quick easy cute fun: projects for paper crafters
Journey with me, if you will, to the East to enjoy a Japanese-influenced creation. The central element of today’s card is a punch art paper lantern. In Japan as in China, red is a color of congratulations and celebration. Thus, a lantern such as this might be seen at a temple festival or matsuri. The bands. . .[Read More]
Marigolds. Some of the simplest flowers in the summer garden, but also some of the prettiest. When I was a child, no neighborhood garden was complete without a few of these cheerful blooms scattered in. Now I appreciate marigolds all the more as a companion plant that protects basil, tomatoes, peppers and more. A random. . .[Read More]
This eight-layer gatefold card was presented to David and Meijie at their California wedding reception this fall. (For a close-up view, click on the image. To zoom in further, click again. Click here to peek inside.) Designed with the aid of My Digital Studio, the card incorporates Chinese tradition and references both bride and groom.
--Holly & The Dog
