Happy Summer

Hi everyone today for my DT card at Cheery Lynn Designs I am sharing inspiration using some of their fab Nautical Dies on my card which could easily be adapted onto a Scrapbook layout.

My card measures approximately 6 inches square and I started by adding some torn Shabby layers to my card using Maja Design papers along with some cheesecloth, micro beads and lace.

My Doily and Angel Wing were added to the centre of my card with foam strips along with an accent of the Ships Helm.

My Lighthouse was cut out in 2 patterned papers to form the stripes and backed with cream cardstock. My Anchor I highlighted the chain with a bronze coloured Promarker. I added some shells and dried flowers to compliment my Starfish and Sand Dollar Dies.

Cheery Lynn Dies Used:

DL103A Italian Flourish Doily Wing

DL103 Italian Flourish Doily

B384 Set Of 2 Lighthouses

B385 Ships Helm

B279 Sand Doll-ar and Starfish

B394 Ships Anchor

M4 Circle Classic  

Thanks so much for stopping by today and I hope you feel inspired to making a Summer card.

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.

Make a Wish

Hi Everyone, thanks so much for all your lovely comments on my Halloween card and my Bird card last week, it was lovely to read them. This week I was inspired by the image of this little Sailor boy to make a nautical themed card for my DT post at Cheery Lynn Designs.

My Lighthouse was cut out twice in blue Cardstock and once in white. I layered the White cardstock on to the blue, slightly offsetting for a shadow effect and distressed with ink at the edges. Next I fussy cut my blue stripes out and glued in place. I coloured the roof on the house with a brown Copic pen.

My Anchor was coloured with a brown and gold pen and a little Distress powder added for a rust effect.

I love the different designs you can get from the Lady Kate Edger and you can move it right along whatever your length of paper matching up as you go.

Finishing off my card with some Pearls.

Thanks for stopping by.

Julie x

Shop at Cheery Lynn for:

• B278 Lady Kate Edger
• B456 Double Scalloped Border
• B384 Lighthouses Set of 2
• B394 Ships Anchor
• B251 Make a Wish Phrases
• XL15 Rectangle Scalloped LG Purple Stackers
• DL270 Horizon Rectangle Boutique Stacker Frames
• XL6 Circle Inverted Scallop Stackers
• DL272 Horizon Circle Boutique Stacker Frames 

Patterned Cardstock is from Craft Consortium - Bloom Beautiful Range.

Vintage Seaside

Hi Everyone, today for my DT post at Cheery Lynn Designs is my Vintage Seaside themed card which I am sharing with you. 

I coloured the Globe stand with Copic pens. I then heat embossed my World with Aged Green Frantage and layered onto my Angel Wing which had been cut out in Blue Cardstock for the sea. I love the way this effect has worked with this die.

My Ships Anchor was heat embossed with a mix of Distress Powders and Verdigris Antiquities to give a rusty textured effect.

Thanks for stopping by today and as always, your comments are very much appreciated.

Julie x

Shop at Cheery Lynn for:

• L7 Oval Classic
• CM5 A2 Frames Rectangle Classic
• B394 Ships Anchor
• DL292 Lords & Commons Boutique Stackers A2 Frames
• B397 World Atlas W/Angel Wing
• B133 Lace Light Deco Border

8x8 Nautical Themed Layout

Hi Everyone and welcome to my new followers.Thanks for all your get well wishes and lovely comments on my card last week, truly appreciated, especially when I am so far behind visiting your blogs. Today for my DT post at Cheery Lynn Designs I am sharing with you an 8x8 Scrapbook Layout using a photograph of my Dad in the early days of his career in the Merchant Navy.

I started off by tearing out a section from an old map and adding some Distress Ink on to it to age it further and mounted it on to Cardstock which had been torn and distressed at the edges with my Distress tool.

I cut out my Ships Helm and added highlights with a Gold Pro marker.

Next I cut out my Anchor and highlighted the chain. 

You will see in this photograph I layered it up twice for a shadow effect, cutting the die cut in half gave me the expansion I needed for this effect.

My frame was cut out and highlighted with some Gilding Wax, my Ships Helm Die was once again accented at the side of this frame.

I trimmed the photograph of my Dad and added a White Border to help make the White on his Cap and Shirt pop forward. I don't yet have the Word Die Dad, so I paper pieced from my words Daughter and Birthday to get the word Dad.

I now trimmed a lighter shade of Blue Cardstock to 7.5 inches square and placed my Deutschland Border around the perimeter, once cut I Distressed the edges and mounted on to White Cardstock of the same size to highlight the beauty of this die.

Finally layering all my Layout onto an 8x8 piece of Dark Blue Cardstock. I added the Fishtail Banners which were trimmed down and curled at the edges adding a little star in the centre.

I hope this Scrapbook layout has inspired you to get creative. 

Now some exciting news for all the Cheery Lynn Design fans, we have a current DT call which you can check out HERE  for all the details if you fancy becoming part of a fabulous team.

Thanks for stopping by today and have a wonderful weekend,

Julie x

Shop at Cheery Lynn for: 

• B355 Daughter
• B231 Birthday
• DL278 Fishtail Banners
• B385 Ships Helm
• B394 Ships Anchor
• FRM140 Fiona's Magic Mirror