Hi Everyone..  This week for Cheery Lynn Designs I have created a "Baby Boy, Brag Book".  I was reading a thread on a forum recently about how difficult it is to make a baby book for a boy, as you cannot add flowers.  Well, for me personally - I add flowers, I just make them "BLUE"!!

Due to the length of this post, I will not go into the nitty gritty details - just wondering if nitty gritty is an Australian saying, so will explain it means 'small details'. 

Above is a close up of the Medium Rose, which is constructed by rolling the middle, and building up in layers.  You can make them tight, open, or however takes your fancy. I will do a tutorial soon on how I do my roses, as it seems all of us DT girls do ours differently.

The flowers on Page 1: The large flower with button, being made from the Cuties 4.  The smaller white flowers are from the Flower Chain Border (I just removed flowers from border), I included the medium sized Darling Daisies in the middle of each - they replicate stamens.  The tiny flowers are the inserts to the Snow Flake Edger Border die.  I really like those inserts, they could have 'many' uses when making flowers!

Page 2 below, I embossed the cardstock using the Black Eyed Susan Embossing Plate.

Page 3 and 4 (above and below) I have used the Cheery Blossoms and Dimensional Leaves.

Page 5 (below) I used the Roses and Leaves Embossing Plate.  I love the beautiful detail I manage to get using the Cheery Lynn Designs Embossing Plates, in conjunction with the Embossing Kit!! The French Flair-Classic Series was used to create journaling areas.

Page 6 (above) includes the Medium Rose, constructed more in a flat manner and not 3 dimensional.  I just used an awl to round the leaves on a computer mouse mat. 

Judy's Blooms, and the Stacker Leaves on Page 7 (above), I always double the layers of the die to create more volume.

The flower on Page 8 (above) was created using the new release Fransesca Border die.  To create a flower like this, all you need to do is score at regular intervals over the whole die cut, and fold like a fan.  Adhere the two ends together with a strong adhesive, and push down to form flower - adhere to the smallest circle in the Scalloped Window Stackers Series.

Another rose using the Cuties 3 on page 9 (above).

Using Snowflake 6 to add a little character to my flower arrangement.  Snowflakes can be used in so many other creations, besides winter or Christmas!

Dies Used:

B156 Cuties 4

B151 Cuties 3

DL155 Scandinavian Heart & Inside Insert

DL110 Heartland America Large

DL180 Nautical Wheeler Doily

DL102 French Pastry Doily

DL101 English Tea Party Doily

FRM127 Sweetheart Frame

XL-12 French Flair Classic

L-12 French Flair-Classic Silver

DL133 Aussie Kangaroo Doily

SF-1 Stacker Flower #1 (Leaves)

DL181 Lge Sunflower Doily

E134 Hearts, Roses and Leaves Embossing Plate

E148 Black Eyed Susan Embossing Plate

S111 Embossing Kit 6" X 8"

B159 Fransesca Border

B132 Flower Chain Border

B147 Olive Branches

D134 Small Dimensional Leaves

DL170 Snowflake 6

B114 Snowflake Edger (tiny inserts used only)

B134 Frangipani with Leaves (leaves only)

C184 Judy's Blooms

B129 Cherry Blossoms

A196 Darling Daisies

DL112 Exotic Butterfly Small

DL112A Exotic Butterfly Small Wings

M-12 French Flair-Classic Silver

XM-12 French Flair-Classic

XMC-5 Scalloped Window Stackers

B154 Medium Rose

Do not forget this weeks challenge, with the theme being "Sweethearts", all the details can be found "HERE".  You have a chance of winning a $20 shopping voucher!!!  

Have a great, and creative week...
Sandie

On the first page, above left, I used the Sweetheart Frame with the Medium Rose and Large Rose dies.  These were glued down flat so that they would not get ruined in transit.  On the second page, above right, I used my all time favourite die, the Fanciful Flourish, in gold and added Darling Daisies in gold and black card stock.

For the third page, above left, I liked this paper too much to cover it up!  So using the French Flair-Classic, I just cut out one of the nesting dies and popped a photo on and used a rub-on up the top which I will put her name in.  To make the fourth page, right hand side, I wanted it to look kind of uniform.  So I just cut another of the French Flair-Classic dies and put a photo on that one too.  I added ribbon and some bling because you always need bling somewhere!!

For the fifth page, above left, I used blue (also in the Sunshine Collection) to break up the album with.  The English Tea Party die was used as the base while the inside of the Dainty Dutch Deco Frame was popped on top.  It was fun taking these two dies and putting them together to get this great outcome for the page.  Another one of my favourites is the Tropical Flourish, which I have cut in black for contrast.  I added the Olive Branches and Stacker Flower #1 Leaves and then making (with great effort!) roses with the Cuties 2 die.  The sixth page, above right,  the Fanciful Flourish was used again! with the Darling Daisies and Olive Branches.  This time I used the larger two French Flair-Classic dies, inked around the edges and put pearls around too, before adding the photo.

On the seventh page, above left, I made a pocket for some tags and journaling.  I used again! the French Flair-Classic nesting dies and the Lace Light Deco Border, which is fast becoming another favourite!!  I kept this page nice and simple so that the tags could be the focus.  They are shown further down the blog.  On the eighth page, above left, to keep uniform again, the French Flair-Classic die was cut and a photo of my sister's dog, Gordon, was popped in.  For the corner of this page I used the Victorian Romance Flourish with the Olive Branches and the Large Rose die, popped on top.

For the ninth page, above, I used the French Flair-Classic nesting dies and used them to make a frame for the photo.  I loved the way it turned out and as you can see I LOVE the French Flair-Classic die.  Until it's out of my system you will be seeing it everywhere LOL.

For the back cover, I cut around this bird that was on one of the papers, and just popped him on the back.  Seeing as the album will be mostly sitting on this side, I didn't want anything on the back that might get caught.

These are the four tags that are inserted into the spaces between the pages.  From left to right, the first tag has the Tropical Flourish with the Medium Rose on the front and on the back, photo below left, I used a transparency and some rub-ons.  In the second tag, Judy's Blooms and a Large Rose die made up the flower, while the French Flair-Classic nesting dies made for the photo mats.  On the reverse is space or journalling.  The third tag has space for journalling or small photo, and I cut the Medium Exotic Butterfly out of gold and popped it onto the black background of the tag.  On the reverse of the third tag I used the Judy's Blooms leaves with the Miniature Rose die, the French Flair-Classic die and the Ribbon Eyelet Border Die at the bottom with yellow ribbon wound thru.  The last tag on the far right has the Lace Light Deco Border up and down both sides with a photo at the bottom and pearls at the top.  On the reverse of this tag is a picture and a left over part of the Lace Light Deco Border that fit the photo perfectly.

The photo below is just a close up of the Cuties 2 die and how it should come out.  I believe Sandy put up a quick tutorial on the blog (which was invaluable) sometime last week.  You must check it out and have a try.

And lastly here are the two tags that sat in the pocket on page seven.  One was made from the French Flair-Classic, again! nesting dies.  The other tag was made using a shipping tag and covered in my collection of papers.

Well.  You have made it to the end of my blog!  I thank you sincerely for reading it all and coming on this Cheery Lynn Designs journey of dies.  I had such fun making this album and I know my sister will be thrilled with it.

Dies used:

XL-12 FRENCH FLAIR-CLASSIC NESTING DIES  (Of Course)

Ok folks, thats it!  Please head on over to the Cheery Lynn Designs blog and look out for the weekly challenge.  Using these dies you could create an album like this.  Have a go!

Till next time Celeste

 For my creation, I left the pages blank. However, there is plenty of room for journaling, and adding in photographs or memorabilia. 

 Page 4...above

 

  Page 6...above