Cheery Lynn Designs Inspiration Blog

Saturday, November 30, 2013

Two cards with Amy

Happy Saturday everyone,

It's Amy here with you again, I hope that you all had a great Thanksgiving with your loved ones.

Today I would like to share to cards.....I wanted to share something else this week but I haven't finished my project jet so I hope to share that with you next week.

For my first card I went with the theme of this week's challenge Non - Traditional Christmas Colors

Merry Christmas

Cheery Lynn Designs dies used:

FS171 - Delicate Lace Script

B307 - Sweet Williams Strip

B366 - Merry Christmas Holly Sentiment

DL102 - French Pastry

B178 - Flourish Leaf Strip

I cut the sentiment apart from the frame as it looked better on my card that way.

I love the challenge this week.

For my second card I did something else.

Always

Cheery Lynn Designs dies used:

B307 - Sweet Williams Strip

B150 - Cuties 2

B304 - Ivy Strip

B368 Lattice Heart & Vines

B294 - Always (set of 2)

I hope I all in inspired you to take part in our weekly challenge 108

Non - Traditional Christmas Colors

you still have some time to enter.

Have a wonderful weekend and I will see you all next week!

Love

Friday, November 29, 2013

Merry Christmas with Cheery Lynn Designs

shulsart 3:30 AM 3 Comments

Sandy here with you, filling in again for Alison but I ran out of time with all the Thanksgiving festivities. So I thought I would share a holiday tag I made a few months back with Cheery Lynn Designs dies and Distress ink. I began with a piece of Cryogen metallic white paper, using my Cheery Lynn Designs Poinsettia embossing plate to add the embossed pattern. I sponged Distress ink heavily along the edges and then lightly across the rest of the tag. It really makes the embossed pattern stand out. Using my Poinsettia Strip die, I created the beautiful flowers. I just bend the petals down along the embossed line for dimension then stagger and stack them.

To complete my tag, I added a Holly Lace Flourish for some greenery, the larger die from the Colonial Lamp Post set of 2, and the smaller die from the Merry Christmas set of 2 (I trimmed off the snowflakes).

Thanks for stopping by and be sure to check out this week's Non -traditional Christmas colors challenge for a chance to win a $20 credit to the Cheery Lynn Designs store.

# Christmas # Embossing Plate

Thursday, November 28, 2013

Love card with Irina Gerschuk

Irina Gerschuk 3:30 AM 2 Comments

Hi my dear scrap friends!!
It's Irina Gerschuk with you today.
First of all I wish all of you a Happy Thanksgiving if you celebrate and a wonderful day if not))
And now I'd like to show you my new card. I decided to create a love card this time. I'm sure you all have someone special who would be really happy to receive such card. So I hope my project can inspire you to create something lovely to your loved ones)))

As usual I started to create the card with a flower composition.

I created the background with Mesh Hearts Border and Lutradur® Mixed Media Sheets (it looks like a thin felt)

Then I add Lace Circle.

I decided to decorate the Lattice Heart die-cut with pearls and liquid pearls to highlight it.

Finally I added some beads and decorative pins as a zest.

Dies used:
- Mesh Hearts (Vertical) Borders - B319
- Lutradur® Mixed Media Sheets
- Large Rose - B155
- Medium Rose - B154
- Lattice Heart & Vines - B368
- Lace Circle - DL188

And please come and join our new challenge - the theme is amazing and the prize is lovely)))

Than you for stopping by!
Have a lovely day!
Irina

# card # flowers

Wednesday, November 27, 2013

Snow much fun by Susan Longman

Susan Longman 3:30 AM 0 Comments

I love a snow photo…which always leaves me with loads to scrap. So when I saw the fabulous Cheery Lynn Snow flake dies I just had to have them.

“enjoy together” layout by Susan Longman

To create the layout I have layered patterned paper under the photo added a journaling block and title. Then I have cut out the Snowflowers Set Two – DL226 out of white cardstock and layered them to embellish the layout.

Cheery Lynn Dies Used:
Snowflowers Set Two - DL226

# 8x8 layout # snowflakes

Tuesday, November 26, 2013

Have a Cool Yule!

LeslieRahye 3:30 AM 1 Comments

Happy Tuesday everyone! leslierahye here to share with you a festive Yule card created with several yummy dies from the October New release! I love the snowflake mesh and the fringe dies along with the Horizon Boutique Circle die! This card is folded off-center so as to accommodate the large 4¾" Horizon Boutique die. The snowflake mesh is actually on the "inside" of the card on the right side so as to "peek" out around the circle edge of the face of the card! The tips of the fringe were hand colored as well as the green leaves and vines.

Thank you for stopping by!

Cheery Lynn Dies used

Snowflakes - C146

Flourish Leaf Strip - B178

Mini Fanciful Flourish Right - B291

Circle - Scalloped LG Stackers Nesting Dies - XL-5

Circle Classic - Silver Stackers - L-4

Felicity Tiny Doily - DL243

Horizon Circle Boutique Stacker Frames - DL272

Small Heart Lollipop Fringe Cutie - B391

Small Lollipop Fringe Cutie - B390

Snowflake Mesh Border - B372

Tiny Flower Kit (Set of 3) - B376

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Remember there is still time to join the new challenge!!! Challenge #108 is non-traditional Christmas colors. There is a chance to win a $20 shopping spree at Cheery Lynn Designs. Thank you for stopping by today!

# Boutique Stackers # Cuties Fringe

Monday, November 25, 2013

Non-Traditional Holiday Shaped Card with Rhonda

Rhonda Van Ginkel 3:30 AM 4 Comments

Happy Monday Cheery Lynn Designs friends! It's Rhonda here today to host the blog for you.

My project is an oval shaped card featuring our Oval Silver Stackers, Oval Stackers and layered with the Oval Horizon Boutique Stacker Frames. To further accent the shape, I cut one of the Sentiment Frame #2 dies, then cut it in half to accent my top and bottom of the card.

"Holiday Wishes"

The birdcage die was such a pretty fit to this shaped card that I just had to use it! You see the same Sentiment Frame a second time on the card, only cut from a few papers for interest.

I used mini silver bells for a few of my floral centers on the miniature roses. The coral flower was inked with white chalk ink to soften the color a bit.

Cheery Lynn Designs dies used:

Oval Silver Stackers - L7

Horizon Oval Boutique Stacker Frames - DL252

Oval Stackers - XL-7

Bird Cage - B198

Hummingbird - B193

Cherry Blossom - B129

Embellishment #2 - B188

Ivy Strip - B304

Flourish Leaf Strip - B178

Snowflakes - C146

Miniature Rose Strip - B152

Sentiment Frame #2 - B190

Tiny Fanciful Flourish Right and Left - B387

I was inspired by this week's challenge to create a holiday card using a non traditional color scheme and I hope you are too. The details are available here. A $20 shopping spree to the Cheery Lynn Designs store is going to be awarded to some lucky participant!!!

Thanks so much for stopping over to visit us today on the blog, have a fabulous week!
~ Rhonda

# Bird Cage # Flourish leaf strip.

Sunday, November 24, 2013

Cheery Lynn Designs Challenge 108 - Non-Traditional Christmas Colors

shulsart 3:30 AM 1 Comments

What creative entries we had last week for our Tag you're It challenge. Thank you to all who entered, we enjoy seeing your creations with our dies. This week our challenge at Cheery Lynn Designs is

Non-Traditional Christmas Colors

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 Saturday night at 18:00 Eastern time.

And now to our inspiration for today (for details on each project, click on the team members name and it will take you to their blog) .....

Debbie Brownmiller

Dies used:

Step Card, Santa's Laundry, Christmas Knick Knacks,

Snowflake Mesh Border, Snowflake 5, Nautical Wheeler Doily,

Karen Maldonado
Dies used:
Silver French Flair Stackers, Circle Little Stacker, Tiny Flower Kit,

Tiny Fanciful Flourish Left & Right, Snowflowers (set of 2),

Ambergris Tiny Doily

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

# challenge # Debbie Brownmiller

Tag you're It Challenge winner

shulsart 3:25 AM 1 Comments

The winner of our Lace Challenge picked by Bj, owner of Cheery Lynn Designs is

#5 Judy

Congratulations, Judy. 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 Non-Traditional Christmas Colors challenge.

# winners

Saturday, November 23, 2013

Be Happy card with Amy

Amy Voorthuis 3:30 AM 2 Comments

Goodmorning everyone,

Amy, here with you today with a card to share.

I wanted to make a card this week that would make you happy when seeing it...

So that's how I called my card.

Be Happy

I wanted to have a whole bunch of flowers on my card and so I did.

I love making them so much and Cheery Lynn Designs has the most amazing flower dies ever.

I think my card looks kind off romantic too and my husband said "it looks more like a Christmas card honey".

Some close-ups:

Cheery Lynn Designs dies used:

B154 - Medium Rose

B152 - Miniature Rose

B155 - Large Rose

B307 - Sweet Williams Strip

B150 - Cuties 2

B136 - Anastasia Border

B241 - Rose Leaf Strip

B387 - Tiny Fanciful Flourish Left & Right

DL102 - French Pastry Doily

DL112 - Exotic Butterfly Small 1"x 1,5"

FS171 - Delicate Lace Script

Every week I think this week I would not used so many dies but I just can't! It feels like a must lol

I would love for you to enter this weeks challenge 107 - Tag you're it!

You could win some amazing Cheery Lynn Designs dies.

Have a wonderful weekend.

Love

# Alison's Ribbons # alphabet Dies

Friday, November 22, 2013

Mexican Tile and Poinsettias

shulsart 3:30 AM 6 Comments

Sandy, here with you again. For my card today, I started with a green card stock base, 5 x 7 inches. I added a metallic white panel that I embossed with my Poinsettia embossing plate. Be sure to click on the picture to see the beauty of this embossing. It really is lovely. Next I die cut my Mexican Tile Pattern frame from green card stock and using spray adhesive, attached it to a red card stock base. Then I just trimmed it on the diagonal and attached it to my card. I think this pattern looks a lot like poinsettias.

Using red card stock, I die cut my Poinsettia Strip die two times. This gives you enough petals for four flowers but I only needed three for my card. I added a couple of green Holly leaves and then pieces of my Holly Lace Flourish. Kind of classy I think.

Cheery Lynn Designs dies used:

Poinsettia Embossing Plate

Mexican Tile Pattern Frame

Poinsettia Strip

Holly Leaves

Holly Lace Flourish

Thanks for stopping by and be sure to check out this week's Tag you're It challenge for a chance to win a $20 credit to the Cheery Lynn Designs store.

# Embossing Plate # flourish

Thursday, November 21, 2013

Classic Christmas with Irina Gerschuk

Irina Gerschuk 3:30 AM 5 Comments

hi my dear scrapfriends!
It's Irina Gerschuk with you today. And I'd like to share with you my new Christmas card:

I wanted to make it sweet and cozy so I took classic colors and patterns. And of course Cheery Lynn Designs awesome dies helped me with that!
I added some rhinestones to the Snowflake Mesh Border (so the smowflakes can sparkle).

I added some red pearls to the center of the Holly Leaves:

And here you can see all the layers

Dies used:
- Coved Rectangle - Scalloped LG Stackers Nesting Dies - XL-11;
- Horizon Rectangle Boutique Stacker Frames - DL270;
- French Pastry Doily - DL102;
- Snowflake Mesh Border - B372;
- B137 - Tiffany Border;
- B183 Holly Leaves

And please come and join our new challenge - the theme is amazing and the prize is lovely)))

Than you for stopping by!
Have a nice day!
Irina

# Borders # Boutique Stacker Frames

Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Glittery and Gold by Susan Longman

Susan Longman 3:30 AM 4 Comments

Hi, Susan Longman with you again. Today I have been browsing Pinterest and noticed in the world of papercraft (particularly scrap booking) there is a real trend for GOLD, GLITTER and FEATHERS at the moment. I have seen a load of layout in White and Gold so I thought I might give it a whirl on a card. My husband, not being aware of the trends, quite righty pointed out that the card design was probably more suited to Christmas but I wanted to reflect the trend in a birthday card.

“Feather” card by Susan Longman

To create the card I used my gold pigment ink on a white card base and stamped with a font back ground stamp (Kaisercraft) and then added a few circles using the lid of a spritz bottle in the same ink. I trimmed the edge of the card down an little and used the Francesca – B159 lace edge in a gold glitter paper. I then cut 2 of the larger “feathers” from the Quill & Ink Pot – B369, “fluffed” them out a little and tied them with some natural fibre twine and glued them in place. I have stamped the greeting (which could read Merry Christmas too) and matted it with the same glitter paper. A simple but very on trend card.

Cheery Lynn Dies Used:
Quill & Ink Pot – B369
Francesca – B159
Have fun Creating… Susan.

# Lace Border # Quill and Pot

Tuesday, November 19, 2013

A Fall Thank You Tag!

LeslieRahye 3:30 AM 3 Comments

Happy Tuesday everyone! leslierahye here to share with you a watercolored fall tag! I cut out all the elements of this tag on watercolor paper. I used both crayons and mica infused cake watercolors to create these fall leaves and back ground. Distress Ink rubbed onto the edges helped complete the leaves once they were formed with an emboss tool. The Thank and You were also painted with the mica cake watercolors and rubbed gently with the Distress Ink. I really love how the Dimensional Leaves look with the embossed veins--so real looking!

Thank you for stopping by!

Cheery Lynn Dies used

Thank (Set of 2) - B230

You (Set of 2) - B235

Dimensional Large Leaves #1 - D135

Shoji Mesh Border - B371

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Remember there is still time to join the new challenge!!! Challenge #107 is Tag You're It!. There is a chance to win a $20 shopping spree at Cheery Lynn Designs. Thank you for stopping by today!

# Dimensional Leaves # leslierahye

Monday, November 18, 2013

Stepping Towards Christmas with Rhonda

Rhonda Van Ginkel 3:30 AM 6 Comments

Monday greetings to you! It's Rhonda here to host the blog for you today.

I've got a step card to share with you today with a bit of an unconventional holiday color scheme. This card was created with our Step Card and Snowflakes dies and several of our newer release dies as well.

The Step Card die made quick work of creating the base for my card. I honestly just love this die! Once I had my base and layers created, I inked and then stitched them down for a little added interest and texture.

I chose the Shuttered Window with Flower Box and decided to layer the Birch Tree die behind it. I did cut the tree twice, then angled the top branches off to the side for this effect. I modified my Bird a bit by cutting the back wing and angling it a bit, then I inked and added a coat of Glossy Accents.

Cheery Lynn Designs dies used:

Step Card - B348

Shuttered Window with Flower Box - FRM151

Birch Tree with Cute Critters - B370

Miniature Rose - B152

Medium Rose - B154

Embellishment 2 - B188

Snowflakes - C146

Ivy Strip - B304

Birds of Earth and Sky - B349

Tiny Fanciful Flourish Right and Left - B387

Please join us this week for our fun "Tag - You're It!' challenge! We love to see all of your beautiful projects -- and you could be the happy winner of a $20 gift certificate to the Cheery Lynn Designs store!

Thanks so much for stopping on over to the blog today. Have a happy Monday!

~ Rhonda

# Rhonda Van Ginkel # Roses

Sunday, November 17, 2013

Cheery Lynn Designs Challenge 107 - Tag you're It

shulsart 3:30 AM 3 Comments

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

Tag you're It

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 Saturday night at 18:00 Eastern time.

Before we get to today's challenge, we as sad to announce that Sheila Lygo has decided to leave the team. We will miss you Sheila and wish you a wonderful holiday season with your family. And now to our inspiration for today (for details on each project, click on the team members name and it will take you to their blog) .....

Debbie Brownmiller

Dies used:

Wheat Heads, Horizon Coved Rectangle, Ornamental Gate,
Shasta Daisy, Baby's Breath Flower Kit, Ivy Corner Flourish,
Embellishment #1, Birds of Earth & Sky, Tiny Things w/Wings
Vase (set of 4), French Lattice Small Frame

Karen Maldonado
Dies used:
Silver French Flair Stackers, Scalloped French Flair Stackers,

Shasta Daisy, Medium Rose, Ankara Lace Border, Dainty Bows,

Fanciful Flourish Left, Rose Leaf Strip, Mini Butterflies w/Wings,

Small Exotic Butterflies #1 w/Wings

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

# challenge # Debbie Brownmiller

Autumn Colors challenge winner

shulsart 3:25 AM 3 Comments

The winner of our Autumn Colors Challenge is

#9 Diane H

Congratulations, Dianne. 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 Tag you're It challenge.

# winners