Hello Owl

Hi Everyone!  I'm back two days in a row to share an autumnal card.  I had so much fun playing with this Whimsical Owl Die.  Because of  his detail it was really easy to cut him out of different colored card stock and then paper piece all the different elements.  Next time I use him I'm definitely going to add patterned papers.  I think he could use a little more flair.  

I added black rhinestones for his eyes and layered the scene behind him layering different colored paper and the Dutch Scallop Square.  The card needed more balance and interest so last I added the Hello form the Bohemian Word Die Set.

Cheery Lynn Dies

Whimsical Owl Die B789

Dutch Scallop Square DL140

Bohemian Word Die Set B871

Thanks for stopping by the blog today!

Hugs, Jenny

Cheery Lynn Happy Turkey Day

Hi friends!  Jenny here today with another new tag.  I had fun playing with a number of sprays.  The colors muddied a little but I liked the subdued look.  The darker background made it really quick to just gently add a little edge color to leaves from the Fall Leaves Set without coloring the entire leaf.  Leaving the leaves white really shows off the beautiful design on the leaves.  

I've been having so much fun making tags lately.  Sometimes when I feel my mojo slipping I find that switching to another type of project and it somehow re-energizes me.  The last thing I did was add  orange string and twine, both give it a little more texture.

Cheery Lynn Dies

Happy Turkey Day Set B826

Fall Leaves Set B838

Thanks for visiting today!  

Hugs, Jenny

Cheery Lynn Giving Thanks Blog Hop & Sale!

Hi friends! Welcome to the Cheery Lynn Giving Thanks Blog Hop. There are so many awesome projects in this hop, so make sure to click the links below to see them all.  Cheery Lynn Designs is also running a 15% off store wide sale now through September 22nd!  Make sure to stock up now on those wish-list items! 

 If you arrived from Debbie's blog you are on the right track. If not, you can return to Cheery Lynn's blog HERE and start from the beginning.  

For this tag I used Cheery Lynn's new Acorns & Leaves die.  It's a great size.  It's a large size so cards and this tag didn't need much else.  Both the leaves and acorns are beautifully detailed and coloring them with distress inks really helped show off that detail.

I also colored the top of the tag with distress ink because my background paper didn't cover it all the way.  This Notes #1 die is new for me but I can see it quickly becoming one of my most-used dies.  It cuts beautifully and can be added to so many things.  I may need to find some good song lyrics to pair it with in the future.

Cheery Lynn Dies

Acorns & Leaves
Thank You #2 B540
Notes #1 CABD3

Thanks so much for joining me here on the hop! Your next stop is Amy's Blog. Don't forget to leave a comment on the main Cheery Lynn Designs Blog for a chance to win $20 towards Cheery Lynn Designs goodies!

Cheery Lynn Designs Blog Hop

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Bonnie

Debbie

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Cheryl

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Dies R Us Leaves Challenge

Hello and thanks for stopping by my blog!  Life has gotten busy with school again and I need to focus more time on academics and my kiddies.  I've made the difficult decision to step down from my very first DT position at Dies R Us. I'm very sad to leave but today's post will be my last.  There is some amazingly wonderful talent and heart in the design team.  I will miss the challenge blog and will be visiting regularly.  I hope you will do as well.

Today's card was inspired by the new Dies R Us Leaves in the Trees Challenge that begins today.  For this card I used three Cheery Lynn dies.  

Dies R Us Dies

Cheery Lynn Fall Leaves

Cheery Lynn Winter Holiday Words

Cheery Lynn Classic Circles L4 

I cut a large circle and stamped it with a wood grain stamp.  The card is A2 sized.  The really cool thing about this card is the Blessings die.  It's part of the Cheery Lynn Designs Winter Holiday Words set and I don't have anything else like it in my die collection.  I love how it just almost embossed-cut out the word.  It's a very simple, graphic die.  Love it!

These leaves cut the same way, there are really interesting swirls cut into them.  They were cut out of white card stock and then colored with distress ink.  

Make sure to stop by the Dies R Us Challenge blog for more inspiration from my awesome teammates and join in the current Leaves in the Trees challenge!

Cheery Lynn Thanksgiving Blessings

Happy Thanksgiving!  When deciding what kind of a card I wanted to make this week for Cheery Lynn Designs I couldn't think of making a Thanksgiving card without using Tom the Turkey.  He's wonderful to color, those details on his body just pop out when you add color.

He's standing on an assortment of leaves also colored with distress inks from the Small Dimensional Leaves #2 die.  I added a scroll detail to the kraft paper using the Curved Border Set die.  

Cheery Lynn Designs Dies

Tom the Turkey B599

A2 Frames Rectangular Scalloped Set CM6

Blessings B347

Curved Border Set B569

Small Dimensional Leaves #2 D134

I hope you like my project and don't forget to join in this week's Anything Goes challenge for a chance to win a $20 shopping spree to to Cheery Lynn Designs.  Happy Thanksgiving!

Cheery Lynn Fall Thanks

Good Morning!  I'm sharing a fall card created for Cheery Lynn Designs.  This Mesh Border die just called to me, it reminded me of a fall themed table runner my sister-in-law has.  

I used an A2 dark red card base and then glued a piece of white card stock on top.  I used the Mesh Border die that I cut with kraft paper and glued it down.  The I added leaves cut with the Dimensional Small Leaves #2 die.  The shading and color blending was all done with a cosmetic sponge and distress ink.  I arranged the leaves and tacked them down to the card with double sided adhesive tape.  

I then cut the Thank You #2 three times and glued the layers together.  The dark red paper is heavy weight and three layers together make the die cut look like chipboard.  

Dies

Dimensional Small Leaves #2 D134

Mesh Border B254

Thank You #2 B540

Thanks for visiting today and make sure to check out this week's lace challenge for a chance to win a $15 gift card to Cheery Lynn Designs!

Classy Cards Fall Wedding

Hello friends!  I'm  sharing a card today inspired by this week's Classy Cards 'n Such's Fall Wedding challenge.  It's a perfect challenge for me because good friends of ours are getting married soon. I used the colors and textures from the inspiration photo in this card.

I began with an A2 top folded card and layered a slightly smaller piece of card stock stamped with Impression Obsession Distressed Brick stamp.  The flowers were created by accordion folding the leaves after spritzing them with Pearl Glimmer Mist.  The leaves were cut from Impression Obsession's Leaves die and colored with Distress Inks and a Mini Ink Blending Tool.  The congrats word was from a die in my stash.

Thanks for visiting and don't forget to enter this week's Classy Cards 'n Such challenge for a chance to win a great prize!

Supplies

Impression Obsession - Distressed Brick Stamp

Impression Obsession - Leaves Die

Heartfelt Creations - Arianna Blooms Die

Tattered Angels Pearl Glimmer Mist

Ranger Mini Ink Blending Tool

Cheery Lynn Turkey Time

Hello!  I'm sharing my Cheery Lynn inspiration card featuring Tom the Turkey.  This die is so incredibly detailed, it's amazing.  I didn't end up using a lot of embellishments because Tom didn't need it.  He can stand on his own.  I colored him with distress ink, fluffed out his tail feathers and popped him up with foam adhesive.  

He's standing on four layers of card stock that I cut using the Pierced Stacker #3 die.  The top layer was cut with the die and then I hand cut the pierced edge off so it would be slightly smaller than the orange layer.  The largest white layer of Pierced Stacker #3 was made by tracing the outside of the die and then hand cutting the edge with a scissor.  

The stitched detail on the 5.5" base layer was cut using the Square Stitch Nesting  die.  This die doesn't cut the squares but it does add these stitches in a variety of sizes.  It's perfect for adding a little extra detail.  Last I cut flourishes from the Leafy Flourish die, added a little distress ink to the edges and tucked the die cuts around the Turkey.

Cheery Lynn Dies

Tom The Turkey

Pierced Stacker #3 XL21

Leafy Flourish B571

Square Stitch Nesting Set LS1

Thanks for visiting and don't forget to check out this week's Silver and/or Gold Challenge for a chance to win $20 towards shopping at Cheery Lynn Designs.  

IO Thanksgiving Thanks

Hi friends!  I'm sharing a card similar to my recently posted Christmas card.  I switched out a few of the dies and changed the colors for an entirely different theme.

I used gold embossing powder on the bow to make it look metallic.  This is my first time using this squirrel die, aren't they cute?  They aren't quite as cute eating the pumpkins on my front steps.  

These squirrels were colored with copics and the leaves, pumpkins and Thanks die cuts were colored with distress ink and copics.

Thanks for looking!

Supplies

Impression Obsession Squirrel Set

Impression Obsession Large Bow

Impression Obsession Twig Wreath

Impression Obsession Thanks Word

Impression Obsession Small Leaf Set

Impression Obsession Pumpkin Patch

Impression Obsession Rectangles 6 in 1 Frame

Challenges Entered

Impression Obsession Thanksgiving Wishes

City Crafter Just a Word

Cuttin and Stampin Thanksgiving

Die Cuttin Divas Thanksgiving

Scrap-creations Give Thanks

Shopping our Stash Thankful

Cards in Envy Thankful for you

Craft your passion  Pumpkins

Dies R Us Thanks Fall

Hello and welcome to my blog!  I created this card for the new Thankful Challenge starting today at the Dies R Us challenge blog.  Come on over, be inspired and join us for a chance to win a gift voucher to the store.  The DT projects are stunning!

This was my first time using this beautiful Spellbinders die but I think I'll be using it a lot more in future.  It makes it so easy to create an elegant card.  I used a 5.5" square card and cut the die twice using my magnetic spacer plate. I then backed the kraft card with a piece of dark red paper.

I sponged distress ink on the leaf die cuts to get a natural mottled look.  The thanks die cut was covered in versamark ink and sprinked with embossing powder that I heated.  I did this twice so the gold embossing would have nice coverage and really stand out.  

The pink rolled roses were colored with Glimmer Mist, the deep red ones were cut with the same background paper.  These roses have become staples for me as have the Impression Obsession word and greeting dies.  

Supplies

                                           LaLa-Land - Rolled Rose Small Medium Set

                                              Die-Versions Whispers - Old Oak Leaves

Spellbinders Shapeabilities - Gold Elements

Impression obsession Thanks Word

La La Land Rolled Rose Large

Gold fine detail embossing powder

Marianne Design Createables Leaves 

Thanks for visiting!

Challenges Entered

Cards Galore Anything Goes

My Artistic Adventures  Anything Thankful

Sparkles Forum Fall/Autumn Colors

Words 2 Scrap By Gratitude

Sisters of craft Anything Goes

Wags 'n Whiskers Be Thankful

Classy Cards Hello Fall

I designed this for the latest challenge at Classy Cards.   Hope you can join in the colors of fall challenge.  I began this card by looking through my card stock.  I was so inspired by the plaids in the inspiration photo.

I found this pretty plaid paper in the Simple Stories Vintage Bliss paper pack.  I cut out a rectangle of the paper using Spellbinders Matting Basics A set.  The center oval was cut out with the largest Spellbinders Classic Ovals Large.  

I matted then matted the plaid paper onto a rectangle of green card stock which was also cut out of the Spellbinders Matting Basics A set.  The center of the green paper was cut with the largest oval in the Spellbinders Classic Ovals Small set.  I stamped the Stacy Stamps The Woods stamp using Memento Brown ink and then colored it in with a Copic E31 marker.  

The leaves from the Impression Obsession Small leaf set were sponged with distress ink to give them a natural appearance.  I cut the Hello out of the new Impression Obsession Greetings set and also dabbed distress ink over the die cut.  I love these greetings dies, they are so versatile.  

Before I put everything together I popped the Vintage Bliss card stock up using foam dots to add dimension.  I glued the green paper to the white card base, added a bow out of ribbon from my stash and then glued Impression Obsession Leaves around it.  I decided the card needed something extra so I sponged distress ink over the white base layer and the edges of the Vintage Bliss paper to add some visual texture.  Thanks for looking and I can't wait to see what you make for this challenge!

Classy Cards Hello Autumn

Hi! I was inspired by the beautiful Classy Cards Challenge photo to use this Impression Obsession Small Leaf die set.  It makes such a wonderful assortment of little leaves.

I cut leaves out of yellow, green and red card stock and then sponged them with distress ink to reflect a more realistic appearance of leaves turning color.

I originally planned to use a twig wreath die but changed my mind because I just couldn't wait to play with this new Joy! Circle die.  Isn't it beautiful?  The swirls are so delicate and the die cut cleanly in my big shot without a metal shim.  It comes with two flourishes and a center circle so it can be used with or without the center and you can layer like a nesting die. The CCNS store has some new Joy! dies in stock and they are all lovely.

I cut the Joy! Circle out of white card stock, sponged it with distress ink and then cut out  the center using the corresponding smaller circle die from the set.  I cut the center because I wanted Graphic 45's  Botanical Tea background paper to show through.

The Large Bow and Hello dies are both from Impression Obsession.  They were cut out of colored card stock and then sponged with distress ink.  The bow was popped up with a Joy! Foam Pad and I added a flat back pearl for a touch of class.

Thanks for looking and I hope you can join us in this great new challenge!

Supplies

Graphic 45 Botanical Tea Paper

Impression Obsession Small Leaf Set

Impression Obsession Large Bow

Impression Obsession Greeting Set

Joy! Cutting & Embossing Circle

Joy! Foam Pads

Challenge Entered
Impression Obsession The Gift of Friendship
613 Avenue Create Autumn