Tuesday 7 February 2012

Tales of the sea

Well, I have finally finished my Big Project! Now all I have to do is mount it and get it framed. It's a quilled picture that has taken me three months to complete (working on it whenever I got a chance). Unfortunately, because it's going to be a competition entry, I can't show the whole picture to you yet. However, I AM going to reveal just a tiny corner of it, because it's also provided the inspiration for the quilling on this card:

On my 'Big Project' picture, there's a small section of sea, with quilling to represent waves gently lapping on to a sandy beach. Here's the section that I'm going to show you, so that you can see the pairs of blue and white marquises that I've used to represent the tumbling wave-lets, plus the sections of 'beehive' coiled blue strips that represent the swirling water in between. The idea is that the lines of paired marquises lie in parallel to each other, just like the never-ending succession of waves that are gently rolling in.

When I completed my picture, I found I had quite a few marquise pairs and 'beehive' strips left over, so I decided to utilise them on this 'sea shore' card. You may well recognise the photo of my favourite sea-gull, and the close-up of the shell which I have used in other projects before. (Both photos were taken in the wonderful Isles of Scilly, where we often take our holidays.)

I used the 'four-square' design format that I like so much for the background printing, with the two photos complemented by blue and beige squares to represent sea and sand. Then I added my remaining pieces of 'wave' quilling down the middle ... and I hope that the resulting card will conjure up the magic of a stroll on the beach for the person who eventually receives it!


11 comments:

  1. The summer is not so far away now that you
    brought it so near.I love your idea and love the way you quilled the waves....
    "See " you soon and be happy and loved,
    aureliaeugenia

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    1. Thank you, Aureliaeugenia! We need to think of summer when the weather is so cold!

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  2. Nice quilled waves, love the four backgrounds to, cant wait to see the full picture you made, what I can see looks very nice!!!
    Paula

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  3. I can't believe you've made a competition entry already! Look forward to seeing the real thing.

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    1. I know, Jill - getting a bit ahead of myself here! But I'm also planning to send some entries for the NAQG competitions in May, so I need to keep the momentum going!!

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  4. great use of the extras. I can't wait to see that big project of yours

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  5. I am sure it is a fabulous project , your entries always are unique.

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  6. I can not wait to see the whole project. Good luck in the competition. These waves are nice.

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  7. Please come and check out my new creations.
    xo

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