One of day 4's techniques involved using Distress Re-inkers (you know, the bottles of ink with droppers to add ink to dry ink pads?) as a type of water color medium. First let me disclose- I am not a "colorer" (Tim's term which fits right into my world view!). While Brandy has enthusiastically and quite successfully embraced the Copic marker phenom, I have resisted. My capabilities of coloring began and quite abruptly ended with 3rd grade art. I've never thought of myself as particularly artistic. So the thought of using a water brush and "painting" the Re-Inker on a stamp image was daunting. Have a look at my first go and laugh out loud. That's what I did!
So, when Brandy and I got together this weekend to craft I humbly requested to borrow some supplies. Surprisingly, with the right stamp (simple is better for us non-colorers) and a little more variety in the colors of re-inker available, I was able to create something a little more resembling cute.
This dress was colored with Brick Red, Rusty Hinge, and Antique Linen Re-Inkers. A much more acceptable result.
The second tag used Broken China, Brick Red and Antique Linen Re-Inkers. Yeah, a non-colorer actually producing something worth keeping. Hooray!
Andie
They look good!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! Your tags will make wonderful cards : )
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