According to the Chinese zodiac, 2024 is the year of the dragon so I’ve turned my Endra dragon into this red and gold version to commemorate this year’s zodiac animal.
For this dragon decoration I used a red card stock along with my favorite gold card stock, Kodamaa. This is a beautiful, foil gold card stock that’s the perfect shade of gold and very shiny. Another reason I like using Kodamaa gold is that you can easily wipe off any glue that you get on the surface. Just use a slightly damp paper towel and try to wipe the glue off when it’s still wet.
One caution I have with the Kodamaa gold is to be careful when you’re curving parts of the dragon accents, like the mane and wing accents. You don’t want to bend the gold card stock too harshly because fold lines will show up in the gold and they are harder to smooth out than with regular card stock. As you can see in the image below, I made this mistake with my dragon and you can see the fold wrinkles here. Obviously not a big deal, just something to be aware of if you don’t want wrinkle lines.
Here is a short video of me assembling this Chinese dragon decoration. When you’re ready to create your dragon, you can scroll down below to find my full tutorial video.
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Materials
Table Top Endra Dragon SVG
Cutting Machine
65lb Red Cardstock Paper
Kodamaa Gold Cardstock Paper
X-Acto Knife
Double-Sided Tape
White Glue
Small Paint Brush
Small Bowl For Glue
Scissors
Video Tutorial
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