Hello there, I hope you are well. Back at the end of summer 20204, my good friend Bibi Cameron contacted me saying she was developing a new line of watercolours in collaboration with Contact Crafts and would I like to receive them to create some samples for her for the release. I of course said yes but with a clause of that if I didn't like them, I would send them back! Well, I didn't need to worry about the clause as they are fab! They released last week along with some sentiment stamp sets, which I am also using today.
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Bibi's Intense Liquid Colors are high quality, translucent water-based paints and as the name suggests, are very intense and vibrant! They are designed to work beautifully with water. There are three sets - Retro Brights, Bohemian Regals and Tuscany Earth, each with 8 colours in the set. As you will see from my samples, you can use them in lots of different ways.
There is also another set called Sparkle Base. These are also translucent, water-based paints designed to add shimmer to projects. They can be applied over any project to add sparkle or can be mixed with the other paints to create shimmery watercolours. There are four colours in the set - Gold, Silver, Copper and Bronze.
You can find more details about the paints, as well as seeing more ways to use them (and samples), in the Flipbook HERE.
RETRO BRIGHTS
My first project uses Intense Liquid Colors Retro Brights. I started off by stamping the floral image from the Altenew Peony & Lilac Swag Stamp Set onto Fabriano Artistico Extra White Hot Press Watercolour Paper using Versamark Ink. I applied white embossing powder and heat set. I then coloured the image using the paints.
I used all 8 colours in the Retro Brights set - Yellow, Orange, Red & Purple for the peonies, Violet & Indigo for the lilacs, and Green, Yellow and Blue for the leaves. I wouldn't usually use this many colours on one image but I really love how it turned out! I die cut the image out using the coordinating die and adhered it to a panel of the same watercolour paper (so that the papers would match in shade) using foam tape. I then adhered that to a white US A2 sized card base using tape runner adhesive.
I took the 'thank you' sentiment from the Happy Mail Clear Stamp Set and heat embossed it onto black cardstock. It was cut into a strip and adhered to the card with foam tape. To finish, I embellished with Spellbinders Silver Mix Color Essentials Gems.
BOHEMIAN REGALS
My next project uses Intense Liquid Colors Bohemian Regals. I really love the muted tones in this set! I started off my card by masking off the edges of a panel of Fabriano Artistico Extra White Hot Press Watercolour Paper using masking tape. I then stamped one of the leaves from Altenew Build-A-Flower Wild Rose Stamp Set on top using Versamark Ink.
I applied Altenew Antique Gold Embossing Powder and heat set. I then repeated the process to stamp another two sets of leaves. I spritzed the panel with water and dropped in the Bohemian Regals paints (top right to bottom left): Carnation, Purple Rain, Navy, Verdigris & Bluegrass. I let it sit to dry (but you can use a heat tool like I show in the video below) and then went back in with the same colours but with more intensity this time and focussed the colour around the negative space.
Once the panel was dry, I removed the tape and adhered it to a US A2 sized white card base with tape runner adhesive. I stamped a sentiment from the Happy Mail Clear Stamp Set and heat embossed also. It was cut into a strip and adhered to the card with foam tape. To finish, I embellished with Spellbinders Gold Mix Color Essentials Gems.
My next project ended up being a bonus one. I used the same Intense Liquid Colors Bohemian Regals but this time, just Carnation, Pumpkin and Saffron. I thought it would be fun to see if I could use the ink smooshing technique with these paints and I am happy to report that you can! I applied a small amount of the paint to a piece of acetate, spritzed it with water and pounced or 'smooshed' it onto a tag cut from Fabriano Artistico Extra White Hot Press Watercolour Paper.
I overlapped the colours a little and I think it looks really cool! I thought it looked a little like a sunset, so I thought the palm tree from the Hero Arts Color Layering Palm Tree (currently in the retirement sale) would work well with it. It was stamped using Versafine Clair Nocturne Ink multiple times. The sentiment is from the Good Stuff Inside Stamp Set which was heat embossed onto black cardstock, cut into a strip and adhered to the tag with foam tape. To finish, I added black twine through the top of the tag and tied in a bow.
TUSCANY EARTH + SPARKLE BASE
My last project for today uses Intense Colors Tuscany Earth. As the name suggests, these are more earth tones and I thought they would work perfectly for a sunflower. I ended up using all 8 colours from the set - Sunbeam, Burnt Orange & Scarlet Red for the petals, Sunbeam, Umber & Lamp Black for the centre, and Olive Green, Emerald & Ocean Blue for the leaves.
I die cut the Honey Bee Stamps Lovely Layers: Sunflowers Dies from Fabriano Artistico Extra White Hot Press Watercolour Paper. I applied a little of the paint onto a non-stick craft sheet and picked it up using a Tim Holtz Distress Tiny Blending Tool and applied it to the pieces. The paints blend really well not only on to the paper but also with each other.
I splattered on a little Gold Sparkle Base to the centre pieces and set them all aside to dry (which did not take long). Once dry, the sunflower was assembled and adhered using thin foam tape and Bearly Art Glue. I cut a tag from white cardstock using the Spellbinders 3-in-1 Tag Punch and adhered the sunflower and leaves on top. The sentiment from the Happy Mail Stamp Set was stamped and heat embossed onto black cardstock. It was cut onto a strip and adhered to the tag using foam tape. To finish, I added black twine through the top of the tag and tied in a bow.
VIDEO:
Here is the video showing the techniques that I used with Bibi's Intense Liquid Colors:
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I love that you can do so much with these paints - watercolour, blend with daubers and blending brushes, use with stencils, ink smoosh ... plus lots more! Thank you so much for stopping by today, I really do appreciate it. I hope you have a wonderful day!
