Cheery Lynn Valentine

Hi friends,  I'm back today sharing a CAS card using some of my Valentine's dies.  I was in the mood to try something different and for me, this is.  I love the look of Clean & Simple cards but rarely make them in practice.  I love the stitched edge detail and shape of this adorable heart die.

I first cut a heart out using the Be My Valentine Heart die.  I glued a piece of patterned card stock behind the cut out and then cut the heart die  a second time using a darker pink paper.  I cut Love out of glitter paper and then added the silver string to the top.  The silver cord and glittered love added extra interest and balance.

Cheery Lynn Dies

Be My Valentine Heart B531

Love B227

Thanks for stopping by the blog today!

Hugs, Jenny

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!

Cheery Lynn Love Mini Book

Hi, and Happy Superbowl Sunday to everyone watching the big game tonight.  With the changes in the Cheery Lynn challenge (you now have two weeks to enter and can enter up to two projects!) my posting day has also changed. to Sundays   I was inspired by the current Tickled Pink challenge and my pink-loving daughter who wants me to make little books for all her equally pink-loving friends for Valentine's day.  

I started with the mini book die and pink design paper.  You don't need many dies or embellishments with this die because the book is pretty small.  It's perfect for a purse brag book, mini coloring book or note pad. 

The center rectangle is one of the smaller dies in the Fleur de Lis Boutique Stacker A2 Frame set.  The heart is from the Two of Hearts set, the green side accents are from the new Quadrafoil Accents die set and the butterfly is from the Small Exotic Butterflies #1 set.  

Amlost everything was colored with distress ink and I also added stickles on the heart and butterfly wings for sparkle.  I tied the book together using thin twine and glued pearls to the accents and green-yellow rhinestones to the butterfly.

Cheery Lynn Dies

Quadrafoil Accents B687 (New)

Fleur de Lis Boutique Stacker A2 Frame DL321 (New)

Love (set of 2) B227

Mini Book Hearts & Ribbons BE101S

Small Exotic Butterflies #1 DL112AB

Two of Hearts DL128

Thanks for visiting and I hope this inspires you to try your own mini book.  Make sure to join in the In Tickled Pink Challenge for a chance to win $20 towards shopping at Cheery Lynn Designs.  

Hugs,  Jenny

Challenges Entered

Scrapyland Anything Goes

Crafting by Designs Anything Goes

Dies R Us Love

Hi everyone!  I'm sharing a card that posted today at Dies R Us.  The new challenge begins today and the theme is LOVE.  Pop on over and see the wonderful inspiration from my DT teammates, they outdid themselves with some beautiful cards!  

This was a simple card to put together.  I distressed the edge of the patterned card stock with a tonic distressing tool for a vintage look.  The flower, hearts and flourish were colored with distress ink.  All of the dies are from Cheery Lynn Designs. 

Dies R Us Dies

Cheery Lynn Designs - French Pastry Doily

Cheery Lynn Designs - Two of Hearts

Cheery Lynn Designs - Gardenia Small

Cheery Lynn Designs - Love (out of stock)

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you can join in the Love challenge for a chance to win a gift certificate to the Dies R Us Store.

Challenge Entered:

The Sisterhood of Crafters Love Letters

Cheery Lynn Sweetheart Bear

Hello!  Thank you to all who left comments on my blog during last week's Cheery Lynn Designs blog hop.  I hope you had the chance to see all the beautiful projects my teammates created showcasing the new dies. 

This card fits Cheery Lynn's Sweetheats challenge theme.  I just love this adorable little bear and he fit so nicely into the new film die.  It's so simple to change around the colors of the heart he holds and the little accents on his feet and ears.  I backed his ears and nose with pink paper and glued in the little red hearts on his feet and the red heart in his hands.

I used the Deutschland Boutique Stacker for the background layer.  I often use this stacker.  It's interesting and lacy without being too frilly when I want an elegant touch.  The heart and arrow die was cut three times (in white, red and pink).  The arrow was colored black with a copic marker and I snipped sides off the red and pink die cuts to paper piece the red swirls and pink ribbon banner.  Last I piled a few of the sweetheart candy dies on top of the heart in his arms. 

Cheery Lynn New Release Dies

Be Mine Teddy Bear B674 (New)

Film Set B673 (New)

Sweetheart Candy B675 (New)

Sweet B679 (New)

Heart & Arrow B530

Deutschland Boutique Stacker A2 DL294

Thanks for visiting and make sure to join Cheery Lynn's Sweethearts challenge for a chance to win $20 towards shopping at Cheery Lynn Designs!

Challenges Entered

Scrapyland Love is in the air

Mod Squad Challenge Love is in the Air

Crafty Creations Paper Piecing

Inky Impressions All about Borders

Inspiration Destination Anything Goes

Cheery Lynn Always

Hi, I'm sharing a new card inspired by Cheery Lynn's new Keep it Krafty challenge.  This turned out to be simpler than what I had envisioned but adding more seemed to take away something, so I left it simple.

I started by layering background papers.  I used a 5.5" square kraft card for the card base and cut the stitched pattern using the Square Stitch Nesting Set die.  I cut a piece of white card stock to a 5.25" square and distressed the edges. I topped this with a smaller red 4.75" square layer before adding two more layers cut with the Pierced Stacker # 3 die.  

Using the die as a stencil I used two colors of distress ink to color the smaller Pierced Stacker.   The larger pierced stacker was embossed using the Diamonds and Starburst Embossing plate.  I added a neutral distress ink to the plate before embossing.

The heart was paper pieced.  It was cut with white paper, cut again with black and red and I cut pieces of the black and red die cuts and glued them to the white layer.  I glued the always word on top for a finishing touch. 

Cheery Lynn Dies

Pierced Stacker #3 XL21

Square Stitch Nesting Set LS1

Heart & Arrow B530

Always B294

Diamonds & Starburst Embossing Plate E132

Thanks for visiting and I hope you can join the Keep it Krafty challenge for a chance to win a $20 voucher to the Cheery Lynn shop.