All about Lindy's products

Hello,

I am back again. As you all know we are working with Lindy's Stamp Gang products all this month

Today's post will be useful for people who are still wondering if it's a good idea to buy these products. It is always better to know about a product before investing in it, so  I am going to briefly cover the various types of products that are available in our store and also share an easy-peasy tutorial.

As you know Lindy's sprays that we have available are basically Shimmer sprays, but did you know that there are various  types of sprays that we carry?

STARBURSTS : These are dye based ,two toned and intensely shimmery sprays. The colour of shimmer varies within the same colour-way too, so if you think that you bought one blue spray and that's about it, think again. Each spray has its own combination of colour and shimmer tones.

MOONSHADOW  : These are also shimmer based products but they are different from Starbursts because all of them are essentially Walnut ink based. These sprays have a brown undertone and have a secondary colour added which shows up after drying. These are perfect for any kind of vintage themed projects.

Both these products come in a spray and a stain form. The product property is the same. Stains are easier for painting large areas and come with Dauber caps, You can easily use a stain as a spray by either getting an appropriate sized nozzle or transferring the solution to a spritzer.

Both these products can be used on any Porous objects like paper, chipboard, fabric etc.

GLITZ SPRITZ : These are shimmer sprays but they have very little colour in them, so these are perfect for soft -pastel-y looks and when you just want shimmer and little or no colour on your projects.

MAGICALS : These are basically starbursts in powder form. You can use them for painting. For that you need to mix them with water which activates the colour. What is magical about Magicals is that the colour of the powder could be misleading, the true colour shows up after adding water and that transformation is MAGICAL.You can also mix these with modelling paste, multi- medium for a shimmery effect. I am going to show you a simple technique with Magicals and Versamark in a bit, so don't go away.

TWO TONED EMBOSSING POWDERS : As the name suggests these are gorgeous embossing powders with a secondary shimmer, so you get very interesting effects when you move your project.

The Sprays come in a bottle in powder form. You need to mix them with moderately hot water to activate the colour. Here's a link to the vid which explains how to do it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=FjoTy7hLNjk

Hope this was useful and now on to my little tutorial with Magicals.

TUTORIAL
P.S : Technique learnt from Kate Palmer from Sparkletart , DT member of Lindy's.

1.Take a stamp of your choice , ink it generously with Versamark ink and stamp on your cardstock.

2.Take a tiny bit of Magicals of your choice and use a fine brush to brush the product on the stamped area. Since Versamark is sticky , Magicals will stick to it. Tap off the excess powder.

3.Take a round fluffy brush and with moderate pressure rub it over the whole stamped area. This will help in getting the powder adhered to the ink and also gets rid of any excess powder.

You are done. The result will be a brilliant foil type effect. You can use more than one colour for a lovely effect

You can also spritz it with water and you will get a beautiful watercolour effect. You will also notice that the colours become a bit more vibrant after adding water, since water activates the ink.See the difference in colour.

Tried it on Black Cardstock too.

That's the end of my super long post. Hope you will read it and try your hand at these products. You will not regret it. Honest promise!

Check our store for all the various shades of sprays. You can also buy trial sets called Little Lindy's which have a combination of  Starbursts, Moonshadow and  Magicals all in one set.

Till then,

Cheers
Pallavi