Merry Christmas

Hi everyone, today for my DT card at Cheery Lynn Designs I am showcasing some of their fabulous Christmas dies on my Festive Vintage styled card.

I started by layering up several of my stacker dies with foam strips between some layers and glued flat on others. My gold edging was created by rubbing my die cut on my Versamark ink pad and heat setting Gold Embossing Powder.

My Holly Flourish and Sentiment were also heat embossed, adding some red bling to look like berries. I love the size of this sentiment as it makes a great feature on your card.

My Poinsettia's were cut out in cream cardstock inking at the edges and adding Gold Flowersoft to the centres. I mounted onto my card with some foliage.

Thanks so much for stopping by today and I hope you feel inspired to start making your Christmas Cards. Good luck to everyone entering the Bi-Weekly Challenge at Cheery Lynn Designs.

Craft Hugs,

Julie x 

Shop at Cheery Lynn For:

• B146 Pine Branches
• FRM149 Mexican Tile Pattern
• CABD9 Merry Christmas
• B148 Holly Flourish
• B324 Poinsettia Strip
• XL2 Scalloped LG Stackers
• LPC1 Square Pierce and Cut Stackers
• XL20 Pierced Stacker#2

Cheery Lynn Designs - Flower Power Blog Hop

Hi everyone, have you seen the vast range of exquisite Flower dies Cheery Lynn Designs do ? Well today you are in for a real treat as we all showcase some of these dies on our latest Blog Hop, so please make sure you carry on hopping to see my team mates creations.

When I make flowers I will either use patterned cardstock or cut in white paper and shade with inks. I love to use bling, micro beads and flower soft into the centre of my flowers. My leaves I also like to cut out of patterned paper or ink with a few shades of green for a realistic look.

My card this time shows flowers inked and flower soft added to the centres for a realistic look. I love to add a mix of different foliage, this adds extra detail and interest for a realistic look. Cheery Lynn has a vast range of foliage to add to your floral arrangements.

I added foam strips between my layers to add depth and shadow layered with some pink cardstock.

Cheery Lynn Dies Used :

• B434 Sweet Christine 6 Piece Set
• B310 Shasta Daisy 6 Piece Set
• B768 Thinking of You Sentiment Square
• B304 Ivy Strip 5 Piece Set
• B777 Floral Bouquet Kit 8 Piece Set
• LPC 1 LG Silver Pierce Squares
• XL21 Pierced Stacker #3
• XL2 Scalloped LG Stackers
• DL280 Royal Scandinavian Doily

Please leave a comment to let me know you have stopped by and carry on until you get back to Cheery Lynn Designs for a chance of winning a $20 shopping spree.

Your next stop on our blog hop is Lisa.

Crafty Hugs, 

Julie x

Under the Sea

Hi Everyone, today for my DT card at Cheery Lynn Designs I am sharing with you an underwater themed card which would also look great on a scrapbook layout.

On the edge of my card I tattered my second layer with the edge of my scissors. Next I pressed the edge into my Versamark ink pad and heat set some Gold Embossing powder. My word Explore was also heat embossed in gold.

I used a mixture of foliage on the list below to give the look of Seaweed and Coral at the bottom of the sea. On my Princess Tree die I added a little Distress Stickles. My Starfish was shaded with ink and highlighted with a Fineliner pen, as was my Sand Dollar.

My Anchor was shaded with Copics, heat setting a little Distress Powder and a Patina powder for an aged rusty Look.

The detail on the Seahorse dies is incredible. I cut them out in patterned paper adding a little Stickles and Black Liquid Pearls to their eyes.I moulded the shape of them with my fingers for a curved look and mounted onto my card with Silicone Glue.

Finishing off with an accent from the Ships Compass

My wave edger, small shells and pearls.

We are having a blog hop tomorrow over at Cheery Lynn Designs to showcase a wonderful New Release from them, there are so many new dies on my wish list !

So please stop by and you could be in with the chance of winning a shopping spree.

Thanks so much for stopping by today. The Current Challenge  at Cheery Lynn is Red, White and Blue. I hope you get a chance to join in the fun to win a $20 shopping spree at Cheery Lynn.

  

Crafty Hugs,

 Julie

Shop at Cheery Lynn for:

• B395 Ships Compass
• B267 Seahorse Family (Set of 3)
• B341 Wave Edger
• B180 Princess Tree
• B616 Explore
• B389 Cattails and Reeds
• B279 Sand Dollar and Starfish
• B216 Wreath Strip
• XL2 Scalloped LG Square Stackers
• LPC1 Square Pierce and Cut Tool
• B394 Ship's Anchor

Paper used on Seahorses is Craft Consortium's Bloom Beautiful paper pad.

Wedding Memories

Hello fellow bloggers, I hope you are having a lovely weekend creating. Today for my DT post at Cheery Lynn Designs I am sharing my Wedding Memory card that would look equally as good in a Scrapbook layout using the larger die in this Film Set collection.

I started off using my Stacker dies for my layered background. Next my heart was heat embossed with an Aged Bronze and I cut it in half to layer on and extend its size so it fitted perfectly as a background accent.

My black paper accents were made using a section from Sophia's Heart Border. On top of this I added 2 torn layers of paper which I heat embossed with Aged Bronze at the edges to compliment my heart.

My Film Set die I placed over my images and die cut to obtain the perfect size to reinsert into my frames. I heat embossed my images with Clear powder to look like a glossy photo.

Thanks so much for stopping by today and I do hope you get a chance to join in the new challenge at Cheery Lynn which is Anything Goes, 

Julie x

Shop at Cheery Lynn for:

• B446 Wedding (set of 2)
• B673 Film Set (set of 2)
• B333 Sophia's Heart Border
• Ornament #3 CASO-3
• XL2 Scalloped LG Stackers
• L1 Square Classic Silver Stackers