LindaMariestamps
Dare-17---For-Fred
This week's dare was to honor someone touched by cancer. I lost my little brother to the disease, and created a steampunk picture featuring the zendala template in the center. Fred would have liked steampunk, funky, busy, retro, colorful. I started with an 8.5″ x 11″ watercolor paper and sponged several colors of distress ink over the whole page. Then I printed the full size template centered on the page and started to tangle. I picked tangles I thought would go with a steampunk theme. Some of them are: Brix by Vicki Murray, Keeko, Cadent, Striping, and Pepper, which are all official ZTs, and Struzzle by Jo Newsham. The rest of them are from Sandra Strait’s Steampunk Series, and include Background #2, Planateen, Klock # One, and parts of Geer #3. I turned the zendala template into a giant “geer” by beginning with step three of Geer # Three on the outside edge of the template. I added the candle in the lower right to symbolize the light and love that my brother shed in the lives of those of us who loved him. I think I’m going to have this framed with a picture of Fred and give it to his daughter, Sarah.
Dare-17---For-Fred
This week's dare was to honor someone touched by cancer. I lost my little brother to the disease, and created a steampunk picture featuring the zendala template in the center. Fred would have liked steampunk, funky, busy, retro, colorful. I started with an 8.5″ x 11″ watercolor paper and sponged several colors of distress ink over the whole page. Then I printed the full size template centered on the page and started to tangle. I picked tangles I thought would go with a steampunk theme. Some of them are: Brix by Vicki Murray, Keeko, Cadent, Striping, and Pepper, which are all official ZTs, and Struzzle by Jo Newsham. The rest of them are from Sandra Strait’s Steampunk Series, and include Background #2, Planateen, Klock # One, and parts of Geer #3. I turned the zendala template into a giant “geer” by beginning with step three of Geer # Three on the outside edge of the template. I added the candle in the lower right to symbolize the light and love that my brother shed in the lives of those of us who loved him. I think I’m going to have this framed with a picture of Fred and give it to his daughter, Sarah.