Celebrate

Hi fellow crafters, today for my DT card at Cheery Lynn Designs I have made a shabby chic card to share with you all that would be suitable for many occasions including a Wedding, Prom and Birthday.

I scattered some Frantage over my background layer and tattered the edges for a shabby feel, adding my die cut layers. My dress I glued onto another layer of card and fussy cut around it. I then added lace to the hem and a scattering of pearls and a net shawl draped around the coat hanger for extra detail.

My Tea Roses were inked at the edges and Flower Soft added to the centres. I love these pretty flowers and how delicate they look.

Thanks so much for stopping by today and for all your continued comments, I love reading them.

The Current Challenge over at Cheery Lynn Designs is Pretty in Purple, I do hope you manage to join in the fun with a chance of winning a $20 shopping spree.

Crafty Hugs,

Julie x

Shop at Cheery Lynn For :

• B233 Celebrate
• B435 Tea Rose Small
• DL314 Quadrafoil Square Doily
• B682 Quadrafoil Tag
• DL127 Celtic Fire Oval Frame
• CABD-54 Dress #2
• XL21 Pierced Stacker#3
• LPC-1 Square Pierce and Cut Silver Stackers
• XL-3 Inverted Square Scalloped LG Stackers Nesting Dies 
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I would like to enter this in to the following Challenges:

• Crafting from the Heart Challenge blog - Anything Goes.
• Card mania Challenges - Lace or Pearls.
• Live and Love crafts - Challenge 49 Sprinkles of Summer.
• Pearly Sparkles Challenge - Glamourous Girls Challenge.
• Wow Embossing Powders Challenge - Anything Goes. 
• Crafty Calander Challenge - Punches and/or Dies.
• Noor Designs Challenge - Anything Goes.
• Fussy and Fancy - Flowers and Lace Challenge

Songbirds

Hi Everyone, In Scotland the Songbirds are all starting to sing. It's so lovely to hear them happy now Spring has arrived.....unless it's 5 o'clock in the morning ! So my Cheery Lynn Designs DT card today was taken from inspiration of the blossom filled trees and these beautiful birds.

I started by layering up a couple of my stacker dies to form the frame of my card. I love how the inverted scallops give the appearance of a postage stamp edge.

My branches were all cut out in textured Green Cardstock and I went over the branch area with a Brown Copic Pen. I then shaded a small piece of White Cardstock with a few shades of ink and then die cut out my flowers and added a little Stickles into the centres.

My sentiment was stamped onto patterned paper.

My sweet little birds were shaded with Distress inks to look like a Robin and a Blue Tit. I added a drop of Liquid Pearls for their eyes and highlighted the details of the die with a Fine Liner pen. If you google an image of the kind of bird you want to colour on your die, I find this makes it easy to shade them.

The Current Challenge at Cheery Lynn Designs is Mothers Day and I do hope you get a chance to join in for a chance to win a $20 shopping spree.
Thanks so much for stopping by and for the wonderful comments you leave. I love reading them and appreciate them so much.

Crafty Hugs,

Julie x 

Shop at Cheery Lynn for:

• XL-3 Square Inverted Scallop
• LPC-1 Square Pierce and Cut Tool
• B557 Feathered Friends
• DL127 Celtic Fire Oval Frame
• B188 Embellishment #2
• B466 Branches Set of 2
• B400 Whistle a Happy Tune
• CABD3 Notes#1
• XL3 Inverted Scalloped LG Nesting Dies