Hi Friends! It's Carly and I'm here for another #throwbackthursdays, where we find inspiration in The CLASSroom archives!
Today I'm excited to share a card with the Nuvo Crystal Drops by Tonic Studio! I've been hearing awesome things about the Nuvo drops...they have great colors, great dimension, are super versatile and easy to work with...and I definitely found all of those things to be true! If you have worked with Liquid Pearls by Ranger, Nuvo is a similar product but I personally found creating symmetrical dots was much easier with the Nuvo, practically impossible to mess up actually (and I have very shakey hands, LOL)!
I did a little test with similar shades of Stickles, Nuvo and Liquid Pearls.
I found that when using the same pressure and applying the same amount to cardstock, the Nuvo stayed the most round and self-flattened on top perfectly. The Stickles spread & retained the least amount of dimension. And the Liquid Pearls dried with their little pointy, peaks.
The Nuvo Drops are perfect with the new Essentials by Ellen Light Parade set so I had to pair them together:
To create this card, stamp the strings of lights in a repeating pattern. I used the MISTI and only inked the right side of the stamp to create my pattern.
Use a black pen to connect any light strands the stamp missed.
Stamp the houses along the bottom in a repeating pattern.
Add color to the houses with Clean Color markers.
Use the Nuvo Drops to add color to the strands of Christmas lights. A little tip, practice squeezing drops of the Nuvo onto scratch paper before adding to your card, just to get a feel for the amount of pressure needed.
I love the dimension and color the Nuvo Drops add!
Get inspired to create with Nuvo by checking out some of these past projects from The CLASSroom that use Liquid Pearls & Stickles:
Stenciled Tag Trio by Julia Stainton
12 Days of Christmas: Day 4 - Four Different Heart Cards
Snowpuff Branch Card by Cindy Lyles
Thanks for stopping by and have a great day! And Happy Thanksgiving!
xo, Carly
