Wednesday, August 8, 2012

Saimin Noodle Secret Door Technique

Here's a card I finally got to make. It was a surprise to me how much was involved.  The original card is a "Secret Door" technique shown by Dawn O. (her blog is here)   Her video on how to make this cards is here.  It seems I've made this a "Double Secret Door" since both sides of the card are a surprise with equally split 3 panels instead of the 4 in the original instruction....................here's the card using the Dandelion MC-23 Saimin stamp set recently released. I've also used the Dandelion MC-22 Musubi, Dandelion MC-24 Tea Time as well as Dandelion MC-25 Hi There stamps sets recently released. You can find these stamps here. Check out the Dandelion Blog, too where you can find lots of inspiration. This card is a gate fold but it got so thick, it needed a belly band.
Remove the belly band,open one side:
Open left side shows the immediate stamped message:
Flip the card over:
Now here is the tricky part: Push the fronts together as shown:
Pull open the center to reveal:
See I could have just stopped but I also did the backside of the card. Fold the back side of the card just like the front:
Open the center to reveal:
Each front panel has 6 layers (wow) which is pretty sturdy...........so some tweaking had to be done otherwise the front panels would be 7 layers...............wow! I trimmed the panel down to 1/2" to apply sticky tape on both sides. Like the background?  It's also a Dandelion stamp #2025 Kaki Mochi (found here) stamped all over.
Copic Colors used:
Kaki Mochi: E42, E34
Fan: R85, G24, Y19, E34
Saimin Noodles: Y19, E34, R35, YR04, R85, R43, G24, W1
Musubi: R43, R85, E30, W3, W5, W8, W1
Tea Cup & Kettle: E34, Y19, W-1, Washi paper
Paper used: Neenah White, Recollections Kraft, Recollections Black...........Note: if you are using Copic to color, each image will need to be stamped, cut, then adhered in place since there is bleeding through the paper. I was glad to be done after cutting out 22 images...........urgh!!!







3 comments:

Trina said...

What a neat card! Those stamps are so cute!

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Jan Castle said...

22 images! You are a glutton for punishment Patti!!! It really is worth it tho'...so clever! You did a splendid job! Bet it's stunning in person...watching all the pieces work!
Paper Hugs,
Jan

Joy said...

WOW! Can I say it ...WOW! Really love this card, and it's even better becasue it has FOOD on top! Dandelion stamps are perfect for this type of card.I gotta try this! Thanks fo much for sharing!