I have been itching to ink this set since I received it over a month ago. As soon as I saw it in the catalogue I knew I just had to have it, because of the beautiful images but also because the school that my children go to teaches Japanese as a second language. I think it is so neat for them to be exposed to another language and culture. This year we are welcoming a new principal to the school and when we had our first PAC meeting of the year last night we gave him this card. I really feel strongly that teachers have one of the most important jobs in the world. I am always grateful at how they help our children "dream big", work towards fufilling their dreams and help them realize they can do anything if the believe in it and work hard. Okay enough rambling and on with the card details.
The base of the card is Basic Black and the next layer is Very Vanilla. I stamped the main image of the geisha girl on a piece of Razzleberry Lemonade DSP in Basic Black Craft ink and Heat Embossed with Clear Embossing Powder. There are so many little details on this card that I don't think you can see from the picture but the Dusty Durango piece of Cardstock was stamped with VersaMark and I then used my Stampin' Pastels to dab colour on the image. This technique is called "Poppin' Pastels" and is so fun to add a little more "POP" to your project. Plus with a Versa Mark pad and the Pastels you can have all 48 colours from our 4 main Colour Families. The pastels also work well to colour line art images with using a Blender Pen.
One of the details that I love best about this card is the little "dream" charater. I stamped it using Basic Black Craft ink on Crushed Curry Textured paper and embossed it. I then used my Wide Oval Punch, trimmed the ends and ran the piece through the crimper. I mounted it under the Basic Black Grograin Ribbon with Dimensionals and love the way that this looks like a paper lattern. For the inside of the card I used Very Vanilla, a strip up Dusty Durango and stamped the Tea Pot image with Dusty Durango ink. The setiment is from the Set Hope Happens and I absolutely love this saying.
Stamps: Hope Happens, Dream Garden Paper: Razzleberry Lemonade DSP, Dusty Durango, Very Vanilla, Basic Black, Crused Curry Textured Ink: VersaMark, Basic Black, Basick Black Craft, Dusty Durango Accessories: Heat Tool, Clear embossing Powder, Dimensionals, Basic Black 1/4 Grograin Ribbon, Wide Oval Punch, Paper Crimper
Wishing everyone a wonderful day and hope that even as adults we still continue to dream big!
absolutely gorgeous.... I've got this stamp set and haven't done anything with it yet... you've inspired me....
Posted by: Cookie | 09/16/2009 at 11:48 AM
absolutely stunning.
Posted by: Sandra Farrell | 09/20/2009 at 07:22 PM
Jenn. I can see why you wanted this set. You did a gorgeous job on this card. I love the little dream lantern...... perfect. You are one talented lady!
Posted by: Penny hanuszak | 09/25/2009 at 05:29 PM