happiness lanterns for As You See It

Life seems to be going by at speed and here we are again with our next challenge at As You See It and Heather C has given us this lovely soft spring palette. I decided they would work perfectly with the new geisha stamps from ClarityCrafts – had you spotted the lanterns in the bottom corner of the set? The cherry blossom in Japan is a famous spring image and I thought the SHAC japonica would make a good substitute.

So here’s what I did. I first stamped the larger japonica branch onto half a 5×5 card blank using black Archival ink. I added the two lanterns to hang down from the branch and then masked off the main parts of the image. I put the outer part of the largest moon mask over the branch, brushed ‘squeezed lemonade’ Distress Oxide through it and then removed all the masks.

I got out my colouring pencils to shade the image, using a pink Pergaliner for the blossom, an orange one with a peach Polychromo for the lanterns and a grey Polychromo for the branches.

I added the ‘happiness’ stamp from the Japanese sentiments set (lanterns are often hung for celebrations), then mounted the topper on a piece of yellow Waimea Falls companion paper and attached it to a black 6×6 card blank.

So have our colours inspired you to join us? Remember you should only use the tones in the challenge picture, plus a neutral. We’re looking forward to seeing your designs in our gallery!

14 thoughts on “happiness lanterns for As You See It”

  3. Deborah how perfect – these colours work so well for oriental cheery blossom; beautiful composition with the sun behind your lanterns too. Fabulous!

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  7. I like the way you’ve softened the colours by using pencils. The masked effect is wonderful, especially the sun behind the branches. Another beauty, Deb.

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