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Tuesday, August 15, 2017

Sweet Little Baby of Mine Card with Bonnie Garby

Hi everyone. Bonnie here from Make Time to Craft today with a pretty card for a baby boy featuring some of the new dies from the Cheery Lynn Designs Vintage collection.

This is one of those cards that I just couldn't get right. Honestly it almost ended up in the garbage, but I decided to share anyway. Now I'm not saying it's a disaster, but it just needs 'something' and I couldn't pinpoint what. And I really did try. You have no idea how hard I tried! I think it's a color thing, but I could not resolve it to my satisfaction....

Anyway, I went with it anyway mainly because I love the background I created with the new Vintage Tile die and I wanted to show you how I did it. I will be using this technique again for sure.

Cheery Lynn Dies used:

B886 Vintage Tile die

B898 Baby Pram

B777 Floral Bouquet kit
XM4 Circle
CASO20 Nesting Doll Circle Shapes
CABD-109 Nesting Doll Tags #1

I topped my card off with a pretty bi-color bow created on my Bow-it-All V3.0 Tool using Blue Topaz and Royal Blue Delicate Stitched Satin Ribbon from Really Reasonable Ribbon. There is also a piece of Royal Blue Ribbon topped with Baby Feet Multi Grosgrain Ribbon running across the center of the card under the pram.

The flowers were cut, shaped and assembled using pieces from the Floral Bouquet kit and the flower centers are 10mm flat back pearls. The flowers were added to the card under the pram medallion.

For the card background I created with the Vintage Tile die, I cut four tile pieces out of white cardstock that was backed with Stick It adhesive for ease of adhering it to the card.

Take two pieces and overlap them as shown above matching the center points on the sides. I do this on a cutting mat so it's easy to have everything properly aligned. I have used low tack tape to hold the pieces.

Then I used my acrylic ruler and rotary cutter and cut right through the middle to they will align perfectly.

I used some of the quick drying Designer Dries Clear glue and glued the edges together and then I did this again with the other two pieces.

Then take the two groups of two pieces and align the same way matching the center points on the sides. Align your ruler through the middle again and cut.

This will give you a large background perfect for a 5-1/2" square card. I love to find different ways to use my dies to stretch their functionality. This makes it easier for me to justify my purchase.

As you can see, it's not perfect, but since it's not my main focal point (at least not the center of it), nobody will ever know.

Thanks so much for stopping by today. I hope I've inspired you to try to find additional ways to use some of your dies. Happy crafting!

Tuesday, August 8, 2017

Cheery Lynn Baby Card Set with Laurie

laurie 12:30 AM 2 Comments

Laurie here sharing a sweet baby card set today featuring Cheery Lynn's Boy's Outfit and Girl's Dress dies.

These dies are SO adorable and have such great detail!

I started out with some gingham paper in various colors. For my first card I used some pink, and added some Nesting Doll Circles, with the cute baby dress. The bow is from The Christmas Wreath set, with a pearl in the center. At the top I added the sentiment, " Baby."

For my second card I used some blue gingham and the Nesting Doll Ovals along with the Boy's Outfit. Those little bibs are adorable!

I added some pearls on the straps and by the sentiment.

For the third card I used some lavender gingham and did some layering with the scalloped rectangle,pierced circles,and the Mandy Doily. Once again I added some pearls and the sentiment, "Baby."

Here's a list of the dies I used:

Boy's Outfit 2 piece set CABD93
Baby Girls Dress Die CABD53
Mandy Doily DL276
A2 Frames Rectangular Scalloped CM6
Circle Stitch and Cut Tool LSC4
Baby 2 piece die set B631
Nesting Doll Oval CASO16
Nesting Doll Circles CASO15
Christmas Wreath B839

Thanks for stopping by!

Laurie

# A2 Frames Rectangular Scalloped # Baby

Sunday, June 25, 2017

Congratulations on Your New Baby Card

Bonnie Garby 3:30 AM 1 Comments

Hi there. It's Bonnie here with you today from Make Time to Craft. I was in the mood for some pinks and purples, so I whipped up a pretty card to welcome a new baby using some pretty dies from Cheery Lynn Designs.

I love to use a pretty frame die for my background and today I selected the 'Quatrefoil A2 Frame 1' die. I layered that over a gorgeous piece of Distress Ink paper that I made using pinks and purples.

My pretty flower and foliage cluster was created with my all-time favorite 'Floral Bouquet Kit'. For the centers I used a plush covered button on the large flower and some gingham covered buttons on the smaller flowers. These flowers are so easy to create. Just cut them, do a little shaping of the leaves with a stylus and foam pad and then just stack them and add a center embellishment.

Cheery Lynn Dies used:

B777 Floral Bouquet Kit

FRM153 Quatrefoil A2 Frame 1

CABTRF19 Butterfly 19

LPC-16 Rectangle Pierce & Cut Lge Silver

I topped my card off with a pretty bi-color bow made on my Bow-it-All V3.0 using 5/8" Sherbet and Royal Blue Delicate Stitched Satin Ribbon from Really Reasonable Ribbon. I added a pretty heart shaped pearl embellishment to the center of the bow. I also added a small butterfly to the right of the sentiment to balance things out a bit.

Thanks so much for stopping by today.

What crafty things have you been working on this weekend?

~Bonnie~

# Baby # Bonnie Garby

Saturday, July 2, 2016

Sweet Little Baby of Mine by Bonnie Garby

Bonnie Garby 3:30 AM 3 Comments

Hi friends. Bonnie here today from Make Time to Craft. I'm still having fun with the Whimsical Delights dies that were released in June. Today I'm sharing a cute baby card featuring several of the NEW dies from Cheery Lynn Designs.

I wanted to create a layered scene on this card and I really like the way this turned out. This die release has lots of dies that work really well together. That adorable giraffe is my favorite animal in this release!

Cheery Lynn Designs dies used:

B798 Whimsical Tree of Life die

B792 Whimsical Lion

B793 Whimsical Hippo

B794 Whimsical Giraffe

B797 Whimsical Sun & Clouds

CABD-109 Nesting Doll Tag #1

I cut most of the dies out in two or more colors and then cut and pieced them together putting the colors where I wanted them. I also inked the edges of the animals and clouds to create depth. The hills were just made fussy cutting some green cardstock and the grass was cut out in two colors and I offset and stacked them. I tucked the animals in to the grass. Isn't that smiley sun die the best?!

I printed the digital sentiment with my computer and added it to the tag. I embellished the tag with some pink and light blue burlap string and I added a little miniature bow made with 1/8" pink diagonal stripe ribbon from Really Reasonable Ribbon to the hippo.

What is your favorite die from the June Whimsical Delights release?

Thanks so much for stopping by today. Don't forget, we have a great Pretty in Purple themed challenge going on. We'd love to have you enter for a chance to win a $20 gift certificate to Cheery Lynn Designs.

~ Bonnie ~

# Baby # Bonnie Garby

Sunday, March 13, 2016

Baby Shower by Jenny Alia

Jenny Alia 3:30 AM 1 Comments

Hi, it's Jenny posting today with a card inspired by the current Doilies challenge and all the baby showers I seem to be attending or throwing lately. I used yellows and aqua because I love the combination and it works for either a boy or girl. This Umbrella is a new die for me and I just love the detail. I embossed it with a chunky white embossing powder that has flecks of glitter. I added a piece of white card stock behind the main part of the umbrella so the embossing powder would show up better.

The Horizon Square Boutique Stacker was cut with white card stock and layered on a cream 5.5" square card. I then cut the patterned blue layer to 4.75" square and adhered it to the white. The French Pastry Doily was cut with a yellow patterned card stock and adhered with foam tape for dimension.

On the bottom I added the word baby - I just LOVE the font of these script words!

Cheery Lynn Dies

French Pastry Doily DL102

Umbrella CABD87

Horizon Square Boutique Stacker Frames DL253

Thanks for stopping by the blog today and don't forget to join in the current Doilies challenge for a chance to win $20 towards shopping at Cheery Lynn Designs.

# Baby # Horizon Square Boutique Stacker Frames