CYS ~ Celebrate the New Year!

Hi friends!

Happy Fri-Yay!

 I am just in awe of how fast this year is coming to an end ~

and before we know it,  it will be 2018!

For this month's Challenge Your Stash (CYS) card group,

our hostess, Maggie, asked us to create a New Year's themed card

without using any images of alcohol.

 

 The minute I saw the theme, I was super excited!

I literally squealed when I saw this Mama Elephant stamp set

during their release week and scooped it right up.

And then it sat and I didn't have the chance to use it ~

until I saw Maggie's New Year's theme.

Squeeeeee!

It was hard to sit and wait but as they say ... all good things :)

 For my card, I wanted to stamp out a traditional Lion Dance scene

with the performers in various parts of the scene.

I colored them with prismacolor markers and due to vivid, bold colors,
I left the scene alone as to not crowd the card with other elements.

I let the card tell it's own story :)

 This is the inside of the card ↓

 

Fun facts!

 *The Chinese Lion Dance is a form of traditional dance in Chinese/Asian culture

 in which performers mimic a lion's movements

 in a lion costume to bring good luck and fortune. 

It's different from the Dragon Dance in that the Lion Dance only has 2 performers inside the costume whereas a Dragon would have many 

and they hold it up with sticks.

 *The Chinese lion dance is closely related to kung fu because they often perform stunts on tables and stacked wooden chairs!

*The Chinese New Year starts in February ~ on the 23rd day of the 12th lunar month of the Chinese calendar. 

Thanks for stopping by my blog today!
Big hugs, bigger blessings ♥

~Kelly

I'll enter this into:  ColourCrazy Challenge #51  ~ AG
PolkaDoodles - AG