The card I’m
sharing today features a beautiful geisha image called Miyabi from Aurora Wings.
I’ve made this
card for a friend who has fallen in love with Japan, which allowed me to
finally use this gorgeous geisha on a card.
I’ve followed the current layout over at Freshly Made Sketches, turning
the main element into a shaker. I changed
my mind a few times on how I wanted to do this card but in the end I printed
the image directly on the background I made using alcohol inks and then only
coloured select areas of the image.
I’ve gone with a
purple colour scheme chosen based on the current theme over at Crafting with Dragonflies. I always struggle with
colours so it was good to have the main one picked out for me and I think it
suits the image and Japanese theme well.
To give this some added interest, given its CAS style, I double matted
in gold and black.
At Cardz 4 Galz
they are asking you to name your powder (embossing) and how you used it. I have this trick I do when I don’t have a
sentiment stamp to match my project, like here where I wanted a font that would
suit my image and be the right size. So I
type my sentiment and I created shadows and gradient (ombre style) colours
using Photoshop. Once I’m happy with it
and it’s sized right I print it out.
Then I get my Versamark pen and go over the printed sentiment and
quickly douse in Detail Clear embossing powder from Stampendous!. This gives not only a lovely shine to the sentiment
but also a raised texture and helps to make it seem more ‘stamp-like’ and special
than simply printing it. Not a huge
amount of heat embossing but I find it is the little details that really finish
off a card.
Ingredients:
Chalks &
Powders etc
Embellishments
Inks & Paints
etc
Copic ~ Opaque
White
Montana Acrylic
Marker ~ Shock Kent Blood Red
Posca Metallic
Pen ~ Gold
Tim Holtz Adirondack Alcohol Ink ~ Alcohol Blending Solution, Gold Mixative, Purple
Twilight, Raspberry, Shell Pink & Wild Plum
Papers
Bazzill Prismatic
Cardstock ~ Black
Core’dinations
Tim Holtz Kraft Core Metallic Cardstock ~ Gold
Couture Creations
~ Acetate
White Glossy
Cardstock from stash
Stamps
Challenges
Thanks for
stopping by!
Stunning card! You are right that the image and the deep purple are perfect together! And what a wonderful technique for the sentiment! Thank you for playing along with us at Freshly Made Sketches.
ReplyDeleteOh my, Emily! She is breathtaking, and your artwork is INCREDIBLE! I love the extreme contrast of her white geisha skin against the bold magenta background you made with AIs! Emily, you have me stumped. How did you print directly on the AI paper, and keep her skin white, while everything else is transparent to show the pretty magenta theme background? I'm completely in love with your shaker element, and in awe of your techniques!
ReplyDeleteGREAT idea to use the clear EP - that way if you make a mistake and go over the printed elements, it won't show up! THANKS FOR THAT TIP! Beautiful in every way! By the way, I am your newest Google Follower!
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Hi Donna, thank you for your lovely comments. The secret to the white skin is Copic Opaque White, which I painted it after I'd printed the image on the background. I think a paint marker would work just as well, I used paint markers for her hair (black) and the red parts (lips, eyeliner, ribbon in her hair).
DeleteA fabulous display of colouring skills. Amazing contrasts here. I am sure your friend loved it. Thanks for sharing this with us at Crafting with Dragonflies.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card - very striking.
ReplyDeleteThanks for joining us at Crafting With Dragonflies.
Helen x
Lovely work. Thank you for joining the challenge at Crafting with Dragonflies. Hope to see you again next time.
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