Concord & 9th | Ringing in the New Year

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It's been 10 months since I was able to create for the Lunar New Year Challenge so I was thrilled when I found inspiration on page 360 of Lauren Wager's newest book, Fashion Palettes: Color Inspiration, Meaning and Mood, which was on my Christmas list. I'm happy to say that I now own all three of her books which provide me with endless colour inspiration when creating!

I'm hoping to feature all of the 2025 sponsors and I thought I'd start with Concord & 9th since most of the colours from this palette were found in their cardstock swatches. My first card features the Bitty Banners Bundle. I haven't seen many samples for this bundle but I love the idea of making custom banners with this, much like I did with Best Friend Vibes.

After selecting the banner colours and die cutting the pieces from Sweet Pea, Creamsicle, Poppy and Clementine cardstock, I used one of Catherine Pooler's 1-1/4 x 3-1/2" Acrylic Grid Stamping Block and Concord & 9th's Black Ink Pad to stamp the letters individually.

After glueing all the parts of the banner on to the centre panel cut from Ballet Slipper cardstock, I framed it with a piece of vellum and attached it to a base panel cut using the Sunburst Cardfront Die on Simon Says Stamp's Audrey Blue cardstock.

My second card features the exact same colour palette but switched up. This time, the featured sets include  the Double-Cut Numbers Dies and the Merry Greetings Builder Stamp Set. The small stars on my first card feature the star dies from the coordinating Merry Greetings Builder Dies.

I cut the four numbers for the year 2026 from Ballet Slipper, Sweet Pea, Creamsicle, Poppy, Clementine cardstock and Gold Glitter Paper, then arranged them in a pattern and set them aside to stamp the custom sentiment.

Next, I created my own sentiment from the Merry Greetings Builder Stamp Set, which I stamped on the Audrey Blue centre panel using my mini MISTI. After the sentiment was finished, I glued the numbers in place and embossed an A2 base panel cut from Matte Gold Foil Paper with the Charming Embossing Folder.

After cutting the larger of the Slanted Shortcuts Dies from Poppy cardstock, I assembled the three panels pieces to finish the card. I hope you enjoyed these two designs using the same colour palette!

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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