sunset geisha

Welcome to my crafty blog! I’ve gone for another take on the new geisha stamps from ClarityCrafts, this time pairing it with one of the ‘enso’ stamps. Enso is a sacred symbol from Zen Buddhism; it means ‘circle’ and is traditionally drawn with a single brushstroke as a meditative practice in letting go of the mind and allowing the body to create.

My first step was to use one of the nested circle embedders to create a frame on a small square of stencil card, then stamp the largest of the enso circles into the centre using black Archival ink. I used the outer part of a circle mask to cover around the enso image, then added the outer part of a small moon mask to create the sun by sponging ‘mustard seed’ and ‘ripe persimmon’ inks into it. I put a little low tack tape across the bottom of the circle and added more of the ‘ripe persimmon’ to create the ground.

I then simply stamped one of the small geishas into the circle, again with the black Archival ink, edged the topper with a Sharpie and attached it to a 5×5 card blank.

Thanks for dropping in. I’m heading over to The Paper Players to add this to their ‘sunshine & rainbows’ challenge, and to Simply Clean & Simple as I’ve picked up their option of ‘weather’ as well.

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