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It's me again friends!! I'm back today with another blog post, and another Lunar New Year card!! Today is the official start of the Year of the Dragon!! Gung Hay Fat Choy! Happy New Year! It's my year, baby! The year of the Wood Dragon – which is specifically the kind of dragon I am. I hope that means a great year for me!!! Let's have a wonderful year! To see my red envelopes for this year, and – To read more about Lunar New Year – head over to my other post about it here!!
Today's CNY card is fun and cute and happy, oh, and colorful! I used lots of stamp sets from Mama Elephant and created a blast of red and gold and some cute dragons! Yes, cute dragons! I had fun Copic coloring and ink blending and all the good stuff. My finished card is an A2 white card base layered with vivid red stripes and then an ink blended panel.
I stamped three little dragons and colored them in shades of red and gold. I also stamped their accessory items! I hand cut everything out since I don't have the matching dies for this set. I added white gel pen accents, glitter accents, and even some tiny hearts. They kinda make me giggle.
There's even a tiny dragon balloon!! Hee hee.
For my focal panel, I ink blended just the top of a stitched rectangle, using three shades of Distress Oxide inks and blender brushes. I dried the ink using my heat gun before going back and stamping on some fireworks and then adding metallic splatters. Tip: If you're going to splatter, or add stamping over your ink blending, make sure your ink blending is nice and dry!!
I stamped my two sentiments in rich black ink!
A few golden gems finish off the festive look.
Here's a close up of my little parade of dragons!
Happy Lunar New Year my friends! Wishing all of us a happy, healthy and prosperous new year this year! Have a great day and we'll see you soon, with some fun stuff! There's a lot of good stuff coming! WOOT! Take care! XOXO
Comments
2 responses to “Happy Lunar New Year – it’s officially the Year of the Dragon!”
Cute card, Wanda. It really captures the Asian flair of the holiday!
Lori S in PA
They certainly are adorable. They remind me of the squishmallows that all the kids are crazy about. Great colors and a great way to celebrate your year!!