Recollections crayons

Hello crafty friends!

One of my favorite mediums is water color crayons.

I have a nice set from LYRA and some additional colors

that are Neo-Colors.  I use them often and really enjoy them.

Last week I was visiting a friend and she had a set of the new

water color crayons from Recollections (Michael's brand)

and I gave them a try.

They only come in this set of 12 colors, the price is

very reasonable at $14.99 (US) and with a coupon the 

price is even better.

I have to say that I absolutely loved playing with them.

They went on beautifully.

I like to use a water brush and pick up the color from the

crayon then put it to the paper.

I stamped this image with Archival black ink,

which is waterproof.

These aren't necessarily the colors I'd ever use for that image, 

but I wanted to use all the different colors and also see how they

blended.

The results was great, I loved working with them every step

of the way.

My only complaint is that they don't have a brown in the mix.

The difference with these water color crayons is that they have 

some shimmer to them.  If you have ever used Wink of Stella,

they have a comparable look.

This close up shows the shimmer a bit better.

Of course I had to get a set for myself and I was

lucky and got the last set in the store.

These will make a great addition to my water color crayon

collection.

I haven't tried them direct to paper yet, but I'll give that a try one

day soon and let y'all know how that works out.

Thanks for stopping by today,

I hope you'll stop by again soon.

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Kristie Kreates!