Flourishes and Flowers

Glad to see you back for another week and another challenge.   So here is my creation for this weeks  "Dry Embossing Challenge" over at Cheery Lynn Designs Challenge Blog,  I dry embossed the the base of the card with Diamonds and Starburst . I made the brown  frame with the Celtic Chain Rectangle. The Victorian Romance Flourish was perfect for the two corner. On the bottom corner I used the full flourish and then cut one down in size for the top corner. The beautiful Shasta Daisies with the leaves behind from the BAF #2  went perfectly with the flourish corners. I added  a couple of metal clips at the top of the image with a heart added to them and some ribbon across the center for a touch of color. I curled the top corner over and added a cute little copper dragonfly.  Thats it for this week but do join us in this challenge for a chance to win a $20.00 shopping spree. Also drop by Cheery Lynn Inspiration Blog and see what else the design team has to share with you.

Dies Used

Diamonds and Starburst

Celtic Chain Rectangle

Shasta Daisy

Victorian Romance Flourish

BAF #2

 

Garden Flowers

A warm welcome to all the Cheery Lynn followers.  I have a circular step card to share with you today.  The theme at Cheery Lynn DesignsChallenge Blog this week is  “Lots Of Layers” and  I thought this step card would be a perfect design for this  challenge.  I wanted to use the new Trellis and new Vase set that just came out with the new releases from Cheery Lynn Designs. So here is what I came up with. My card base was done in white and then covered with this beautiful black paper with bright flowers on it.  I added the Chasing Rainbows a Doily w/ angelwing. I centered the new Felicity Tiny Doily on top of it and placed  the new Shasta Daisy  in the center.  Over to the right side of the card  on the back layer I placed the new Trellis and used the Mini Fanciful Flourish Right for vines growing  up it. The tiny flowers from the BAF Embellishment  #2  were added to the vines. They were the perfect size for this trellis. On the front layer I added the Victorian Picket Fence.   I die cut some small daisies and stems to put in the vase from the Darling Daisies. I rounded out the vase and added some liquid pearls along the top edge. I popped  the vase  up and placed it beside the Chasing Rainbows Doily. This card would be perfect for someone who like to garden. Well that is it for today but please do come over to Cheery Lynn Designs and join us in the challenge for a chance to win a $20.00 shopping spree.  Also visit the Cheery Lynn  Inspiration Blog for more ideas by the design team.

Dies Used

Chasing Rainbows Doily with Angel Wing
Felicity Tiny Doily
Trellis
Mini Fanciful Flourish Right
BAF Embellishments #2
Victorian Picket Fence
Darling Daisies
Vase [Set of 4]
Shasta Daisy

 

 

 

 

Bling It Up

 Glad you stopped by as today a new Challenge starts  at Cheery Lynn Designs. The theme this week is “Bling It Up”. I wanted something simple but yet elegant.  To make the Bling the focal point I just did everything in white except for the aqua colored bling .  I made my card base with the  French Flair Scalloped Lg Stacker. I layered the largest of the French Flair Doily Stackers  on top. The new Rum Punch Doily w/ angel wing  I centered on the card as it was perfect for adding all the bling to because of the design of it. As the finishing touch I used glitter ritz  on the new Just Because sentiment to match the with bling on the doily.  This card really goes to show you that you can make a simple but elegant card with just a few dies.  I want to invite everyone to  come and join the Bling It Up Challenge over at Cheery Lynn Designs challenge blog. By entering you have a chance to win a $20.00 certificate to the store.  You can also visit the Cheery Lynn  Designs Inspiratioal Blog for even more inspiration by the design team.

 Dies Used: 

French Flair ScallopedStackers 

French Flair Doily Stackers

Rum Punch Doily w/ Angel Wing

Just Because

Mothers Day Card

With Mother's Day around the corner it is time to create a Mother's Day card. With Cheery Lynn Designs theme being a "Mother's Day Card" this week, now is the perfect time to get a head start on Mother's Day cards. This is a fold out type card so the doily with the flowers on it is the main focal point. I used the City Girl Edger and the Mesh Heart [Horisonal] Border at the top and bottom.  The Felicity Doily w/ Angel Wing makes for such a beautiful center. The BAF #2 was used to makes these beautiful roses. The Ivy Strip is great for adding all this lovely greenery. The Mothers and Day dies were great for adding the sentiment. With using just a few dies you can really makes a beautiful Mothers Day card.  It really is such a pleasure to work with all these new dies.
Dies Used:
City Girl Edger
Felicity Doily w/ Angel Wing
Ivy Strip
Mesh Heart [Horisonal] Border
Mothers
Day
BAF #2

Page Layout and Dream Catcher Card using Newly Released Dies

Today is a special day over at Cheery Lynn Designs. Not only is there a " Pretty in Purple Challenge " starting today but also Cheery Lynn Designs is going to be releasing some new dies today. Cheery Lynn has out done themselves once again with some even more awesome dies. You just have to go to Cheery LynnDesigns and take a peek. There is a great selection of new dies.

I have created a page layout as well as a card this week to show how beautiful the new dies really are. For the layout I followed the“Pretty in Purple "Theme. I Cut the pokadot paper to matte my photo. I added the Country Girl Edger up the side and four Felicity Tiny Doily along the top behind the matting . Both were sprayed with goosebumps to give them texture and to make them shine. I used the Felicity Doily With Angel Wing at the bottom right of the photo. I layered the Ambergris Tiny Doily on top of it. I took the Mini Fanciful Flourish Reverse and matched them up with the flourishes on the paper by coloring the flourish part black and glittering the green leaves. Then came the fun part playing with the three new flower strips making these beautiful flowers. They are the Shasta Daisy Strip, Chrysanthemum Strip and the Sweet William Strip. These flower strips are so quick and easy to work with that you will want all three of them. Spraying goosebumps on some of the flowers and inka gold on others finished them off so nicely. The photo of my two beautiful granddaughters was taken with bright pink dresses on and I changed the photo to black and white and made the dresses purple so they matched the layout.I must say it turned out to be a kool photo and fit right in with the layout.

Now for the card I choose a blue base cut from the Covered Scalloped Rectangle. I then layered different sizes of the Coved Scalloped Rectangles and then added the beautiful Dream Catchers # 1. With everything inked up and a few beads added to the dreamcatcher it looked so real. The feathers have such great detail to them too. I tucked the Rum Punch Doily with angel wing in behind the coved scalloped rectangle. The Ivy Corner Flourish was perfect for the bottom left corner while three feathers with beads look great in the top right corner.What better word to add to the card than Dream. All these dies  just amaze me with all the detail. Hope you have enjoyed seeing these new dies used and that it gives you some ideas for using them. Come on over to Cheery Lynn Designs and join us for the challenge. By entering the challenge you will have a chance to win a $20.00 shopping spree. Also through out the week the Cheery Lynn Inspiration Blog  will have more ideas for using the new dies .

Dies used for Layout:
B 308 Country Girl Edger
DL243 Felicity Tiny Doily
DL239 Felicity Doily With Angel Wing
DL245 Ambergris Tiny Doily
B 291MiniFanciful Flourish Reverse
B 307Sweet William Strip
B 310Shasta Daisy Strip
B 311Chrysanthemum Strip
Dies used for the Card:
XL-11Coved Scalloped Rectangles
B 317Dream Catchers # 1
DL240 Rum Punch Doily with angel wing
B 315Ivy Corner Flourish

Frame with Mirror

This was my favorite project of the weekend that I created at Croppin with the Chicks. I started with a 12x12 board. I distressed the base paper and attached it. I then ripped the top piece of paper into pieces. I curled, folded and distressed and  inked the paper as well and pieced it back into place. Kind of like working on a puzzle. LOL. I then placed a mirror on the center and began embellishing it with flowers, flourishes, doilies and borders along with some metal embellishments.

The five following posts below were also either done for the crop or at the crop. So please scroll down and take a peek. A big thank you to Wanda Boyd for putting on such a fantastic crop as always with all the ideas, yummy food and a whole lot of fun and friendship. Can't wait for the fall crop now.

Family Banner

This was a banner I made as a sample for "Croppin with the Chicks". The Cheery Lynn Design doilies really made this a awesome banner. I also made all the roses on the banner from Cheery Lynn Design dies. I did a demo on how to make these roses at the crop and would like to thank everyone who sat in on the demo.

All in the Family

This was a double page layout I did as a sample for "Croppin with the Chicks". I used several Cheery Lynn Designs doilies and butterfly as well as some Memory Box dies.

Three Beautiful Granddaughters

This was a double page layout that I did as a sample for "Croppin with the Chicks". All dies used on this layout are from Cheery Lynn Designs. It is always nice to work with photos of my three beautiful granddaughters.

Cute Little Sarah Kay

This is a card I created  using a Sarah Kay image which was just too fun to color up. I mounted her on a Spellbinder frame and added some flourishes along with some pretty flowers, dragon flies and a butterfly from Cheery Lynn Designs. I used Viva pearl pens for the pearls on the corner of the card.