Cheery Lynn Designs Inspiration Blog: Ann McLachlan

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Saturday, June 29, 2013

Ann's Altered Matchbox Drawers

Hello, It's Ann here with my last post as a guest designer and although i'm sad to be leaving i have really enjoyed sharing my creativity with you. Thank you so much BJ, Lori and Gini for having me on the team, it's been wonderful and i am grateful for the opportunity.

So for my last week i have created a set of altered matchbox drawers and yes, i have used real matchboxes for this project. There are 12 boxes over three layers and the drawers open on all four sides.

I love how the Chasing Rainbows doily makes a perfect centerpiece on the top of my drawers and of course no project is complete without some handmade flowers using the fabulous Rose and Sweet Williams dies.

All of the wonderful dies used on this project are listed below:

DL229 Chasing Rainbows Doily

B174 Lace Corner Deco I

B118 Pair Of Ferns

B176 Flourish Band

B241 Rose Leaf Strip

B307 Sweet Williams Strip

B136 Anastasia Border

B152 Mini Rose

B154 Medium Rose

B181 Build A Flower 1

Have a wonderful weekend and best wishes from New Zealand for your upcoming 4th of July celebrations.

Saturday, June 22, 2013

Fancy Fold Card With Ann

Creative Options 3:30 AM 5 Comments

Hello from Ann, this week i wanted to share a fancy fold card with you.
It take's a while to construct but for an important occasion like a wedding, anniversary or significant birthday this card would be really special.

It has wings that fold forward and back so the card can stand on it's own.
I used the anastasia border to decorate the sides, it created a lovely lacey effect.
I wanted to use a victoria garden doily frame on the front but it was too wide so i cut it in half then overlapped the pieces, cut through the center again and discarded the extra sections. This way i was able to make the frame fit my card perfectly and added floral clusters to hide the joins.
The center portion lifts up to reveal an inside area where you can add a greeting. I intertwined a celtic heart around the mini pearl circle to frame it.

Thanks for stopping by and i hope you have enjoyed my card, I will be back again next week with my final post as a guest designer. All of the wonderful dies i have used are listed below.

FRM 128 Victoria's Garden Doily Frame
B136 Anastasia Border
B278 Lady Kate Edger
B307 Sweet Williams Strip
B119 Tropical Leaves
B147 Olive Branches
B265 Build A Flower #3 Embellishments
B244 Best Wishes
B144 Celtic Heart
DL202 Mini Pearl Circle

# Ann McLachlan # Borders

Saturday, June 15, 2013

Creative Corners With Ann

Creative Options 3:30 AM 5 Comments

Hello Cheery Lynn Fans,
It's Ann here, I'm very happy to be back with my second post as a guest designer.
I have designed a card to play along with this weeks "Creative Corners" challenge.

Having accumulated a big collection of these amazing dies i wanted to use some older and newer dies on my card. I have used the lace deco I corners over gold and black script paper.
I love the rum punch doily and have used just the outside part of the doily as a focal point then layered this with wreath strip and tropical leaves. The die used from the tropical set is the largest die and makes great 'filler' leaves due to it's bigger size.
The flowers are made with sweet williams and daisy strip dies, the centers are on the BAF embellishments #2 die....This die is a must for your collection.
I finished off my card with a dream catcher, this is a newer die and so cute!

Here's a close up of my flowers.

Have a wonderful weekend and i will be back soon with another project to share.

Cheery Lynn Dies used:
B188 Build A Flower #2 Embellishments
B307 Sweet Williams Strip
DL240 Rum Punch Doily
B259 Daisy Strip
B216 Wreath Strip
B318 Dream Catchers #2
B119 Tropical Leaves
B241 Rose Leaf Strip
B174 Lace Corner Deco I

# Ann McLachlan # Corners

Saturday, June 8, 2013

Welcome Ann, Guest Designer for June

Creative Options 3:30 AM 8 Comments

Hello Cheery Lynn fans,
My name is Ann McLachlan, i'm honored to be a guest designer with my favorite company for June.
Thank you BJ, Gini and Lori for giving me this amazing opportunity.....So exciting!

I live on the Hibiscus Coast North of Auckland in New Zealand.
I have been scrapbooking and card making for the past twelve years and over that time i have been fortunate to have been published in several magazines, designed for four design teams (as a coordinator on three). I have worked as a demonstrator for two different companies and taught classes at two retreats.

I love playing with paper craft goodies and hope you enjoy my creations.

For my first project as guest designer I have designed a gate fold card in pink & cream, i really love the softness and femininity of the colors but it also has lots of layers for visual interest.

I started with a metallic pearl gate fold card, adding patterned paper edged with strips of lace light deco border in cream and embellished them with pink rhinestones for added bling.

I then added a layer of chicken wire cut in metallic pink.

This is one of my favorite dies for adding background texture.

I die cut a french pastry doily in cream, cut it in half and centered them on each side of the card.

To embellish my card I added velvet blooms in opposite corners with rose leaf and leaf flourish foliage. I finished the front off with a sentiment frame on topped with another tag and a hugs sentiment.