Hi! I hope you had a nice weekend.  It did not stop raining all weekend long here - so I thought a bright, cheerful card might do the trick to add a little sunshine.


I really enjoy creating our Cheery Lynn Designs flowers - and it's so fun to see how different the flowers look, just by shaping them differently.  I used the Chrysanthemum Strip for the flowers, but curled the petals with tweezers. It really makes a fun,full flower.

Remember to play along with the CLD challenge for your chance to win a $20 gift certificate.  This week's theme is Lots of Layers.

The chalkboard craze is everywhere - so I thought I would try a tag using this technique.  I started off with a black tag, and stamped the background using Hampton Art's stamp Passage to France.  I really didn't want to add color to this classic look - so I kept all of my diecuts white.  The flower really reminds me of a Cosmo and was made with the Build a Flower 3 and Embellishments 3. 

Thanks for stopping by - and I hope that you will play along with the new Cheery Lynn Designs challenge for the week, which is super easy - Anything Goes! 

I'm taking a little break today from the holiday cards, and decided to share with you a great card for a new baby. This is a wing-fold card which is really simple to make, but is very impressive to recieve.

Cheery Lynn Designs : Japanese Garden Lace Oval die; Victorian Garden Doily Frame

WorldWin PapersCardstock – ColorMates in Ivory, Mist

Graphic 45 Little Darlings 8” x 8” Collection Patterned paper in Lullaby, Bundle of Joy, New Arrival

Hampton Art/ Graphic 45 Little Darlings 2 stamp set

May Arts Ribbon – 5/8” Textured Lines ribbon

Want2Scrap Pearls

Clearnsnap Ink: Colorbox Pigment Ink Robin’s Egg; Colorbox Graphic 45 Decades Antiquing Dye Ink In Dark Cashmere; Top Boss Embossing Ink

Wow Gold Embossing Powder

GlueArts : Glue Glider Pro Perma Tac Adhesive; U Cut It 3D Adhesive Foam Blanks

Art Glitter: Designer Dries Clear Adhesive

Scor-Pal

Fiskars: Fuse Die Cutting Machine

If you have been following along on the Cheery Lynn Designs blogs this week, you know that we are doing a joint venture with Hampton Art.  Leave comments on our blogs as well as the Hampton Art blog for a chance to win great prizes. 

I love shaped cards and nothing does them better or easier than Cheery Lynn Designs Stacker dies.  For my card today, I chose to use my Scalloped Coved Rectangle set along with the coordinating Silver Coved Rectangle dies.  I used die number 5 (the next to the largest of each set) for my card base and background panel.  Then for the next panel, I used die number 3 from each set.  On the panels cut with my silver stackers, I stamped snowflakes from the Hampton Art Nutcracker Suite 1 IC0204 set using Colorbox Ice Pigment Ink.  This is such lovely frosty pale blue ink, perfect for snowflakes (but a challenge to photograph!)


I stamped Hampton Art Snowflake Wreath PS04060A, again with Ice ink and then die cut it out using die number 3 from my Scalloped Circle Stackers die.  As you can see from the pics, I used pop dots between my layers for extra dimension.  The last step was to add my Merry Christmas die cut, which I colored with Ice ink.  Finished size is 5 x 6 5/8 inches. 

Don't forget to leave your comments for a chance to win and be sure to visit the Cheery Lynn Designs challenge blog for more inspiration and to join in on this week's Happy Holidays challenge for a chance to win $20 to the store.