It's been quite a few years since I've used my Elegant Writer Calligraphy Pen, although mine has never been used for calligraphy, only for the amazing water-reactive properties that this pen holds. It can be quite overwhelming on its own on ATCs as they are so small so by using it in conjunction with stamping, you can control how much you put down of the pen and still have a recognisable image by using an open-style stamp. I used almost exclusively my Vintage Photo Distress Ink pad for this technique, as I like the vintage colour of it and feel it blends nicely with the various shades that come out of the Elegant Writer pen. Although you'll see Evergreen Bough and Picked Raspberry have made an appearance on a couple of my sample ATCs and they also work very well with this amazing pen. To get the lighter shades of pinks/blues etc from the Elegant Writer pen, you need to dab off the water while it is still wet and as it lifts, the other beautiful soft colours appear. Such a cool product!

Finally, this is a card I made using the same technique as the ATCs.
I mounted the image onto a piece of cork as it seemed to suit the
grungy style of this technique.

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