Stamp Happy: Flourishes Noontime Challenge: The Year of the Dragon

Since it's New Release Week at Flourishes, we've got a couple of Noontime Challenges for you to participate in for a chance to win ALL the new stamps! Here's the first one...

HOW TO PLAY: According to the Chinese Zodiac, 2012 is the Year of the Dragon, which begins on January 23, 2012 and ends on February 9, 2013. So, what does this predict for 2012? Success and happiness! To play, simply be inspired by the colors of this beautiful dragon with rich shades of red, orange and even pink. If you upload to Splitcoaststampers, please use the keyword FLLCJANRW1. You have until Friday, January 13th at 5:00 p.m. Eastern time to enter. Once you're done with your creation, be sure to link it up to this post on the Flourishes blog using our Inlinkz widget to be eligible to win!

For my card, I was highly inspired by the red of the dragon and paired it with a lot of pink. I LOVE how the swirly flourishes of this heart from the new "From the Heart" stamp set so nicely mimic some of the dragon's features, don't you? My heart was stamped second generation with Melon Mambo ink, then I stamped my sentiment with Riding Hood Red ink and embossed with clear embossing powder to make it stand out. The heart and sentiment are stamped on a piece of paper from the Basic Grey "Kissing Booth" 6x6 paper pad. I added a couple more flourishes to the card front, did some distressing on the edges, and embellished with some Kaisercraft rhinestones and a seam binding double-bow. I spritzed the whole thing with some Perfect Pearls too for added shimmer, and added a little gold heart button to my bow with some baker's twine. (That little gold heart button is a leftover from a Valentine jumper I sewed for my oldest daughter years ago!)