Oriental themed set of 5 different tag shaped cards - day 250 of my 366 day challenge

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Oriental themed set of 5 different tag shaped cards - 
day 250 of my 366 day challenge

Hi Craft addicts!

Today's challenge is the 250th of my 366 day challenge and so I have made these 5 "Oriental" themed cards which will be given away to the first person who signs up to my newsletter on my website (click here).

Oriental themed set of 5 different tag shaped cards


As you can see from the photo above there are 5 different tag shaped cards all with an Oriental theme. I have made them using the following methods:but for all them i cut out an "Pin dot" oval shape in 2 different sizes using the Tattered Lace die.

    Pagoda - New adventures tag shaped A6 card
  • Pagoda - New Adventure - for this particular one, I coloured the oval using Tim Holtz and Generation INX ink pads in Orange, yellow and black to make it look like a
    sunrise/sunset. I then cut out the "Pagoda" using a design from Tattered Lace in my Brother ScanNCut in black card. I then glued both to the centre of the card. I love the sentiments that you find in Craftwork Cards' "Year of Sentiments" pad and felt that the "New Adventure" matched the look I was trying to achieve so mat and layered it on to some black card, coloured it using some pastel shades of distress inks (Generation INX) and placed it in the middle using some foam pads.
    Pagoda - New home - A6 tag shaped card
  • Pagoda - New Home - I again coloured the background in the same way as above but this time thought that the "NEW HOME" sentiment would be more appropriate so backed it on to some black card, cut it into a "Chevron" shape and added that to the middle of the card with some foam pads.





    Bonsai Tree - Make a Wish A6 tag shaped card
  • Bonsai Tree - Make a Wish - this is done in a similar way but this time I tried to create a "landscape" scene by using "Greens, blues and blacks" Distress inks (again Tim Holtz, Generation INX and Cloud blending inks). I resized the "Bonsai Tree" in CANVAS and cut it out in black card and again placed both that and the oval background to the centre of the card. For the sentiment, I used the "Make a Wish" one and added it to the Oriental sign that I again resized in CANVAS and cut it out using my Brother ScanNCut and added them to the card using foam pads.

    Crane - Choose Happiness A6 tag shaped cardCrane - Have a fabulous day - A6 tag shaped card
  • Choose Happiness - this time I used the "Oriental Crane" image on the USB and took it into CANVAS and resized it. I also duplicated it and enlarged it slightly and cut them both out. For the background, I wanted it to be a stormy background and so used "Blues, Blacks and greens" on the oval and then placed that on to the centre of the card. I cut the legs of the crane off and first of all glued the body to it, then checked where I wanted the sentiment to go and placed the legs just above the base of it to give it some more length. The sentiment once again comes from the "Year of Sentiments" from Craftwork Cards and I placed it on some black card and coloured it with some blue inks and attached it to the card using foam pads.
  • Have a Fabulous Day - this was done in a similar way to all the others but this time coloured the background in slightly lighter colours. I placed the "Crane" on it in the same way and added the "Have a fabulous day" sentiment just below the body of the crane so that the gap didn't show!







And there you are....a really stylish set of cards to launch my Oriental themed cards and gifts. You can buy them here  Don't forget you can visit The Handmade Crafts Shop anytime to see what else I have for sale. Also, don't forget that the 1st person who signs up to my newsletter on my website will get a set of these cards (quote "Orient").

Products and items you may need to make this card
  • C6 tag shaped good quality 300gsm cards + envelopes from Hunkydory
  • Tattered Lace Oval Pin dot dies
  • Crane, Pagoda, Bonsai Tree images from the Tattered Lace USB
  • Brother ScanNCut and CANVAS
  • Various Distress inks - Tim Holtz, Generation INX and Cosmic Shimmer Cloud Blending inks
  • White cardstock
  • Black cardstock
  • Various sentiments from the Year of Sentiments pad from Craftwork Cards
  • Collall All Purpose glue
  • Cosmic Shimmer PVA glue
  • Foam pads from Stix2 or Hunkydory
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