HB shimmer on black
Posted: December 30, 2025 Filed under: cricut, Finetec paints, Hand drawn | Tags: cricut, Finetec artist mica watercolour paint, Hand drawn, Kuretake Gansai Tambi watercolour paints 2 Comments
As I’ve mentioned before I have a ‘pile of possibility’ which is actually a box filled with panels that might be good for a future card or project. This painted and doodled panel came from that pile. I think I created it when I was teaching shimmer paint on black watercolour paper back in 2021!
I have a selection of metallic paints, also called mica or shimmer paints from Finetec and Kuretake. They all work well on black and show up more dramatically than on white or pale coloured paper. My next bookmaking project will be an art journal made up of black watercolour paper pages so I’m planning to put my shimmer paints and markers to use along with opaque paints and markers.
To turn this panel into a birthday card I doodled with white gel pens then cut the HAPPY letters on the cricut and paired them with a smaller die-cut ‘birthday’.
Heather Telford 
This is fantastic, Heather! It looks like fireworks and a wonderful celebration. I have some metallic paints and I’m ashamed to say that I’ve never really used them. I think it’s time to change that. Thanks for the inspiration!
Your white doodles look wonderfuy over the different circles giving then all individual character Heather and beautifully finished with the white die cut Happy Birthday. x