Today for Cheery Lynn Designs I have created a Valentine card using the new Hugs and Kiss digi image from Saturated Canary.  I think she pairs up perfectly with my Cheery Lynn Designs Polynesian Sails Oval and matching Angel Wing.  I used the new Mesh Border to create my vertical border to which I added a Fanciful Flourish.  I used the new Daisy Strip to create my flowers.  Finished size is 6" square.

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Donna is a bit under the weather this week, so we have invited Karen Wallace to guest design with us today.  Following the Tickled Pink theme on our challenge blog, Karen has created this lovely French Flair card, combining the Swedish Oval Frame, Medium and Large Roses, Rose Leaf Strip, Olive Branches, Mini Fanciful Flourish and Exotic Butterflies Small.  

Be sure to visit the Cheery Lynn Designs challenge blog for more inspiration and to join in on this week's Tickled Pink challenge for a chance to win $20 to the store.  Thank you so much Karen for filling in for us this week.

This week our challenge at Cheery Lynn Designs is

• 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.  And now to our inspiration for today......

Hello! Today I have a card featuring the new Build a Flower dies from Cheery Lynn Designs.

I started by cutting the base from Scalloped Rectangle Reflections Boutique. Adding a little texture, I used my favorite Diamonds & Starburst Embossing Plate. The Polynesian Sails Oval doily is the perfect delicate base for my image. Above the image hovers a dragonfly from the new Tiny Things with Wings….such cute little critters in this set!

The larger flower was created using the new Build a Flower #3 set. The flower center, as well as the smaller burgundy flowers were cut from Build a Flower Embellishment #3. Daisies being my favorite flower, you are sure to see more from the Daisy Strip in the future! Foliage from Pair of Ferns, Wreath Strip, Rose Leaf Strip, and Small Leaves #2. Tucked in the flowers is the new Hugs sentiment atop Sentiment Frame #1.

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Good Morning, and Happy Friday Everyone!

WOW, where does the time go? It's hard to believe that we are already past mid-January. Seems like yesterday we were getting ready for Christmas and before we can blink, Valentines Day will be upon us!! So with this week's challenge theme in mind, I have a fun heart-shaped box I made to share with you.

It's been really great to play with the new release dies and I was able to incorporate a few of these new dies into this project, but I pulled out some of my favorites dies from my stash as well : ) I used the DL106 Heart to Heart Doily as the focal point of my heart-shaped box. This is such a gorgeous set of dies! You get a set of 4 dies, 3 of which die-cut heart-shaped lace doilies and the 4th gives you a solid shape backing for the largest doily. I bet you are thinking what I am..., there are lots of uses for this gorgeous set all through the year not just Valentines Day! : )

For a bit of a different twist, I decided to build long-stem roses and used the Miniature Rose die and my flower tool to form the rose buds. The BAF #2 Embellishments provided the stems and the baby's breath accents.


If you want to make this box yourself it is actually quite easy. You can use this method for any box that you want to make. Simply have a die cut for the top and bottom of the box. (Hint: I normally do at least 2 die cuts for both the top and bottom for stability) After that, all you need is a strip of paper in whatever height that you want with a 1/2 inch fold to glue it to the top or bottom. When making the bottom simply make the side a little smaller so that the top fits on. If your need to bend the side simply put relief cuts on the 1/2 inch fold to allow you to form it in whatever shape you desire.


Here's a list of the dies used for this project:

B107 - Frills & Hearts Border
B152 - Miniature Rose
B187 - Build a Flower #2
B188 - Embellishment #2
B227 - Love (Set of 2)
B235 - You (Set of 2)
DL106 - Heart to Heart Doily
DL238 - Sophie's Heart Mini Doily

The entries for last week's challenge were just fantastic! I really enjoyed looking in on your wonderful creations and visiting your blogs. I hope you can find some time to visit the challenge this week and put in your entry where the theme is Sweethearts! With your entry you will have a chance to win a $20.00 shopping spree at Cheery Lynn Designs!... Now that's a "sweet deal"!

Have a Cheery Day!

Happy Friday everyone....Lori here with another lovely card entitled  "Shine your Light" I'm always trying to think of things outside the box a bit and that is exactly what I strived for with the mini doilies on this one.  They really have great dimension cupping them much like a flower.  Adds a really nice pop.  

Hello there,
Kianel here with you today to show the project that has been published in the SSA magazine of march 2013 which is out right now in the States. I still can't believe i'm in there among the amazing creations of my DT mates, wow!!!
Here is the birthday box i've made and i hope you will like it:
 The bases are made with Scalloped rectangle reflection die. I also used XL square stacker and corresponding large silver square stackers to make my 2nd layer. The marvellous circle around the stamped image is called "Sophia's heart". The tag in the top space is sentiment frame #2. The tiny ones with loving wishes are from sentiment frame #1.
 On each side i placed a queen anne's lace border to which i added a ribbon that i bowed in the middle. The box is 17,5 x 16cm and is 4,5cm high. You can then place chocolates or scrapgoodies inside and give it to a person you cherish.
 Here are some close up of the flower i realized using the Build A flower #2 die building it from the center and when i was happy with it i placed it on my box and added some more petals on the side to make it look like it lays down on the box.

 I then added some flower soft powder to give texture to my petals and some lovely tiny buttreflies from the mini dimensional butterflies set. Aren't those really really cute?

I used the leaves from the Build a flower #2 set and added some white paint to the borders. The tiny rose buds are made using the medium rose  once and the leaves that go with it.
Stamps and papers are Magnolia and Bazzill with cardboard also. Embellies are from a french store. Colouring is made using distress inks and Creative inspirations paints. All dies are from Cheery lynn designs.

Don't forget our weekly challenge and a chance to win a 20$ shopping spree and have some fun!
See you soon, love from France, Kianel.

In keeping with this week's challenge theme of Sweethearts, I have created this clean and simple card.  Sometimes I enjoy not dressing my cards up with flowers and leaves and just enjoy the simplicity and beauty of the dies.  I created my card base using my Scalloped Square Lg Stackers, cutting a background panel with the coordinating Silver Square Stackers.  I then dry embossed the background panel with my favorite Hearts and Rose Leaves embossing plate.  Next I added a Sweetheart frame; I use spray adhesive to attach the frame to my embossed panel.   The last step was my center hearts which I die cut with my Heart to Heart Doily dies.  I popped up the lower heart for some dimension.


Be sure to visit the Cheery Lynn Designs challenge blog for more inspiration and to join in on this week's Sweethearts challenge for a chance to win $20 to the store.