Year of the Rooster

Frances has challenged the CCEE Stampers to design a card/project in recognition of the Chinese New Year, which is celebrated on January 23rd this year.  It is the Year of the Dragon … so for this week's challenge we are either to use a dragon on our card or find out what animal relates to our birth year in the Chinese Zodiac and create a card using that animal.  Since I don't have any dragon stamps, I chose to use the animal related to my birth year, which is the rooster.

I stamped my Rooster in Ranger Vintage Photo ink and then I stamped it again (lining it up with a stamp-a-ma-jig) with Stampin Up Cherry Cobbler to get the reddish brown outline.  I used a blender pen to color in the rooster with Vintage Photo, Black Soot, Chocolate Chip, and Cherry Cobbler inks.  The white and red checkered panel is another stamp in this stamp set by Anna Griffin (Rooster Sunrise).  I thought it was cool that I also happen to have this checkered embossing folder that I used on my Cherry Cobbler cardstock.  And what's really cool is this new-to-me notebook paper embossing folder by Paper Studio!



I hope you can find some time to join us in this challenge.  You can get all the details on our CCEE Stampers blog, as well as see all the cool creations by my teammates.  Speaking of teammates, we've had some additions to our team with the talents of Anne Harmon, Vicky Gould, and Brandi Wiggins!  We have a few more new members joining us next week, so be sure to check back to see who they are!