Where Does Your Inspiration Come From?

Hi, and welcome to the middle of the week! It's Gini, filling in for Alison toady. I think that creative people are always inspired by everything they come into contact with.  I know I certainly am.  When I looked at the gorgeous flowers on this patterned paper, I wanted to see if  I could recreate one with my Cheery Lynn Designs Dies and paper.

I used quite a mix of our flower dies - starting with a base of Stacker Flower 6.  I cut petals from BAF2, and glued them to the tips of the base flower.  Then I took layers of Stacker Flower 4, and curled the tips in with tweezers.  For the center, I used the Cutie Fringe (but cut my fringe off a little shorter).

It's really fun to get creative in your paper gardens, and see what you can come up with combining the dies.

Cheery Lynn Designs Dies

City Girl Edger B308
Build a Flower 2 B187

Spring Flower Burst Doily DL221

Stacker Flower 6 SF-6

Stacker Flower 4 SF-4

Cutie Fringe II B256

Pair of Ferns B118

Judy's Blooms C184

Announcing the Summer Blast Contest with Cheery Lynn Designs. We know with summer quickly approaching there are lots of fun activities to steal you away from your crafting.  We want to give you some extra incentive to keep playing along with us, so how about a chance to win aneBosser!

Here are the rules:  Play along with all four of our challenges for the month of June (easy enough!)  On the last challenge post for the month, leave a comment if you entered all of the challenges, telling us that you "had a summer blast with Cheery Lynn Designs" and you will be entered to win this fantastic prize!  Due to the cost of shipping and the electrical wiring on the machine, this contest is only open to our North American fans.

This weeks challenge is Red,White and Blue.  So play along for an opportunity to win a $20 store credit to the CLD store, and also so you can be in the running to win the eBosser (msrp $229.99).

Also, for our loyal challenge followers, please note - the Cheery Lynn Designs Challenges will be moving over to our inspiration blog as of June 30th.  We will still have the same challenges and prizes, but now you will be able to find all of your Cheery Lynn Designs inspiration in one stop! Also, our challenges will be going live on Sunday morning rather than Monday.