Get Your Scary On

I have to admit I love Halloween.  I'm not sure why but I do, so I loved making this eerie card for Cheery Lynn Designs.  I thought the steampunk pocket watch die fit in perfect with the spider web border and even the little bird die that I tried to make look like a raven.   Of course, since it was one of my cards, I had to throw some flowers in.  Yeap flowers and creepy, LOL. Hope this will inspire you to start your spooky cards for the fall season.

Here is a list of all the dies used on this card. 

 

Spider Web Mesh Border B322

Daisy Strip B259

Ankara Lace Border B332

Birds of Earth and Sky B349

Pocket Watch w/ Angel Wing B362

 

See you next week,

 

 

 

Customized Birthday Wishes

This is a birthday card I made for my sweet grandmother.  She didn't even notice at first that it was made especially for her with her birthday highlighted on the front.  To me the card had a steampunk retro elegant feel...it's not sure what it wants to be, LOL.  The paper collection is from KaiserCraft " Top Note" and the dies are Cheery Lynn Designs. 

Ruffles and Roses

 I tempted you a bit on Tuesday showing you the tutorial on how to create faux ruffles so today I've got the finish project to share with you.  I of course used my Cheery Lynn Dies and KaiserCraft latest collection, Tea Party.  

I love how girly this looks with the ruffles, the color pink and of course the handmade roses.  

Here is a list of all the dies used and remember to check out the tutorial for the ruffles if you haven't already

Scalloped Circle XM-5

Silver Stacker Circle M-4

Anastasia Border B136

Mesh Heart Vertical B319

Lace Corner Deco F B166

Miniature Rose Strip B152

Medium Rose Strip B154

Large Rose Strip B155

Tea Party from KasierCraft

See you next week, 

Hugs, Lori 

Envelope Punch Board Tutorial

I'm so excited to share this simple tutorial with you for our latest product Cheery Lynn Designs is carrying..... Envelope Punch Board by We R Memory Keepers.  This tool will make your cards having matching envelopes in not time, and there are sooooo many different sizes to choose from.

Here are the pictures I promised you with more close ups of my fancy envelope. 

 

 

 

 

Here are all the Cheery Lynn Dies used on this envelope along with the Envelope Board

 

Black Eyed Susan Strip B338

Build a Flower 2 B187

Victorian Romance Flourish DL151

Build a Flower Embellishment 2 B188

Small Exotic Butterflies #2 w/angel Wings DL113AB

Envelope Punch Board S141

The collection of paper is from KaiserCraft, Curiosity...it really is pretty and of course I used my Xyron glue. 

 

Faux Fabric Ruffles Tutorial

Today I have a quick little tutorial to share with you for making faux fabric ruffles.  

Step One: Cut card stock with a border die of your choice.  I used the Anastasia Border B136. 

Step Two: Spritz water on the front and back of your paper and let it soak in for a minute.

Step Three: Pinch and gather your paper along the top, letting the bottom ruffle out.  You could use tweezers or a piercer, but I find it’s just as easy with my fingers. 

Step Four: Slightly pull out to the desired look and let the paper dry completely.  If you want to speed up the drying time you can use a heat gun.  

Here is an example of the ruffle applied to a project.  Check back Friday for the finished project and to see how I used the faux fabric ribbon.  

Bold but Beautiful

Good Morning, it's that time of the week that I get to share my latest Cheery Lynn Designs creation with you.  Today I have a bold card in color but it is still delicate with the flowers and the hummingbird.

For the backing on the lace hummingbird I just mounted the die on some black card stock and then cut out leaving a bit of an edge.  

Here is a complete list of the dies used in the project

Lace Hummingbird B194

Lattice 2 FRM115

Daisy Strip B259

Build a Flower B187

Pair of Ferns B118

Matchbox topped with a flower

Today I wanted to share a project I created using the latest collection from Cheery Lynn.   This is a set of matchboxes with handmade flowers to top them off. 

Even the ribbon going down the side is a die from Cheery Lynn.  Isn't it adorable?

I hope your week is awesome and I'll see you on Wednesday. 

Step up with Handmade Flowers

One of Cheery Lynn's latest dies is this step card die and let me tell you, it makes step cards so easy....so fast.   It's a must have for every die collection. 

The flowers were created with a mixture of various flower dies.  The blue flowers were made using the latest flower strip, Gardenia, then I added in the center roses and topped them off with the center from the Black Eyed Susan die.  All mixed together to create a fantasy flower. 

I can't imagine who wouldn't love to open up this thank you card and cherish it for years to come. 

 

Here is a complete list of dies used on this card:

Swedish Spring Oval Frame FRM135

Gardenia Strip B339

Black Eyed Susan B338

Large Rose B155

Medium Rose B154

Miniature Rose B152

Fanciful Flourish B117

Step Card #1 B348

Oval Classic Stacker M-7

Darling Daisies A196

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Remember Cheery Lynn Designs has a Design Team call out right now, so get your handmade flowers on and join in our fun. 

Enchanted Step Card

This is a card I created for KaiserCraft using their new collection " Enchanted".  Cheery Lynn Designs has a pixie die that was just perfect with the paper.  When I cut the fairy out I then ran it through  my Xyron Creation Station to cover with glue and then sprinkled with glitter so the fairy would shimmer...just the way a fairy/pixie should.

The flowers were created by cutting out the flowers from the paper, curling them up with my McGill tools and then topping them off with Cheery Lynn Designs die centers. 

This is the interior of the card....I think it's perfect with the sparkle on the front of the card.  I'll see you on Friday with a beautiful card for Cheery Lynn. 

Time to Make the Christmas Cards

 

It's already that time of year when you start Christmas cards and Cheery Lynn Designs has got some adorable new Christmas dies that will make your cards beautiful and easy. 

 

The new Poinsettia strip makes these flowers so quickly.  I've just added ink for some coloring had popped them out in no time.  I did use the cutie from the Blacked Eyed Susan Strip for the centers and colored them yellow. 

 

 

Not sure if you can see it or not, but the oval cut out makes a shadow box effect with the use of foam tape.  I do so love me some foam tape, LOL. 

 

Here's my listing of all the dies to add to your collection:

 

 

XL7 Stackers Oval Classic

B323 Winter Neighborhood Border

B324 Poinsettia

B335 Alison's Ribbons

B181B Build a flower #1 petals/leaves

B326 Santa Sleigh and Reindeer

B338 Blacked Eyed Susan Strip

 

Hugs, Lori

 

More Than Just an Easel Card

Hello everyone, I'm so pleased to be able to bring you my Cheery Lynn Designs project for this week, I hope you enjoy it as much as I loved creating it. 

I adore making easel cards.  They are so easy but really make your cards works of art...so when I saw this easel card that had four mini drawers on the bottom., I had to give it a whirl.  It was actually fairly simple to create too, just a bit more time.  I will say my Cheery Lynn dies took it to a WOW stage, as they always do. 

My flower was created using the Build A Flower 3.  One of the things I love about the flower dies are they even impress the  realistic veins on the petals to help add to the illusion of a real flower....LOVE IT!!!  I shaded the petals with ink prior to assembly to give the color variation. I had to add the adorable lady bug from the Tiny Things with Wings Dies...I think he looks just perfect sitting on the leaf.

Here is a complete list of all the dies I used 

Build a Flower 3 B264

Build a Flower Embellishment 2 B188

Lace Light Deco Border B133

Dutch Scallop Square Frame DL140

Tiny Things with Wings B266

Build a Flower 2 B187

Ankara Lace Doily with Angel Wing DL232

Be sure to join in our weekly challenge.  The winner gets to go on a $20 shopping spree and this weeks theme is Doilies. Check out the challenge here. 

Flowers in my Spare Time

Happy Friday bloggers.  One of the things I love to do in my down time is just sit in front of the TV and make flowers.  I'll have cut various shapes from my Cheery Lynn Dies and then with my tools, foam pad and inks in hand I can just sit and create all types of flowers.  I have a square plastic case that I keep all my finished flowers in so when it's time to create a card I can just pull out what tickles my fancy for that project.  

I had created these Black Eyed Susans and when I started layering up my card that were the perfect compliment.  They were super easy to create with the Daisy Strip and to add that realistic look I topped them off with some Flower Soft.  

Here is a complete recipe of all the dies I used to create this 6 x 6 card.  The paper is from the KasierCraft 75 cents Collection and Coredinations. 

B259 Daisy Strip

B178 Flourish Leaf Strip

B188 Build a Flower Embellishment 2

DL140 Dutch Scallope Frame

B266 Tiny Things with Wings

B262 Tags 3

DL151 Victorian Romance Flourish

E168 Expandable Quilling Strip  

See you next week and until then......

Friends Layout

This 12 x 12 layout was created using KaiserCraft Marigold Collection.  The handmade flowers used the Daisy Strip Die from Cheery Lynn and the Sunburst die from Cheery Lynn's Build a Flower 2 Embellishment.  

This is a picture of my sister and I taken this year on Christmas Eve.  I'm so blessed that granted we are sisters, but we are friends too.  

Valentine's A Day Late

OK, I know I'm a day late for Valentine's Day, but I had to share this adorable card I created for my son for Valentine's Day.  It can sometimes be a bit tricky to create a Valentine's Day card for a boy, pinks can make that a challenge, LOL.

This little Magnolia sailor is just hanging around ready to pledge how " Hooked on U" he is.  The card base is a modified Joy Fold card using  my Cheery Lynn Dies  French Flair Scalloped Stackers and the French Pastry Doily and my handy dandy Scor-Pal.   

The interior of the card is adorned using several dies, Coved Rectangle Classic Die  and my favorite Two of Hearts.   The hearts are just stunning in person, so much detail, you certainly will use these a lot more than just Valentines Day.  

Did you know that Cheery Lynn has a weekly challenge each week that you could win a $20 gift certificate....Check it out here. 

Be sure to check out Cheery Lynn's Main Blog also for tons of inspiration and some great tutorials.   

Prickley Pear Monday

Happy Monday everyone.  Yeap it's Prickley Pear day and I've got a Valentines Day card to share with you.  I used the Valentine Balloon stamp for the main stamp.  I piece cut the hearts on the balloons and covered them with Sakura so they'll pop. 

The sentiment is from our current release: Let's Go Together.  The paper line is from Crate: Emma's Shop.  I've had this paper for a while and I love it so, but have never used it.  I'm one of those funny birds who hates to use my favorite paper...fear I'll run out of them.  Yes I know it's crazy, but I do tend to do that.  I'm going to have to really push myself to quit that bad habit.

Have a great week. 

Hugs,

Anything Goes Card, Cheery Lynn Challenge

I wanted to share this card I created for Cheery Lynn Designs current challenge...create anything using one of their dies...how easy is that.  Fingers crossed.....

Hugs,

If the Shoe Fits

Cheery Lynn Dies is having a design team call and I thought I would throw my hat or shoe into the mix, LOL.  I created this three dimensional shoe using Kaiser's new Miss Nelly's paper collection.  The colors are gorgeous...honestly I'd love to have a real pair of shoes just like this...I'd wear them all the time. 

I used a bunch of dies on this project and I will say...for as intricate as the dies are..they pop out with ease.  This really was a fun project to do.

Here is a list of all th dies used :

Cathedral Lace Frame DL148 (Base of stand)
Sweet William D137 (flowers)
English Tea Party DL 101 (doily )
Lace Light Deco Border B133 ( edge of top/toe of shoe)
Cherry Blossom B129 (Flower)
Exotic Butterflies DL113
Fanciful Flourish B117