Friday, 24 June 2011

Taste of the Orient

Hi All it was lovely looking at all the different cards in our Under the Sea Challenge it really is nice to see all the different ideas out there. Very inspirational.
The new challenge at Cardmadfairy's Digi Days is Taste of the Orient and our sponsor this time is Little Claire's who is offering 3 digi downloads to out winner.  Now this is not a type of card I have ever tried before so I was a bit worried but when I checked out my stash of papers I was surprised by the number of different options I had. In the end I decided to use some digi papers from Summer Driggs which I thought were the best match for the new Geisha image at Cardmadfairy. I love the fact that with a digi you can resize the image to suit your design. I found an old book of Japanese prints I had been given years ago for inspiration as I had decided I wanted to give the image a background which I haven't tried before. I used my distress inks and a bit of masking for the background and my Promarkers for the image adding a little sparkle with Sakura gelly roll pens. As I didn't have any oriental embellishments in my stash I drew the fan onto a piece of white Shrink Plastic and added a tassel.
I would like to enter the following challenges.
http://colordare.blogspot.com/ Colour Dare red peach and pear
http://craftycreationschallenges.blogspot.com/ Sparkly
http://www.bellichallenge.blogspot.com/ The letter G(Geisha)
http://ilovepromarkers.blogspot.com/ Anything Goes
http://everybody-art-challenge.blogspot.com/ Anything Goes
http://ladybugscraftsinkchallengeblog.blogspot.com/ Use Red
http://rainbowladyschallengeblog.blogspot.com/ Use a digi
http://www.gingerloftchallenge.blogspot.com/ Asian Inspiration
http://stampinbsdesignteam.blogspot.com/ Use a friendship sentiment
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12 comments:

  1. Karen24 June 2011 at 18:16

    Very nice, great image too, thanks for joining us at I ♥ ProMarkers.
    xx

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  2. pinky24 June 2011 at 18:25

    Beautiful card, love the background to her. Thanks for joining us at LCI this week.
    Pinky

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  3. Tine24 June 2011 at 22:56

    Hi Gillian. Fab papers to go with your oriental image. Lovely card. Thanks for joining us at I ♥ Promarkers.
    Tine :)

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  4. Merry25 June 2011 at 05:03

    What a great idea making your own embellishment with the Shrinky plastic ..... I always forget to use mine. This is such a lovely rich looking card.

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  5. Gaynor Greaves25 June 2011 at 09:34

    That image is beautiful, and so is your card, thank you so much for sharing it with us at Gingerloft and good luck, Gaynor DT xx

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  6. Rainbow Lady25 June 2011 at 09:50

    I love Oriental so this is super. Thanks for playing Love Cynthia x

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  7. Kim P26 June 2011 at 06:20

    Very dramatic image with great cloring! Thaks for playing along with the Color Dare!

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  8. pam12426 June 2011 at 18:29

    Very beautiful and elegant asian flair. I love your take on the friendship challenge this week. Thanks for joining the StampinB challenge this week and hope you can play again next week!

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  9. cowboydutrem27 June 2011 at 19:29

    Lovely card, this is such a dream-like image... Thanks for playing in the Ladybug Crafts Ink red challenge!

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  10. My name is Wynneth27 June 2011 at 20:53

    Your card is really beautiful - I love anything oriental and this is very special. Thanks for joining us on I ♥ Promarkers this week.
    hugs
    wynneth
    x

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  11. jjcreations28 June 2011 at 03:04

    Absolutely beautiful card - Thanks for playing along with the Color Dare this week.

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  12. Pamela Lash29 June 2011 at 14:09

    A dynamite card and you really piled it on with the challenges - very clever thinking. I just became a follower and would love if you follow me too!
    Mama LoveBug from LoveBug Creations
    http://lovebugcreations3.blogspot.com/

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