It's time for Sister Stamps Release #16, and included with this newest release are the Chinese Zodiac Year of the Ox and Year of the Tiger stamps. Today I'm sharing an anniversary card I created using the new Year of the Ox stamp together with the Year of the Rat stamp (from Release #14).
When my daughter and son in law were first dating, we were pleased to learn that he was born in the Year of the Ox, a good match (according to Chinese astrology) for her, who was born in the Year of the Rat. LOL, I know it sounds silly but coming from Asian roots, our family tends to hold on to these traditional beliefs. In fact, there is a very cute folk legend about the Chinese zodiac animals which explains how the clever Rat got to be the first and the strong, kindhearted Ox became the second animal in the 12 year cycle of the Chinese Zodiac. (Click on the link to read the story)
For this card, I decided to color the Ox and Rat in nontraditional fun colors to give it a whimsical feel...remember Paul Bunyan's blue ox? (I think this ox is waaaay cuter!) The Chinese character behind them is the Chinese symbol for "shuang xi" or "double happiness". MTC was used to create the cutfile for the symbol, cut in red cardstock and sprayed with Tsukineko Sparkle spritz.
Placed the symbol and stamped images onto gold cardstock and washi paper and onto a gatefold style card...
The gatefold card opens...
...with some interesting Chinese astrology info on relationship compatibility between the Ox and Rat...
...And this flips open for the anniversary greeting inside.
I guess this card would also work as a fun and novel kind of wedding card, by using the Chinese zodiac animals of the year the bride and groom were born.
Hope you've had the chance to pop in at the Sister Stamps blog to see the adorable sea creatures in this newest release and possibly even win one! And please check out the Design Team blogs for some fabulous inspiration on what you can create with these new stamps:
Jenny: Sister Stamps Official Blog
Debi: Crafty Buzz
Kerry: Kerry's Chilling
Patti: Creations By Patti
Laura: By TKG
Linda: Simple and Sassy Creations
Linda on You Tube: Lfundoo's Channel
9 comments:
VERY VERY VERY nice card with lots of detail. Love this idea - and, you know that red and gold are absoluelty great together. The double happiness Kanji is awesome. Great job on this interactive card.
Amazing card Eunice!!! I love all the details you put on this card. And the colors your used all match so well. It was great seeing you last week!
this is such an amazing project! wow! it is definitely a wonderful keepsake for the recipient.
Enice this is a wonderful card...my compliments to you, I enjoy them every time.
Like the way you made the tabs to keep the card closed.
This is such a well thought out card Eunice! It shows how special you think the recipients are and it's absolutely beautiful!
So so pretty and I adored all the amazing details! Stunning!!!! :)
Awwww, love that you used the ox and rat together! Just like me and my husband! And love how you colored them up blue and pink!
Wonderful card Eunice...would love to see it in person! It's definitely a winner!!!!
Paper Hugs,
Jan
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