Saturday, April 7, 2012

Sister Stamps Release #7 - It's Katsura

It's Sister Stamps Release Day!  Yippee!  I hope you've enjoyed all the samples of our first all boy release.  To purchase any of these stamps, go to the sidebar of Sister Stamps blog for a list of retail locations.  Today I'm featuring Katsura and his boy's day fish.  In Japan, May 5 celebrates Boy's Day which is also known as kodomo no hi or Children's Day.  The most visible symbol of this day is the fish kite also known as koinobori.  These kites symbolize a courageous fish swimming against the current and leaping out of the water as it swims.  The koi is a metaphor of parents' hopes for their children, particularly their sons.

Here I created a shadow box card.  I enjoy making these cards because they're really simple and yet they give your card a 3D effect. I ran some BoBunny navy cardstock through an embossing folder and it created a neat distressed look as if I had sanded it.  It love how it turned out to resemble Japanese katsuri fabric. I backed the circle window with acetate and then was able to adhere the image with pop dots. I used a washi paper for the background and added some stickers to personalize the card.

If you'd like to win this stamp, just follow this blog and post a comment on THIS post.  Winners will be announced on Monday, April 9 so be sure to check back to see if you've won.  

Check out the official Sister Stamps blog and special guest designer Kris's blog, too.  Have a great weekend!

11 comments:

  1. O goodness Debi! This is fabulous! Love the colors and the imagery you created here. Your coloring is wonderful! Thank you for the history lesson! I really learned a lot. Have a fantastik day and Happy release day!
    hahaha!
    ;)

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  2. Beautiful, Debi!! I remember celebrating girl's day and boy's day fondly in school growing up in Pearl City. You've knocked it out of the park yet again, gorgeous!!

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  3. WOW! such a beautiful card! gotta try this shadow box technique soon! Gorgeous embossed paper with the washi paper in the window! TFS another fabulous release! ;D

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  4. Wow this is awesome. Such a cute and adorable card. Love the image and background you created. Have a happy Easter to you and your family.

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  5. such a great boy card! love the background and the embossing too!

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  6. oh wow, that's a lovely card! i love that stamp with the fish kite. thanks for the chance to win!

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  7. This is a really cute card! I always love seeing these shadow boxes. Happy Easter!

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  8. Cute!! I love this stamp! I was looking at it today at work but couldn't decide whether or not to get it. Decisions decisions...

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  9. Such a wonderful card. Love the embossing, shadow box design, and the coloring/glitter on the koi. :)

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  10. luv the idea of the shadowbox card -- you've designed such a cute one!

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  11. W-O-W!!!! Amazing!! totally totally cool! love the textures, colors and elements... and thanks for that little background snippet about the koi! =)

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