Quick and Easy Cards Geisha Handmade Card Project with video

October 21, 2024

Happy Monday!!

Hope you had a wonderful weekend and are ready to jump into the week ahead. Let's start this week with a fresh dose of creativity and inspiration.

Last week was the launch of our Japanese themed week, i have really enjoyed working on it. Today's design sheet was a custom request by one of my lovely member's

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Geisha Girl Cardmaking Topper Sheet PDF Digital Download - Plums and Purple - Japanese Style

You can find it on the website here - https://shop.obyd.co.uk/b/Q6wRV

Keep scrolling down to see the video

This sheet contains:

3 x Toppers

4 x Sentiments

Here is the sample i made for today's project

Supplies List for the card:

300 gsm card stock - https://amzn.to/3BQO2od

(i have lots of A5 envelopes in my stash so i am trying to use these up by making my own card blanks)

Opulence By Design Topper sheet - topper and sentiment - https://shop.obyd.co.uk/b/Q6wRV

I printed the topper sheet onto photo paper - https://amzn.to/48cQH7s

Mirror Card - Mirror card - https://amzn.to/3ZfiQbw

Spellbinders Embossing Folder - https://amzn.to/48hMOOA

Black Paper - https://amzn.to/3Nz2cg1

Dazzler Gem - You can find these here: https://amzn.to/3Z5gAUf

I used my favourite tape pens for all of the matting and layering - https://amzn.to/4dmlTTM

and wet tacky glue to stick down the gems, flowers and stamens - https://amzn.to/4dnMyzr

I used foam pad tape on a roll for the sentiment topper - https://amzn.to/4faLzTU

I hope you have liked looking at today's little project i really enjoyed making it and typing up the supplies list for you. *** Please note that the craft supplies links for the products are from Amazon UK - all items were in stock at the point of writing this blog. If you are reading this in the future and the link doesn't work it is probably because the item has sold out.

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Thank you for looking, happy crafting as always! A xo

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