It's no secret...I love flowers!
Cheery Lynn Designs makes it so easy to create lush outdoor scenes full of flowers, trees and vines.
I made the following layout of my husband's favorite hobby (dare I say obsession) and though there is a lot of detail work it may look like it took a long time to put together but it really didn't.


As soon as I have the vision in my head of what I want to do, I cut several pieces from the Pretty Petal dies, Sweet Williams flower dies, Floral Heart die and the flourish die. After I have several cut from each, I arrange them on my LO and it comes together so quickly.




I also used these dies on my layout:
Cardinal in a Tree
Christmas Tree
Micro Mini Alphabet
Heart Chain Border

For my Cheery Lynn Designs post today, I wanted to use some of the other newly released dies.  So I got out my Victorian Picket Fence, Grass Border, and Sunflower dies.  And here is what I came up with......


I started with my Scallop French Flair XL Stacker  to create the purple card base.  Next I used my Silver French Flair Stacker to create the patterned paper background.  I added the fence and the grass next.  The little girl is from Whiff of Joy, I printer her onto Cryogen paper then colored her to match the DP with my Copic markers.  The last step was the flower, I know sunflowers don't come this color but I thought the flower looked a lot like the flowers on the background paper.  The leaves are from the new Tropical Leaves die set.  Finished size is 5 5/8" square.


Don't forget about the Butterfly challenge, please join in on the fun for a chance to win a $50 or $25 shopping spree to Cheery Lynn Designs.  The challenge will end on June 4th.

My how quickly the days pass by when you're having fun!! Happy Monday Cheery Lynn Designs blog readers!! It's Tanisha here with a bright and colorful layout using Echo Park Papers and several of the newly releases dies.

Who says you can't use flowers on a boy layout? Certainly not me! I die cut Darling Daisies, Judy's Blooms, Sweet Williams, Fanciful Flourish, and Tropical Leaves from colorful papers to add a burst of personality to and carry out the theme of my layout.


I added a few Dimensional Butterflies and used the Varstiy 5/8" Alphabet Set and one of the Coved Rectangle Nesting dies to complete the title.

I used the Key and Scalloped Diamond Border dies to further embellish my layout.


Here's a close-up of all of the flowers I used. I just love the detail!

I found the perfect way to adhere the fanciful flourish without creating a big glue-y mess; I sprayed the back of the flourishes with Helmar's V2 Vellum adhesive and then placed it on the layout and there was no mess at all!

Thanks for stopping by the blog today. Be sure to check out the contest that we are currently running here on the blog for your chance to win 1 of 2 shopping sprees.

Until next post...have a great day!

Tanisha

For the last week the design team has been creating fabulous projects using the new Cheery Lynn Design butterflies.  Today we are announcing our first open challenge for a chance to win one of two shopping sprees to Cheery Lynn Designs.

The rules are simple......

• You must use a Cheery Lynn Designs butterfly on your entry
• You may only enter once
• Link your blog post or gallery to the InLinkz found at the end of this post
• You must mention our challenge and provide a link back to us on your blog or gallery
• The challenge will close on Saturday June 4th at 10pm.  Winners will be announced on Monday June 6th.

There will be two prizes awarded.  First place to be voted on by the design team for a $50 shopping spree at Cheery Lynn.  Second place will be determined by Random.org for a $25 shopping spree at Cheery Lynn. For those followers who would like to enter but don't have a blog or an online gallery, you can email a scan of your project to me to enter the challenge.

So let's see what else the design team has created for you..........