Lunar New Year Challenge | The High Tops You've Always Wanted

Hello, crafty friends! I'm back with my second card for the August Lunar New Year Challenge and this one features products from our annual sponsor My Favorite Things. All four of our sponsors are giving away ONE $25 gift certificate each so that means there's a total of $100 in giveaways in August!

Today's card was inspired by THIS card created by my Challenge teammate Amy Tsuruta back in March. It took me a while to get my hands on the All-Star High Top dies from a local craft store but I couldn't wait to make these Chinese New Year high tops which I totally want for myself. Amy used a dragon on her high tops but I wanted to use flowers in Gold Hot Foil. I looked through my stash and the Flower Delivery bouquet was perfectly-sized.

I wasn't sure about all the black on this card but I think it balances the red, white and gold beautifully. Plus, high tops aren't high tops without the white sole and black piping. Did you know they sell customized versions where you can pick any colour you want for every panel? I used the Black and White Stripes 6x6 Paper Pack for the base panel and cut the vellum with the A2 Stitched Rectangle STAX Set 1 dies.

The sentiment from Celebrate Everything was stamped with VersaFine Clair Nocturne ink, then heat embossed with a combination of gold and clear embossing powder. I simply sprinkled gold embossing powder on the bottom before topping it off with clear embossing powder. To finish, I added stars cut from gold foil, glitter red and glitter black cardstock, then strung up the high tops with black cord.

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 in the link-up party. Multiple entries are allowed. Backlinking to an older project is strictly prohibited.

Our August Lunar New Year Challenge will run from 12:00am EST on August 1, 2024 through 12:00pm EST on August 31, 2024. 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 September Challenge. 

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Visit the August 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.

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