Nancie Waterman’s Artwork

Supplies: Stamps (Pumpkins - Quick Art, Text -

smARTworks), Stencil (Leaf - Art-2-Go), Watercolor
paper, Cardstock (white, hunter green), Stamp ink
(Stewart Superior - India Ink Black, Tsukineko: StazOn
- Jet Black), Watercolor crayons (Lyra Aquacolor, Caran
d’Ache Neocolor II), Wet wide paintbrush, Waterbrush,
Dove Blender, Scissors, Paper adhesive (Xyron.)
“Create background by coloring watercolor crayons on card-
stock. Blend with wide wet paintbrush. Allow to dry. Then
place stencil on top. Color around stencil openings with
brown watercolor crayon. Use waterbrush to pull brown into
stencil openings. Repeat to create a background. Allow to dry”
“Stamp pumpkins on white cardstock scrap in black ink.
Use heat tool to dry. Color using watercolor crayons. Use
blender pen to blend colors. Continue to color and layer. Cut
out pumpkins.”
“Layer pumpkins on orange background. Stamp text on back-
ground in black StazOn ink. Layer all to green card base.”
Finished Size: 6" x 4 1/4"

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Shona Erlenborn’s Artwork
Supplies: Stamps (Sparkle N Sprinkle), Watercolor paper,
Cardstock (glossy), Embossing Folder, Die & Die-cut
machine (Cuttlebug: Leafy Branch, Spellbinders Labels
Nine), Watercolor crayon, Waterbrush, Glitter (Sparkle
N Sprinkle: Sparkling Snow, Purple Potion), Sakura
glue pen, Twig, Thread, ½” Tear-ific Tape (Sparkle N
Sprinkle), Ink (Tsukineko: StazOn black, VersaMark),
Google eyes, Dimensional glue, Embossing powder
(Sparkle N Sprinkle: Concord), Blue feathers.
“Run watercolor paper through leafy branch embossing
folder. Color piece with green watercolor crayon and
waterbrush. When dry, put back in embossing folder.
Rub branches and leaves with watercolor crayons.
Apply Sparkling Snow glitter to leaves with glue pen.”
“Attach a real twig across card with thread. Edge
card base with ½” Tear-ific Tape, center card and
apply Purple Potion Velvet glitter to remaining
exposed edge.”
“Stamp owls in black on watercolor paper. Color with crayons and waterbrush. When dry, cut out, add googly eyes to two of
them. Use Dimensional Glue on the eyes of other two. Stamp and emboss sentiment on glossy card in VersaMark and Concord
powder. Cut and emboss with Labels Nine die/embossing folder. Brush on some crayon with the waterbrush before removing
die. Attach owls, blue feathers and sentiment with dimensionals.” Finished Size: 4 1/4" x 5 1/2"

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Heat Embossed Resists Color with watercolor
crayon and option-
Heat embossed lines will resist watercolor crayon. You ally blend with water.
Dry. Then stamp and
can use this to create resist effects. Simply stamp and emboss in clear ink
emboss an image on cardstock or watercolor paper. and powder.
Color over the entire piece with watercolor crayons,
blending either wet or dry. Use a damp paper towel to
wipe excess color off the embossed areas.
Or go one step further and color the entire piece
with watercolor crayons, blending wet or dry. Dry
with heat tool if you blended wet. Then stamp and
emboss images in clear ink and powder (brushing Color with water-
away excess powder before heating) on top of this color marker. Blend
colorful background. Color over the entire piece with with wet brush.
Wipe excess off with
another color of watercolor crayon (typically a darker paper towel.
color.) Blend with water or a blender pen. Allow to
dry. Use a damp paper towel to wipe excess color off
the embossed lines. The first layer will show through (Butterfly:
the clear embossing. Jim Stephan)

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 Marilyn Sweeney’s Artwork
Supplies: Stamps (Magenta, Great Impressions),
Watercolor crayons (Lyra), Watercolor paper
(Marco’s), Clear embossing fluid, Embossing
powder (clear), Paper towel, Cardstock (white),
Paper adhesive.
“Color on lightweight watercolor paper with yellow
and orange watercolor crayons. Use a dampened
paper towel to blend each color. Allow to dry.”
“Then stamp and emboss the images on top of this
layer in clear embossing ink and clear powder. Color
over the whole piece with various colors of water-
color crayons (turquoise, green, purple, dark blue,
red.) Wipe with a dampened paper towel to expose
the stamped image. You can color over the sheet
again with other colors and follow the same process
if desired. Mount on a white card.”
Finished Size: 5 1/2" x 4 1/4"

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 Marilyn Sweeney’s Artwork
Supplies: Stamp (Seaside Stampin’ Ink), Watercolor
crayons (Lyra), Watercolor paper (Marco’s), Micro
Glaze, Clear embossing fluid, Embossing powder
(clear), Paper adhesive.
“Color on lightweight watercolor paper with yellow
and orange watercolor crayons. Use a dampened
paper towel to blend each color. Allow to dry.”
“Then stamp the image with clear embossing ink and
heat emboss with clear powder. Color over the whole
piece with various colors of watercolor crayons. Wipe
with a dampened paper towel to expose the stamped
image. You can color over the sheet again with other
colors and follow the same process if desired.”
“Finish with a coating of Micro Glaze to give it a
shine. Mount on a white card.”
Finished Size: 5 1/2" x 4 1/4"

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Color on a Palette Scribble on
craft sheet with
Another way to use watercolor crayons is to use watercolor
crayons. Pick
them on a palette as a source of color for painting up color with
with a brush or blender pen or for a monoprint. wet brush or
blender pen.
Scribble & Paint: Scribble watercolor crayon color
onto a palette or craft sheet. (Watercolor crayons
are usually soft enough to leave color even on slick
surfaces.) Use a wet brush, waterbrush or water-
based blender pen or a sponge to pick up the color
and paint it onto your paper as a background or to
color in an image stamped with waterproof ink. Paint inside
stamped image.
Notice that you can create new colors by scrib-
bling two colors next to each other on the palette
and then using a wet brush to mix the color. Here
I mixed reds and yellows to create orange tones
and brown and green to create color for the stems.
Continue to layer color until you like the look.
(Pumpkins:
Quick Art)

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Nancie Waterman’s Artwork
Supplies: Stamps (Pumpkins - Quick Art, Text,
Leaves - smARTworks), Watercolor paper,
Cardstock (white, red-orange, hunter green),
Stamp ink (Stewart Superior - India Ink Black,
Watercolor crayons (Lyra Aquacolor, Caran
d’Ache Neocolor II), Waterbrush, Water, Mist
bottle, Paper adhesive (Xyron.)
“Stamp pumpkins on watercolor paper. Scribble
watercolor crayons on paletter and use waterbrush
to paint pumpkins. Continue to color and layer.”
“Stamp text in black. Color leaves with red-orange
watercolor crayon, mist with water and stamp on
card. Overstamp same image in black ink.”
“Layer onto red-orange cardstock and then to green
card base.”
Finished Size: 4 1/2" x 6"

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 Monoprint: Instead of moving
Scribble on craft sheet the color from the craft sheet or
with watercolor crayons. palette using a brush, you can
Then mist with water. put the paper in direct contact
with the color to transfer it to the
paper. There are two ways to go
about this.
One way is to scribble or draw
with several watercolor crayon
colors on a palette or craft sheet.
Mist the color on the craft sheet
with water.
Lay a piece of watercolor paper
face down into the wet color. Press
Press watercolor paper gently on the back of the paper.
face down on wet color. Lift the paper. Repeat if you want
Rub back of paper to
make sure color transfers. to add more color, until you have a
Lift off paper. Repeat until finished print you like.
you like the color. (Second
pull is shown at left.)

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Alternatively, you can get a Scribble on craft sheet
similar effect by doing the with watercolor cray-
ons. Then mist or brush
same thing but wetting the a piece of watercolor
paper instead of the scribbled paper with water.
color.
Scribble or draw with water-
color crayon on a palette or
craft sheet.
Lightly and evenly wet a
piece of paper with water by
misting or brushing with a
wide wet paintbrush.
Then lay the damp paper onto
Press watercolor paper
the watercolor crayon, press- face down on wet color.
ing firmly to make sure the Rub back of paper to
color transfers. Lift the paper. make sure color transfers.
Lift off paper. Repeat until
you like the color. (First
pull is shown at left.)

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 Embossed Lines as Palette: You can also use heat
embossed lines as a palette. This is a nice way to
color small areas right next to embossed areas.
(Giraffe Scene: Beeswax Rubber Stamps. Leaves Stencil: Art 2 Go.

Stamp and heat emboss an image on your paper.

Then roughly color on the embossed lines with
watercolor crayon. Use a wet brush, waterbrush or
water-based blender pen to pull the color off the
stamped lines onto the paper.
Color over embossed area with watercolor crayon. Pull color off Stencil as Palette: Try using a plastic or metal
embossing onto nearby paper with waterbrush or blender pen.
stencil or mask as a palette. Place it over the
surface. Scribble watercolor crayon on the stencil
near the openings. Use a water-based blender pen
in gentle circles to pull color off the stencil into
the openings. Remove the mask.
The color shapes are likely to be fairly rough,
although this will vary by the stencil. You could
do this with water, but I find the less wet blender
pen to be better for keeping color in line.
Color over stencil area with watercolor crayon. Pull color off
embossing onto nearby paper with waterbrush or blender pen. Next: Artwork created using watercolor crayons.
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 Nancie Waterman’s Artwork
Supplies: Stamps (Giraffe Scene - Beeswax),
Cardstock (white, hunter green), Corrugated
cardstock (tan), Embossing ink (Ranger: black),
Embossing powder (clear), Heat tool, Water-
color crayons (Lyra Aquacolor, Caran d’Ache
Neocolor II), Dove Blender pen, Decorative
paper scrap, Metal charm (Articus Studio -
compass), Corner rounder, Paper adhesive
(Xyron, foam tape)
“Stamp giraffe scene in black embossing ink and
emboss with clear powder on white cardstock.
(Note: I worked the background hard on this card
and so got some pilling. I should have used water-
color paper.) Color on top of embossed lines with
watercolor crayon. Use a blender pen to pull color
off embossing to color inside stamped impression.
Use more watercolor crayon and the blender pen
to color the background.”
“Round corners of this layer and corrugated paper.
Layer giraffe scene to corrugated layer and both to green card base. Layer
decorative paper scrap to green card. Use foam tape to secure metal compass.”
Finished Size: 5 1/2" x 7 1/2"

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 Shona Erlenborn’s Artwork
Supplies: Stamps (Sparkle N Sprinkle), Tear-ific Tape (Sparkle N Sprin-
kle), Cardstock (white, white glossy), Glitter (Sparkle N Sprinkle: Cloud
Nine Velvet, Pixie Violet, Sparkling Snow), Ink (Tsukineko: StazOn
black, VersaMark), Embossing folder, Die & Die-cut machine (Spell-
binders: Mega Ovals, Classic Ovals), Watercolor crayons, Waterbrush,
Tissue, Fabric flower, Brushable Glue (Sparkle N Sprinkle), Embossing
powder (Mulberry), Dimensionals, Brads.
“Apply 2 ½” Tear-ific Tape to white cardstock. Remove backing and
cover with velvet glitter. Stamp flower on top of glitter in StazOn
black. Cut and emboss with Mega Ovals die/embossing folder. Color
with watercolor crayons and a waterbrush. Brush purple around the
outline and take up excess with a tissue.”
“Color big ivory flower with purple crayon and waterbrush. When dry,
apply Brushable Glue and violet glitter. Apply glue and snow glitter
to all three flowers. Stamp and emboss sentiment on glossy cardstock in
clear ink and mulberry powder. Cut and emboss with Classic Ovals
die/embossing folder. Edge with same purple crayon with waterbrush
before removing die.”
“Assemble card with dimensionals and brads. Edge card base with ½”
Tear-ific Tape. Center card front, apply velvet glitter to exposed edge.
Distress with same purple crayon and waterbrush.” Finished Size: 5 1/2" x 4 1/4"

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Touch and Paint
Watercolor crayons can also be used as a self-
contained portable palette of pigment and used with
a wet brush, waterbrush or water-based blender pen.
Only a small amount of color at a time is picked up by
the brush or blender pen, so this approach is best for
applying color to small areas.
Water and Brush: Touch a wet brush or waterbrush Touch waterbrush to watercolor crayon to transfer color.
to the crayon to transfer color. Then Paint. Re-apply Then paint with waterbrush. Re-apply color as needed.
color as needed.
Blender Pen: Alternatively, you can use a water-based
blender pen in the same way. Touch the blender pen
tip to the watercolor crayon and then color with the
blender pen. Re-apply color as needed.
Tip: If you touch the wet brush or pen to the flat end
of the watercolor crayon instead of the point, it lets
you keep the point end dry for dry coloring techniques.
Touch blender pen to watercolor crayon to transfer color.
Next: Artwork created using watercolor crayons. Then paint with pen. Re-apply color as needed.
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Wanda Hentges’ Artwork
Supplies: Stamp (Hope - Quietfire Design), Ranger Specialty Stamping
Paper, Stencils (2 Fancy Flowers & “Create A Flower” stem and leaves -
Studio 490 Wendy Vecchi), Lyra Aquacolor crayons, White Embossing
Paste (Studio 490 Wendy Vecchi), Ranger Detail Waterbrush, Ranger
Archival Ink(Jet Black, Fern Green), Pitt pen (black), Sharpie paint
marker (white).
“Cut paper to size. Scribble crayons on paper and spritz with water. Move color
just a bit with your finger. Let dry or use your heat tool.”
“Lay stencil on paper, positioning smaller flower in the upper left corner. Cover
with embossing paste, leaving it thicker than the stencil. Remove stencil. Put
excess paste back into jar and wash stencil immediately. Let flower dry or use
heat tool gently.”
“Lay Create A Flower stencil on paper, positioning the stem and leaves so the
leaves are on the paper. Sponge green ink through stencil, stopping when you get
to the flower. Remove stencil. (Ink can be cleaned off with alcohol.) Dry paper
with a heat tool.”
“Paint embossing paste by scribbling watercolor crayons on craft sheet and picking
up the color with a waterbrush. Use white and black pens to add details to the
flower, stem and leaves. Stamp ‘Hope’ in black. Draw frame with black pen.”
Finished Size: 3 1/2" x 2 1/2" (ATC)

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Marilyn Sweeney’s Artwork
Supplies: Stamp (Martha Stewart), Water-
color crayons (Lyra Watercolor Crayons), Ink
(Memento: Paris Dusk), Watercolor paper
(Marco’s), Clear embossing fluid, Embossing
powder (clear), Waterbrush, Paper towel, Non-
stick craft mat, Cardstock (white), Paper adhesive.
“Stamp butterfly in Paris Dusk ink on a scrap
of lightweight watercolor paper. Overstamp the
image with clear embossing fluid. Heat emboss
with clear embossing powder.”
“Apply pink and light green watercolor crayon to
a non-stick craft mat. Pick up each color with a
waterbrush and color in parts of the image. Then
color over the image with dark green and purple
watercolor crayons (using the crayons themselves).
Blend with a dampened paper towel to expose
the stamped image. Glue to a piece of white card-
stock that was colored with purple crayon and
blended with a dampened paper towel to form a
border. Affix this piece to a white card.”
Finished Size: 4 1/4" x 5 1/2"

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Coloring Wet
You can skip the brush or pen and color wet directly with Wet paper then
color with water-
the watercolor crayon. There are several ways to do this. color crayon.
Wet Paper Backgrounds: Use a wide flat brush to lightly
coat the paper with water or color the area with a blender
pen. Color on the wet paper with a watercolor crayon.
Inside a Stamped Image: You could also stamp an image
with waterproof ink and use a heat tool to make sure the
ink is dry. Mist the image with water. Then color directly
on the wet paper with watercolor crayon. Alternatively,
try coating the area you want to color with clear water-
based blender pen and then color on the prepped area
with the watercolor crayon.
Dip in Water & Then Color: Or simply dip the crayon tip
in water to dampen it and color on your surface. Re-wet
the crayon as needed.
Dip crayon in water.
Next: Watercolor crayon artwork and a Sponsor page. Color on watercolor
paper with wet
crayon..
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 Nancie Waterman’s Artwork
Supplies: Stamps (Giraffe Scene - Beeswax),
Watercolor paper, Cardstock (white, glossy
marbled hunter green), Embossing ink (Ranger:
black), Embossing powder (clear), Heat tool,
Watercolor crayons (Lyra Aquacolor, Caran
d’Ache Neocolor II), Flat wide paintbrush,
Water in cup, Dove Blender pen, Scissors, Paper
adhesive (Xyron.)
“Stamp giraffe scene in black embossing ink and
emboss with clear powder on white cardstock. Color
on top of embossed lines with watercolor crayon. Use
a blender pen to pull color off embossing to color
inside stamped impression. Cut out.”
“Create background by wetting watercolor paper with
a wide flat brush and water. Dip crayons in water
and color on wet background. Brush again with
water. Build color until satisfied. Allow to dry.”
“Mount giraffe scene to crayon background and then
to glossy green marbled cardstock.”
Finished Size: 5 1/2" x 6"

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Color On A Stamp
You can also use a watercolor crayon to directly color a stamp
so that you can stamp with crayon color instead of stamp ink.
Because you need water to transfer it from stamp to paper, the
result is a soft watercolor look. There are several ways to do this:
Color Stamp Dry: With some softer watercolor crayons, you Color on dry stamp with dry crayon.
may be able to color on a dry stamp. Then mist the stamp
lightly with water and stamp on your surface.
If you spray the stamp directly, the stamped impression will
tend to be wet and even drippy. If you instead spray a mist of
water into the air and let the misty air fall onto the stamp (like
you would apply perfume), you can often get a nicer, less drippy,
Mist lightly with water.
impression. Alternatively, you might skip the misting and
stamp on paper prepped with water or a blending pen.

(Leaf: PSX.)
Tip: If you are worried that a very wet stamp will drip if you
flip it over to stamp it, leave it face up on the table and press
the watercolor paper down onto the colored stamp surface.
Gently press to transfer the ink and then remove the paper.
Stamp on watercolor paper.
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 Wet Stamp First: Sometimes it is
Tip: You can usually
easier to color on a wet stamp than
get at least two or three
dry coloring. Different amounts of
impressions out of each
water can create different looks. If
stamp coloring by lightly
you use a minimum of water, the
misting the stamp with
impression is crispier. With a lot
just a little more water
Wet stamp surface with water. of water, the impression becomes a
between each stamping.
looser more watery look.
Each impression will get a
Wet a finger and run it over the little bit lighter.
dry rubber stamp. Then color on
Tip: Once you have
the stamp. Or spray a very light
stamped with watercolor
mist of water on the rubber. Then
crayon, you could then use
color on the stamp.
Color with watercolor crayons. a wet brush or waterbrush
Once the stamp is colored, you to move the stamped color
(Leaf: PSX.)

may be able to immediately stamp on the paper for an even

on the paper if the color is wet wetter, looser look.
enough. If not, lightly mist the
stamp and then stamp on paper.

Stamp on watercolor paper.

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Color Stamp Wet: To
Tip: There are stamp sets
apply wet color, dip the
with a solid stamp and
crayon in water and then
a coordinating outline
color on the stamp.
image. (Stampin’ Up calls
Or if you want to color these “Two-Step” stamps.)
small areas on the stamp Dip watercolor crayon in water.
These can work nicely
accurately, load color onto when you use watercolor
a waterbrush or blender crayons to stamp the solid
pen by touching the tip image and then, once the
to the crayon and use it color is dry, use stamp ink
to color the stamp. to stamp the correspond-
ing outline image on top.
Mist with water if the
stamp has gotten dry as Color stamp with wet crayon. Tip: Try stamping vari-
you have colored it. Then ous crayon colors on white

(Leaf: PSX.)
stamp on paper. paper, but also try it with
lighter colors like white
Next: Artwork created
or yellow or with metallic
using watercolor crayons.
colors on dark papers for
dramatic looks!
Stamp on watercolor paper.
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Wanda Hentges’ Artwork
Supplies: Stamps (Studio 490 Wendy Vecchi), Ranger’s Specialty Stamping
Paper, Lyra Aquacolor Crayons, Mister bottle with water, Ranger Archi-
val Ink (Jet Black), Pitt pen (black), Smooch Pearlized Accent Ink (Gold
Lame), Ranger Detail Waterbrush, Craft Sheet, Heat tool.
“Cut paper to size. Color flower stamp with watercolor crayons. Spray
stamp with water from a distance two to three times. Stamp flower onto
paper. Spray stamp again just one time with water and continue stamping
flowers without adding more crayon or water. The flowers will get lighter
as you stamp giving the design more depth. Dry flowers with a heat tool.”
“Because the flower is not a solid image, I used the waterbrush to pull color
from the stamped lines to the inside of the petals and leaves — just a little
to spread the color around. You need to be careful not to brush away the
outline. Dry again.”
“Add dots of Smooch to the center of the flowers and dry. Stamp words in
black ink and dry. Draw frame with black pen.”
“Scribble a little crayon on your craft sheet, pick up color with the water-
brush and tap the waterbrush against your finger to add little speckles of
color and dry.”
Finished Size: 3 1/2" x 2 1/2" (ATC)

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 Hanni Vanziel’s Artwork
Supplies: Stamps (A Stamp in The Hand), Watercolor Cray-
ons (Lyra Aquacolor, Caran d’Ache Neocolor II), Watercolor
paper, Cardstock, Ivory Soap (bar), Water, Brush, Make-up
sponge, Stamp ink (Ranger: Adirondack Terra Cotta dye ink),
Paper adhesive.
“This technique was pubished in a Somerset Studio Gallery
Volume IV, by artist Leslie Altman.She uses watercolor pencils. I
tried it with the crayons, and it works as well.”
“Drop some water on a bar of Ivory bar. Use a brush to mix
water and soap. Use the same brush to apply a soapy film to the
stamp surface (solid stamps work best). Rub watercolor crayon
colors into this soapy film. The soapy film brushed onto the stamp
causes an even application of the crayon colors. It prevents the
water from beading up. Slightly spritz with water and stamp.”
“Tear around stamped image and sponge Terra Cotta dye ink on
torn edges. Make background by scribbling yellow and orange
watercolor crayon on watercolor paper. Spray with water and
let dry (overnight is best.) Edge layer with same color. Layer
pears onto this background and then layer onto card.”
Finished Size: 6 1/2" x 5"

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Using the Shavings
Because crayons are simply wrapped in paper that
can be torn away as needed (and not in wood Place watercolor
crayon shavings
like colored pencils), if you sharpen the crayon or on watercolor
shave off flakes with a sharp knife, you wind up paper. Mist with
water. Allow to dry.
with usable bits of crayon.
Apply Shavings to Paper: One way to use shav-
ings and other bits of watercolor crayon is to
sprinkle them on paper. Then mist with water or
brush with water to dissolve them, creating an
impromptu background.
Make Watercolor Paint: Or do what Lindsay
Weirich does in her Frugal Crafters’ “Watercolor
Crayon Tutorial” YouTube video and use a craft
knife to sharpen your watercolor crayon over a
paint palette well to catch shavings. Add water to Place watercolor crayon
the bits of color to make paint. shavings in palette well.
Add water to create a paint.
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Experiment With Watercolor Crayons
As you can see, there is a lot that you can do with watercolor crayons.
Keep playing with them and you are likely to come up with even more
ways to use them. When you see watercolor pencils or Gel-Sticks/Gela-
tos used in a project, try using watercolor crayons and see what happens,
as they often can be used in similar ways. Have fun!
Learn More: See my September 11 2013 blog post comparing
“Watercolor: Pencils vs. Crayons vs. Gel-Sticks”. Also, Caran D’Ache offers
a pdf brochure on both Neocolor I (regular wax crayons) and Neocolor II
(watercolor crayons) on their website that includes brief instructions for
quite a few ways to use these products. Derwent has a pdf brochures on
their Artbars on the Artbar page of their website.
Next: Artwork created with watercolor crayons.

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 Hanni Vanziel’s Artwork
Supplies: Stamp (Dancing Girl - Angi-B, Word -
Inkadinkado), Watercolor paper, Watercolor crayons,
Water in spray bottle, Stamp ink (Tsukineko VersaFine:
black), Gel pen (white), Corner rounder, Hole punch,
Fibers (purple.)
“Scribble 4 1/2” x 2 1/4” watercolor paper with watercolor cray-
ons. Spritz with water until the whole surface is wet — no
puddles. Let dry overnight.”
“Stamp dancing girl and word in black ink. Apply some white
dots with a gel pen for some sparkle. Punch a hole in the
bookmark and attach the fibers.”
Finished Size: 4 1/2" x 2 1/4" (Bookmark)

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• Doodling, Hand Lettering & Stamps
• Interiors: Container Stamps & Shaker Cards Basics Mini eArticles: (VSN eArticle Library)
• Coloring In with Layered Mixed Mediums • 4 Ways to Ink a Stamp
• Coloring In With Colored Pencils • Parts of a Rubber Stamp
• Coloring In With Alcohol Ink Markers • Heat Embossing
• Coloring in With Watercolor Markers • Direct-To-Paper (DTP)
• Making Stamped Magnets • Choosing Quality Supplies
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VSN Print & Pdf Issues 2) Alternately, you can use VSN’s “Master Table of
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You will find a wealth of information in the pages
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issues though, so how do you find what you want
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1) One option is to go to the Issue Index page on page you need. The Master TOC lets you get the
VSN’s website. This page lists each print issue most value out of your VSN magazine collection.
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Whether you already have VSN’s print issues as
Simply use your browsers FIND function to
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