Washi strips card

Washi is a type of paper made in Japan. Its used in many traditional Japanese arts.  I do love the feel of the paper, almost like fabric. They also come in the most fabulous colours and designs. I have to admit that I am a hoarder of speciality paper like washi and printed designer papers. It hurts to even cut out a tiny weeny strip. But its time I used all these papers that are just sleeping in my cupboards.

So here is a card made from washi strips. Let me tell you, cutting the first strip was indeed painful! I used lengths of matching mizuhiki cords in between the washi strips. Mizuhiki is another favourite of mine, if you aren't aware, they are colourful Japanese paper cords made of rice paper. The strips of washi are laid upon broad double sided tape (other side stuck on a piece of card. The cords needed a bit of glue to help them stay put as the sticky tape was not enough. Once ready, I cut a neat rectangle to fit my card base. I also layered the washi rectangle onto pink Bazzill card. The overall colours are so pretty.

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Oriental cards

Here are 2 oriental cards I made recently. I do enjoy oriental themes although its hard to achieve the clean and simple look. In the first card I used a stamp from About Art Accents, stamped in 3 different shades of green. Added a little coin (sorry don't know what the chinese characters mean) but its a nice accent.

In the 2nd card I stamped the koi in pond stamp by Elusive Images on transparency (acetate sheet) then coloured the koi with irridescent paints. This was layered on a light blue mottled paper which I thought gave a watery feel to the card. Attached the acetate to the card with eyelets. I love the way it turned out.

Thanks for stopping by! Hope you like these two cards.

Butterfly dreams OR002

Here I did a collage with 3 stamps - bamboo, buterfly and fabric background (its quite subtle so doesn't show up very well in photo). The background lines you can see is scored with a Scor Pal. You score the lines one way then turn the card and do the same the other way to get the criss cross effect.

Stamping is done after the card has been scored. If you haven't seen a Scor Pal, here's the link http://www.scor-pal.com/
I find it very useful for all sorts of projects. Hope you like this card. Size 13.5 x 13.5cm

Serenity OR001

This is one of my favourites. The soft colours are very easy on the eye. This stamp is by Kodomo who make some beautiful oriental stamps. Oriental scenes are just my absolute fave. This scene actually tells a story about forbidden love but I can't remember it. Image was stamped then I used a square punch to make a tiled effect (hmm...... I wonder if my sis-in-law would let me tile our new kitchen - I think not!). Do you like it? Size of card:  10.5 x 14.9cm