*NEW* Lunar New Year Challenge + Giveaways | February 2024

The Lunar New Year Challenge is back for its second month and I'm super excited to announce that we've partnered up with so many of your favourite craft companies all year long, which means there are now 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 to Catherine Pooler. That's a total of $100 in giveaways in February! 

Many of our design team received product from Catherine Pooler to create their inspiration projects for February. I've created many Chinese New Year cards with the Lantern Festival stamp set in the past so I was excited to take this fabulous set for another spin and come up with something new.

I love the Circle Landscape Die as a small scenic backdrop for so many things and decided to create multiple versions using three shades of red cardstock and gold glitter cardstock. Of the five variations, I chose this version with gold mountains.

I was finally able to get my hands on the Cotton Candy ink pad and I was instantly obsessed. I stamped the lanterns with it and used Rockin' Red to stamp the small flowers on top. I used Merlot ink to stamp the strings they are hanging from and this colour coordinates perfectly with the Mulled Wine cardstock from one of our future sponsors. ;)

Next, I cut a piece of patterned paper from the Parasols & Pagodas 6x6 Paper Pack and secured it to the card base. I gauged the position for the Circle Landscape before stamping the sentiment on a curve. The sentiment was created from two stamp sets, Give Thanks Sentiments and Round About Messages.

I secured the die cut pieces to the patterned paper panel using foam strips and liquid glue. To finish, I embellished the centres of the flowers using Gold Stickles on the tiniest flower and Gold Metallic Pearls  in two sizes on the remaining flowers. I hope you're inspired to play along this month!

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 below. Backlinking to an older project is strictly prohibited. Our February Lunar New Year Challenge will run from 12:00am EST on February 1, 2024 through 11:59pm EST on February 29, 2024. Yes, it's a leap year! Don't forget that the Year of the Dragon begins on February 10th! 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 March Challenge. 

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Visit the February 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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