Thursday, January 24, 2013

Happy Snake Year!

Happy Snake Year
Finally made my first Chinese New Year card for 2013! I know it is quite late to start but my available time is limited due to my day job.

Sunday Stamps Challenge SSC32
The simple sketch from Sunday Stamps Challenge SSC32 as shown above is adopted for this card. This card also influenced by CAS-ual Fridays CFC86 - Long and Short challenge whereby it requires us to create a CAS card that has one long side and one short side.

Close-up : The gold snake
The snake is stamped on a long white card stock and colored using Copic markers. It is layered onto a long gold card stock.

Close-up : The sentiment
The sentiment is stamped at the bottom of the long white card stock, below the snake which is just perfect! The long white card stock is then adhered onto a red card base.

Close-up : Fishtail banners/flags
Some fishtail banners/flags are trimmed from left over card stocks and pattern papers. Those left over card stocks and pattern papers really great used for creating small fishtail banners/flags. They are attached onto the top of the card base as shown in sketch.

Happy Snake Year - Inside
On the inside of the card, as the red is too dark for writing, a golden yellow inlay is used. Then, funny sentiment is stamped in the middle of the inlay.
Close-up : Sentiment inside the card

Dimension : 10.16cm x 20.32cm or 4" x 8"
Type : Horizontal fold
Inlay : Yes with stamped sentiment

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This card is entering the challenge(s) organized by :
1) Sunday Stamps Challenge SSC32 - Sketch (ending 25 January 2013)
2) CAS-ual Fridays CFC86 - Long and Short (ending 24 January 2013)
4) Addicted to Stamps and More! - CAS #5 (ending 29 January 2013)

Stamps and tools used :

12 comments:

Kathya said...

Wow this card is so cool!! Would love to see what you created for the dragon year, which I'm enjoying the last two weeks of! Thanks so much for joining us at Sunday Stamps this week. Great sentiment!

Deb said...

Fabulous job with the sketch! And I love the theme of your card! Thanks for playing along with us at CAS-ual Fridays!

jjcreations said...

Oh My Word - how cute - Clean, Simple, and Cute! Thanks for joining us at Sunday Stamps this week.

Lynn said...

The perfect new year's card! Love the snake. Thanks so much for playing along with us at CAS-ual Fridays!

stressfreestamping said...

Oh, I love the sketch you chose! And that snake just cracks me up. He is so cute! Great card. Thanks for playing at ATS&M this week!

Kylie said...

I love your snake and your colouring. Those banners are just awesome! Thanks so much for playing along at ATSM! xx

Tara Bourgoin said...

Super cute! Love your colouring on the snake! Thanks for joining us at Sunday Stamps this week :)

Unknown said...

What a fun card! Excellent take on this week's sketch, so much fun that little guy! Thanks for joining us at Sunday Stamps, hope to see you playing along again next week :)

Hofkissed said...

Love the snake... he's adorable! You don't need much else when you've got him on the front. Thanks for playing along with us over at Sunday Stamps this week!

Eileen said...

What a lovely clean and simple card.
Thanks for joining us at The Paper Shelter for our 'Anything Goes' challenge and good luck
Eileen x

Cards By MI said...

A very charming card. Lovely colours. Thanks for playing with us over at the Paper Shelter this week.
Love n hugs
Marie

Canonbury creations said...

Love the layout on your card, the banners are great! Thanks for playing along at ATSM
Val x