THE PAPER PLAYERS SKETCH CHALLENGE #PP642

Another Sunday, another Paper Players Challenge! This week it's our friend LeAnne's turn and she's chosen a sketch for us to play with. 

https://thepaperplayers.blogspot.com/2023/05/pp642-sketch-challenge-from-leanne.html

I had to think on this one for a while, because I couldn't figure out whether I wanted to do it as a Christmas card, birthday card, or just general greeting. I settled on general greeting. I started with a white card base and a die cut stitched rectangle. I had a small frame of gold card stock in my clippings box that looked like it was the right proportion. Also in my scraps was a small piece of Japanese rice paper with these beautiful cranes that I've been hoarding for years. I placed a black panel inside the gold frame and attached both to the face of the stitched rectangle. Then I trimmed down a piece of the rice paper and centered it over the black panel. I knew I wanted to wrap a ribbon of sorts around the panel to act as the horizontal element, and digging through my piles of ribbon pieces I found this small length of gold silk cord. I had an idea to find a fancy knot to tie it in and went to an old Japanese gift-wrapping book. I found exactly what I was looking for and tied it around the panel and attached the panel to the card base with dimensional foam. My final step was a black die cut PTI "Tiny Tag" with the sentiment from Hero Arts #CM351 heat embossed and then attached below the knot. 

I'm pleased with the simplicity of this card - plus finally being able to use this Japanese rice paper scrap. I played a bit loose with the horizontal element of LeAnne's sketch, but she'll probably forgive me! Take a look at what the other designers have come up with to inspire you and join us in the fun.