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Friday, March 3, 2017

Special Day by Julie Lavalette

Hello, it's JULIE here hosting the blog today and this week I have been having fun layering our Stacker Dies to make a frame, adding finishing touches with the gorgeous Daisy Chain Die.

I started by cutting out my large square die along with a smaller square to form my aperture frame. Next I cut out another square frame in yellow cardstock and cut along the pierced edge with my gullotine and inserted behind my frame along with my lace edge that had a little Distress Ink added at the edges. I added foam strips to my frame and placed on my card.

My Blue Tit bird was coloured in with Distress Inks and a Black Fine Liner Pen. For my Daisy Chain I positioned 4 strips around my card and layered my flowers twice, shaping them on my Embossing mat adding pearls to the centres and hiding the joins with a Daisy.

My sentiment and frame were layered up with foam strips and a little cheesecloth and pearls for extra detail.

Thanks so much for stopping by today and for the continued comments left, I love reading them.

Crafty Hugs,

Julie x

Cheery Lynn Dies Used :

LPC-1 Pierce and Cut LG Silver Stackers

XL22 Pierced Stackers #4
B111 Daisy Chain Border
B332 Ankara Lace Border
B557 Feathered Friends
CABD98 Tags #2
B443 Special
B236Day

Sunday, May 8, 2016

Happy Mother's Day by Jenny Alia

Jenny Alia 3:30 AM 1 Comments

Hi, Happy Mother's Day! It's Jenny here with you sharing a card. I envisioned this card as a CAS (clean and simple) design with just the Japanese Garden Lace Oval and butterflies. Sometimes the reality comes out very differently and I thought the card needed more. I added a piece of designer card stock cut with the A2 Rectangular Scalloped Frames behind the oval and then built the card. The butterflies were colored with distress ink and a cosmetic wedge sponge.

I glued the Happy Mother's Day to the center, positioned the butterflies and then glued the centers down, letting the wings fly freely. White card stock was used to make the Sweet Christine flowers in the corner and I added pink flowers that were made with the Embellishments #3 die. The leaves are from the Ivy Strip. They were cut out of the background paper and then colored with some brown distress ink. I wanted them darker than the background for contrast but I wanted to add some more interest by using patterned card stock.

Cheery Lynn Dies

Sweet Christine B434

Happy B226

Mother's B232

Day B236
Japanese Garden Lace Oval DL136AB
Small Exotic Butterflies 2 DL113AB
Small Exotic Butterflies 1 DL112AB
Ivy Strip B304
Embellishments #3 B265
A2 Frames Rectangular Scalloped CM6

Thanks for visiting and make sure to join in the current Cheery Lynn Mother's Day Challenge for a chance to win a $20 gift certificate.

# Day # Embellishments #3

Saturday, March 5, 2016

Happy Mother's Day by Julie Lavalette

Juliz Design Post 3:30 AM 2 Comments

Hi everyone, it's JULIE here today. In the UK this weekend we celebrate Mother's Day, so I thought it would be nice to share some inspiration with you all.

I used this wonderful newly released Sunflower Die on my card. You will notice on this die cut you get the small seed box that is for the centre of your flower. Detail is always so important to Cheery Lynn and this is why I love their dies so much, as I can get such a realistic look onto my cards with their dies.

I started off my card by cutting out my Stitched Stacker in white cardstock, blending on Distress Inks and adding my stamped sentiment around the edges. Layering onto my brown cardstock , I tattered both layers at the edges for some added texture.

My terracotta pots were each die cut out twice and shaded with a brown Copic pen. I then pressed the die cuts into my Versamark Ink pad and added a mix of Tea Dye and Vintage Photo Distress Powders, heat setting in place. I blended a little Black Archival Ink around the edges and onto the centre for an illusion of them curving. You will also notice I added on an extra layer just to the rim of the pot for an added 3D look. Finishing them off with a little grass at the base.

My Sunflower petals were shaded with a bright yellow Copic pen, with a little touch of a pale orange towards the centre. I shaped 3 flower head layers on my embossing mat and layered them onto my stem and leaves.

On my seed box part of the die I applied a generous amount of glue and poured on some Bronze Micro Beads. Once dry I dripped some Black Alcohol ink on to it to mimic my seeds. I placed in the centre of my Sunflower and then added some Earth coloured FlowerSoft around the outside of my seed box.

My Watering Can was altered using the same technique as HERE. On my gardening spade and fork I coloured the handles with a brown Copic pen and used a peeled paint texture stamp and a little white Acrylic paint so it gave me the effect of the paint peeling off the handles. I used Versamark ink and Silver Embossing Powder on the spade and fork bases. Once this started to melt I sprinkled on a little Vintage Photo Distress Powder and continued to melt it, giving me a rusty worn look. I finished off my spade with a small garden bird.

My card was finished off by adding a Coffee Stirrer into my Terracotta Pot with a stamped sentiment.

I do hope you like my card and feel inspired to try these effects on your die cuts. Our new Fortnightly Challenge just started on Thursday, this time the theme is Doilies, look forward to seeing your entry.

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Thanks for stopping by today and for the continued comments you leave, I love reading them all.

Crafty Hugs,

Julie x

# Birdbath Set # Day

Saturday, June 13, 2015

Fathers Day card by Julie Lavalette

Juliz Design Post 3:30 AM 2 Comments

Hi Everyone, It's Julie here today. A week on Sunday marks the Celebration of Fathers Day in both the UK and USA, so I thought it would be nice to share my inspiration for this special day. My Dad loves being out in his garden and his cat is not usually far away from him, so I decided to create this little scene on my card.

I started off by using the Brick Embossing Plate and some Beige card stock. Once embossed I dry brushed Gesso onto my bricks to highlight them. Next mounting onto Green Cardstock and stitching around the edges for detail. My garden fence was shaded with a little Distress ink to shabby it up and a couple of layers of grass added.

My watering can I added a little gilding wax to highlight it. My flowers,leaves and dragonfly were shaded with Copics.

My sunflower was shaded also with Copics and I made the word Dad from my words Day/And as I have still to get the Cheery Lynn die saying Dad.

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Thanks for stopping by today and for the lovely comments you leave. I love to read them. Good luck to everyone entering our Weekly Challenge this week.

Julie x

# And # Baby's Breath Flower