Chinese New Year meets Moo Mania and Art Journal Journey

Yesterday was the start of the Chinese Lunar Year 4713, so I am celebrating Chinese New Year today with Moo-Mania and More, whose fortnightly challenge is Circles.  I'm also joining Art Journal Journey, whose challenge this month is Birds, Beasts, and Humans. 

This is the year of the sheep or goat, whichever you prefer.

I happen to have a stamp of a sheep, purchased at Michael's (a big box US craft store) for $1.00 (USD).

It's obvious I was able to get my printer working earlier this morning, but my scanner is still not playing nicely with my other bluetooth devices.

I have positioned my AB on my computer desk under the OTT light, and some of the gold in the joss papers shows better than others.

Some of the joss papers are circles,

as are the Chinese coins, which represent the Moo-Mania challenge.

Although the lanterns I used in my art aren't red,

the traditional Chinese New Year color, they do represent the lantern festival and the lanterns people hang in temples, or carry to an evening parade under the light of the full moon.

Sheep, the eigth symbol in the Chinese Zodiac, are considered quiet, calm,  peaceful animals. Like their animal counterpart, people born in the Year of the Sheep are seen as calm individuals. These may not be beastly beasts, but I hope they fulfill the Art Journal Journey category.

I hope your Chinese New Year was filled with happiness and good cheer, even if you don't or didn't celebrate it.  Much like Mardi Gras, you can appreciate Chinese New Year from afar, even if it doesn't interest or impact you in your daily life.

Thanks for visiting, and your lovely comments, which always mean so much to me.