Cheery Lynn Designs Inspiration Blog

Sunday, November 8, 2015

Cheery Lynn Designs Challenge #210 - Autumn Colors Theme

As always, the entries we had last week for our Give Thanks challenge were fabulous. Thank you to all who entered, we enjoy seeing your creations with our dies.

This week our challenge at Cheery Lynn Designs is

Autumn Colors

Here are the rules:

You MUST follow the theme and use at least one Cheery Lynn Designs die, of course, we would love to see more than one.
You MUST add a link to your blog post in the InLinkz at the end of this post; no back posting, only new projects are allowed
You MUST link to this challenge in your blog post or on your gallery post
You may only enter the challenge ONCE per week.

The winner will be chosen randomly. They will receive $20 towards shopping at the Cheery Lynn website. The challenge will end on Saturday night at 18:00 Eastern time.

And now to our inspiration for today (for details on each project, click on the designer's name and it will take you to their blog).

Corina Finley
Cheery Lynn Designs Dies used:

Dimensional Small Leaves #2 - D134, Old Barn Board (3 Dies) - B439

Wheat Heads (Set of 2) - B388, Cattails and Reeds - B389

Pierced Stacker #3 (Set of 6) - XL-21, Flourish #4 - CAFLRS-4

Thank (Set of 2) - B230

Bonnie Garby
Cheery Lynn Designs Dies used:
Oval Classic Large Stacker Nesting Dies XL7, Oval Stitch & Cut Tool LG Silver Stitch Tool LSC-7
French Lattice Small Frame FRM132, Black Eyed Susan Strip B338
Rose Leaf Strip B241, Stick It! Adhesive

Remember, you MUST use a Cheery Lynn Designs die to enter this challenge.

# challenge

Cheery Lynn Designs 'Give Thanks' Challenge Winner

Bonnie Garby 3:30 AM 1 Comments

What wonderful entries we had last week for our Give Thanks themed challenge.

Our randomly selected winner is:

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Kathy Krug

Congratulations, Kathy. Please contact me for your $20 shopping spree to Cheery Lynn Designs. Be sure to grab the winner's badge from the right sidebar for display on your blog. And thank you to everyone who joined in on the challenge. We hope to see you again in this week's Autumn Colors challenge.

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Saturday, November 7, 2015

Mixed Media Christmas Card by Julie Lavalette

Juliz Design Post 3:30 AM 2 Comments

Hi Everyone, it's JULIE here today and I'm sharing some Festive Inspiration using the new Royal Scandinavian Doily.

I die cut out my Doily and Corners and heat embossed with a Gold Tinsel Embossing Powder, layering onto my patterned cardstock.

Next I cut out my Candlelight die 3 times, so I had plenty parts to build up my layers for texture. My foliage was shaded with Copics, shaped on my embossing mat and layered up a few times. My Poinsettia was also shaded with Copics, layering in my shaped petals and adding a little Gold Flower Soft to the centre.

My candles were layered twice. On the top section I brushed on some Beeswax which I had melted in my Meltpot. I then added some drips of wax and once set, highlighted with Gilding Wax. My flames were shaded with Copics and some Glossy Accents added onto them.

I do hope you have enjoyed my techniques and feel inspired to try them out on your die cuts.

Cheery Lynn New Release Die:

DL312 Royal Scandinavian Doily Circle

Other Cheery Lynn Dies Used:

Thanks for stopping by today and good luck to everyone entering our Weekly Challenge.

Julie x

# Cards # Christmas

Friday, November 6, 2015

3D Box Card by Debbie Brownmiller

Debbie's Time Out 3:30 AM 1 Comments

A warm hello to all you Cheery Lynn fans. Debbie here with you today from Debbie's Time Out . I will be hosting the CLD blog on Friday's now instead of the Sunday challenge that I had previously been hosting. I was at a crop last weekend and did a "make and take" to learn how to make this 3D box style card. So I am excited to share with you today my version of a 3D box card that I created using CLD dies. It is always exciting to get new ideas.

This box styled card is 1 1/2 inches wide and has two pieces of cardstock spaced out inside the box to attach designs too. I used the largest of the Pierced Stacker #4 to cut out the front as well as cutting the same design in the two inside cardstock pieces so they matched up.

It is hard to tell in the photo but in the box I mounted the Grass Border 2 and Deer in the Forest at the front of the first layer. The Ornament Christmas Tree is mounted to the front of the second layer and the Dancing Snow Flurries to the back of the second layer. Thus making the deer close and the tree and snowflakes farther back. All designs were cut from the glittery "Pow" paper. The balls on the tree were colored with Copics. The pow paper worked good for the deer as I was able to leave the inside cut outs in place rather that pop them out . I wanted all the designs to be sparkly. The three snowflakes on the top left corner are cut from the Snowflakes die. Bling was added.

This is the top corner of the box and the Paris Signs 2 made a nice design for this top corner.
This box card also folds down flat for putting into a envelope.

I invite you to join our challenge "Give Thanks"
@ http://cheerylynndesigns.blogspot.ca/search/label/challenge for your chance to win a $20.00 shopping spree.

Thanks so much for stopping by today. Please leave a comment before you go if you have the time.
I would love to hear from you.
Have a crafty week and I will be back next Friday with another project.
Debbie

Dies Used

Pierced Stacker #4 (Set of 6) - XL-22

Deer in the Forest - B484

Ornament Christmas Tree - DL248

Grass Border 2 - B593

Snowflakes - C146

Paris Signs 2 - B548

Dancing Snow Flurries - B486

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Thursday, November 5, 2015

Thank You with Jenny Alia

Jenny Alia 3:30 AM 4 Comments

Hi, it's Jenny here today with a Thank You card inspired by Cheery Lynn's Give Thanks Challenge. Blue is my favorite color and I tend to gravitate towards it when I want something both simple and elegant. I love it paired with kraft paper. I kept with a simple cool color scheme with this card.

First I cut the largest Horizon Square Boutique Stacker Frame from the set out of a solid blue paper. I adhered it to a 5.5 inch square card front. I then cut a piece of kraft paper to a 4.75 inch square. I used the largest circle from the matching Horizon Circle Boutique Stacker Frame set to cut a piece of design paper. I cut the Thank You twice and layered them, offsetting the blue one underneath for a shadow effect. Before gluing the thank you down I added in the Notre Dame Cathedral Doily die in white underneath. It fit perfectly onto the Horizon Circle layer.

Last I made the flowers using blue and white paper, a molding mat and tool and the Chrysanthemum strip die. These are such quick and easy flowers, they always look delicate and lovely. I added kraft leaves behind the flowers from the Build a Flower #2 die and then glued chunky glass glitter to the center of the flowers for some sparkle.

Cheery Lynn Dies

Horizon Square Boutique Stacker Frames DL253

Horizon Circle Boutique Stacker Frames DL272

Chrysanthemum Strip B311

Thank You #2 B540

Build a Flower #2 B187

Notre Dame Cathedral Doily DL224

If you haven't already, make sure to join this week's Give Thanks challenge for a chance to win a gift certificate to the Cheery Lynn Designs store!

# Chrysanthemum Strip # Horizon Circle Boutique Stacker