One Little Craft Tag Challenge #108 and Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers Elegance Challenge

On a watercolor tag, stamp the fashion image (Dylusions) with Hickory Smoke Distress Ink.  Mask the image and stamp the script stamp (A Stamp In the Hand) with Blueprint Sketch Distress Ink and stamp the flower image (Wendy Vecchi) with Wilted Violet Distress Ink.  Remove mask and highlight the image with Wilted Violet and Chipped Sapphire Distress Markers.  Blend lines with a waterbrush.  Let dry.  Stamp the statement on watercolor paper with Archival Ink Jet Black.  Highlight with Wilted Violet marker and blend with waterbrush.  Adhere to the tag.

This technique is one I learned on Split Coast Stampers.  It is called vintage watercoloring.  Here is the tutorial http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/resources/tutorials/vintagewatercolor/

This tag was entered into the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers.   The challenge this time is E is for Elegance 

One Little Tag Craft Challenge #145

On a manila tag, stamp main focal images(Stampington) with Distress Ink Vintage Photo.  Mask.  Stamp Feather(Inkadinkado) in the same ink and mask. Stamp fleur-de-lis (unknown) in same ink and mask.  Stamp text (Rubber Soul)  in the same ink.  Using distress markers highlight areas.  With a waterbrush, activate the ink to create some blending.  Let dry.  Stamp sentiment with Archival Ink Jet Black.  

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Here is the written tutorial for this technique 

Here is the youtube video on the technique