Wednesday, 11 February 2009

DARING CARDMAKERS

The title of the dare this week is 'Oriental Splendour'......Sue would like us to make a card with an Oriental influence, but the twist is no Red & Black!!

It's been an age since i made this type of card, but i had just bought a new set of acrylic stamps from Craftwork Cards a couple of weeks ago at the Stevenage show, so it gave me the opportunity to use those :)
I believe there are four new sets of stamps available.....this little cutie is called Choka....as well as these fab little ladies there are some grasses and flowers too that all work together.......i was quite reserved and only got one set, but they were all lovely :)

For this card i have used some 7 Gypsies papers, which i thought went rather well for the theme although they don't scream Oriental, the patterns do remind me of the Far East with the bold bright colours. I've coloured her with Distress inks and she was stamped with Archival black onto watercolour card. The butterfly and the narrow floral strips are also from the set, the sentiment circle is HOTP.

Thanks for your time today, take care ;-D

Carol x
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9 comments:

  1. Annie11 February 2009 at 08:25

    Gorgeous Carol - absolutely gorgeous. I love these new stamps - they are on my wish list (which is getting longer everyday).

    Ann xxx

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  2. Ali Watson11 February 2009 at 09:26

    This is fabulous Carol and those papers are gorgeous. Love the image.

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  3. Allison11 February 2009 at 14:34

    what a cute image, great card
    AllisonX

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  4. Carol D11 February 2009 at 15:56

    Fab Card Carol, just bought the same stamp set, after reading that you had just bought some at the show, aren't they great. Love what you have done with them.Check out my card on my blog.

    Hugs Carol x

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  5. SueH11 February 2009 at 19:32

    Aww, little Choka looks so sweet and you’re right… the papers do have an oriental feel to them. I especially live the Blue one, is such a striking colour.


    Thanks for joining in with the DCM dare this week.
    Sue
    x

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  6. Lynda11 February 2009 at 20:58

    Love your card Carol - Ive been playing with these stamps as well for the last couple of weeks and they are just adorable. Choka is my favourite one too.
    Lynda xxx

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  7. Kath Stewart11 February 2009 at 22:24

    oh this is beautiful Carol and love the colour combo....gorgeous images too
    Hugs kath xxxx

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  8. Shirley12 February 2009 at 01:00

    She is just perfect! I really love how you painted her and the DP's you used for her BG. I also love the butterfly too!

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  9. Tip Top12 February 2009 at 11:36

    OOOOhhhhh! That is wonderful! I've had my eye on those stamps too.......!!

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Thanks for your visit today :) I appreciate your time and your comments and i'd love to come over and visit you too! ;-D
Hugs
Carol x

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