Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Lots of tips for painting with the Distress Watercolor Pencils, combining them with some shimmering watercolour paints to tint my PaperArtsy botanical wild violets stamps

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Watch the bird collage tags here: youtube.com/watch?v=y4xDwE3_HcQ
See the mini-label making here: youtube.com/watch?v=stZFmQjKBz4

Ingredients used in this episode:
My PaperArtsy stamps - EAB30 Violets Edition
Tim Holtz Idea-ology - Backdrops Vol.1, Postmarked, Small Talk word stickers (for ephemera label stamp information, see the video linked above)
Ranger Ink Distress Watercolor Pencils - Blueprint Sketch, Mowed Lawn, Peeled Paint, Villainous Potion, Wilted Violet
Metallic watercolours by DecoTime for Action stores (cheap paints!)
Ranger Distress Ink - Walnut Stain
Ranger Archival Ink - Coffee
Golden Gesso
Dr P.H. Martin's Bleedproof White ink
Dip pen and craft brushes
Tim Holtz grid blocks for stamping
Pentel Water Brush
Ikea craft brushes
Silicone craft mat by Wow Embossing (discontinued)

I don't pay for my own PaperArtsy designs, but everything else used in this video I bought and paid for myself.

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