Cheery Lynn Happy Mother's Day!

Hello and Happy Mother's Day!  I'm happy to share a new card this morning.  I envisioned it as a CAS (clean and simple) design with just the Japanese Garden Lace Oval and butterflies.  Sometimes the reality comes out very differently and I thought the card needed more.  I added a piece of designer card stock cut with the A2 Rectangular Scalloped Frames behind the oval and then built the card.  The butterflies were colored with distress ink and a cosmetic wedge sponge.

I glued the Happy Mother's Day to the center, positioned the butterflies and then glued their centers down, letting their wings fly freely.  I used white card stock to make the Sweet Christine flowers in the corner and added in the pink flowers that were made with the Embellishments #3 die.  The leaves are from the Ivy Strip.  They were cut out of the background paper and then colored with some brown distress ink.  I wanted them darker than the background for contrast but I wanted to add some more interest by using patterned card stock.

Cheery Lynn Dies

Sweet Christine B434

Happy B226

Mother's B232

Day B236
Japanese Garden Lace Oval DL136AB
Small Exotic Butterflies 2 DL113AB
Small Exotic Butterflies 1 DL112AB
Ivy Strip B304
Embellishments #3 B265
A2 Frames Rectangular Scalloped CM6

Thanks for visiting and make sure to join in the current Cheery Lynn Mother's Day Challenge for a chance to win a $20 gift certificate. 

Classy Cards Happy 100th!

Hi, today I'm so excited to share an inspiration card for the 100th Classy Cards 'n Such Challenge! This card was simple to put together but with the metallic elements it really makes a statement.  I was inspired by the beautiful pink balloons in the inspiration photo.

I began with an A2 top folded card and then cut a piece of Kraft card stock a little smaller for the bottom layer.  I added three banners cut from a die in my stash using different pinks from the Graphic 45 Botanical Tea Paper Pad.  The two larger banners were adhered using Joy! Crafts Foam Pads for dimension.  The smallest banner was just glued on top.

The butterfly is from an Impression Obsession Butterfly die.  I used silver Frantage embossing powder to get the mottled metallic look and then added a little bling with a sparkly Rock Candy center.  I also used the Frantage embossing powder on the word Happy cut from Impression Obsession's Greeting Set.

I hope you like the result and will join the fun this week with our 100th Challenge!

Supplies

Stampendous Frantage Embossing Powder

Impression Obsession Open Scroll Butterfly

Impression Obsession Greeting Set

Graphic 45 Botanical Tea

Queen & Co. Silver Rock Candy

Kraft

Joy! Crafts Foam Pads

An InLinkz Link-up

Classy Cards Hello

Hi friends!  I've been so inspired by this Graphic 45 Botanical Tea paper lately .  The soft coordinating shades and elegant prints have made it my go-to paper.    

The lacey circle is from Joy Crafts.  It's difficult to see in the photo but the edge of the solid center circle also has a lovely embossed detail.  The die comes with a smaller circle that I used to cut out the floral paper also from the Botanical tea paper pad.  I popped up the small circle with Joy! Crafts Foam Pads and then glued two of the Memory Box Chloe Stems on top.   I added  a butterfly from my stash, colored it with distress ink and added a rhinestone center.  Hello was cut from white card stock using the Impression Obsession Greeting Set.

I hope you enjoy my card.  Thanks for looking and make sure to check out the upcoming weekly challenges for a chance to win a wonderful prize from the Classy Cards 'n Such shop!

Classy Card Supplies

Memory Box Tall Chloe Stem

Joy Crafts Cutting & Embossing Circle (4 Pieces)

Impression Obsession Greeting Set

Graphic 45 Botanical Tea

Joy! Crafts Foam Pads

Classy Cards Hooray

Hi, I'm here today with a card for Classy Cards 'n Such featuring the Impression Obsession Butterfly die.

I started with a white A2 size card.  I cut the butterfly out and then used the Impression Obsession Open Scroll Butterfly die cut and colored it with Tarnished Brass Distress Stain.  It has a lovely shimmer.  I set the butterfly aside to dry, cut the Hooray out with a die from my stash and glued a piece of Graphic 45 Botanical Tea paper to the underside of the card.

I glued the center back into position and curled the wings a bit.  Then I glued five LaCreme Baby Pearls to the butterfly body.  I glued in some negative white pieces from the word Hooray and voila, the card was done!  This is a quick and simple card to recreate and changing the colors would give it a whole new look.  

Thanks for visiting!

Supplies

Impression Obsession Open Scroll Butterfly

Distress Stain Tarnished Brass

Graphic 45 Botanical Tea Paper

Baby Pearls LeCreme

Classy Cards Watercolor Butterflies

Hello!  I'm back today sharing a card for this week's Splatters Challenge at the Classy Cards 'n Such Blog.  Splatters immediately made me think of my new Color Bursts.  This was my first time using them and they were so much fun!  

I first took an A2 sized card front and spritzed it was water making sure to cover the entire paper.  Then I sprinkled Alizarian Crimson, Lemon Yellow and Violet Color Bursts randomly onto the wet paper.  The colors blended and I sprayed a little more water in spots where I wanted more of a mix.  

Then after drying the paper with a heat tool I cut it using the Memory Box Floating Butterfly Frame die.  I glued this to an A2 white card (making sure to glue the butterfly centers but not the sides for added dimension).  I added sparkle with a clear Wink of Stella Pen. Then I then glued clear rhinestones from my stash onto all the butterfly bodies.

Thanks for visiting and I can't wait to see your Splatter creations this week!  Come link up and join the fun.  Hugs, Jenny

Classy Cards Supplies

Color Burst Alizarin Crimson

Color Burst Lemon Yellow

Color Burst Violet

Memory Box Floating Butterfly Frame

Wink of Stella Clear Glitter Pen

Scrapyland Butterfly Flight

Hi, I'm so excited to be sharing my first guest DT card for the new Anything Goes Challenge at the Scrapyland Blog.  I hope you'll play along for a chance to win a gift certificate to the Scrapyland store!  

Scrapyland Dies

Memory Box Lunette Butterfly

Memory Box Vivienne Butterfly

This card was pretty simple to create and it makes much more of an impression in person.  It sparkles!  I used an A2 card as a base, cut a blue mat 1/4 of an inch smaller and then a white mat 1/4 of an inch smaller than the blue.  I then cut the white top card stock with three Memory Box butterfly dies. After coloring the butterflies yellow and brushing them with a glitter pen I glued the centers back into the negative space.  I added yellow rhinestone bodies and added the teal bow to finish it off.

Thanks for visiting and make sure to join in the challenge this week at Scrapyland!

Cheery Lynn Roses

Hello friends, I'm sharing a card today inspired by Cheery Lynn's Roses challenge.  I cut and and assembled the Medium Tea roses and then created everything else after.  I love the ombre elements I've seen on cards and decided to incorporate one into my card using the border die and stacking each different yellow layer lightest to darkest.

I cut the blue background layer once with the Curved Border die and then cut the patterned paper three times to get the fancy edge and the dot pattern.  The stack of Ankara Lace border's was glued to the card and then I cut the edge off the Ankara doily and tucked it under the edge of the stacked borders.  The sentiment layer was cut using the new Pierced Stacker #4 and adhered with foam tape.

I colored the the roses to match the other colors in the card using distress ink and a foam dauber.  I added some white Olive Branches and blue Add a Flourish flourishes to the floral spray and finished by adding the two butterflies from the Small Exotic Butterflies die.

Cheery Lynn Dies

Tea Rose Medium B436

Small Exotic Butterflies 1 DL112AB

Olive Branches B147

Ankara Lace Doily DL232

Ankara Lace Border B332

Curved Borders B569

Pierced Stacker #4 XL22

Add a Flourish B456

Thanks for visiting and be sure to check out this week's Roses challenge for a chance to win $20 towards shopping  at Cheery Lynn Designs!

Challenges Entered

Scrapyland Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday

Loves Rubber Stamps Add a Sentiment

Cheery Lynn Once Upon a Time

Happy Thursday!  Today I'm sharing a card I created using some new dies from the April Cheery Lynn Designs release.

I designed this card around the Royal Scandinavian Oval Doily and everything evolved from there.  The Shasta Daisy was colored with distress ink and shaped using a molding mat and stylus tool.  I added a shimmery embossing paste to the edges with a paintbrush for sparkle. The daisy was layered on top of the new Deutchland Super Doily.  It was the perfect size to layer behind the daisy for added interest.

The blue layer was cut using the Rectangular Scalloped A2 Frames die.  A pattern was cut into it using the second largest of the Dutch Daisy Boutique Stacker A2 Frames.  The blue layer sits on a piece of patterned paper cut with the Deutschland Boutique Stacker A2 Frames which was then backed with a kraft A2 size card.  I popped up the Scandinavian Oval Doily with foam adhesive for dimension and then glued the Shasta Daisy, Pumpkin Carriage, Leafy Flourish and Dripping Butterfly around it.

 The Once Upon a Time Set was cut twice, once in blue and then again in brown.  I offset them so the blue shadow would be visible underneath the brown.  The tag they are layered on was cut using the Pierced Stacker 4 from patterned card stock and the edges were painted with clear stickles.

Cheery Lynn Dies

Deutschland Boutique Stacker A2 Frames - DL294

Dutch Daisy Boutique Stacker A2 Frames - DL293

Dripping Butterfly - DL266

Once Upon a Time Set -B543

Pumpkin Carriage With Mice - B471

Rectangular Scalloped A2 Frames - CM-6

Shasta Daisy - B310

Deutchland Super Doily DL301

Royal Scandinavian Oval Doily (set of 2) L307

Leafy Flourish B571
Pierced Stacker 4 (set of 6) XL22

Thanks for visiting and be sure to check out Cheery Lynn's Anything Goes Challenge for a chance to win a $20 shopping spree to the Cheery Lynn Designs shop!

Hugs!

Classy Cards Cherry Blossoms

Hi friends!  Today I'm sharing a card inspired by the new Classy Cards 'n Such "Cherry Blossoms & Dogwoods" Challenge.  This challenge had me stumped until I realized that I could turn almost any little flower into a cherry blossom!  Don't forget to use my coupon JENNY-10 to save 10% off your next order at Classy Cards 'n Such. 

I created the central image using the Memory Box Meadowbird Branch die set.  I cut the branches twice out of brown, white and green card stock.  The flowers are from a tiny flower die in my stash and I used a stylus from the McGill Paper Blossoms Tool Kit to shape them.  I cut the bird and colored him with distress ink.

The arrangement was glued to two Spellbinders Circles and they were popped up using Joy! Foam Pads for dimension. I glued them to the Poppystamps Claudette Frame which was adhere to a layer of Botanical Tea design paper.  I layered that onto a square of white card stock and then glued the entire sandwich to a 5.5" square blue card.

Last I added a Poppystamps Butterfly that was covered in fine glitter and backed with a pink Poppystamps Cheviot Butterfly and added three pink Dew Drops to the bottom corner.

Supplies

Memory Box Meadowbird Branch

Poppystamps Claudette Frame

Poppystamps Cheviot Butterfly
Poppystamps Delaney Butterfly

Graphic 45 Botanical Tea

Paper Blossoms Paper Tool Kit

Paper Blossoms Craft Molding Mat

Joy Foam Pads

Art Institute Dries Clear Adhesive

Orchid Dew Drops

Cloud Nine Velvet Microfine Glitter

Thanks for visiting and I hope you can join the new Classy Cards 'n Such Challenge this week for a chance to win a great prize!  You can even link up below.  

Challenge Entered:
Poppystamps Challenge Spring Fever

An InLinkz Link-up

Cheery Lynn Happy Birthday

Hi, today I'm sharing my very first post for Cheery Lynn Designs!  I tend to gravitate to using pinks, blues and greens on cards so I thought I'd try to mix things up a bit and use yellows and oranges.

I created the background by cutting the Princess Window from white card stock and gluing a slightly smaller piece of patterned paper to the back.  The window was adhered with foam adhesive to a another patterned paper cut with the largest Horizon Square Boutique Stacker Frame, and then backed by a gray 5.5" square card.

The orange Large Roses and yellow Cuties 3 flowers were colored with glimmer mists, shaped with paper shaping tools and glued with score-tape to the Princess Frame.  I tucked leaves and flowers from the Flourish Leaf Strip and Dandelions into the arrangement and added the distress ink colored mushrooms underneath.

I cut the Small Exotic Butterfly 2 with blue patterned paper and darkened the edges with distress ink. Happy Birthday was glued to the top of the Sentiment Tag 2 which was then popped up with foam adhesive.

Thanks for visiting today and be sure to check out this week's Back to Nature Challenge for a chance to win a $20 shopping spree to the Cheery Lynn Designs shop!

Cheery Lynn Dies

Happy -B226

Birthday -B231

Faerie Mushrooms - B365

Small Exotic Butterflies 2 - DL113AB

Large Rose - B155

Dandelions - B453

Cuties 3 - B151

Flourish Leaf Strip -B178

Princess's Garden Window Frame - FRM126

Horizon Square Boutique Stacker Frames DL253

Sentiment Tag 2 -B425

Challenges Entered

Card Mania Flowers
TTCRD Anything Goes

Crafting By Designs Enjoy

Good Morning! I'm posting today with a card for Crafting by Designs.  This week's challenge is Flowers with a Twist.  I hope you can come link-up and join the fun! I needed a quick card for a birthday and decided to keep this simple.  

Thanks for visiting!

Supplies

Magnolia Flower-Swirl-Corner

Penny Black Hooray

Spellbinders Labels-42-Decorative-Elements

Spellbinders Butterfly

Memory Box Whimsy Circle

Distress Ink

Classy Cards Hello Princess

Hi! Today I'm sharing a card I created for the new Letter It Challenge at the Classy Cards 'n Such Blog.  I took inspiration from some of the gorgeous new dies now in the Classy Cards store.

I used Pearlescent Embossing Paste and the Memory Box Tula Stencil to create the background.  I die cut two of the same Tattered Lace Ferns, sponged distress ink on the edges with my Mini Blending Tool and then glued them to the embossed background.

The Poppystamps Princess Butterfly was cut twice, once with an apricot paper and again in white card stock.  I bent the edges of the butterflies to give them a more 3D appearance.  I then covered the white butterfly in glue and sprinkled it with glitter.  I attached the two butterflies together with glue, offsetting them a little so the bottom color would show.   I added rhinestones to the center of the butterfly and then popped it up with Joy Foam Pads.

I wrapped the top layer of card  stock with twine  and then used Joy Foam Pads to adhere it to the green card stock underneath.  I glued down the green layer and then cut the Hello word out of the same green card stock with an Impression Obsession alphabet die.

Thanks for stopping by!  

Supplies

Pearlescent Embossing Paste

Memory Box Pattern Tula Stencil

Tattered Lace Ferns

PoppyStamps Princess Butterfly

Classy Cards It's Your Day

Hello!  This card came together much differently than I'd envisioned but I always seem to be drawn to pinks and greens and this was the result.

I cut the Spellbinders Picot Edge Circle out of white card stock and sponged with pink distress ink.  The main white circle was cut from a Spellbinders Classic Circles Large die after I'd glued the Memory Box Fresh Foliage and Tall Chloe Stem die cuts to it.  Rolling everything through my Big Shot made the die cuts almost look like pressed flowers.

I cut a third Tall Chloe Stem and added it on top to add more dimension.  I didn't glue down the tops of the top flower to the card stock so it would pop off the page.  The Tall Chloe Stems were colored with pink distress ink and covered with clear glitter glue.  I also added pink flat-back pearls to the flowers for a little extra interest.

The sentiment is from a Flourishes stamp set and was cut out with a punch.  I used Joy! Foam Pad's to adhere it to the Memory Box label die cut which was also colored with distress ink.  The butterfly was cut from a piece of pink scrap paper.  I colored the ends darker with a Distress Ink Marker, added Stickles to the wings and attached it to the card with Joy! Foam Pads.

Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies

Spellbinders Picot Edge Circle

Memory Box Tall Chloe Stem

Memory Box Fresh Foliage

Stickles

Distress Ink

Flourishes Stamps

Challenges Entered
Crafty Girls Anything Goes
Aud Sentiments  Spring
Scrapbooker PhD Three die cuts & sparkle
Aloha Friday #30 In the Garden

Classy Cards Butterfly Wishes

I loved this Memory Box Kensington Branch die as soon as I saw it but once I got it I really wasn't sure how to use it.  Now that I've played a bit I think it can be used on almost anything (in place of flourishes, just using the butterflies, as a tree, etc.).

To create this card I cut the die three times to get extra butterflies and flowers. Two of the butterflies were triple cut and one is double cut.  I sprayed the red the flowers and butterflies with Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist in Cranberry Zing.  Then I dipped the butterfly edges back into the extra spray on my craft mat so they'd be darker.  If you look closely the butterflies have a mottled color because some of the white card stock shows through the center where the spray was thinner.

The Spellbinders Labels Four die was used for the sentiment which is from Justrite.  The label was popped up with Joy Foam Pads. Distress ink was sponged around the edges of the sentiment using the die as a stencil.

The branches and bottom butterfly were colored with copics.  To finish off the butterflies I used stickles on the edges of each layer.  When I glued the branch to the card base I didn't add glue to the leaves and then after the branch was glued in place I pulled up the leaves. Here's a more detailed view.

Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies

Memory Box Kensington Branch

Tattered Angels Cranberry Zing Glimmer Mist

Pink Taffeta Stickles

Joy! Foam Pads

Cheery Lynn dies

Spellbinders Labels Four

Justrite Stamps

CBD Vintage Butterfly

Hi!  This is my card for Crafting By Designs Vintage/Shabby Chic Challenge this week.  Come on over and join in the fun.  I can't wait to see what you create, I usually have a tough time with vintage designs and could really use the inspiration!

I used Impression Obsession's Cover-a-Card stamp for the background with two colors of distress ink.  The lacey frame is the Japanese Lace die from Cheery Lynn Designs.  The flowers were cut from a Spellbinders die and colored with distress ink before rolling with a quilling tool.  The leaves are from a Cottage Cutz die and were colored with Copics.  The brown flower is a lollipop cutie fringe die from Cheery Lynn.  The sentiment is from Impression Obsession and the butterfly is from Memory Box.

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by!

Challenges Entered
Butterfly Challenge Summertime Butterflies
Simply Create Too Vintage
Milk Coffee Challenge 2 or More Diecuts
Lunagirl Moonbeams - Victorian Flowers

Classy Cards Butterfly Blues

Good morning!  Sometimes you just need a quick card.  I was inspired by the Classy Cards challenge It's Okay to be Negative.   I tend to use flowers on almost all my cards but as soon as I saw the challenge I thought of butterflies.

I used a wash of Twinkling H20's on the background.  The entire card shimmers!  After the card dried I flicked extra paint off the end of my paintbrush to get a paint-splatter effect.

The butterfly was cut using the Memory Box Swirl Butterfly die.  I trimmed the top layer 1/2 inch smaller than the A2 card base but did it after I'd painted and cut the butterfly to make sure I liked the way the butterfly was centered.  I also used my paintbrush to flick clear glossy accents across the top of the card. There are patches of clear dimensional shimmer which makes it look almost wet in spots.

Last, I glued the butterfly into position before popping up the top layer around and over her. Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies

Twinkling H2Os

Memory Box Swirl Butterfly

Joy Foam Pads

Challenges Entered
CAS on Sunday Butterflies
Butterfly Challenge Summer
Time Out Challenges Butterflies
Crafting from the heart Anything Goes

Butterfly Trellis

Hi!  I don't often use Green as a dominant color in cards so this week's Impression Obession challenge was quite challenging for me.

 I colored the trellis die cut with distress ink.  I also used more distress ink to "age" the dark green panel behind the trellis. I used a distressing tool to rough up the edges of the green cardstock too and then ran more distress ink over the sides.  The flowers were cut from the Hydrangea die and then brushed with Wink of Stella brush for an added soft shimmer.  The vines were colored with copics.  Thanks for looking!

Supplies

Impression Obsession Trellis (DIE037-V)

Impression Obsession Hydrangea (DIE044-Y)

Impression Obsession Vine (DIE051-B)

Impression Obsession Butterflies (DIE046-A)

Spellbinders A2 Curved Matting Basics

Cuttlebug embossing folder Swiss dots

Stampin' Up embossing folder -

Distress Ink, Copics, Wink of Stella brush, Ribbon, Pearls

Challenges Entered

Impression Obsession Challenge Green

City Crafter Spring

Allsorts #252 Use those dies

A Creative Romance Spring Flowers

The Rubber Buggy Spring Flowers

KKS Eliza

Eliza is from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps and this is my first time inking her up.  My Fair Lady is one of my all-time favorite movies and it's based on the play Pygmalion.  I couldn't imagine using this image without somehow also using black cardstock.  I don't use a lot of black on my cards (except for Halloween) so this was kind of fun.  I'm not sure pink was the best accent color but I seem to be using a lot of it lately. 

I stamped Eliza with Memento ink and colored her with copics.  The centers of the MFT layered roses are tiny rolled roses from IO's Spiral Flowers die.  I cut the Memory Box butterflies from black cardstock and covered them in platinum stickles for a touch of old-world glamor.  I used Wink of Stella in clear on the umbrella and the feather in her hat.  I added lines of clear stickles on the white stripes on her hat, on the dots of the border die and on the white flowers on the vine.  The tiny rolled roses also have dots of clear stickles in their centers.

Materials Used

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamp - Eliza

Spellbinders - Labels 4

Spellbinders - Damask Accents

MFT die - Layered Rose

Impression Obsession die - Spiral Flowers

Memory Box die - Blooming Vine

Memory Box die - Brea Ornament

Memory Box die - Butterfly

Stampin' Up punch - Corner rounder

Stampin' Up punch (scalloped edge)
Stampin Up Stamp - Stripes (background stamp)

Memento Ink - Tuxedo Black
Stampin' Up - Very Vanilla Craft Ink

Copics

Distress Ink - Linen & Tea Dye

Judkins Color Dusters

Stickles

Wink of Stella

Foam tape

Challenges Entered:
Crafting from the Heart Anything Goes/Inspired by a Movie-
Brown Sugar Anything Goes-
The Squirrel and the Fox About a Book #66 - Pygmalion
Created with Love Girly
Avenue 613 Anything Goes/Birds of a Feather-
Just Keep on Creating Anything Goes-
Creative Fingers #28-
Kitty Bee Aloha Friday Things with Wings-

Magnolia Princess

I made this for my daughter's friend.  My 6 year old is still very much in the princess stage.  :)  I'm not sure it shows in the photograph but the large rose shimmers.  I sprayed shimmer spritz in frost on the assembled rose and the centers of the small rolled roses have stickles.  There is glitter on Tilda's crown and she has a pearl necklace made from perfect pearls.

Supplies

Magnolia Tilda in Cotton Dress

Spellbinders Radient Rectangles

Spellbinders Rose Creations

MFT Flourish

MFT Mini Doily Circles

Memory Box Whimsy Circle

Memory Box Alexa Border

Memory Box Lunette Butterfly

Impression Obsession Spiral Flowers

Copics, Distress Ink, Liquid Pearls, Glitter, Shimmer Spritz, Stickles

Challenges Entered

 Stamp & Create Magnolia Birthday
Stamping Sensations Pretty in Pink
Addicted to Stamps Lace & Pearls
Paper Pretties
Art by Miran
Sister Act #47
Crafting from the Heart Anything Goes
Inky Chicks Monochromatic
V's Sweet Ideas
Just Keep on Creating