Krafty Tips and Tuts

Hi everyone! Krafty Girl Melany here with a Krafty tuts on making fun tags with watercolors and embossing resist like these two

You will need:

-KKS stamp set(s). I'm using Slothsome Day and What's the Scoop?

-KKS stencil(s). I'm using Trippy Triangles and Pattern Parade

-Krafty Kolour Inks. I'm using Charming Chartreuse, Mermaid Melody, Raspberry Rose and Summer Sunshine

-Krafty Dots. I'm using the Fruity Dots

-Twine

-Watercolor paper

-Watercolor paint

-Embossing ink and embossing powder

-Black cardstock

-More embellishments if you want/need

My color inspiration for those tags are the Fruity Dots

Let's begin!

1) I cut my watercolor paper at 3 1/2x8

2) I cut the upper corners to form my tags. I use the 1st corner and flip it over. It helps me to have the same angle as the 1st one

3) I stamp and emboss my images. I'm not too worry that the images are not very crisp. I think it adds a messy detail that I like

4) While my embossing stuff is out, I'm embossing my sentiments with white on black cardstock. I added some details with my white Gelly Roll pen

5)Time for me watercoloring!  Taping one of my tags on a board. (You don't have to, but my paper is pretty cheap and flimsy so it warps very easily!)

6) With a big brush, I'm adding clear water everywhere on the tag; this will help the colors to spread out

7) For the 1st one, I chose blue and green. I apply very loosely and tilt the board to help the colors to spread and blend. I will dry and repeat until I'm happy with the color saturation

8) Then I added splatters

9) For more background detail, I'm using stencils and inks

10) Outlining some of the shapes

11) Adding reinforcers that I inked with one of the colors I used with the stencils

12) For more contrast, I inked in black around the tags

13) I decided to add assorted doilies to ground the sentiments and I stitched them in black

14)  On my "You're Super Cool!" tag, I added one more ice cream as an embellishment. I used

RV13

RV14

RV29

RV69

for the ice cream and

E31

E33 E37

for the cone

15) Time for final details, twine and black splatters. Et voilà!

Thanks for stopping! Can't wait to see your watercolor tags!