Would you believe this card was made eight years ago?! I was cleaning my son’s room a few weeks ago and found it. Apparently, I never photographed or blogged it! I’m sure I meant to but I must’ve completely forgot about it. Since I run the Lunar New Year Challenge now, there’s no better time to share it for some inspiration!
Back in 2016, I thought Maneki Neko Lucky Cats only came in gold, symbolizing wealth, but there are so many different colour variations with different meanings. I love that I have two stamp sets with Lucky Cats so I thought I’d create a little family. The two big cats are from Lawn Fawn‘s My Lucky Charm and the small cat is from Mama Elephant‘s Lunar Extras. You can find the Copic colours I used in the supply links below.
I cut the front panel from Simon Says Stamp‘s Schoolhouse Red cardstock. To create the little window with a faux shaker, I used My Favorite Things‘ retired Stitched Arch STAX but a great alternative is Sunny Studio‘s Stitched Semi Circle Dies, or you can easily create the same look with any circle die and a paper trimmer or blade.
Next, I white heat embossed the sentiment, also from Mama Elephant‘s Lunar Extras. After die cutting the coloured images, I popped them up with foam tape on the bottom edge of the window and glued 3mm and 6mm crystal clear sequins in various sizes to make it appear as if they were part of a shaker.
The rules are simple. You must create a new Lunar New Year, Chinese New Year or a 2024 Dragon Birthday card and add the link to your post in the link-up party. For the month of September, we are also welcoming Mid-Autumn Festival cards. Multiple entries are allowed. Backlinking to an older project is strictly prohibited.
Our September Lunar New Year Challenge will run from 12:00am EST on September 1, 2024 through 12:00pm EST on September 30, 2024. We would love to see you using products from our four generous sponsors! The four lucky winners will be randomly selected from all eligible entries and announced at the start of the October Challenge.
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Visit the September Link-Up Party post HERE to see all of the design team projects and be inspired to create your own! When sharing your challenge entries on social media, feel free to save this badge and post it along with your project. Please tag us @lunarnewyearchallenge on Instagram and use the hashtag #lunarnewyearchallenge so everyone can find and be inspired by all your amazing projects.
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