Asian Beauty Project by Anita Byers

Apply Alcohol Inks Farmer's Market - Lettuce, Nature Walk - Wild Plum & Stream, Miner's Lantern - Stonewashed in a random pattern onto the Felt Piece with an Alcohol Ink Applicator. Please reference Tim Holtz's Altered Journey Continues DVD for technique instructions. Using the applicator, stamp the ink onto a quarter sheet of Glossy Paper in a random design. Let dry a minute and add more ink colors and Metallic Mixatives - Gold/Silver to the applicator and stamp randomly over other dried ink pattern.

Drop a few drops of Lettuce, Wild Plum and Stream alcohol inks to Non-Stick Crafting Sheet. Place a 5" x 5" piece of glossy paper, glossy side down and swirl through inks; let dry. Using Black Archival Ink, stamp Lynne Perrella's The Calligraphy Robe image; let dry. Trim closely around image. Add accent color by applying Distress Ink Pads - Broken China and Peeled Paint with Brush Tip Nibs to specific areas of stamped image. Glue to blue-green cardstock; trim around a little larger than the image; age edges of cardstock with Peeled Paint distress ink. Adhere to background. Take a 1¼" x 5½" strip of Gold Fine Weave Magic Mesh and adhere to left side of background. Using archival ink, stamp three Chinese coin image (All Night Media) on remaining piece of inked paper, trim closely around image. Apply Glossy Accents to the stamped coin images; let dry. Adhere to three Medium Chinese Coins. Apply to strip of gold magic mesh. Glue entire piece to olive-green cardstock.