I've been resisting the coloring book fad, just because I have so many stamps I can color! I had to buy this
Magnolia - Jingle Bell Tilda, because she's ringing a handbell, and well,
I ring. I don't think I've ever inked her up and colored her in. Thanks for the challenge!
I stamped with Versafine Onyx Black on watercolor paper. I used Tombow markers to partially color (mostly outline) and then blended the marker out with a waterbrush.
At first, I stamped using Memento ink because I thought that was supposed to be good with coloring mediums. Well, it bled! So then I heat set it for a minute, and it still bled. So I switched to Versafine ink. Well, just now, after an hour or so, I looked at the Memento label and it says, yes, it should be good with watercolor, once dry. So I tried it again (it's probably an hour since I stamped it), and they are right, it does work! It just takes a long time to dry I guess!
Bonus: Hooray! My first Christmas card for 2016 is done!