India Influence Images

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This blog posting is in honor of my granddaughter Haley who was just visiting for two weeks. She has taken lessons in and enjoys Bangra dancing and she and her cousin Hilary performed a Bangra dance to go along with the Indian food feast at our son David's wedding three summers ago--so I guess this is also in honor of David and Lorie's wedding anniversary this month.
You can find these images on our website by clicking India.

One Fish, Two Fish....

The Catch of the Day image was stamped with VersaMark on pre-colored paper by Basic Grey.
Gold, silver and copper embossing powders were sprinkled separately on the image. A little gold here, a little silver there etc, and then heat embossed. Copper Krylon pen was used to edge the image.
The background was made using different sized circles, stamped randomly with VersaMark on black card stock and then then embossed with gold,silver and copper powders.
The seashell image and verse were added to complete the card.


The second card is a completely different take on this focal image.

All these Taylored Stamps can be found by clicking the links in the description or the following link to the search for Marine items on the Art Neko website.

Two More Carp

The Catch of the Day was stamped and embossed on a blue cardstock panel and then colored with twinkling H2O's. I added chalks in the background for different shades of blue, and stamped waves with Judikins's crashing waves stamp. The fish panel was layered with crumpled copper foil paper and coordinating cardstock. I stamped the Japanese Fisherman in turquoise ink and embossed it with clear embossing powder. Using a wave image from Stonehouse Stamps, I created a left and bottom border with copper ink and embossing powders and placed the cut out fisherman in the corner, looking into the fish panel. The Japanese Fisherman and the Catch of the Day are both available on Taylored Stamps Marine Sheet 2.

I stamped the Leaping Koi in waves image with black ink and embossed it with detail black embossing powders. The water and fish were colored with twinkling H2O's. I added a portion of the large wisteria vine stamp from Beeswax at the top of the panel, and colored some of the flowers and leaves with Tombow markers. I added some chalks to the background to get some sky colors. The finished panel was layered with a black panel to a folded white card. Leaping Koi is also available on Taylored Stamps Koi and Crane Sheet.

Utagawa Wisteria and Carp

Wisteria Koi in Orange

The background for this version of the Utagawa Wisteria and Carp is a scrap of waste paper left over from a class project using Zana Clark's color sprays. Swirls and curls were drawn with metallic acrylic flow paints as a resist, and then different colors of the sprays were randomly sprayed. I stamped the koi on a panel cut from the paper, and embossed it with detail black ink. I edged the panel with permanent black ink, and then layered it to white and then orange/peach cardstock. This panel was layered onto a panel of washi paper that just happened to show up at just the right time - all the lines and colors and motifs were perfect for the fish image with its swirl backgrounds! Total serendipity!

Wisteria Koi in Blues

I made this card in response to one of the OSA layout challenges - the layout is provided for us and we interpreted it as we wish. The Utagawa Wisteria and Carp image is stamped on a colorwashed scrap of watercolor paper and lightly colored with twinkling H2O's. Panels of purchased handmade papers and Kodomo ribbon were layered onto a marine patterned washi paper background and then layered to coordinating cardstock.

This image is also available on the Hokusai Dragon Sheet.