Year of the Rooster Card

Happy Chinese New Year 

2017

The year of the Rooster...

Hello my friends:
Living in North California, and so close to San Francisco is no way that you can avoid this big celebration in Chinese culture, which is a festival following the lunar calendar.
The Chinese new year calendar is represented by 12 animals according the year on which you were born:
so if you were born in 1921, 1933, 1945, 1957, 1969, 1981, 1993, 2005, 2017…  you are then a Rooster.
Each Chinese zodiac year begins on Chinese New Year's Day. 

And it happens to be that... I am a Rooster, so here it is the card That I made for good luck and to be hang at the entrance of my  craft room ...

Note: taken From Wikipedia:
"The San Francisco Chinese New Year Festival and Parade is the oldest and largest event of its kind outside of Asia, and the largest Asian cultural event in North America.
[...] In 1849, with the discovery of gold and the ensuing California Gold Rush, over 50,000 people had come to San Francisco to seek their fortune or just a better way of life. Among those were many Chinese, who had come to work in the gold mines and on the railroad. By the 1860s, the residents of San Francisco's Chinatown were eager to share their culture with their fellow San Francisco residents who may have been unfamiliar with (or hostile towards) it. The organizers chose to showcase their culture by using a favorite American tradition – the parade. They invited a variety of other groups from the city to participate, and they marched down what today are Grant Avenue and Kearny Street carrying colorful flags, banners, lanterns, drums and firecrackers to drive away evil spirits. In San Francisco, over 100 units participate in the annual Chinese New Year Parade held since 1958. The parade is attended by some 500,000 people along with another 3 million TV viewers"

Close up of my door
The flowers are plastic decorations that can be removed form the door ...

and here it is hanging at my entrance;
red and gold are typical Chinese colors and supposedly the red is the color for this years' rooster  good luck...

During this time is customary to give away little red envelopes with money among the members of your family, have gift exchanges specially food items, the markets are full with decorations and food items to celebrate the new lunar year and here in the "Bay Area of San Francisco" is customary to go and see the Chinese parades and celebrations...we always celebrate by eating Chinese food and watching the parades...

a last  view of my door

I made more that one card and I am planning to give it to my "Rooster", friends!!!
Close up of the rooster die

on one corner I placed some red flowers

and on the other a Chinese coin with the year
with some metal corners that I got form my friend ATHENA, see her blog HERE

last view

I hope you enjoyed my card...

Thanks for the company

wishing you a lucky and prosperous New Year!

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Birthday Punch Art Card: a Piggy Golfer

Hello MY friends;
here I am with a different card for me...made entirely with punches...
A piggy golfer!

My husband was born in the year 1959 and according to the "Chinese zodiac"  he is a PIG...

Note:
"The Chinese animal zodiac, or shengxiao (/shnng-sshyaoww/ ‘born resembling’), is a repeating cycle of 12 years, with each year being represented by an animal and its reputed attributes. 
Traditionally these zodiac animals were used to date the years.
In order, the 12 animals are: Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, Pig."

what animal are you? Do you know?

I am a rooster!!!

 

to see site for a complete guide of Chinese signs click here

 

So my little pig plays golf since he does too and this is a "funny" card because he likes this type of cards...
I always find difficulty making a card for him, because my style is so much different than his...
but it is a good challenge for me....
When his birthday comes around I have to think "out of the box" and leave my comfort "creative" zone and go and create something different and hopefully special for him!!!

Here are the punches that I used for this card...

to make the piggy golfer:
hat: made with 2 halves of 2 different size circles,
golf  club: cut side of the owl body and ear
nostrils: cut from the owl heart
face: owl body without feet, curved the ears
feet: owl "apron"

if you want to have lots of ideas on how to create punched cards visit my Pinterest board:
"Cards: Punch Art"

Thanks for the visit

See you next time!

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Stampin'Up!: banner punch; large oval; owl punch; and various circle size punches...

A "Zen" card 50 Shades of Green LCD BLOG HOP

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Hello Dear Stamper:

Welcome to the Lost Coast Designs Blog Hop

"50 Shades of Green"

EVERYONE can participate

from today March 11 til March 30th

and WIN a $20 gift certificate to use at LCD website

winner announced on the 31st!

here it is my participation...

everyone is encourage to participate 

1- make a card using  LCD and/or Carmen's Veranda stamps ONLY  in shades of green (white card stock and black ink are OK)
2- publish your card on your blog
3-  use the "Inlinks" gallery on your post
all the details are found HERE

step by step:
step 1:
add drops of alcohol ink onto glossy paper (from Ranger, specially to use with the Alcohol inks)
spray "air" with the dust container (used to clean computers)

step 2:
ink the stamp with Black Archival ink on top of background

Embellish it with an assortment of black "Washi" tape

last image

Thanks for the visit 

keep on hoping 

and add your creation as well using the "Inlinks" tool below

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Ikebana with Memory Box dies

"Japanese Art of Flower Arrangement"

Hello My dear stamper and crafty friends!
Inspired by the delicate flower dies from Memory Box from the New collection winter 2015...
I made this "Ikebana" arrangement.

At first I was leaning towards making a field of lavender flowers so dear to me and reminiscent of the "Provence/Côte d'Azur" (French Riviera)  where I used to live...
but in my Japanese garden, then I saw suddenly this image and I went for it...

Use only parts of a whole background die to make the frame...in this case I use segments form the "Bengal Background"
and curled the "long stem lavender"...using as a vase the "delicate nest" die

This card is featured at the Spanish blog for Memory Box; "A crear se dijo!"

A last view...

thank you for the visit, 

leaving you with a "Zen" meditative point of view!

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