Pops of Color vs Nuvo Drops

I have both and have compared them. I love Nuvo Drops so was naturally curious when the Pops of Color came out. About an hour ago I was chatting with a friend about doing a comparison video. There are some similarities between the two as well as some differences. The biggest differences are that the Pops feel "looser" to squeeze. I don't need to squeeze as hard as I do for Drops. It's not that Drops are even hard to squeeze...the Pops just come out a lot faster! The other big difference is the color and finish ranges. Nuvo has Pops beat in the quantity of finishes and colors right now. I have a feeling Pops will be catching up though. Nuvo usually releases colors three times a year with different trends. Scrapbook.com isn't tied to anything like that so may be able to release more colors more often. The thirteen gloss finishes that just came out are a great example. I really like how they immediately filled in the basic rainbow in the same finish.

Would anyone here be interested in a comparison video? I have been thinking about adding in some "educational" videos - like ones about Drop finishes and comparing Pops and Drops. I'm a teacher first and foremost and would like to combine that with my love of paper and scrapbooking.

Can I say yes and no as an answer? They do dry to a hard finish. They are not enamel dot hard finish though. I wouldn't necessarily be able to smoosh them with my finger, however, if I used my finger nail, I do think I could dent it. I've done it to Nuvo Drops in testing them in the past and the Pops are very much like the Drops. So, they are solid but not rock hard. 

I'm now annoyed with myself because I had made some test drops earlier in the week and tossed them in the trash yesterday! The Nuvo Drops to get flattened in page protectors. They still keep their circle and they're still raise, but get a flat top. To be honest, that doesn't bother me. I've pointed it out to family and friends and all have said they never even noticed. I think that's one of the things another scrapper would notice but not anyone else. 

I will work on a script for a comparison video. Do you have anything in particular you'd like to see compared? Finishes, color range, drying time? 

mamagidget lilacgal I know that it wasn't the purpose of this thread, but thank you for answering a different question of mine about Nuvo Drops! I used them on some cards and was disappointed to find that they flattened on the top even though I let them dry thoroughly. I thought maybe I had done something wrong, but from what both of you said, sounds like it happens to everyone, which is a shame. I love the idea of having drops in a liquid form so you don't have to mess with enamel dots, but I don't love that they flattten.

This is why I don't usually use them on cards. Tiny dots on a 12x12" canvas are not really too noticeable. Tiny dots on a card front are quite noticeable. I tend to stick with sequins or gems on cards for that very reason. Pops and Dots are my favorite embellishment but they're not a 100% duplicate for enamel dots. I wish they were though! Maybe Tonic Studios or Scrapbook.com will come out with "Pops/Drops Rock Hard! Edition". A girl can dream can't she? 😌💭

I had the same image in my head! 

lilacgal, I would like to see a comparison video. I love comparing craft and art products.

During the Scrapbook.com product showcase for Crop and Create last month the demonstrator/salesperson did a cool technique that made me want to buy all the Pops of Color - she put a dot of 7 different colours at the bottom of a card front and then used the scraper tool to drag the color up the paper. She covered the paper completely with a thin coat. When it dried it was like a glossy, enamel cardstock in a rainbow pattern. Really pretty and shiny.

I myself have never had any luck with any drop product except Stickles. I've never been able to get decent drops, the consistency is never right. I haven't tried Pops of Color although I did get a free bottle last month from Crop and Create. I'll have to try it out.

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I think you’d be able to write with them just fine. They aren’t runny or anything like that. I honestly can’t decide if it’s the viscosity of the Pops, the way the cone tip works compared to the tube of a Drops bottle, or potentially the make up of the plastic of the bottle. It could also be a combination of any of those or none at all. It’s not a bad thing, just different.

I add Nuvo Drops to almost every single layout I create so feeling the difference may just be more apparent to me. It’s like different weights of cardstock. To someone who doesn’t use paper like we all do, the feel of cutting one brand vs another (like American Crafts vs Pinkfresh for example) may feel exactly the same. We changed copy paper at school recently and almost every teacher commented on the thickness difference because we’re all very familiar with how a stack of thirty worksheets feels in our hands. 

In regards to clogging, I’ve not had any clog on me yet. I assume they can though because anything that’s sticky and comes through a tiny tip seems to clog for me at some point. If/when it does happen, I would also assume I could unclog it as easily as a Nuvo Drop bottle. Time will tell for both of those though. 

Another question for your comparison video, lilacgal: are they as opaque as Nuvo drops?

So, I set up a chart to compare dry times between the three main finishes of both. Pops and Drops both have a "clear" but that felt pointless to test since, well, they're clear. Warm colors are Nuvo Drops. Cool colors are Pops of Color. I'm comparing complimentary colors to keep everything straight. My plan is to place all the drops at once (11:11am as it turned out) and then see how dry they are in one hour increments with a timer set on my watch. I also just noticed I never went back and added the "s" to 2 hour and 3 hour. Oops. Poor grammar aside, I'm excited to test this.

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The Pops remind me of puffy paint. Does it have the same consistency?