Cheery Lynn Designs Inspiration Blog: Whimsical Christmas Set

Wednesday, November 23, 2016

'Twas the Night Before' by Julie Lavalette

Hi everyone, it's JULIE here today and I'm sharing with you my Festive Scene. I love how Cheery Lynn's dies can make so many wonderful scenes on your cards/ scrapbook pages. On my card you will see how I have adapted my Holly Wreath die and used elements from other dies to create this. So let me take you through all the techniques on it.

My card measures 5" x 7", I tattered a couple of layers of paper and glued in place. My Garland has been made from the Christmas Wreath by cutting it into sections. I coloured my die cut with Copic Pens adding Glossy Accents onto my Mistletoe.

My berries on the Garland were made from Red Stickles glue, once dry I added a drop of Glossy Accents to form the shape of berries. The bells were coloured with a gold pen and shaded at the sides with Archival ink.

Santa was also coloured with Copics, dabbing some Stickles onto his hat to make it Sparkle. His beard, eyebrows and hat I added Snowtex and some Glamour Dust too. I mounted him onto my Stacker die to frame him on the wall.

My tree has also been coloured with Copics adding Stickles onto the baubles and once dry a layer of Glossy accents for a domed effect.

I just adore this fireplace and had a lot of fun building it up. I die cut out the fireplace 3 times layering on with foam strips for dimension, adding an extra layer onto the mantle. I outlined the brick embossed areas with a Fineliner Pen and added a different shade of paper to the back of the fire. I shaded my logs with Distress inks and drop shadowed with grey cardstock, adding in place with Silicone Glue. My flames are coloured with Copics and a layer of Glossy Accents, off setting a few layers for a natural look.

The Fireplace die also comes with the picture frames, candles and stockings. On this card I used the Christmas Stockings and Parcels from the Whimsical Set adding Candy Canes onto my Stockings for extra detail. You will find these in the Build A Christmas Tree die set listed below.

Cheery Lynn Dies used:

Thanks so much for stopping by today and for your lovely comments left on my cards. It would be great to see you joining in our Bi-Weekly challenge with a chance of winning a $20 Shopping Spree.

Crafty Hugs,

Julie xx

Friday, July 22, 2016

Cheery Lynn Designs 2016 Fall and Winter Holiday Release Party - Christmas and Winter Holiday Die Kick-off

Bonnie Garby 3:30 AM 23 Comments

Hello friends. Bonnie here today from Make Time to Craft to kick off the Cheery Lynn Designs 2016 Fall and Winter New Release Celebration.

We will be sharing projects featuring dies from the Fall and Winter new release from now through August 3rd in four parts. I hope you'll join us each day. We will be beginning with Christmas and Winter dies and then showcasing Halloween, Fall & Thanksgiving and then we will finish off with a new die for a New Year!

Be sure to stop by and leave a comment each day. At the end of the celebration, we will select a random post and one lucky person who leaves a comment on the post on that day will win a $20 gift certificate to Cheery Lynn Designs.

Be sure to head over to the Cheery Lynn Designs website to view all the new Christmas themed dies. They are FANTASTIC!

I have to admit that I always have a hard time making Christmas cards in July when it's 95 degrees outside! I decided to ease my way into things by starting with a non-traditional color scheme.

This Whimsical Christmas die set made me think of Dr. Seuss, so I thought the non-traditional colors would be perfect and I really like the way this turned out.

I cut all of my dies in multiple colors and I was very careful to retain all of the pieces (positive and negative) when I removed the paper from the die. I started with a silver base for my stockings and then carefully pieced each one together with the colors I wanted. I then added it to my background square which was created by cutting a white Lattice piece and adhering it to white cardstock. I thought a solid white background was too plain, so the white on white lattice was just right.

For the presents, I also cut the die in multiple colors. I pieced each present individually in the colors I wanted and then lined them up along the bottom of the card panel, slightly overlapping them.

I cut the Merry Christmas sentiment in pink and purple and layered the pieces, slightly offsetting to allow for a shadow effect.

Cheery Lynn Dies Used:

B849 Whimsical Christmas Set *NEW*

B834 Winter Holiday Word Set *NEW*

FRM115 Lattice Frame

My card is topped off with a pretty bi-color double-loop bow made with two ribbon styles from the July Ribbon Club assortment from Really Reasonable Ribbon. I also added a layer of white mulberry paper under the main panel. I love the soft feathery feel you get when you add mulberry paper to a project.

Thanks so much for stopping by today. Don't forget, we have a Christmas in July challenge going on. We'd love to have you enter for another chance to win a $20 gift certificate to Cheery Lynn Designs. It'll sure come in handy once you see all the gorgeous new holiday dies!

# Bonnie Garby # Cards