Happy Chinese New Year

Happy Chinese New Year! 

I made this card about a week ago using Mama Elephant's Lion Dance stamp set, which is a really fun set. A dragon counts as a critter right? The sentiment is one that I used for a New Year's card towards the end of December too- very useful! 

I flicked some gold watercolor paint onto red cardstock and adhered it to some gold mirrored cardstock. With all the reflective gold going on, I didn't think this card needed more embellishments- I also didn't want to detract from the cute characters that I colored with copic markers. I chose a faint green for my accent color. At first, I was afraid it would like like a traffic light haha, but they helped it all come together. I fussy cut the characters out and popped them up using foam tape for added dimension. I imagined making another new years resolution where I treat myself to the dies for fun sets like this, but we'll see how much my heat bills are this month lol!

Thanks for taking a look!

Challenges:

Avenue 613- use a critter

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