Lunar New Year Challenge | April Inspiration

YAY! it is April and time for another fun Lunar New Year Challenge.

Four amazing Sponsors, four amazing prizes.

Link up HERE

Today I am sharing some inspiration from one of the awesome sponsors Altenew.

This card can be used for a Birthday or for just telling someone they are amazing. 

I have created this card using Altenew:

• Paint-a-Flower Flowering Dogwood stamp set
• Tangerine Grove
• Halftone Cover Die
• Watercolor Paper Set (4.25x5.5)
• Watercolor 36 Pan Set
• Watercolor Brushes (Round)

Create card from white cardstock A2 size.

On one of the Altenew Watercolor Papers, watercolor the entire panel using yellow, orange and red. Use the Altenew Watercolor Brushes for a smooth blending. Set aside and make sure to let dry completely before die cutting the Halftone Cover Plate. 

On another sheet of the Watercolor Paper stamp these pretty flowers from the Flowering Dogwood stamp set. Make sure to use an ink that is made for watercoloring. We do not want the ink to smudge. 

Watercolor the flowers using the Altenew Watercolors 36 Pan Set. Lots of colors to choose from, so use whatever colors make you happy. I am a pink and orange kind of gal. I watercolored the flowers using the Altenew Brushes, they are round and sure do make watercoloring easy. 

I did not have the coordinating die so I did a little fussy cutting after the image was completely dry. 

Add some foam tape to the back and adhere it to your card. 

Stamp this pretty sentiment from the Tangerine Grove stamp set on white cardstock using black ink. Trim down and add it to your card using foam tape. 

To finishing I mixed a little gold with water and sprinkled the card for a little sparkle. Make sure to let dry completely before handling. 

Thank you for stopping by.

Have a crafty fun day and don't forget to link up. 

Please read the Challenge Rules HERE. You must create a new 2025 Lunar New Year, Chinese New Year or Year of the Snake card (snake birthday and snake baby cards are welcome)! Multiple entries are allowed. Backlinking to an older project is strictly prohibited.

Our April Lunar New Year Challenge will run from 12:00am EST on April 1, 2025 through 12:00pm EST on April 30, 2025. We would love to see you using products from our generous sponsors! The four lucky winners will be randomly selected from all eligible entries and announced at the start of the May Challenge. 

Bella Blvd: My Life 365 Collection | April Inspiration

Happy April everyone. This is my favorite month of the year. It is when Spring starts and how awesome is it that Jesus has Risen? What a wonderful blessing. Today I am sharing two cards that I created using the My Life 365 collection. This is the April set that is part of the collection. Let's springy. 

First up we are celebrating that Jesus has Risen with this sweet tag fill card. 

Create card from white cardstock A2 size. 

Cut a panel measuring 4 1/4 x 4 1/2 on the Bella Besties Freehand Graph & Dot Bell Pepper. Die cut or machine cut a decorative strip on the bottom of the panel. Adhere this panel to your card starting at the top. You should see your pretty decorative strip at the bottom and will also have some white space. 

Cut out the two tags from the April paper and punch the holes out at the top of the tag. I used a hole punch. I adhered the tags together using foam tape. Angle the tags so you can see them both but make sure your tag holes are lined up. 

Use some burlap string and tie a bow on the tags. 

Add some foam tape to the back of the tags and adhere them to the card. Try and keep them on the Bell Pepper paper. Leaving the white space free. 

Pick out some of those pretty flowers from the Ephemera Icons and add them to your card. I did three on each side, but you can use as many as you like. 

I finished with a little dimension adding some of the Epoxy dots and some of the dots from the Luna Alphabet Puffy Stickers Peep and White to the center of the flowers. 

Next up we have bunnies... yes, cute bunnies. 

Create card from white cardstock A2 size.

On a white A2 panel adhere a A2 panel of the Bella Besties Freehand Graph & Dots (Ice) from the 6x6 paper pad. 

Cut a strip of the April backer paper measuring 5 1/2 x 4 1/4. Cut another decorative edge on the top part of the paper and then adhere it to your card using liquid glue.

Die cut or machine cut some grass (or what appears to be grass) on the Bella Besties Freehand Graph &  Dots Pickle Juice backer paper. I die cut two of them and then layered them at the bottom of the card using foam tape. 

Cut out these two bunnies from the April paper using fine scissors. Add them to the card behind the grass using liquid glue. Make them look like they are peek out from the grass. Add some of those cute flowers from the All Year Long Puffy Stickers.

Pick out the two carrots from the Ephemera Icons and add them to the card using liquid glue. 

Let's also add a few more carrots from the All Year Long Puffy Stickers. 

Cut a small strip of the Bella Besties Freehand Graph & Dots 6x6 paper (Pony) measuring 3 1/4. 

Trim down the Hoppy Hoppy Hoppy Easter that was part of the bunnies we just trimmed down and adhere  it to the Pony strip we just cut. Tuck it into the grass and adhere it to the card using foam tape. Knew we have a sign on a post. 

Finishing with a Happy Sun from the My Life 365 Doohickey. I added foam tape to the back and adhere it to the scene. 

Adhere your panel to the card and you are done. Lots of steps but super easy. 

Bella Blvd: My Life 365 Collection

April Paper

April Backer Paper

Ephemera Icons

All Year Long Puffy Stickers

Doohickey

Epoxy Stickers

Luna Alphabet Puffy Stickers (Peep & White)

Bella Besties Freehand Graph & Dots

Pony, Ice, Pickle Juice and Bell Pepper

Thank you for stopping by.

Have a wonderful April.

Top Flight Stamps 8th Birthday Blog Hop...

It's Topflight Stamps 8th birthday and to celebrate, I’ve teamed up with some great designers to showcase celebratory projects using the unique products available at Topflight Stamps. Please hop along with us and see all the beautiful talent from this group of amazing designers! There is a master list of Hop stops on the Topflight Stamps blog! We are also Hopping on Instagram! You can start at the Topflight Stamps account @topflightstamps .

Did we mention there will be prizes?

GIVEAWAY DETAILS

Of course, it wouldn’t be a birthday celebration without prizes! Topflight Stamps is giving four lucky winners $50 Gift Certificates to the store. Two winners will be chosen from commenters on the blog hop and two will be chosen from commenters on the IG hop. For a chance to win, make sure to visit the stops on the hop and leave a comment by April 1st. Winners will be announced on the Topflight Stamps blog on Thursday, April 3rd. U.S.A winners only due to shipping issues. Good Luck!

Welcome everyone. I am so excited to be celebrating with Topflight Stamps for their 8th birthday. Today I am sharing two cards but only one on the blog. You will have to go and get all the fun details on my Instagram page here, where there is also a hop going on. Make sure to do both for a chance to win.

Create card from white cardstock A2 size.

Stencil the Margarita Dreams Stencil on the lower half of the card base using light yellow and dark yellow inks. 

Stamp out these two cuties from the Lemon and Orange stamp set on white cardstock using black ink. Color the images using your favorite medium. I used Copic Sketch markers (of course). 

Now it is time to fussy cut those cuties using small fine scissors. Add some foam tape to the back and add them to your card center. 

Finishing with stamping the sentiment from the Birthday Wishes stamp set directly onto the card using black ink. 

Such a simple card... right? Just a couple of steps and you have a cute card. I just love these little fruit stamps. There is more to the AALL & Create collection, so make sure to check them out on the Top Flight Stamps online store HERE. 

Card created using: 

AALL & Create
- Lemon Stamp Set

- Orange Stamp Set
- Margarita Dreams Stencil

Visible Image

- Birthday Wishes Stamp Set

Your next stop is..... Rachel

You can start the blog hop on the Top Flight Stamps blog HERE.

Thank you for joining us.

Make sure to comment along the way for a chance to win. 

Prize details are listed above. 

Bella Blvd | Just Because | Spring Inspired

Happy day Blog friends...  Today  I am on the Bella Blvd Blog and I am totally inspired by Spring. The Bella Blvd: Just Because collection is full of spring fun and let's just say it was easy to create these cards using it. Layering up all these pretty papers just makes me happy. So let's get started.  

First up, I wanted to show you how you can use the Cut-Outs on cards too. 

Create card from white cardstock A2 size.

Cut a strip of the Daily Detail backer paper measuring 2 x 5 1/2 and adhere it to the left side of your card base using liquid glue.

Cut out two of the Bows from the Cut-Outs Bloom & Grow. Use the template for the bows to cut the designer paper to fit behind each bow. I used the Daily Details backer paper, Sing Me A Song backer paper, A Great Day backer paper, Dancin' Daisies backer paper, Cute Messenger back paper and  Frameworthy backer paper. Once you have all your pieces adhere to the back, add some foam tape and add them to the card. 

Picked out the You Are Loved sentiment from the Ephemera Words and add some foam tape to the back and add it to the card. 

Finishing with a few of those pretty flower You Are Loved Puffy Stickers. Add one to the center of each bow. 

Inspired by a garden and thinking of flowers. 

Create card from white cardstock A2 size.

Cut an A2 panel out of the Frameworthy backer paper and adhere it to the card base using liquid glue. 

Die cut or machine cut a rectangle measuring 3 x 4 on the Hello paper and add some foam tape to the back and adhere it to the center of the card. 

Die cut or machine cut a wreath on the Borders backer paper and adhere it to the center of the rectangle using foam tape. 

Pick out some of the flowers from the Your Are Loved Puffy Stickers and Flourish Epoxy Stickers and add them to the wreath here and there. When overlapping the flowers I used foam tape on one of the flowers. 

Pick out this cute hedgehog from the Ephemera Icons and add it to the center of the wreath using foam tape. 

Add the butterfly from the Fluttery Bella-Pop to the wreath.

Finishing with the sentiment from the Ephemera Words, add some foam tape to the back and adhere it to the card. 

Bella Blvd: Just Because Collection

Bloom & Grow Cut-Outs

Daily Details Backer Paper

Sing Me A Song Backer Paper

A Great Day Backer Paper

Dancin' Daisies Backer Paper

Cute Messenger Back Paper

Hello Paper

Frameworthy Backer Paper

Borders Backer Paper

You Are Loved Puffy Stickers

Ephemera Words

Ephemera Icons

Fluttery Bella-Pop

Flourish Epoxy Stickers

Thank you so much for stopping by.

I hope you are inspired by Spring, like I was. 

March Lunar New Year Challenge | Lawn Fawn Inspiration

Happy March blog friends.

Come and join us for another fun Lunar New Year challenge, link up HERE.

Today I am creating with one of our sponsors Lawn Fawn. You can mix and match to create a fun scene. This card was created using Lawn Fawn:

• Happy Happy Happy Add-On Stamp/Dies
• How You Bean? Money Add-On Stamp set
• Critters in the Desert Stamp/Dies
• Finleys 123's Dies

All colored using Artistry by Altenew:

• Green Valley Markers Set
• Summer Afternoon Markers Set

Create card from white cardstock A2 size.

On a white panel stamp the money images directly onto the card in the middle at the bottom of the card. 

We are now going to have to create a mask for this image. Stamp on Masking Magic or whatever you own and then over your image that you stamped on the panel. 

Now we are ready to stamp on the right and left of the middle masked image. 

Remove mask and see how cool it is all connected. 

Color the money images with the Artistry by Altenew markers. (set's listed above)

Stamp two of the snakes from the LF Critters in the Desert on white cardstock using black ink. Color the images using the Artistry by Altenew markers. Now die cut the images using the coordinating dies. Adhere them to the card panel. 

Die cut the LUNAR from the LF Finley's 123's die set on gold cardstock and adhere to your panel using liquid glue.

Stamp the HAPPY sentiment from the LF Happy Happy Happy Add-On stamp set on white cardstock using black ink and die cut using the coordinating dies. Add some foam tape to the back and adhere it to the card panel.

Finishing with stamping New Year directly onto the card panel using black ink. You can place your sentiment anywhere on your card or follow my card for placement. 

Thank you so much for stopping by.

I hope that I have inspired you to link up.

Please read the Challenge Rules HERE. You must create a new 2025 Lunar New Year, Chinese New Year or Year of the Snake card (snake birthday and snake baby cards are welcome)! Multiple entries are allowed. Backlinking to an older project is strictly prohibited.

Our March Lunar New Year Challenge will run from 12:00am EST on March 1, 2025 through 12:00pm EST on March 31, 2025. We would love to see you using products from our generous sponsors! The four lucky winners will be randomly selected from all eligible entries and announced at the start of the April Challenge. 

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!

Floral HELLO...

Hello blog friends. I hope you are enjoying your week. The weeks sure do fly by fast. Hard to believe we just celebrated New Years and we are already in March. Go figure. I'm not complaining just weird to get older so fast.. LOL 

Today I am brightening up the day with this floral set from Taylored Expressions named Spring Spray. 

Create card from white cardstock A2 size.

On a white A2 panel adhere lots of strips of colored cardstock. These are strips I cut off 12x12 sheets, the back of them say Bazzill Paper. LOL no waste here. I adhere them to the panel with tear tape. Adhere the striped panel to your card using liquid glue. 

Stamp the Spring Spray image on white cardstock and color, using your favorite medium. I used Copic Sketch markers (B45, B41, B23, YG17, RV11 and RV13) I did not color the leaves on purpose. Die cut the image using the coordinating die. Add some foam tape to the back and adhere to your card. 

Stamp the HELLO sentiment from the TE Sentiment Staples stamp set on white cardstock in black ink and die cut using the coordinating die. Adhere to the card using liquid glue. 

Finishing with a few pink sequins here and there. 

Super simple and hardly any coloring. What do you think?

Thank you for stopping by.

Have a wonderful rest of your week. 

Bella Blvd | Tiny Tots 2 | March Mood Board Card Inspiration

Happy March Bella friends.. Annette Allen here with you today and I am sharing some Mood Board Card inspiration using the Bella Blvd Tiny Tots 2 collection and Luna Alphabet Puffy Stickers.  I am going to show you two easy cards full of color and adorable patterns. 

Create card from white cardstock A2 size.

Using the Luna Alphabet Puffy Stickers (Ice, Pickle Juice, Punch, Orange and Bell Pepper) spell the word BIRTHDAY in each color. To keep them lined up I used a fine ruler to keep my letters as straight as I can. 

I cut a 1/4 inch strip of the Sidekick paper and adhered it to the right side of the card using liquid glue. This paper really pulls all the colors together and coordinate with the mood board. 

Cut the word HAPPY from the Borders paper and add some foam tape to the back and adhere it to the right upper part of the card. 

Add the Ice Cream from the Yummy Bella-Pop to the left side of the Happy sentiment. 

A very simple but color card... I just can't get enough of those fun Luna Alphabet Puffy Stickers.

Create a card from white cardstock A2 size.

Can an A2 panel of the Tiny Tots 2  Play Date backer paper and adhere it to the card base using liquid glue.

Cut an A2 panel of the Play Date paper and then cut the top part at an angle that leads up to the top right hand corner and repeat by following to the left side corner. Trim off excess after you adhere to the card. The edges should line up in each corner on the right side. 

Die cut or machine cut a 2 inch circle on the Borders backer paper and add some foam tape to the back and add it to the right side of the card, leaving a small part off the card and then trim. 

Use the Luna Alphabet Puffy Stickers (Mcintosh, Punch, Bell Pepper, Orange, Pickled Juice and Peep) to spell out HAPPY B♥︎DAY mixing up the letters with each color along the line of the designer paper. 

Add the Ellie Bella-Pop to the center of the circle and one of the red hearts. 

Pick out a few more of the hearts from the Tiny Tots 2 Ephemera Icons and add them to the card using foam tape. 

Let's also add that tiny blue heart from the Playtime Puffy Stickers. 

Birthday cards are always fun to create. The Tiny Tots 2 collection can be used for kids or adults as you can see in both of my cards today. All those little animals have me smiling from ear to ear. They are so cute. 

Bella Blvd Tiny Tots 2 Collection

Borders Paper

Borders Backer Paper

Playtime Puffy Stickers

Ephemera Icons

Bella-Pops (Yummy and Ellie)

Sidekick Paper

Luna Alphabet Puffy Stickers (Mcintosh, Punch, Bell Pepper, Orange, Pickled Juice and Peep)

Luna Alphabet Puffy Stickers (Ice, Pickle Juice, Punch, Orange and Bell Pepper)

Thank you so much for stopping by.

Have a wonderful crafty day. 

Bunny Shaker...

Welcome blog friends... WHO ready for bunnies? I totally am. I love bringing out my seasonal stamps and this Bunny Face Shaker die from Pretty Pink Posh is one of them. I paired it with the Layered Bunny Faces stencil set and I added a Bow from the Bows die set. So, let's get started, shall we?

Create card from white cardstock A2 size.

On a white A2 panel stencil the Layered Bunny Faces stencil set using a peach, pink and grey ink. I used Pinkfresh Studio: Peach Fuzz and Misty Coast and The Stamp Market Tea Berry inks. Adhere your stenciled bunnies panel to your card base using liquid glue.

Die cut all the components to create this adorable Bunny Face Shaker die. I used a cream colored cardstock for the bunny shape, pink for the ears and face, black for the eyes and added some white gel pen and grey for the wickers. Adhere all your pieces together and add your shaker bits. I used pink and yellow sequins. 

Finishing with a cute bow from the Bows die set, which I die cut on blue cardstock and then I added a clay round piece of confetti to the center. Adhere to the bunnies ear using liquid glue. 

Adhere your bunny shaker to the center of the card using foam tape for a little dimension. 

Super simple. I think after you have created a shaker or two or ten, they come very easy to create. Lot's of cute bunnies and I love it. 

Thank you so much for stopping by.

Have a wonderful week. 

Stop by tomorrow for a fun Bella Blvd post....