Wednesday, April 27, 2011

gingersnap red and gold

I know I said when I did the Gingersnap mists challenge that I don't really do oriental. But this week the gingersnap challenge is red and gold, so I thought I would go for it, as I do have some oriental gems of stamps hidden in my collection. One of my favoutite of which is the floral poet(#6532) stamp on this card. I love the way it looks like oriental writing but is actually just drawings of flowers
The oriental lady is Sorana (#4059)


The base is crumpled card inked with distress ink and then wet with glitz spritz spray. I ironed this to dry it and flatten it a bit. I then ran a versamark pad lightly over the surface and used gold embossing powder.
I finished with a long knot which is glued in place. because of this I am entering it for created by hand's ribbon theme


both stamps are available from Scrolls Work stamps

7 comments:

  1. Fab card, Joanne. Love that image and the base.

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  2. She looks so serene. Beautiful card Joanne. Annette x

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  3. Beautiful image and use of color. I like how the ribbon ties it all together-no pun intended.
    thanks for sharing with Created Byhand

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  4. Beautifully done! Dramatic look!

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