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: 3010
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Registered: December 14, 2007 Location: Vancouver canada Posts: 8914
Mon, May 11, 2015 @ 5:18 AM
You are right about the raging seas and the storm. I love the paper pieced sails and your fabulous knot, It really brings everything together.
Nancy you are so brave handing over bister to a 7 and 12 yr old, I can barely keep it off the floor. They did such an amazing job and I'm so glad to see you using your new card stock
Registered: November 3, 2005 Location: Fairport Harbor, OH-IO, Lake Erie shoreline Posts: 60435
Mon, May 11, 2015 @ 6:32 AM
I can attest to the fact that this is way better IRL even by not seeing it totally finished. That ship is fabulous and Emily's paper piecing is excellent. She has a good teacher in you my friend!
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Registered: February 21, 2007 Location: Bay City, MICHIGAN Posts: 17556
Mon, May 11, 2015 @ 8:10 AM
Yikes, if Emily is doing this at age 12, can you even IMAGINE what an artist she will be at 22??? Love that you do all this with your grandkids, and they love to craft with you as much as you love teaching them!!
GREAT JOB, EMILY!!! Your raging seas and stormy skies look fantastic, and the paper pieced sails are perfection!!!
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Registered: May 23, 2009 Location: sunny california Posts: 9826
Mon, May 11, 2015 @ 8:34 AM
OMG..Emily - you rock girl. This is just gorgeous. The colors for the ocean are terrific and the knot and ship are perfect with the bg. What a beautiful card.
Registered: February 22, 2012 Location: Cape Cod Posts: 43340
Mon, May 11, 2015 @ 10:21 AM
WOW, Emily - you are an amazing artist! This is going straight into my favorites. Those pieced sails and the beautiful raging sea are just fantastic. also pinned to My Favorites on Pinterest.
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Registered: December 15, 2011 Location: Abilene TX Posts: 11275
Mon, May 11, 2015 @ 1:05 PM
WOW! That background is gorgeous! Much better than anything I've ever done with Bisters! The ship is beautifully shaded and paper pieced, and I love the knot! Beautifully done, Emily, please share more with us! Also going into my favorites and pinned!
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Registered: April 18, 2011 Location: Melbourne, Aus Posts: 51844
Mon, May 11, 2015 @ 2:51 PM
Oh my gosh this is brilliant, I hope I can use Bisters like this when I grow up LOL. Emily everything about this is wonderful, you are so talanted. How lucky are you to have such an incredible teacher. Straight into My Favs.
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Registered: October 26, 2009 Location: Oakhurst, near Yosemite Nat'l Park. Posts: 46821
Mon, May 11, 2015 @ 5:01 PM
WHAT???? What? A 12 year old did this? OMGosh! I can't believe it! I could not do this! This bg is out of this world! Wow, so old world looking too so the ship is perfect! This is just beautiful! I am totally impressed!
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Registered: February 9, 2010 Location: Mentone, California Posts: 7361
Tue, May 12, 2015 @ 5:13 PM
The sails on the ship shaded and paper pieced are brilliant! It is what gives it such a three dimensional look on that FABULOUS back ground. I know how proud you must be of this girls work! The colors on this ROCK and I am so impressed with her talent. How fun to mentor this natural (could she have inherited from her grandmother?) artist. The knot, crisp sentiment and wonderful black matting all add a wonderful setting for this amazing creation....LOVE LOVE LOVE!