Hello crafty friends! Happy New Year! Gung Hay Fat Choy! Today is the celebration of Chinese Lunar New Year so I'm posting a card I made to mark this great occasion. I love to make festive and pretty cards for this special celebration. CLICK HERE to see some of my other Chinese New Year cards from years' past. I have lots of friends who celebrate this beautiful cultural tradition. Do you and your family celebrate the Lunar New Year too? This year is the Year of the Fire Rooster. Is it your year? CLICK HERE for the list of the years and the corresponding animal. I am a DRAGON! Yep! Gotta love that. 1964 was a very good year indeed. I have lots of Dragon friends. We are strong and fierce!
People born in the Year of the Rooster are known to be observant, hardworking, resourceful, courageous, and talented. Roosters are very confident in themselves. That sort of makes sense! Famous people born in Year of the Rooster include: Donny Osmond, Jennifer Aniston, Bob Marley, Caroline Kennedy, and Jennifer Lopez.
I made a festive card using some brand new layering stamps from Hero Arts, and some vivid Avery Elle Inks. This big rooster is perfect for this card! It is really fun to ink up all the pieces of these layering stamps and watch it come to life!
This card came together with a clean and simple and graphic layout. I made a crisp white A2 cardbase from Neenah paper. Then I layered kraft paper on top of that. I used an old stamp (maybe 20 years old) of some pretty Chinese Calligraphy in deep black ink on red paper. After stamping all the layers of my Rooster, I die cut around him with a Stitched Circle Die. The stamp for the Calligraphy is not made anymore - but I did find one on Ebay and linked to it in my supply links in case you want it!
My ink color choices are below in the supply links. You could have a lot of fun with this guy - stamping him in all different colors and variations. I chose a traditional look of gold and red since it was for Chinese New Year. He is a proud fella!
Thank you for stopping by today! I'm happy to be back in the studio and finding my groove! Lots going on and I feel like my head is spinning. Trying to zen out in here! I must organize! LOL. I have a really fun project today on the Simon Says Stamp Blog. I hope you will click over and see it! And, leave a comment for a chance to win a prize package. (It goes live at 8am EST). Thanks for being here for me. Love you. Mean it. XOXO
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This is the coolest CHinese new year card! Awesome!
Posted by: Kirsty Vittetoe | 01/30/2017 at 10:21 AM
Great post! Very interesting!!!Beautiful project and colors!!!
Posted by: Arianna Barbara | 01/29/2017 at 07:09 AM
Your card is beautiful as always. I love the colors. I am a bit scared because I'm a ROOSTER! Ack! You did wish good luck on your card, so I will take that with me.
Posted by: Theresa | 01/29/2017 at 06:49 AM
Very clever rooster, Wanda! Thankyou for the info on the Chinese New Year.
Posted by: Martha R | 01/28/2017 at 08:51 PM
Whoa! That layered rooster is something else. YOu sure did him up proud.
Posted by: Princess Judy | 01/28/2017 at 06:08 PM
What a handsome guy. Love your color choices. I am an Ox. Not very colorful but a hard worker. Glad to have you home. Your CHA coverage was much appreciated and I can't wait to see some those new products come to life.
Posted by: Anne Sturgeon | 01/28/2017 at 05:03 PM
I look forward to your Chinese New Year cards every year. They've inspired my own cards for the occasion. I have quite a few Asian-themed stamps, but no rooster. Will have to improvise this year.
Loved your post on SSS. Sent you some love over there as well.
Even though it's cold here this morning, the angle of the light is changing, the sun is stronger, and spring is on its way, with more creative energy.
Posted by: Julie | 01/28/2017 at 08:11 AM
Very nice Wanda.Love the colours you used for the rooster, that is so cool. (My friend loves ALL things rooster and this is something she would want!) Thanks for the inspiration!
Posted by: Teresa Doyle | 01/28/2017 at 05:56 AM
Such a STUNNING card!!!
LOVE it!
Posted by: Holly Saveur | 01/28/2017 at 03:08 AM