Cheery Lynn Celebrate Love

Happy Valentine's Day!   I've been itching to use these Cheery Lynn Design's Fancy Pots on a project so I thought I'd create a garden scene and tie it into Valentine's.  This card could really be used for any occasion.

 I began by roughing up the edges of my design paper and gluing it to a 5.5" square card.  Then I cut and colored the fancy pots.  I rubbed a bit of metallic paint with my finger over the pots.  All the little details really stand out once they are colored with ink.  I glued the pots to different color paper backings and then cut around the edges.  

The pink flowers were made with the Sweet Christine die and the yellow ones were cut with the Embellishment #2 die.  The foliage is a mix of the Ivy Strip and Flourish #13 dies.  I added pearls and rhinestones to the centers of the flowers.

The pots are sitting on the Nautical Wheeler Doily die (one of my all time favorites!).  I added the banner with some twine tied around it, two small hearts from the Two of Hearts set and the Celebrate word to finish off the card.

Cheery Lynn Dies

Two of Hearts DL128

Fancy Pots B665

Sweet Christine B434

Embellishment #2 B188

Nautical Wheeler Doily DL180

Ivy Strip B304

Flourish #13 CAFLRS13

Celebrate B233

Thanks for visiting and I hope you have a wonderful Valentine's Day!  Make sure to join in the current Tickled Pink Challenge at Cheery Lynn Designs for a chance to win a $20 gift certificate.  

Hugs!

Classy Cards Spring Showers

Hello!  I'm sharing a card made for the new Classy Cards 'n Such Rainy Days Challenge.  The inspiration photo has such a bright, pretty mix of colors that I was inspired to re-create it.  Don't forget to use my coupon JENNY-10 to save 10% off your entire order at Classy Cards 'n Such.

I found this retired Quickutz umbrella die in my stash and began creating.  I cut paper from both the Vintage Bliss and Botanical Tea paper pads with the Impression Obsession 6-in-1 frames die.  I played with the colors, mixing up the layers and then glued them all to the Vintage Bliss yellow design paper.

All the small flowers were cut using Impression Obsession's Spiral Flowers dies.  The flowers were colored using distress ink and a Mini Ink Blending Tool.  They were rolled with my rolling tool from the Paper Blossoms Tool Kit.

After gluing the umbrella using Joy Foam Pads and adhering the flowers with scor-tape, I added a small white bow and some bling.  Dew Drops were glued to the empty space on the bottom and I added pearls and rhinestones to the flower centers.

The sentiment stamp was added to a little tag modified from a tag die in my stash.  I used distress ink to color the center of the tag and adhered it to the card front with Joy Foam Pads.

Supplies

Impression Obsession Spiral Flowers die

Impression Obsession Rectangles 6 in 1 Frame die

Kraft paper

Simple Stories Vintage Bliss paper

Graphic 45 Botanical Tea paper

Robin's Nest Water Dew Drops

Scor-tape

Joy Foam Pads

Ranger Mini Ink Blending Tool

McGill Paper Blossom Tool Kit

Thanks for visiting!

Challenge Entered:
Artistic Inspiration

An InLinkz Link-up

Cardabilities Celebrate

Hi friends!  Today the Dies R Us Design Team has joined the DT over at Cardabilities for a new sketch challenge.  Join the fun for a chance to win a $20 Dies R Us gift certificate!  This is the inspiration card I designed based on the Cardabilities sketch below.

Dies R Us Dies

Cheery Lynn Olive Branches

Cheery Lynn Chrysanthemum Strip

Cheery Lynn Celebrate

Impression Obsession Circle Shaker Frame

A sketch is a great place to start creating if you're not sure where to begin.  Pop on over to Cardabilities and join in the fun!

Thanks for visiting and have a great day!

Cheery Lynn Time to Celebrate

Hi, today I'm back with a new card for Cheery Lynn Designs!  I've seen some beautiful blue flowers on cards lately so I decided to try my own.

The blue flowers were cut from the Cheery Lynn Gardenia Strip die with white card stock. They started out a little too green-blue and by the end became more purple-blue as I added glimmer mists. After drying they were shaped using paper molding tools, stacked and then glued.  The background was created by offsetting patterned papers and the Shoji Mesh Border die.

The chrysanthemums were colored with pink distress ink, shaped with a molding tool so they cupped inward and then pearl centers were added.  Distress ink was sponged onto the center of the smallest Horizon Fishtail Banner before gluing the Celebrate sentiment.  The sides of the banner were glued down and the center was popped up with multiple layers of foam adhesive so it would arch.

To finish I tucked green leaves from the Flourish Leaf Strip die and swirls cut from a purple patterned paper with the Tiny Fanciful Flourish die into the flowers.  The leaves and swirls were cut twice to make the arrangement really full.  

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

Supplies

Gardenia Strip B339

Chrysanthemum Strip B311

Tiny Fanciful Flourish Set of 2 B387

Flourish Leaf Strip B178

Celebrate B233

Horizon Fishtail Banners DL278

Shoji Mesh Border B371

Glimmer Mist Sprays

Distress Ink

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

Challenge Entered:

In The Pink Celebrate

Scrapbooker Phd Focus on a Sentiment

Classy Cards Tea Celebration

Hi, I'm back with a new card for the Classy Cards 'n Such Tea Party Challenge.  I love tea and collect tea cups and tea dies.  I tried to replicate the look of the new Poppystamps Teapot Stack die by stacking a tea cup die from my stash.

I first cut a piece of Graphic 45 Botanical Tea paper and used Joy Foam pads to adhere it to a pink layer that I'd aged with distress ink and my mini blending tool.  I also roughed up the edges of the pink layer for some extra shabbiness.

I cut the Cheery Lynn Ankara Lace Border and the Celebrate word out of the same pink paper I used for the background.  I cut three tea cups, sponged the edges with Old Paper distress ink and stacked them using Joy Foam Pads for dimension.

I cut the large flowers out of white card stock and colored the centers with Scattered Straw Distress Ink.  I tucked leaves cut from the Tattered Lace Ferns die and another leaf die from my stash.  The leaves were cut with two different greens and also with a brown pattered paper from the Botanical Tea Paper Pad.  

The smaller roses were left over from another project.  Two were cut with a designer paper and the third was colored with pink Glimmer Mist to add a little more pink.  You could achieve a similar look with the small rolled roses from Impression Obsession's Spiral Flowers dies.

Last I added the pearl centers and pearl hearts from my stash.  Thanks for visiting!  Remember to use my coupon code JENNY-10 to save an extra 10% off your entire purchase at the Classy Cards 'n Such Store.

Supplies

Cheery Lynn Ankara Lace Border

Memory Box Dainty Tea Cup
Tattered Lace Ferns
Graphic 45 Botanical Tea Paper

Joy Foam Pads

Ranger Mini Ink Blending Tool

Cheery Lynn Celebrate die
Cheery Lynn Chrysanthemum Strip die
Cheery Lynn Flourish Leaf Strip
La La Land Rolled Roses die
Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist Spray

Flat-back Pearls & Hearts

Distress Ink

Challenges Entered
Cheery Lynn Designs Anything Goes
Scrapyland #12 Spray Mist (on the rose)
Inky Chicks Flowers
Crafting for all Seasons Dies/Punches

Classy Cards Love Blossoms

Hi!  The new Classy Cards Home is Where the Heart Is Challenge made me think of this Spellbinders Hearts Circle die.  I found this scrap of paper that has a small heart pattern, paired it with the die, added the Memory Box Honey Blossom Sprig and voila!

I colored the pink background paper and Honey Blossom Sprig with Copics.  After I cut the Hearts Circle, I added green distress ink to the center using the die as a stencil.  The Justrite sentiment was stamped using Memento Tuxedo Black ink. 

I cut extra flowers with the Honey Blossom Sprig die, colored them and popped them up with Joy! Foam Pads.  The hearts added to the flower were the extra negative pieces from the largest Heart Circle in the Spellbinders set.  I glued together three hearts before coloring and gluing them into position.  I like the extra dimension of the stacked die cuts.    

Last I added a little sparkle with a Wink of Stella Pen and added a piece of string from my stash.  Thanks for stopping by and I'm looking forward to seeing your creations.  Come and join the fun at Classy Cards N' Such for a chance to win a great prize!

Classy Cards Supplies

Memory Box Honey Blossom Sprig

Spellbinders Heart Circles

Wink of Stella Clear Glitter Pen

Joy! Foam Pads

Justrite Stamps

Challenges Entered:
Artistic Inspirations Anything Goes
Crafting from the heart Anything Goes
Craft-deebowz  Handmade Bow
Love to Scrap Anything Goes
My Craft Creations Anything Goes
Scrapbook Stamp Society Anything Goes/Vintage
The Shabby Tea Room Summer Dreams*