Endless Joy Lunar New Year January

Hi there crafty friends, it's Tracey and I'm back on the Lunar New Year Challenge blog today sharing my January card. The challenge is taking a break and this will be my final card. The past couple of years this has been a fun and really different challenge and has pushed me to really think about what I'm making. Thank you to my friend Emily Leiphart for all her hard work running the challenge and for all her support!

 This month we have 6 of our sponsors from 2025 celebrating with us by sponsoring this challenge, so we hope you are ready to participate!

The Year of the Horse starts on February 17th so for my final card I wanted to use the new Spellbinders Good Fortune Horse which is set off by my bold colour palette! The card features Concord & 9th cardstock in Poppy, Eggplant and a sheet of Almond from the Naturals collection. 

The sentiment from Good Fortune Horse was gold embossed on the red Poppy panel. The panel was adhered to the white card base with foam tape and set aside while I put the horse together. 

The horses mane, tail and saddle were all cut from gold mirror cardstock. I assembled the horse and I have to say the design of the die cuts are so well thought out. It came together brilliantly! I adhered the horse to the card front with thin foam squares for a bit of extra dimension.

The coins on the ground in front of the horse are from Lawn Fawn's How You Bean? Money Add-On. I stamped and cut some of the coins and then coloured them with the Copic markers:

Y11, Y13, Y15 & Y17

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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Lunar New Year December

Hi there crafty friends, I'm back on the Lunar New Year Challenge blog sharing my December card. We have fabulous sponsors again this month, see them at the bottom of the post.

This month I used primarily Lawn Fawn products to make my card with a splattering a metallic gold Altenew Artistry Metallic Watercolors!

I created the card base using a piece of Concord & 9th Poppy cardstock which was added to a 4 14" x 5 1/2" card base.

I started off with stamping a die cutting images from Lawn Fawn's How You Bean? and the How You Bean Money Add-ons! I set those aside after colouring with Copic Markers:

Glass Jar: BG000
Paper Bills: YG11, YG13, YG17
Coins: Y13, Y15, Y17

The top sentiment was created using the Lawn Fawn Henry's ABC's Spring Sentiments. It was white heat embossed on yellow cardstock. I cut it with a sentiment strip die and added it to the top left of the cardbase. Red and gold symbolize good fortune, joy, wealth and prosperity for the Chinese New Year!

Happy New Year was black heat embossed directly to the card base using Versafine Onyx Black and clear embossing powder. I attached the jar of money and all the bills and coins to the card base. 

I covered the bottom black embossed sentiment with a small piece of post it tape then I splattered some yellow gold from the Altenew Metallic Watercolor pan over the card base. Finally I added the top sentiment and the little snake from Lawn Fawn's Critters In The Desert stamp set.

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

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!

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.

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.

Lunar New Year July

Hi there crafty friends, it's Tracey here with you today sharing my July card for the Lunar New Year Challenge. Check out this months sponsors below.  

I used products from Catherine Pooler for today's card. My background was created with Catherine Pooler's red rubber Fan Dance Background stamp. It was stamped with Catherine Pooler Pebble Dye Ink. I chose to trim the panel down to 4.25 " square so the orientation would work with the rest of my design.

The sentiment was stamped on to the front card panel. It's from the Catherine Pooler Lantern Festival Stamp Set.

The lanterns are also from Catherine Pooler's Lantern Festival. They were stamped in Catherine Pooler Inks--Fiesta Blue, Flirty Fuchsia and Lime Rickey. I stamped a few of the chains and pulls for the lanterns.

Everything was die cut with the coordinating Catherine Pooler Lantern Festival Dies.

The two outside lanterns were added to the card front with liquid glue and the centre lantern was added with foam squares.

I had forgotten that I wanted to splatter the panel before adding my sentiment, but still possible. I made a mask with a Post It note for the sentiment and then splattered gold Altenew Metallic watercolor over the panel and set it aside to dry.

Thank you for stopping in today and I hope that you have found something that inspires you

The sponsor's for July at the Lunar New Years Challenge are:

We hope to see you play along with us for your change to win!

Visit the July 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.

Lunar New Year Challenge - June card

Hi there crafty friends, it's Tracey here with you today sharing my June card for the Lunar New Year Challenge. Check out this months sponsors below we have Lawn Fawn, Altenew, Sunbird Spark and Whimsy Stamps joining us as sponsors this month. 

For my card I used stamps and dies from Lawn Fawn on my card this month including their new Pull 'n Slide interactive dies.

Slide open...

The first step was to die cut all of the pieces from the Pull 'n Slide interactive dies. I used kraft cardstock for the outside panel and cream cardstock for the inside. The base layer is Papertrey Ink Canyon Clay cardstock! 

Once all the pieces were cut I used liquid glue and foam tape to prep the slider as per the instructions from the how to video on Lawn Fawn. Those were set aside while I prepped all my images. I stamped a variety of cactus, greenery, rocks, the cake, the snake from Lawn Fawn Critters in the Desert stamp set. I also stamped and die cut the cake and candles from the same set. Those will go into the inside of the slider, but it was also set aside after colouring.

The images were coloured with Copic markers and die cut using the co-ordinating dies. The die cuts were arranged over the front of the hill and attached below the score line so that the slide mechanism is able to lift up and display everything that was attached below the fold line.

This is when I paused and was able to stamp the sentiment on the inside of the slider. I also stamped Happy Birthday on the top of the slider that is hidden when closed. I used the die cut cake and candles as a guide to help me find where to stamp. They were glued in after the stamping was done. 

Some additional greenery and rocks were adhered to the slider base. This is the one that holds the slider but does not move. I closed the slider and glued the additional greenery so that the slider would tuck right into it when it's closed right in. So fun!

Thank you so much for stopping in today and I hope I have inspired you to try something new like an interactive card. This die set was

Visit the June 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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Lunar New Years Challenge - May

Today I'm sharing my May card for the Lunar New Year Challenge. Check out this months sponsors below. I used both Lawn Fawn and Trinity Stamps for my card this month.

I started off by stamping and die cutting all of the images I was using for my card. Then I coloured all of the images with Copic markers.

Jar - BG0000, BG10, BG11

LID - T6, T4, T2, T1

Money - YG11, YG13, YG17, Y11, Y13, Y15, Y17

Snake - R22, R21

Hat - V12, V15

Balloons - B02, B000, Y3, Y5, R22, R24

The background paper is from Lawn Fawn Spiffier Speckles and it was cut with the largest die from the Lawn Fawn Outside In Stitched Rectangles. I used the 12 x 12 version of the paper, but the 6 x 6 paper would work just as well. I linked to them both below.

Next I attached the jar and the external bills and coins directly to the card base, . I added the money inside with Scrapbook Adhesives Thin 3D Foam Squares. 

I put tiny micro dots behind the snake to elevate it over the jar. I did not trust myself to cut several layers of the snake and glue together without making a mess. I added some dots to the party hat with a white gel pen.

I did however, cut three layers of the white SSSSSalutations sentiment and then glued them together with the coloured layer over the top!

The Trinity Stamps Party Snake is such a fun set to use with the cute, NOT REAL, snake and punny sentiments. Matched together with the fun Lawn Fawn How you Bean? Money Add On makes for a cheerful Lunar New Year card.

Thank you so much for stopping in today and I hope that you've been inspired to look at stamp sets you have that are not from the same company and how you can combine them together to make something new and unique!

Visit the May 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.

Lunar New Yer Challenge - April

Hi crafty friend! Today I'm sharing my April card for the Lunar New Year Challenge. Check out this months sponsors below. I wanted to use something from each one of our sponsor's this month and I managed to do that.

The background panel which coordinates with the card base is Concord & 9th's clover cardstock. I stamped Catherine Pooler's Fan Dance using VersaMark ink and then, once dry, I cut the panel with the largest die from Lawn Fawn's Outside In Stitched Rectangles. It was adhered to the panel with foam tape.

I die cut oranges, orange sections, leaves and flowers from Concord & 9th's Citrus Crush dies using Concord & 9th cardstock and arranged them on the panel using selection of liquid glue and foam dots for variation.

The sentiment is from Lawn Fawn's Henry's Build a Sentiment - Spring. It was white embossed on Concord & 9th's Clementine cardstock and added to the panel with foam tape.

The card was completed with some of my favoutite Altenew Artistry metallic watercolor splattered mainly over the oranges.

Visit the April 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.

Lunar New Year Challenge - March

Hi there crafty friends, it's Tracey here with you today sharing my March card for thethe Lunar New Year Challenge. My card uses all Lawn Fawn product, starting with How You Bean? Money Add-On stamps and How You Bean? Money Add-on dies for my Lunar New Years card sending good fortune to the recipient. I stamped and die cut the pile of money and then used my Copic markers to colour the stamped images.

Paper Money: YG11, YG13, YG17
Coins: Y11, Y13, Y15, Y17

Since 2025 is also the Year of the Snake, I used the Lawn Fawn Tiny Gift Box Lizard and Snake Add-On to create the cute (yes I said that) snake coming up on to the card. His eyes are inlay with black and then I added some shine with a white gel pen. I placed a small carefully cut piece of black cardstock behind the head for the nostrils and mouth.

I used the largest die from the Lawn Fawn Outside In Stitched Rectangles to cut a piece of green paper from the retired Lawn Fawn Perfectly Plaid Rainbow 6 x 6" paper pad. Next I cut the focal panel in white from the Large Stitched Rectangles. It was adhered to the green panel on the card base with foam tape.

To make the gold circle I used the Lawn Fawn Fancy Circle Stackables from gold sparkle cardstock and the Lawn Fawn Stitched Circle Frames cut from mat gold cardstock. The frame covers the scallops on the bottom layer.  The money was attached using Foam Tape and the snake adhered right at the bottom of the panel.

The celebrate sentiment is stamped and white embossed on black.

Thank you so much for stopping by today. We would love it if you were to link up to the challenge.

Please read the Challenge Rules HERE. You must create a new 2025 Lunar New Year, Chinese New Year or Year of the Snake card (snake birthday and snake baby cards are welcome)! Multiple entries are allowed. Backlinking to an older project is strictly prohibited.

Our March Lunar New Year Challenge will run from 12:00am EST on March 1, 2025 through 12:00pm EST on March 31, 2025. We would love to see you using products from our generous sponsors! The four lucky winners will be randomly selected from all eligible entries and announced at the start of the April Challenge. 

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!