Cheery Lynn Designs Inspiration Blog

Tuesday, April 30, 2013

A Little Bit of Bling

Good Morning, Happy Tuesday to you all, Donna here with my weekly card hoping to inspire you all to get out your Cheery Lynn dies and create.

I wasn't sure what I would create this week, just so many dies to choose from, and I knew I couldn't put them all on so I used a few older dies combined with a couple new ones.

I've used this super cute image from Mo Manning, colored with Copics, and I've sprinkled Frantage Embossing powders along the edges, as well as in the upper right hand corner.

I started off by using some mulberry paper as the background, then a paper from Bearly Mine Designs and then my image on top. I've added the Burlap Border die behind the image, and the grass die along the bottom of the image. The corner die is from the Lace Deco Corner Set B. I've also used part of the Butterfly Out corner die cut out in black to give a stark contrast to the rest of the card. The flowers are the Sweet Williams Strip die cut out of the same pink Mulberry paper in the background.

I've used one of the new dies Ivy Corner underneath the flowers and finished it off with the Celtic Heart. And of course with this week's theme of Bling It up, I've added some clear gemstones in the corners, and some blue gems on the ivy corner.

Don't forget you have the chance to win a $20 voucher to use at Cheery Lynn Designs by entering our weekly challenge.

List of Dies Used

Monday, April 29, 2013

Cheery Lynn Designs Challenge 78 - Bling it Up

Unknown 3:30 AM 2 Comments

What amazing entries we had last week for our Mother's Day challenge. Thank you to all who entered, we enjoy seeing your creations with our dies. This week our challenge at Cheery Lynn Designs is

Bling It Up

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 this challenge in your blog post or on your gallery 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 $20 towards shopping at the Cheery Lynn website. The challenge will end on Sunday night at 22:00 Eastern time.

We will also be searching for some Guest Designers for the next few months. If chosen, you will design for one month for Cheery Lynn and receive a $50 store credit. If you are interested, please add GDT after your name with your entry. The more challenges you enter, the greater your chance of catching our eye and being invited to design with us. And now to our inspiration for today......

Debbie Brownmiller

Dies used: Scalloped French Flair Lg Stackers, Just Because
French Flair Doily Stackers, Rum Punch Doily w/Angel Wing

Sheila Lygo
Dies used: Rose Leaf Strip, Exotic Butterflies Small #1, Bird Cage,

City Girl Edger, Sweet Williams Strip, Embellishments 3,

Dimensional Leaves Lg #1, Silver Circle Stackers

Remember, you MUST use a Cheery Lynn Designs die to enter this challenge. Also if you are interested in Guest Designing for us, add GDT after your name.

# challenge # Debbie Brownmiller

Spring Treat Box

Unknown 3:30 AM 4 Comments

Hi, it's Gini, and I've created a cute little box - but of course, I had to dress it up with my Cheery Lynn Designs dies!

I wrapped the Spring Flower Burst Doily around the box, and added pearls. The Rum Punch Tiny Doily was perfect for the ends of the box. The flower was made with the Shasta Daisy Strip. It is so wonderful to now have the Mini Fanciful Flourish - right and left side. It makes my greenery nice and balanced.

You know, the birthstone for April is the diamond - so since we only have a couple of days left this month, we would love to see some bling on your CLD challenge projects. One talented crafter will win a $20 gift certificate to the store - so get those projects posted!

Supplies:

Cheery Lynn Designs Dies:

Rose Leaf Strip( B241),

BAF Embellishment 2 (B188);

Mini Fanciful Flourish (B117s);

Mini Fanciful Flourish Reverse (B291);

Rum Punch Tiny Doily ( Dl244);

Spring Flower Burst ( DL221);

Shasta Daisy Strip (B310)

Scor-Pal and Scor-tape

SEI Papers: Mia Bella Collection

WorldWin Papers: Cardstock

Want2Scrap Pearls

May Arts Ribbon - Twill/Chevron Stripes 382-34-28

Clearsnap : ColorBox Pigment Ink (Sweet Melon)

# Doilies # Doily

Mother's Day Challenge winner

Unknown 3:25 AM 0 Comments

The winner of our Mother's Day challenge

picked by Bj, owner of Cheery Lynn Designs is

#17 Stacy Chic

Congratulations, Stacy. Please contact me for your $20 shopping spree to Cheery Lynn Designs. And thank you to everyone who joined in on the challenge. We hope to see you again in this week's Bling it Up challenge.

# winners

Sunday, April 28, 2013

Wired Wall Hanging

Tamara Morton 3:49 AM 4 Comments

Hello everybody Tamara here, its Sunday again and that means my post and inspiration for Cheery Lynn. My project this week is a wall hanging.

I die cut my base from the biggest scalloped edge square stacker. Its just the right side for these type of wall hangings and the best thing is that you could add to it at a later stage if you so wished. Some of my previous wall hangings I have created 2 and 3 tiered ones, they do look so effective! I like to give these as gifts instead of traditional cards..

A close up of Tilda, coloured with copics

R34, 32, 11

E44, 43, 41, 40

W7, 6, 5, 3, 2, 0

YR31, 30

E21, 11, 0, 000 R20

E29, 25, 31

For the sentiment I used Eco green acrylic paint in pomegranate and aged gold with a little walnut stain distress inks on the side.. These gorgeous flowers are from the new release called Shasta Daisy, these come in a flower strip.. To create the shape I first spritzed with water, crumpled them up then very carefully unfolded. Once you have a shape that you like use your heat gun to dry. I dripped these into melted beeswax, they then retain their shape.

The leafs have had a dusting of perfect pearls over the beeswax, this creates such a soft sheen..

I have also added a touch of flower soft to the edges.

Hope you like my inspiration today, if you would like a chance at winning $20 coupon to spend on Cheery Lynn Dies, check out Cheery Lynn Challenge blog. Challenges start on Monday's we have a different theme each week.

Well I'm off got a busy day ahead. Wherever you are have a fabulous day..

InLinkz.com

# Butterflies # Doilies

Saturday, April 27, 2013

Mother's Kittens GDT Cheery Lynn Designs

Lisa 3:30 AM 7 Comments

We want to thank Lisa for designing for us this month, it has been wonderful watching you create with Cheery Lynn Designs dies. Please leave her a comment to let her know she is appreciated.

Hello, It's Lisa with this week's card for Cheery Lynn Designs. I can't believe it is the end of the month already and my guest designing has already come to an end...wish it could last longer...although I'm sure there are lots of ladies wanting to guest design too...good luck to you all! So here is my card that was inspired from this week's challenge...Mother's Day! I chose a mother cat and kittens because my mother LOVES cats and so this reminds me of her so much. In fact, this image also has 3 kittens and well, that is exactly like me and my two siblings. Love you mother!

I chose cream, white, pink and kraft for my color theme. My mother loves pinks and vintage so with all Cheery Lynn Die cuts this made this card perfect for her. I used 6 die cuts on this card:

B152 Miniature Rose

B178 Flourish Strip

DL102 French Pastry

DL153 Polynesian Sails

DL113 Exotic Butterflies Small #2

DL128 Two Of Hearts

I really love the miniature roses. They are super small and now I don't need to by those tiny roses anymore :) now I can make my own....love it. Remember a couple of weeks ago I mention getting more die cuts at the local convention??? Well, that is something I did. Besides getting the miniature roses, I also purchased the flourish leaf strip and a birdcage. I'm so excited to use some of them today and I will be using them more in the near future :)

Well, thanks for stopping by and I hope you enjoyed my Mother's Day card made with all the wonderful Cheery Lynn Designs Die cuts. I sure hope my mother loves it too! Have a wonderful Mother's Day!

Hugs, Lisa

# Butterflies # Flourishes

Friday, April 26, 2013

Happy Mother's Day

Unknown 3:30 AM 7 Comments

Hi Everyone,

We are fast approaching Mother's Day so it is time to dust off the Vintage papers and create a card for your Mother. This one is actually a gift for a friend so I still have to make a card for my own Mother.

I have seen this card used by many different people and I absolutely just love it so I had to give it a whirl. It's called a Pop Up Book Card and you can find the tutorial here.

I am really happy with the way it turned out. What I like about this card the most is the inside. We normally do not give much attention to the inside but this fold is all about the inside.

Since this was a gift for a friend I also made a special box to hold the card. You can find my tutorial here.

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

B226 - Happy (Set of 2)
B227 - Love (Set of 2)
B232 - Mother's (Set of 2)
B235 - You (Set of 2)
B236 - Day (Set of 2)
B308 - City Girl Edger
B311 - Chrystanthemum Strip
B315 - Ivy Corner Flourish
XM-8 - XM Scalloped Oval
DL140 - Dutch Scallop Square
Flourishes Stamps - Motherly Love

I hope you can find some time to visit the challenge this week and put in your entry where the theme is Mother's Day! With your entry you will have a chance to win a $20.00 shopping spree at Cheery Lynn Designs!

Have a Cheery Day!

# Edger # flowers

Recycled Flowers

Lori 3:30 AM 4 Comments

My sister Gini and I love to hit the thrift doors and see what type of treasures we can find. There is always something that can be altered or reused. Believe it or not, these flowers/leaves were created using an antique dictionary. So love everything about them.
Just a bit of Glimmer Mist, ink and of course Cheery Lynn Dies and you too can make these super chic flowers.

Here are all the dies I used on this card

Sweet William Strip

Dancing Doily Lace Border

French Flair Scalloped

Build a Flower 1

See you next week.

Hugs, Lori

# flowers # Lori Williams

Thursday, April 25, 2013

simple card - Kianel

Kianel 3:30 AM 7 Comments

We are very sorry to say that this will be Kianel's last post for Cheery Lynn Designs. Due to personal commitments, she will be leaving our team. We have so enjoyed her fabulous work and will truly miss her.

Hello everyone,

Kianel here with you today to share a new project with you guys.

This time i made a simple card but with summer feeling!

The card is 18,5 x 15,5cm.

Here is a list of the dies i used:

XM-4 small circle stackers

XM-5 small scalloped circle stackers

M-4 small silver circle stackers

DL242 Kissimee doily with angel wing

B307 Sweet williams strip

B266 tiny things with wings

B296 tiny bubbles borders

B308 city girl edger

B304 ivy strip

And here is a close up of the background i made using the "tiny bubbles borders" die as a mask.

Don't forget our weekly challenge for a chance to win a 20$ shopping spree!

Have a great week, lots of love from France, Kianel.

# Borders # Doily

Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Mothers Day

Unknown 3:30 AM 7 Comments

Hi and Good Morning. :)

Our new challenge this week at Cheery Lynn Designs is 'Mothers Day', and as always the winner will receive a brilliant $20 voucher to spend online at the Cheery Lynn Store, so well worth playing along.

Now, sadly, I dont have my mum around anymore, but still find myself making cards that I know she would have really liked, and she loved anything with faeries, butterflies and flowers, so she would have really loved this card too.

I started off with a 6 x 6 inch card base, and layered MME papers (and scraps) onto white American Crafts cardstock. All the die cuts were made with this same card too, as it cuts beautifully.

I used 4 new release dies on this project, and started off by bordering the side panel with the City Girl Edger, and layering on top the Vertical Mesh Heart border. I tucked the stunning Felicity Doily behind my image and added one of the new words from the sentiments range at the bottom. The flower is made from the fabulous Daisy Strip, and I added a couple of my favourite butterflies to finish.

All dies used on this card are:

B308 - City Girl Edger

B59 - Daisy Strip

B319 - Mesh Hearts Vertical Border

DL239 - Felicty Doily

B294 - Always

DL112AB - Small Exotic Butterflies #1

I hope you find time to join in this week, and dont forget there is always fresh inspiration over on our Cheery Lynn Designs Inspiration Blog.

Have a smashing week, and thanks so much for visiting today,

# Alison # Borders

Say it with Flowers

shulsart 3:30 AM 7 Comments

The Cheery Lynn Designs challenge this week is Mother's Day. Nothing says love like flowers. I have created an easel card with this adorable image, Bella with Flowers from Wild Rose Studio. I began by cutting my card base with my Scalloped Square Mega Doily Reflections dies. I used the 5 5/8" die. I love the large scallops and the piercings along the edge. I used my Scalloped Circle Lg Stackers and coordinating Silver Circle Stackers for the stamped image.

In the new release this month, we have two new mesh border dies: Hearts Horizontal and Hearts Vertical. How nice to have both directions. As you can see I used the Vertical Hearts on the front of the card, and the Horizontal Hearts on the base. I created these lovely flowers with my Shasta Daisy Strip die; medium and small sizes. I curled the ends of the petals around a paint brush handle to give them some shape before adding the brad. Also in this month's new release was a Mini Fanciful Flourish Reverse. I have used both it and the original Mini Fanciful Flourish for my greenery. So nice to have them curving both directions! The last embellishment was my Love Always, stamped onto a Sentiment Frame #1. The beautiful paper is also from Wild Rose Studio. Finished size is 5.5 inches square.

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

Cheery Lynn Designs dies used:

Scalloped Square Mega Doily Reflections

Scalloped Circle Lg Stackers

Silver Circle Stackers

Mesh Hearts Horizontal Border

Mesh Hearts Vertical Border

Shasta Daisy Strip

Mini Fanciful Flourish

Mini Fanciful Flourish Reverse

Sentiment Frame #1

# Borders # flourish

Tuesday, April 23, 2013

For Mom's Everywhere

Donna 3:30 AM 7 Comments

Good Morning Cheery Lynn fans, Donna here with a Mother's Day card, even though we celebrate Mother's Day in the Uk in March, I decided to make one for this week's challenge.

I've used an image from LOTV, colored with Copics, and cut out with the oval classic Lg Silver stackers, I then drew the false stitching using the edge of the die to make perfect lines. I then cut out a larger circle using the Oval Classic Large Stackers. The largest square cut out of Kraft cardstock was done using the Mini Pearl Square. All other matting was created using the square classic and scalloped Lg Stackers. Flowers are the new Shasta Daisy Strip, and the Embellishment #1 die. Foliage is the ivy strip and the centre piece from the Victorian Garden Doily Frame., I've also used the Princess Tree at the top of my card. The gauze border across the centre is another one of the new releases.

I made the sentiment spelling out Mom using a alpha stamp set from Whimsy and the Tags 4 set. Papers are from Bearly Mine, pearls from my stash. The card is 8x8.

List of Dies Used

Embellishment #1

Ivy Strip

Victorian Garden Doily Frame

Darling Daisies

Embellishment #1

Shasta Daisy Strip

Princess Tree

Tags 4

Gauze Border

Square - Classic Lg Stackers

Square - Scalloped Lg Stackers

Oval Classic - Lg Silver Stackers

Oval Classic - Lg Stackers

Mini Pearl Square

Thanks for looking and have a great day

# Borders # Donna Smith

Monday, April 22, 2013

Cheery Lynn Designs Challenge 77 - Mother's Day

Unknown 3:30 AM 4 Comments

What wonderful entries we had last week for our Pretty in Purple challenge. Thank you to all who entered, we enjoy seeing your creations with our dies. This week our challenge at Cheery Lynn Designs is

Mother's Day

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 this challenge in your blog post or on your gallery 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 $20 towards shopping at the Cheery Lynn website. The challenge will end on Sunday night at 22:00 Eastern time.

Debbie Brownmiller

Dies used: City Girl Edger, Felicity Doily w/Angel Wing,

Ivy Strip, Mesh Heart (Horizontal) Border, Mothers (set of 2),

Day (set of 2), Build a Flower #2

Sheila Lygo
Dies used: Rose Leaf Strip, Miniature Rose, Ivy Strip,
Exotic Butterflies Small #1, Shasta Daisy Strip, Chrysanthemum Strip

Bird Cage, Dutch Scallop Square Doily, Sentiment Frame #2

Remember, you MUST use a Cheery Lynn Designs die to enter this challenge. Also if you are interested in Guest Designing for us, add GDT after your name.

# challenge # Debbie Brownmiller

Sisters and Friends

Unknown 3:30 AM 3 Comments

Anyone who knows me, knows that my sister is my best friend - so I really had fun putting this card together. I was a little creative with the Sister cut - adding an "S" to it from the end of the Mother's die. That is one of the things that I really love about our sentiments - they are all the same font and size, so it's easy to combine them. I made another project this weekend for Earth Day, and just combined the "ea" from the Easter die, and the rest of the letters from the Mother's die - to form the word Earth.

The flowers were created with our latest strip dies - and lots of pretty greenery from the new release as well.

This week at the challenge blog,we want to see you Mother's Day creations. Play along for your chance to win a $20 gift certificate.

Cheery Lynn Designs Dies

Kissimee Doily with Angel Wing DL242

Ambergris Tiny Doily DL245

Shasta Daisy Strip B310

Chrysanthemum Strip B311

Ivy Strip B304

Ivy Corner Flourish B315

Papers:

Graphic 45 - The Secret Garden Collection

WorldWin Papers - Cardstock

Xyron Mega Runner, Xyron Creatopia

Art Institute Dries Clear Adhesive

XHWX77KRAEUA

# Borders # Doilies

Pretty in Purple challenge winner

Unknown 3:25 AM 3 Comments

The winner of our Pretty in Purple challenge

picked by Bj, owner of Cheery Lynn Designs is

#19 Deb

Congratulations, Deb. Please contact me for your $20 shopping spree to Cheery Lynn Designs. And thank you to everyone who joined in on the challenge. We hope to see you again in this week's Mother's Day challenge.

# winners