My friend challenged me to use her geisha drawing to make a card for Chinese New Year's. I found an origami kimono on
UTUbe and made the pink kimono. My copics saved me since some of my folds left the white back of the paper showing so I colored them in. ( I also left a stack of kimonos with BIGGER white folds showing on my table. I really should learn to clean up after myself!)
I think the drawing is incredible --- and really puts me in the mood for Chinese food for dinner. I wanted the rabbit to be just peeking from behind her kimono. Unfortunately my round punches are at the bottom of a plastic tub till the carpet gets installed ( and today we found out it is delayed a week ... ugh ) so I had to cut out her hair by hand. I think it ended up looking just a bit more like mouse ears than a geisha hairdo.
The word " blessings" is a punch my sister sent from HongKong, with translation and specific directions as to which end was up.
Splitcoast features a different inspiration challenge every Saturday. Today's included this darling toy chest and it reminded me of summer when the hot air balloons go flying over our house in Midland ... and I wake up to the whoosh of their fans. 
I took the pictures from our driveway and had them stored away on my computer.
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