Mel Stampz: Making friends with colour again! (Zig brush pens)

Monday, October 3, 2016

Making friends with colour again! (Zig brush pens)

Hello All! So, the creative muse was being a tad elusive. I figured why not try to make friends with colour again, and I might have gotten some of these bad boys to that end:

They are so much fun, but with so many shades to choose from...

I wasn't sure where to start, so I spent some time getting comfy with 'em:

Zig Clean Color Real Pens color swatch organization

(in other words, spent days making colour swatches and plastic pocket thingies with the fuse tool...)

Zig Clean Color Real Pens watercolor sample

and cutting out little name tags for my new friends (all 80 of them!):

Ever find yourself wondering at which point crafty organization becomes creative procrastination? ;)

Happy creating!

P.S. If you have the Zig Clean Color real brush pens as well you might find this Pinterest search a good source of inspiration:

Pinterest search for Zig Clean Color Real Pen markers

P.P.S. Photo credit for photo #3

9 comments:

Lisa - papergrace said...: Oh my goodness!! I wish you would organize my craft room!! Maybe after I move? :D You are amazing!! Even your organization is beautiful. ♥ ♥ ♥; October 3, 2016 at 2:16 PM
mel m. m. mccarthy said...: Heck yeah! I'll be there with bells on! :) Thanks Darlin' And you know I blame (or credit) you with this marker love. heh heh; October 3, 2016 at 2:19 PM
jperr said...: Glad to see a post from you, it has been a long time.I love the idea you have with the colour swatches.
Blessings Jocelan; October 3, 2016 at 7:28 PM
the Blackbird said...: OMG!!! I'm watching your distress organization...I want a new craftroom! NOW!!!! :)
Cristina
thehouseoftheblackbirds.blogspot.it; October 4, 2016 at 5:16 AM
dragonfly60 said...: So nice to see your post!! Now I'll have to try these markers lol.
Irene; October 4, 2016 at 5:21 AM
Robin Perry said...: Hi, Mel! Good to see you posting again! I have a set of 12 Zig brush markers and I love them! I am a bit envious of your organization; my studio always looks like a tornado went thru, no matter what I do when it comes to organizing stuff!; October 4, 2016 at 5:53 AM
Alice (scrAPpamondo) said...: Oh yes! Organize crafty items is always very good for my mojo... :)
Your desk is a joy for the eyes with all these colours!; October 5, 2016 at 2:41 PM
Unknown said...: So nice to read a post from you...

love this - it is like eye candy to me - I love to sort everything by colour and this is so clean and neat looking - so great to have an 'at a glance' system. It is always important to the creative process in my book to have a great starting point - and procrastinating to become this organised is no bad thing.... ooh - it looks so good!!!

Hope you are doing well -

Paula.x x x; October 10, 2016 at 10:40 AM
bkazoo said...: THanks for the information. Nice to see you are feeling up to posting, hope you are well and taking care of yourself; October 16, 2016 at 5:08 AM