"Butterfly Silk" A Special Wish Card

I'm losing steam due to having limited supplies on me.  Unfortunately, my scrap items in storage aren't convenient for me to access often, yet buying more just doesn't seem prudent. I just can't do it because I know how much I have in storage. Sigh!

I don't do well planning ahead, but in order to avoid unnecessary expenses, I'm going to have to schedule a good chunk of time to access my storage soon to exchange/grab new scrap supplies in order to keep feeding my creative mojo.

Upon seeing this new week's Featured Stamper was Rokale and her Asian Lady card in her gallery, it motivated me tonight to make do with one of the extra images that Imke sent me for the January Mystery Image Swap. This was my first attempt at coloring, but didn't like the lack of blending of her kimono or the way I colored the sleeves.  So I used my 2nd coloring attempt for that final card.

I had to find a work around not having enough white clean space on the cardstock Madame Butterfly was stamped on, so I ended up attaching the left over greeting that also came from Imke on the top left corner to hide my practice marker strokes.

The gold cording...sigh, I have reels of it in my storage.  Today, while at a family baby shower, I salvaged this small piece of gold cording from a gift wrapping discard, lol, and repurposed it for this card.

Yep, slim pickings are what I'm resorting to.  But I got one done for SCS FS473 Challenge.

 


"Butterfly Silk" A Special Wish Card
Paper: Kurasawa Origami Paper; Bazzil Brown CS
Stamps: Crafter's Companion "Butterfly Silk"
Ink: Copics (Hair)C5. C7, C9; (Skin) E51, YR21, RV 23; (Kimono) YR09, R46; Wink of Stella Gold 
Embellishments: Gold Cording; Fancy Pants Resin Flowers "Holiday Hues"
Size: 5.75" x 5" rectangular 

SCS Mystery Image Swap - January 2016 Crafter's Companion Butterfly Silk

I'm back from another crafting hiatus as life's recent changes are finally settling in and allowing me to dabble in crafting again.

With the start of the new year, I'm so excited to be a part of a couple of monthly exchanges with several groups of ladies over at SCS.

First up, is my January card submission for the Monthly Mystery Image swap.  Imke, our very organized ring leader, was the first to send the rest of us a mystery image to work with.  She sent us this Butterfly Silk image of a Japanese lady in kimono with a call for us to use Asian lanterns that she also provided.

I dusted off my Copics and struggled with blending.  Her hair turned out satisfactory and I did the best that I could with the one Chinese Orange and Strong Red colors I had for her kimono.  Had I had my tracing paper on hand, and not in storage, I'd have paper pieced her kimono using the other lovely sheets of origami papers I had.

Ended up fussy cutting her out after I finished off her kimono with my newly acquired Wink of Stella brush marker so I could show off the gorgeous Origami papers and the elegant Mizuhiki cording I found in Little Tokyo in Downtown LA on Chinese New Year.  How's that for embracing the Asian theme for Imke?

As a new twist for this ongoing monthly mystery swap in which I'll be participating in for the rest of the year, Imke is having us mail our card to another participant in the swap, so we will each be receiving a new card made by someone else in addition to receiving a mystery stamped image to work with.

Here's the lovely card I received from Jeanette (Forest Ranger)! Love her soft green and faded cherry red colors.

Thanks for visiting!





"Butterfly Silk" Card
Paper: Kurasawa Origami Paper; SU Old Olive; Unknown Textured Cardstock
Stamps: Crafter's Companion Butterfly Silk
Ink: Copics (Hair)C5. C7, C9; (Skin) E51, YR21, RV 23; (Kimono) YR09, R46; Wink of Stella Gold 
Embellishments: Mizuhiki Silver and Gold Cording
Tools: Memory Box Paper Lanterns Die
Size: 5.75" x 5" rectangular