Artfully Asian Swaps

Good morning all, Isaac is busy having a snack and watching a tv show so I thought it would be an ideal time to blog!

The three cards I am going to show you are all created with the Artfully Asian stamp set. This stamp set is NOT retiring. It's on page 89 of the current catalogue.

Isn't this card beautiful! This was one of Bev's swaps for Regionals. Bev stamped the Certainly Celery cardstock with the Linen background stamp. She then layered with Elegant Eggplant and Old Olive cardstock. Notice the finished corner with the Eggplant grosgrain ribbon. To colour the flowers and leaves she either used her Stampin' Write Markers or her blender pen and classic inks.

I received this pretty card from Miwa Komori, from Burnaby. Miwa has layered Close to Cocoa with Pretty in Pink cardstock. She has stamped the Crosshatch background on the Pretty in Pink. She stamped the main image on Very Vanilla, coloured the flowers and then used a little bit of Crystal Effects over the flowers to give a more dimensional look. I love how she used the hemp twine tied in a knot around the basic black. And to finish it off Miwa carefully cut out a few different leaves from the stamp set and added them to finish off the card.

This last card was created by Kari Metzger, from Vancouver. Kari layered Mellow Moss with Chocolate Chip and Very Vanilla. This card has a very soft feeling to it. Kari stamped the background leaves with Mellow Moss and then lightly sponged it all over. The image is softly coloured in with Perfect Plum and Pale Plum markers. Thank you Kari!!

I have said it before, and I will say it again - Regionals was soooo much fun!! Thanks to all the demonstrators whom I swapped cards with!

Wishing everyone a sun shiny day!

Alicia