Double Pillar Floating New Year's Card

I recently found some great pattern paper with Chinese lanterns that I thought would be perfect to create cards for the Lunar New Year Challenge. For this fun fold card design, I followed Connie Stewart's tutorial here: 🔴 DIY Double Floating Pillar Card | Mind-Blowing Fun. I changed the dimensions of the inner floating panels to work better for the numbers I wanted to use, but the card base and pillars are the same dimensions as in her video. 

I started by creating the card base out of black cardstock. Then I trimmed red cardstock layers for the front panels and back panels and the inner panels with the numbers on them. Next, I trimmed the lantern pattern paper to decorate the front and back of the card and to create the inner pillars. Finally, I die cut the black numbers from Altenew's Bold Numerals Die Set and the gold "happy" from Altenew's Essential Sentiment Strips Die Set. I added them to the red panels and attached them to the pillars with the mechanisms Connie shows in her video. 

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 Challenges I'm entering: 
 Creative Creases #110 - December 5 till January 1st: I'm on the DT, so I'm entering just for fun 

Lunar New Year Challenge: ends at the end of the month

Heart's Quest Celebrations of Love Challenges Blog: This month's optional theme is Happy New Year (ends at the end of the month)

Classic Design Challenge Blog: ATG (unlimited; ends 1/13/26)

Cut It Up: ATG with die cuts (2/3; ends 1/5/26)

Ally's Angels: ATG (3/3; ends 1/13/26)

A Place To Start: ATG with option of Winter Things (6/8; ends at the end of the month)

613 Avenue Create: ATG with the option of sparkle/shine (3/8; ends at the end of the month)

simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/: Add a sentiment (2/5; ends 12/31/25)

Word Art Wednesday: ATG (2/5 for the week; 3/15 for the challenge; ends 1/7/26--3 weeks long)

Paper Rocks Scissors: ATG with paper and/or scissors (4/5; ends at the end of the month)

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge ...: ATG (2/3; ends 1/3/26)

Double Trouble Paper Crafting: Thing 1: 3 of something (I used 3 different colors/patterns of paper regular cardstock: black, red, and the lantern paper); 2 of something (I have both letters and numbers for my sentiment) and 1 of something (I used one scrap of specialty gold cardstock for the "happy" sentiment strip) (ends 12/31/25)

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge: ATG or Christmas (2/2; ends 1/7/26)

Creative Crafting Uncles: Christmas and/or Happy New Year (1/3; ends 1/12/26)

Heart's Quest for Shaped Cards and Tags: ATG with shaped cards (1/5; ends at the end of the month)

Allsorts challenge blog: Create a Scene or ATG (2/5; ends 12/31/25)

Love Those Pretty Papers Challenge: ATG with pattern papers 

 I'd like to leave a blessing for all the lovely visitors to my blog: 

The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make His face shine on you and be gracious to you;

The Lord turn His face toward you and give you peace.

--Numbers 6: 22-26