Oriental Lady

My friend, Alison, recently treated herself to this stunning Kanban stamp and we spent a lovely evening together colouring her with Promarkers.  She's massive and great fun to colour, I just love colouring folds in fabric so I was in my element with this one.
The papers are Papermania Oriental, and, what doesn't shop up very well in the photo is that the horizontal layer is foiled.  It's a gorgeous pack with a good mix of both muted shaded, as I've used here, and really vibrant colours.  I bought the paper pack and the collectors pack in this range for when I take a notion for something oriental, and every time I use it, I wonder why I don't get it out more often!
The mat the lady is on was created by stamping with a Papermania V&A stamp in Perfect Medium which I then dusted with mica powder for some subtle shimmer.  It's a superb stamp and has a repeat, so you can line it up and stamp a continuous pattern as large as you want.
The sentiment is a stamp from a Personal Impressions set, a handy set of unusual sentiments which has certainly been well used.  As the image is so large and detailed, I resisted the temptation to go all out with the embellishments as I usually do, opting for clean lines and a few brown gems and grey pearls.

 I'm entering this card in the following challenges -
Sketch Saturday - #230 - sketch
Addicted to Stamps and More - use markers
Craftroom Challenge - oriental
Creative Inspirations Paint - anything goes
Stamptacular Sunday - #186 - no rules