Asian cards

Hi everyone. Today's card is for the new challenge at ATCAS, hosted by the very talented Sylvia (Poppy's Papercraft Patch). Sylvia chose this word ... This challenge's sponsor is Prize: 5 digital images I decided to go with a card featuring the art of Ikebana --- Japanese floral arranging. I've done cards like this in the past and I love the delicate look of the shallow vase with the simple, yet striking floral design. I used a corner die for the background, which to me looks like a Japanese…

Made for two challenges. For links to the challenges: https://stitchesandsmudges.blogspot.com/2018/07/cherry-blossoms.html

I really didn't think I was going to get this card finished in time... but I did, so here's my second post for today :) It's very different to my other card, isn't it? I chose to stamp the Brushed Bamboo (Impression Obsession) stamp onto Hammer card as I wanted to add some extra texture CAS style. I HAD to use Memento Bamboo Leaves to ink it up. How could I not?! There are two layers to the Blissful Butterfly Border (Memory Box) butterfly - a Centura card base with a vellum topper just glued…

Christine Stokes shows how to play with Sizzix Thinlits-Ikebana, Memory Box "Vertical Lines Background die, and oriental papers. I rubbed a little black ink on the sides and bottoms of the vases and "poohed them out a bit with McGill Rounding Tools.

I love hoarding my designer paper that has images on it rather than just patterns. I decided that at least once a month I have to make ...

Hello crafty friends! This is Mayline and I am honored and excited to be returning with another guest post on the Spellbinders blog! Today I have a few projects to share with you using the Destinations Japan Collection by Lene Lok. When I saw the collection I immediately fall in love because all the collection’s themes are Japanese traditional pattern, cloths, buildings and so on. Also, another reason is my husband is from Japan. Thus, this collection is closely related to me. That is why I…

If you didn't get to join in on the Treat Yourself Crop week before last at Card Swaps...then you missed out on a lot of fun challenges! I still have a lot of things going on in my life right now so I was only able to do two of the challenges. Meredith asked us to make a tag using a specific technique of coloring and embossing. The idea is to ink your background and then stamp it in another color. You then stamp your main image with versamark ink and then clear emboss. Then you apply a…

I'm sharing with you today what I consider the most fabulous handmade birthday card I have ever received in my life. And without a doubt, this incredible cascade card was created by my very special and talented friend Patti, of Creations By Patti. I've had my eye on, and pinned what I thought were some really pretty cascade cards on my Pinterest board for quite awhile now, with the hope that I'd like to try one someday...but none of them even come close to being as clever and elaborate as…

Here's a birthday card I put together for my bestest blogging pal, Patti of Creations By Patti blog. It's another box style card, but with windows on all four panels; I believe it's called a "Go Round Card". This is only the second time I've attempted this type of card (first one was for my daughter's birthday last year). And since I have yet to find a tutorial for this card, making this continues to be a "big experiment" for me. For Patti's card, I knew I had to go with her favorite Asian…

Happy Thursday Morning, What a week here in Boston. We’ve been in the midsts of a heatwave this entire week with temps in the 90’s. Way too hot for me so I’ve stayed inside with …