What I do is.............

One or two peeps have asked how I did the distress ink colouring well I do it like this and its probably not right but hey ho here goes (no photos I'm afraid) all items except watercolour paper from Lynne at http://craftden.co.uk

1 stamp image onto watercolour card with archival ink

2 wet paper inside image before painting this is important

3 I use an ordinary paintbrush set I bought from tesco but use what works for you
I take the colour straight from the distress pad on a damp brush using the back of my left hand to dry off a too wet brush I tend to get a chapped hand ha ha

4 start coloring at edges then drag colour across the image keeping depth at edges and blend blend getting lighter toward the centre until you get the desired effect a case of practice makes perfect or at least better lol. sometimes I have to keep the card quite wet but not sopping wet

I hope this helps but the new Magnolia mag ( Lynne is a stockist) is supposed to have a proper professional instructional tutorial which will have a much better finished article xx