Red Dragon CCC

  Hi Everyone, my DT cards today is for -

Critter Crazy

 

 Anything Goes but they MUST feature a critter as the main focus 

Whether Furry, Feathered, Fantasy, Fairytale, 

Scaly, or Insect, there must be a critter.

 

It's St David's Day, the Patron Saint of Wales. You should know by now, that I usually have a special post to wish you all -

Happy St David's Day 

This year I have a card. Looking through my files I came across an Iris folding pattern of a Dragon I had forgotten about, well I HAD to make it, didn't I?

I used tissue paper, something I hadn't used before for iris folding, and it was much easier and flatter to use, in fact, finished, it's not much thicker than a 3D dimensional.

First thing I did was to take the free pattern, link below, into my Silhouette and cut the dragon image and print the pattern. I followed the pattern with the tissue paper, then stencilled the grass hill and clouds. I didn't have an acrylic block to add the small tree stamp, so used the top of an embossing powder container, trouble was I couldn't see if it was straight. However, I liked the quirky angle, as I felt the dragon was fun and could take the quirky.  Next, I attached the finished piece to the base card. Then I added wobbly eyes and drew the nostrils with a fine line pen, as per the pattern, thanks to Sarah, the pattern maker for the idea.

So here is my fun 

Red Dragon of Wales. Y Ddraig Goch

 

  Dragon pattern, others available - Craft With Sarah

tissue paper - The Range

stencil - Funky fossil

tree stamp - Chocolate Baroque

ink - Distress Oxide, tumbled glass, mowed lawn, rustic wilderness

eyes - stash 

A little information.

 Why does Wales have a red dragon?

It is considered that the Welsh kings of Aberffraw first adopted the dragon in the early fifth century in order to symbolise their power and authority, after the Romans withdrew from Britain. Later, around the seventh century, it became known as the Red Dragon of Cadwaladr, king of Gwynedd from 655 to 682.

 

 

Besides all this, I have a problem. I am commenting on cards and the comment is not coming up on the blog, when I visit next time and check back. Anyone else having this problem?

A Dragon or Crocodile?

Happy St David's Day 

Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus

pronounced

 'Deethe goo-eel Dew-ee happ-iss'

My card today was a freebie image from Beccy and is named as a crocodile, but, I saw a baby dragon, so that's what he is. AND, as it's St David's Day the Patron Saint of Wales, I made him for this day.

There are a lot of links in this today, I hope it will help you know a little more of this beautiful land, I call home. I hope you enjoy the music too.

It's a CAS card, very simple I know, but it's just for me to put up today. I used the colours of the Welsh flag and as our Dragon is Red, that's what all dragons are to me (even if he is supposed to be a crocodile LOL) 

image crocodile/dragon - Beccy

coloured in Photoshop. touch of white gel pen

fussy cut and layered 3 times

sentiment computer generated and also layered 3 times.

glitter glue surrounds paper layers.

When I was a child and for many years after, we had a half school day on St David's Day. The morning was filled with all things Welsh, girls wearing Welsh costumes with a daffodil (our national flower) attached, (that's where my blog name came from) and as boys didn't have a national costume in those days, they wore one of the national emblems which was a leek, the bigger the better LOL. We sang traditional Welsh songs, in Welsh, traditional dances and had Welsh cakes and cawl for lunch. I'm ashamed to say I don't speak Welsh, but can read it and understand a lot. I am very proud of being Welsh though. Could you guess? 

I did a blog post here you can see me in costume!

Here is one of the songs I still remember, well, part of it LOL We always sang it in Welsh and it was always fun when we did, it got faster and faster until we couldn't sing it anymore.. 

 copied off  Wikipedia  here it is being sung

Oes gafr eto? Oes heb ei godro? Ar y creigiau geirwon Mae’r hen afr yn crwydro. Gafr wen, wen, wen. Ie finwen, finwen, finwen. Foel gynffonwen, foel gynffonwen, Ystlys wen a chynffon wen, wen, wen. Gafr ddu, ddu, ddu. Ie finddu, finddu, finddu. Foel gynffonddu, foel gynffonddu, Ystlys ddu a chynffon ddu, ddu, ddu. Gafr goch, goch, goch. Ie fingoch, fingoch, fingoch. Foel gynffongoch, foel gynffongoch, Ystlys goch a chynffon goch, goch, goch. Gafr las, las, las. Ie finlas, finlas, fin las. Foel gynffonlas, foel gynffonlas, Ystlys las a chynffon las, las, las. And, traditionally, in the last verse the goat is always pink... Gafr binc, binc, binc. Ie fin binc, fin binc, fin binc. Foel gynffonbinc, foel gynffonbinc, Ystlys binc a chynffon binc, binc, binc.

Is there another goat? That's not been milked? On the craggy rocks The old goat is wandering. A white, white, white goat, Yes white lipped, white lipped, white lipped, A bald white tail, a bald white tail A white flank and tail, white, white, white. A black, black, black goat, Yes black lipped, black lipped, black lipped, A bald black tail, a bald black tail. A black flank and tail, black, black, black. A red, red, red goat, Yes red lipped, red lipped, red lipped, A bald red tail, a bald red tail. A red flank and tail, red, red, red. A blue, blue, blue goat, Yes blue lipped, blue lipped, blue lipped, A bald blue tail, a bald blue tail. A blue flank and tail, blue, blue, blue. A pink, pink, pink goat, Yes pink lipped, pink lipped, pink lipped, A bald pink tail, a bald pink tail. A pink flank and tail, pink, pink, pink.

Here is another of my personal favourites Calon Lan, this time you can here it being sung.

I hope you enjoyed my St David's Day celebration and the music too.

https://beccyschallenges.blogspot.com/2020/03/march-challenge.html
(he should have been in Feb challenge, but I HAD to use him today LOL)

Happy St David's Day

 I'm a little late posting this, but I hadn't forgotten oh! No.

thanks to 

Dragon - Elizabeth Dulemba

daffodil - Toni McLeland

background - Aimee Harrison

Happy St Davids Day

Sorry the text is so small it was as large as I could get to have as much information as I tried to let you know about St David's Day.

I hope you all have a lovely day, no matter the weather! 

'cause it's VERY cold here.

Happy St David's Day

Hi Everyone, I know that St David's Day isn't until March 1st, but the challenge I made it for, is over before that, so I'm popping this post in because it has a "Twist" asking for a card for St David's Day and as I didn't (at the time) see one entered, I made a digital / hybrid one to enter. It says anything is allowed, I hope my digitally made hybrid will be accepted, but even if it isn't it's a token entry for St David's Day LOL.

I added a scenery background with mountains (I am in Wales after all) then added a blending option to fade it onto a green background, so that the flag colours are represented. The Dragon is a favourite of mine by Elizabeth Dulemba. I coloured him as the Welsh Red Dragon added a shadow, printed it out - voila!
PS. He will be on every post until the 2nd March! Why? 'cause I'm Welsh!
PPS I even have daffodils in the photo (the National Flower of Wales)

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mountain background by Jilbert

http://artisticinspirationschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/2016/02/challenge-150.html