Have to say….even your older videos are great for someone who is just starting into paper crafts.!! I found this hobby after I retired from teaching 40 years. I’d have given anything to have found it earlier.. I’d have loved to create for my students and would have been fun to teach them after school. I’m going to look into doing something like that after I get some more supplies. It’s pretty slow when starting out….lol Thank you for your great instructions, Nancy Rolfe
I purchased a Wink of Stella pen a while back and thought it was defective because nothing was coming out. I'm glad you explained that you need to activate the pens or I would have never known!!
I can't help it...I just LOVE your videos. You speak clearly, you don't waste time, you cover excellent points and are a pleasure to watch. This was a great video. I just bought Wink Of Stella for the first time and didn't even know Spectrum Noir had shimmering pens!!
I love all your cards, but, most of all, I love how you explain your personal techniques, thanks for always sharing useful tips you get from experience.
Oh she is so awesome to learn from! I LOVE how she teaches as she demonstrates techniques & how to use products in different ways! When you want to try something new Jennifer has the BEST video library to go to! WE LOVE YOU JENNIFER!
Beautiful cards! I love the vellum cards & the way you cut part of the flowers out so that they appear to hang over the edge. Thanks for talking about the shimmer pens. The info was very helpful.
Thanks so much for the video! Your daughter is super fast. One second the brushes were there, the next they were gone! Love watching your videos, they really do inspire!
I totally agree with you on how messy black Embossing Powder is. I am new to stamping and I quickly worked out that it was easier to stamp in black and emboss in clear. No matter how much I try and get stray bits of black powder off my project, when I heat it there are always bits I've missed. I've wasted a lot of cardstock using black powder.
Another Amazing video and group of cards Jennifer! Thanks for all the tips and info. So happy to be able to watch your videos, they are always so informative and your cards are artwork! Love love love all the cards! Tfs!!!
Thank you so much for your comparison. It's the best I've seen, as far as uses and plus/minus of each. And of course, the cards are just beautiful. Really like these on vellum.
Jennifer, thank you so much for the honest review and for taking the time to do these types of videos. I really appreciate it as many of us don't have the money to buy both sets of pens so I like to do my due diligence before purchasing any craft supplies. I can't tell you how many times you have helped me decide which products are most suitable for my use....THANK YOU! As always, stunning cards too! Oh, and it looks like your daughter is taking after her Mom...seriously, I couldn't believe the results of her coloring for such a wee one!
You are a Rock Star. Only hope someday I can produce something even remotely similar. Thanks for your videos. They are very helpful. Hope to get this stamp set when it's available. I'm also trying to decide on the Misti..... it would help me tremendously with my projects and my confidence. I'm a little OCDC and struggle with crooked and uneven sentiments. The Misti should help!
I love all the detail you give in your tutorials! I'm new to stamping, card making and integrating into my handmade jewelry classes that I teach. So, your products and techniques as well as color lists are valuable! Thanks!
Hi Jennifer ~ I am so glad you've done this compare/contrast video with the Wink of Stella & Spectrum Noir Sparkle Pens. Awesome information & I LOVED seeing Lila's sweet little hands sneaking in to grab the pens! I never really thought to use the Clear Shimmer pens to blend out with other colors; I've just used them over other colors to add the shimmery effect. As always, your cards are beautiful and you always make things look so simple! I'm looking forward to your review of the new Fiskars cutter as I'm in the market for a new/better cutter. I've purchased several (okay.....MANY) of the items you've recommended and you've never steered me wrong. You are definitely my paper crafting guru! Thanks so much for sharing!
Jennifer. Good thing I loaded up on vellum after you did the Altenew beautiful day vellum card. I especially liked that you cut it down on each side with the flowers hanging over the side. Great job. I love it. I'm loving my share homemade kindness campaign. It cheers up the people I send my cards to and cheers me up as well. I never made multiple cards before I started watching your videos. Now, I never make less the two, and I usually make 4. Love my Misti too.
The sparkle is beautiful on all the cards!! I've worked with vellum a little....this project is awesome and looks to be a good one to try!! Thanks Jennifer!! 🌺
Thanks for the comparison! The best part of the video starts at 19:43! We had to watch it several times! I'll bet Lila makes a great cookie thief! (She is fast!)
I love using vellum on cards! I've never thought of cutting the vellum like you have here. Brilliant. Love both pens, can't wait to try the spectrum noir shimmer, though. Love love love your work!
An excellent tutorial, always learning from you information I want and/or need to know; beautiful results on your cards. I love the card layout you have created.
Thank you for taking the time to share your knowledge and skills - I like both brands and was really pleased to see you used them on vellum. I love your work, enthusiasm and clarity of explanation
Being very new to Spectrum Noir Sparkle - which has no directions for use, your video was great. Loved how you explained everything and the interchangeable uses. Trying them for the first time - wow seemed like very little control, but hopefully the next one I try will be better. Enjoyed the carding making, very pretty!
how cute! You see her little hand then you see her walk off with your pens :3 It's so cute!!! Thank you for not editing that out. My daughter loves to use my craft items also and she's all grown up!
Hi Jennifer, thanks so much for the comparison at the end! I've used wink of stella and just received my first Spectrum Noir sparkle pens in a card kit. And I love your videos - the longer the better!
Beautiful cards! Guess I will have to get some Spectrum Noir Pens I already have 2 of the Zig ones. Thanks so much for sharing these and your great technique!
Beautiful cards! And the info was great also. I'm doing catch up on the videos. I was going to buy the spectrum noir sparkle markers the other day. I have 2 wink of stella markers I haven't used yet. These cards are so very pretty. I'm going to try make them for mothers day!
Love the cards. Thanks for the comparision on the WOS and SN. I have been contemplating these and wondered what the difference was. Now I know! Thanks a lot for sharing your findings. Looking forward to seeing more videos using these products. :-)
Love your little ones colouring, so cute. Thank you for the demo I've recently invested in a Misti, my Best Buy ever. I have the spectrum noir but not really used them much, this has encouraged me to get them out and get on with using them. Enjoy your videos. X
I kind of feel like too much product comes out of the colored Spectrum Noir. I LOVE the clear Spectrum Noir pens I think they are great but the colored ones are hard to control. Hooray for long videos!!
Beautiful cards as always! Thank you for showing the differences in the two pens! I don't own any of either one and I have watched other reviews on these pens and your review seemed more thorough.
Thank you in advance for doing the trimmer video! I look forward to seeing your thoughts on it. I've noticed that quite a few artists I watch use the new trimmer.
Thanks for the wonderful video and comprehensive review of the two markers. Your cards are gorgeous! :) I think I will need to pick up the clear Spectrum Noir version to give it a try.
Thanks for comparing the two pens. I had no idea they offered so many colors! Very nice! I loved the cards you made, too! One of these days Lyla will be making her own videos displaying cards she has made! I will be sure to subscribe to them, too! 😉
Vielen Dank, thank you so much for your very helpfull and long Videos! I am happy about the text now in your Video, because my speech is German and sometimes i dont understand a word and so i can stop the Video , look for the word and translate it . You are a very creative person and inspires me with your wonderfull Cards.:D
Beautiful cards as always. FYI, they just came out with 12 new colors for the SN pens, called Vintage Hues, plus a metallic set that includes gold, silver and black, just last week, I think. I find these pens are a bit like Distress inks, they remain "movable" for a very long time, which has both advantages and disadvantages of course. But they're a lot of fun to play with, by themselves or with Wink of Stella, Zig clean color brush markers, or pretty much everything. As for the long video, don't apologize! It was fun and informative as always!
True, I missed that. :-) Also wanted to say that I borrowed your idea from way back when you reviewed the Zig brush markers and made a small circle color swatch, except I glued it to the bottom of each pen. That way I can be sure to put the right cap back on. Hopefully that's something that Spectrum Noir will correct in the future.
I found that you must store the Wink of Stella right side up. Learned the hard way. Had a black pen in my craft bag, which leaked out and all over everything. Do you think if I were to save the small.ring that you take off, replace it after use you could store the pens in a bag, and just continuously replace the rings, they would not leak?
Hello hope you are doing well. I had a quick question, i like to draw my images and then either water color or copic color the images...i have been able to find some really nice black color gel pens or super fine tip pens which are water proof could you please point to towards finding white and gold pens which have the same qualities. Thank you, i love everything you do :)
I've been curious about Spectrum Noir Sparkle Pens, so thanks for the comparison video! Never knew the shimmer between SN and WOS would be cool vs warm which is pretty nifty to know. Do you think we will be able to add water to the SN pens to extend the life of the pen?
Hi Jennifer - with the Spectrum Noir Sparkle Pens, once they are empty are they refillable or do you have to purchase a whole new pen? Many thanks, Linda
I love your work on vellum. I have a question. Several times the embossing powder has crumbled off the vellum. I've been using WOW powders. Is it due to too much heat? Thanks, Carmen
I hate when that happens! Great idea that just won't come together. I need to walk away sometimes. Good thing paper isn't that expensive because I can make a bunch of not usable scrap at these times.
I forgot to ask Jennifer, are those the "super sticky" full adhesive post-its? I just wanted to be clear because I don't know if the "super sticky" would leave a residue on the card? Thanks Jennifer
I have watched many of your interesting and well explained videos, so I am now a huge fan of yours. I do have one question regarding both of these brush/pens. I notice that throughout the video you refer to the brush/pens as "Providing great shimmer." I'm not fond of shimmer but I love glitter, even though I refuse to use the lose glitter since family members in law enforcement said it is difficult for them to be taken seriously when giving someone a ticket when they have glitter on their face. (A little true humor there). Anyway, my question is whether these brush/pens create shimmer or glitter?
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You know, for someone who dislikes colouring in, you actually do a mean job of it. Totally awesome you are....
Have to say….even your older videos are great for someone who is just starting into paper crafts.!! I found this hobby after I retired from teaching 40 years. I’d have given anything to have found it earlier..
I’d have loved to create for my students and would have been fun to teach them after school.
I’m going to look into doing something like that after I get some more supplies. It’s pretty slow when starting out….lol
Thank you for your great instructions,
Nancy Rolfe
I purchased a Wink of Stella pen a while back and thought it was defective because nothing was coming out. I'm glad you explained that you need to activate the pens or I would have never known!!
I can't help it...I just LOVE your videos. You speak clearly, you don't waste time, you cover excellent points and are a pleasure to watch. This was a great video. I just bought Wink Of Stella for the first time and didn't even know Spectrum Noir had shimmering pens!!
BEAUTIFUL card designs, Jennifer, and I love how you demo products with tips and techniques!!!👍🏾💕
I love all your cards, but, most of all, I love how you explain your personal techniques, thanks for always sharing useful tips you get from experience.
Oh she is so awesome to learn from! I LOVE how she teaches as she demonstrates techniques & how to use products in different ways! When you want to try something new Jennifer has the BEST video library to go to! WE LOVE YOU JENNIFER!
Beautiful cards, the vellum is so beautiful xx
your videos are never too long because I learn so much from you. Thank you for your hard work.
Beautiful cards! I love the vellum cards & the way you cut part of the flowers out so that they appear to hang over the edge. Thanks for talking about the shimmer pens. The info was very helpful.
Mel Grimm n
Thanks so much for the video! Your daughter is super fast. One second the brushes were there, the next they were gone! Love watching your videos, they really do inspire!
I totally agree with you on how messy black Embossing Powder is. I am new to stamping and I quickly worked out that it was easier to stamp in black and emboss in clear. No matter how much I try and get stray bits of black powder off my project, when I heat it there are always bits I've missed. I've wasted a lot of cardstock using black powder.
Awesome looking card...you did a great job on them....Thanks for sharing your view on both pens....Well done Jennifer
just beautiful that shimmer pen...and I loved the vellum...great video
Another Amazing video and group of cards Jennifer! Thanks for all the tips and info. So happy to be able to watch your videos, they are always so informative and your cards are artwork! Love love love all the cards! Tfs!!!
Beautiful cards. Love that shimmer. Especially the blue flowers.
Thank you so much for your comparison. It's the best I've seen, as far as uses and plus/minus of each. And of course, the cards are just beautiful. Really like these on vellum.
Little Lila hands! So sweet!
Jennifer, thank you so much for the honest review and for taking the time to do these types of videos. I really appreciate it as many of us don't have the money to buy both sets of pens so I like to do my due diligence before purchasing any craft supplies. I can't tell you how many times you have helped me decide which products are most suitable for my use....THANK YOU!
As always, stunning cards too! Oh, and it looks like your daughter is taking after her Mom...seriously, I couldn't believe the results of her coloring for such a wee one!
Nancy Lynn m
You are a Rock Star. Only hope someday I can produce something even remotely similar. Thanks for your videos. They are very helpful. Hope to get this stamp set when it's available. I'm also trying to decide on the Misti..... it would help me tremendously with my projects and my confidence. I'm a little OCDC and struggle with crooked and uneven sentiments. The Misti should help!
I love all the detail you give in your tutorials! I'm new to stamping, card making and integrating into my handmade jewelry classes that I teach. So, your products and techniques as well as color lists are valuable! Thanks!
The colours of the spectrum noir pens are gorgeous 😍 rose quartz and pink champagne especially!
Hi Jennifer ~ I am so glad you've done this compare/contrast video with the Wink of Stella & Spectrum Noir Sparkle Pens. Awesome information & I LOVED seeing Lila's sweet little hands sneaking in to grab the pens! I never really thought to use the Clear Shimmer pens to blend out with other colors; I've just used them over other colors to add the shimmery effect. As always, your cards are beautiful and you always make things look so simple! I'm looking forward to your review of the new Fiskars cutter as I'm in the market for a new/better cutter. I've purchased several (okay.....MANY) of the items you've recommended and you've never steered me wrong. You are definitely my paper crafting guru! Thanks so much for sharing!
Jennifer. Good thing I loaded up on vellum after you did the Altenew beautiful day vellum card. I especially liked that you cut it down on each side with the flowers hanging over the side. Great job. I love it. I'm loving my share homemade kindness campaign. It cheers up the people I send my cards to and cheers me up as well. I never made multiple cards before I started watching your videos. Now, I never make less the two, and I usually make 4. Love my Misti too.
The sparkle is beautiful on all the cards!! I've worked with vellum a little....this project is awesome and looks to be a good one to try!! Thanks Jennifer!! 🌺
Jennifer thank you for your wonderful videos. I have gained so much knowledge between products. Thank you again
Thanks for the comparison! The best part of the video starts at 19:43! We had to watch it several times! I'll bet Lila makes a great cookie thief! (She is fast!)
These are so lovely! Love your explanations-easy to listen to...Marsha
I love using vellum on cards! I've never thought of cutting the vellum like you have here. Brilliant. Love both pens, can't wait to try the spectrum noir shimmer, though. Love love love your work!
Lovely cards ! Thank you for sharing information on the pens. I wondered how well they worked.
Very cool that the shimmer clear pens can be used as blender pens. Very pretty! TFS!
I think I need Lila to come to my house and color my sample sheet! Now that I have these stamps, I want to try this out!
I'am happy to look at your cards with high quality they are lovely.THANK YOU
An excellent tutorial, always learning from you information I want and/or need to know; beautiful results on your cards. I love the card layout you have created.
Love theses cards. It gives me a push to use more vellum. Thanks so much for the information on the pens.
Thank you for taking the time to share your knowledge and skills - I like both brands and was really pleased to see you used them on vellum. I love your work, enthusiasm and clarity of explanation
Being very new to Spectrum Noir Sparkle - which has no directions for use, your video was great. Loved how you explained everything and the interchangeable uses. Trying them for the first time - wow seemed like very little control, but hopefully the next one I try will be better. Enjoyed the carding making, very pretty!
Thank you very much for the tutorials and supply lists. It's so helpful for a new crafter.
how cute! You see her little hand then you see her walk off with your pens :3 It's so cute!!! Thank you for not editing that out. My daughter loves to use my craft items also and she's all grown up!
Lovely, lovely cards Jennifer! Marvelous video, thank you so much :-)
Beautiful cards....just Beautiful
Love these cards. Thanks Jennifer.
Your cards are so pretty. Thanks for the video.
Hi Jennifer, thanks so much for the comparison at the end! I've used wink of stella and just received my first Spectrum Noir sparkle pens in a card kit. And I love your videos - the longer the better!
Beautiful cards! Guess I will have to get some Spectrum Noir Pens I already have 2 of the Zig ones. Thanks so much for sharing these and your great technique!
You are very good and instructions and sharing your expertise.
Thanks for great card inspiration as always. And very informative product review. Love all your videos.
Love them. You do such beautiful work TFS
Beautiful cards! And the info was great also. I'm doing catch up on the videos. I was going to buy the spectrum noir sparkle markers the other day. I have 2 wink of stella markers I haven't used yet. These cards are so very pretty. I'm going to try make them for mothers day!
Love the cards. Thanks for the comparision on the WOS and SN. I have been contemplating these and wondered what the difference was. Now I know! Thanks a lot for sharing your findings. Looking forward to seeing more videos using these products. :-)
Love your little ones colouring, so cute. Thank you for the demo I've recently invested in a Misti, my Best Buy ever. I have the spectrum noir but not really used them much, this has encouraged me to get them out and get on with using them. Enjoy your videos. X
Unbelievable - beautiful cards - thanks for sharing
I kind of feel like too much product comes out of the colored Spectrum Noir. I LOVE the clear Spectrum Noir pens I think they are great but the colored ones are hard to control. Hooray for long videos!!
+Jennifer Lowry Don't you find they're more opaque, also?
+J&J Winans yes I do!
+Jennifer Lowry yes, i agree - thus why i said it felt harder to control. you are right.
Thanks for the comparison and for the super card ideas!
Pretty and does motivate me to use that vellum I have been keeping forever.
The cards are really pretty. I don't use vellum as much as I would like, it really adds so much to the card.
Beautiful cards as always! Thank you for showing the differences in the two pens! I don't own any of either one and I have watched other reviews on these pens and your review seemed more thorough.
Thank you in advance for doing the trimmer video! I look forward to seeing your thoughts on it. I've noticed that quite a few artists I watch use the new trimmer.
Thanks for the wonderful video and comprehensive review of the two markers. Your cards are gorgeous! :) I think I will need to pick up the clear Spectrum Noir version to give it a try.
Love your videos , you explain everything so good .Very beautiful as always !
Just gorgeous!
Gorgeous Jennifer!!!
great video, Jennifer! so much detail! i love it. i cant wait to get some of the colored pens. i love your cards! hugs, treen
I'm a big fan!!! As always you make beautiful cards!!! Stay Awesome!!!
Gorgeous!!
Thank you, I love the Wink of Stella I'm starting to collect the collors.
Beautiful!
absolutely beautiful..
We love your long videos!
I agree!!! I absolutely love the longer videos!!!
Thanks for comparing the two pens. I had no idea they offered so many colors! Very nice! I loved the cards you made, too! One of these days Lyla will be making her own videos displaying cards she has made! I will be sure to subscribe to them, too! 😉
Beautiful cards and a great review! Thank you for your time and effort great video!!
Thank you so much for doing this video, I wanted to know the differences between these pens! Now off I go to buy some spectrum noir sparkle pens!!!
Beautiful 😍
Vielen Dank, thank you so much for your very helpfull and long Videos! I am happy about the text now in your Video, because my speech is German and sometimes i dont understand a word and so i can stop the Video , look for the word and translate it . You are a very creative person and inspires me with your wonderfull Cards.:D
Nicely done, thanks for sharing.
Thank you for the review. I really trust what you say.
I love the blue card on vellum
I love this technique. ...
Very pretty 🌺
Great video!
Beautiful cards as always. FYI, they just came out with 12 new colors for the SN pens, called Vintage Hues, plus a metallic set that includes gold, silver and black, just last week, I think. I find these pens are a bit like Distress inks, they remain "movable" for a very long time, which has both advantages and disadvantages of course. But they're a lot of fun to play with, by themselves or with Wink of Stella, Zig clean color brush markers, or pretty much everything. As for the long video, don't apologize! It was fun and informative as always!
+Gloridel Hidalgo yes, i have annotations mentioning this. they came out after shooting this video :)
True, I missed that. :-) Also wanted to say that I borrowed your idea from way back when you reviewed the Zig brush markers and made a small circle color swatch, except I glued it to the bottom of each pen. That way I can be sure to put the right cap back on. Hopefully that's something that Spectrum Noir will correct in the future.
You would be able to this with the spectrom noir ink pots as well xxx
These cards were lovely! Can you use the clear wink of Stella over copics? Thanks
Yeah Lila, she got the pens. She is just adorable.
Beautiful cards. I love working with vellum but hard to get where I live
Beautiful as always. How do you store your pens. I've heard upright.
Good video, can you use the tombow markers on vellum? Will they dry when extending them with the Wink of Stella? Thank you.
Forgot to tell you how much I like the flowers peeking out the sides of the card!
I found that you must store the Wink of Stella right side up. Learned the hard way. Had a black pen in my craft bag, which leaked out and all over everything. Do you think if I were to save the small.ring that you take off, replace it after use you could store the pens in a bag, and just continuously replace the rings, they would not leak?
Beautiful :)
Hello hope you are doing well. I had a quick question, i like to draw my images and then either water color or copic color the images...i have been able to find some really nice black color gel pens or super fine tip pens which are water proof could you please point to towards finding white and gold pens which have the same qualities. Thank you, i love everything you do :)
I've been curious about Spectrum Noir Sparkle Pens, so thanks for the comparison video! Never knew the shimmer between SN and WOS would be cool vs warm which is pretty nifty to know. Do you think we will be able to add water to the SN pens to extend the life of the pen?
I didn't notice any thumbling, so no worries ;-) gorgeous cards!
Hi Jennifer - with the Spectrum Noir Sparkle Pens, once they are empty are they refillable or do you have to purchase a whole new pen? Many thanks, Linda
I love your work on vellum. I have a question. Several times the embossing powder has crumbled off the vellum. I've been using WOW powders. Is it due to too much heat? Thanks, Carmen
love your video
I hate when that happens! Great idea that just won't come together. I need to walk away sometimes. Good thing paper isn't that expensive because I can make a bunch of not usable scrap at these times.
I forgot to ask Jennifer, are those the "super sticky" full adhesive post-its? I just wanted to be clear because I don't know if the "super sticky" would leave a residue on the card? Thanks Jennifer
+Nancy Lynn i link to them - not sure if they are. but there is no residue left
Can you do this technique with the Zig brush pens?
Love your videos. But my cards always seem to be so much smaller than it looks in the video. Trying to figure out why.
I have watched many of your interesting and well explained videos, so I am now a huge fan of yours. I do have one question regarding both of these brush/pens. I notice that throughout the video you refer to the brush/pens as "Providing great shimmer." I'm not fond of shimmer but I love glitter, even though I refuse to use the lose glitter since family members in law enforcement said it is difficult for them to be taken seriously when giving someone a ticket when they have glitter on their face. (A little true humor there). Anyway, my question is whether these brush/pens create shimmer or glitter?