mamakven
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Post by mamakven on Dec 23, 2017 17:15:50 GMT
I lost my pack of mermaid markers, strangely they appeared out of the blue yesterday, but in the meantime i'd ordered some Arteza brush pens (lightning deal! yeah!!) and they arrived yesterday, so i could make a side by side comparison. They are both nice, but i think i prefer the arteza. The thing i like is that you don't have to squeeze the pen, it just releases the right amount of ink, so no ink blobs. Now, if you are NOT clumsy like me, maybe the ink blobs would not be an issue. The arteza feel lighter though so i'm guessing less ink, AND with the mermaid markers, you can use them after the ink is gone as water brushes so that's nice.
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Post by woodysbetty on Dec 23, 2017 22:39:30 GMT
I don't have the mermaid pens but I got that lightning deal and I am loving the Arteza ones. Darn that Jennifer McGuire!!!!  |
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mamakven
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Post by mamakven on Dec 23, 2017 23:05:58 GMT
that was a slammin lightning deal! i just sorta happened upon it! unreal!
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Post by woodysbetty on Dec 23, 2017 23:36:00 GMT
It was! The only one that grabbed this season!!!
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GiantsFan
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Post by GiantsFan on Dec 24, 2017 2:32:27 GMT
I was so tempted by that deal, but came to my senses. I already have a set of 48 Zigs and distress inks. But what a great price!
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Post by jstblondie on Dec 24, 2017 3:19:26 GMT
What was the price you paid for them? Just curious. I saw 48 for $49.00 on amazon.
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Loydene
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Post by Loydene on Dec 24, 2017 3:45:19 GMT
I picked up that lightening deal also -- I don't recall the price, but I'm thinking it was in the teens. I am a bit disappointed as they seem "dry". I thought I was buying watercolor markers -- my fault on that. They are "real brush" markers. However, when trying to write "brush" type letters, these don't have much "juice" on the fatter down stroke.
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Post by woodysbetty on Dec 24, 2017 10:58:02 GMT
I picked up that lightening deal also -- I don't recall the price, but I'm thinking it was in the teens. I am a bit disappointed as they seem "dry". I thought I was buying watercolor markers -- my fault on that. They are "real brush" markers. However, when trying to write "brush" type letters, these don't have much "juice" on the fatter down stroke. I actually used them like watercolor markers by using a water brush after I laid down the color...it worked great. I thought they were watercolor ( obviously don't read anything!! LOL) because JM said they were blendable, so when I didn't see the ease of blend I added water...yikes! Not completely sure what that says about me!! |
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Post by riversong1963 on Dec 24, 2017 15:11:43 GMT
The stamping "celebrities" make it seem as if the Zig Real Brush markers are watercolor markers, but they aren't. I finally saw a video (can't remember who it was) in which the woman actually said that, since the Zigs aren't watercolor markers, they don't behave like watercolors. That's probably why I don't like them as much as most others seem to. I was very disappointed in them. I even bought the "right" cardstock, and I was still disappointed in how difficult they are to blend. Well, at least I didn't buy too many (only the set of 12 and a few supplemental ones). I find they dry out quickly too.
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mamakven
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Post by mamakven on Dec 24, 2017 19:51:12 GMT
What was the price you paid for them? Just curious. I saw 48 for $49.00 on amazon. It was like $25 |
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Post by gale w on Dec 24, 2017 20:02:34 GMT
Last week they were something like $15. I was a few hours late for that one. This week it was $20-something but I didn't get in on that deal either. I'm not in big hurry but I do want to try them, because they have a bigger brush than zigs.
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lizzytish
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Post by lizzytish on Dec 25, 2017 3:17:09 GMT
I bought them when Jen Mcguire poated about them. They were 15dollars and some change. I need to try them out.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 25, 2017 13:28:24 GMT
I don't follow JM, but they've been all over my YT recommendations.
Craft Test Dummies did a nice review.
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