Dreams

Hi everyone, today for my DT card at Cheery Lynn Designs I am sharing inspiration using one of their beautiful Cardmaker Dies. These Dies are amazing at forming the background to your card and give a lovely elegant touch.

I started by cutting out my Cardmaker Die and heat Embossing some Stampendous Shabby Blue onto the edges and layering onto my patterned paper.

My centre sentiment was stamped and some Embossing powder added to the edges to help frame it. Next I mounted onto my frame with foam strips.

My bird was shaded with Distress Inks and a Fineliner pen, nesting it along side my foliage and Daisies.

My large Shasta Daisies were shaded with ink and shaped on my Embossing mat. I added a small foam ball to the centres along with a layer of glue and Flower soft into the centres.

Cheery Lynn Dies Used :

B187 Build a Flower #2

B178 Flourish Leaf Strip

CAFLRS14 Card Cover Maker #7

B310 Shanta Daisy

B586 Step Card Bundle #3

B557 Feathered Friends

CASO16 Nesting Doll Oval  

Thanks so much for stopping by today.

Crafty Hugs,

Julie x

Wishing you a Happy Christmas

Happy Christmas to all my friends in blogland. Today for my DT card at Cheery Lynn Designs I am sharing a Vintage styled Festive card using one of their beautiful Cardmaker Dies. I do love the intricate lace look to these dies and how they make a quick and very effective background to a card.

Once I cut mine out I tattered the edges for a shabby feel and pressed the edges into my embossing ink pad and heat embossed some Red Tinsel powder. Layering onto my other cardstock layers and adding some Glass Glitter to the edges for sparkle.

My Snowflake Doily was also heat embossed with Red Tinsel and cut in half and layered behind my Sentiment tag which had also been tattered at the edges, mounting on Noel.

My Poinsettia was cut in cream cardstock inking at the edges, adding micro beads to the centre finishing with a little Liquid Snow and Glass Glitter, mounting onto my glittered Holly Leaves.

Shop at Cheery Lynn for:

• B184 Holly Corner
• B324 Poinsettia Strip
• DL279 Snowflake Doily w/Angel Wing
• CAFR-14 Card Cover Maker #7
• B425 Sentiment Tag 2
• B473 Noel

Thanks so much for stopping by today and wishing you all a wonderful Christmas filled with precious memories.

Crafty Hugs, 

Julie x

Flower Card

Hello everyone, thank you so much for all the wonderful comments I received on the Cheery Lynn Blog Hop day, I enjoyed reading them so much. The current challenge at Cheery Lynn Designs is Handmade Flowers so I couldn't resist joining in the fun for my DT card this week using their wonderful new Sunflower set.

I started by die cutting out my Cardmaker die and trimmed to be the perfect size to Matt and layer onto my Kraft Cardstock and card which measures around 6 inches square.

My Sunflower I made in the same way to this card HERE, but this time I just added the leaves onto it. I love the size of this flower as a main focal image on a card.

I would love to see a Hummingbird in real life, they look such beautiful little birds. I die cut mine out twice and shaded with inks, after looking at some photos on Google. I then heat embossed with Clear Embossing powder and went around the edges with a little Gilding Wax, layering up both layers, finishing with a drop of Black Liquid Pearls onto the eye.

My sentiment was stamped onto my banner and I fussy cut a shadow background to make it pop.

If you haven't seen the New North American Release dies please check them out HERE, and don't forget to join in the fun on our BI-Weekly Challenge with a chance of winning a $20 spending spree at Cheery Lynn Designs. 

Have a lovely weekend and Happy Crafting.

Hugs, 

Julie x   

Cheery Lynn Dies Used :

• B663 Sunflower Set
• B671 Hummingbird
• CAFR-14 Card Cover Maker #7
• DL303 Pierced Banners (Set of 3 )