Tangerine Grove New Years Card for Lunar New Year Challenge

I needed to take a break from creating sympathy cards and decided to play along with the Lunar New Year Challenge, so I broke out my new Altenew Craft-Your-Life: Tangerine Grove set and had a relaxing time making something just for fun! I do plan to send this card out in late December to one of my cousins who lives in AZ and has citrus trees in her backyard. I think she'll love this tangerine card.

I started by creating a 5 by 7 card base out of deep red cardstock. Then I tape the die from the Tangerine Grove set onto the front of the card base and did some partial die cutting so that my card has a fun edge to it. 

Next, I stamped and die cut the tangerine image and then stenciled the image using the following Altenew inks: Choco Hazelnut, Sunkissed, Ruby Red, Fresh Leaf, Marigold, and Autumn Blaze. Then I used the coordinating embossing folder to emboss the image.  

For the inside of the card, I sprayed a sheet of white cardstock using Altenew's Sunkissed Metallic Shimmer Spray for a base coat. Then I sprayed Peppermint Stick Distress Mica Stain through Altenew's Linked Spots and Dots stencil to add more texture to the background. I let that dry and die cut the numbers for 2026 using Altenew's Bold Numerals die set. I added the "happy" using Altenew's Essential Sentiment Strips die set and added gold washi tape behind the die cut so the letters matched the strips of washi I had added to the front and to the left side of the inside panel. 

I adhered the tangerine die cut to a piece of fun foam I had also die cut with the coordinating die and then adhered that stack to the front of the card, lining it up with the card edge I had die cut. I then stamped the "wishing you everything wonderful" sentiment onto some of the cardstock I had sprayed earlier. I trimmed it and added it to the card front. To finish the card, I added 3 CTMH gold sequins. What I like about those sequins is that they are adhesive backed so I don't have to glue them. 

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Challenges I'm entering:

Lunar New Year Challenge (ends at the end of the month)

The Paper Funday Challenges: ATG with optional twist of fun with stencils (I used stencils to color the focal point on the front of the card as well as using stencils to create the background on the inside panel) (5/6; ends at the end of the month) Team Pick for July 2025

Can You Handle The Pressure?: ATG with an embossing folder; optional twist of birthday or anniversary (I used the coordinating embossing folder to emboss the stamped and stenciled tangerine image) (1/3; ends 8/6/25)

Stamping Sensations: Summer Flowers or ATG (1/3; ends 7/30/25)

We Love Stamping: Sun, Sea, and Sand or ATG (1/3; ends 7/30/25)

Word Art Wednesday: ATG (1/5 for the week; 3/10 for the challenge; ends 7/31/25)

A Place To Start: ATG with option of using vellum (4/8; ends at the end of the month) Rising Star Pick for July Week 4

613 Avenue Create: ATG with optional twist of any holiday (4/8; ends at the end of the month)

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge ...: ATG (1/3; ends 8/2/25)

Allsorts challenge blog: Pretty Flowers or ATG (1/5; ends 7/31/25)

Classic Design Challenge Blog: ATG (unlimited entries; ends 8/12/25)

 Polkadoodles Cardmaking, Craft & Scrapbooking Challenge: ATG (3/4; ends at the end of the month)

Do-Al(l) Creative - CHALLENGE BLOG: #103 - Gate Fold Card: ATG with option of Gatefold card (3/3; ends at the end of the month

Paper Rocks Scissors: ATG with paper and/or scissors (I used my scissors to trim the partial die cutting away from the front of the card base where the die didn't reach) (5/5; ends at the end of the month)

Mix It Up Challenge Blog: ATG with optional Mixed Media (5/5; ends at the end of August)

Love To Craft Challenge Blog: ATG (5/5; ends at the end of August)

Crafty Catz: ATG (1/5; ends 8/6/25)

Ellibelle's Corner: Ellibelle's Garden Party: Anything in or from a garden (1/5; ends 8/11/25)

Ellibelle's Corner: I spy with my little eye: Something to celebrate (1/5; ends 8/20/25)

little red wagon: F is for Food (ends 7/29/25) Top 3 7/30/25

The Paper Shelter: ATG (1/2; ends at the end of August)

Colorful Options: ends at the end of the  month Designer Spotlight Choice 8/1/25

Tic Tac Toe Challenge - Inspiring creativity 8-ways each week: Top row across: Nature, circles, foliage (ends 7/31/25)

AECP Homework for Creative Watercolor Media: Lesson 2: use sprays