CHA!

I just got back from the Craft Hobby Association convention in Anaheim and I burned another hole in my credit card!  There was so much to see and buy I was a kid in a candy store!  Lots of cool stuff.  Can't wait to show you all when it arrives.

I have some pix that I hope to post this week.  We'll have our exciting and much talked about asian card classes this week... and I finally have the last of the cards to show you that we'll be making.

This card was made using a twig (a reed) and I punched a hole and tied some string to hold it.

  I then stamped a Judikins bamboo image all over in olive pastel and cut some mustard and yellow paper in squares.  Finally, I used pewter brads to give the design some texture.

It would make a nice invitation as well!

This next card I used brads as well and I stamped an asian saying (uhhhhhh.. not sure what it says....you won a million dollars?)

I then stamped B-line designs in black on robin's egg blue cardstock and then again on some vellum and I tore it.  Pretty cool huh?

It's a really quick card and I put a celebration symbol by Hanko on the bottom of the card.

This next card is another laying technique, I just cut out some squares and edged the corners in black and then stamped several asian designs onto the cards and raised them.

And of course, using ribbon, it really makes your card look classy!

All stamps are by Hanko, Judikins and Savvy stamps.

This last card is one of my favorites.  It's a gate fold and you can use it as an invitation as well.  With spring in the air (well, right now in California it's spring.. I love it!!) I thought of butterflys and used Hanko's butterfly background and then stamped it again and punched out a small circle.  I lined the gate fold with Washi decorative paper and

when you open the doors.

I used my scrap from the same washi paper and punched out a butterfly with the ek success butterfly punch.  It's a fun and easy card!  hope you can join us for our fun asian 2 class!!!

 

Comments

[Kathy K.]

Welcome back from CHA!! I'm both excited and terrified with/of all the NEW stuff you'll be tangling at me....as if I need MORE enticement to shop at The Paper Garden!

Can hardly wait for the next Asian Card class - the cards are beautiful.