Are you ready to welcome in the year of the pig? With Chinese New Year just around the corner, I’m excited to share an extra special installment in my Disney Paper Lanterns series. Use this Mulan paper lantern to light up the celebratory night in a unique and memorable way.
This paper lantern design has actually been in the works for almost a year now! Around April of last year, I was telling my husband about the concept I had for a Mulan paper lantern. I was really excited about it, and planned to feature it as the next design for my blog. That’s when he burst my bubble by making a great observation, “When is Chinese New Year? You should post it then.” Well, Chinese New Year happens to fall in either January or February. SO, I put it on my calendar and have been saving it ever since!
Now that my Mulan paper lantern has taken shape, I’m really proud of how it turned out! It took me a while to refine the concept, but I just kept coming back to the iconic movie cover. The duality of the story shown through Mulan’s face, is just perfect!
To learn how to assemble my paper lanterns, see this tutorial.
I use a Cricut Maker to do my die cut designs, and I absolutely love it! For tips on creating this delicate paper cut, see the FAQ section on my website.
Like most all my paper lanterns, removing the final design from your cutting mat is as much of an art as the cut itself, so be sure to go slowly around all those little details.
Enjoy putting my Mulan paper lantern together! Do you ever celebrate Chinese New Year?
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Mandee is a graphic designer, tennis player, and roller coaster enthusiast. She is a wife to an aspiring stand-up comedian and mommy to two super cute little boys. She fell in love with graphic design when she started working with a guy she met her freshman year of college on his comedy website. Design wasn’t the only thing she fell in love with, and they were married a year and a half later. She started Designs By Miss Mandee as a place to practice her designs skills and share her creative ideas. 4 Comments on Mulan Paper Lantern – Chinese New Year
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Rachel L.
February 6, 2019 at 10:12 am (3 months ago)Thank you! I’m loving all the lanterns. I just got my cricut maker in September and slowly figuring out all the powers that I have now==muuahahahaha! Also, I just got a scoring wheel so am now adding score lines to the lanterns, though it isn’t working too well on the vellum. Any suggestions? Maybe two runs? Looking forward to your next awesome creation!
Mandee
February 6, 2019 at 2:20 pm (2 months ago)Yay! Glad you’re experiencing the full-force of the Cricut Maker!! While I’ve added score lines to my own version of the lanterns, I’ve actually never tried scoring the vellum before—I’ll have to try that out! I just got a Cricut Maker in December and my scoring wheels arrived last week, but, unfortunately, they were broken. 🙁 Cricut is sending me new ones though, and I’ll have to do some testing soon and let you know how it goes!!
Ann B
March 12, 2019 at 11:06 am (1 month ago)I absolutely love your lanterns! I am so impressed with the detail. I am hoping you are planning to do one for Brave.
Mandee
March 12, 2019 at 2:13 pm (1 month ago)Aww, thank you Ann! And yes, Brave is definitely on my list. ^_^