blemon
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Post by blemon on Sept 20, 2023 13:36:52 GMT
ACOT has free shipping today and I want to buy some stencil pastes or sprays or something.
I've been playing with them a lot and really enjoy it.
What are some of your favorites?
It's time to stock up.
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Post by hoopsfn on Sept 20, 2023 13:57:39 GMT
Good morning blemon. Thanks for the info about free shipping. I'm not very experienced with the "butters" & "pastes" but I do like the ones that I purchased: the Crafter's Workshop Stencil Butters. The texture is really nice and they've been easy to spread. Since I haven't used them very long, I don't know how they will be longevity-wise (drying out in the jar). Have fun with the ones you decide on. |
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Post by riversong1963 on Sept 20, 2023 14:51:05 GMT
I use only Golden products. I've had some for years, and they are still as good as new. All the other brands have dried up within months, so I don't buy them. I mix my own colors and add my own glitter.
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blemon
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Post by blemon on Sept 20, 2023 15:15:49 GMT
I'm not very experienced with the "butters" & "pastes" but I do like the ones that I purchased: the Crafter's Workshop Stencil Butters. I have the champagne color in my cart right now. I already have some gold but it is solid while the champagne has more shimmer too it. The brand is great and well worth the price. I bought one last year and used half of it. This year I'll use the other half. So I don't feel that $4.25 per year is bad. I love the lunar pastes too and they are cheaper. Just don't have a huge variety of colors yet. |
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Post by infochick on Sept 20, 2023 15:58:28 GMT
I don't know what your preferred color palette is, but I saw the pink lemonade and seafoam Stencil Butters at my LSS and they are gorgeous!!! I have been trying to decide if I would use them enough to justify buying the specific colours, but they are just so pretty.
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Post by blemon on Sept 20, 2023 16:22:46 GMT
I don't know what your preferred color palette is, but I saw the pink lemonade and seafoam Stencil Butters at my LSS and they are gorgeous!!! I have been trying to decide if I would use them enough to justify buying the specific colours, but they are just so pretty. I definitely love pink. I use a lot of seafoam as well. It's very retro. Thanks! It's good to know how they are in person. It's so hard to tell from the screen. |
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Post by joblackford on Sept 20, 2023 20:07:03 GMT
I'm not very experienced with the "butters" & "pastes" but I do like the ones that I purchased: the Crafter's Workshop Stencil Butters. I have the champagne color in my cart right now. I already have some gold but it is solid while the champagne has more shimmer too it. The brand is great and well worth the price. I bought one last year and used half of it. This year I'll use the other half. So I don't feel that $4.25 per year is bad. I love the lunar pastes too and they are cheaper. Just don't have a huge variety of colors yet. I haven't used them, not much of a paste person, but the lunar pastes look like a lot of fun. I think they just released 3 metallics so I'd probably get those. BTW the solar pastes are really intriguing me because the color is light, visible especially on black paper, but you can mix it with reinkers to change the paste color while the mica color stays the same. So if you have the "purple" one you can mix a few drops of green into it and get a green paste that's shot through with purple in the light (like shot silk). If I were a paste person I think I'd want them all. I tried to find a still image example but this is the best I can find: |
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Post by blemon on Sept 20, 2023 20:45:14 GMT
BTW the solar pastes are really intriguing me I'm very intrigued by these as well. I watched a video on them and she put them on cardstock and on black. On black they looked amazing. I never thought about mixing the colors. I'll watch this video when I get a chance. Thanks. |
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Post by PaperAngel on Sept 20, 2023 21:54:57 GMT
The only ones I own & use are Vicki Boutin glazes. While not helpful to take advantage of free shipping today, the beautiful Azure Blue is scheduled to ship next month. |
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Post by peanutterbutter on Sept 21, 2023 0:20:01 GMT
The crafters workshop has a pearl white that is well worth buying You can mix it with other pastes, paints, inks mica powder et cetera, and kind of create your own paste colors
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Post by camcas on Sept 21, 2023 11:43:33 GMT
I have a few and I think the colour and consistency of the Simon Hurley Lunar Paste is hard to beat
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Post by Shakti on Sept 21, 2023 13:20:23 GMT
I have one lunar paste and one solar paste and have yet to try them. I have used HA glitter paste once and it seemed fine, but since I haven't tried the two SH products, I can't compare.
I have shimmer sprays from HA and Altenew and haven't tried either of them, either. Making mental note to make a spray box and try some....
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Post by blemon on Sept 21, 2023 14:24:10 GMT
I have a few and I think the colour and consistency of the Simon Hurley Lunar Paste is hard to beat I agree! And it's cheaper than the other brands too. Making mental note to make a spray box and try some.... I don't know where you live but I just go outside and prop my paper up against something (if I want the fine mist). I'll lay it down on the grass if I want more splotches from the spray. |
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Post by Shakti on Sept 21, 2023 17:12:11 GMT
New England -- so sometimes outside works and other times it doesn't (though the garage would much of the time). But look at this cute project: clubscrap.com/a/blog/spray-tray I have the pizza boxes.... |
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Post by blemon on Sept 21, 2023 17:19:16 GMT
New England -- so sometimes outside works and other times it doesn't (though the garage would much of the time). But look at this cute project: clubscrap.com/a/blog/spray-tray I have the pizza boxes.... That is a great idea. And I live in WV so I get how sometimes you can't go outside. It doesn't snow so much here in winter anymore. A few inches every now and again but nothing like when I was a kid. |
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Post by joblackford on Sept 21, 2023 22:24:22 GMT
BTW the solar pastes are really intriguing me I'm very intrigued by these as well. I watched a video on them and she put them on cardstock and on black. On black they looked amazing. I never thought about mixing the colors. I'll watch this video when I get a chance. Thanks. I don't think you need to watch the whole thing, unless you want to be tempted by Halloween cat stamps! She gets right to the point showing the mixing of the paste in the first 2 mins, then there's a 5min ad for their new release, but if you skip to about 7:15 you can see the dried solar paste panel on black, very shimmery and gorgeous. |
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