Sweethearts Card

Hi everyone, thanks so much for all your visits and lovely comments left on my blog on blog hop day. It was great to read them all and if you have not seen the new embossing folder that compliments the IOE Plates please check it out HERE. You also still have plenty of time to join in the hop with a chance of winning a $20 shopping spree over at at Cheery Lynn.

Today I am sharing with you my DT card for Cheery Lynn Designs which would be suitable for an Engagement, Wedding, Anniversary or even just to say I Love You. We all like to have a card in our stash that will cover a variety of uses should we need one in an emergency, which I think this design does.

I layered the French Lattice die cut over my patterned paper and edged with some Stickles for added sparkle. You will notice on my banner top layers I trimmed off the sides and top, tattering at the edges. I then layered on top of my base banners with foam tape, adding my cute Sweetheart Candy.

My flower was shaded with Distress ink adding a sparkly gem to the centre and mounted on to my Lattice Hearts and Vines along with some more Stickles.

Finishing off my card with the elegant Doves.

Thanks so much for stopping by today and good luck to everyone entering our Blog Hop and Current Challenge - Anything Goes over at Cheery Lynn Designs.

Crafty Hugs, 

Julie x

Shop at Cheery Lynn for:

• B338 Black -Eyed Susan Strip
• B368 Lattice Hearts and Vines
• B458 Dove Border
• FRM132 French Lattice Small
• B675 Sweetheart Candy
• DL278 Horizon Fishtail Banners
• XL22 Pierced Stacker #4

Christmas Gift Set

Hi Everyone, Today I'm sharing some more of Craft Consortium's new Decoupage Papers for my DT post. I remember as my girls were growing up I loved when they would come home with something they had handcrafted at School or a Youth Club. I still have several items in my Memory Box and Christmas Decoration Box which are precious memories of them growing up. This is what inspired me today to make my own Christmas Bauble and gift box using Craft Consortium's new range of Decoupage Papers and their Gypsy Gypsy pad.

I started by giving my Paper Mâché Bauble a coat of Gesso and then added torn pieces of Decoupage Paper to it with Mod Podge.

My Poinsettia Flowers were cut out in vellum , a little Gilding wax added to the edges and Flower Soft in the centres.

My box I made using papers from the Gypsy Gypsy pad and my Scorpal board. I added my bow and tag which had been die cut out in Mirri card.

I assembled my gift into the box using one of the lush metallic Decoupage papers from the range as packaging for a luxurious feel.

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Thanks for stopping by today.

Julie x

Craft Consortium Products Used :

• Gypsy Gypsy Pad
• Decoupage Papers - Metallic Antique Gold and Red Nordic Repeat

Cheery Lynn Dies -

• B324 Poinsettia Strip
• DL278 Horizon Fishtail Banners
• B422 Pretty Pretty Bows

New Release at Cheery Lynn Designs

Hi Everyone. Today is a very exciting day over at CheeryLynn Designs as their latest release of dies are showcased. They have many new wonderful Themed Dies and an amazing new collection of Doily Dies in squares, circles and rectangles called their Diamond Doily collection. These dies are going to become a staple in many of our collections of dies. There versatility to mix and match with stacker dies, we will now all have a lot more possibilities of different designs and patterns.

For my card I used 3 of the New Release dies on this card. The centre of the doilies comes out and is able to be placed anywhere on a piece of paper or in to a decorative stacker frame. You will notice in the background that I cut using the centre part of my doily on all four corners and layered dark card behind to make it pop. I thought I had taken a photo of this stage but I think with the excitement on using these new dies I forgot, but will take one the next time I do this technique, so it becomes clearer.

I did the same technique on my fishtail banner with the Alpine Flourish Doilies centre. I also mixed and match my doily layers for different designs.

Bling, Butterflies and a Flower were all placed on my card to finish. Please pop over to the blog here to see all the other cards made from our Talented Team at Cheery Lynn Designs.

Cheery Lynn New Release dies used:

• DL282 Alpine Flourish Doily
• DL285 Deutchland Doily
• DL290 Vienna Waltz Circle Boutique Stacker Frames

Other Cheery Lynn Dies used:

• B226 Happy
• B231 Birthday
• DL112AB  SmallExotic Butterflies w/Angel wing
• DL278 Horizon Fishtail Banners
• L4 Circle Stackers
• DL253 Horizon Square Boutique Stacker Frames
• XL2 Square Scalloped
• B310 Shasta Daisy

Enjoy your week,

Julie x

Doll Tag

Hi Everyone. I thought this week it would be nice to make a fun tag for my DT Post at Cheery Lynn Designs this week for a change.

My tag this week is pretty self explanatory but let me point out some of the layers to you. I started off cutting a layer of paper to cover my tag and used the Border Carnivale at one side, with the Anastasia Border at the other side. I also layered my Lattice Valance Border on each side to add a contrast of colour for more interest. My Horizon Fishtail Banners were paper pieced at either side to extend it slightly.

My heart was cut out and I added back in the inside part that I had die cut out. I layered Daughter twice for a shadow effect.

My butterflies were cut out in patterned paper and angel wing added to the back.

I used my tiny flowers to decorate my doll stamps dress, headband and shoes to give a little more texture. Finishing off with some gems, ribbon and stickles.

Hope you have enjoyed my post today and see you all next Saturday,

Julie x

Shop at Cheery Lynn for :

• B315 Ivy Corner Flourish
• B355 Daughter
• B376 Tiny Flower Kit (Set of 3)
• B456 Add a Flourish
• DL129 Border Carnivale
• B136 Anastasia Border
• B144 Celtic Heart
• DL112AB Small Exotic Butterflies # w/angel wing
• B406 Lattice Valance Border
• DL278 Horizon Fishtail Banners
• B181A Embellishment #1
• B310 Shasta Daisy

A Royal Christmas

Hello everyone and a warm welcome to my new followers. 

For my DT project this week at Cheery Lynn Designs, I have made another Christmas card to showcase the beautiful Snowflake Doily die from Cheery Lynn's new release. This die blends itself to Christmas and any other occasion depending on what shade of paper you choose. I decided to give it a regal theme so stuck mainly to reds and golds in my card.

I cut my doily out in gold card and offset the angel wing behind in red card stock and added some diamantés around the circumference and mounted my poinsettia flower on the top with a dazzle in the centre.

You will see I cut out my Lattice Valance die in red card and I love the way it frames my card. I also paper pieced in some gold card behind my die cut which helps to make it pop.

I extended my Horizon stacker die, paper piecing behind my doily, you will also notice I used part of the Lattice Valance die across the centre band, adding a Greetings message and stickles around my card to finish.

I hope you have enjoyed looking at my card. Next Saturday I will show you all how to make your Snowflake Doily into a square frame.

Julie x

New release dies used:

• DL279 Snowflake Doily with Angel wing

Other Cheery Lynn dies used:

• B406 Lattice Valance Border
• B324 Poinsettia Strip
• DL253 Horizon Square Boutique Stackers
• DL278 Horizon Fishtail Banners

Time for Dad.

Hello there blogging friends and a warm welcome to my new followers. It's my day to share my post over at Cheery Lynn designs and the challenge this week is Make it Manly and with Father’s Day fast approaching here in the UK, I thought it would be nice to share a masculine card with you.

 I cut out the Steampunk Clock in black cardstock and also in gold mirri card. I then paper pieced elements together to make the workings of the clock stand out. I rubbed over my mirri card with a little Archival Ink to give it an aged appearance. The clock die comes with a background circle die too, which is a great idea as it really sets your clock off and makes it ‘pop’ on the page. I cut my background out with kraft paper and added a little crackles and distress.

The new Steampunk Corners are a fabulous accent to a card or scrapbook page. I cut mine out in black cardstock and rubbed a little gilding wax over to give a metallic look and complimented them with the gears die on my card which were also cut out in mirri card.

I’m off to the Craft Fair at Ingliston, Edinburgh for some lovely retail craft therapy on Sunday, love you to say Hi if you see me. Thanks for popping by and for your lovely comments, I really appreciate them.

Hope you have a lovely weekend.

Julie x

I would like to enter this in to : That's Crafty Challenge - Use Kraft

Shop At Cheery Lynn For :

XL-2 Square Scalloped

L-1 Square- Classic

L 253 Horizon Square Boutique Stacker Frames

B357 Clock w/Angel Wing

B437 Steampunk Corner Set

B340 Gears

DL278 Horizon Fishtail Banners