Chinese New Year 2015 Card Series - Card #6

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Welcome to Day 6 of my Chinese New Year 2015 Card Series. Today's card is my second favorite of this series because it features the little goat from Card #3. It also has the little boy and girl from Card #5.

Here's how it looks like:

I first prepped the card base by cutting a 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" piece of red cardstock, scored and folded it in half. I rounded all the corners using We Are Memory Keepers 1/2" Corner Chomper. I then die cut the ring frame thrice from some brown cardstock, thrice from some pattern papers and once from some Neenah Solar White cardstock using Simon Says Stamp Ring Frame die.

I stamped the little boy and girl from Mama Elephant In My Heart stamp set and the goat from Simon Says Stamp Birthday Farm Animals in some Memento Tuxedo Black ink. As I did before in Card #3 and #5, I altered the images a little to make them fit to the Chinese New Year theme. I then colored them in Copics and cut them out.

I adhered 3 layers of the brown frame together with some liquid glue before adhering it onto the card front. I adhered the pattern papers into the negative spaces of the frame with some glue tape. I stamped the word "Happy" from Simon Says Stamp Happy stamp set onto the Neenah Solar White piece in some Versafine Smoky Gray ink. I then wrote the words "Chinese New Year" using Stampin' Up Strawberry Slush marker. I added some faux stitched line around the circle using a black gel pen before adhering it onto the card.

I popped the little children and goat on some foam squares. I drew some faux stitched lines around the card front with a white gel pen and finishes off the card by applying some Clear Wink of Stella Glitter to the images.

That's all the update for today.

Thanks for stopping by and do drop by again tomorrow for Card #7.

Chinese New Year 2015 Card Series - Card #5

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Welcome to Day #5 of my Chinese New Year 2015 Card Series. Today's card is very simple and it does not look like your conventional Chinese New Year Card but I still like it none the less. As I mentioned in my previous updates that I bought some new craft items so I am eager to try them.

Here's how the card looks like:

I first cut a 4 1/2" x 4 1/2" piece of Neenah Desert Storm cardstock, scored and folded it in half for my card base. I then die cut stitched square frames thrice from some red cardstock using the largest square from Simon Says Stamp Stitched Squares die set. I adhered all 3 frames together with some glue tape.

I die cut the grass from some green cardstock using Lawn Fawn Grassy Border die and adhered them behind the square frame. I then used my fingers to gently bend the grass to make them look more natural. I die cut some clouds from Lawn Fawn Hello Sunshine paper pack using Lawn Fawn Spring Showers die set.

I stamped the little girl and boy from Mama Elephant In My Heart stamp set in some Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I then drew some line on the boy's clothes to make them look like traditional Chinese clothes before coloring the images in with Copics.

I adhered 2 of the clouds to the card front before adhering the frame on top of it. I popped the last cloud on some foam squares and adhered on top of the frame. I tucked the little boy and girl between the grass and adhered them with some foam squares. Lastly, I stamped the sentiment using Lawn Fawn Smitty's ABCs in some Versafine Smoky Gray ink. I finished the card off by applying some Clear Wink of Stella Glitter to the clouds and children's hair.

That's all for the update today.
Thanks for stopping and do drop by again tomorrow for Card #6.

Chinese New Year 2015 Card Series - Card #4

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Sorry that I have not been updating my card series lately. Been busy with work so I had no choice but to put off the updates for a few days. Now that the workload has lighten a little, I am back with my Card #4.

Here's how the card looks like:

This card is slightly bigger than the normal 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" card because I do not want the card to be all white or ivory in this case.

I first cut a 5 3/4" x 9" piece of red cardstock, scored and folded it in half as my card base. I then die cut some ivory cardstock using the largest rectangle from Lawn Fawn Large Stitched Rectangle die set. I made a stencil using the image I printed out from the net and stamped the stars from Simon Says Stamp Lots of Stars stamp set in Hero Arts Butter Bar, Bubblegum, Orange Soda, Cornflower and Green Hills inks onto the ivory piece.

I stamped the sentiment using Lawn Fawn Smitty's ABCs stamp set in Versamark and heat embossed it with American Crafts Gold embossing powder. I then adhered the ivory piece to the red card base using glue tape.

I die cut the branch from some brown cardstock using Spellbinder Cherry Blossoms die set and adhered it to the top left corner of the ivory piece. I punched some cherry blossoms from some colored papers and adhered them to the branch. I used the stylus to make the cherry blossoms curled up and this gives the cherry blossoms a 3D look.

That's all for the update today.

Thanks for stopping by and do drop back again tomorrow for Card #5.

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Hi!

I am supposed to upload my Chinese New Year Card #4 today but I was busy with work yesterday and I am out of town this weekend so I did not manage to make a card.

My apologies for this and I promise I will update it by next Monday.

Thank you!!

Chinese New Year 2015 Card Series - Card #3

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Welcome to Day 3 of my Chinese New Year Card Series. Today's card is my favorite of all 3 designs at this moment. Originally, the image is meant for birthdays but I made some changes to it to make it look more like Chinese New Year themed.

Here's how it looks like:

I first cut a 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" piece of Neenah Desert Storm cardstock, scored and folded it in half for my card base. I then cut a 5 1/4" x 4" piece of pattern paper and adhered it to the card front with some glue tape.

I stamped the goat image from Simon Says Stamp Birthday Farm Animals stamps set 3 times in Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored them in with Copics. The original image had a cupcake on top of his head. I cut the top off and drew my own images and colored them in. I then applied some Clear Wink of Stella Glitter onto the goats for some added bling and set them aside.

I cut a strip of beige cardstock, stamped the sentiments using Lawn Fawn Smitty's ABCs stamps set with some Versafine Satin Red ink on it and adhered it onto the card front. I then die cut some Neenah Desert Storm cardstock using Waffle Flower Flower Circles die set and adhered the outer flower and circle portion on top of the card. I die cut the word "Happy" from some brown cardstock using Simon Says Stamp Happy die and adhered it above the stamped sentiments. I popped the goat on some foam tapes and adhered it in the center of the flower circle. Lastly, I finished the card off by adhering some pearls all around the flower.

That's all for the update today.

Thanks for stopping and do drop by again tomorrow for Card #4.

Chinese New Year 2015 Card Series - Card #2

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Welcome to Day 2 of my Chinese New Year Card series. Frankly speaking, it is a big challenge for me to be making this series. The reasons being: 1) I have trouble with the color schemes. Aside from reds and pinks, I really do not know what colors to use. Using other colors will make them look less like a Chinese New Year card but then I am all for making non-conventional Chinese New Year cards. Difficult, very difficult. 2) I do not have much Chinese themed supplies to use. So please bear with me if you have been seeing the same images or pattern papers throughout this series. I will try my best to come up with new ways to use the limited supplies I have for my designs.

Well, enough with the chattering and let's move on to today's card.

I am still continuing with the Astro mascots theme today and made 3 sets of this simple design. I first cut a 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" piece of Neenah Desert Storm cardstock, scored and folded it in half for my card base. I then die cut some pattern papers using the largest rectangle from Lawn Fawn Small Stitched Rectangle dies set and adhered it onto the card front with some glue tape.

I stamped the large sheep from Mama Elephant Cupcake Carnival stamps set 3 times in Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored them in with Copics to look like the Astro mascots. I added some Clear Wink of Stella Glitter to all 3 sheep.

I used some number thickers from American Crafts and adhered them to the card front. I substituted the 0 using the sheep and popped it on some foam squares. I then stamped the sentiments using Lawn Fawn Smitty's ABCs stamps set in Versamark onto a strip of Neenah Desert Storm cardstock and heat embossed it with some gold embossing powder. I flagged the end of the strip using a 1 1/4" square punch and die cut the stitched lines using the same rectangle die from Lawn Fawn Small Rectangle dies set. Lastly, I adhered the strip at the top right corner of the card with some foam tape.

That's all for the update today.
Thanks for stopping by and do drop by again tomorrow for Card #3.

Chinese New Year 2015 Card Series - Card #1

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Sorry for not updating these past few weeks. I have been busy planning and preparing for this new series. Yes! As per the title, I am doing a Chinese New Year 2015 Card Series. I just received my biggest craft haul to date recently and I have been dying to play with them.

So without further ado, here's Card #1:

I know it does not look like your conventional Chinese New Year card but this is the closest I can get with the supplies I have on hand.

I first cut a 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" piece of pink cardstock, scored and folded it in half for my card base. I then die cut a piece of Neenah Desert Storm cardstock using the largest rectangle from Lawn Fawn Small Stitched Rectangle set and adhered it onto the card front with some glue tape.

I stamped the small sheep from Mama Elephant Cupcake Carnival stamps set 3 times in some Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and colored them in with Copics. I then die cut them out using the coordinating dies. I colored the sheep to look like the mascots of Astro Chinese Channels as shown in the picture below.

I then die cut some pattern papers and brown cardstock using Pretty Pink Posh Stitched Film Strip Die. I popped the frame on some foam tape and adhered it onto the card front. I then adhered the pattern papers into the negative space of the frame using some glue tape. I adhered the sheep on top of the pattern papers with some foam squares and added some Clear Wink of Stella Glitter to the sheep. Lastly I finished off the card by tying a bow with some white sheer ribbon and stamped the sentiments using Simon Says Stamp Happy stamps set and Lawn Fawn Smitty's ABCs stamps set in Versafine Vintage Sepia and Satin Red inks.

That's all for the update today.

Thanks for stopping by and do drop by again tomorrow for Card #2.