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

Happy New Year 2016

Happy New Year to everyone, let's hope 2016 is a wonderful year ! Today for my DT card at Cheery Lynn Designs I have made a celebration card that could easily be adapted into another type of card by simply changing the words.

I started off by cutting layers using plain and patterned Cardstock ( Craft Consortium - Bloom Beautiful ) and tattering the edges of the faux stitched layers.

I layered up my Ornament Flourish and Word dies twice to give a shadow effect.

My Sentiment Tag was also tattered around the edges.

Finishing off with a few sparkly gems and a double layered Butterfly.

Crafty Hugs and I hope you have a nice weekend. 

Julie x

Shop at Cheery Lynn for:

• XL2 - Square Scalloped LG Stackers Nesting Dies
• LS1 - LG Square Silver Stitch Nesting Set
• CASO -13 Ornament #13
• B425 - Sentiment Tag 2 ( Set of 3 )
• B226 - Happy (Set of 2 )
• B506 - New Year ( Set of 2 )
• DL112AB - Small Exotic Butterflies #1 w/Angel Wings

Also Used:

Craft Consortium - Bloom Beautiful Paper Pad 

Gingerbread Tree

Hi Everyone, today for my Cheery Lynn Designs DT card, I am showcasing this adorable Gingerbread Family, I love how you can dress them up, aren't they so cute !

I started off by cutting out 2 Scalloped Squares in red cardstock trimming a strip off them both to form the length of rectangle required for my 8 x 6 card. My next layer I used my die cut edge strip, gluing the layers together and adding Stickles into all the small holes. I then sprinkled a little Red Tinsel Embossing Powder over my paper and heat set for a little more sparkle.

My pot for my Tree was made using a section from my die cut Sentiment Tag.I heat embossed Red Tinsel Embossing Powder on it and my word Believe.

I started layering sections of my Build a Christmas Tree onto my card to form a large tree and added Santas Sleigh.

My Gingerbread Family were coloured with Copics and Glitter Pens, highlighting the embossed details with a white pen. The girl's bows and dresses were layered twice.

The boy's hats I used Snowtec on them adding extra fine glitter whilst still wet and a few gems for buttons.

Thanks for stopping by.

Julie x

Cheery Lynn New Release Dies Used:

• B607 Gingerbread Family (set of 6)
• B612 Believe

 Other Cheery Lynn Dies Used:

• XL2 Square Scalloped Stackers
• B483 Build a Christmas Tree
• B326 Santa's Sleigh and Reindeer
• B523 Deutschland Border Set
• B425 Sentiment Tag 2 (Set of 3)

Rainy Day Friends

Hi Everyone, With an abundance of beautiful colours everywhere from Summer flowers I found myself inspired to make a brightly coloured card for my DT Post at Cheery Lynn Designs this week. 

I used my Cuties Strip around the edge of my frame, layering on my doily and stamped sentiment with Silicone Glue. My Butterflies were layered 3 times using a smaller one in the centre and adding some gems.

My flowers were made using 3 layers of paper, shaped on my embossing mat and a few Pearl Stamens added to the centres.

Shop at Cheery Lynn for :

• B129 Cherry Blossom
• DL307 Royal Scandinavian Oval Doily
• B151 Cuties 3
• B117S Mini Fanciful Flourish Left
• B291 Mini Fanciful Flourish Right
• D138 Mini Dimensional Butterflies w/Angel Wings
• DL130 Dutch Doily Rectangle Frame
• B425 Sentiment Tag 2

 Thanks for stopping by today and see you all on my next post.

Julie x

Kisses Card

Hi Everyone, today for my DT card at Cheery Lynn Designs I have made a card using the beautiful Hummingbird die. Let me show you my layers on this card as I build it up.

In this photo you will see I have paper pieced in pale pink corners.

The corners were made using the Horizon Rectangle die that is in the centre of this photo.

My doily was cut in half and pieced behind my Sentiment Tag. This gave me an oval shape to it.

My Hummingbird was shaded with Distress ink and layered up twice for added dimension.

Finishing off my card with some Cheery Lynn flowers and the word Kisses.

Thanks for stopping by today and have a lovely Weekend.

Julie x

Shop at Cheery Lynn for :

• B381 Kisses
• DL251 Horizon Coved Boutique Stacker Frames
• DL272 Horizon Circle Boutique Stacker Frames
• DL 233Italian Flourish Tiny Doily
• DL103 Italian Flourish
• B532 Roses and Leaves
• B193 Hummingbird
• B170 Mini Flourish One
• B425 Sentiment Tag 2
• B433 Small Gardenia
• B339 Gardenia Strip

Shabby Butterflies

Hi Crafty Friends, I seem to have fallen behind catching up with your blogs but I have been under the weather with a kidney infection recently and hope to catch up soon. My Cheery Lynn Designs DT project this week that I'm sharing with you is a Shabby Style card with some mixed media on it. It is approximately 5 3/4 inches square in size.

Here is the start of the layers on my card. I cut a square of patterned paper and then placed my Dutch Daisy Border die on with some low tack tape to cut. I used my Distress Tool around the edges and added a couple of scraps of paper which I inked at the edges.

I then applied some Texture Paste through a strip of Sequin Waste to act as a Stencil. Once dry I added a little Distress ink to coordinate with the paper.

I used the large and medium die in the Sentiment Tag set, cutting white cardstock and adding a little Distress ink to the larger die before layering up and adding some Stickles around the middle. I then layered onto my Alpine Flourish.

My Butterflies were cut in patterned paper and layered up twice.

Hope you have enjoyed looking at my card and now feel inspired to try this style of card. 

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a creative weekend,

Julie x

Shop at Cheery Lynn for :

• B521 Dutch Daisy Border Set 1 (New Release)
• DL112AB SmallExotic Butterflies #1 w/Angel Wings
• DL282 Alpine Flourish Doily
• B425 Sentiment Tag 2 (Set of 3)
• L1 Square Classic Silver Stackers

Merry Christmas Everyone

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Hi Everyone, here in Scotland we have had our first covering of snow on the hills and it has turned very cold, but I don't think we will get a White Christmas. 
My DT card this week for Cheery Lynn Designs has been arranged by building up layers of die cuts in complimentary colours of card.

You will notice I have added Stickles to help define my layers and to add the all important sparkle to a festive card. 

My Poinsettia's were made by colouring White card with Distress Spray Stains and adding a little Gilding wax to the edges and a few stamens in the centres. I arranged my Holly Leaves and Pine Branches to form a Festive arrangement. 

I stamped my centre image adding more Stickles and Silicone glue to raise it up slightly. Finishing off my card with a few Red Gems. 

I would like to wish you all a Merry Christmas and thanks so much for all your lovely comments throughout this year. I have loved reading them. 

Julie


Shop at Cheery Lynn for : 

• B146 Pine Branches 
• B425 Sentiment Tag 2 
• B183 Holly Leaves 
• XM5 Scalloped Circle 
• L1 Square Classic 
• XL2 Square Scalloped 
• B324 Poinsettia Strip 
• B454 Southern Charm Valance