My stepsisterÂ’s 65th birthday is next week. She is one year younger than me. She is very ill. Her daughter is having everyone write a paragraph about what Sis means to them. I know of her love for fairies and butterflies, so I made her a canvas instead, and will frame it before I present it.
MIX265 - Spray, splatter, sprinkle or smoosh. Tissue paper was crushed into a ball and then smooshed onto the canvas with glue mixed with water, dried, then splattered with several shades of blue, greens and purple Prism tubed watercolors. When that was dry, I rubbed gold wax over the ridges, sanded it back off, and rubbed shades of Gelatos over to meet the CC675 challenge of denim with a fresh twist.
DD9ABC1A - letter A for the Alpha Challenge, with extra credit to use Amaranth, a ruby red shade. I sanded a wood fairy and then water colored her with Crimson, making the color lighter near the wings. She was sprayed with sparkle spray and set aside to dry.
Die-cut leaves were glued at the bottom and coordinating red flowers and a few yellow and pink were hot glued on. I metal stamped My Sister is Magical onto two tags and connected them with a chain. The number 65 in tabs is at the top, some lovely gems coming from the fairyÂ’s hand are glued on, and a butterfly added. TFL
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Sat, Feb 24, 2018 @ 10:26 PM
This is absolutely a wonderful piece and I can feel the love coming through your work. I'm sorry to hear that your sister is ill and hope that she recovers quickly and isn't in pain. She is going to love this. I'm also a big fan of fairies and butterflies and yours are beautiful. I love everything about this...a wonderful mixed media piece. TFS ....happy day and sending you hugs from Oz
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Registered: October 25, 2010 Location: Switzerland Posts: 420
Sun, Feb 25, 2018 @ 10:03 AM
The most beautiful artwork is heARTwork! Thank you for sharing this inspiring card! It is so important to think of those who are ill and to show them how important they are to us - despite being ill - You have certainly achieved that with this canvas.
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Registered: December 4, 2010 Location: Minnesota Posts: 16610
Wed, Feb 28, 2018 @ 5:35 PM
This brings tears to my eyes Kandie. I am so sorry to hear of how ill your step sister is. What a gorgeous and truly heart-felt gift this is to make and give to your step sister. She will treasure this beauty dearly..... ~Karen.