Happy New Year, crafty friends! I hope 2025 is good to all of you. The Lunar New Year Challenge is now in its second year 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 Altenew, ONE $25 gift certificate to Catherine Pooler Designs and ONE $25 gift certificate to Concord & 9th. That’s a total of $75 in giveaways in January!
My first card for January features the Best Friend Vibes Bundle from our new quarterly sponsor Concord & 9th! I’ve been seeing Chinese New Year lucky bracelets everywhere lately and they’re what inspired this design. I remember making so many of these friendship bracelets in the late 80s and, with the revival of custom beaded bracelets, it was impossible to resist this set. I just love its versatility.
Lemongrass, Avocado and Artichoke were already three of my favourite colours and this was a happy accident that those embroidered bracelets ended up looking snakeskin!
In contrast, I wanted to choose brighter, more cheerful colours, plus gold glitter and matte gold foil, to make the beaded bracelets as celebratory as possible.
The letter beads spelling out the sentiment were cut from Sunflower and the other beads feature Wildberry, Briar Rose and Buttercup. The background panel was cut from Ballet Slipper.
Visit the January Link-Up Party post HERE to see all of the design team projects and be inspired to create your own! You can find the Challenge Rules HERE. 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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