I was sent a pack of Spectrum Noir Sparkle Glitter Liquid Ink, Enchanted Hues, which include a pink (Cotton Candy), blue (Teacup) and yellow (Firefly) to have a play and test them out.  The colours are beautiful and the liquid a clear strong colour with the glitter at the bottom of the containers; a light shake however mixes them well and creates a lovely sparkling swirling mix for painting and using with papercrafts.  This settles again reasonably quickly once left still.

I started working with them by testing how the liquid ink colours spread and mix when spread using a simple paintbrush, sorry I'm not good at videos.  The three colours painted smoothly with a good amount of colour and mixed/merged together well creating a green, dark purple and a slight orange (though the pink is definitely more dominant than the yellow and the blue more dominant than the pink).  As they dried (reasonably quickly) the sparkle became more evident with all three colours having a beautiful sheen to them.

I then painted several sections of white card with different colours and once dry die cut them to create two cards.

One with a fish bowl theme, using Underwater Friends set from Die-Cutting Essentials #36 (with the bowl, fish and other elements cut out of painted card, as well as the sentiment for contrast).  This worked really well with the water (done using the blue liquid ink, Teacup) having a lovely sparkle to it and the fish (cut out of card coloured with the pink liquid ink , Cotton Candy, and yellow liquid ink, Firefly) a slight glint.  The sentiment didn't sparkle as much though this could be due to the thinness of the letters.  I should also note that the card was still a little damp/soft when I cut it and this made it harder to take out of the die, make sure it is really dry before cutting.

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