Own Little World

Hi everyone, today for my DT card at Cheery Lynn Designs I am sharing some more inspiration with their latest release - Let’s Go Retro.

 My card measures approximately 6 x 6 inches. I started by adding my 2 Stacker base layers onto my card and some stars which I outlined with a glitter pen to give depth to them. I next added on my moon with a Visible Image sentiment stamped in the centre.

My rocket was cut out in glitter card and white cardstock which was shaded with Copic pens.

 My cute robot was cut in Miri card and Glitter Card adding lots of little gems onto her.
 

Cheery Lynn Dies Used -

B949 Retro Rocket Die Set

B942 Robot Buddies Die Set

B939 Pop Up Stars

LPC4 Circle Pierce and Cut Tool

LPC1 Square Pierce and Cut Tool

XL2 Scalloped LG Stackers

Thanks so much for stopping by today.

Crafty Hugs,
Julie x

Faith Hope Love

Hi Everyone, today for my DT card at Cheery Lynn Designs I am sharing a card with the elegant Die Cut sentiment Faith, Hope, Love which could be used on a variety of cards or alternatively on a Scrapbook Layout possibly with Wedding photographs.

I started by cutting out my Pierced Stacker Dies in Square and a Circle and embossed the edges with Silver Embossing powder, using Maja Design papers.

I matted and layered my centrepiece with foam tape between the layers to add dimension to my card and added a contrasting blue square of Cardstock behind my Doily to help it 'pop' gluing my sentiment onto the circle.

Using my Flourish #3 Die I cut this out in 2 shades of green card and arranged elements of this Die onto my card.

Layering an arrangement of flowers with Pearl centres onto my card.

Finishing off with a pretty butterfly.

Cheery Lynn Dies Used -

CAFLRS-3 Flourish #3

LPC-1 Square Pierce and Cut Tool

B565 Faith Hope Love

B364 Baby's Breath flower Kit

B434 Sweet Christine

DL112AB Small Exotic Butterflies #1 w/angel wings

B259 Daisy Strip

LPC-4 Circle Pierce and Cut Tool

DL 280 Royal Scandinavian Doily

Thanks so much for stopping by today.

Crafty Hugs, 

Julie x

Easter Egg Hunt

Hi everyone, today for my DT card at Cheery Lynn Designs I thought I would share some inspiration for an Easter card in a vintage design.

Cheery Lynn have many cute Easter Dies that embellish our crafty designs so well. My sweet little chicks were diecut from a yellow patterned cardstock and I coloured their beaks and feet with Copic Pens and added a touch of Black Liquid Pearls for their eyes.

My rabbit was also cut in patterned paper adding a fluffy cotton tail and some Liquid Pearls also to his eye.

My Stackers were all layered up in different shades of paper adding a little cheesecloth behind my image.

Shop at Cheery Lynn for -

B527 Bunnies - Set of 2

B528 Chicks - Set of 3

XL21 Pierced Stacker #3

LPC-1 Square Pierce and Cut Tool

DL253 Horizon Square Boutique Stacker Frames

XL2 Scalloped LG Square Stacker

CASO16 Nesting Doll Oval

Thanks so much for stopping by today to see my card and I hope you have a lovely creative week.

Crafty Hugs,

Julie x

Lady Steampunk

Hi everyone, I do hope you are having a lovely weekend preparing for the forthcoming Festivities. Today for my DT card at Cheery Lynn Designs I thought it would be nice to share a card using the fantastic Steampunk dies that Cheery Lynn make.  I love the versatility of these dies and have fun making them look grungy, masculine or giving them a feminine shabby look. So let me take you through the details on my card.

My Steampunk corners, cogs and butterfly wings were all heat embossed with Frantage powders, tucking accents of cogs behind my paper layers with touches of lace and cheesecloth.

My corset was mounted onto patterned paper and trimmed around the edges. I repeated this process cutting out the bust area only and glued in place on top of the corset with silicone glue to add dimension. The belt was made using the Hinges die adding a little thread. I finished my corset with lace edges and some bling then mounted onto my Butterfly.

My roses and leaves were cut in coordinating paper to compliment the roses on my paper.

Shop at Cheery Lynn for:

• CABD-106 Corner #3
• CAFLRS-13 Flourish #13
• B367 Gears Butterfly
• CAFLRS-10 Flourish #10
• CABD-52 Corset
• B399 Hinges Set of 8
• B433 Small Gardenia
• B340 Gears Set of 9
• XL20 Pierced Stacker #2
• LPC-1 Square Pierce and Cut Tool
• XL-3 Square Inverted Scallop

Thanks so much for stopping by today, I am sorry I have fallen behind looking at all your lovely blogs but I am under the weather at present and do hope to catch up with all your blogs soon.

Good luck to everyone entering the Bi-Weekly Challenge  at Cheery Lynn Designs.

Crafty Hugs,

Julie x

Sister Celebration

Hi to all my crafty friends, today for my DT card at Cheery Lynn Designs I am sharing a shabby chic style card using many of the beautiful floral and lace style dies.

My card measures 8x5 Inches and I started by adding a patterned layer of paper to my card which I added Frantage, distressed at the edges and added some ink. I also added a couple of corner accents and my double layered inked butterfly.

My next couple of layers were torn across the page and my small doily and leaves inserted behind. These layers were added with foam strips for extra dimension.

My main image was mounted onto my frame with foam strips. I added Frantage, my word Sister and a Flower into the girl's hair for extra detail.

My flourish was cut down and all the parts placed in at different angles. Adding my flowers and extra leaves finishing with accents of Pearls.

Thanks so much for stopping by today and good luck to everyone entering the Fortnightly Challenge at Cheery Lynn Designs.

Julie x  

Shop at Cheery Lynn For :

• DL245 Ambergris Tiny Doily
• CAFLRS-5 Flourish#5
• B364 Baby's Breath Flower Kit
• CAFLRS-13 Flourish#13
• CABD17 Corners
• DL112AB Small Exotic Butterflies #1 w/Angel wing
• CAFR-23 Square Frames
• B155 Large Rose
• LPC-1 Square Pierce and Cut Tool
• B435 Tea Rose Small
• B288 Sister - set of 2

I would like to enter this in to the following Challenges:

• Pink gem challenge - Female Birthday
• Craftcatz Weekly Challenge - Anything Goes option Pearls/Ribbons
• Fussy and Fancy - My Favourite Things - Dies and Vintage
• Cards 4 Galz - Anything but Square
• Crafty Sentiments Designs - Someone Special
• Crafty our Passion Challenges - Anything Goes
• Ribbon Girls - Use any Image

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