Hokay, it took me long enough but here are my thoughts on three different "non-Copic" alcohol markers - Spectrum Noir, ProMaker, and Marvy LePlume.
These are *MY* opinions on them, they may differ from your opinion (people can get testy about something they really like if they think someone else is dissing them LOL!). If you have a preference feel free to share it in the comments - I'm all for hearing everyone's opinion - especially if you own and have used a certain brand of marker and love it.
I've had Copics for oh about 5+ years now. So like I say in my videos I'm a "Copic snob" - I have zero intentions of ever switching to another brand - as I personally think that Copics are the highest quality and worth every penny I've invested in to them.
But it's good to have options - if we all thought alike and bought alike and made all the same things it would be pretty darn boring around here :)
And if I HAD to choose - of the 3 I would say ProMarkers (in my opinion) are the best option.
I get a LOT of questions about the black inks I use and why I choose to use different ones so it was high time I posted a video about just that.
*warning* it is another LONG video - I tried to cut it down but there was a fair bit of info to cover and my reasoning - so it's close to 20 minutes long!
Well just like the title the video is ridiculously long too!
Kudos to you if you watch the whole thing LOL!
I had a lot to say and was obviously in a rambly mood - I tried to make it a shorter video but it just wasn't happening so here it is in all it's 20+ minutes:
I've had this sitting on my desk for a couple of weeks now and kept meaning to try it out and let y'all know what I thought of it. So I finally did and here's the video:
I hope y'all are having a FABULOUS Saturday - I know I am *grin*. Me and my bestie got tickets to the Nickelback concert in May (4 months to wait! :( ) and that TOTALLY made my weekend - their concerts are SO much fun (I've only gone once years ago and it was awesome - every time since tickets have sold out before I could get any) and when they come to Saskatoon they sell out superFAST so I'm PUMPED to have tickets!!
It's funny b/c my hubby and her boyfriend aren't fans so us girls are going to make a night of it and the boys can go do their own thing LOL. Needless to say they're missing out :)
AND Seether, Bush and My Darkest Days are opening. Can y'all tell I'm doing a *happy dance* right now?
LOL
ANYWHO - here's another product review video for y'all. I hope to get some stamping done this weekend (I know I say that *every* weekend - but this one started on a REALLY high note so I hope it can just be awesome and productive all around *grin*) and some new Valentine videos up.
It has been COLD here the past few days. Yesterday and today were well past -45C with the windchill (closer to -50C today) but it's supposed to "warm up" over the next few days so we'll see what happens.
When it gets this cold I don't stamp at all as my stamping area in our rec room just gets too cold to sit in. I'd rather stay wrapped up in blankets on the couch reading a book or watching TV with my hubby. Or wrapped up and posting from my laptop while he plays video games *wink*. Whatever keeps me warm LOL
Anywho I had a lot of questions about this product when I showed it in a recent haul video so here's a quick review of it:
***you can skip down to the dotted line in this post if you don't want to read my chatter *wink****
It feels like it's been FOREVER since I've posted - well I guess it's been just over a week since my last post so it has been a while.
I hope y'all have been doing well.
I took a little "me" time last weekend - my mom took me to the city on Sunday and I splurged a bit on random things (jewellery, makeup, Christmas presents for my kids, etc etc!) and spent over an hour at the new Sephora in Saskatoon. I LOVE Sephora and have been waiting for MONTHS and MONTHS for the Saskatoon location to open (only a little over an hour away!!). Obviously I wasn't the only one - the place was a madhouse and it's been like that pretty much since it opened 2 weeks ago. I'm glad I didn't make the trip in on opening weekend b/c I had people texting and updating me and it was CHAOS. I love makeup but I'm not crazy......lol!
Anywho - I'm super pumped I can finally get my favorite schtuff (somewhat) locally rather than driving to Calgary (5 hours away) or ordering online. I can hopefully space out my purchases a little more and not have to spend as much all at once (not too hard since most of the stuff I wanted was sold out anyway....ah well just means I have to make another trip!).
My birthday was this week (thus the shopping trip) too so I ended up placing an order at ATS for some stamping goodies (which I already mentioned on my Facebook page) so now I just have to wait for that to arrive. Which is kind of nice b/c it always feels like it's my birthday when I get a parcel full of goodies to open!
I DID receive an order from them yesterday that I had placed a couple of weeks ago - in it were some Christmas goodies and stuff I got to make Christmas cards. I'll have the haul video up on that asap.
And yeah it's getting to the end of the month so I need to get my butt in gear and start making some Holiday Cardmaking videos!
I took down all my Halloween stuff *sad face* even though I'd like to make a few more Halloween cards BUT I don't have the space for everything to be out so it all needed to make way for the Christmas/Holiday stuff......
So stay tuned - since this weekend I have time set aside to GET THINGS DONE - which means posts/videos etc etc etc will start going up regularily. And the Holiday Card Series will start SOON!
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I hope you all had a great weekend. Things here have been a little depressing the past couple of weeks - several accidents in the area and several deaths. I found out last night that someone local that I went to highschool with passed away after being in a car accident (non-alcohol related) and was on life support these past 2 weeks.
It makes one think - and definitely makes one re-evaluate priorities and family and just life in general.
So that's why it's been quiet on here lately. I had made all these plans to stamp and create over the weekend and it just wasn't happening.
Plus we've had contractors here working on our flooded bathroom and entryway - that was all finally finished last week. So we've been cleaning and putting things away and REALLY enjoying living in a clean house these past several days. The chaos was getting to us all I'm thinking.....
Anywho - I had a lot of requests for this video as a lot of you wanted to know what I thought of the Marvy LePlume Pigmented markers. And no I haven't forgotten about comparing the regular LePlume markers with Copics and the Promarkers - that will come later :o)
I was in the process of updating schtuff on my computer this morning and came across these video files that I've had for MONTHS - so I made them into a quick video and uploaded it:
**NOTE - I am closing the comments to this post on the blog - if you want to enter you have to leave a comment on the YouTube video HERE. That way they're all in one place and it will be easier for me to draw a winner!**
