Year of the Snake Shaker Card

Welcome to the March 2025 Lunar New Year Challenge! Once again, we’ve partnered up with your favourite craft companies all year long so that means there are giveaways every month! This month, we’re giving away ONE $25 gift certificate to Lawn Fawn, ONE $25 gift certificate to Altenew, ONE $25 gift certificate to Sunbird Spark, and ONE $25 gift certificate to Whimsy Stamps. That’s a total of $100 in giveaways in March!

My first card for March features the Tiny Gift Box Lizard and Snake Add-On from our returning annual sponsor Lawn Fawn, plus cardstock and a sentiment from our quarterly sponsor Concord & 9th! I partially cut the snake head so I could extend the body down. The coils you see are actually legs for the lizard and I love how I was able to make it look like a big snake coiled around itself a few times.

I cut the snake from Lemongrass cardstock and its details were cut from Nectar and Black. The background of the shaker was cut from Clover cardstock and the circle frame was cut from Poppy. To create the texture on the card front, I embossed a piece of Powder cardstock with the Wood Slat Embossing Folder, which is perfect since this is a Wood Snake Year! I created a custom sentiment using three separate sentiments from Merry Greetings Builder Stamps and curved them on the inside of the circle. Then I filled the shaker with sequins from my stash.

Visit the March 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.

If you’re inspired, some affiliate links are included below at no extra cost to you. Thanks so much for stopping by and I’ll see you again soon!

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Catherine Pooler | Lasso Life Collection + Limited Time Freebie

Hello, crafty friends! It’s been a minute but today I’m sharing three cards using products from Catherine Pooler‘s Lasso Life Collection. I’m a city girl at heart but I was excited to play with these beautiful horseshoes and fun sentiments.

The colour palette I chose for all three of my cards was inspired by the Calico Charm 6×6 Patterned Paper Pack. I only used five of the colours from this pack and they are Polished, Goldenrod, Succulent (*NEW), Glacier (*NEW) and Pebble.

This first card features the Happy Horseshoes Stamp Set and coordinating dies, plus the Lasso Life Sentiments Stamp Set. I love the three sizes of horseshoes together and it’s so much fun adding the die cut florals on to the large horseshoe. I stamped the sentiment in two colours, Succulent (*NEW) and Glacier (*NEW).

My second card features three of the same floral horseshoes but, this time, the sentiment is from the Happy Horseshoes Stamp Set. I really love this one and think it would work well for my Lunar New Year Challenge!

I created the rustic background by randomly swiping my Pebble ink pad on a retired Woodgrain Background Stamp, which is now only available through Butterfly Reflections Ink, but you can achieve a similar look with the Mod Textiles Stamp Set.

My last card is a mini slim size and, like the other two cards, I created a coordinating base panel by swiping ink pads along all four edges to create a frame. For the background, I featured the woodgrain again but only on the diagonal corners.

Since I wanted the focus to be on the floral horseshoes, I stamped extra horseshoes in Pebble and adhered those flat to the card base while the other two were popped up with foam tape. To finish, I added some Doodlebug Lily White Glitter Enamel Dots to each card.

Now through February 12, 2025, you can get the beautiful Lucky Blooms Stamp Set with every purchase over $50. Simply add it to your cart and use the code YEEHAW at checkout.

Be sure to check out the entire Lasso Life Collection HERE! If you’re inspired, some affiliate links are included below at no extra cost to you. Thanks so much for stopping by and I’ll see you again soon!

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Year of the Snake Friendship Bracelets

Happy New Year, crafty friends! I hope 2025 is good to all of you. The Lunar New Year Challenge is now in its second year and we’ve partnered up with your favourite craft companies all year long so that means there are giveaways every month! This month, we’re giving away ONE $25 gift certificate to Altenew, ONE $25 gift certificate to Catherine Pooler Designs and ONE $25 gift certificate to Concord & 9th. That’s a total of $75 in giveaways in January!

My first card for January features the Best Friend Vibes Bundle from our new quarterly sponsor Concord & 9th! I’ve been seeing Chinese New Year lucky bracelets everywhere lately and they’re what inspired this design. I remember making so many of these friendship bracelets in the late 80s and, with the revival of custom beaded bracelets, it was impossible to resist this set. I just love its versatility.

Lemongrass, Avocado and Artichoke were already three of my favourite colours and this was a happy accident that those embroidered bracelets ended up looking snakeskin!

In contrast, I wanted to choose brighter, more cheerful colours, plus gold glitter and matte gold foil, to make the beaded bracelets as celebratory as possible.

The letter beads spelling out the sentiment were cut from Sunflower and the other beads feature Wildberry, Briar Rose and Buttercup. The background panel was cut from Ballet Slipper.

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.

If you’re inspired, some affiliate links are included below at no extra cost to you. Thanks so much for stopping by and I’ll see you again soon!

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