Asian Cards - Page 4

1. Using double-sided tape, attach origami paper to dark red folded card
2. Cut vellum 4 ½ x 7" and attach to card with red eyelets
3. Using template, cut kimono from cream card stock
4. Outline kimono with embossing pen and emboss in gold
5. Stamp flowers with clear embossing ink and gold emboss
6. Color with watercolor pencils and blend with Dove blender
7. Cut small piece of red card stock for sash, outline edges with embossing pen and emboss in gold
8. Tie red and gold cord into a knot and attach to kimono with E6000 glue
9. Stamp two fans on cream card with clear embossing ink and gold emboss
10. Color with pink watercolor pencil and blend with Dove blender
11. Thread gold cord through top two eyelets and tie in bow inside card
12. Attach fans to cord using foam tape
13. Attach kimono to card with foam tape

    Stamps: Hero Arts Japonesque Cherry Blossoms; Hero Arts Fans

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Asian Blue (A2H)

1. Cut wavy strips of scrap paper (2 lengthwise and 2 crosswise) following general design on sample card. Tape strips to size H white card stock. (I laid card on table and taped strips to table, with just a little edge of tape on card)
2. Color each square using sponge or stipple technique (obviously I used blue ink), and let ink dry. DON'T REMOVE STRIPS OF PAPER
3. Use scrap paper to block off unused sections, and stamp various Asian themed stamps in blue ink. Continue til all sections are stamped.
4. Ink fan stamp with blue. Heat small piece of red fun foam and stamp fan while hot. Trim around fan.
5. Stamp fan with gold ink onto shrink plastic and shrink.
6. Glue shrink fan to fun foam fan, and glue to card
7. Tie bow with thin gold cord and glue to fan

   Stamps: Hero Arts 4 Japonesque stamps; Hero Arts Chinese Love Wish; Inkadinkado 8422-L (Sm. dragonfly); Hero Arts Chinese Newspaper Wordprint

   Based on a card by France Chevalier

Fans (A3Q)

1. Stamp fans onto rainbow scrapbook paper with black ink and emboss in black. (Could brayer white paper and then stamp but I don't have a brayer).
   
2. Cut a piece of beige stock, outline with embossing pen and emboss in gold.
   
3. Glue fans to beige piece, and glue beige piece to Q size maroon card stock.
   
4. Stamp small dragonfly in corner and emboss with gold.
   
5. Tie gold cord around card.

   Stamps: Hero Arts Japonesque Fan; Hero Arts Japonesque Dragonfly

Origami Fans (A4H)

1. Glue origami paper to H size dark blue card stock, about 1/2 " from right edge.
2. Stamp fan on origami paper and emboss with gold.
3. Stamp second fan on dark blue card stock and emboss with gold. Cut both fans out carefully
4. Stamp Chinese writing on narrow rectangular piece of beige card stock, and on larger piece of beige card stock.
5. Cut gold card stock 3/8" wider than larger beige piece.
6. Cut another piece gold card stock 3/8" wider than narrow beige piece, but 1/2" shorter.
7. Attach both beige pieces to both gold pieces, and glue to navy card, using sample card for position.
8. Attach fans to larger beige piece
9. Tie thin gold cord in bow and glue to each fan

   Stamps: Hero Arts Japonesque Fan; Hero Arts Chinese Newspaper Wordprint

Kanji Thanks (A5H)

1. Stamp Chinese words onto white H card stock and gold emboss. (Stamped one full size image, then needed to fill in bottom and sides with parts of the stamp).
2. Cut red strip (card stock or construction paper) and attach with E6000 glue (tried both glue stick and double sided tape but neither would stick to the embossing.)
3. Stamp Kanji Thanks on small white card stock and emboss in black. (I did not ink the word "thanks" on the stamp because when I tried it the first time, the word did not come out clear when I embossed). After piece was embossed, I inked only the word "thanks" and CAREFULLY stamped it on (I did it crooked the first time!).
4. Cut red card stock 3/8" larger than "Thanks" and gold card stock 3/8" larger than red. Attach white, red and gold pieces, and use E6000 glue to attach to white card background. Stamps: Hero Arts Chinese Thanks Wish; Hero Arts Chinese Newspaper Wordprint

Japanese Screen (A6H)

1. Fold a piece of red card stock into quarters as outlined below:
   1. Fold card stock in half.
   2. With fold to your left, fold the right side over to meet the left
   3. Turn the card over so that the fold is to your right
   4. Fold the left side over to meet the right
2. With card folded, lay screen template over top piece and trace around onto card stock. Your template should meet the right and left sides exactly
3. With card still folded, cut around template (this will insure that all quarters are the same size
4. Outline all edges with gold gel or metallic pens and set piece aside
5. Cut 4 of the smaller template from black card stock.
6. Stamp as shown with clear embossing ink and gold emboss
7. Outline all edges with gold pen
8. Attach black pieces to red card with double sided tape

   Stamps: Hero Arts Chinese Wishes Set; Hero Arts Japonesque set

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   Based on a card by Kath Hobson

Japanese Woven Paper (A7S)

1. Take a piece of size S med. blue card stock and cut a 3 1/2" circle from the center of the front panel
2. Cut 8-9 half inch strips from origami paper. Then cut another 8-9 from another pattern origami paper.
3. Weave the paper strips together, tape the edges, and trim the piece to fit in the window.
4. Tape the piece to the inside front of the card stock
5. Cut 2 quarter inch strips from each of the origami papers, and glue to front of card as shown
6. Cut a piece of med. blue card stock, 5 1/2" x 5 1/2" and glue to the inside front to cover the back of the woven piece
7. Stamp fan and two dragonflies on blue card stock and gold emboss
8. Cut pieces out and attach to front of card with foam dots to add dimension
9. Tie a bow in thin gold cord and glue to bottom of fan

   Stamps: Hero Arts Japonesque set (fan and dragonflies) - only inked part of the dragonfly stamp

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