2021 ~ Lucky Cats!

 

Hi friends!

I'm sure you are as excited as me to put 2020 behind you

and move into this brand new year!

2021 holds a lot of promise

and I can already feel it working for me :)

There's a pep in my step ...

a burst of creativity,

a joy to pick up paper, paint, pencils!

Maybe it's because the ideas are flowing that

I have all this creative energy, so

 I'm striking while the (hot glue) iron is hot!

I was the VERY lucky winner of a gift certificate from Mama Elephant

and chose this super duper cute Lucky Cat stamp set ❤

To create this card, I stamped the images and colored them 

with my copic markers and set them aside.

I made a quick watercolor spritz background to emulate fireworks

and then realized .....

I need 2 0 2 1 and don't have any number dies!

*cue my OH NO face!*

Lucky me again, I have the Brother Scan N Cut

(which I fully profess that I barely know how to use!)

and thought - this makes numbers, somehow!

It took maybe 5 minutes to figure out 

and even shorter to use thick glitter cardstock - total success!

Here's my completed card!

Thanks for stopping by!

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