I'm sharing two more China layouts today. The first one has been seen 'round these parts before:
I didn't really notice until I was flipping through the finished albums, but I really like doing horizontal strips of patterned paper on my layouts. And here is what comes next:
I think it's a law in China that the tour guide takes you to places specifically for you to shop and spend all your moneys. And we did buy that jade pixiu (pronounced pee-shoo) so it worked this time. See the pictures here. Anyway, this is not my favorite layout but I tried. I don't know, it's just not my favorite.
Once upon a time in a galaxy far, far away, Stampin' Up! had a color called Mint Melody which was the perfect match for the pixiu. I only had a little bit of cardstock from an assortment pack I bought way back when, and I never got the matching ink, so I had to be creative with how I used it. I stamped white swirls on it for the mat and used some to cut out my title.
Since I only had I think two pieces of the Mint Melody cardstock, I never cut a sample for my color swatch book. But here's the palette anyway: Peekaboo Peach, Dusty Durango, Brocade Blue, and Mint Melody.
I'm off to go play with the kid...or else get me another waffle, I haven't decided yet. Have a great Sunday!
Supplies, Shanghai Museum layout:
Stamps: Rough Type, Gifts from the Orient (floral vase), Asian Art (coin and characters), Ancient Asia (dragon vase), Asian Artistry (flower)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Basic Black, Marina Mist, Garden Green, Crushed Curry
Paper: Primrose Petals, Basic Black, Thick Whisper White, Crushed Curry DSP
Accessories: circle punch, Circles & Ovals Framelits, lettering template
Supplies, Jade layout:
Stamps: Gorgeous Grunge, Stars & Swirls
Ink: Brocade Blue, Whisper White, Basic Gray marker
Paper: Peekaboo Peach, Dusty Durango, Brocade Blue, Mint Melody
Accessories: 1/2" circle punch, lettering template
I've decided that when you go to other countries, they are of the opinion that Americans are RICH, so surly you would want to spend your money on trinkets. It really came to mind when we visited the Philippines way back when and our friend married a "local". He gave her $35 for her wedding dress and she started to shake as she'd never held that much money in her hand at one time. It's the perspective, I guess. I think too, we'd gotten money from others who wanted us to shop for them, so yeah, we really did have a lot of money, I guess, comparatively thinking. Nice pages, Kik! Hope you had a wonderful Mother's Day!
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