Cheery Lynn Designs Inspiration Blog: Baby Pram

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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!

Thursday, August 10, 2017

Pop Up Card and Tutorial with Maggi

Maggi 3:30 AM 0 Comments

Cheery Lynn Designs recently released a vintage collection of dies that is just full of great dies. I cut this sweet baby pram with one of the dies in that release. Isn't it just adorable?

I started with a 5 1/2" square card and added layers of design paper enhance the pram. The first layer from the bottom is cut with the largest die in the Horizon French Flair Boutique Stacker Frames and the next layer is cut with the Square Frames 3 Piece Die Set. Scroll down and you'll find a tutorial for making this card.

Let's take a closer look at the Baby Pram. I die cut two prams, one from pink design paper and the other from cream cardstock. Then I cut the hood from the cream pram and glued it to the pink pram. Then I used some bling for the wheel hubs and hood attachment.

I love these Horizon Fishtail Banners. They come in a set of three and I diecut two different sizes and then cut them to the length I needed for this card. Then add a sentiment stamp and you've got an adorable card front! The stamp I used is from Graphic 45's Little Darlings collection.

Now for the pop up part! I used Graphic 45's new Penny's Paper Doll Family collection to make this card and for the inside I fussy cut a baby pram from design paper. I am a novice at pop-up cards and I will admit that they do intimidate me, so this one is nice and simple! I think it's really cute!

In this shot, you can see the pop up mechanism. I simply cut into the card 1 1/4" in two spots (where the wheels of the pram are) and then glued the pram to the face of the pop up mechanism. Easy peasy right? Ok, I did make a model from copy paper first. 😃

Cheery Lynn Dies Used:

Horizon French Flair Boutique Stacker Frames 3 Piece Die Set - DL271

Horizon Fishtail Banners 3 Piece Die Set - DL278

Square Frames 3 Piece Die Set - CAFR23

B898 Baby Pram - 1 Piece Die Set

In making this card, I learned that pop up cards are not as difficult as they look. I put together this tutorial to encourage you to give it a try!

Step 1:

Cut a piece of cardstock 11" x 5.5" , score at 5.5" making a 5.5" square card.

Step 2:

Cut a piece of design paper 10 3/4" x 5 1/4". Score at 5 3/8" and fold on the score line to make the inner card. (Ignore the cut in the card for now).

Step 3:

Use the largest die from the Horizon French Flair Boutique Stacker Frames 3 Piece Die Set to diecut the green layer (Forever Friends).

Diecut a large square from the blue print paper (Garden Path) with the Square Frames 3 Piece Die Set .

Diecut a pink (B side Garden Path) Baby Pram and a cream cardstock Baby Pram. Then cut the hood from the cream pram and adhere to the pink pram as shown.

Step 4:

Fussy cut the pram and the Special Delivery stamp from Mothers and Daughters design paper.

Step 5:
Take the inner card from step 2 and on the outside (such that the card opens vertically) shown in the below photo, measure in and mark from the left side 1" and 2 7/8". Cut straight down 1 1/4". Make another 1 1/4"cut at 1 1/2" making a 1/2" tab. Cut down from the 2 7/8" mark 1 1/4" Then make another 1 1/4 cut" down at 3 3/8" making a second tab.

Step 6:

Score the tabs only and fold the tabs in as shown below creating steps. Attach scor-tape, or use the adhesive of your choice, to the vertical facing only.

Step 7:

Adhere the baby carriage to the vertical facing, lining the wheels up with the steps so that they are hidden from view. Be sure that the wheels are just above the crease line so that when the card is folded, the carriage lays flat.

Step 8:

Trim the stamps and narrow blue border from the Beyond Borders paper to 5 1/4".

Step 9:

Adhere the stamps about 3/4" from the bottom and the narrow blue strip about 1/2" from the top as shown.

Step 10:

Stamp or add a sentiment above the stamp border as shown.

Step 11:

Now we'll work on the outside of the card. Adhere the diecut green design paper to the front of the card. Be sure you have the card situated so it opens vertically.

Step 12:

Center and adhere the blue square over the green paper.

Step 13:

Diecut a fishtail banner with the middle sized die from the Horizon Fishtail Banners 3 Piece Die Set from scraps. I used a scrap from Fathers and Sons. Trim the banner to about 2 3/4" and adhere about 1/2" from the right side.

Step 14:

Diecut another fishtail banner from the B side of Garden Path using the largest die in the set and trim to about 2". Stamp a sentiment and adhere over the blue banner, about 1" from the right side as shown.

Step 15:

Tie a cute little bow and attach over the banners.

Step 16:

Now glue the inner card inside the cream outer card taking care not to glue the cut out steps that serve as the pop up mechanism. That's it, you've made an adorable pop up card!

Graphic 45 papers used for this card -

Penny's Paper Doll Family collection 12 x 12:

Garden Path

Forever Friends

Mothers and Daughters

Beyond Borders

Fathers and Sons

Thanks for stopping by the Cheery Lynn Blog today!

# Baby Pram # CAFR Square Frames

Monday, July 24, 2017

Sweet Baby Boy 8x8 Layout by Amy Voorthuis

Amy Voorthuis 3:30 AM 0 Comments

Good morning Cheery Lynn Fans.
I hope you are all enjoying your summer vacation. Mine just started and I can't wait spend some precious time with my little family. By the end of the week we are leaving for a camping ground in our own country. Oh I just can't wait.... no scrapping for me for a week though, so that is going to be a big trial for me since I scrap almost every day. For today I am sharing another 8x8 layout made with some pretty Maja Design papers using some of the new Cheery Lynn Dies on which I am totally hooked. Wow, these dies are amazing L.O.V.E. them to bits.

Sweet Baby Boy:

This layout was really easy to make. I had the design in my head and then I punched out all the dies I wanted to use and distressed/colored them where needed. Then I picked out the picture I was going to use and voila...I always tend to make a picture of my work when building up my page and that is what I did here too.

I watered the paper and ruffled it before I treated the background with clear gesso, stamps, paste and sprays. At the end I added all the dies to complete my layout. Those B890 - Weathered Scrolls are so amazing and versatile. You can use them for any occasion you get three. This one was fitted best for a baby layout {at least that is what hubby told me}.

Yes, sometimes I do ask my husband what would fit best on my layout. Most of the time I show him two options and most of the time I pick a different one then he does lol...but he sure is a great help. The centers of the blue flowers are handmade and so easy. I made them using foam balls, hot glue and mini prills. I also added a cute flair which says: "Smile to the World" I am so hooked on those at the moment I can't stop myself from using them.....lol

Cheery Lynn Designs dies used:
B898 - Baby Pram {NEW}
B890 - Weathered Scrolls {NEW}
B887 - Distressed Honeycomb {NEW}
B883 - Dusty Miller Frame Corner {NEW}
B777 - Floral Bouquet Kit
B433 - Small Gardenia
B259 - Daisy Strip
C184 - Judys Blooms
D123 - Buttons #3 {set of 14}
B315 - Ivy Corner Flourish
B178 - Flourish Leaf Strip
DL108 - Kiwi Spirit Doily
B136 - Anastasia Border
B250 - Its a Boy Girl {set of 2}
B631 - Baby {set of 2}

Thank you so much for visiting the blog today!

I hope you enjoyed my post and I have inspired you to use your Cheery Lynn Designs dies. Please visit my blog for a chance to win two different prizes Amy's Pretty Papers
Have a wonderful and sunny week!

# 8x8 layout # Amy Voorthuis

Friday, July 21, 2017

Baby Card with Maggi

Maggi 3:30 AM 1 Comments

Graphic 45's Precious Memories collection is so perfect for making baby cards along with Cheery Lynn's Baby Pram die. Take a look at that sweet Baby Pram, isn't that just the most perfect die for a baby card? It's part of the new vintage die release from Cheery Lynn Designs. I've layered it over the Distressed Honeycomb die, which is also part of the vintage release.

This is a step card, here you can see how it stands on its own. I made cherry blossoms to gussy up my card. They are easy to make, just a couple layers and a pearl center. Ink the edges and center to make the flowers more realistic.

I stamped a sentiment onto the Pierced Stacker . I also used the Pierced Stacker in a larger size behind the pram diecut.

When I make step cards I always like to have my diecuts extending beyond the card's edge. I used the Horizon Coved Rectangle Boutique Stackers to cut a large frame and layered that at the bottom allowing it to extend over the top of the card.

Cheery Lynn Designs Die Used:

Pierced Stacker 2 6 Piece Die Set - XL20

B898 Baby Pram - 1 Piece Die Set

B887 Distressed Honeycomb - 1 Piece Die Set

Ivy Corner Flourish Die - B315

Horizon Coved Rectangle Boutique Stacker Frames Die - DL251

Cherry Blossom 2 Piece Die Set - B129

Thanks for joining me today!

Maggi Harding

# Baby Pram # Cherry Blossom