I just received my CIM Leaky Pin.

[jewlie beads]

My leaky pen came in today. I haven't had the chance to play with it yet but is it a tricky color to use? I love the blue color. Any suggestions would be great. Thanks.

[Feldt's Glass]

I purchased some messy color frits and can't figure out how to make them look nice so I am all ears. The leaky pen looks pritty until I try to use it and well:pout:

[jana]

It's such a saturated color, it is best to put a very thin layer over white.

[raindance]

It looks awesome over Turquoise, Sky Blue and Periwinkle pastels for flower petals! That's what I use it for, but I'm going to try to encase a white base bead with it. I'll bet that will look pretty. Hmmmm...I'll bet it would make a great color to use in a twisty, too.

[Kevan]

Nothing special to using it, but it is really dark. Use it with white or between layers of clear so you can really see it.

[SuzyQ]

I have found it doesn't spread over white or dark pink as I like it to as a flower petal. But I made encased stringer with odd slate blue as an interior color and again with uranium pastel as an interior and love the results. Here are some pictures.

[jewlie beads]

Oh, they are gorgeous. I finally got to play with it some last night. I noticed that leaky pen is a little stiff . I'm still on a hot head so that could be why. I used a reduction flame and got a pretty reduction on the glass. Well I also received the book Passing the Flame so I'm playing around with the book and the new color. I did have one bead that the leaky pen looks black and yucky. I put it over Dark Ivory but I did something wrong and Yuck!

[Pat]

Dark ivory is very reactive you have to be careful what you put on it or its dark brown and yukky