Sunday, August 15, 2010

Happy Mid-Autumn Festival Card #2

Happy Mid-Autumn Festival card #2 - Front
Another Mid-Autumn Festival card.

Close-up : Two (2) rows of lanterns
A white card is used as the background. Lanterns from Hero Arts CL308 Arigato is stamped on top of the card using petal pink ink. Then, the second row of lanterns, just beneath (and some overlapping) the first row is stamped using opera pink ink. Using pink marker, lines are hand drawn to 'connect' or 'hold' the two (2) rows of lanterns. Pink gems are added to the first row of lanterns and orange gems are added to the second row of lanterns. 

Close-up : The third row of lantern and sentiment
Using a black marker, a black line is hand drawn to the middle of the card. Lanterns from Hero Arts CL308 Arigato are stamped in blue card and trimmed for its middle lantern (without the circle hold and tassels). Another lantern is stamp onto the white card a bit far below the black line. Then, a black thread is stitched to 'connect' or 'hold' the lantern from the black line. The earlier trimmed lantern is attached onto the card using pop dots so that there is dimension to the card. White gems are added to the black line.

Sentiment of 'Sending Warm Wishes' from Hero Arts CL272 All Occasion Messages is stamped at the bottom right of the white card. While the sakura from Hero Arts CL308 Arigato are stamped randomly. The white card is then attached onto an aqua folded card.

Theme : Mid-Autumn Festival and Lantern
Title : Sending Warm Wishes
Size : 11.3cm x 15.2cm or 4.5" x 6"

If you would like to have a similar design of this card, please e-mail us at msgkeeper@gmail.com for order. Please do include the color or theme you prefer, purpose of the card (farewell, retirement, birthday and etc) and message (if any).

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2 comments:

coldwaters2 said...

Oh wow this is absolutely gorgeous what a wonderfully designed card those lanterns are brilliant thank you so much for sharing this with us at OSCC this week.
Hugs
Lorraine x

Suzi Mac said...

A lovely card, those lanterns are adorable. Thank you for joining us this week at OSCC, good luck in the draw.
Hugs Suzi x