Inky Tags

Hello, Chari here today and I have a very inky project to share.  I played with Swirly Twirly Tags and a lot of distress ink and water to make some fun, colorful tags.



I took a few pictures as I made these tags to show my process...First I heat embossed the tag stamp on watercolor paper with versafine black ink and clear embossing powder.

For each tag I used two colors of distress ink, a lighter and a darker color.  I put some of the lighter ink on my craft sheet and sprayed with some water.

Then I placed my paper face down into the watery ink and pressed it down to evenly distribute the ink on the paper.

I used my heat tool to dry the ink before applying the darker color.  For the darker color I didn't use as much water and I didn't press the paper into the ink as much so that it would be more splotchy.

I also flicked some perfect pearl mist with a paint brush onto the tags as well for a little extra shine.  Sometimes it's pretty fun to just get super messy and inky. :)