Cheap or Expensive Metallic Watercolour Paints for Card Making? Can I tell the difference?

Do card makers need to use artist quality paint? Can I tell the difference? I'm a paper crafter of 20 years, not an artist, so here's my take on cheap vs. expensive supplies, plus I throw my opinion on craft supplies from places like Temu and AliExpress into the mix, as well as using other things from outside of the craft world in my paper craft.

Love a bargain? Well today I am using and reviewing some cheap metallic watercolour (watercolor) paints from The Range, their own 'artstudio' brand, and comparing them to the expensive Gansai Tambi paints I already had.
I also share some card ideas to use these paints in a few different ways.

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The Range (not affiliate - most UK towns have access to The Range shops):

Metallic Watercolours Set (12 paints with black card):
https://www.therange.co.uk/arts-and-c...

Individual Metallic Watercolour Paints (set of six)
https://www.therange.co.uk/arts-and-c...

Crafter's Companion Clear Stamp Set Magnificent Butterflies:
https://www.craftstash.co.uk/crafter-...

Gansai Tambi Paint 36 Pans (amazon affiliate link):
https://amzn.to/4aF5Q1j

Gansai Tambi Paint 6 Pans Gem Colours (amazon affiliate link):
https://amzn.to/4dIJDlo

Gansai Tambi Paint 6 Pans Starry Colours (amazon affiliate link):
https://amzn.to/3V46T67

Gansai Tambi Paint 6 Pans Pearl Colours (amazon affiliate link):
https://amzn.to/3WLxR3D

Crafter's Companion Gemini Anemones die:
https://www.craftstash.co.uk/gemini-d...

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Chapters
0:00 Intro
0:18 Price Comparison
2:29 Swatching
5:25 Which cheap craft supplies do I buy? And Why?
7:08 Making the cards and other information about the paint
10:27 Comparison and my opinion the cheap paints
11:16 Splattering! Do they work for this too?
13:42 Bonus - using the dirty paint water!