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Hi and welcome!

Today's card uses a beautiful panel die and a panorama (?) die of Japan. (I liked this so much I made another card with it. See it at the end of the page.)

This is a standard A2 card made with black cardstock.

I believe that the panel die came from Frantic Stamper.  The clouds came from Amazon.  I dont remember where the other die came from.

I die cut the panel from red cardstock and adhered it to my card.  I die cut the Japanese scene from gold mirror card (Hunkdory - it;s SO shiny - great stuff).  I used foam squares to add height. I die cut the clouds from white pearl card.  The large one is glued to the card. The smaller one is adhered with foam squares.

The sentiment is from Chitchat Tim Holtz and is added with a foam strip.

I decided to use some washi tape around the border of my card.  I tried about 4 different ways before I settled on the one you see before you.

I'm always looking for a really rich deep black and found it!  I purchased from Kelly Paper the Neenah Classic Linen Epic Black Cover.  Its such a beautiful color and the linen texture gives it an elegant feel.  I've been using Epic Black for a while now. It's a great color.

Close Ups of the card:

Here are both cards together.

I hope that you enjoyed these cards today.  Thanks for stopping by,

Lis

Discover and Exoplore ....a Card

I really love engineered cards.  Cards that have doors or windows, cut outs and movement in general.  Today's card has a center cut out and the card is a tri fold.  I wish that I could take credit for the cutting and folding but I can't Hot Off the Press sells these as blank white and already scored ad cut. So, all I have to do is add my papers. 

Materials:

• white card stock base
• coral shimmer paper
• Sizzix embossing folder
• gold shimmer paper
• washi paper
• Frantic Stamper Precision Die (Ornate Table was cut out of silver glossy, Butterfly out of blue foil)
• misc embellishments and tags
• misc rubber stamps

I have this pretty coral shimmer card stock that I embossed for the front and back of my card.  My card started out as an Asian themed card and I think, ended up quite differently.  You would not believe how long it took me to make this card...HOURS....  I had no design in mind ad I think that's what the reason for it was.

Here's a close up of the front of my card.

 

And the back...

Here is another look at the inside...

Thanks for stopping by.
Lis

Key to Happiness Card

 

 

My card today features Yuzen Washi paper from Japan.  This is the black and gold diamond patterned paper in the background.  This paper is not that expensive to get and comes in an incredible array of colors and patterns reflecting Japanese culture.  Art stores in the USA will sell what is called "parent" sheets.  These are the large sheets usually about 25 inches by 38 inches.  That means that you need to cut it down into usable pieces.

 

The online store (from Japan) that I use to get my washi paper is called Jun-Gifts.  Their selection is incredible and they ship quickly and in a tube so there are no creases in your paper when you receive it.

 

 

I added a die cut key from gold glossy and attached two crystals to the handle so they would dangle.

I added the tickets (Graphic 45) and fan (can't remember where I got that) and a brad to finished off my card.

Close Up!
I love adding jewels to my cards. I added these clear crystals to the key using jump rings.

Here is a close up look at the chipboard embellishments from Graphic 45 that I used.

And a peak at my fan.

I hope you enjoyed my card today!
Lis

Feather Pink

I love feathers but haven't used them in cards.   Today is my first!  I love this all over light pink color.  The paper is Yuzen Washi paper and has a background of pin with white and silver cranes. I matted it to some silver paper and added some pink dazzles (too over the top?) and my pink flower with gold accents and two pink feathers.  I added the ribbon as an after thought because I thought the flower needed more grounding. 

Have a great day!
Lis

Four Panel Screen Card Asian Theme

Hi and welcome!  I call today's card a four panel screen card.  it's got four panels and reminds me of one of those separator screens that one sometimes uses in a room (or even one of those Victorian ones that the woman stands behind and undresses in the movies).  Anyway, I found a great way to create these cards EASILY from my Stampin Up Demonstrator France Martin.  Thank you Frenchie!

This is the front of my card.  I started with an 8 1/2 x 11 piece of cardstock.  I made a score line horizontally at 2 3/4, 5 1/2 and 8 1/4.  These will be the fold lines.  Since the panels are rectangles, it's easy to measure and then cut the pieces to decorate. 

The bottom is done with a punch!

 

 

This is the inside of my card. I used a Frantic Stamper word die and dazzles to decorate.  The paper I used was Yuzen Washi paper.

I also punched a design at the top of my panel card (Martha Stewart border punch).  It would be easy to use a steel rule die such as one of the Tim Holtz On the Edge dies.  Since its a steel rule die, just fold the entire card up and cut all at once.

 

Have fun!  These cards are truly addicting to make!

 

Lis

 

Kanji

 

 I have always loved oriental themed cards.  Perhaps it's the mystery of the Orient that draws me in, or maybe the colors.  Either way, this is what inspired me to make today's card. 

I haven't made many Oriental-inspired cards in a while but when I got Frantic Stamper's Fish Scales card Panel die, that's what I thought of.  The die cut was so beautiful, I didn't really want to do too much.  My card started with a black card base with beige star dream card on top.  Underneath the die cut (which was cut out of blue foil card) is a piece of Yuzen Washi paper in red with gold flying cranes.  I die cut a Kanji character and mounted it on some of the same card I used for the main card.  I used some mizuhiki cord in gold and blue behind it.  I also cut out a leafy vine in gold glossy.

 

A simple card but very bold.  I hope you enjoyed it!

 

Thanks for stopping by!

Lis 

 

 

Asian Happiness Card

Hi everyone!

I hope that you enjoyed the Bog Hop earlier this week.  I know that I had too much fun working with Fran's new Precision dies.

Today's card uses the individual squares (1 inch, 1.25 inch and 2.25 inch) in a pattern on the front of my card.
I used:

• ivory linen cardstock base (5x7)
• the background is washi paper & glued to the back of the front of my card

The squares (or diamonds) are actually cut out using three different sizes of the Frantic Stamper Precision dies.  What shows through is my background paper.

Close Up!

I used three differrent sizes of pearls on the corners of the different sized squares.

I edged each square using the gold Dazzles lines.

The asian symbol here stands for Happiness.  I coloered this chipboard in silver distress stain.

I used one of Martha Stewart's new geometric punch around the page punches to make my center border.

I hope that you enjoyed this card as much as I did making it!

Come back tomorrow for more Precision Die inspiration!

Lis

Asian Influence Cards - Pearl and Dragon Card

Hi everyone and welcome to the last of my Asian Influence cards: the Pearl and Dragon Card.

I made this card from a deck of cards!  I used a triangle punch and punched out the various designs you see below, matted them on black cardstock and then added them to my card.  The deck of cards that I used are from http://www.franticstamper.com/. This is a great deck because although the backs of the cards are the same, the fronts of the cards are all different.  They are truly beautiful.

I added a gold edged embossed white cardstock background.  I embellished my card with white pearls and a gold dragon.

Close up!

I used three different sizes of pearls for this decoration.

Here is a closer view of the designs I used.  I used two decks: one had paintings and one had people.

Here is the golden dragon!



http://www.fancifuls.com/

I hope that you enjoyed this card today.  Thanks for stopping by and please come back again!

Lis

Asian Influence Cards - Panel and Leaf Card

I really like to do panels with washi paper.  Panels seem to evoke an Asian feel to them. 

The card that I am sharing today uses three different washi paper patterns.  The background is white cardstock that is embossed and edged in gold.

Close up!

I like adding pearls to Asian designs.  The pearls below are held by two embossed leaves.  I made the leaves by using a set of punch and emboss punches by Nellie Snellen (Frantic Stamper has them: http://www.franticstamper.com/dutchpunch.htm.)  They are pretty interesting. First you punch out your leaf, then you put the leaf in another punch which is actually an embosser.  I lightly sprayed a fine mist on the punched pieces before embossing them to make them easier to emboss.  They turned out really nice, don't you think?

I am working on one final Asian Influence card so stop by again.  I should have it finished  by Friday!

Lis

Asian Influence Cards - Chinese Lantern

Hi everyone!  I hope that you are having a good week!

Today's card features a Chinese knot and lantern charm, and black glitter paper.

I really like the black glitter punched border (it's Martha Stewart's scroll heart punch minus the hearts).

Close up!
I really like this lantern.  I normally don't use the larger brass charms. I do have a few of them.  This was one that worked out very well on this card.

I have one more Asian influence card to go.  Come back tomorrow!

Lis

Asian Influence Cards - Tree and Crane

Hello everyone!  I hope that you are all having a safe and productive week!

I call today's card "Tree and Crane". 

I used a soft flash so that you could see the gold cranes pattern on the paper.  The red background is also very glittery.  It's the kind of "glittery" you might see if you used glitter embossing powder.  It's very fine.  The flowers on the tree are also outlined in gold.

I used another washi paper with a flower pattern in greens and blues for the tree. You may recognize the tree as one of the Tim Holtz dies, and you'd be right!  (I glued the washi paper to white cardstock to make it sturdier before I actually die cut it.)  After I die cut the tree, I glued it to black cardstock (epic black, my favorite!).  I used an xacto blade and cut around the tree to create a border.  I attached the tree to my card with mounting tape.

Close up!
Here is a close up of the bow and pearls.  I added an ivory bow with gold detail.  The pearls make a nice accent.  You can also see the cut edge of the black cardstock.

I hope you enjoyed today's card. Come back for more Asian Influenced cards!

Lis

Asian Influence Cards - Revised Warlords Card

I received a comment and the writer suggested tassels for my card instead of the ribbons I had.  What a great idea!  I immediately went back and changed my card.

What do you think?  It's better.  I didn't have small tassels so I had to make do with the larger ones.

Thank you for the great comment!

Lis

Asian Influence Cards - Warlords Card

Hi everyone and welcome to another day of Asian influence cards!

Today's card is a little different. I hope that you like it but it's a little "out there".

I used two faux jade circles and threaded orange ribbon through them.  I fastened the ribbons with jeweled brads.  The center "warlords" are punched out of a playing card (see below for details).  I then lined the punch with gold and attached it with mounting tape.

Close up!
 Here you can really see the green plastic circle I used. I got these from http://www.franticstamper.com/.  Fran has quite a few things for Asian lovers.

I punched this out from a playing card.  I bought the deck (Imperial Paintings Playing Cards)  from Frantic Stamper http://www.franticstamper.com/collage.htm .  It's well worth a look. This deck has a different print on each card and there is so much I'm going to do with them!

I hope you liked today's card. Stop by tomorrow for another Asian Influence card!

Lis