Cheery Lynn Designs Inspiration Blog: Mini Dollies

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Wednesday, July 24, 2013

Matchbox Giftbox

Hi and Good Morning, Alison here today :) I hope everyone is having a great week so far!

This week I wanted to show you how quick and easy it is to make a gorgeous wee gift box out of the Cheery Lynn Designs matchbox dies.

I used the largest Matchbox Die set for this gift box, and cut out 2 pieces in matching double sided 12 x 12 patterned paper. I assembled the box quick and easily, as all the folds are embossed and it just all falls into place so well! :)

I then decorated the sides of the box with Sophias Heart border, and the Forever sentiment.

The top of the box is decorated with the matching Sophias Heart Mini Doily, and I made the flower from one of the new release floral strips Gardenia. I held this together with a pearl brad and added some olive green leaves cut from the Rose Leaf Strip.

This was such a lovely gift box to make, and so easy too, I can see lots of uses for this die and all the other sizes to make a set!

All dies used are:

B330 - Matchbox Large

B339 - Gardenia Strip

B241 - Rose Leaf Strip

DL238 - Sophias Heart Mini Doily

B333 - Sophias Heart Border

B352 - Forever Sentiment

Thanks so much for visiting our blog today, and I hope you find time to enter our challenge this week where our theme is Silver and/or Gold.

Have a smashing week,

Sunday, April 14, 2013

Mini Canvas

Tamara Morton 3:30 AM 5 Comments

Hello everyone, hope you are all having a nice, pleasant and relaxing weekend.. I have been a busy bee with lots of crafting being done. A few weeks ago I attending a workshop where the talented Hels Sheridan was teaching. As I haven't attended a workshop before and an altered art one at that I thought it would be fun. I have now been bitten by the altered art bug.. : D

I went out and bought a few mini canvases and this is one of the creations that I came up with (you'll have to wait until tomorrow to see the matching canvas..

I started by making a mask using acetate and the Honeycomb Frame (you have to run it through your die machine a few times to get all the piece cut.. but as you can see you get a perfect template. I used it with Ferro paints to create a raised effect..

Here is the canvas frame that I painted using Eco paints Clam shell and Aged Gold. just love these paints!

Here is the effect of using ferro paint to create a different effect.

I then stamped the script text onto a tissue and adhered it using a melt pot and beeswax. I like the crinkled effect if you put a few tiny creases then go over the dried beeswax with a colour wash of paints you used. I also added perfect pearls to get that shimmer..

The main stamped image I applied clear embossing powder (about 6 layers) then popped it in the freezer for 5 minutes this makes the dried embossing powder crack, but you could use rocky candy crackle paint.

These flowers are die cut from the Daisy Strip die. What I did was scrunched them up, added a small spray of water, unfolded them (very carefully) popped a brad in then dropped them in the melted beeswax. Once dry they retain their shape..

Here's a pic of the side of the canvas with the script stamped and below is a close up of the honeycomb frame used as a mask..

Hope you've enjoyed my little bit of Cheery Lynn inspiration today. Don't forget to check out the Challenge blog to enter into our weekly challenges. A new challenge starts tomorrow (Monday) with the theme

"Pretty in Purple" the prize this week is a $20 coupon to spend in the Cheery Lynn Store. We also have our gorgeous new release dies launch tomorrow too, so don't forget..

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# altered project # flowers

Sunday, February 3, 2013

Pretty in Pink

Tamara Morton 3:54 PM 6 Comments

Hello all, Tamara here with your Sunday Cheery Lynn Inspiration. So sorry that I'm a little late with my posting. I had a bit of a disaster yesterday, came home to find my cat had decided to take a shine to my project and was sitting on it. Needless to say it was ruined and I had to start from scratch.
So here it is
Listed below are all the dies that I used..
Don't forget to head on over to the Challenge blog and join in our weekly challenge, the prize is a $20 voucher to spend in the Cheery Lynn Store. We are also on facebook stop by and like our page

I am so in love with these new daisy flowers they just go perfectly on any project..

The fanciful flourish was a bit big for what I wanted so I cut it down smaller and just used the parts that I wanted.

Tiny French Pastry Doily

Polynesian Sails Mini Doily

# Borders # Build A Flower

Saturday, January 19, 2013

Mini Doily Fun!

Jodi 3:30 AM 6 Comments

Hello! Don’t you just love the new dies from Cheery Lynn Designs?! The design team has shared some gorgeous inspiration with them this week!

One if my favorite new additions is the Mini Doily line! I decided to have a little fun with them by using them to create the background for my layout!

I started by using the Lady Kate Edger to create the lacy edge around my background. I cut several of the Canadian Kaleidoscope Tiny Doily, Italian Flourish Tiny Doily, and Sophie’s Heart Mini doilies, staggering the shapes throughout the background, added texture and visual interest. The Mini Pearl Rectangle Reflections Mega Die created the prefect photo matte. The Classic French Flair Silver Stacker atop the Scalloped French Flair Stacker Nesting Die is ideal way to create your own journaling block.

Dies are a quick, fun way to dress up stickers! I added a jute bow around the canning jar, then adhered it with foam adhesive. Using Daisy Strip and Small Leaves 2, I added more texture, color, and dimension. I also added some little flowers from Build a Flower Embellishment #3.

There is still time to enter this week challenge for your chance to win the $20 shopping spree! Details Here

Thanks for stopping by!

# Borders # Build A Flower

Sunday, January 13, 2013

Very Very Special

Tamara Morton 3:30 AM 6 Comments

Hi all, Tamara here, Wow have you seen the gorgeous creations from the design team with all those fabulous new release dies. If not click here. All the dies are fantastic from new mini dollies, borders, tiny creatures, little boxes, words and phases the list is endless. If you are not going to CHA this weekend why not pay a visit to the Cheery Lynn Store to see all the new releases.

In the meantime take a look at what I have been creating this week

Cheery Lynn Dies

Build a Flower #3
Fringe Cuties 1 & 3
Mini Dollies - Sophie's Heart and Italian Flourish
Tiny Things With Wings
Embellishments #3
Daisy Strip

I used the long flower petals on the BAF to create a lilly flower shaped and distressed using inks. For the middle I used the embellishments #3. I had one last sheet of kraft left which I was saving for a special card and this was it. Kraft always looks wonderful on its own or inked around the edges in DI's