The Lunar New Year Challenge is back and since we’ve partnered up with your favourite craft companies all year long, 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 $50 gift certificate to Taylored Expressions. That’s a total of $125 in giveaways in June!
I’m always excited when a new month begins because it means I get to dream up something unique for the challenge. I made two cards for this month and this first one features our monthly sponsor Lawn Fawn. I’ll be featuring my second card with Taylored Expressions later this month.
Lawn Fawn‘s Platform Pop-Up die set is probably my favourite 3D die ever. It’s certainly the one that I’ve used the most in my collection. I recently got the Cloud Inserts add-on and wanted to pair it with the Little Dragon and Winter Dragon.
The patterned paper I used here is from the Let’s Bokeh in the Snow 6×6 paper pack. Unfortunately, it’s retired but similar colours and patterns I would use can be found in the new Pint-Sized Patterns Summertime 6×6 paper pack.
For the base, I used the larger of the Holly Berry Bokeh prints. I cut the clouds from the stripes of the Ice Blue Twist prints. I also stamped both dragons on the small bokeh of the Snowflake Twist prints.
After stamping the dragons on the patterned paper, I added dimension with the Copic markers listed in the supply links below. I love that the tiny bokeh effect gives the dragons a naturally scaled look without too much effort on my part.
Finally, I gold heat embossed a sentiment from Winter Wavy Sayings on to a die cut from Fancy Wavy Banners. I cut a second banner and three small clouds from metallic gold cardstock. After adhering these die cuts to the platform, I cut quarter inch strips of acetate and attached the dragons to the platform so they appear to be floating/flying.
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 June Lunar New Year Challenge will run from 12:00am EST on June 1, 2024 through 12:00pm EST on June 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 July Challenge.
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Visit the June 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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