Today I’m experimenting with gold watercoloring using a set of Gansai Tambi paints and the gorgeous multi-faceted heart from Neat & Tangled’s new Heart of Gold set. This post is part of a blog hop to celebrate Neat & Tangled’s 3rd birthday – Happy Birthday Neat & Tangled!! Hopefully you’ve come here from the totally amazing Yoonsun Hur but if not, check out all the hop details below :D

When I started playing with the Heart of Gold set I initially gold heat embossed the image before painting. Isn’t that gorgeous just on its own! However, I really wanted to paint with the gold watercolor included in the large set of Gansai Tambi paints. When I did the gold-on-gold lost some of the multi-faceted look so I changed things up and white heat embossed on Canson watercolor card which allowed the image to shine along with that gorgeous gold paint!

The sentiment is white heat embossed on black card, trimmed out and adhered over a swirl of silver thread. I added a few sequins, a couple of gems, mounted on a fog card base and called it done; I didn’t want to distract anymore from that shimmering heart :D

The new products released by Neat & Tangled for their birthday can be found at Neat & Tangled and also Simon Says Stamp :D

Blog Hop

Now lets chat about the blog hop! Hopefully you’ve come here from Yoonsun Hur but if not here’s the hop order, starting with the Neat & Tangled Blog where you can find all the details.

Neat and Tangled Blog

Yoonsun Hur

Debby Hughes – you are here

Joy Taylor

Giveaway

As with any good blog hop, there’s giveaways!

(1) $100 Gift Certificate to the Neat & Tangled shop chosen from commenters along the hop
(2) $50 Gift Certificates to the Neat & Tangled shop chosen from commenters along the hop
A surprise giveaway on Neat and Tangled’s Instagram page
A surprise giveaway on Neat & Tangled’s Facebook page

Hop Along

Now it’s time to hop along to the super sweet

Joy Taylor!

Supplies

You can find links to the supplies I’ve used below; click on the picture or wording to get taken directly to the product. Where available I use affiliate links which means if you make a purchase I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. I truly appreciate your support.

Neat and Tangled at SSS Neat and Tangled HEART OF GOLD Zig Kuretake Gansai Tambi SSS GOLD Embossing Powder SSS WHITE Embossing Powder Versamark WATERMARK INK Canson XL WATERCOLOR PAPER SSS BLACK Card SSS FOG Card SSS LARGE GRID PAPER Pad 3M DOUBLE-SIDED FOAM TAPE 3M MASKING PAINTER’S TAPE EK Success POWDER TOOL Milwaukee Heat Tool MISTI Stamping Tool Ranger MULTI MEDIUM MATTE Little Things From Lucy’s Cards GOLD DUST Sequin Shaker Mix SSS Sequins FALL FESTIVAL Sequins