Lunar New Year Card

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 I made this card based on Lift Challenge 'partial cutting'. This is Chinese New Year lantern die come in a set of 2. Die-cut the red part and then partial die-cut the front coloured panel. The partial front panel was embossed and colour with soft pastel. Adde strip of rainbow colour tape to the edge. The partial coloured front panel was added with foam tape.  Die-cut the Chinese sentiment 新年快樂 (xīn nián kuài lè) which means Happy New Year.

Challenges:

1. Lift Challenge #193 - partial die-cutting
2. Snippets Playground Challenge #498
3. Crafty Calendar Challenge January 2025 - add a die
4. We Love To Create - Challenge 1 - anything mixed media/paper crafting
5. Digi Choosday Cardmaking & Crafting Challenge
6. Polkadoodles Challenge #2 W1 - anything goes

It is spring

 

Materials: Chinese Lanter die, sakura, tiny daisy and butterfly punch, stencil, Tim Holz distress ink pad 'Broken China', blending brush

Made this card using using stencil, dies and punch. The lantern with the intricate longevity knot is an auspicious symbol for the Chinese during Chinese New Year which falls on spring month in Chinese Calendar. The die-cut word is 'Chun' which means spring. 

The background was inked using stencil and Tim Holz Broken China distress ink with a blending brush. Oh..so easy peasy with this technique. The colour was smooth and not blotchy. I was struggling previously using Ranger distress foam tool which was always patchy.

Next, punched sakura and tiny daisy flower, inked the edges of the sakura petals with pink colour pencil. The small butterfly was punched out from snippet of glitter patterned paper.

Challenges:

1. Butterfly Challenge #154 - theme knot, colour kilimanjaro and kobi 
2. Pixie's Snippet Playground - Challenge #399