Good morning paper peeps and happy 1st of December!  Cherry here from Cherry's Jubilee!  I am so excited to be guesting this month.  Christmas is my favorite holiday to create for so I was pretty ecstatic to join in with the Cheery Lynn girls for December.  I had so much fun getting to use some of these beautiful dies.  I have a Christmas card for you today.  I started off by cutting several layers from the Joy to the World wreath 3 piece die set.  I used several patterns for interest. 


 I absolutely love, love, love this wreath.  I will be using it a lot!  I framed it around my little Santa image and than layered it just a wee bit by adding snippets from the Fall Pumpkin Patch 3 piece die set along with a few little faux berries for color.  I adore the little details of the leaves. 


I wanted more detail towards the bottom of my card so I added the Gauze Border Die.  I ran it through my machine and then snipped the edges to create a ribbon effect.


I was chomping at the bit to use one of the new dies from Cheery Lynn so I added the Christmas Tree Shaker die.


I adorned the tree with a little flourish from the Pumpkin Patch die and the Joy sentiment from the wreath set.  Once I added a bit of pretty seam binding and a jingle bell my card was complete. 





                                                             Cheery Lynn Dies used:

Hey there Peeps. Ginny here to share a very festive Christmas Tag I created with many of my favorite Cheery Lynn Designs Dies and some fun patterned papers and embellishments.
I created the base for this tag with the Coved Rectangle Stitch and Cut die using the middle size to cut 1 from 110lb cardstock and 1 from red cardstock. I adhered these together to make a sturdy layer to add the rest of the sections.
Using the next size down in the set of Coved Rectangles I cut a layer from red checked paper and attached it with spacers between.
To add texture and detail I tucked in a section of Gauze Border that I snipped to fit and dovetailed.  It's held on with glue and a funky giant paper clip.
Christmas flowers are the funnest to make and these were a (slightly messy) blast.  I created the Poinsettia with matching red cardstock and accented the tips with Sugar Glitter Paste before assembling. The center is  pieces clipped from a berry pick and given a light coat of alcohol ink to color it to coordinate. The white flower is the  Gardenia cut with crisp white.  Every flower arrangement needs leaves so why not use Holly shaped leaves with a little inking on the edge and Stickles to make it extra festive?
A few last details like this Tiny Kaleidoscope  Doily , chipboard sentiment and pearly accents are perfect for this tag and finished off with some snappy red and white stitched ribbon.

Hey there Peeps! Ginny here and I'm dropping in to share a walk on the wild side.  I love this card with it's warm colors and layering.
I cut a 6 1/2 x 5 inch card base from black cardstock then layered on several sizes of the Rectangle Stitch and Cut Die  in different patterns and stacked them up with black borders. I've also tucked in a Swedish Spring Oval Frame cut from the same black cardstock.
I was able to add texture with the Gauze Border cut from straw colored paper.  These flowers are not "tropical" like the bird...but I think they look fabby when cut from the Graphic 45 Safari Adventure papers.....they match perfectly. I'm using the Tea Rose Medium and Small Gardenia over the Fanciful Flourish Left.
I swapped out the center pieces from the Tea Rose for bisque  colored pearl gems. To work in a bit of extra pattern there's a few Horizon Fishtail Banners tucked in.
These strong paper patterns really needed a bold ribbon choice so I added a half of a loopy bow of black with white dots.  Along with the die cut leaves I fussy cut a few leaves from the patterned paper and gave them a bit of a bendy shape and tucked them in with the flowers to fill in the arrangement. A few added bits like the large clip  and metal eylet are great finishing touches.

So I took a look at my dies and went to work!

For the card base layers: I used the A2 Frames Rectangular Classic dies and one A2 Frames Rectangular Scalloped die. I stacked them on top of each other - as simple as that!

I used the Gauze Border die to go across the center of my card and cut two medium Horizon Fishtail Banners in white to point away from each other.

One more layer before the nest, I cut the Alpine Flourish Doily out of blue cardstock and centered it on my card base.

For the nest, I used the Twiggy Wreath die and cut it out twice. I inked and over lapped them. I used the Lace Egg Five for my egg, backed it with my pattern cardstock, and added bling to make it sparkle! I cut out three Grass Border, inked and layered them back and forth. Cutting with scissor when necessary.

 A2 Frames Rectangular Classic (Set of 7) - CM-5
A2 Frames Rectangular Scalloped (Set of 7) - CM-6
Happy Halloween Twiggy Wreath - B469
Gauze Border - B305
Grass Border - B126
Happy (Set of 2) - B226
Easter (Set of 2) - B228
Lace Egg Five - DL211
Alpine Flourish Doily (Set of 2)
Horizon Fishtail Banners (3 Dies) - DL278

I hope you will play along in our weekly Cheery Lynn Designs Challenge 178 - Back to Nature. You could win a $20 shopping spree at the online Cheery Lynn Design Store.

 Above is a Tank from the set which comes with four other dies. A helmet, the word Army which is shown above, a helicopter and Army Truck.


The I Spy die is going to be a great accent on nature cards. I live in Northern British Columbia, so outdoor/hunting activities are very popular here. I know that I will use this die quite a bit!

Dies Used

Gauze Border - B305

Sentiment Tag 2 (Set of 3) - B425

I hope you will play along in our weekly Challenge 155 - Vintage. You could win a $20 shopping spree at the online Cheery Lynn Designs store

Thanks for joining me today!

Take care,
Corina Finley

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