I started with a A4 sheet of blue card that I cut in half and painted Jade. I thought if it was blue to start with and the paint lifted at all it would look nice. I then found that I had made them about a half inch too small! so I used some of the paper I had set by to use and stitched a frill along the bottom of each page.
On this first page I painted a red area and then stamped a lady onto some fibres using my iron to fuse them and attached this to the painted area. A strip of the same paper was added to the side with a red tassel.
On the second page I used paper with an oriental theme of flying dancers. I took one of the dancers and set her in a frame with some clear sealer. Added a bit more Jade paper some oriental lettering that I had lifted from a sheet with clear tape and a red tassel to finish.
I then added on the back of the first page some more of the papers that I had used with the dictionary definition of Jade and Oriental as that was the colours and theme I had to go by. I don't seem to of taken a photo of the back of the second page, but that only had my information on so you wouldn't want to see that anyway.
I packed both pages up and put them into this envelope and then a normal padded envelope ready to post.
If you look close Elizabeth you will see I used the paper you sent my 12 days in on these pages as it was just what I was looking for colour wise.
Thanks for reading,
Cath
I would not have guessed this was the same paper until you mentioned it, but once I enlarged the photos, I realized and remembered.
ReplyDeleteGotta love these pages. It's hard enough trying to keep a color scheme, much less one that requires an Asian theme. This is truly a gorgeous set of pages. I'm thrilled and delighted that some of my paper could be a part of this challenge that you made so lovely. Way to go!
Guess I'd better get busy with YOUR pages!
Hey Cath, that map was why I posted those three photos. When I saw it at the Museum, I KNEW I had to take a photo of it. Glad I was able to locate it, because I was not really sure where Cyprus was until I actually saw that ancient map. I knew, even though many of the names have changed, the Island of Cyprus would not have moved (grin).
ReplyDeleteThese pages for Rita are wonderful!
ReplyDeleteI sent your pages off today...a day later than I had mentioned on the yahoo group.