Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Asian beauty






















With so many new releases from Sweet Pea going on right now, it got me looking through my older stamps. This one is called black haired lady from plate 22 and it's one of the first plates from ching chou kuik. I'm not sure I have used it before so it was definitely time for it to see some ink. I love the Asian feel of this stamp and since I got some Asian inspired papers for my birthday I knew they would fit perfectly.

















I often feel that I'm not having enough embellishments and decide when I start that this time I'll fill the card to the brim. But then I use these beautiful images and papers and I don't want to take focus off them. So in the end this is what I get :) Very clean and simple.

















I'm quite happy with the little embellishment I did add. I used a Chinese coin with a brad and a flower. I also used white mesh that I inked with a promarker and cut out two leaves. I think this way the embellishment compliments the image instead of stealing focus from it.

Hope you're having a fantastic day and find time to ink up some of your Sweet Pea stamps, whether they are old or new.

11 comments:

  1. oooo- LOVE what you did with the coin!!!! FABULOUS idea! Great color choices for this image and wonderful job coloring the bamboo. That always throws me a bit.

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  2. Wonderful embellishments on this card and it all comes together so nicely. Lovely colors and layout. Such beautiful work.

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  3. Beautiful! Love the colors and love the added embellishment on the flower....awesome!

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  4. So pretty and what a neat idea for the embellishment! Great Job!

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  5. Wow, how beautiful card, Katarina. I love its asian touch. The paper behind the image looks so great. And the embellishment is perfect!
    Hugs, Karina

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  6. I really love the Asian feel to this card Katarina. Your card design really lets that wonderful image stand out.
    Hugs

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  7. Such a soft, beautiful piece! Wonderful coloring!

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  8. Katarina, very pretty. This is one of my favorites. This images is so pretty and you did an outstanding job using it. Your coloring is gorgeous

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  9. Awesome Katarina! I really like what you did with the mesh and appreciate that you told us exactly how you did it....for those like me who never have an original thought in their own heads I mean.....
    Connie

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  10. love the softness of the image, really pretty

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  11. Katarina, this is so beautiful. I really love the colors you used on this and the DP matches perfectly. Love the embellishmnets you added.
    Hugs:)
    Angela

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