Blue Geisha Girl Card with Stencilled Fan Background

A project from our live show MONDAY MADNESS with Simon from Avago-Ink broadcast 14th March · 14/03/2022 · watch it from 1:15

A striking blue-themed card featuring a hand-painted bamboo backing panel with a stencilled fan design, topped with a coloured geisha girl stamp. The card combines ink spraying, hand painting, stamping and watercolour techniques to create a layered, artistic effect with coordinating blue ribbon and sentiment.

You will need

537514 - TV - Acrylic Paint - Metallic Blue - 210420PSEE IT Versafine Ink Pad - Onyx Black - 300921CSEE IT

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Step by step

1. Protect your work surface with kitchen towel and position the fan stencil on a pre-cut blue card piece. ▶ watch 2:00
2. Spray the stencil lightly with blue ink dye from above to create the first layer of the fan pattern. ▶ watch 2:30
3. Reposition the stencil to continue the fan design across the card piece, covering the top section to avoid overspray. ▶ watch 3:00
4. Lift away the stencil and wipe any excess spray with a clean cloth to reveal the shimmering fan design. ▶ watch 3:15
5. Glue the stencilled panel to a white card blank, positioning it to one side with a holographic strip underneath for definition. ▶ watch 4:00
6. Stamp a large corner stamp in black ink onto the stencilled panel to frame and add detail to the design. ▶ watch 6:00
7. Reverse and reposition the corner stamp to create a rectangular frame effect across the panel. ▶ watch 7:15
8. Paint bamboo canes onto a separate card piece using a flat brush and metallic blue acrylic paint, creating uneven segments. ▶ watch 9:00
9. Add bamboo leaves by dipping the flat brush and using pressure-and-flick motions to create leaf clusters along the canes. ▶ watch 11:00
10. Heat-dry the painted bamboo panel with a heat gun, then glue it to the back of the card as a backing layer. ▶ watch 13:00
11. Stamp the geisha girl character onto plain card stock using black ink, and stamp a 'with love' sentiment on a separate piece. ▶ watch 16:00
12. Colour the geisha girl using watercolours and the metallic blue acrylic paint, adding depth with darker tones and highlights. ▶ watch 21:00
13. Fussy-cut around the coloured geisha girl, leaving a small white border to make the image stand out. ▶ watch 25:30
14. Trim the 'with love' sentiment and glue it onto holographic card to create a bordered sentiment piece. ▶ watch 26:30
15. Attach foam pads to the back of the geisha girl and position her in the framed area of the card. ▶ watch 27:45
16. Wrap blue ribbon around the card and tie with a knot, then secure with silicon glue and position the sentiment on top. ▶ watch 28:15

Tips from the show

• You can adapt the design to your own stash and don't need to be too technical with hand painting—uneven strokes look more natural.
• The textured paper adds to the effect of the painted bamboo without needing solid lines.
• Silicon stamps are forgiving and can be moulded to fit curved cards or corners.

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