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Review: Harmony Opaque Pigment Ink Pads by Spectrum Noir

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Review: Harmony Opaque Pigment Ink Pads by Spectrum Noir

I recently got a chance to try some of the brand new Harmony Opaque Pigment Ink Pads from Spectrum Noir. These ink pads come in 36 beautiful colors, in the same shades as their other Harmony Ink Pads (Quick-Dry Dye and Water-Reactive Dye). Since these pads are pigment based they are slow drying which means they are perfect for techniques like Ink Blending and Heat Embossing, as well as regular stamping. The colors are really rich and are also acid and fade free.

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I created a few card with these new inks starting with a Unicorn Shaker Card. I ink blended my background with the Pale Fig, Pink Tulip and Fuchsia pads. I found they blended really nicely and I was able to get smooth build-able coverage. I also heat embossed my images with the Black ink and words in Fuchsia, both with clear embossing powder to get a lovely shine. I filmed a card tutorial with a closer look at the pads so you can see them in action. Watch the video above or click here to watch on Youtube.

Review: Harmony Opaque Pigment Ink Pads by Spectrum Noir

Next I made a spooky Halloween card with several different techniques. Using the White ink pad, a blending brush and a cloud stencil I created my background. These inks work really well with stencils! I used the Lemon Tonic, Honey Pot and Black inks with a layering pumpkin stamp. I heat embossed my text in Pale Fig and other images in Black ink. I used the Lemon Tonic to ink up the moon and Black to add some shading to my die cut creepy tree.

Review: Harmony Opaque Pigment Ink Pads by Spectrum Noir

For my last card I again used a stencil for my background, inking it with Lemon Tonic and Honey Pot inks. I heat embossed all my images in Black with clear powder and colored them with Spectrum Noir Alcohol Markers. My text was embossed with the Honey Pot ink, I love how the colors really pop on white paper when embossed!

I hope you’ve enjoyed taking a look at the brand new Spectrum Noir Harmony Opaque Pigment Ink Pads.

Click here to purchase them on line from Crafter’s Companion. 

-Heather

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Bulgaria Facts

  • Bulgaria is 42,855 square miles, or 110,994 square kilometers, with a population near 6.5 million.
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  • The Bulgarian Empire, from which the nation takes its name, took power in the area in the late 7th century and developed Cyrillic script, which is used for many Slavic languages. The country was under Ottoman rule for almost five centuries, but it declared its independence in 1908.
  • Bulgaria sided with Germany in both world wars and became part of the Eastern bloc led by the Soviet Union in 1946. The Communist Party ceded control in the late 1980s and Bulgaria adopted a democratic constitution in 1991.
  • It is a unitary parliamentary republic with a president and a prime minister as well as a National Assembly.
  • The word Bulgar might have some from a word meaning to mix or stir, or a derivative of that word that means revolt or disorder. About 85 percent of the country is ethnically Bulgarian, and the official language is Bulgarian.

Bulgarian National Symbols

The Bulgarian flag is made of three horizontal stripes, one white, one green and one red. It was adopted when they gained independence from the Ottoman Empire.

The national anthem, “Mila Rodino,” or “Dear Motherland,” was adopted in 1964 but its lyrics have been changed many times, most recently in 1990, and a shortened version was approved in 1991.

The Eurasian griffon vulture is considered the national bird, and a lion is used as it heraldic symbol.

The patron saint of Bulgaria is Saint John of Rila, the first Bulgarian hermit, whose followers founded many churches in his honor, including the famous Rila Monastery, now a UNESCO World Heritage site (and a very cool looking building).

The national instrument is the kaba gaida, a bagpie that is native to Bulgaria.

Bulgaria Activities for Kids

Listen to the kaba giada in this video, or you can listen for two hours(!) here.

Learn more about Bulgarian folk dancing and watch some people doing it. The people in this video are also wearing traditional Bulgarian folk costumes, which is fun to see. (As a knitter I love those socks!) You can learn more about Bulgarian folk costumes here or at Meet the Slavs.

See what your name looks like in Cyrillic and see if you can write it! You can also learn the sounds of the Bulgarian alphabet here.

Learn more about Bulgaria from Kids World Travel Guide, or check out the resources available at Teachers Pay Teachers.

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