Cheery Lynn Designs Inspiration Blog: presents

Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Pomander Balls

Hello and welcome back.

Does this remind you of your Nanna?

A pomander, from French pomme d'ambre, i.e. apple of amber, is a ball made of perfumes, such as ambergris (whence the name), musk, or civet.^[1]The pomander was worn or carried in a vase, also known by the same name, as a protection against infection in times of pestilence.

For both of the balls I only used the smaller die of the Judy's Blooms set. I just wanted to show that you can create lovely items with very few dies. Until you can afford to splash out (wouldn't that be nice!), you can still do a lot of creating.

To make these pomanders, all you need is a styrofoam ball, a bit of ribbon or lace and some pearls or brads for the centres. I just cut multitudes of the small flowers from Judy's Blooms, placed one on top of another and glued them into place around the ball. I inked the edges and glimmer misted all the petals and then spritzed the whole lot with water and lavender essential oil, (for the purple one and water and rose essential oil for the pink one.).

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Till next week, Celeste

Thursday, December 9, 2010

Christmas Window Card

Liz Chidester 3:30 AM 7 Comments

Baby, its cold outside!
Hello crafters, Liz here to bring you a cute Christmas card idea using lots of goodies from Cheery Lynn Designs. First off let me tell you that I do not consider myself a card maker but when my wonderful "welcome" box arrived and I saw the window die, I knew exactly what I wanted to create...and it was this card.

I cut out the inside of the cover of the card out and replaced it with my window image using the large window die. I wanted to give it a frosty look outside so I used the beautiful snowflakes dies and touched them up with a bit of glitter. I add some tied ribbon to to the inside cover to resemble curtains.

For the inside of the card, I created a living room scene complete with a decorated Christmas tree and presents (see note below about dies you can substitute).

There you have it, I'm feeling warm and fuzzy already.

Here is my complete list of dies used for this project:

Large window

Snowflakes

*Note: 'Cardinal in a Tree' and 'Presents' dies were discontinued.
If you are looking for a substitute, you can find them here.

Have a great day!
~Liz

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