Aloha, all!
I had a blast yesterday with the project I'm showing off today. I'm a member of a Toastmasters club where one of our members is expecting a baby soon, and she made the point that this baby is going to be born in the Year of the Dragon, "the mightiest of the signs in the Chinese Zodiac!"
Well, a baby is hardly a "mighty" being, babies being more on the "cute" side. Nonetheless, the members of the club asked that I make a card for a party that they had today that somehow featured a dragon to go with the club's gift. Not being the punch-art creative type, I went off looking for a dragon to CASE. It didn't take long to find a video by Tami White and the cutest dragon you EVER saw! I knew immediately that this would be my inspiration, and all I had to do was figure out my colors and how to deal with a few punches that had retired since the video was made over a year ago.
When I was making the card, I had no idea (still don't have) whether the baby is a girl or a boy. I thought a combination of Pink and Blue would work just fine and started punching. You'll find the complete instructions on Tami's video, but I'll include some supplemental information about changes that I made.
The first change that I had to make was to use the Sizzix Stars #2 die (sold by Stampin' Up!) instead of the Star Punch (now retired) for the "horns" and back scales. Tami had used the smallest oval die (retired) for the teeth or fangs, and I substituted the smallest image from the Boho Blossoms Punch. Otherwise, I used her instructions. OK, so mine's not put together quite as perfectly as hers; but he's still "stinkin' cute."
The colors for this cute guy are Marina Mist and Regal Rose, along with some Basic Black accents. My card is also an unusual size – we needed plenty of room for lots of people to sign their best wishes, so I made a card that's 5-1/2" wide by 8-1/2" high. For the sentiment, I used a stamp from the stamp set, Curly Cute. Aha, there's that word – "cute"! I knew I'd find that in the Stampin' Up! product line somewhere!! I also used the last of my stash of Marina Mist Brads from the Subtles collection of brads.
And as I love to do, I tied everything together with some fab Stampin' Up! ribbon, this time the Marina Mist 1/2" Scallop Dots Ribbon.
I can't imagine that you could have as much fun with what you're doing as I did making this little guy. But be sure to try to have lots of fun anyway with whatever you're doing!
