I had a simply lovely hostess at a Sale-a-bration party recently and she wanted to base the party around water colouring, mainly to answer the question she had, which was “which was the best colouring tool to get a Blender Pen or an Aqua Painter?” Sadly I can never definitively answer this question as it really depends upon a lot of variables e.g. what size image are you colouring, what card stock are you colouring on, what effect do you wish to achieve, how much time do you want to spend colouring……….the list of variables is fairly long. So like with most things the best way to make a decision is via personal experience, or in this case to let people play with both and make up their own minds.
We made two items for the make and take – a tag using the new Scallop Tag Topper punch which I coloured with a Blender pen.
Don’t you love the paper piercing detail on this tag and card? Such a simple, flat, low cost way of adding something special to a card or tag. The second item they did was using the same stamp set, Simply Sketched, and coloured it with the Aqua Painter. It was up to the participants as to which image(s) from the set they preferred and which way around they coloured so some had pink tags, some had blue cards and some co-ordinated them so that they both matched. The whole idea of the workshop was to let people play with the products and make up their own minds about which colouring method they preferred.
Of course since it was subjective, there was no definitive answer that I can give you as to which is best, but if you would like to test drive both methods let me know, or if you have a different technique or question you want me to address please don’t hesitate to contact me or get some friends together and host a party.
Stamps: Simply Sketched (hostess)
Ink: Black StazOn, Strawberry Slush, Marina Mist, Pistachio Pudding, Soft Sky, Baked Brown Sugar.
Card Stock: Watercolour paper, Strawberry Slush, Marina Mist & Baked Brown Sugar.
Accessories: Window Framelits, Festive Paper piercing pack, paper piercer, mat, stamping sponge, decorative dots embossing folder, scallop tag topper punch.
