Cheery Lynn Designs Inspiration Blog

Tuesday, July 3, 2012

Just Fluttering By

Good morning Cheery Lynn Fans!! Today I have a card for you, I made it because the colors reminded me of Sherbet! I used my favorite French Pastry Doily die and my favorite Mini Fanciful Flourish die to make this card. It's a simple card that would brighten anyone's day! It makes me want to eat Gelato! I used DCWV Citrus Collection for this card.

The details!

The new challenge this week is Christmas in July - be sure to play along for your chance to win a $20 gift certificate to Cheery Lynn Designs!

Thanks for stopping by the Cheery Lynn Blog today! Have a great Independence Day!!

Debbie

Monday, July 2, 2012

Cheery Lynn Designs Challenge 35 - Christmas in July

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This week our challenge at Cheery Lynn Designs is

Christmas in July

Here are the rules:

You MUST follow the theme and use at least one Cheery Lynn Designs die, of course, we would love to see more than one.
You MUST add a link to your blog post in the InLinkz at the end of this post; no back posting, only new projects are allowed
You MUST link to our blog in your post
You may only enter the challenge ONCE per week.

The winner will be chosen based on merit by Cheery Lynn Designs. They will receive a $20 coupon for shopping at the Cheery Lynn website. The challenge will end on Sunday night at 22:00 Eastern time. In addition, our design team members will be voting on 3 favorites who will receive a Weekly Spotlights badge to display on their blog. Be sure to come back on Wednesday to see who earned the badge.

Before we get to today's samples, we want to announce the winner of the BIG SHOT die cut machine! Each entry was given a number, 1 - 80. Using Random.org, the winner is

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That means the winner of the Big Shot die cut machine is Jill Norwood. Congratulations, Jill. Please contact me for your winning prize. Thank you to everyone who entered our challenges. We hope to see you again. And now to our inspiration for today......

Donna Smith
Dies used: Lace Corner Deco J, Snowflake 7, Anastasia Border,

Snowflakes, French Flair Lg Stackers

Sandy Hulsart
Dies used: Scalloped Square Lg Stackers, Scalloped Oval XL Stackers,

Silver Oval Stackers, Scalloped Square Mega Doily, Anastasia Border

Remember, you MUST use a Cheery Lynn Designs die to enter this challenge.

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It's a Party!

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This weekend was my sister's birthday, and I just wanted to invite you to join me for a little peek into the party decor I created.

This is a collage photo to give you a better feel for the whole party atmosphere. I used DCWV's Lemon Flower Stack, and repeating elements (Judy's Blooms) to create continuity throughout my decor.

Every party has to start with an invitation. I used flowers created with Cheery Lynn Designs Judy's Blooms. My sentiment layer is framed with the French Lattice Large. Behind that layer is the Oval Doliy Stacker One. A scalloped border was added along the bottom patterned paper panel using the Tiffany Border.

For my cupcake tower, I created pennant flags for the toppers, and one showy rosette for the top cupcake. I bought lollipop sticks from the baking section of a craft store, and used those to glue the toppers. On the pennants, I used the Cheery Lynn Designs Pennant Die and cut it apart, leaving pairs of triangles. Then, I folded the pair in half, over the lollipop stick, and glued the two sides together. This made my decoration cute from either side. I used the Miniature rose and a pearl to finish each one off. The top rosette was embellished with a flower and greenery from Judy's Blooms and the Mini Fanciful Flourish.

My chalkboard was so easy to make! I took a wooden frame, and covered it with my patterned paper, and then used the DCWV All Chalked Up paper, and just glued it into the opening. I added more Judy's Blooms flowers, and the Pair of Ferns for my greenery.

A couple of years ago, I bought a party centerpiece from Target, that coordinated with their current line of paper plates. It was so easy to transform this "vase" to match my new decor, by just covering the pieces with my patterned paper, adding some May Arts ribbon, and more Judy's Blooms flowers and leaves.

My placesetting was finished off with a placemat from the Mega Tea Party Die and napkin rings made with the Judy's Blooms.

I hope I have given you some inspiration on new ways to use some of your favorite dies! If you throw a party, don't forget to invite me!

The new challenge this week in Christmas in July - be sure to play along for your chance to win a $20 gift certificate to Cheery Lynn Designs!

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Wedding/Anniversary Challenge winner

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The votes are in; there were so many amazing entries but the winner of our Wedding/Anniversary challenge and a $20 shopping spree at Cheery Lynn Designs is

#5 Kanda

Congratulations, Kanda. Please contact me for your winning prize. And thank you to everyone who joined in on the challenge. Be sure to stop by on Wednesday for the Weekly Spotlight winners.

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Sunday, July 1, 2012

Card for Dad

Tamara Morton 3:30 AM 8 Comments

Hi all and welcome to Sunday's Inspiration here on the Cheery Lynn Designs Blog .

Today I have make a card for "Dad"

Cheery Lynn Designs Dies and Links

Lower case Lace Flourish Script

Lace Corner Deco I

Francesca Border

Buttons 3

XL Scalloped Circle (Purple)

XL Plain Circle (Silver)

The card size is one that I use for most of my cards 6" x 6". The nesting size I used is the 3rd biggest circle in the pack.

Love these Dimensional buttons, they go so well on so many things. I have added some string in the button holes and slightly distressed the edges.

Here's a close up of those letters.

Other craft items

Bo Bunny Papers, Cor dinations card stock, String.

Don't forget over on the Cheery Lynn Challenge Blog we have a new challenge starting tomorrow with the theme "Christmas in July"

But you still have time to enter into our current challenge as that doesn't finish until 10.00pm (Eastern Time). The prize is $20 coupon to spend in the Cheery Lynn Store

Thanks for visiting me today.

Hugs

Tamara

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