Chinese Lantern

One of my nieces loves Oriental decorations. I made her a decorative screen last year. I made this Chinese Lantern for her birthday this year.

I used black card stock and added some copper chalk ink and gilder's paste. (I will be using the gilder's paste a LOT so more info in that later :)

I used my branch with my cherry blossom files. I used one set of petals last year but decided to use 2 sets of petals per flower this time. They are inked with Barn Door distress ink and finished off with a pearl that I colored yellow with a Sharpie marker.

I added some distress embossing powder to the branch for a really cool texture. The leaves were embossed with green glitter e.p.

The large size battery operated tea light fits perfectly.