Eastern inspiration

That’s right, another card inspired by my visit to China this summer.  It is hard to believe that I was actually in China two months ago, but I have hundreds of photos, some lovely silk items and some wonderful memories to prove it.  Several of those memories centre around the beautiful paintings and embroideries I saw as well as the intricate designs on all the historic palaces and temples we visited.

Many of the embroideries, fabrics and paintings feature blossoms, similiar to this stamp from the new Eastern Influences set.  When I was making this card by son aged 7, was sitting on the floor beside my craft table going through my paper recycling box and picking pieces out to put through my paper crimper.  He put them through multiple times at different angles creating all sorts of effects.  His creativity inspired the painted blind effect on my card,  crimping the image gave it just the texture I needed to complete the card.

I started by stamping the branches and birds in Basic Black and then using watercolour pencils to colour them.  I sponged in Bashful Blue and stamped the rose blossom in the same ink on the corner several times.  To create the shadowed “Beautiful” character and word I used the stamp-a-ma-gig with Blue then Black.

Supplies:

Stamps: Eastern Influences
Inks: Bashful Blue, Basic Black
Cardstock: Basic Black, Whisper White, Bashful Blue
Also: Watercolour pencils, crimper