Sailing the Seven Seas

Columbus Scroll

I started my project by printing out the old nautical map to form my background. I designed the wording onto the map before printing. This was then glued to a slightly longer piece of paper – approximately 2 inches either end. The extra pieces at the end are to be rolled over to form the scroll effect.

Tear along the top and bottom of your map and then chalk the edges with 2 shades of brown to give your map an old age appearance. To create the brown stain effect on the scroll edges I used Vintage Photo Distress Ink by Jim Holtz. Ink your brayer using the Distress Ink, slightly squirt with water and roll onto paper, repeat to create desired effect. Next you then roll the edge of paper around a stick (and glue) – I used a brown standard sized pencil crayon.

Ink up sailing ship image (unmounted) using “coal black”, Ancient Page ink and stamp onto map. Using a black sharpies marker pen draw in your route .

Stamp compass image onto a chekit using “coal black”, Ancient Page ink and heat set. Outline domino using Liquid Gold paint marker (DecoColor opaque - broad line)

Next step is to decorate map with nautical embellishments: -

- Use packaging string to represent a rope. I coloured it using Distress Ink - same technique as above.

- The fish and net are transfers

- Compass and Chain

- Design beads to own desired effect

- Seashells

- “key to the past” square pre-designed paper

All the above items are glued to the nautical map using Aleen’s Tacky Glue