All week long the Design Team here at Cheery Lynn Designs has showcased the newly released Exotic Butterfly dies. I just had an opportunity to look back through the designs featured this week and I have to say that I am totally AMAZED at the projects created by the other members of the Design Team, from the adorable Butterfly Magnets created by Tanisha to the gorgeous decorated frame by our Design Team Leader Sandy... well, I can't imagine that you all haven't already hopped on over to the Cheery Lynn Designs store to buy up some of these perfectly yummy dies!  Kianel used them for masks right here to make beautiful background paper, Liz made this most adorable layout that features a butterfly net and Irit showcased the butterflies beautifully using her vintage style for both a card and a layout right here.  I can hardly wait to see what Jeannie will create as well. (Note: I prescheduled my post, so Jeannie's isn't actually up yet, but I'm betting she rocked the butterfly dies as well.)

Tomorrow will be a BIG EXOTIC BUTTERFLY day here at the Cheery Lynn Designs blog too... and you are NOT going to want to miss it, so be sure to take some time to visit us some time during your day (our big event involves a prize too!).

For my project this week, I chose to showcase a couple of the Small Exotic Butterflies  (the perfect size for cards and other smaller-scale projects) along with the new Fanciful Flourish and Heart Chain Border. I also used two of the Large Oval Scallop Nesting dies and two of the Large Silver Stackers Nesting Dies, as well as the Damask Embossing plate to complete this project.



That's all for today... and don't forget to visit again tomorrow for our big event!

This week you may have noticed we are going crazy about butterflies. Who wouldn't? -The new butterfly releases from Cheery Lynn Designs are gorgeous!
This week I made a LO using one of the Exotic Large Butterfly dies.


The butterfly is so detailed on its own but I decided to add even more. I added some cute rhinestones and half pearls along with colored glitter glue.



To make the lattice in the large die cut circle, I cut out several of the Large Window dies and adhered them all together. I like the look because it reminds me of a butterfly net.



Here is my complete list of dies used:
Large Window
Exotic Large Butterfly
Embossed Hearts Scalloped Border
Buttons3
Bird On A Branch2
Heartland America XL die (flower)

Thanks for checking us out today and we'll see you tomorrow!

~Liz

Cheery Lynn Designs has released some fabulous new butterfly dies this month, 3 styles in 4 different sizes.  All week long, the design team is showing you some of the great possibilities of these dies.  For my project today, I am using 2 of the 3 butterflies that come in the Exotic Butterflies Small Set.


I began with this wooden picture frame I had laying around.  Using Basic Grey's Capella collection of paper, I created the backing adding a picture of my sweet Molly.  (Sadly she went to the Rainbow Bridge January 2010, I miss her every day)  I used my XL Coved Rectangle Stacker Nesting dies to cut out the photo and then my XL Scalloped Coved Rectangle Stacker Nesting dies for the panel behind the photo.  Using my Pair of Ferns dies, I added 2 to each side of the photo, then a name plate created with my Little Stackers Scalloped Cove Rectangle die.

Next I cut 3 Fanciful Flourish die cuts to embellish the sides of the frame.  Before cutting them, I used spray adhesive and attached a piece of Capella paper to some coordinating card stock so it would have some strength.  One of the great things about Cheery Lynn Designs dies is their ability to cut through multiple layers of paper.  Using the same technique on the butterflies, I adhered 2 more pieces of Capella paper to card stock and die cut 2 of the butterflies.  Using glue, I added the vines and the butterflies to the frame, wrapping the vines and leaves around the side of the frame.

The last embellishment was the corner flower and leaves created using Judy's Blooms.  I found out that you can cut Grunge Paper with this die.  So I cut a set using Grunge and a set using some Capella paper.  I glued them together, shaped the leaves and petals and then glued them to the frame.  This frame measures 6 x 8 inches.


On May 22nd we will host a Butterfly challenge with two fabulous prizes.  To enter you must use a Cheery Lynn Designs butterfly.   The first place prize of a $50 gift certificate to Cheery Lynn Designs will be voted on by the design team; the second place prize of a $25 gift certificate will be picked using Random.org.