Wednesday 22 August 2012

Cheery Lynn Designs - Doilies



Good Morning :)

My card today is for our new challenge over at Cheery Lynn Designs and this week we want to see Doilies on your creations.  There is a fantastic $20 coupon for the winner to spend in the Cheery Lynn online store, so well worth playing along.

I used a stunning doily die from our New Releases called Notre Dame Cathedral .  I knew when I saw this doily that it would be perfect for fantasy images and oh wow does it cut crisply - its fabulous!

I stitched Prima papers to American Crafts white textured cardstock before layering and sticking to a 6 x 6 card base.  I also used the same textured card for the rest of die cuts and it worked beautifully.  After adding the doily, I criss-crossed the centre weave of the stunning celtic chain border - (officially my new favourite border!), and added some leaves to the corner.

I then created the carnation using the Build a Flower #2 carnation petals and leaves.  I cut approximately 16 petals, inked the edges and then just  scrunched and layered them adding the leaves lastly and securing with a white brad.  You can create endless types of flowers with these dies and they have such impact.  I stamped my greeting on one of the Sentiment Frames and for the finishing touches I added some beautiful Mini Dimensional Butterflies and white pearls

All dies used on this card are:


Doilies make such elegant additions to your projects, so I hope you find time to enter our challenge this week.  Dont forget there is always fresh daily inspiration from the rest of the talented DT over on our Cheery Lynn Designs Inspiration blog.
 
I am entering this card in the below competitions:
 
Papertake Weekly - Pins & needles - I have stitching on my card.
Divas by Design - Anything Goes
The Paper Shelter - Anything Goes
Emerald Faeries - Punches and Dies
Fab n Funky - Leaves
Creatilicious - Fantasy
Stamptacular - Lets hear it for the Girls
Bearly Mine - Anything Goes
 
 
I hope everyone has a smashing day and thanks so much for visiting my blog.

45 comments:

Pauline said...

Simply stunning Alison! What a beauty! Love that image, the pearls, papers and the the die cut borders. stunning!

Lorraine said...

Love the image and the die cut borders, everything really! Just gorgeous!!
Lorraine x

Sue said...

This is absolutely stunning Alison. The image is gorgeous, your soft colouring is so beautiful and that doily looks amazing.

I hope you have a good day
Hugs Sue

Anneke klerks said...

very beautifull
liefs anneke

Chrissy said...

Oh! Alison, this is just beautiful, what a gorgeous image and colouring, love the doily, so elegant, and delicate, and the border chain is beautiful too, fantastic card...

luv CHRISSYxx

Alyce Kit and Clowder said...

Ooooh she is absolutely stunning!! What a GORGEOUS die cut too! Love this I might have to invest in it :) Beautiful design and love the bling on her :)

Desire Fourie said...

Alison this is just beautiful. Love everything about it. All the elements work so well together. Hope you are having a fab Wednesday.
Hugs
Desíre
Doing Life
Digistamps4Joy DT Member
Tammy’s Scrapin Corner DT Member

Doreen said...

Wow this is stunning Alison.xxx

Sarn said...

I agree with everyone else . . . STUNNING.

I bought some spray glue to stick my intricate die cuts down with . . . is this what you use? Or do you have a tip about gluing them down?

Hugs
Sarn xxx

Wendy said...

Oooh I always love looking at your cards they are just lush and loooovee cherry Lynne dies and you use them to there best to hugs Wendy



Hugs Wendy

Sasha said...

Beautiful work, Alison! I love how your gorgeous fairy is sat inside your doily. Lots of fabulous embellishing, as always!

Claire said...

So pretty and delicate hun - love it. Hugs, Claire x

Faye said...

Alison, this is so soft and feminine, I really like it. xx

Paula (PEP) said...

Terrific Alison - I'm itching to tangle that Celtic Chain Border. The flower echoes her dress beautifully with the inked edges & your soft colouring is perfectly embllished with the pearls & white die-cut elements. The doily is gorgeous with her wings & I love the way you kept the whole soft & muted with the lovely patterned paper.
Paula (PEP)

Fleur said...

STUNNING ♥♥♥
HUGZ Fleur xXx

Debbie said...

All I can say is GORGEOUS!!!

Hugs
Debbie

Deb said...

wow,absolutely stunning, love the image and whole layout. I was looking at that die in a store this morning, it looks great on your card!
Debxx

Lorraine said...

More gorgeousness Alison. That doily is summat else!!! Fabulous.

Tracey T said...

What a stunner! Love the doily, love the carnation (looks real) and the image is gorgeous. Fab papers as well!! Hugs xx

Pink Dandelion said...

Stunning card Alison, love that doily die. Debs xx

KarinsArtScrap said...

wow another stunning card Alison.

greetings karin

Anonymous said...

This is totally gorgeous, so fab with all the dies, looks stunning :))
Hugs Lilli xx

pam said...

this is a stunner, gorgeous image and those dies!! think I need them...pam

Denise said...

Hi Alison,
This card is simply stunning - my exact words when I saw it - WOW!!!
Love that image and the dies are gorgeous. I really, really must get me some soon (well as soon as I have some spare cash that is - lol).
LOVE this card.
Hugs
Denise xx

Annette said...

Sooo pretty. Lovely papers too.
Annette
xx

Donna Mosley said...

Wow! Alison, this is stunning, love the gorgeous image and all the very delicate details.

Donna x

Vee said...

Wow!! Alison, this is so gorgeous. I love all of the dies you have used and the super image. You never fail to amaze me with your talent.Simpy beautiful.
xx Vee

Wendy said...

Absolutely stunning Alison, beautiful image and love all the gorgeous dies.
Wendy xx

Pat K said...

Simply stunning Alison. Love how you've cut the gorgeous image to fit the beautiful die...fabulous work.

Thank you so much for joining us at Fab n Funky this week. pat k.x

debby4000 said...

Oh love your gorgeous card Alison, beautiful image.
luv
Debby

Stampalicious said...

gorgeous, love the diecuts, thank you for joining our challenge at Stamptacular Sunday this week, hugs, martina

catherine said...

This is so beautiful Alison and love the use of the die cuts. Such a beautiful image to use
x catherine

mixamatoasties said...

Stunning card Alison. Really love it.

Susan x

Manderly said...

Absolutely amazing1 Your creation has that WOW factor, that is for sure! Love how you used the dies and your coloring is very well done also. Thanks so much for entering our A & T Emerald Faeries Challenge. Hoping to see more of your wonderful talent.
Manderly
xxxooo

Bente said...

Such a beautiful card, thanks for playing along with us at The Paper Shelter Challenges this week.
Hugs, Bente

Lorraine A said...

Gorgeous card Alison :-) I LOVE the doily ! so very pretty and the image and soft colours are stunning ! I have spent ages admiring this ,,, :-)

thanks for joining us on the Papertake Weekly Challenge :-)
luv
Lols x x x

Unknown said...

Hi Alison, oh my word another stunning card! Gorgeous image beautifully coloured and love, love, love the doily.

Your cards are always so beautifully put together.

Hope to get back round everyone's blogs soon, Emily's back to school a weekend on Wednesday and then life might get back to normal!!!

Thanks for joining in with us at the Divas this week as well.

Sarah

Emma H said...

What a stunning creation - love the fairy with the touches of sparkle! Thanks for playing along with Fab N Funky this week!

Natali said...

Another fantastic playing with dies. Amazing card.
Hugs
Natali

Laney said...

Absolutely stunning Alison!!! Thanks for joining us at BMC and Diva's this time
hugs
laney

Rina said...

Your cards are ALWAYS FANTASTIC... I have been a follower for awhile and I am excited when I see you have posted!
Thanks for joining the Diva's this week for our ANYTGHING GOES Challenge!!!

Good Luck,
Rina Fashionista

Inkypinkydelights said...

Oooooo Alison, congrats on making the top three at Fab n Funky. I have just spotted it! Judy x

Craftdee said...

Just saw this on Fab n Funky top 3 and had to pop over and tell you how GORGEOUS I think it is :-) I know it's a fantasy image, but the whole card has a fabulous art deco feel to me (maybe it's that oh-no-another-die-I-must-have border you've used, lol) TFS this truly beautiful piece of elegance, Donna

Lindsay Craftymonster81 said...

Wow! absolutely breath taking, I love the celtic look to it, the dies are beautiful and the fairy image is so pretty
Lindsay xx

Theresa said...

Those Cherry Lynne Designs are amazing. That doily is breath taking. Your fairy is gorgeous. I'm pinning this card. BEAUTIFUL!!

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