If you spend time at chain craft stores, you might find yourself tempted to buy some of those 3-D paints and add them to your needlepoint.
I know because this happened to me last weekend. I stood there thinking how cool that could be. I didn’t buy any because I was worried about how they would work.
It turns out the folk at River Silks have been thinking along the same lines. But they did something about it.
They tried and tested and discovered Viva Pens; that does the trick. The flower pictured here uses River Silks Ribbon and Viva pens to make this great flower.
But you should read their review yourself on their blog.
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Actually, the pens used for this project are NOT from Creative Imaginations, they are from Viva Decor US, the EXCLUSIVE distributor in the United States for Viva Decor Gmbh Pearl Pens (Perlen Pens), Inka Gold, Diamond Tex, etc. According to Viva Decor GmbH, the manufacturer of the Viva Decor product line, Creative Imaginations is NOT a licensed distributor in the United States for this or any VIVA DECOR product line and should not be representing themselves as such by using logos & images that are protected by Copyright/Trademark laws in the United States. The logo and the bottle in the picture is of a Viva DECOR Pearl Pen, NOT the CI product, which should have completely different branding. We have already contacted River Silks asking them to remove this post because of the inaccuracies of the information presented. To learn more about Viva Decor products, visit our web site at http://www.viva-decor.us.
Thanks for letting me know.
Keep Stitching,
Janet