Finding My Groove...: Chinese NY

Monday, February 2, 2015

KBD Spotlight - Year of the Sheep

Hello everyone!

It's really great to be back from my winter break, looking forward to sharing some fun Kitty Bee Designs posts for 2015!! Wow, can't believe it's already February!! Who agrees that 2015 is going by super fast?! Me!! hahaha! Since today is the first Monday of the month, its time for a spotlight post from me. What better way than to start off with my version of the Chinese New Year red envelope, or lucky money envelope. This year is the Year of the Sheep/Ram.

Did you know that Kitty Bee Designs has a full Chinese Zodiac set of stamps? I know most of you probably didn't, but there are 3 sets and each has either 3 or 4 stamps in each set. I have been wanting to use this sweet little guy since last year! hahaha! So happy to finally put him on a project. Yay!

I used scraps of my favorite Hanko washi paper here. Woot to me for using up some scraps! The sentiment was computer generated, cut down and matted to a scrap of red cardstock. Actually most of this project was made with scrap paper. Inside the pocket there is a special message...

While my parents were in Hilo, my mom stopped by Island Scrapbooking to pick up some of their awesome laser cut words. The sentiment above was one of them. I clipped the words apart and glued them down. Isn't the sheep/ram adorable? I had fun coloring him and then fun-cutting him out. He's glued down flat so that when the recipient slides it out it doesn't get stuck. Turning over the envelope I adhered a scrap die cut word (Little B) that was also in my scrap pile. You can't tell but there are two pockets in this envelope, one for the special message and one for some lucky money.

Here's the project side-by-side... Unfortunately, you can't tell that I sprayed the yellow with some shimmer spray so it went from a bright yellow to a fancy looking bright gold paper. Love that stuff!!

Before I sign off I wanted to remind you about our current challenge that started last Friday. It's an easy one, Valentine's Day/ Love. Hope you'll join us!!

From me to you, Wishing you Good fortune for 2015! Kung Hee Fat Choy! May it be prosperous!

Monday, January 23, 2012

Gong Si Fa Cai, Xin Nian Kuai Le!

(Second post today, please scroll down for my Lollipop Challenge #64 post)

"Wishing you prosperity, Happy New Year!"

Here's a Chinese New Year card featuring the Lion dancers from Sister Stamps. It's the year of the Dragon so if I squint my eyes it will look like they are carrying a dragon, not a lion. (lol) I kept it CAS and gave the dragon/lion some really fun and bright colors. (I actually saw a picture of a dragon with these colors on Google after I colored it up.) I used two embossing folders (Cuttlebug-Asian themed) and circle Spellbinders for some awesome background and texture. Added some orange glass beads to the corners making sure not to put 4, as 4 is unlucky in the Chinese culture. Not sure if you can see it, but I stickled the red/yellow parts of the dragon/lion. The sentiment is hand written and the translation I found also on Google.