Starlights Frame

Hello, happy Saturday. Hopefully, lots of you have received your Starlights by now & are busy playing. The response to the new colours has been phenomenal & you can see individual images of all eight colours in this blog post.

Sue made a terrific video about the Starlights............

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5n_QDXlqbpU

 I managed to get a little free time & decorated the HOME MDF frame & charm kit with three Starlight colours; Blue, White Gold & Zinober Gold..............

I applied the White Gold Starlight with a paintbrush, rather than a brayer as Sue describes in her video, because I wanted to see the brushstrokes. I painted the back board with black gesso first, then a very thin layer of White Gold - Starlights are semi-translucent & I wanted a slight contrast between the back & the frame.............

When the Gold was dry, I mixed a little water with the Zinober Gold & added splatters, then I applied Blue Starlight through the Leaf Swirl border stencil with a piece of Cut & Dry foam..............

The heart was painted with Firecracker Satin Silkies.

That's it. A really easy project, but I hope it shows just how shimmery, shiny & gorgeous the Starlight paints are.

                    

Thanks for visiting the blog today & we hope to be back soon with more Starlights projects.

Have a great weekend. 

Kirsten

Starlights The Video

Good evening, thank you to everyone for the fantastic response to the Starlights paints. It has been an exciting & busy two days as we have packed & sent out all the orders.

In the midst of all the busyness Sue made a video about the Starlights & earlier today sent out the link with a newsletter. If you haven't received the newsletter, worry not, here it is.............

Hi everyone,

We promised that we would let you know when we had stock of the fabulous new Starlight gilding paints and there is great excitement here, as at last, they have arrived.  Also, to help you to get the most out of your Starlights, Sue has done a quick video of some techniques to get you started on YouTube and here is the link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5n_QDXlqbpU

If you have never used Starlight paint it is a revelation in paint technology. These beautiful shimmering paints can be used for brayering, painting or sponging with Cut and Dry Foam or a brush, onto Die Cuts, Punched shapes, MDF, Imagination Art-Cutz, glass bottles, candles and most other surfaces.  

The paints are made with crushed metal gilding flake and as you paint or brayer you will see the shimmer of the flake coming through the colour.  Their light reflecting properties are incredible and Sue has devised a great ‘Gilding, gold leafing technique’, that is so quick and simple and doesn’t involve messy glue and lots of flakes floating about everywhere.  Get yourself comfy with a cup of something hot or a glass of something cool and watch her on YouTube to get some ideas and inspiration.  Everyone who has been lucky enough to get their paints is raving about them and in 20 years we have never seen anything so shimmery and bright!

A note on the colours to help you choose, as even on YouTube the true tones are sometimes a bit difficult to see.  

Dark Orchid and Turquoise are really rich and deep, Orchid is purple and Turquoise is a very dark, deep bluish colour which flashes with jade tones when it catches the light when dry.  The new Topaz is an incredible colour, incorporating a deep chocolate, bronze tone with gold crushed gilding flake shimmering through.  

The deep Blue is well represented in the video and the White Gold is pale and bright.  Menthol is a light soft shimmering green and if you want to make a statement, Orange Oxidised is a burning hot flash of metallic orange – we love it.

 Trying to choose the colours you like the most is really hard, you will all have your own personal favourites.  If you need any advice please feel free to ring us.

Here is the link to Sue's video again............

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5n_QDXlqbpU

Thanks once again & we hope you have lots of fun creating with your Starlights.

New Starlights Paints!!!

They are finally here! Restocks of all the Starlights metallic paints, plus eight gorgeous, new colours..............

Antique Pink............

Diamond............

Emerald.............

Rich Gold............

Silver............

Topaz..................

Turquoise.............

**(This is a dark turquoise)**

Zinober Gold..........

You can find all the available colours on the website........

http://www.imaginationcrafts.co.uk/imagination-products/starlights

The reaction to these fantastic new paints has been quite overwhelming & advance orders have been flooding in. We thank you all & we will get your orders shipped to you as fast as we can. 

We would love to see what you create with your Starlights, so please feel free to share your photographs to our Facebook page; https://www.facebook.com/imaginationcrafts. 

If you prefer Twitter, tweet us with a photo; https://twitter.com/imaginationcra4

We hope to be back soon with some of our Starlights projects & maybe even a video, so watch this space. 

Have a great week & thank you again for your support.