More Year of the Horse coaster calendars

Morning folks!

I made a few more coaster calendars using the adorable Year of the Horse stamp from Sisters Stamps.  These are CAS and easy to make calendars I made for a few more crafty friends.  I used the Green Flying Cranes washi paper from Hanko Designs.  I loved the greens, golds and hints of reds on this one, and of course the beautiful cranes.

Ugh, the picture is blurry but not to worry I have close-ups!  woo hoo!!

I've never colored a black/charcoal horse so I thought I'd give it a try.  Not too bad.  Obviously needs work, but I'm happy with the result anyways.  The other two were also fun to color.  Thought I would include a picture of the Green Flying Cranes washi paper I used in case you all were interested in buying it... 

 

It's pretty awesome right?!  The pictures don't give it justice.  Well I'd better get back to work.  Hope you all have a great NCIS Tuesday!  Until next time Mahalo for stopping by!

Hugs,
Leanne

Year of the Horse calendar

Hi!

Today I wanted to share a quick and easy coaster calendar featuring the Year of the Horse from Sister Stamps.

Year of the Horse coaster calendar

Super simple and easy to make.  I used a regular cardboard coaster, covered it with a scrap of orange chrysanthemum washi paper that I bought from Hanko Designs.  I thought the paper was just a bit too bright so to soften it up I brushed on some white gesso.  What a difference it made.  I stamped a few kanji words in the four corners with gold ink.  The calendar is matted with a scrap of Navy blue cardstock from Recollections.  The Year of the Horse is from the Sister Stamps Zodiac series and you can read all about it HERE.  It also happens to be this year's zodiac symbol.  I tried to color it up like a golden horse but it looks more like a dark honey color, that's okay, I like it anyway.  After fussy cutting the horse I added pop dot adhesives behind and positioned it right above of the calendar.

Year of the Horse

Thank you so much for stopping by today!  Have a terrific day!

Hugs,
Leanne