Monday 2 May 2011

Turning Japanese....

After a week of heavy studying (yipee the assignments are done and in the post!) this weekend has been dedicated to crafting. I made a wedding card yesterday which I can't share yet, and today was totally out of my comfort zone! I've never really been into the whole Oriental theme in my crafting - I'm not a big fan of using red either so today's project was very different for me, which is why I did it - wanted to stretch myself and see what happened. This is what happened -

The idea started with the technique from Studio L3 Linda's 'Grungy Monday' challenge which is to use this technique May, 2008 Technique Challenge  fromTim Holtz's blog. I'm not sure if I've missed the point as I made a Frame - but I did use the technique, maybe I'll have another go as we have two weeks for this challenge.  I decided on fans so I could enter the Random Redhead challenge at Gingersnaps Creations.  They took me absolutely ages to make -so fiddly, and could I get them to stick? but thanks to my trusty hot glue gun we got there in the end.  I stamped on some red and black card, then cut with Tim's rosette die but only used part of the strip,  fixed (eventually) with glue and added some tiny pearls and a bigger gold bead threaded with gold thread tassles (which also took forever!).  I tell you, I nearly gave up after the first one - but am glad I persevered as I think one would of looked lonely! The 'lettering' stamp is on the Artifacts cube by Judikins.


Here is a bit of a close up - though don't look too carefully - it's by no means perfect!. It was a devil to photograph too because of the reflection in the glossy card - that red shadow you can see is me!! Just happened to be wearing red so at least I match!!  I'm also going to add this to the entries at Allsorts as the theme there is Oriental and at Lets Ink It up who want us to use Embellishments.   

17 comments:

  1. The colours are beautiful Esther and love your little fans. So please you joined us at Gingersnaps again. Annette x

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  2. Good Morning Esther

    Well what can I say, Oriental may be outside your comfort zone, but you look to have captured the theme perfectly here.

    Thank you so much for sharing with us at Allsorts this week.

    B x

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  3. Awesome a really good stretch the fans are wonderful and all those little dragonflies so pretty. Bang on theme, love it. XOXO Zoe

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  4. This is beautiful! Your fans came out wonderfully, and I love the red and gold, keeping with the whole Oriental theme (it's out of my comfort zone, too - you really rocked it, creating "out of the box"!) Thanks for playing along at Gingersnap Creations!

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  5. Wow Esther, how beautiful! Gorgeous colours and I love those fans. Thanks for joining us at LIIU and good luck
    Claire xx

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  6. Absolutely love your fans! Sounds like they were very difficult, but they turned out fab.

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  7. This is fabulous Esther, it has worked so well and I love the TH technique too.
    Thanks for sharing this with us at LIIU.
    luv and hugs {brenda} xoxox

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  8. Oh! This is just stunning! Thanks for playing along at Gingersnap Creations.

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  9. Even though your frame is thin you still made the technique work. Nice display of little fans.

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  10. Gorgeous! Stunning colours!

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  11. You've stretched yourself fabulously this is brill. Thanks for sharing with us at Let's Ink It Up.
    Hugs Shirley x x

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  12. You rocked this challenge. Your fans are beautiful. Such a great way to be inventive with the use of the rosette die. Your colors and theme are very pretty.

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  13. You do well out of your comfort zone - it is great for Grungy Monday - my piece wasn't a layout (as the original technique) either - and I was guesting with Linda!! Your frame is beautiful.

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  14. what a gorgeous card, you did a stunning job outside of your comfort zone

    thankyou for joining in with my Oriental theme this week at Allsorts :o)

    hugs

    Amanda x

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  15. Hi Esther, gorgeous card, love red and gold together and with pretty fans, brill:0) xxx

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  16. This card is wonderful!! Love the red and little fans!
    Congrats being a Gingergem!

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  17. Oh, Esther, this is so rich and gorgeous--no wonder you were chosen as a Ginger Gem! Congratulations!!

    :)

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