Cheery Lynn Rome

Hi friends!  I'm back to share card I made using a few Cheery Lynn travel dies.  I don't often scrapbook but these dies would make an awesome layout.  I knew I would use these three dies and combine them with a map or vintage paper background but the additional textures and mixed media elements evolved as I worked.

I picked up the piece of corrugated cardboard (that my daughter had left from opening a box) and thought it would create an interesting element on the card.  I colored it with distress ink and glued it to the card front. I also added a crackle glaze to the Italy die and Frantage embossing powder to the Colosseum and World Atlas dies.

I always ike adding a bit of glitz to cards whether it's in the form of rhinestones or glitter so I dabbed a bit of Gold texture paste to the edges of the patterned card stock.  I used a piece of the blue-gray background card stock to also back the World Atlas.  It helped to tie the color more into the piece and made the globe stand out better against the background which was a similar color to the embossing powder.

Cheery Lynn Dies

Italy B809

Rome Colosseum B656

World Atlas with Angelwing B397

I hope you enjoyed my attempt at Mixed Media and thanks for stopping by today! 

Hugs, Jenny

Challenges Entered

House of Cards Add a building/Color
Creative Moments Anything Goes

Cheery Lynn Merry Christmas!

Hi friends!  I have a Christmas card to share today.  I was inspired by this beautiful Merry Christmas die.  It's large and needed a large card to show it off well.  I used a classic red and green color scheme and cut the Poinsettias out of a patterned paper from an old Christmas stack.  

I began by layering another patterned paper on top of a 5.5" white card base.  Then I added a white mat before gluing the Merry Christmas, Holly Lace Flourish  dies and Poinsettias.  I cut the poinsettia strip die twice to get enough for the arrangement I wanted.  The Holly die was also cut twice out of a dark green textured card stock.  

Last I added pearl centers to the flowers and a glitter paste.  I also sprinkled dry glitter over the paste while it was still wet because it's a new supply for me and I wasn't sure it would be sparkly or white enough.  As one of my DT sisters recently said it's the season of glitter and I don't think you can go overboard during the holidays.  I sprinkled some white Frantage embossing powder in the corners for a little extra interest.  

Cheery Lynn Dies

Holly Lace Flourish B148

Merry Christmas CABD9

Poinsettia Strip B324

Thanks for stopping by the blog today and make sure to join in the current Sparkle and Shine challenge for a chance to win a $20 gift certificate to Cheery Lynn Designs.    

Cheery Lynn Dream Big

Hi, today sharing a nautical card.  I hope you had an opportunity to join in the Cheery Lynn June New Release Blog Hop.  I had so much fun creating with the new dies and thank you for all your sweet comments on my blog!  

If you follow my posts you know I love using dies to add dimension to projects. It was so easy to add height to this card by stacking the waves.  Typically I add double sided foam tape between layers, but for this card I just didn't glue down the wave tops to the card stock.  

The tops of the waves were sprinkled with Frantage embossing powder for a foamy look.  The boat was cut out of dark gray paper and then I cut a second boat bottom out of metallic silver.  The bottom of the boat was also backed with the darker gray paper for contrast where the detail holes show.  I cut an aqua green sail for the large sail and covered it in glitter glue and then in a clear glaze.  It really stands out on the card.  Dream Big and the clouds were also accented with clear glitter glue.  

Cheery Lynn Dies

Sail Boat

Dream Big Phrase

Wave Edger

Clouds and Rain

Thanks for stopping by today!  If you haven't already, make sure to check out Cheery Lynn's current Sizzlin' Summer Colors challenge.  If you didn't have a chance there's still time to join our blog hop HERE.

Hugs!

Jenny

Cheery Lynn Dream

Good Morning!  Since the challenge over at Cheery Lynn Designs is Anything Goes this week I thought I'd try my hand using some of my mixed media supplies.  I began with a piece of patterned card stock that I colored with distress ink.  I brushed a little shimmery embossing paste over the top.  I then ripped a piece of card stock that had been cut with the Lattice #3 die.  I added crackle paint to the top and glued it down to the main layer.  

The Chandelier die was colored with distress ink and chunky embossing powders.  I also sprayed some white dimensional spray in spots.  The Pierced Banner was cut from another piece of patterned card stock and a gold cord was tied to the side of it.  Dream is from the Dream Big set and the Sweet Christine flowers were cut with white and colored with ink.  I scrunched the flower petals to get an aged look. 

Last I cut a pink card with the  Horizon Coved Rectangle Boutique Stacker die to back it with.  I flipped the die over and traced the curve on the main layer and then cut the sides because I didn't have the matching die to layer inside.  

Cheery Lynn Dies

Horizon Coved Rectangle Boutique Stacker DL251

Chandelier CABD1

Lattice #3 CAFR25

Dream Big B245

Pierced Banners DL303

Sweet Christine B434

Thanks for visiting today and Happy New Year!  Make sure to join in this week's Anything Goes challenge, there's still time.

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

Cheery Lynn Nautical Tag

Hello!  I'm back today with my take on this week's Cheery Lynn Doilies Challenge.  I love this Nautical Doily.  It's always a show stopper on cards.  I decided to go with a nautical theme and my tag just evolved.  

I began by cutting an oval from the Oval Classic Silver Stackers.  I sponged distress ink on the background and left the die cut in the die so I'd get a white edge.  I then distressed the outer edge with some brown distress ink.  

I cut the Sand Dollars and Starfish and colored them with distress ink as well.  It's difficult to see but the Ships Anchor was actually covered in silver embossing powder and is metallic.  The Ship's Compass (another one of my favorite dies) is so detailed.  It didn't need much to embellish it but I again colored it with distress ink.

To top everything off I used a seahorse left over from another project that is one of the three dies in the Seahorse Family.  He was originally Kraft but was colored with blue, green and brown distress inks.  I cut a hole with a hole punch and tied twine to the top to finish off the tag. 

Cheery Lynn Dies

Oval Classic Silver Stackers I7

Seahorse Family B267

Nautical Wheeler Doily DL180

Ships Anchor B394

Ships Compass B395

Sand Dollar Starfish B279

Thanks for visiting and make sure to join the Doilies Challenge for a chance to win $20 towards shopping at Cheery Lynn Designs!

Cheery Lynn Amazing

Hi, I'm here today with a new card for Cheery Lynn Designs.  I don't often make shaped cards and thought I'd give it a try, I thought the round shape nicely complimented the hot air balloon.

The bottom layer is the largest from the Circle Scalloped die set topped by the largest Circle Classic Silver Stackers and then another scalloped circle was added to that cut from design paper.  The two large bottom layers were colored with distress inks.  

I cut the balloon die, backed it with the matching angel wing and colored both with distress inks.  The compass, and barbed wire were also colored with distress ink as was the Fishtail Banner.  The sentiment is a stamp from Riley & Company.  I used foam tape to pop up the banner, balloon and compass dies and for added bling, glued flat-backed rhinestones to the compass and balloon.  

I cut the Fleur de Lis and used a frantage silver embossing powder on it for an aged look before gluing to the banner.

Cheery Lynn Dies

Barbed Wire (set of 2) B405

Hot Air Balloons B360

Fleur de Lis Accent (Set of 4) B551

Pierced Banners (Set of 3) DL303

Ships Compass B395

Circle Classic Silver Stackers L4

Circle Scalloped LG Stackers XL4

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

Challenges Entered

Crafters Cafe One for the Boys
Double Click Skittles Father's Day/Man
Inspiration Destination Anything Goes
Mod Squad Masculine
Simon Says Stamp Anything Goes
Riley and Co. Travel
Kraftin Kimmie Anything Goes

Classy Cards Winter Window

Hi!  I'd like to share a new shaker card I've made.  I started by using a top folding A2 card base.  Then I cut a piece of card stock 1/4 of an inch smaller on all sides and then used a Cheery Lynn Window B die to cut the center.  

On the main card base I stamped the Stacy Stamps The Woods stamp using distress ink.  I stamped the stamp three times to fill the scene.  Then I sponged blue distress ink on the background using my Mini Ink Blending Tool.  I went over the trees with stickles for sparkle and let it dry.

Before I put a piece of salvaged plastic (from toy packaging) and foam tape around the card to create the shaker and trap the glitter, I cut a piece of frosted self adhesive paper using the Impression Obsession Icicle die and adhered it to the top of the window.  Once the shaker was assembled the adhesive side of the icicle picked up the glitter. The icicles aren't as distinct but really sparkle.

Once the shaker portion of the card was finished, the exterior of the card looked too simple.   I cut Cheery Lynn Holly Leaves, Flourish Band and Lace Corner Deco J to embellish the front.  I cut the lace corner four times and stacked them for dimension.  Before gluing them to the card I added white glitter to them.  I used the same glitter on the holly before I adhered the leaves with Joy Foam Pads.  

I embellished the Flourish band by coating it in Frantage Embossing Powder before gluing it to the card front.  And last, to finish the card I added three rhinestones to the holly leaves.  

Thanks for looking and remember all Cheery Lynn dies are 50% off with coupon CLD (only one coupon per order).  There's also still time to enter this week's Classy Cards 'n Such Challenge.  I hope you can join the fun this week!

Supplies

Cheery Lynn Window B

Cheery Lynn Mini Flourish Band

Cheery Lynn Lace Corner Deco J

Cheery Lynn Holly Leaf Strip

Impression Obsession Icicles

Stacy Stamps The Woods

Silver Rhinestones

Frantage Embossing Powder

Mini Ink Blending Tool

Foam Pads

Stickles

Challenge Entered

Cheery Lynn Designs Winter Whites

Classy Cards Winter Blooms

Hi!  Have you seen the new Time for a "New Year" Challenge inspiration photo at Classy Cards 'n Such?  I was so inspired to re-create my version of the beautiful photo while using something new.

I cut the Memory Box Vintage Apothacary Jar die with white card stock, covered it with versamark ink and Frantage embossing powder and heated with a heat tool.  I embossed the vase three times sprinkling and blending different colors of the Frantage embossing powder.  I tried to really coat the paper to make the jar look like mercury glass. After I achieved the color combination I wanted, I added a thick layer of distress rock candy crackle paint over the Frantage layer.  The jar die cut turned out quite thick and sparkly and looks like cracked glass.

While the jar was drying I cut branches using two different Memory Box dies.  I colored them with distress ink and added a bit of the crackle paint to the edges to resemble ice.  I also added a bit of clear stickles.  

The snowflakes were cut using the Impression Obsession Small Snowflakes die.  They were cut from a pretty blue paper that picked up the color of the blue glitter in the Frantage Embossing powder.  I used the two smallest snowflakes in the set and covered the snowflakes in clear stickles. After gluing down the snowflakes, I added different colors and sizes of rhinestones and Baby Pearls to the branches to mimic the ornaments in the inspiration photo.

Last (but I really should have done this first), I sprayed my brand new Irresistible white dimensional spray around the arrangement, making sure to cover the stacked blue and brown card stock layers on the sides.  I wanted to make a clean and simple card but without the dots of spray, the card seemed to need something else.  The spray added a little dimension and interest and the little white dots almost look like shiny snow falling.

I used Joy Foam Pads to attach the vase to the paper and again on the back of the top card layer to give the card more dimension.

I can't wait to see the new products you use for the latest CCNS challenge.  Remember, you can get 10% off your Classy Cards 'n Such purchase if you use coupon Jenny-10.  Thanks for looking!

Supplies

Memory Box Vintage Apothecary Jar

Impression Obsession Small Snowflake Set

Frantage Embossing Powder

Joy! Foam Pads

White Pearls

Stickles

Magnolia Dream Big

Welcome to my blog today!  I was playing around with my new Magnolia stamp and this is the result.

The Magnolia Doohickys flowers were cut from red card stock that I'd stamped and embossed with  a clear glitter embossing powder.   Not sure it's visible in the photograph but they have a nice sheen.  I colored the edges of the white Cheery Lynn flowers with distress ink and then applied stickles to the edges.  The Cheery Lynn Dream Big die cut was embossed with gold Frantage powder and the Frantic Stamper Musical Score was embossed with shabby white Frantage powder.

Thanks for visiting!

Supplies

Magnolia Viking Tilda Stamp

Impression Obsession CAC Paisley

Cheery Lynn Dream Big Phrases

Cheery Lynn Nautical Wheeler Doily

Cheery Lynn Small Lollipop Cutie Fringe 1

Cheery Lynn Cutie Fringe 3

Cheery Lynn Southern Charm Valance

Frantic Stamper Musical Score

Magnolia Doohicky's Flowers

Frantage Embossing Powder

Smooch Paint - Gold Lame

Flat-back pearls

Distress Ink

Copics

Challenges Entered

Cheery Lynn Anything Goes

Kraftin Kimmie Sing Me A Song

Marvelous Magnolia Challenge Winter

Tilda's Town Happy Holidays

Totally Tilda Anything Goes

Magnolia-licious Anything Goes

Simply Magnolia Anything Goes

Flonz Craft A Christmas Song

Stamp & Create Christmas

Classy Cards Winter Wonderland Tag

Hi friends!  I created this tag for the current Christmas Tags Challenge at the Classy Cards 'n Such blog.  

The tag was cut from a manila folder with a Tim Holtz bigz tag die.  I colored the background with cadillac pink glimmer mist and added shaded lilac distress stain and seedless preserves distress ink spray.  More distress spray colors are going on my wish list.  I am having so much fun blending them and they provide great coverage.  

After the background was blended with a water mister, I began working on the other elements.  The main oval is from Marianne Craftables Lacey Oval and Flower die.  I sponged tumbled glass distress ink on the oval to color it blue and added dots of Dreamweaver Pearlescent Embossing Paste to the sky to mimic falling snow.   

The trees were cut from the Impression Obsession Evergreen Trees die.  I cut three sets of trees from white card stock, then colored one set by sponging purple distress ink over it.  I layered and glued the trees in place and then added glue and sprinkled Cloud Nine Microfine glitter on the top trees.  

The snowflakes were cut from Impression Obsession's Small Snowflake die set.  I embossed most using Stampendous Frantage Embossing Powder but some were covered with clear stickles.  This was my first time using Frantage EP.  The effects it creates are amazing.  It covers so well and has such beautiful sparkly bits.  I found it works a little better heated from underneath so the larger pieces don't fly off when hit with the heat tool.  I used Shabby Blue on the corner die cut, Shabby Pink on the snowflakes, and silver on another snowflake also on the Cheery Lynn Holly Lace Flourish die cut that I split into two pieces. To finish, I added a bit of clear tinsel glitter around the outside of the oval.  This card has a lot of sparkle.  My five year old wants me to hang this on our tree this year. Now that's praise!  :)

Thanks for visiting and remember to check out the current CCNS Blog challenge for a chance to win a great prize!  Use coupon code JENNY-10 to save 10% off your entire order at the Classy Cards 'n Such shop.  

Supply List

Impression Obsession Evergreen Trees

Impression Obsession Small Snowflake Set

Memory Box Madera Corner

Cheery Lynn Holly Lace Flourish

Marianne Craftables Lacey Oval and Flower

Stampendous Frantage Embossing Powder

Pearlescent Embossing Paste

Cloud Nine Velvet Microfine Glitter

Stickles

Tumbled Glass Distress Ink

Seedless Preserves Distress Ink Spray

Shaded Lilac Distress Stain

Empty Spritzer Bottle

Challenges Entered

Impression Obsession Christmas Greetings

Cheery Lynn - Tis the Season (Used Holly Flourish die)

All Crafts Challenge Anything but a Card

Card Mania Favorite Color Combo (Blues/Purples)

Craft Hoarders Anonymous Celebrate the Season