I was inspired by the brayered look to the background. I brayered pink pirouette, riding hood red and tango tangerine onto whisper white cardstock.
I used the embrace life and garden silhouettes as my stamps.
I have a hand-carved marble stamp that I bought in China at the Great Wall in 2000. An elderly chinese gentleman carved it for me. It is actually 'supposed' to be my name 'Gloria' in chinese. I felt it fit the Asian theme of this card. So I stamped it, cut it out and popped it up on a dimensional. I included it with the picture of my card. It is very heavy...what a great souvenier.
I also added some gold cording along the side.
This was a fun challenge. Thanks for looking
Date: Saturday, January 10, 2009 GMT Views: 910
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Registered: April 20, 2005 Location: The only Eaton Rapids on the Earth, Michigan Posts: 57568
Sat, Jan 10, 2009 @ 1:04 PM
Ooooo! This is so beautiful, Gloria! What a great choice of stamp sets for this Asian-inspired beauty. The brayered bg is stunning. How cool that you got to visit the Great Wall of China and you have this fabulous memento!
Registered: January 28, 2005 Location: Posts: 25783
Sat, Jan 10, 2009 @ 1:19 PM
Beautiful card!!!!! Love the grading of coloring from dark to light. Love your Chinese name image carved into marble stramp...wow!!!! Great detail on this card. Great card, Gloria!!!!