**Chinese New Year** Inspiration and Reminder with Crafts2Celebrate!

We're at the halfway point of our Winter Wishes challenge at Crafts2Celebrate and it's time for our mid-way inspiration post.  Our theme for this is Chinese New Year!

Even though I love Asian art, I had a bit of a hard time with this challenge.  Here's what I created:

I'm of course entering some challenges:

• DLArt Linky Party
• Whoopsi Daisy - Anything Goes
• Crafting By Designs - Anything Goes
• Sister Act Card Challenge - #88 Anything Goes
• Not Just Cards - #10 Anything Goes
• My Craft Creations - Anything Goes
• Inspiration Destination - #15 Anything Goes
• Design Team Showcase - Anything Goes
• Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes 4/5
• Card Mania - #64 Make it Sparkle 2/3 (glittery embossing powder)
• Word Art Wednesday - #165 Anything Goes 2/5
• Lacy Sunshine - #49 Sparkly and New 2/3
• Sparkles Monthly Challenges - #63 Anything Goes
• Sparkle N Sprinkle - Anything Goes with Glitter/Embossing Powder (I used EP on the whole stamp!)

Thanks so much for looking and happy crafting!!  Laters!!

Last Post of 2013....

It's bittersweet, really.  I've changed a lot this year and I KNOW my art has changed a lot.  There have been epic ups and downs creatively but I've learned to push past slumps and to not let how anyone critiques or discusses my art define me.  I won't be discouraged and I won't give up.  (Cue Lea Michele's AMAZING cover of Jason Mraz's "I Won't Give Up".  Actually just go watch it!)

I thought it only fitting that my last post of the year be one that not only has a lot of special emotional meaning to me, but that my final project for the year be one inspired by the amazeballs Tim Holtz.  I think he's a big part of the reason my art has started to evolve this year. I hope that next year continues that journey.  Here's what I created for his 12 Tags December Tag Contest:

This is my mom's Christmas card.  Yep, it's a card!!  I used the technique Tim showed on his Ice Skates tag.

The fibers kind of blur because they're so shiny.  The snowflake I actually colored with Copics cause the clear wouldn't show up.

A close up of the pontsettia.  My first time using the Clearly For Art plastic.  I LOVE that stuff.

Seeee?  I made it a card!  I even put stars and inked the edges of my liner :D

Thank you everyone for looking and thanks Tim for a great year of inspiration!  See you in 2014!