This is my official first set as a frit tester for GD and I am just wild about it. These cobalt beads are adorned with lots of tart lime spiders! I just love how the specially blended frit reacted with the cobalt-- it blends in a bit creating a variety of shades of blue, but yet is very bold and stands out strong!
THE TELL: To get the green to really stand out strong, I did need to roll the bead twice. In a few of the beads, you can tell where I did not get a real good covering of frit and then when I add the stringer, that seemed to blend in more. The striped ones are made from frit stringer.
Today, I hope to try this on a variety of colors so come back a bit to see what else I come up with.

IVY

This set is a continuation of the bead above. They start with a transparent green glass with a bit of olive green added and then are rolled in the twist of lime frit. While in the kiln, the green frit seems to come to life. Before they looked somewhat drab, but once they had annealed, the green really pops.

Here are some samples I made up to see how this lime frit reacted with different colors.

1. effetre dark pink round bead lightly rolled in frit and dotted with new violet then smashed to pillow shape
2. effetre light turquoise bead rolled in lime twist frit, smashed and then decorated with edp.
3. bullseye pink rolled in lime frit, smashed and decorated with dark purple stringer.
4. effetre light grass green bead striped with lauscha olive green, melted flat, rolled in lime frit then added flowers and then smashed. (side note: I attempted to repeat this one for a set, but couldn't seem to get the green as bright as it is here. They are still in the kiln, so we shall see.)