Ice Ice Baby - Christmas in July - Cheery Lynn Designs Challenge

Good Morning :)  todays card is for our new challenge over at Cheery Lynn Designs where this week our theme is 'Christmas in July' and as always the winner will receive a fabby $20 voucher to spend  on the Cheery Lynn Website, so well worth joining in!

I wanted to go with something very wintry and frosty for this, as thats half the fun when you make them in the summer! :) lol.

I used a 6 x 6 square card for my base, and hand-stitched  Vintage Lace Bearly Mine papers onto snow-white Crafters Companion pearlescent card. All the die-cuts are in 300gsm pearl card and this heavier card-stock cuts like a dream for even the most delicate and intricate designs. The large snowflake is the gorgeous Italian Flourish Doily die, to which I added glossy accents and crisp ice glitter. The smaller snowflakes are cut using the 4 x 4 Snowflake Plate and this is brilliant - it cuts 20 snowflakes in one pass, all different shapes and sizes and these are excellent for layering on top of each other too.

I coloured this gorgeous 'Winter Fairy Halla' from Mo's DP and matted onto the 2nd smallest size Circle Silver Stacker and the co-ordinating Scalloped Circle Stackers I thought this made a nice change having it smaller and offset and not smack bang in the centre as I really wanted to show off how beautiful the doily looked as a snowflake.

The corner dies are just one from the set of Lace Corner Deco C (with added snowflake on top) and the icy leaves behind the image are the lovely Pine Branches.  The beady spray was from QVC, the Pearl brad is from Joanna Sheen and the gorgeous Pin was made by my blogging buddy Karen :)

All dies used on this project are:

CL103 - Italian Flourish Doily

C146 - Snowflakes

B163 - Lace Corner Deco C

B146 - Pine Branches

Classic Circle Silver Stackers

Scalloped Circle Stackers

Classic Square Silver Stackers

Scalloped Square Stackers

I hope you find time to join in this week, its never to early to make a start on your christmas cards or scrap-book pages. Dont forget there is always fresh daily inspiration over on our Cheery Lynn Designs Inspiration blog too.

I am entering this card in the below competitions:

Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge - Christmas

Creative card Crew - Swirls & pearls

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

Dream Valley - Things with Wings

Crafters companion - Ho Ho Ho Christmas

ABC Challenge - S = Surprise - Christmas in July!

Winter Wonderland - Monochromatic

Stampin for the Weekend - Show your Style - I use a LOT of dies!

The Stampman - Bling it On

Chocolate Coffee, Cards - Anything Goes

Totally Papercrafts - Can you Digi It

Crafty Catz - Show Us Your Metal

Bunny Zoe's Crafts - Girls, Girls, Girls

Thanks so much for checking out my blog today, I hope you have a smashing day!

Make it Charming - Charisma Cardz

2nd Post of the Day

Whew...... 2 posts in one day!! :D lol.

Our new challenge over at Charisma Cardz this week was chosen by me, and I picked one of my favourites embellishments to add to a card - 'Charms'.  I love to see dangling charms, they really add movement to a card and always make it look so special.  We are sponsored this week by the brilliant Joanna Sheen, Meljens Designs and Crafty Ribbons.

I hand-stitched some uber-gorgeous papers on this card from Bearly Mine Designs, using sheets from the Mini Dots, Paper Lace and Floral Fantasy collections.  I loved being able to size them to fit and and pick my own shades :).  I coloured my Tilda with PM's, used MS punches for the doily background, border and butterflies, and the flowers are WOC. 

The pink dotty satin ribbon is Joanna Sheen, the gorgeous heart pin is from my blogging buddy Karen (thank you!) and the dragonfly charm is from my stash.  The mini doily is a Spellbinders Persian accent blinged up a bit, and I have no idea where I got the silver beaded loops from lol!

I am entering this card in the below competitions:

The Sketch Challenge - Fabby sketch!
CES Challenges - Anything Goes
I ♥ Promarkers - Anything Goes
2 Sisters Challenge - Make It Girly
Magnolia Stamp Lovers - Flowers
Crafters Companion - Here comes Summer
Bunny Zoe's Crafts - Anything Goes
Divas By Design - Tickled Pink
Truly Scrumptious - Anything Goes
Moving Along With the Times - Keep It Real
Bearly Mine Challenges - Use Dies




Thanks again for popping back today, and I hope everyone has a smashing day.  I will be back again tomorrow too!