Wednesday 3 February 2016

I Think I'm Turning Japanese.....

A little bit of zen going on my blog this morning, well, that was my inspiration for my card for The Male Room, where the new challenge is to create a masculine project inspired by the Orient.


I wanted to create a zen garden on a card


I used Adventure Bound DP to cover the front of the card. I blended various greens and blues to make the water and splodged on some water droplets to create rain drops on water effect. The two fish are from a magazine freebie set, as are the Chinese characters.


I added a touch of gold to the fish and some die cut leaves to overhang the 'pond'


The layers are black and gold and inside I have made a liner and stamped the greeting, with what looks like a Chinese or Japenese translation (it's not really, that would be very impressive!)
I used a sentiment from Wetlands, very appropriate!


Hope you get chance to play along and create something masculine and Oriental....think sushi, karate, samurai, lanterns, anything you like!

6 comments:

  1. Oh your fish are very ying and yang, love it! Great idea to create a zen garden too, so cool.

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  2. Oh this is just gorgeous. I love the pebbles in the background and the fish. Clean, green, fresh - just fab! xx

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  3. I love the Koi but that background is gorgeous, it looks like you can see the pebbles through the water!

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  4. The fish are just great for this challenge, and I love the way you have created the background behind them.

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  5. The fish are just great for this challenge, and I love the way you have created the background behind them.

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  6. Before I even read your post, that is EXACTLY what I thought! A zen rock garden. Great card, way to rock the challenge!

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Louise xx