Down to the River by Donna Gray

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Hi everyone,

Donna here today with a tag for you featuring a fab little fish from Lost Coast Designs.

What I did:

I used a size 8 manila tag to randomly brayer on some Fresco paints in blue and white.

Take the ‘bubbles’ Dinky stencil and dab through some green Distress Oxide, I always love the effect this gives over paint.

Next step was to stamp the images from the Lost Coast Designs set and I also used my very own starfish and seaweed from one of the Deep Sea Divas sets. All the stamping is in black Archival ink.

For the colouring in I used watercolour pencils, which I then activated with a water brush.

I then added a little doodling with my favourite white Posca pen, edged around the tag with a black inkpad and added the words from Tim Holtz clipping stickers.

A little bit of raffia was added as a finishing touch and there you have the little fish happily swimming away without a care in the world ;)

Supplies Used:

Lost Coast Designs Stamp Set – Fish and Heart

That’s Crafty! Clear Stamp Set – Deep Sea Divas (Marina)

That’s Crafty! Dinky Stencil - Bubbles Background

Distress Oxides

Prima Watercolour Pencils

Fresco Paints

Black Archival Ink Pad

Water Brush

White Posca Pen

Tim Holtz Clippings Stickers

Size 8 Manila Tags

Brayer

Hope you like it

Donna x

8 comments

Fliss2 September 2017 at 12:05
Great tag Donna. Love the background you've created and it suits the quirky little fish perfectly.
Fliss xx
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Tracey@Hotchpotchcreations2 September 2017 at 12:51
Super background Donna, i've not seen that stamp before but he sure does fit very well with your design. Fab Tag..
Tracey xx
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froebelsternchen2 September 2017 at 14:17
So lovely - whta a beautiful tag!
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Dorthe2 September 2017 at 15:38
She is an adorable little fish ,the way you colored her, in the lovely warm colortones, and with your gorgeous doodling Donna,Your starfish, also looks magically moving ,in the wonderful bubbly water, with the graceful seaweeds . I love it, and the raffia suits the colors so well. Another gorgeous fairytale creation !!
Hugs from Dorthe xx
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Bev Hilton2 September 2017 at 23:19
Fab tag Donna. Love that fish. Great colours.
Bev. xxx
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Amanda2 September 2017 at 23:23
Fabulous tag combining your own and LCS together. That fish is a delight isn't it?
Love
Amanda x
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Nikki Acton4 September 2017 at 14:56
Another fab design that makes me smile - perfect! xx
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Sue6 September 2017 at 20:47
Gorgeous Donna, this fish looks so happy here xx
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