Mothers Day at Cheery Lynn

 Inspired by 'Tate', a real person in an unreal world ;)

Hi and Good Morning. :)   Well we are finally drying out up here, but what a battering we took last week in the storms and floods!  Tut! :)

 

Anyway, our new challenge this week over at Cheery Lynn  Designs  is 'Mothers Day', and as always the winner will receive a brilliant $20 voucher to spend online at the Cheery Lynn Store, so well worth playing along.

 

Now, sadly, I dont have my mum around anymore, but still find myself making cards that I know she would have really liked, and she loved anything with faeries, butterflies and flowers, so  she would have really loved this card too.

 

I started off with a 6 x 6 inch card base, and layered MME papers (and scraps) onto white American Crafts cardstock.  All the die cuts were made with this same card too, as it cuts beautifully.  The image is a digital stamp from Crafts & Me.

 

I used 4 new release dies on this project, and started off by bordering the side panel with the City Girl Edger, and layering on top the Vertical Mesh Heart border.  I tucked the stunning Felicity Doily behind my image and added one of the new words from the sentiments range at the bottom.  The flower is made from the fabulous Daisy Strip, and I  added a couple of my favourite butterflies to finish.

 

All dies used on this card are:

 

B308 - City Girl Edger

B59 - Daisy Strip

B319 - Mesh Hearts Vertical Border

DL239 - Felicty Doily

B294 - Always

DL112AB - Small Exotic Butterflies #1

 

I hope you find time to join in this week, and dont forget there is always fresh inspiration over on our Cheery Lynn Designs Inspiration Blog.

 

Have a smashing week, and thanks so much for visiting my blog today,

 

 

Cheery Lynn - New Release Dies!

Hi and Good Morning! :)

 

Today sees the April 2013 New Release dies from Cheery Lynn Designs and they are absolutely GORGEOUS!  Again, its a really big release of many styles and sizes of dies ranging from new doilies, floral strips, leaf strips, borders and some really quirky and fun dies too!

 

My card uses the brilliant new Gauze border die and the smallest size Dreamcatcher die - I LOVE this! :)  It also uses the really versatile Rum Punch Doily, which has 4 elements for layering and you can achieve some really stunning results with these options. 

 

The floral embellishment was made using another time-saving floral die - the Shasta Daisy Strip and the Ivy Leaves Strip.  The papers are MME and the image is Crafts & Me.

 

All dies uses on this card are:

 

B304 - Ivy Strip

B305 - Gauze Border

B310 - Shasta Daisy

DL240 - Rum Punch Doily with A/Ws

B318 - Dream Catcher #2

 

I hope you find time to check out all the other wonderful new releases and see the stunning projects created by the rest of the talented DT over on our Cheery Lynn Designs Inspiration Blog.

 

Thanks so much for visiting today and have a smashing week!

 

Cheery Lynn Designs - Anything Goes!

 

Good Morning :)  I hope everyone is having a really good week so far.

 

Our challenge this week over at Cheery Lynn Designs is the ever popular 'Anything Goes' and you still have lots of time to enter.  As always the winner will receive a fab $20 voucher to spend online in the Cheery Lynn Store.

 

My card today is an 8 x 8 inch gatefold card, so it opens in the middle and this makes a really nice change as a canvas.  I used First Edition 12 x 12 Spring papers and 12 x 12 Coordinations textured card which I sanded to give a shabby look.

 

I bordered each panel with the gorgeous Celtic Chain border, this is 8 inches long and is perfect for these larger projects, and added a couple of Fanciful Flourishes to the base. 

 

 

I then matted my image onto Coved and Scalloped Coved Rectangles, and I hooked 10 Lace Corner deco dies behind the image to create an ornate frame. The flowers are made using the Daisy Strip die - this is such a classic flower, and I offset the petals a little to give it a bit of fantasy look. The sentiment is backed onto the Sophie's Heart Mini Doily, and I added a couple of butterflies to finish.

 

All dies used on this card are:

 

B202 - Celtic Chain

B117 - Fanciful Flourish

XM-11 - Scalloped Coved Rectangles

L-10 Coved Rectangle Classic

B162 - Lace Corner Deco B

DL238 - Sophie's Heart Mini Doily

DL112AB - Small Exotic Butterflies #1

DL113AB - Small Exotic Butterflies #2

B259 - Daisy Strip

 

Thats all from me today, but dont forget there is always fresh inspiration from the rest of the talented DT over on our Cheery Lynn Designs Inspiration Blog.

 

Thanks so much for visiting my blog and have a smashing day!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Spring into Spring - Joanna Sheen

Morning :)

Back again today with a card for our new challenge at Joanna Sheen, where this time our theme is 'Spring into Spring'.   As always the winner will receive a brilliant £15 voucher to spend online at the Joanna Sheen store, so well worth playing along.

 

Now, tulips are my very fave flower, so I was thrilled to use this super-cute House Mouse stamp and coloured it with PM's.  I matched with some vintage (well very old - lol) K&Co Tulip papers and white bazzil card.   The Dies are a mix of Cheery Lynn and Memory Box and the border punch is MS. 

 

Thanks so much for visiting my blog today, and have a smashing Sunday! :)

 

 

Sweet Stampin - Scallops

 

Hi and Good morning :)  I hope everyone has some smashing plans for the weekend!

 

So, our new challenge this week over at  Sweet Stampin is 'Scallops' and we are sponsored by the brilliant Heather Ellis and our fab monthly sponsor, The Ribbon Girl.

 

Now, this card will teach me to rummage in my scraps box when I need inspiration! lol.  Im not that keen on it tbh, as it seems a bit colourful or even 'off colour' to me.  I am still plodding on with DI's and trying to give it my best shot, so I picked another quite simple LOTV image to have a practise on.  The papers are MME, the dies are a mix of Cheery Lynn and spellbinders, and the punch is MS.

 

Thanks so much for visiting my blog, have a brilliant day, and I hope to pop along and catch up later,

 

Back to Nature - Cheery Lynn Designs

Hi and Good Morning :)

Well we put the clocks forward here in the UK last weekend, and it was like someone had switched the light on, and it instantly I felt as if spring was finally coming! :) Wahey, and about time too.

 

Now, we have a new challenge this week of 'Back to Nature', and as Cheery Lynn Designs make so many wonderful, delicate and pretty bugs and butterflies, I couldnt wait to get started on this card.

 

I used a 6 x 6 blank card base and all the dies were cut with American Crafts textured cardstock - my favourite for clean and crisp cuts.  I used a sheet of freshwater green paper as my backing and added an overlay of Chicken Wire, edged with the Lady Kate Border.  I concealed the join using the really versatile Expandable Tiny Borders - these are ace!.

 

I added 2 Tropical Flourish dies to the chicken wire and then the gorgeous Exotic Butterfly.  I usually add butterflies, bugs, or dragonflies to many of my projects, but I really wanted to make this beauty centre stage - its such a classic design.  I cut 3 of the smaller versions of this butterfly for the border, and added a couple of blooms to the flourishes, and a tag to finish. 

 

All dies used on this card are:

FRM 144 - Chicken Wire
B278 - Lady Kate Edger
DL116 - Exotic Butterfly Medium #3
DL116A - Medium Angel Wing
DL112AB - Small Exotic Butterflies #1
B127 - Tropical Flourish
B259 - Daisy Strip
B188 - Embellishment #2 - Build a Flower Series
B261 - Tags 2
B215 - Expandable Tiny Borders.

I really enjoyed making this card, and I hope you find time to join us over at the Cheery Lynn Designs Challenge this week too.  Dont forget there is also fresh inspiration from the rest of the talented DT over on our Cheery Lynn Designs Inspiration Blog.

 

Have a smashing week, and thanks so much for visiting today,