Marvy Le Plume II Markers

[TxHoneybee]

Hi, I couldn't find any recent threads about any markers other than Copics. I'm new to card making and wanted to color my stamped images. Can anyone tell me what their experience is with Marvy Le Plume II Markers? If positive, what paper would you suggest, or should I just begin with a slow build up of Copics? If investing in Copics, what colors would you start with? Please help! And thank you for any suggestions you may have for me.

[dini]

I have some of the Le Plume II markers - they can be used for straight coloring directly onto cardstock, or can be blended with water on watercolor paper. You can also use them to color directly onto the rubber of your stamp, then mist the stamp (or cardstock) with water and stamp for a 'faux' watercolor look. Tombow markers work in a similar way.

The Marvy marker ink is water-soluble, so keep in mind that the more you color back and forth on your paper, the more it your paper is going to tend to pill. It may also show 'streaks' where your brush strokes overlap.

Markers which are alcohol-based work differently. I use Shinhan Touch markers which are also alcohol-based... a good heavy and smooth cardstock seems to work best for alcohol-based markers - the alcohol inks saturate and blend in the paper... water-based inks tend to stay put once they soak in.

Hope that helps a little! Welcome to Splitcoast!

[lylacfey]

I love my Marvy Le Plume's. I have a whole set. The only problem buying sets is that you get doubles. I have no complaints about the markers. Mine are going on five years and still strong. They are the first marker set I bought when I began stamping. A lot of art stampers use them. Marvy's can do so many things. You can directly color on your stamp. You can scribble color on a lid and use them for watercoloring. They are a good marker to just color with. Type in Marvy Le Plume techniques at Google or You Tube and you will find some great treasures. You can also use the Stampin Up tutorials too since SU markers are also waterbase. I own a set of those too. I also love those markers.

Copics are Alcohol markers so the techniques you can use with those are different but just as incredible. I do own several Copics. I have a complete set of PrismaMarkers (Prismas are also alcohol markers) that I use in my stamp work.

[mswhittaker23]

I have a set of 72 Copic Ciao markers ordered from iCopic off Amazon (all I could afford and I'm happy with them) and two sets of Marvy markers. There's a huge difference, in my opinion. Copics are really, really good for coloring in stamped images, coloring onto embellishments or buttons, and I use it with the Stampin' Up manual airbrush mister tool as well. The Marvy markers are good for coloring directly onto the stamp and stamping (like with ink pads only it's good because you can use different colors on one stamp easier than with an ink pad). I also have the Marvy dual tip, and the fine tip is good for tracing or filling in where the stamp didn't quite hit the paper. I don't find they are good for coloring in stamped images though, just in my experience. (maybe it's the specific set I bought).

[TxHoneybee]

Thanks for your help ladies. I think these won't be for me. Bummer that I used a fifty off coupon at Michaels though. Oh well....