This Monday has crept up on me and once again it's my turn to post here on the blog. Last week, I showed you how to use bits and pieces of your die cuts and this week, I'm going to show you how to "stretch" one.

I used the 5 5/8" x 5 5/8" French Flair die on this 8x8 layout to highlight this photo of my son on the day of his Kindergarten graduation.

The die cut was a little shorter than I wanted, so I cut the bottom portion off and then adhered the entire piece as shown below. I adhered a strip of striped patterned paper over the gap and then added the rest of the elements to my page as normal.


Below are the products that I used on this layout:










Thanks for stopping by the blog today! Have a great week!!

Tanisha

Hello there!
Kianel here with you. Week of the embossing plates it is at Cheery Lynn Designs so today, i am going to show you a tag using embossing plate "daisy garden".
The stamp is from the very last collection of Magnolia stamps for next easter. I used the embossing plate for my background and added ink to enhance the debossed flowers (meaning after embossing, i decided to use the the side of the tag where the backgroung is embossed and the flowers are debossed...does that make any sense?).
To make the big flower i used left overs from my heart project of last week, embossed them, inked them and shaped them into a flower, and finally glued on a circle die.

Products i have used for this tag (click on the picture to get to the product):


Voilà, that's it for me today, hope this will help you play with your embossing plates! Have a nice week and forget to pop up by here everyday to see the marvellous creations of my DT mates, love from France, Kianel.

For the past week all of Cheery Lynn Designers have shown you some fun and unique ways to keep your projects from falling flat by using our Grunge and Embossing plates to add dimension to your next papercraft project. Today I have the pleasure of showing you another project that I hope will inspire you to spend a bit of time in your craft room this weekend creating with Cheery Lynn Designs dies and embossing plates.

We have been trying to WOW you with Cheery Lynn Designs Embossing Plates. I have used quite a few on this card. I started by cutting my card with Scalloped Circle from the Large Stackers. Then I embossed the circle with the RODEO embossing plate. Because I was using the Core d' nations cardstock, I was able to lightly sand the card front for the embossing pattern to appear.

Other products used on this card are OPTIMISTIC 1/2 inch Font set, MOUNTAINS BORDER DIE, and the GALLOPING HORSE die.

I found a plain white shirt to go along with it, here is the Birthday girl modeling her outfit for you.

For the next few weeks we are going to bring you ideas for using our fabulous Cheery Lynn Designs embossing plates and grunge plates.  For my card today, I used this great XL Do It Yourself embossing plate, it measures a whopping 5 7/8" x 7 1/2".  But first I wanted to share with you some of the ways you can use these plates....

This is what normal embossing will look like, it won't be as crisp as you will get from an embossing folder but it is still a great look.

 To achieve this look, I ran a Distress Ink pad over the plate before adding the paper and running it through my Big Shot.  So you can see the ink is in the debossed areas; a subtle bit of coloring.

This look is from running a Distress Ink direct to paper over the embossing; the nuts, bolts and such are raised so the ink stays primarily on them.  A much bolder look.

And the last technique I have to share today is what I used for my card, I ran my Distress Ink direct to paper on the debossed side, a much more vintage and aged look.


This great image is called Mr Fix It Grandpa from Karen's Doodles.  Other products I used to complete my card; Inverted Scallop Oval Nesting dies for the image,  Lattice 1 and Dimensional Buttons 5.  Finished size is 6" square.

Well hello there! Its me...Liz. If you're missing Sandy, don't worry, she's feeling a little under the weather today so she'll be here tomorrow with another one of her fabulous creations, I'm sure.

Cheery Lynn Designs has the coolest embossing plates and I'm going to show you a few of them today. One thing I like about these plates are the large size. At 5 7/8 x 7 3/4, they are definitely not just for card makers. I love to use them on my embellies and die cuts to give them great added texture.

Petite Hearts



Dotted Swiss


I used both of these plates in my layout below.

Instead of just leaving the clouds a plain ol' blue, I embossed them with the adorable Petite Hearts plate to make them a little more interesting. What do you like to emboss?

Here is a list of other fabulous Cheery Lynn Designs dies that I used for my project:

Basic Optimistic font
Buttons 3
Never Ending Love Hearts
Circles -Little Stackers Nesting Die
Floral Heart

Happy Monday everyone!! Just a few days ago, DT member Beth told you that we were going to be showcasing our "fabulous embossing plates, grunge plates, dimensional dies, stitching and piercing plates" over the next few weeks. Well today, I'm going to show you how to apply these products to your layouts.

I'm sharing 2 birthday layouts that I created about 2 my boys. I tell you, I can not believe that my older son turned 7 just 3 weeks ago and my baby will be 3 in less than 2 months!! Where in the world has the time gone?

I wanted to add just a touch of texture to my background, so I sandwiched the paper between the Desert Floor Embossing Plate and an embossing pad and used a mallet to bang the texture into the paper since it was too big to send through my embossing machine.


Cheery Lynn Designs has a wonderful array of 2" x 3" layered dies that allow you to create the perfect little embellishment for any project. I used the Index Card here to highlight part of my journaling as well as add another red element to my layout.

I am all about incorporating texture onto my layouts! I love how the Piercing Plates not only add texture, but allow me to add perfect stitching (in the case here, faux stitching). All of the holes are pre-punched for you, all you have to do is stitch! How easy is that?

I created textured journaling border strips by die cutting the smallest of the XL French Flair dies and embossing it with Desert Floor. I cut the piece in half and aligned it next to my photo.


On this next birthday layout, I'll show you how to change up the look of a couple of the dies by using small pieces of them.

I added a fun playful look to the Coved Rectangle dies by making them into "tickets". I achieved this look by cutting them half, inking them and then adding a rub-on and penwork.

The XL French Flair die becomes a journaling spot that houses my title. Again, I cut out the die and trimmed off the piece that I needed and saved the rest for another project.


The Dimensional Star Buttons were used as is, but the addition of some colorful baker's twine help to take these over the top.

A plain black circle cut using the Classic XL Circles is used to mat the bowling ball making it pop right off the page!

Below are photos of all of the products that I used on these 2 layouts. Click on each to find it in the store.








I hope you have been inspired to use Cheery Lynn Designs dies in different ways!

Our DT posts a new project every single day, so stop by tomorrow to see what we're up to!!

Until next Monday,

Tanisha