Golden Buddha

As many of you know, I lived in the Far East for some years and used to love visiting the temples there. Especially the ones off the tourist trail - there was one I loved despite it being at the top of several hundred (!) steps - it was always quiet and peaceful and of course never overrrun with coach parties as all those steps put people off! The temple café was at the top of the steps, where you could enjoy the beancurd dish of the day and a pot of tea for a ridiculously  low price before strolling through the frangipani and oleander trees to admire the beautiful golden effigies and their surroundings.

Back in the hearts of the cities, temples  were usually packed with more tourists than worshippers, and I often wondered what those tranquil looking gods and Buddhas were thinking, looking benignly down on the jostling tourists shouting to each other in every language under the sun. Which is what inspired this card.

The Buddha, a stamp I picked up at a craft show a few years ago but can't remember which stand,  is stamped and heat embossed in black on gold mirri - when stamping and embossing on mirri, an antistatic pad and a stamping platform are your very best friends -  then carefully cut him out.

I used a sunray stencil and distress inks for the background. I chose shades of green to give an aura of peace, calm and tranquillity. And then I put the kibosh on all that calmness by adding a snarky sentiment that expresses what I reckon that Buddha is REALLY thinking.

I am sharing this with

Little Red Wagon - Line it up! 

Inkspirational - Funny Sentiments 



Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers - I is for inks 


Addicted to Stamps and More- Anything Goes