Still Time! Remember to Enter the Challenge

Tag by MANDY CHILVERS

This little lady is here to remind you to enter my current blog challenge: The theme is Asian Art & Ephemera.

Don't miss your chance to win $10 shopping credit at Lunagirl.com! The winner will be chosen by random drawing on Sunday, so everyone has a great chance to win. You can share up to three pieces, and if you use at least one Lunagirl images you get entered twice for that piece!

I have all my Geisha, Japanese, Chinese, and other Asian-themed images on sale just for you (click here to get the discount code).

Enjoy this elegant and playful tag by Many Chilvers, and be sure to scroll down to see more inspiration from the Design Team and all the pretty entries so far.

Asian Art & Ephemera Challenge: Second Week!

It's the second week for my blog challenge with a vintage asian theme, and as always we get to enjoy some more fabulous inspiration from the Lunagirl Moonbeams Design Team.

Both are using images from my Geisha/Asian collage sheets.

Don't miss your chance to link up your own creation using some Asian art & ephemera!

I'll do a random drawing on Sunday, and the lucky drawing winner will win $10 credit to spend on some images or digital collage sheets at Lunagirl.com. It could be you! :-)

By VICKI ROMAINE

By MICHELE STORMS

Challenge Theme: ASIAN ART & EPHEMERA

Here's my new challenge theme, which starts today and continues until November 23:

Asian Art and Ephemera

I'm very fond of Japanese antique landscapes, nature prints, geisha drawings and prints, and vintage photos. I've collected a few hundred for you on my Japanese Prints & Photos CD and also on several Geisha and Asian-themed digital collage sheets which you can see here.

I'm more familiar with Japanese imagery but I also love art and ephemera from China, India, etc. I don't have as much available as I should, but I do have a digital collage sheet featuring my collection of authentic retro Chinese firecracker labels, which are pretty great... and another with some vintage Asian paper money.

I chose the make it art plus ephemera in order in include everything: the beautiful landscapes and prints of animals and birds and flowers, the wonderful geisha art that is very popular, plus vintage photographs, asian patterned papers, asian scripts and calligraphy, any kind of ephemera.

So please get busy creating and join in! Here are the challenge guidelines:
Here are the guidelines for the challenge:

Any craft or medium is OK.

Limit of 3 entries from one person in each challenge, please.

Vintage style is encouraged.

Use a Lunagirl image or element and your entry will count twice in the drawing!

Remember to link to this blog and to Lunagirl.com on your site if you have one.

Prize:  Winner will be selected randomly to receive a $10 credit at Lunagirl.com!

Challenge ends at noon CST on November 23.

I love it when you use Lunagirl images, and I hope you'll go take a look at my collections... but that's not a requirement!  But do remember that if you use a Lunagirl image, you will be entered TWICE in the drawing! I welcome everyone and every style but also want to give a little something extra to my wonderful customers! Most important is have fun, get creative, enjoy vintage. 

And don't miss the creations of my Design Team below, for your enjoyment and inspiration!

An InLinkz Link-up

LUNAGIRL MOONBEAMS DESIGN TEAM

I can't imagine a better way to start this theme than this gorgeous card by MICHELE STORMS, which uses some beautiful Asian-inspired papers and embellishments with an elegant lady from my first Geisha collage sheet.

VICKI ROMAINE inspired this challenge theme, and she inspires again with this beautiful card!
I like that cut-out flower behind the geisha, and how she outlined the geisha in black. Nice ephemera background too!

Here's a wonderful journal page created by MANDY CHILVERS.
She used images from my Chinese Labels collage sheet, and I love how she used the azalea blossoms as well.

Chinese New Year February 14

I'm sure you realize that February 14 is St. Valentine's Day, but did you know that this year it is also the Chinese New Year's Day? This year will be the Year of the Tiger. Actually it's just the first day of the new year celebration, which lasts 15 days. The last day is the Lantern Festival.

Traditionally the Chinese New Year festival is a time for celebration and feasting with family, although there are different activities traditional for different days and in different regions. Red decorations brighten windows and doorways, and gifts of money are given in red envelopes with wishes for health, wealth, and happiness in the coming year.

The day before New Year is a time to clean the house and sweep out any ill-fortune, and a time to forget grudges and reconcile conflicts to start anew in harmony. On the First Day families often visit and honor the eldest members of their extended family.

Firecrackers have traditionally been a part of Chinese New Year festivities. Loud noises and bright lights help frighten away Nien, a mythical monster, and other evil spirits. They also don't like the color red!

I have collected some wonderful old firecracker labels, and one day I'm going to make some collage sheets with them. If you like them let me know and maybe that will motivate me!