Lunar New Year November

Hi there crafty friends, it's Tracey back on the blog today sharing my November card for the Lunar New Year Challenge. We have some amazing sponsors again this month, see them at the bottom of the post.

For my card today I used the Lawn Fawn Pull 'n Slide Surprise along with the cute Celebration Sssssalutations stamp set by Triniy Stamps. I started out by ink blending my background panel on a piece of Bristol Smooth paper. I used Distress Oxide Inks in Squeezed Lemonade, Dried Marigold, Spiced Marmelade, Crackling Campfire and Seedless Preserves. Once dry I splattered the panel with gold Altenew Metallic Watercolour and set it aside to dry while I made the remainder of the card.

The image from Trinity Stamps Celebration Sssssalutations was stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink. Then it was coloured with Copic markers and set aside while I worked on the slider mechanism.

All the slider pieces were cut out and scored from kraft and cream coloured cardstock. I stamped the front sentiment and then stamped the inside sentiments in green.

This slider card is actually quite easy to put together. There are not a lot of pieces. I glued the cute snake  the front of my slider so that when you pull it up the snake pops up with his birthday balloons! Here is a viwe of the top of the card.

The slider piece was attached to the card front with some foam tape giving it some extra dimension. Here is a view of the bottom of the card. So much fun to make and and sssssuper cute!!

I hope that you can find time to join us this month for your chance to win!

Visit the November 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 mand be inspired by all your amazing projects.

Thank you for stopping in today!

Color Hues #121 - Orange and Bro

Oops! I made a little error in the heading for this post, but so I don't mix up the links I am leaving it.

Today we start another new colour duo at the Color Hues Color Challenge. Teammate Sheri Gilson chose the colours Orange & Brown! Please also welcome Valerie who is our guest designer for this challenge. 

Autumn has been in full swing here with the leaves now off the trees! We have had a particularly gorgeous fall this year with not only colour but temperatures too. This week however we have seen frost, rain and snow which is nature's subtle reminder that winter isn't far away. 

Although the Canadian Thanksgiving was two weeks ago, it's never too early to start making cards for next year. For my card I used the Greetery's BontaniCuts: Mighty Oak for my branch and leaves. The leaves were cut from Concord & 9th's Creamsicle and Clementine cardstock. Then I added some more shading to them using Carved Pumpkin Distress Oxide ink.

The acorns were cut from Concord & 9th Nutmeg cardstock and some kraft cardstock from my scraps. I added some shading to them using Fryed Burlap Distress oxide ink.

The pumpkins are from Lawn Fawn's Build-a-jack-o'lantern cut again from Creamsicle and Clementine then shaded with Carved Pumpkin Distress Oxide ink. I added a little face from the same die set for the pumpkin in front! I finished it off with a couple more cute acorns in front.

The sentiment is an old favourite, Pretty Pink Posh Pumpkin Patch Critters. I stamped it on the kraft cardbase with Memento Tuxedo Black ink.

I cut my focal panel down to 5 1/4" x 4" so that I could have a white bodrer around it. This is a bit fussier than my usual cards but it was so much fun to make!

I'm excited to see what you do with the colors for this challenge!

I hope you can stop by the Color Hues blog to see what my talented teammates have made and see what inspires you to create!

Color Hues #120 - Purple and Orange

Today we start a new color duo at the Color Hues Color Challenge. Teammate Stef Perry chose the colours Purple & Orange perfect for a Halloween card! I was so excited to finally use the Spellbinders Dancin' Grim that I bought after Halloween last year. He is so cute!

My cardbase was matted with purple and orange cardstock. The purple was cut to 5 1/4" x 4" and the orange piece was cut to 4 3/4" x 3 /2". They were glued directly to the card base.

All the pieces of Dancin' Grim were cut from cardstock. The robe in purple, head and staff from black and his skull from white. The pieces were glued together to make Grim. He was added to the centre of the orange piece with foam tape just to give it a bit of dimension.

The sentiment Happy Halloween was from the Spellbinders Dancin' Halloween Sentiments. It was stamped on white with Concord & 9th Clemetine ink. The piece was glued right below Grim. Easy Peasey card but so much fun to make!

 

I'm excited to see what you do with the colors for this challenge!

If you haven't been already please stop by the Color Hues blog to see what my talented teammates have made and see what inspires you to create.

Lunar New Year October

Hi there crafty friends, today I'm sharing my October card for the Lunar New Year Challenge. We have some amazing sponsors again this month, see them at the bottom of the post.

For my card I used the fabulous Catherine Pooler Fan Dance background using Catherine Pooler Garden Party ink. One stamp on my horizontal panel left just enough space on the bottom to add my sentiment later. 

All the die cut Oranges and greenery are from a set from another one of this month's sponsors' Concord & 9th. The collection is called Citrus Crush! I cut the orange slices with Concord & 9th cardstock using  Creamsicle and Clementine. The greenery was cut from Parsley and Evergreen. I arranged them over the fun Fan Dance background using a combination of liquid adhesive and foam squares.

My sentiment is from the Lawn Fawn Henry's Build-a-Sentiment Spring stamp set. There are so many options for sentiments from these sets. 

I hope that you can find time to join us this month for your chance to win!

Visit the October 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.

Colour Hues #119

Today we start a new color duo at the Color Hues Color Challenge. My friend and teammate Marcia Hill chose fall colours Rust & Yellow! I haven't made any fall cards yet this year, I think I'm still in summer mode. Although you wouldn't know it if you saw the colour of all my trees right now! It's definitely fall in the north!

For my card I started out with Lawn Fawn's Stitched Leaves. I have had this set forever, but they are the sweetest leaves! I ink blended the leaves using Mustard Seed, Fossilized Amber and Rusty Hinge Distress Oxide Inks and set them aside.

I used the yellow grid paper from Lawn Fawn's Falling Leaves petite paper pack and cut in down to a 5" x 4 3.4" panel and adhered it directly to the card base. 

The arch is from the Spellbinder's Essentials Arches die collection which was cut with white. I added  sentiment "let's go jump in the leaves" from Catherine Pooler's Fall Finds stamp set to the bottom of the arch. It was then attached to the card base with foam tape.

The leaves were added with a combination of liquid adhesive and foam dots!

I added a few Studio Katia clear drops to add a dewy look to the leaves.

I'm excited to see what you do with the colors for this challenge!

If you haven't been already please stop by the Color Hues blog to see what my talented teammates have made and see what inspires you to create.

Colour Hues #118 - Smoky Blue & Sage Green

Today we start a new color duo at the Color Hues Color Challenge. Teammate extraordinaire Jules Peddicord chose the fun color scheme of Smokey Blue & Sage Green! 

I used PinkFresh Studio's Geo Tiles Stencil set which is actually new to me. It's been on my wish list for a long time. 

I stencilled the background with Distress Oxide inks in Bundled Sage and a combination of Uncharted Mariner layered with Lost Shadow. I cut the stenciled panel down to 3 7/8" x 5 1/8" which is exactly the size of the stencilled piece. I added the panel to the card base with foam tape.

The sentiment is an older thanks die created by Cathy Zielske for Simon Says Stamp. This one is a classic die and I always know where it is. I cut the background from black cardstock and then cut the detailed word with white cardstock. I glued the sentiment together with liquid adhesive and then added it to the card with tiny foam dots making sure that none of the tape would show from the front.

I'm excited to see what you do with the colors for this challenge!

If you haven't been already please stop by the Color Hues blog to see what my talented teammates have made and see what inspires you to create.

Thanks so much for stopping in today!

Lunar New Year September

I'm sharing my September 2025 card for the Lunar New Years Challenge. 

I made another New Year's card, one loaded with lucky lanterns. The background was made using Pawsome Stamp's Good Luck Lantern full panel stamp. It was ink blended with blue distress Oxide inks leaving it more white in the centre to create a glow.

 I love my metallic watercolours from our sponsor Altenew! I've been having some fun with all the different coloured metallics. I flicked some of the red metallic watercolour over my entire panel. It looks gorgeous in real life but it's a bit tricky to photograph, like pretty much everything shiny.

To add even more shine to the card I created a foiled sentiment for the centre of the card. The sentiment is from our sponsor Lawn Fawn, it's called Foiled Sentiment Happy New Year and it's one of their foiling dies. It was foiled with Gold Glimmer foil on red cardstock and then die cut with a circle die. 

I cut the background panel down to leave a small white border. Then I used foam tape to add it to my card base and then I added the red foiled circle sentiment with more foam tape. If you remember I left the centre of the background panel quite light, so when I added the red foiled sentiment it creates a glow around it and it really stands out! Here is a close up of the card centre.

The shine on this card is absolutely fabulous!

 I hope that you can find time to join us this month for your chance to win from our fabulous sponsors!

Visit the September 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.