Lunar New Year Challenge | MFT Sponsor Feature + Sale!

Today, several members of the Lunar New Year Challenge team are being featured on the My Favorite Things Blog! We've created cards using lots of awesome products that were gifted to us by My Favorite Things. My card features images from the YUZU Darling Dragons stamp set with a sentiment from Celebrate Everything.

I started by stamping all the images from YUZU Darling Dragons using VersaFine Clair Nocturne ink, then heat embossed them with clear embossing powder. Next, I selected distress inks for watercoloring.

I smooshed the following mini ink pads onto a stencil mat and used artist brushes to watercolour the images: Antique Linen, Wild Honey (belly and wings), Tattered Rose, Saltwater Taffy, Worn Lipstick, Festive Berries (body and heart), Shabby Shutters, Peeled Paint, Forest Moss (leaves), Speckled Egg (clouds), Pumice Stone and Hickory Smoke (nostrils, finger/toenails and rocks).

After the images dried completely, I fussy cut and set them aside to create the background. The grassy panel was die cut from the retired Tucked-in Turf - Vertical Die-namics but Grassy Edges Die-namics could be used to create the top edge and partial die cutting could be used to create the grassy tufts.

I used the mini ink blending tool with domed blending foam and the following distress oxides to add colour to the grassy panel: Bundled Sage, Evergreen Bough and Peacock Feathers. For the sky panel, I used the mini ink blending tool and domed blending foam with the following distress oxides: Milled Lavender, Shaded Lilac and Dusty Concord. Then I splattered it with Tsukineko shimmer spritz to create visual interest.

Once the panel dried, I stamped the sentiment from Celebrate Everything with VersaFine Clair Nocturne ink and heat embossed it with clear embossing powder. I cut a border using silver glitter cardstock and glued the two panels to the card base before popping the images on with foam tape.

My Favorite Things is an annual sponsor of the Lunar New Year Challenge and they are giving away one $25 gift certificate each month, all year long.

Visit the March Link-Up Party post HERE to read the rules, see all of the design team projects and be inspired to create your own! 

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