The Lunar New Year Challenge is back and we’ve partnered up with your favourite craft companies all year long so that means there are giveaways every month! This month, we’re giving away ONE $25 gift certificate to Simon Says Stamp, ONE $25 gift certificate to Lawn Fawn, ONE $25 gift certificate to My Favorite Things, and ONE $25 gift certificate from Catherine Pooler. That’s a total of $100 in giveaways in August!
My first card for this month features the Boho Celebrate sentiment and Geometric Builder Circles from our annual sponsor Simon Says Stamp. For my colour palette, I was inspired by this particular illustration by littleWhale and the cardstock colours with the closest match were Schoolhouse Red, Watermelon, Carnation, Honeycomb and Blue Violet with matte metallic gold accents.
I cut an A2 panel of Watermelon cardstock as my base panel. Then I ran it through the Tiny Dots Embossing Folder on an angle for visual interest. I had done a mock-up of the card with a plain background and it really needed something extra.
I knew I wanted the Boho Celebrate sentiment cut from matte metallic gold with a Schoolhouse Red shadow so I die cut those pieces, glued them together and set it aside while I worked on the background.
After die cutting all of the Geometric Builder Circles from Schoolhouse Red, Carnation, Honeycomb, Blue Violet and matte metallic gold cardstock, I created my random background. The larger pieces were popped up with foam squares and the smaller ones were glued directly to the embossed panel. To finish, I popped on the sentiment and added a few gold sequins.
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. Multiple entries are allowed. Backlinking to an older project is strictly prohibited.
Our August Lunar New Year Challenge will run from 12:00am EST on August 1, 2024 through 12:00pm EST on August 31, 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 September Challenge.
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Visit the August 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.
Thanks so much for stopping by and I’ll see you again soon!
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