Year of the Tiger Craftiness

 I received many wonderful handmade cards and gifts from crafty friends and relatives to celebrate the Year of the Tiger and wanted to share the fun.

These Chinese New Year cards from two very special friends came in the mail with happy wishes to brighten my day.

My dear friend Bev designed a cutting file to create this fun reveal wheel card to celebrate the New Year of the Tiger.

Turning the wheel on the right side of the card changes the sentiment that appears in the fan shaped window on the front of the card. Love that sweet little tiger cub holding up the Chinese character for tiger!

This super kawaii daruma tiger shaped card was designed by my crafty friend Patti. She tweaked and altered a daruma cut file she picked up from the Silhouette Design Store by switching out the face with an adorable tiger face. Great idea! 

Sweet Lorna dropped by this weekend with this beautifully decorated gift bag filled to the brim with Chinese New Year goodies. The intricate glitter and gold die cut lanterns at the top were cut from dies from Lene Lok's Spellbinder Destination China collection.

Here's a close up look at the very detailed paper pieced tiger dressed in a mandarin jacket with lantern and sparkler in hand. So many tiny pieces of different colored papers so carefully pieced together to create this! 

Inside the bag, there were lots of handmade surprises, like these golden tiger treat holders that Lorna created by cutting lai si envelopes with a curvy keepsake die. She created a cutting file to cut tiger's stripes, ears, and face and adhered the pieces to the sides of her curvy keepsake box. So cute and  creative!

For this second treat holder, Lorna added texture by running her paper through an embossing folder that added an Asian medallion design. She then created a cut file for this impressive Chinese paper cut tiger to add the the front.

This third treat holder was decorated with a Japanese inspired paper pieced daruma tiger...so kawaii! I am totally loving that pawprint on the fan!

My aunt who enjoys sewing decorates dish towels to share with family every New Year, using fabric in the theme of the lunar zodiac animal of the year. Similarly, we all look forward to my mom's special Chinese zodiac animal of the year plastic canvas magnet creations to adorn our refrigerators.

I am truly blessed to have so many talented and creative people in my life who bring happiness by sharing their amazing creations. Sending best wishes to all for a great 2022!