Geisha Hanna

I love this Geisha Hanna from the October Release at Hanna Stamps.  I added the parasal and footbridge, included in the set, to create this scene. 

The image was colored with copic markers and because I always think of Asian themed cards as being very formal, elegant and have gold highlights I tried to incorporate these influences in this card.

The flowers in the kimono are outlined with gold  copic Atyou glitter pen,

I sponged clouds above the bridge to accentuate the sentiment, and sponged a hint of ground along and below the bridge.

The dp is origami paper which was purchased in a packet at Michaels because I wanted a true Asian feel to the cards I created with this set :). I liked that this piece of dp had quite a bit of red and the blues and greens that I had used in the coloring of the image.

I tied gold cord around the card base and added 3 gold buttons tied with gold cord for accents.

Well, it is back to work tomorrow.  Hopefully I will get everything back to normal this week. 

It was a wonderful fun filled week-end having my second daughter, Michelle, and her family here to spend Halloween trick or treating and a quiet Sunday with us.  They spent the night with my daughter as my old dog has issues with one of their dogs.  They all came over for breakfast and lunch today and it was fun to have 6 of my grandkids there all at once.  It is more fun now that they are older to do things together and reason with :)

See you all tomorrow night.  I will have a Mo's Digital Pencil image tomorrow night. 

Thanks for stopping by,

Cathy

Geisha Hanna and Save the Date

Tonight I have two cards for you. The first is Geisha Hanna . I love Asian themed cards and so I was very excited when Geisha Hanna was an October release set at Hanna Stamps. Isn't she pretty in purple and turquoise?

I had some gold cord and gold buttons that I thought looked like coins that I added to the right side of the card. There is also gold Copic Spica glitter pen all around the outside of the purple layers and in the corners of the white panels. I could have either shown you the gold dots or the shiny touches on the image itself so you got to see the shiny touches on the image :)

Hanna Stamps has been closed for inventory for a couple of weeks but they are open again and almost everything in the store is on sale. If there were any stamp sets that you really wanted but never got around to buying, now would be the time to get them while many are 50% off!

My next card is a Save the Date using the chef with the wedding cake from Mo's Digital Pencil.

Now, you know me and I wanted to call the card "What you mean the Wedding is OFF!!! in my best Italian, but I decided that it would be more universal if I did a Save the Date card.

The image was colored with copic markers and once again I had to use my new flowers that I really like the look of.

It would be so easy to easy to flip up the main image and place the wedding or anniversary celebration details on the green piece. It is merely tied at the top by ribbon which was tied through two holes punched with the crop a dile.

I am trying to be creative but I have been extremely tired for a while and the Dr. is running many tests to determine the cause. Plus the fact that I have a very large skin cancer on the bridge of my nose that appeared about a month ago and it growning rapidly. That will be removed on Oct. 27. Because of the size and location the surgery is being done by a plastic surgeon. Not the face lift I had in mind but.... LOL

If you don't hear from me for a couple of days next week just want you to know why.

Catch you later.

Cathy

Sneak Peak 2 Hanna Stamps

Today I have created a very traditional card using the Hanna Stamps, Geisha Hanna accessory lantern stamps:

The lanterns were colored with copic markers to give the appearance of having a light glowing in the center. The fish windsock is always a delightful image to me.

I had some embossed gold textured origami paper that I had gotten at Michaels that I thought added quite a nice touch to the simplicity I wanted to maintain with this card.

The stitching is all done with gold metallic thread to try to accentuate the gold in the dp. I added the gold fan button for a bold splat of gold on the otherwise simple card. I added a gold metalic ribbon that I had in my ribbon stash.

Hope you like my second sneak peek. Be sure to check out the other DT members blogs to see what they have to tease you with tonight as well :)

See you later with the Hanna Stamps World Card Making Day projects.

Happy Weekend,

Cathy