Season's Greetings with Cheery Lynn Designs

Happy Monday to you!  It's my day to host the blog over at Cheery Lynn Designs today.

I have a bit of Christmas inspiration to share with you featuring our new release dies "Season's Greetings Ornament" along with the "Dancing Snow Flurries" accents.

I cut the Season's Greetings Ornament from a cereal box, then colored the design using a paintbrush and some color mists. The green circle layer behind it is cut from corrugated paper. to help the design pop a little I used a Scallop Circle cut from vellum behind it.

The Lilith Doily Edger was cut to create a border strip.  I used it on the bottom under the layers and the little bit that I cut off, was folded over to create a tab at the top.

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I adhered the Season's Greetings Ornament to the vellum using small amounts of Glossy Accents. To then attach the vellum to the green corrugate layer, I flipped over the vellum and touched my Glossy Accents again on the larger areas only of the design.  It worked really well.

I took some inspiration from Julie's recent post to distress the edges of my Poinsettia Strip flowers with a touch of gesso. I loved how it gives a bit of a shabby feel to them.  I also misted them and crumpled them before assembling and adding the gesso. Thank you Julie!

Cheery Lynn Designs Dies Used:

Seasons Greetings Ornament - B480

Dancing Snow Flurries - B486

Poinsettia Strip - B324

Holly Lace Flourish - B148

Lilith Doily Edger - B404

Horizon Fishtail Banners - DL278

Inverted Scallop Circle Stackers - XL-6

Circle Scalloped LG Stackers - XL-5

Circle Classic Silver Stackers - L-4

Horizon Square Boutique Stacker Frames - DL253

Square Scalloped LG Stackers - XL-2

Square Classic Silver Stackers - L-1

Other Products:

Christmas Collage Pattern Paper - BoBunny

Queen and Company Goosebumps

Ribbon

Heidi Swapp Color Shine - Gold, Green and Cherry

Please join us this week for our new challenge, "Doilies" - you could win a $20 gift certificate to the Cheery Lynn Designs online store just for playing along!

Thanks much for stopping on over to the blog today!  Have a super fabulous Monday.

Christmas in July with Cheery Lynn Designs

Happy Monday crafty friends!  It's Monday and you know what that means?  It's my day to share a project over on the Cheery Lynn Designs blog.

I can't believe it's almost July! For my project today I am playing along with our new challenge theme for this week, "Christmas in July".

Merry Christmas (5"x5" card)

I just recently ordered the Poinsettia Strip flowers and I've been so excited to use them. This weeks theme was the perfect opportunity! I started by trimming my card base to 10"x5" and folding in half to create my 5"x5" card.

Next I layered the Dutch Scallop Square, then the Horizon Square Boutique Stacker. The Sophie's Heart Mini Doily anchors my Sentiment Frame #2.  A cluster of Poinsettia's are arranged and bits of the Mega Holly Flourish are used for the leaves.

I finished the card with a sweet little gold bow and bell along with a bit of pearl and gem accents.

Cheery Lynn Designs dies used:

• Dutch Scallop Square - DL340 
• Sophie's Heart Mini Doily - DL238
• Horizon Square Boutique Stacker Frames - DL253
• Poinsettia Strip - B324
• Sentiment Frame #2 - B190
• Mega Holly Flourish - B168

Other Products:
Silver and Gold paper and silver brad by BoBunny
Sentiment Rub-On by Pebbles
Pearls by KaiserCraft
Sparkle Gem by Queen and Co.
Other:  Ribbon and Bell

Please join us and play along with the Christmas in July challenge this week!  You could be the very lucky winner of a $20 gift certificate to the Cheery Lynn Designs online store just for playing along.

Have a super scrappity and crafty Monday!