Arty cake vs Rainbow cake?

so I guess the answer is no, they won't fit in those case inserts.

So true Flopsie, the Arty cakes have a small amount of paint for the money but great for those who don't want to make their own.

Rampant, here is how I make rainbow cakes; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUAbMw1RK1c

I've used Metina's empty boxes to make rainbow cakes with smaller strips and sometimes include a tiny strip of black for time saving self-outlining on my One Stroke work ...

I used Snaz Sparkling light & dark Electric green and they blend beautifully but for florals I use DFX colors that show more color seperation for good contrast in the petals as shown in my avatar.
This was a rose I did with Snaz colors that blended TOO well. Note the nice color seperation in the DFX leaves. Needless to say, I replaced the Snaz red & white with DFX on my One Stroke pallet!


Hope this helps,
Susan

If you are asking if the arty cake and tag cake containers are the same size, That answere would be pretty much yes, and no. I think that both would fit in the foam insert for the laptop cases, but the tag holds more paint so it is just a little deeper.

You can certainly make your own, and the sky is the limit as to how you do it, what color combos you try, and what paints you put together, what kind of container to use, how deep it is, how long it is, you really can customize it to just how you like it. It is almost always cheeper to make your own than to buy them, but, it is also kind of intimidating to cut up paint. Keep an eye out on the forum too, people will have stuff to get rid off on the exchange-for sale thread, and you can pick up some splits that way too.

If you search threads, you will find many past discussions on it, and there are some good youtubes too...I think Susan just put one out on her FB page and website this last week. Seeing how other people have done it, and that there are many methods will make you feel more comfortable with the whole process.

Rampant, I have the laptop with the foam insert for the one strokes. It fits the new Arty cakes and the TAG one strokes. The TAG one strokes fit very snug into the cutouts as the Arty cakes are a hair thinner.

Susan, I always love seeing your work. I am a big fan of pre-made one strokes and rainbow cakes as I don't trust myself enough to make them.

Thank you Flopsie. Making your own One Stroke cakes is easier than you think and a great way to get more use out of and combine the bits of paint left in old cakes.

I do have to warn you, once you find out how easy it is, making your own rainbow cakes can be highly addictive ; )

Enjoy,
Susan

Easy, yes. Addictive, I can't say that, because I'm still terrified to cut into my paints! I love the way they look in their pots. All smooth and flat. Then they get mucked up after I paint for awhile, and I don't want to use them in a split.
Hi. My name is Diane, and I am afraid to cut up my paint.

Meanwhile, I love the TAG one strokes. I have an arty cake, too, which is nice, but doesn't seem to be wearing evenly. One color is softer than the others. I didn't notice any difference in the size of the pots they came in, but I'm not trying to fit them into a foam insert. The difference I noticed most was that the TAG seemed to have more paint in the pot. The depth of the actual paint was closer to the rim of the pot, if you know what I mean.

Okay, after I actually put that all in writing, I decided I was being stupid, and went for it. I have been wanting to try to make a pearl red, white, and blue cake out of my TAG pearls since Denise Cold showed how great the colors look together.

Drumroll please....

I DID IT!!!

And only slightly hyperventilated while cutting into my beautiful, beautiful blue.

Results: The blue was a bit crumbly, but workable. The red and white moved like a dream. I put the new one stroke in a 32 gram TAG pot I had lying around. It doesn't go all the way to the edges, of course, which messes with the slight OCD tendencies I didn't know I had, but it is AWESOME!!

Then I had to re-shape the blue, because the mess of part of it being gone was freaking me out. I may have wasted a bit getting it into a shape that makes me slightly less freaked, but it was a worthy sacrifice, for my own sanity.


I was surprised to find that with only one load, the swatches still didn't run together and get muddy.

I found out why the Arty cakes don't wear evenly. Half is Kryolan and the other half is Wolf FX. Kryolan is well softer than wolfe so there you go.

Arty cakes and SF rainbow cakes are made of a variety of paints. They don't give you specific information. I think Rebecca put so much work into getting the whole Arty Brush Cakes craze off the ground. She has come up with so many beautiful color combinations. I even like these little guys to use them like little single color samplers.

actually, I asked silly farm and they specifically told me it is Kryolan/Wolfe. At least for their cakes.

Fantastic, Diane, you DID it! The softer metalic pearl & sparkling paints are easier to push around & shape into a smooth level surface in the cake for an easy brush load. The more you use it, the smoother & flatter it becomes ; )

If you keep all soft paints OR ALL classic hard paints in each rainbow cake they will wear evenly & last longer than mixing soft & hard paints in a cake.

Welcome to the rainbow cake makers,
Susan
Betcha you don't stop making rainbow cakes with JUST one ; D

It's like potato chips...

FYI Silly farm arty cakes are 28gm as opposed to tag which are 30gm, obviously prices will vary depending on where you buy them.
Arty cakes are made from a few different brands so there is alot more variety in colours than in the tag, really it just depends on the designs you are trying to achieve. DFX cakes are not as long, so they are a little difficult to hold on to, in my opinion they are a little out of date a should consider changing to keep up with the times!

I have versions of nearly every brand of one stroke and I've made some rainbow cakes. The DFX cases are still the wider-than-one-inch compact cases and that makes them a bit of a pain, but they are consistently DFX paint. TAG ones are comprised of all TAG paint and the stripes/cases are longer and thinner, one inch, the perfect size for the brush. The Arty Cakes are the right size, just like the TAG, and use a variety of paints, making a huge variety of colors. The only real problem with the arty cakes is because they are made of different pant brands, the colors don't take water consistently. Some colors in the cakes end up too watery, while others didn't have enough water to transfer. That, and some color will go faster than others, leaving holes or trenches in the middle of cakes. First Arty Cake I ever got was the true rainbow and the blue practically disintegrated while all the other colors stayed. It's happened with several different Arty Cakes and has kinda turned me off of them