands on the new Blendabilties you can always take up the discounted joining offer and get them as part of your kit – all of the pre-order items for demonstrators are available in the starter kit. For just an $85 outlay you basically get your own craft shop to share with friends, family and more – it’s terrific value for money which you can check out here.
If you haven’t already put your name down for a new catalogue so you can check out Blendabilties and all the other new items – you can reserve a copy here.
