Cherry Lynn Challenge #169 - Anything Goes

My daughter gave me three day notice that they are getting married this Sunday and I love a challenge so I volunteered to hold the reception at my house as well as being the photographer.  They were getting married this summer but due to penalties for not having insurance, they rushed to get married to meet the Federal deadlines.  Therefore, I have three days to make a card, do the reception, make cakes, cook for a number of people, etc.  In this small town about 4 hours from a city, I had to make everything myself as well as become the photographer at the wedding and hold the reception at my house since there wasn't any restaurants open on Sunday.  I used the butterfly from Cherry Lynn along with making some paper flowers for the cake and floral decorations.

I just received the Cherry Lynn Anastasia Border and used it for my outside frame of the card.  I also got the Cherry Lynn Small Tea Rose die with the same order from Cherry Lynn Company.  I did a few tea roses using this die but added this time two Prima pink flowers behind the roses which added some dimension and contrast.  The miniature white flowers are from the Cherry Lynn Baby Breath Flower Kit die and added the Ranger Liquid Pearl and the Congratulations is also from Cherry Lynn.  Their is a small dragon fly from the Cherry Lynn Tiny Things That Fly die.

The couple is made using the Tattered Lace Couple die and added Ranger Liquid Pearl to the dress.  The gold frame is from Spellbinder and I added gold embossing on the outside of the frame.

Below is the Cherry Lynn Lace Flourish Butterfly.  I did the arrangements using real flowers, paper flowers and plastic flowers.   I baked two cakes and used the cream cheese frosting.  I made errors with my photography since I forgot to clean the lenses and making a special filling in my  cakes was a challenge.  I covered some of the errors with flowers.  I learned alot and enjoyed the challenge and especially the wonderful company and wedding. I learned a few things for the next large gatherings at my house.

Cheery Lynn Designs Challenge 168 - Sweethearts and Design Team

 This card is for the weekly challenge as well as for the Design Team selection. 

I had a lot of fun but spent loads of time thinking about the next steps for each square.  Normally, I don't spend this much time on a card but occasionally, I enjoy spending a lot of time thinking about the person and what I want to express in my card to them and taking my time to create it. 

This Valentine's Explosion Box card will go to my son and his girl friend who might get married this year.

I make a lot of my cards and flowers using shimmer paper.  This card was using the cream color of the Recollection Shimmer Champagne paper and sponging it with Stampin Up Pink Pirquettie for the doily and heart. I keep sponging until I get the color that I want.  It still shimmer after applying the ink.
The following dies used:
Cherry Lynn B154 Medium Rose 
Cherry Lynn B304 Ivy Strip
Cherry Lynn DL102 French Pastry
Cherry Lynn B144 Celtic Heart 
Behind the Celtic Heart was the Spellbinder Heart.  I made the heart box using the CL flower Cutie Four  inside of my heart and be able to glue the lids together.  

 The left square was using the Recollection Shimmer Champagne paper and sponging it with Stampin Up Sage Shadow on the Cherry Lynn DL218 Manon's Wedding Garland.  I added the smallest flowers from the  Cherry Lynn B264 Baby's Breath Flower Kit die set.

The couple is from the Tattered Lace dies and sponged with Stampin Up Pink Pinquette and the made is sponged with Stampin Up Going Gray.

 The top square is using the Recollection Shimmer Champagne paper and sponging the Cherry Lynn B152 Miniature Rose and B154 Medium Rose.  I didn't sponge each petal to give it some dimension.  I sponged the Cherry Lynn Celtic Heart with Stampin Up Pink Pinquette and them used the Versa Mark embossing.  I used the Ranger Melt Art Ultra Thick clear embossing powder for the heart.  It gives the heart a glassy 3-B look.  I have lately been using the Ranger Melt Art Ultra Thick clear embossing powder more most of my cards.

 The right side was using the Tattered Lace rose and Impression Obsession cupids.  There is a Cherry Lynn butterfly from the B266 Tiny Things With Wing set.  I used pink vellum paper for the cupids and then applied the Ranger Melt Art Ultra Thick embossing powder and added some glitter to the wings.  I did the same for the Cherry Lynn butterfly and the pink flowers.  Again, notice the glassy look.

 The bottom side was using the Spellbinder die.  The cupid is from the same set of Impression Obsession.  Again, I applied Ranger Melt Art Ultra Thick embossing powder to the cupid and the arrow.

 The lid is created using the
Cherry Lynn DL102 French Pastry
Cherry Lynn B144 Celtic Heart
Cherry Lynn Happy Valentines
I applied the Ranger  Melt Art Ultra Thick embossing powder to the Happy Valentines as well as to the top of the rose along with glitter to the rose and double heart. 

I often use organza ribbon since I can apply the hot embossing gun to the ribbon (applied to this ribbon) and it crinkles giving it a vintage look.  Also, one can apply different colored ink to organza ribbon and let dry before forming the ribbon to give it a vintage look.

The heart was using the Cherry Lynn heart set and the Cherry Lynn B333 Sophie Heart Border.  I applied the Ranger Melt Art Ultra Thick to the letters after sponging the letters with the pink ink.

Cheery Lynn Designs Challenge 167 - Snowflakes

I love coloring this little angel from Wee Stamps with Copic Markers and used Stickles Crystal glitter glue throughout the picture..  I used the Cherry Lynn wording, "Thank You".  The embossing/cutting folder is Die'Sire Create-A-Card from Crafter's Companion.  The snow flakes were cut using an ole Sizzix snowflake strip.  I wished I had the Cherry Lynn small snowflakes for this card and will need this for next winder.

I love using organza ribbon to create my bows.  For the vintage look, I applied the hot air gun, normally used for embossing, on the bow and within a minute, the bow will start to crinkle.  Also, if you don't have but the white organza ribbon, apply a color such as the Distress inks on the ribbon and rub it a little.  After it dries, it also adds the vintage look as well as using the hot air gun after you created your bow.  I love to create my bows just using my three fingers.  I am still learning more techniques and would like to be even better at it.

Cheery Lynn Designs Challenge 166 - Winter Whites - DT

I enjoyed getting out my older Cherry Lynn dies to create this Winter White card using a Wee Stamp.  I embossed the picture using the Darcie snowflake embossing folder and framed it with the Cherry Lynn DL218 Manon's Wedding Garland.  I added Ranger White Opal Liquid Pearl on parts of the garland/doily and on some snowflakes.

I embossed a 5x7 paper using a Couture Creation embossing folder.  The border around the embossed card is created using the Cherry Lynn Francesca B159 border die.  I cut out four of the borders and created a frame for the card. 

The flower bouquet is created with the Cherry Lynn Flourish Leaf Strip B178 that was cut with white glitter paper.  The smaller flowers are made from the Cherry Lynn Baby Breath Flower Kit B364.  I glued the flowers onto the branch and then added Art Glitter Crystal Transparent glitter to the flowers and branch.  I added the same glitter to the Cherry Lynn Gardenia Small B433 flowers that was actually created using fabric.  Unfortunately, the picture doesn't bring out the glitter on the flowers and branches.  The Thank You is from the Cherry Lynn B230 and 235 and was cut using white glitter paper.

Cheery Lynn Designs Challenge 165 - Thank You

I wanted to use the Christmas colors for this card since it will be for thanking a friend for Christmas presents.

The doily die is my favorite Cherry Lynn DL153 Polynesian Sails Oval that I use often on many cards.  

The small and larger red glitter paper flowers are from the Cherry Lynn B364 Baby's Breath Flower Kit die.  The smaller baby breaths were glued in the center of each flowers on the doily.  The leaves above the doily is from the Cherry Lynn B178 Flourish Leaf Strip and CL B304 Ivy Strip leaves and green glitter was glued on the leaves.

The 'Thank You' is from Cherry Lynn B320 using the larger saying.  

Cherry Lynn Challenge #160 - Non-Traditional Christmas Colors

I enjoyed making this Christmas card yesterday with no idea how it will turn out using a very difficult stamp that rarely comes out well.  This is the Silent Night Impression stamp from Paper Inspiration and I had success using the Tsukinek Slate Gray dye ink after trying numerous other inks for this particular stamp. I distress the edges of the stamp with Stampin Up Crumb Cake ink to make it look like it was a picture from an old painting of Mary and Jesus.

The Merry Christmas saying is from Cherry Lynn with the snowflakes cut off and used antique gold glitter paper with some brown color added to make it look antique.  The corners are from the Cherry Lynn Lace Deco Corner Set.  I added a charm saying Jesus between Merry and Christmas. 

The frame is from Die'Sire Create-A-Card called Decandence and the backing of the frame is a metallic bronze color paper.  The flourish behind Merry Christmas is from Memory Box. 

Cherry Lynn Challenge - Tags #159

I started with the CL French Pastry doily and added the small CL Merry Christmas saying which comes in two sizes.  Using red glitter paper, I cut out the poinsettia and used green paper for the branches using the CL Christmas Candle Light die leaving out the candles.  I cut out a second poinsettia and branch from the CL Christmas Candle Light die from photo paper that I colored in pink for the poinsettia and green for the branches and glued it on bottom of the red  CL Christmas Candle Light die which gives the poinsettia a realistic look.  I added a bow from the Cottage Cutz Holly Wreath die and added gold glitter in the middle of the bow as well as using the gold glitter in the middle of the poinsettia. 

Cherry Lynn dies:
French Pastry Doily DL102
Merry Christmas saying B186
Christmas Candle Light DL 174

Cherry Lynn Blog Challenge - Black and White

 

I love making Halloween and autumn cards.  My nephew was born on Halloween and will have his 4th birthday soon..

 I used the Cherry Lynn Step Card and Cherry Lynn Spider doily dies for this card.  The other spider webs on the sides were from the Martha Stewart Spider Web punch.  Inside of the card, I used a Stampin Up spider web folder and Martha Stewart torn page punch.  I love the Cottage Cutz Number Candle die using the number 4  in front and inside of the card and I used glitter to make a candy corn looking number. I used the Tattered Lace Elegant Alphabet die letters on the front of the card. 

The rest of the embellishments were from ole stocks of supplies saved for Halloween.

 

Cheery Lynn Designs Challenge 151 - Die Cut Flowers

Cheery Lynn Designs Challenge 151 - Die Cut Flowers


 First day of fall and I wanted to do an autumn card for my sister.  I had a lot of fun creating these leaves out of my Cherry Lynn leaf die as well as McGill punch for the maple leaf.  First I cut them out and applied the fall colors to the leaves.  Second, I pressed the leaves on a Versa Mark pad before adding clear embossing powder.  After using the hot embossing gun, I would shape the leaves again.  The leaves on the left top is from Cherry Lynn Flourish Leaf Strip B179.. 

The flowers were made using the Cherry Lynn Shasta Daisy B310.  I used  autumn gold glitter paper to cut out the daisies.  I applied rustic colors to the edge and then pressed the flowers on a Versa mark pad before adding clear embossing powder.  I found out that if I didn't use the embossing powder on this paper, the ink would easy rub off.  I colored the center of the flower using a green Copic Marker.  The center of the flower is the circle from the Cherry Lynn Maron's Wedding Garland DL218.  I cut the centers out and rubbed the center with Versa mark and added a brown and red embossing powder.

The branches in the flower arrangement is the Memory Box Woodland branch die.  

I used the Marianne Design LR0279 for the center frame of the picture from Wee Stamps colored with Copic markers.  The saying "Thinking of You" is  a Marianne Collectable stamp as well as the Marianne Collectable die to cut for the label below. The outer frame is a Spellbinder decorative frame. 

Cheery Lynn Designs Challenge 146 - Doilies

I have two Cherry Lynn doilies on this baby girl card:   the Polynesian Sails Oval DL153 and the Manon's Wedding Garland DL218.  I found the template on-line for the baby girl dress.

I used both of the doilies from the Polynesian Sails Oval.  I cut the small Polynesian Sails Oval die  doily in half and used it for the collar and some the other half and cut it out and used it for the trim on the arms of the blouse.  The large doily from the Polynesian Sails Oval was cut and used for the bottom as the pink lace on the baby girl dress. 

I used the Manon's Wedding Garland doily and cut it and used it for the white lace on the bottom of the dress.

I embossed the dress with an dotted embossing folder and had some ribbon roses that I used on the dress.

Cheery Lynn Designs Challenge 145 - Fun with Letters

Cherry Lynn Design Challenge 145 - Fun With Letters

I took the Cherry Lynn saying, "Celebrate" and curved it and added pearls to accent the saying.  Additional Cherry Lynn dies that were used:  Cherry Lynn Butterfly, Cherry Lynn Dragonfly from the Tiny Things with Wings, and Cherry Lynn Ivy Strip die. 

The flowers came from Wild Orchid Crafts and my friend gave me the gazebo die.  The frame is from Spellbinders Detail Scallop and the embossing folder was from Cuttlebug.

Cherry Lynn Challenge - Fun in the Sun

I used the Cherry Lynn saying - Celebrate.  The other dies that were used were:
Sizzix Hello Kitty
Marianne Umbrella
Spellbinder Scalloped Square Nestabilites

I used pink chalk to give some color to the Hello Kitty.

Cherry Lynn Challenge #138 Wonderful Wedding Card

The Cherry Lynn dies that were used were:
Lace Corner Deco B165
Dutch Doily Rectangle Frame DL 130
Best Wishes Phrase B244
Baby's Breath Flower Kit B364
Two of Hearts DL 128

In the center, I used the Tattered Lace Couple Die.  I cut out another Couple die from glitter paper and glued it behind the black cut out.  I bought the white silk flowers. 

Cherry Lynn Challenge #137 - Keep It Krafty

Cherry Lynn Challenge #137 - Keep It Krafty

There is a few tutorials that I followed making this Box Card.

I used Kraft card stock for the base of my Box Card and sponged it with rose red and used Graphic 45 paper on both sides of this card.  I cut two Graphic 45 roses from the paper and used a McGill flower tool to mold it on the inside and only glued the rim of the rose to bring out an embossing look to accent the roses and glued my Cherry Lynn Baby Breathe flowers on the outside of these roses.

I made the lower rose using the Cherry Lynn medium rose die and surrounded it with the Cherry Lynn leaf and Cherry Lynn ivy leaf.  The black and white doily frame is from the Cherry Lynn Polynesian die.  The corners in the card is from the Cherry Lynn Deco.  I used the Cherry Lynn saying "Celebrate".  

Cherry Lynn Challenge - Creative Corners

This was my first easel card that I have ever made. 
I made all of the flowers from the Cherry Lynn dies and all of the centers were made using the Cherry Lynn Build A Flower #1.  The following Cherry Lynn flower dies were used to create these flowers:
B433 Small Gardenia Strip (made into the red rose)
B310 Shasta Daisy Strip (yellow and white daisy flowers),
 B364 Baby Breathe flowers,
 B307 Sweet William flowers (purple)
 B241 Cherry Lynn Rose Leaf Strip,  and B178 Cherry Lynn Flourish Leaf Strip .  I used the Cherry Lynn sayings, "Sister" and "Hugs" and cut the "ter" off Sister.
Cherry Lynn Deco Corners B and Cherry Lynn Deco Corner E

The Paper came from Graphic 45 Secret Garden which I would recommend.  The flowery frame is from the Martha Stewart Flower Punch around the page.  I made the lady bugs from the Ranger Pearl black and red.

The frame is a Spellbinder Decorative frame.

Cheery Lynn Designs Challenge 135 - Red, White and Blue

I wasn't sure what I had in Cherry Lynn for a patriotic red, white and blue card. It took me a while since I didn't have a complete idea on how this card will look so I started with the Cherry Lynn Cape Cod DL 250 doily and made a  red white and blue flag from the Sizzix die and cut out red and blue circles.  After gluing the circle and doily, I cut the it in half and glued the flag in the center.  The doily and flag looked better on the Cherry Lynn Step Card B348 than other card shapes that I tried out.


I cut out the bear with the flag, stars, the red, white and blue frame and "God Bless America" from an ole 4th of July Darice printed paper.  I used paper came from my scraps to make the rest of the card.   I cut out two fireworks which is on top left and curled and glued on top of the other to give it some dimension.  I added Stickle glue on the printed fireworks, stars and on the bear's hat to add sparkle. 

Cherry Lynn Challenge #134 Roses

Cherry Lynn Challenge #134 Roses

I made two different roses from the Cherry Lynn Medium Rose B152 which is white and inked on the sides of the petal with red and Small Gardenia B433 which I designed as a rose.  The Small Gardenia is from the recent Cherry Lynn releases.    Behind the roses, is the Cherry Lynn Baby's Breath Flower along with the Cherry Lynn Ivy Strip B304.  I used the Cherry Lynn Sophia border which is in red behind the flowers.

The saying came from Essentials and the frame is from Spellbinders. 

Cherry Lynn Manly Challenge 133

Cherry Lynn Manly Challenge:  I had a lot of fun making this but the idea came from another person's tutorial about how to create this paper and fishing vest.  My Cherry Lynn Dies were the sayings:  Dream Big, Happy, and Birthday.

I created the camouflaged paper by using the Stampin Up colored Crumb Cake paper and used the following colored inks with a sponge:  olive, mustard, brown.  I stamped the paper using the same ink colors using leaf stamps and used my Copic Marker brown to draw the branch on the paper and used a white ink pen before cutting this out to create this fishing vest. 

Cheery Lynn Designs Challenge 131 - Lots of Layers

Cherry Lynn dies that were used for this week's challenge.
Thank You saying
Butterfly
Rose Basket

Cherry Lynn Challenge 111 Sparkle and Shine

This is a challenge at http://cheerylynndesigns.blogspot.com/search/label/challenge  that I enjoyed this week using again the Cherry Lynn Step Card die. I just purchased the Cherry Lynn Christmas Candlelight and it fits nicely onto the step card. I added the Spellbinder poinsettia made from red glitter paper and Impression Obsession pine branch to go over the Cherry Lynn poinsettia and pine branch to add texture.
The Merry Christmas is from Cherry Lynn. I love the Cherry Lynn sayings and they cut out very nicely and go well on cards rather than the mistakes that I make with stamping the saying.

I used the Ranger Liquid Pearl opal for the candle wax drip.  There are three Ranger Stickle colors - red, orange, and gold for the candle light.

Cherry Lynn Vintage Card

I am entering this into the Cheery Lynn challenge
http://cheerylynndesigns.blogspot.com/search/label/challenge


I love my Cherry Lynn dies.  All of the sayings are from Cherry Lynn and very worth every penny.  There are "Make a Wish", "Celebrate", "Happy Birthday" from Cherry Lynn.  I use the Cherry Lynn saying on every card.  all of the time as well as their deco corners and butterflies.   I made this card they reference as an 'explosion card since it is designed as a box and when opened, it opens as a card.  The flowers are sitting on top of a cupcake foil and I designed  a bouquet of flowers are also on the bottom of this cupcake as well as top of the box.  I made a lady bug out of a kit by Susan Cockburn "Lady Bug" and the dies are from Cherry Lynn.

I used a variety of flowers from Wild Orchid as well as using Cherry Lynn leaf dies in the flowers.  The vintage paper is from Graphic 45

Cherry Lynn Challenge - Black and Orange card

I am having so much fun using Cherry Lynn dies for this Halloween and used the Cherry Lynn step card a lot now that I got it.  The Cherry Lynn Polynesian doily die on this card has been used in a variety of my cards from vintage, Christmas, birthdays  to now Halloween.  As you can see below, the Cherry Lynn "Happy" and "Halloween" were used.  I plan to continue to collect most of the Cherry Lynn sayings since they are easy to use and look great on cards.  I used the Cherry Lynn leaf strip which is behind the flower.  The cat, house, etc. came from the Impression Obsession Halloween scene and I cut each one out to put on the card.  The inside of the Cherry Lynn Polynesian is a Marianne die.  The little girl is a Paper Shelter's digital picture.

Cherry Lynn Halloween Explosion Card

I just received the new Cherry Lynn spider web and used it in a variety of ways and this card, I used it in two different ways, as a corner and as a whole.  There is a variety of Cherry Lynn dies such as the Cherry Lynn pumpkin flourish with a scary face and Happy Halloween saying.  I love the Cherry Lynn sayings that come in two sizes.  I bought these dies at Joan's Garden.

This card is an explosion card and being sent to my little nephew whose birthday is on Halloween.  The other sides of the inside part of this  card are made using old Sizzix dies and the new Impression Obsession die of the Halloween scene.  The cat is new from Spellbinders and I cut out green glitter paper for the eyes.

The middle of the card is a LED candle.

The top of the card is the Cherry Lynn dies of Happy and Birthday but I cut out the "irth" and added two google eyes to create Boo Day.  The side of the card is the same new Cherry Lynn spider web but I cut 1/4 of it for the corners.  As you can see, this die has multiple purposes. I added some black web to the spider web that came from torn ribbon.

Below is the Cherry Lynn pumpkin flourish and added google eyes and glitter to create a little scary look.

This is the tea light turned on and you can see the scene with the Cherry Lynn spider web on the bottom.