Hello, it's Debbie from Debbie's Time Out hosting the blog today.  Today I am doing a quick and simple card for you. 
For a quick card it helps to use a pretty paper for the background to build on. In this case it gave me some beautiful flowers and color to perch the bird on. 
Here I have just cut a bigger oval from the background and then cut a smaller oval from the  Oval Stitch and Cut tool set. I really like the difference the stitching makes around the oval. Then the sentiment Just For You Oval  fit perfectly in the center.
The birds perched in the flowers and on the sentiment are from the Birds of Earth and Sky  set. The butterfly is from the  Tiny Things with Wings  set. So when you need a card fast, this type of card is quick and easy to create. 

Thanks for visiting the blog today and for all the comments you leave. They are always appreciated. Have a crafty day my friends. 

Dies Used
Oval Stitch and Cut tool - LG Silver Stitch tool 6 Piece Die Set - LSC7
Just For You Oval Die - B784
Birds of Earth and Sky 7 Piece Die Set - B349
Tiny Things with Wings 9 Piece Die Set - B266

Tiny Things with Wings - B266

• B364 Baby's Breath Flower Kit
• B236 Day
• B353 And
• B266 Tiny Things with Wings
• B178 Flourish Leaf Strip
• B298 Trellis
• B417 Kitty Kitty Meow Meow
• B586 Step Card Bundle Set 3
• XL2 Square Scalloped Stackers
• L1 Square Classic Stackers
• DL121 Sunflower
• B420 Watering Can
• B438 Bird Bath (set of 2)
• G5 Old Bricks Embossing Plate

Hello Fellow Crafters!

Corina here with you all, to host the blog and share this weeks card creation. As you may notice, my card is all about Spring! Flowers, twigs and foliage!

I used a piece of thin Cork and die cut it with the French Flair Classic Stackers and the Adaptor Plate. The Cork cut out very easily - one run thru my die cut machine!  I then cut my pattern paper with a smaller French Flair Classic Stacker from the same set.

I layered these on a piece of pattern paper, which I rounded both top and bottom right side corners.
I created three large flowers, four small flowers, and two rose buds. I chose pink and blue hues to compliment the background pattern paper.

I also used the Dandelions, twigs and various foliage to fill in my floral arrangement. Rhinestones were added to the center of each flower.

Dies Used:

Birthday (Set of 2) - B231

Hello there Blogging friends it's Julie here today. I have made a Thinking of you card today which could easily adapt to many different occasions using the Cheery Lynn word dies.



I had a lot of fun making this card and hope you give it a go too. I used the Square Classic to cut out all my small frames and edged them with embossing powder on the outside and inside of the frames. I layered 3 frames with foam pads to give more dimension onto my card and kept the one with the wording flat. Layering them up onto different sizes of the Square Scalloped die. These 2 dies compliment each other so you don’t have to think about measuring out everything for your card, the dies do the job for you.



  Dies Used :

• XL-2 Square Scalloped
• L1- Square Classic
• DL112AB Small Exotic Butterflies Dies #1
• B433 Gardenia Small
• B253 Thinking of
• B235 You
• B312 Burlap Border
• DL234 French Pastry Tiny Doily
• B387 Tiny Fanciful Flourish L & R
• B266 Tiny Things with Wings
• B339 Gardenia Strip
• B364 Baby’s Breath Flower Kit

Good Luck to everyone entering our Weekly Challenge.

Thanks for popping by, enjoy your weekend and I’ll see you all next Saturday.

 Julie x

Hello Friends!

It's Corina with you today - on this fabulous Friday! I wanted to start off by saying that I love checking out our Challenge each week here of the Cheery Lynn Blog and seeing every ones wonderful and lovely creations. I like to see what inspires each person, how they create and some times a glimpse into their life and thought process.

As I was making my card for this weeks post,  'ionabunny' blog post from her last weeks card challenge entry popped into my head! My card needs......This is exactly what she was talking about!
   
"Do you ever start a project and it just get bigger and bigger and bigger??  It just needs one little bit to finish it.  And maybe a bit here.  And there."

You are so right Gail/Iona/Crafty Nomad! - Love your posts!


As I mentioned last week, I sometimes cut the dies and use pieces of them. I
cut the Ribbon Eyelet Border die cut down the center and placed half on both sides of my pattern paper strip going down my card.

I also used the left over piece of my Chasing Rainbows Doily die cut from last weeks card! Added some ink and it made a wonderful layer! Never throw anything away!


Dies used:
Sweet Christine - B434
Tea Rose Medium - B436
Miniature Rose - B152
Coved Rectangle Classic - Silver Stackers - L-10
Add a Flourish (Set of 2) - B456
Chasing Rainbows Doily with Angel Wing - DL229
Tiny Things with Wings - B266
Ribbon Eyelet Border - B116

I hope you will play along in our weekly Challenge 134 - Roses. You could win a $20 shopping spree at the online Cheery Lynn Designs store!

Happy Tuesday everyone! leslierahye here sharing a sweet little friendship card to say "hello" to someone dear to you. I've used the new Branch set with the Tiny Flower Kit to create a blooming tree. I've used the striped bra overlay to create a BEE HIVE!!! I love these overlays as they have the potential to be some many other things!!!  I finished off the card with a fun little bee, some glittery flower centers,  and the Hello Sentiment!

Hello Everyone!

Corina here for the my last week as March Guest Designer! Time flew by so quickly! In this last week I travelled south to Vancouver BC, where Spring has sprung! Only to return home to a winter Storm and more snow! So this week, my inspiration came from the few days I spent in "Spring"!


I thought that I would share a picture of my work process when I made this card. I started off with white cardstock for my die cuts (except for Friend, I knew I wanted the sentiment dark!). I  proceed by arranging the die cuts to form my scene. From there, I painted, spritzed, glittered, coloured and inked to create my chosen colour palette.


The finished card is always a little different from my concept at the beginning! But that is okay! I always enjoy my creative journey with each and every craft project I do!

Judy's Blooms - C184
Ivy Strip - B304
Baby's Breath Flower Kit (Set of 3) - B364
Small Exotic Butterflies #1 w/Angel Wings - DL112AB
Japanese Garden Lace Oval with Angel Wing - DL136AB
Tiny Things with Wings - B266
Expandable Tiny Borders - B215
Friend (Set of 2) - B285
Two Of Hearts - DL128

Thank you for sharing this last month with me, I appreciate every comment that was left and had a wonderful time! Also a huge Thank You to BJ & Sandy for giving me this opportunity to share my passion with all of you!

Hope you enjoyed!

Corina Finley
Live, Laugh & Create!

Hello Everyone!

Corina here again for my second Friday post as March Guest Designer.

I wanted to share a Spring themed card that I made last week. I enjoy the snow here in Canada but now I am longing for Spring to come.

I pieced together two Cheery Lynn dies - the Garden Gate and the Victorian Picket Fence to create the front flaps that interlock. They worked so well together!

Once again, all my flower were cut out from white cardstock and then inked and sprayed with homemade shimmer spray. I added the trellis, greenery, hummingbirds, which also were all cut from white cardstock and a few pearls.

I would like to thank you for the positive comments last week on my first post. Please keep the comments coming!!

I used:
Garden Gate - B124
Victorian Picket Fence - B123
Trellis - B298
Tiny Things with Wings - B266
Horizon French Flair Boutique Stacker Frames - DL271
Tiny Flower Kit (Set of 3) - B376
Shasta Daisy - B310
Cuties 3 - B151
Cuties 1 - B149
Grass Border - B126
Ivy Corner Flourish - B315
Ivy Strip - B304
Olive Branches - B147
Sentiment Frame #1 - B189

Take care,
Corina Finley

Remember to Live, Laugh & Create!

Today we are pleased to share another card from Jean.  I love how the butterfly, bee and  flower all pop on the black background.

We have another lovely stitched card to share with you from Jean. Notice all the fine green stitching on the circles under the bee and also the tiny green cross stitches on the doily. The gold rim around the largest circle us made up with hundreds of tiny gold threads. This is a labor of love!
Cheery Lynn Designs Dies
Large Sunflower Doily DL181
Lace Corner Deco A B161
Tiny Things with Wings B266
Circle XM-4

Happy Friday everyone.  I've had a wonderful start of a long weekend and I've done nothing but craft away, which has been super fun.  This is a card I created during my craft jag using the Pixie Guardian die as the centerpiece.  I love the delicateness of her, she's beautiful.

I used the angel wing only of the Chasing Rainbow Doily which was the perfect backing for my pixie.

The official first day of summer was last week, so to help celebrate - I have a summery card to share with you.

The flowers were made with the Shasta Daisy die, and Build A Flower 2 Embellishments for the centers. They are very easy to put together - in fact, I made all of these flowers with only 2 cuts from the daisy die.  I also used the new and improved Silver Stitching Tool on my oval (I know it's hard to notice it on the picture - but there is stitching around the edge.) Such a great way to make perfect stitches.

This is the last week to enter the Summer Blast with Cheery Lynn to win an eBosser - but we will have another contest in July, so be sure to watch for that.  This is also the last week that our challenges will be found on the separate challenge blog - starting June 30th, you will find them starting on Sundays on the inspiration blog.  This week the challenge is Wonderful Weddings. Show us your best creation using CLD and you could win a $20 gift certificate!

Here is a little closer look at the front.  I used Sweet Williams Strip and crepe paper to make the flowers.  With crepe paper you can make the flowers as full as you want because the paper is so thin you can layer many more die cuts to achieve your desired shape and fullness.


here is the inside


Here's a list of the dies used for this project:

 There are exciting things happening at Cheery Lynn Designs - and I know you  are going to want to be a part! In July, we will have a mega release of the most incredible dies - you are going to love them! And at the bottom of my post, you will want to see the super summer contest we have cooked up for you! It's too big to miss.

There is an equestrian estate close to my house, and around the entire perimeter of this large farm, are gorgeous rose bushes. They are in full bloom now, so I was inspired to pull out my trusty Build a Flower 2, and create my own rose blossom.



 Announcing the Summer Blast Contest with Cheery Lynn Designs. We know with summer quickly approaching there are lots of fun activities to steal you away from your crafting.  We want to give you some extra incentive to keep playing along with us, so how about a chance to win an eBosser!

Here are the rules:  Play along with all four of our challenges for the month of June (easy enough!)  On the last challenge post for the month, leave a comment if you entered all of the challenges, telling us that you "had a summer blast with Cheery Lynn Designs" and you will be entered to win this fantastic prize! Due to the cost of shipping and the electrical wiring on the machine, this contest is only open to our North American fans.

This weeks challenge is Red,White and Blue.  So play along for an opportunity to win a $20 store credit to the CLD store, and also so you can be in the running to win the eBosser (msrp $229.99).

Also, for our loyal challenge followers, please note - the Cheery Lynn Designs Challenges will be moving over to our inspiration blog as of June 30th.  We will still have the same challenges and prizes, but now you will be able to find all of your Cheery Lynn Designs inspiration in one stop! Also, our challenges will be going live on Sunday morning rather than Monday.