Tuesday 21 May 2013

Craft Barn Alpha Dictionary Challenge 10 ... K is for ...Kimono

When Craft Barn announced next letter in their Challenge was to be K I didn't realise how few words in the dictionary began with K. So I decided to go with K for Kimono, mainly because I had a few stamps and bits and pieces to illustrate this word. When I began looking through my stash I even found a kit I had bought back in 2006 which had instructions on how to paper fold a Kimono!! also in the pack there were some really beautiful strips of Japanese papers which also came in useful. So here is my offering for K is for Kimono: The backgrounds were made with Pan Pastels and Distress inks





On the left hand page there are 3 kimonos ... the top 2 are embossed vellums which I have coloured from behind with oil pastels, the bottom blue one is the 3D paper folded kimono made with Japanese paper, The right hand page I stamped Clarity's geisha girl then masked her while I used a Sweet Poppy stencil and their paste to create the willow tree, when it was dry I rubbed it over with some Creative Expressions Patina Gilding wax. I then stamped the geisha again onto another piece of Japanese paper and just cut out and paper pieced her Kimono.


 
Here you can see a closeup of the 3 kimonos including the bottom one which is 3D paper folded Japanese paper. The second closeup shows the paper pieced Kimono on the Clarity geisha and the stencilled willow tree.
 
Well that's my entry for this fortnight's challenge as they say 'Better late than never'
 
Bye for now I am off to link up with Craft barn Blog and to comment on some of the wonderful entries I have already spotted on there .. Bye for now... Annie x

12 comments:

  1. Wow! These pages are elegant and portray your K word beautifully. I love how you have stamped, paper folded and paper-pieced. Gorgeous papers and that tree...a-ma-zing!

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  2. Wow that is one amazing page (well two actually. When I enlarged your first photo and saw all the detail is was incredible.Well done.

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  3. Wonderful dictionary pages -- I love both pages - Bravo!!
    Sandy

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  4. What pages of beauty you've crafted! How fun for you to have found the treasures to use with your word illustration. Well done!

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  5. Two stunning pages Annie, love the oriental theme:) So many techniques used, I love the kimonos which reminds me I have a kimono pad somewhere with instructions! Your tree is gorgeous:)
    Val x

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  6. Beautiful pages, love the origami kimono and the stencil willow tree background.

    Sylv xx

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  7. Hi Annie, these kimono's are just stunning! Love the way you made them, they actually look like fabric! Great technique and thanks for sharing! I'm always looking for inspiration since I just started my own mixed media blog. Would love it is you would pop over to pay me a visit. Hugs Frea
    http://messymixedmediabyfrea.blogspot.nl

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  8. love your kimonos - so beautiful, such lovely pages. MMx

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  9. Great pages, love your kimonos! xx

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  10. Great work Annie, love your pages especially with the letter K....not an easy one.......very inspiring....enjoy your bank holiday....hugs Jo. X

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  11. Beautiful pages!
    Thanks for playing with us at the Craft Barn
    Izzy

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  12. Can you send the instructions for folding the kimono out of paper? Thanks, Mary

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