Wednesday, 6 April 2011

The World of the Geisha

April is already in full swing and Gingersnap Creations has started its journey to the Far East. The first stop on this journey is Japan with its magical and mysterious world of the Geisha
The base for this postcard type project are two different colour BasicGrey papers, they are layered and slightly distressed around the edges. I added a bamboo image from The Sum of All Crafts. One side of the image is stamped upon with Kaisercraft stamps and embossed. On the opposite side I added 'fake' banboo sticks which I painted black. The focal point is the Geisha with her rich Kimono

The basic instructions for the Geisha creation can be found here. The paper used is japanese Washi paper which is wonderful to work with when it comes to folding. The finishing touches are a little birdie, an embossed fan and some fancy hair decoration.

Come and join us on our journey and enjoy the magical works of art of the Gingersnap DT, Petra.

12 comments:

  1. Netty6 April 2011 at 23:08

    As soon as I saw this card Petra I fell in love with it, so beautiful. Thank you for the link. Annette x

    ReplyDelete
  2. Gerri Herbst7 April 2011 at 02:29

    Just love the japanese paper kimono..Such a pretty piece.take care, gerri

    ReplyDelete
  3. 2amscrapper7 April 2011 at 03:07

    Stunning creation! I love the paper folding with Washi papers.

    ReplyDelete
  4. Cindy Adkins7 April 2011 at 06:09

    Wow, how stunning, Petra!! What a beautiful piece.
    How are you doing? Great, I hope!!!
    XO

    ReplyDelete
  5. Silvia(Barnie)7 April 2011 at 08:09

    Wow, that's fantastic and a great inspiration. I'm still working on my idea.

    ReplyDelete
  6. Valerie-Jael7 April 2011 at 10:12

    Great card, love your gesisha! Valerie

    ReplyDelete
  7. Martina7 April 2011 at 14:06

    Eine traumhaft schön gestaltete Karte im asian style....Kompliment!

    ReplyDelete
  8. 1CardCreator7 April 2011 at 14:20

    Gorgeous card Petra, very clever to put it together in papers. Love the embossing, thanks for sharing the link.

    ReplyDelete
  9. Dolly Daydreams7 April 2011 at 18:23

    Sensational ! Beautiful piece of art, love it

    Marie

    ReplyDelete
  10. Suze Bain8 April 2011 at 13:46

    This is beautiful, I just love your origami geisha. x

    ReplyDelete
  11. Anonymous9 April 2011 at 01:18

    Your geisha is gorgeous! Extraordinary art!

    ReplyDelete
  12. trisha too13 April 2011 at 17:45

    Petra, I REALLY like this--your geisha card is so pretty, and those papers are gorgeous!

    :)

    ReplyDelete

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog and leaving a comment, this is very much appreciated. Have a wonderful day, Petra.