Freshly Made with Asian Inspiration

Several years ago, I often created cards that were Asian-inspired. I still have a drawerful of Asian stamps.  Once I decided to use Fuji Woman, I also chose a piece of black and metallic gold washi paper from an old stash.  That determined the black and gold theme, including gold heat embossing.  The Asian symbol is an old Stampin' Up image.  All worked together for this week's Freshly Made Sketches. 

Three's the Magic Number

e.g. take 3 words or 3 images or 3 colours, or 3 patterns (something where you have 3 of an item) 

Three of something... and I was able to use an old Stamp Magik image for the Less is More challenge this week.  ( I have a drawer full of Asian images, and I need to use them more often.)   This is a simple card:  heat embossed image of the three geishas accented with a strip of Washi paper.

Mojo Monday #489

For this week's Mojo Monday sketch, I started with a piece of Asian-inspired paper from the Kaiser Craft "Hanami Garden" pad again. Pink, black, red, and gold were the colors of paper I chose for the card elements.  A gold-tipped Prima flower and a new die word from Verve Stamps completed the sketch.  

Freshly Made Sketch -- Asian style

I've dabbled some in an Asian theme with this Freshly Made sketch, using some paper from a new KaiserCraft pad called "Hanami Garden." The black layer has a metallic gold pattern.  The Japanese "happiness" is a Hero Arts stamp.  

A Bit More Asian

As explained in the previous post, my first photo of this particular card was poor, so I photographed it again today for this post.

It's the Fuji Goddess, a Lynne Perrella design by Stampington.  Embossed in detail gold on black cardstock and placed on a piece of Asian paper from KaiserCraft's "Hanami Garden" paper pad.

A bit of Asian

Several years ago, I belonged to a group that made Asian-themed cards; I have many Asian images, some relatively traditional and some with a modern "edge." I love them all, but haven't made a card with them in such a long time.  Recently, I bought a Kaiser Craft paper pad called "Hanami Garden."  It has beautiful Asian-themed papers, so I decided to pull out some of my stamps.  My favorites tend to be the Stampington line by Lynne Perrella.  One is "Fuji Goddess" which I used for two cards. HOWEVER, the second card is all black and gold and it did NOT photograph well; I'll photograph again in tomorrow's daylight. The image was colored with Inktense pencils and finished with a brush and water.

Mojo Monday

It's Mojo Monday time again...even though it's now Wednesday!   I decided to make a navy and red Asian-inspired card this time.  I have a few sheets of pretty washi paper from days when I made more cards with Asian themes.  The only stamping is a very old Petite Prints image of Happiness. 

Less is More - More Than One Stamp

Linking up with Less is More today, where this week's challenge is to use more than one stamp.   My card features "The Crimson Fan" from Stampington and "Letter from Abroad" from Uptown Design Company.  I masked the lower half of the geisha and overstamped the symbols. "Tranquility" is from Stampin' Up.

Asian Theme

As I've often admitted before, I'm addicted to papers--primarily designer/patterned papers.  I buy the 6x6 or 8x8 pads when I can, and I have a deep dresser drawer filled to the brim.  There are more in a box on the floor.  That doesn't stop me from loving new releases, though.   With the 8x8 Graphic 45 Bird Song pad, I made the following cards.   It had been awhile since I'd used some of my Asian-themed stamps, too.   All of the cards feature paper from the pad. Stamped images are from About Art Accents (Keiko)  and Stampington's Imperial Cargo line (the two larger images at the right), and Inkadinkado (the ginkgo leaves).   Two backgrounds for the stamping were created with alcohol inks and canned air; the geishas were colored with watercolor markers.

2x4 for Theme Thursday

In my everyday world (my husband works at a lumber mill), a '2x4' is a piece of wood.  On the Theme Thursday blog, it's the measurement in inches of a piece of art.   This is my Asian-themed 2x4 (backed by a beautiful piece of Washi paper).