Cheery Lynn Designs Inspiration Blog: CAFR Square Frames

Wednesday, December 20, 2017

Merry Christmas Dear Friends from Maggi

Hi there Cheery Lynn fans! First I'm sending wishes that your holidays are merry and bright and filled with love of family, friends and good food! Cheers to you all.!

WOW, there are only a few more days left and I still have gifts to wrap, shopping to do and cookies to bake! But what the heck, I have to take some "me time" out of my schedule to keep my sanity so I put this pretty card together using lots of Cheery Lynn Designs dies and Graphic 45's new Seasons collection.

This is an easel card and they really are simple to make. Now I got a little fancy with the die cut at the top and that does take a little finagling but if you do just a simple square card it's quite easy. Here's a link showing you how to make an easel card. It's not this card, but you can see how the mechanism works.

I used the French Flair Pierce Tool to cut the basic shape of the easel and then a smaller one to fit inside. Next I layered on the green print Quadrafoil Square Doily 2 cut. Next is a brown circle cut using the Horizon Circle Boutique Stacker Frames. Behind the pretty Graphic 45 cut-apart is a white piece cut with the Square Frames 3 Piece Die Set. It makes such a pretty frame for the cut-apart!

To make the mechanism inside the card that holds up the easel, I popped up a sticker from the Collection and placed that on a small die cut from the Nesting Doll- Oval #2 set and layered that over a decorative paper strip. I also cut another shape with the French Flair Pierce Tool to place inside the card.

I love how easel cards stand up, they display so prettily! To finish off my card, I made a poinsettia with the Poinsettia Strip 6 Piece Die Set and added a pretty bow.

Cheery Lynn Dies Used:

Quadrafoil Square Doily 2 Piece Die Set - DL314

French Flair Pierce Tool-SM Silver Pierce Tool Die - MP12

Square Frames 3 Piece Die Set - CAFR23

Horizon Circle Boutique Stacker Frames 3 Piece Die Set - DL272

Nesting Doll- Oval #2 5 Piece Die Set - CASO17

Poinsettia Strip 6 Piece Die Set - B324

Thursday, August 10, 2017

Pop Up Card and Tutorial with Maggi

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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!