OSA Rak

Finally got my batteries charged.. (it helps to remove the little plastic cover that comes in the charger when you first get it... :(( I was trying a new charger, since the old one has one section that doesn't work.. so I was guessing maybe the charger went out.. well.. batteries all charged and I was able to load the pictures of my card. Here it is!!

Geisha Cards & Book

Another swap for OSA (Oriental Stamp arts) was a Geisha Post card swap. I decided to make the card look like it'd been through the postal system with several different stamping techniques, including some post marks. I embossed, used DTP, overstamped, bleached.. everything I could think of without getting it too messy looking. I also included a little strip of washi paper on each one. My daughter liked the purple one the best. I took the same techniques and created a bamboo chopstick bound book for the kind Rebecca who hosted the swap.

OSA Playing Card Mingle

I am a member of a group called Oritental Stamp Arts. Sometimes I participate in the swaps, depending on how much I have going on. I tried the post card mingle, where we used Oriental playing cards to make a card. Here are the two I made. One I sent out to my swap partner (the one with the fan) and the other I have for a RAK to someone. The cards I was sent are really beautiful. Some have Geishas on the backside, some have the designs embedded into the playing card side.