I gave 12 year old Emily bisters to try out. I was working with her 7 year old brother. When I saw the backgrounds she created, they were just beautiful. After she sprayed the bisters with water she poked them a bit with a paint brush It reminded me of a raging sea, the perfect backdrop for this ship. She stamped the ship in Ranger Archival then again on white scrap. The sails were shaded with pencil and paper pieced. She stamped the sentiment in Versafine and embossed in clear. I pulled up the sailor's knot (Carrick Bend) on the computer since I can never remember how to tie this one. She followed the pictorial instructions to finish this off.
A special thank you to Christine (calex) for helping me obtain some of this wonderful paper!
Thanks for stopping by.
Date: Monday, May 11, 2015 GMT Views: 2971
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Registered: January 20, 2010 Location: Brampton, Ontario Posts: 26123
Wed, May 20, 2015 @ 3:04 AM
This is a beautiful card! Emily has used so many great techniques on it! What a lovely learning experience she has had with her Grandmother. To have a tangible result to help solidify the memories is icing on the cake! I've paper pieced sails before (and on a larger image too) and I know how finicky that is. Kudos to you Emily on a wonderful card!
Registered: October 3, 2007 Location: Prescott, AZ Posts: 989
Wed, May 20, 2015 @ 8:36 AM
Oh my, Emily is soooo lucky to have inherited your incredible artist-genes, and I know how wonderful it is to have grandkids that share your passion. My grandaughter got the artist genes from my mother........I got the passion but not the artist-genes.
The stormy sea is so perfect, as is the ship, the sentiment and the knot. And I would be ordering the Bister and Hallos in a heartbeat, if I thought there was any way on earth I could CASE that fabulous card.
You and Emily need to take your works to an art gallery!
Registered: May 31, 2009 Location: East Tennessee enjoying the mountain views Posts: 32997
Thu, May 21, 2015 @ 3:10 AM
This is amazing Emily. the background is perfect for the ship... Love the knot too.... I'm sure you are so proud Nancy..... You are such an inspiration and I'm sure you have something to teach all of us.... Hugs