Asian Cards - Page 2

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Japanese Thanks (A15S)

  1. Flatten a piece of black Sculpey III, wipe stamp with water, and stamp into clay
  2. Rub shades of gold and copper Pearl-Ex on raised portions, and bake according to directions
  3. Spray with sealer so Pearl Ex won't rub off. Set aside
  4. Cut 4 pieces of black card approx. 1 1/4" square
  5. Using sponge, dab squares with copper pearl acrylic paint. When dry, rub with gold Pearl-Ex
  6. Tape squares to deckle edge cut black card (leaving space between them as shown), then to beige, then to size S black card
  7. Using E6000 glue, attach clay piece to front of card, centering in squares

    The shine of the Pearl-Ex on the clay piece and small squares don't show up well in the scan

    Stamps: Hero Arts Chinese Thanks Wish





#1 Fan (A16S)
  1. Cut white card stock to 5" square card and dry emboss 4 squares (see comments below)
  2. On separate white card scrap, stamp or Computer generate fans - 2 of each
  3. Water color fans, blending colors, and cut out each one (you should have 8)
  4. Glue one of each fan to a square; then attach same fan on top with foam dots
  5. Add a little glitter to top of each fan
  6. Handwrite words with purple gel pen

    Stamps: None.

    I couldn't find a brass stencil that would make the four sections, so I cut one from acetate. Email me for stencil design.

    Fan is a dingbat font (Fans) from House of Lime

    This card didn't scan well. The scan doesn't show the layered fans, nor the glitter.

Pink Geisha (A17H)
  1. Computer generate oriental writing and print in pink on white card.
  2. Sponge with yellow, pink and coral inks.
  3. Stamp Chinese symbols in beige ink several times (they barely show)
  4. Fold a size H yellow card, and stamp Japanese symbols in pink ink around the edges
  5. Tape sponged piece to the yellow card
  6. Computer generate Geisha on white card stock and sponge with the same colors.
  7. Wipe with clear embossing ink and sprinkle with clear embossing powder. Heat. (I only embossed one layer which left a rough texture. You could emboss several more times if you wanted a smooth finish)
  8. Outline piece with a Krylon gold leaf pen.
  9. Glue a piece of rainbow sheer ribbon across card and attach Geisha with foam dots

    Stamps: Hero Arts Chinese Wish Set; computer generated Geisha and small symbols. Email me for clip art

    The colors are more blended on the actual card-the scan makes them look blotchy

Bamboo (A18H)
  1. Gold emboss Chinese writing on size H black card
  2. Computer generate bamboo border on dark red card
  3. Trim and tape to black card
  4. Cut oval from gold card and attach with foam dots
  5. String some beads and attach to clay piece with jump ring
  6. Attach clay piece with double thickness of foam dots to allow beads to move freely

    Stamps: Hero Arts Chinese Newspaper; Email me for bamboo border clip art. Clay piece was made with Sculpey's Asian Stamplets set

Cut Fan (A19H)
  1. Tape origami paper to size H sage card. Outline origami with gold Krylon
  2. Cut gold semi-circle and tape to card
  3. Computer generate geisha scene on purple card and cut into semi-circle, then into 8 wedges.
  4. Discard 8th wedge, and outline others with gold Krylon pen.
  5. Attach to card with foam dots, spreading wedges as shown
  6. Use E6000 glue to attach clay fan and gold bow

    Stamps: Email me for geisha clip art or fan template. Clay piece was made with Sculpey's Asian Stamplets set

    Technique by Tirzah Clark from the February Project of the Month on A Monthly Rubber Stamps Club web site. Click here for the link to the project.

Colorful Geisha (A20H)
  1. Print image using Geisha Dingbat Font size 261 on white paper and sponge various pigment colors on top
  2. Cut strip from white paper and sponge same colors. Tape to size H black card
  3. Glue small strip of turquoise card to black card
  4. Layer image to turquoise card and attach to black card with foam dots

    Stamps: Geisha is a dingbat font from House of Lime

Oriental Scene (A21H)
    It took longer to write the directions than to make the card!
    Dowel:
    1. Cut a piece of ¼” dowel 7 ½” long. Paint with purple acrylic paint
    2. Ink one row of characters on Chinese Newsprint stamp with Staz-on and stamp on dowel.
    Card:
    1. Tear a strip of purple card stock and outline with silver pen.
    2. Lay the torn purple strip on a lilac card and tear the lilac, following the edge on the purple card.
    3. Cut 4 slits in the purple card with an exacto knife; 1 ½” and 2” from the top, and 1 ½” and 2” from the bottom.
    4. Outline lilac strip with silver pen and tape to a folded black card.
    5. Tape 3 edges of the purple strip over the lilac strip, leaving the torn edge loose.
    6. Outline the card with the silver Krylon pen
    Image:
    1. Stamp Oriental Women on a piece of lilac card with clear embossing ink, and sprinkle with black embossing powder; heat.
    2. Tear bottom edge of lilac card, following stamped design.
    3. Tape lilac card to a purple card, and tear the bottom of the purple card.
    4. Outline with silver Krylon pen.
    5. Carefully thread dowel through slits in purple strip
    6. Attach image to black card with foam tape.
    7. Attach silver leaf to bottom portion of card with vellum tape.
    8. Brush a thick coat of Elmer's glue at the bottom of the leaf and pour on BeaDazzles. Press to be sure all beads adhere to card and let the glue dry.

    Stamps: Hearts in Touch Oriental Women Scene Stamp; Hero Arts Newsprint Stamp

Oriental Scene-Quick Version (A22Q)

  1. Tear a piece of origami paper and tape to a quarter-size folded olive card
  2. Outline card and paper with gold leafing pen
  3. Stamp image with black ink on cream card, tear bottom and right edge and lightly sponge with olive ink
  4. Cut and tear the edges of black card stock to match image and outline with gold pen
  5. Tape image to black card stock and attach to olive card with red eyelets
  6. Set eyelets at top and bottom of origami strip
  7. Attach a coin embellishment (previously made or purchased) with foam tape. (I stamped a Stampsmith UM Mexican design stamp onto black card stock, gold embossed and cut out. I covered the top with Glossy Accents and let dry)

    Stamps: Oriental Women Scene Stamp (Hearts in Touch)

    Published in SSReflections On-Line Ezine



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