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Happy Sunday!

Haven't given you news of

any new products for a while

and thought I might rectify

the situation with the help

of 

Helen Chilton

Hi Helen, what are you

showing us today?

"Today I'm looking at the 

Cosmic Shimmer Chalk Cloud Blending Inks

 that Sandy is now selling in the shop.

They come in a large tub and are best applied 

with Cut n Dry or a small Smoothie sponge. 

You push down on the felt top layer 

until the ink soaks through.

I have to say, the colours are 

lovely and intense.

I've tried out all sorts of techniques here

 to put them through their paces.

They are very easy to blend onto the card 

and you can get a good depth of colour.

This is trying them out on different cardstock.

They're very easy to seamlessly blend together

 creating new colours

Splatter with water and they will react.

Same technique on Kraft card - 

the blue comes out more easily than the green

You can lift out colour with a baby wipe

 through a stencil - quite a subtle result.

Stamping's wonderful! 

Just dab the ink straight onto the stamp. 

I'm using the Impression Obsession 

Watercolor Florals set.

And here we go. 

Blend your ink colours directly onto the stamp.

Dab onto a craft mat, spritz and paint.

Build up really soft muted backgrounds 

by stamping the first impression onto 

scrap paper and using the second impression.

Here I've stamped the images lots of times

 making sure to overlap them to create more colours. 

On the right I've then spritzed with water

 to let the colours merge and flow.

Of course you can stencil with these inks....

.... and then slightly shift the stencil 

and ink with a different colour to great effect.

Shift the stencil again and repeat the yellow.

 Because the inks are to some extent opaque

 you can lay lighter colours over darker ones.

Lastly, if you're using the sponges, 

here's a really easy background!

Here are some cards made with

the techniques shown above:

Yellow background with water splatters, 

stamping over top and outline stamping 

over top of that.

Double stencilled background with 

simple stamping over the top.

Second impression background with 

coloured chalk stamping and outlines

 over the top."

Wow!  looks like quite a versatile product.

Thank you for showing us a few tips and

techniques Helen

There you have it folks - another new

product sorted and don't those colours

mix and blend well?  

'Till tomorrow

Mickie xx