Winter Wonderland

Hi everyone, today for my DT card at Cheery Lynn Designs I am sharing some Festive inspiration on my latest Wintry card.

My Icicles and Snowflakes have all been cut out of white glitter card for a nice frosty feel and added onto my tattered layers, you will also notice I tucked some of my Snowflakes between layers.

My Poinsettias I added a snowflake into the centres along with some sparkly Stamens. My Holly flourish was cut into sections and placed around my flowers and the pine branches were heat embossed with a sparkling Embossing powder.

Finishing my card with lots of sparkle and small polystyrene snowballs.

Cheery Lynn Dies Used:

B324 Poinsettia Strip

B146 Pine Branches

B148 Holly Flourish

DL175 Laced Pine Snowflake

B472 Icicles Border

C146 Snowflakes 

Thanks so much for stopping by today and Happy Thanksgiving Weekend to all my American friends.

Crafty Hugs,

Julie x

Merry Christmas Shaker Gift Bag

Hi everyone, today for ny DT card at Cheery Lynn Designs I am sharing some Christmas inspiration using their wonderful Shaker Dies on a gift bag measuring 8" x 10" approx excluding the handles, which I have decorated. So let me take you through the techniques on my die cuts.

I used the Lattice Valance Border at the sides of my bag gluing onto a red strip of card and then mounting onto my cream cardstock, finishing with a border of Red Stickles.

I started my centrepiece by cutting my large Snowflake in half and accenting behind my stacker layer. My Shaker Bells were heat Embossed with an Antique Copper, rubbing a little black Archival ink at the edges to age them. I filled one with Shaker Confetti listed below, small beads and Micro beads, mounting the other to the side as an accent of bells ringing.

My Poinsettia's were cut out in cream cardstock inking at the edges and adding a mix of Micro beads to the centres. My Robin was shaded with Distress ink and black Liquid Pearls added for his eye.

I added a lot of foliage onto my design and finished off with some Liquid Snow and Glass Glitter for a frosty look that glistens so lovely when it catches the light.

My Merry Christmas was heat embossed with Red Tinsel Embossing Powder for more sparkle. Finishing my bag off with a pretty bow and an accent of lace.

Shop at Cheery Lynn for -

• K105K Bell Shaker Card Kit
• K102-28 Shaker Mini Trumpet Set
• B146 Pine Branches
• B400 Whistle a Happy Tune
• B216 Wreath Strip
• B475 Merry Christmas Hanger
• B324 Poinsettia Strip
• B183 Holly Leaves
• B406 Lattice Valance Border
• B609 Snowflake Delight 2
• XL20 Pierced Stacker #2
• B557 Feathered Friends

Thank you so much for stopping by today and good luck to everyone entering the Bi-Weekly Challenge over at Cheery Lynn Designs.

Crafty Hugs,

Julie x

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

Nostalgic Christmas

Hi Everyone, this week the Challenge at Cheery Lynn Designs is Non Traditional Christmas Colours and I thought it would be fun to join in with my DT card this week.

All my die cuts on my card were heat embossed with different powders from Sparkly ones to Glossy ones. My main image I sprinkled a little White Powder for a snowy effect and heat embossed around the edges to frame my image, mounting onto a little Cheesecloth.

My Snowflowers are layered in two different shades and I trimmed the top Die cut layer at the outer points of the Snowflake to give a graduation effect on my Snowflower adding a Gum Drop to the centre.

My Deer were heat embossed with a Glossy Powder and mounted onto a pink shade of cardstock at their bodies, I then trimmed around the outline of my deer.  This made my Deer pop on the design and easy to cut around with having a raised surface.

I tattered the edges with my scissors adding some Distress Ink and Glitter Embossing powder to the edges.

Hope you have a nice weekend and thanks for your continued comments, I hope I am well enough to visit your Blogs shortly.

Julie x

Shop at Cheery Lynn for:

• B486 Dancing Snow Flurries
• B472 Icicles Border
• B484 Deer in the Forest
• B610 Snowflake Set 1
• DL282 Alpine Flourish Doily (set of 2)
• B146 Pine Branches
• L1 Square Classic Silver Stackers 
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I would Like to enter this in to the following Challenges

• WOW embossing powders - December Challenge - 'Winter'
• Dies R us - Challenge #38 Christmas
• Country View Challenges - #34 Create a Scene 
• Noor Design - #13 Winter Wonderland 
• Sparkles Christmas Challenges - #59 Die Cuts for Christmas
• Anything but Cute - Challenge #8 You've got Happy Mail

Frosty The Snowman

Hi everyone, this week for my DT card at Cheery Lynn Designs I am sharing with you a vintage styled Christmas card using one of our latest released Snowflake dies which comes in a set of 2.

I started by cutting out my Snowflakes in white cardstock and then sprayed Adhesive on to them and added extra fine Glitter. This way you get a lovely smooth finish that doesn't show any lumps of glue. I cut them in half and added to the corners of my first layer.

My Snowman I added Snowtex on to his body and an accent on to his hat and whilst still wet I poured some extra fine glitter over them. The embellishments were coloured with Copics and a little Distress ink at the edges for definition to the Snowman's body.

My Snowflower was glittered in the same way, layering twice and adding a Gumdrop. My Pine Branches were coloured with  Copics and Glitter added for an extra frosty look. 

Merry Christmas was heat embossed with Red Tinsel Embossing Powder.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Julie x

Shop at Cheery Lynn for:

• B610 Snowflake Set 1
• B146 Pine Branches
• C140 Frosty the Snowman
• DL282 Alpine Flourish Doily
• XL10 Coved Rectangle Classic
• DL251 Horizon Coved Boutique Stacker Frames
• XL22 Pierced Stacker #4

Someone Special at Christmas

Hi Everyone, sorry I am still behind catching up with your blogs after my holiday but I am rather poorly with two different infections at the moment, but hope to catch up very soon if I haven't already.This week the challenge at Cheery Lynn Designs is Christmas and I couldn't resist playing along, so this is my DT card for this week, as I love making Festive cards and getting the Glitter out.

I started by cutting out my paper with the image of Santa on it, mounting onto green card and I then dropped a little Stickles into the centre of all the tiny holes around the frame of my Horizon Stacker die.

My sentiment was stamped adding some Stickles and Distress ink for a Vintage look, layering onto my die cuts with a little Silicone Glue.

My foliage was cut and curled slightly with my embossing tool and mat. I then added some red gems to look like berries for added detail.

My Poinsettias were made be shading white card stock with Distress Stains and a gold Mica spray. Once the card stock was dry I die-cut out my flowers, shaped on my embossing mat and added some glittered stamens to the centre.

Thanks for stopping by today, as always your comments are greatly appreciated.

Julie x 

 Shop at Cheery Lynn For :

• XL-2 Square Scalloped Stackers
• DL-253 Horizon Square Boutique Stacker Frames
• XM-5 Circle Scalloped
• M4 Circle Classic
• DL251 Horizon Coved Boutique Stacker Frames
• B146 Pine Branches
• B324 Poinsettia Strip
• B148 Holly Flourish
• DL279 Snowflake Doily w/Angel Wing 

Winter Wishes

Hi Everyone, I am so pleased to be sharing my post today at Frilly and Funkie as their Guest Designer after winning their recent challenge A Vintage Holiday my Altered Frame which you will see HERE. Clicking to enlarge the photographs highlights all my glittered areas better. As you know glitter is so difficult to capture in photos. 

With their current challenge - Winter Wishes I was asked to design something expressing what I love about winter. This was rather hard as I hate our cold wet winters in Scotland with long dark days. But I do like on the rare time when we wake up to everything glistening white and I love to feed the birds in the winter time especially my beloved Robin - Ronald.
Now gathered with inspiration I decided to make a wall hanging using a Canvas Board.

I first of all glued a Cheery Lynn Snowflake die all over my board.

I layered on some scraps of old music sheets and used Texture paste to add my Ivy. Once dry I placed my stencil back over my textured areas and started to add Distress Ink, building up colour. I also added in Pine Needles later on.

My little Robin's body was cut out 3 times in chipboard to make him more 3D. I added Distress paint to shade him and then used a flourish stamp and Archival ink to add shading. His eye was Black Liquid pearls.

My letters were also cut from Chipboard. I gave them a coat of Gesso. Once dry I added Glossy Accents and Rock Candy Distress Glitter, letting dry before adding some Distress Ink to the edges.

I added a selection of winter greenery die cuts, more snowflakes, glittered icicles, Flower Soft and lots of glitter to give a frosty feel.

Thanks to the Super Talented team over At Frilly and Funkie for asking me to Guest for them today and I hope you all enjoyed your visit to my blog today.

Julie xx

Shop at Cheery Lynn for:

• B146 - Pine Branches
• DL175 - Laced Pine Snowflake
• B472 - Icicles Border
• C146 - Snowflakes

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 

A Festive Card

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Hi Everyone, I can't believe we are now less than 2 weeks away from Christmas and still so much to do LOL.

Thank you so much to everyone for their kind comments with my Mixed Media Tutorial last week, I really appreciated it. For my DT Post at Cheery Lynn Designs this week, I have made a Christmas card to share with you all. Let me take you through the steps of making this card.

I first of all stamped my Crafty Individuals image in black onto Kraft card and heat embossed with clear ink. Shading my image with Copics and adding Stickles to the berries.

I next paper pieced my large Snowflakes and Pine Branches to the reverse of my card layers to form frames.

You will have noticed on the green foliage I also cut out the top of the branch and layered on to form a corner point.

The Poinsettia's were made by colouring strips of white paper with Distress Spray Stains. I used Aged Mahogany, Festive Berries and Brushed Pewter and dried with my heat gun before adding a touch of gold mica spray. I then die cut out my Poinsettia Strip. 

You get beautiful different shades on your flowers which gives a realistic look. I added some stamens and built them up.

I paper pieced my Holly and my Pine Branches onto my card, checking my Poinsettia would hide the joins before I finally glued on top. finally adding Stickles around the Perimeter.

Thanks for stopping by.

Julie x

Shop at Cheery Lynn for :

• B146 Pine Branches
• DL253 Horizon Square Boutique Stacker Frames
• L1 Square Classics
• B148 Holly Lace Flourish
• DL175 Laced Pine Snowflake
• B324 Poinsettia Strip