Since We Cannot Change Reality by Bev Hilton

10:59

Hello everybody. Wednesday again already and today I am sharing a large tag which I made a while back. I just love the Dinky stencils by That's Crafty! and this was actually one of the first projects I made with them.

Here's what I used...

Watercolour Card Stock

That's Crafty! Dinky Stencils - Eye, Star Shower, Harlequin, Raindrops, Bubbles

That's Crafty! Word Series Stencil - Imagine

That's Crafty! Stamp Set - Inspirational Quotes Set 1

Brusho Crystals - Orange, Gamboge, Violet, Yellow, Turquoise, Dark Brown

Versafine Ink - Black

Distress Oxide Ink - Vintage Photo

Distress Inks - Spiced Marmalade, Seedless Preserve, Black Soot

Ranger Pigment Ink Pad - Glacier White

White Gel Pen

Distressing Tool

White ribbon from my stash

Here's what I did...

I began with a piece of watercolour card measuring 6 x 7 inches. I spritzed with water and sprinkled over all the Brusho's in the areas I wanted them and let them do their magic. I aided the drying with a heat tool and then spritzed the card again in areas where I needed to add more until I was happy with the look.

I then took the Dinky Eye stencil and blended through with the Black Soot Distress ink. I then used the Seedless Preserve to ink through the Harlequin stencil, the Spiced Marmalade to ink through the Bubbles stencil and the white ink pad to ink a few stars. The bottom ones didn't come out too well so I drew round them with the white gel pen.

I then took the Raindrops stencil and inked through with the Vintage Photo Distress Oxide ink. Once happy I placed the word stencil down and applied sparkle medium through the stencil to create the word Imagine. I set this aside to dry while stamping out my words. I cut the wording in order to spread them out across the tag. I then glued the wording to the tag. I drew round the words with a black fine liner pen and also directly around the stamping. I highlighted the eye with a white geI pen and then blended the Vintage Photo Distress Oxide around the edge of the piece before mounting on to a piece of coloured card. I then mounted onto black card stock.

I decided to distress the edges a little so used a distressing tool to do this before mounting onto a white card base. I snipped off the corners and punched a hole for the ribbon. I didn't have ribbon that would match my colours so I pressed the Distress ink pads onto my craft mat and spritzed with water. I dabbed the ribbon through the inks and dried with a heat tool. Perfect matching ribbon. Happy days.

I do hope you like it. Enjoy the rest of your week and hope to see you all again soon.

Much love,

Bev. xxx

7 comments

Dorthe5 July 2017 at 16:57
Bev, it is gorgeous, I love your color combination and your clever use of all the Dinky stencils . The big eye letting some tears roll ,from watching our world realities ,is ready to change ,and imagine--- beautifully said and created dear.
Hugs, Dorthe, xx
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Inky and Quirky Designs5 July 2017 at 17:27
Stunning!! So much yummy depth to it
Hugs
Donna xx
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Fliss5 July 2017 at 20:28
A really wonderful tag Bev. The stencilling looks amazing and love the pretty colour combination too.
That particular text really speaks to me too due to my recent eyesight issues.
Fliss xx
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Amanda5 July 2017 at 20:39
Fabulous tag Bev
Love
Amanda x
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Tracey@Hotchpotchcreations5 July 2017 at 21:01
I Love this eye Bev it's one of my favourite That's Crafty Stencils. It sits so well on your bright background with your bold words. Such a meaningful statement! Hugs Tracey xx
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Bev Hilton5 July 2017 at 23:19
Thank you all so much for your kind words, really do appreciate it.
Much love, BeV. xxx
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Nikki Acton7 July 2017 at 18:40
Great design Bev! x
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