A Purse Shaped Card with Cheery Lynn Designs

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

Over the weekend we had some out of town friends come to visit. It was pretty fun to see their little girls play and how much they enjoy their purses and dolls, etc.

I recently received the circle scalloped stacker dies and remembered this very cute idea that Jodi had shared a while back here on one of her amazing pages.

Do you see that cute little blue purse?  

I thought it might be fun to try and create a shaped purse card.

I started with the largest Scalloped Circle Stacker, then layered it with a plain Circle Stacker. I trimmed the bottom flat. Next, I added the Lattice Valance Border and trimmed it to fit. I cut a few quills and tucked them in as well as a bit of the ivy corner flourish.

Here I've used the Cuties 1, 3 and 4 and some ivy strip leaves.

The lace corner deco d seemed like a nice clasp for the top.

To attach the pieces, I just used some washi tape.  I could have also stitched it, but it wouldn't have opened up so nice and flat. This was really a fun project to do! The stackers made it super easy to layer and get such a pretty look!

Cheery Lynn Designs dies used:

Circle Scalloped LG Stackers - XL5

Circle Classic Silver Stackers - L4 (interior layer)

Horizon Circle Boutique Stacker Frames - DL272

XM Scalloped Oval Stacker - XM8

Oval Stackers - XM7

Quill and Ink Pot - B369

Cuties 1 - B149

Cuties 3 - B151

Cuties 4 - B156

Ivy Strip - B304

Ivy Corner Flourish - B335

Lattice Valance Border - B406

Lace Corner Deco D - B164

Other Products:

Patterned Paper - Graphic 45 "Sweet Sentiments" and "Secret Garden"

Core'dinations Cardstock in Black and Kraft

Bliss Pearls - KaiserCraft

Glossy Accents - Ranger

Cheesecloth

Caribbean Blue PowderPuff Chalk Ink - Quick Quotes

Walnut Stain Distress Ink - Ranger

Gem - Prima (for clasp)

We would love to have you join us for our new Challenge 125 "Celebrate"! You could be the happy winner of a $20 shopping spree in the Cheery Lynn Designs online store!!! Who couldn't use that?!!!

Thank so much to Jodi for her inspiration and also, thanks so much for stopping on over to my blog today!

Think Spring with Cheery Lynn Designs

Happy Monday and St. Patrick's Day crafty friends! It's my day to share a project over on the Cheery Lynn Designs blog today!

Yesterday we introduced our brand new challenge for this week "Think Spring".  My project for today is inspired by and follows the theme as I am definitely thinking Spring the last 3 weeks.

In the background you'll see a Horizon Oval Boutique Stacker frame underneath the Lattice. On top of the Lattice I've used the XM Scalloped Circle and Horizon Circle Boutique Stacker Frame. A few Rose Leaves peek out from the bottom right.

The Garden Gate is layered next and I've cut the Ivy Corner Flourish and woven it through the gate in a few areas. Darling Daisies were a sweet little floral accent to mix in with the Sweet Williams Strip flower as well.  The Tags 2 that I've used is tied around my blue flower with simple white string.

Cheery Lynn Designs dies used:

Horizon Oval Boutique Stacker Frames - DL252

Horizon Circle Boutique Stacker Frames - DL272

Darling Daisies - A196

XM Scalloped Circle - XM-5

Tags 2 - B261

Lattice 2 - FRM115

Sweet Williams Strip - B307

Grass Border - B126

Rose Leaf Strip - B241

Ivy Corner Flourish - B315

Garden Gate - B124

Other Products:

Secret Garden pattern papers by Graphic 45

PowderPuff Chalk Inks: Coral, Caribbean Blue and Lemonade by Quick Quotes

Cream Acrylic Paint

Kaisercraft Pearls

String

Please join us this week for our new challenge "Think Spring"!  You could win a $20 gift certificate to the Cheery Lynn Designs online store just for playing along!!! Check out all of the details here.

We always love to see your beautiful creations! Have a fabulous week.

Graphic 45 Design Team 2014 Audition

Graphic 45 is having a Design Team call!  Woo Hoo!

As you might already realize, I really love Graphic 45's gorgeous papers and embellishments. There is a ton of Graphic 45 love and talent out there in the paper crafting world, so the competition is definitely fierce. Wish me luck!

Here are some of my projects I've created this past year featuring Graphic 45 collections.

Project #1:  September 2013 Place In Time Calendar

Project #2: August 2013 Place In Time Calendar

Project #3: July 2013 Place In Time Calendar

(I'm partial to this page as Graphic 45 shared it on July 4th on their Facebook wall!)

Project #4: June 2013 Place In Time Calendar

Project #5: French Country Masculine Page

Project #6: Place In Time Masculine Card

Project #7:  Place In Time Birthday Card

Project #8:  Secret Garden Mother's Day Card

Project #9:  French Country Altered Composition Notebook

Project #10 A Proper Gentleman Artist Tray

 

Thank you to Graphic 45 for the opportunity to become a part of your amazingly talented Design Team. Thank you as well to anyone who is still hanging in there for my post, especially my friends who encouraged me to try out! (You know who you are!) 

Have a super scrappity day!

Home for the Holidays with Cheery Lynn Designs

Happy Monday crafty friends!  It's my day to share a project over on the Cheery Lynn Designs blog.

I've got a holiday themed card to share with you today with a bit of masculine appeal I think.  It's really fabulous how Cheery Lynn Designs dies can be ultra beautiful with florals and flourishes with lace touches, but the details in our other dies are equally amazing.

"Home for the Holidays" (3.5" x 5.75" Tent Fold Card)

The inspiration dies for my card were the Screen Door with Dog and Pine Branches dies. I had a scrap tiny doily left over and thought it might make the perfect base for creating a holiday wreath. I just bent my pine branches a bit to fit them around the doily and adhered them with a touch of glossy accents.

Once I had them in place, I used a touch of white ink and diamond stickles to give the feeling of snow. The dog here is cut from a cereal box and is a nice sturdy chipboard, then I inked him.

I used two layers of the Tiffany Border behind my door panels.

Do you ever save your die cut pieces that you create while you work?  I sure do! Sometimes I cut a few things which don't end up on my project. Those pretty things, I save in a folder. 

This card is made from a variety of my left over pieces that I was able to take with on vacation so I could still craft using my die cuts and a small travel crafting kit. It's nice for those times that you aren't able to take your machine or dies along. 

Cheery Lynn Designs dies used:
Screen Door w/ Dog - A2165
Ankara Lace Border - B332
Tiffany Border - B137
Horizon French Flair Boutique Stacker Frames - DL271
Pine Branches - B146
French Pastry Tiny Doily - DL234

Other Ingredients:
Pattern Papers:  BoBunny (Autumn Song, Silver and Gold, The Avenues); Graphic 45 (12 Days of Christmas)
Enamel Dots by MME
Coconut and Java PowderPuff Chalk Ink by Quick Quotes
Diamond Stickles
Glossy Accents
Other:  Thread and Cereal Box

Be sure to play along with our new challenge this week which is Autumn Colors.  You could win a $20 shopping spree to the Cheery Lynn Designs online store!!!  We love to see your beautiful creations!

Thanks so much for stopping on over, have a super scrappity day!

Surprise! It's a Birthday Hop for ScrapTownLady!

It's a special day today!  

A few months ago, Cheryl Saforek, owner of ScrapTownLady contacted a few of us, with an invitation to join her first Design Team. What a fun few months it has been! We teamies have become friends with each other, are having fun watching each others children grow up, and of course, we've had a great time designing with our Scraptownlady products!

Today is Cheryl's Birthday, and we are here today with a surprise Birthday Hop in her honor! She is a wonderful boss, and has become a very good friend, as well.

Cheryl, we hope that your day is as special as you are! 

Happy Birthday!

A few details:

ScrapTownLady Ingredients:

12 x 12 Place In Time Paper Pad by Graphic 45

8 x 8 French County Paper Pad by Graphic 45

Place In Time Sticker Sheet by Graphic 45

Baby Pink Ribbon - Hug Snug Binding Ribbon

Ivy Strip by Cheery Lynn Designs

Fiona's Magic Frame by Cheery Lynn Designs

Dutch Scallop Square by Cheery Lynn Designs

Jewel Pin by Maya Road

 

Other:  Pink Heart Pin by Maya Road, White Cardstock, Antique Linen Distress Ink, Sewing Machine and Thread

 

Your next stop on the hop is the lovely and talented Patti J. Gilliam!

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In case you get lost, here is the hop order:

ScrapTownLady Store

Marcia Dehn-Nix

Cathy Harper

Dawn Rene Carlyle

Rhonda Van Ginkel (that's me!)

Patti J. Gilliam

Rebecca Roberts

Thank you so much for stopping on over today!  Please be sure to visit the ScrapTownLady blog and wish Cheryl a very Happy Birthday!

Have a super scrappity day!

September Place In Time Calendar

Happy Monday to you!

It's Labor Day here in the U.S. and hopefully everyone is able to relax and enjoy a day off from work.  For some of us, it's a weekend to catch the last few projects at home before kids go off to school and the weather changes.  It's never very easy to say farewell to Summer, but the calendar does say it is September.

It's my day to share my project with you over at the ScrapTownLady blog today.  I have the September calendar featuring Graphic 45's Place In Time collection and a variety of pretty Cheery Lynn Designs dies. The theme for this calendar is back to school and Autumn time.

Make sure you take a few minutes to browse through the store and check out all of the pretty dies and paper and embellishments that ScrapTownLady has available.  It's truly an incredible selection!  

ScrapTownLady Products Used:
12 x 12 Place In Time Paper Pad by Graphic 45
8 x 8 French County Paper Pad by Graphic 45
Place in Time Alpha Sticker Sheet by Graphic 45
Place In Time Chipboard Tags 2 by Graphic 45
Ornate Metal Keys by Graphic 45
Basque Red and Black - Hug Snug Binding Ribbon
Ivy Strip by Cheery Lynn Designs
Two of Hearts by Cheery Lynn Designs
Tiffany Border by Cheery Lynn Designs
Sweet Williams by Cheery Lynn Designs
Fanciful Flourish by Cheery Lynn Designs
French Pastry Doily by Cheery Lynn Designs
Italian Flourish Doily by Cheery Lynn Designs
Dutch Scallop Square by Cheery Lynn Designs
Red and LaCreme Pearls by Want2Scrap
Walnut Stain Distress Ink by Ranger
Weathered Wood Distress Ink by Ranger
Peeled Paint Distress Ink by Ranger
Glue Dots
Glue Dots Mini 3/16
Glossy Accents by Ranger
3D Foam Squares - Black by 3L
Elmer's High Tack - Dot Runner
Fiskar Paper Trimmer
Scissors

Thank you so much for stopping on over today to my blog! Have a super scrappity holiday!!!

Place In Time - August Calendar

Happy Monday crafty peeps!

It's my day to host the blog over at ScrapTownLady today. I have the Graphic 45 "Place In Time" collection's August calendar to share with you. The French Country collection was also mixed in as well.

That's the beauty of Graphic 45, the colors and collections blend nicely together and you can really use them interchangeably.

"August 2013"

I've used a variety of pretty dies to create the August calendar:

I thought it would be fun to re-use a tag from their packaging on here too.

The Trellis, Hummingbird and Sunflower are Cheery Lynn Designs:

When I think of the dog days of summer, they are also the last chance to get out and enjoy the nice weather.  I loved the sentiment strip "In the Good Old Summertime...", so I used it as part of my anchor on the bottom of the page.  Don't you just love how the Fiona's Magic Mirror by Cheery Lynn Designs perfectly mats to the mini calendar?  

If you're wondering how I get the numbers on the calendar, I created a Microsoft Word template and do it there, then I tape my calendar on top of it, and print right on the mini calendar.  I do make sure to line it up perfectly by looking through a window with the calendar layered on top. 

If you would like a copy of it, I am happy to share it with you.  You can customize the colors to coordinate nicely with your calendar too.

 

ScrapTownLady Ingredients:

12 x 12 Place In Time Paper Pad by Graphic 45

8 x 8 French County Paper Pad by Graphic 45

Place In Time Sticker Sheet by Graphic 45

Place in Time Alpha Sticker Sheet by Graphic 45

Place In Time Chipboard Tags 2 by Graphic 45

Ornate Metal Keys by Graphic 45

Fig Beige - Hug Snug Binding Ribbon

Basque Red - Hug Snug Binding Ribbon

Ivy Strip by Cheery Lynn Designs
Grass Border by Cheery Lynn Designs

Fiona's Magic Frame by Cheery Lynn Designs

Sunflower by Cheery Lynn Designs

Hummingbird by Cheery Lynn Designs

Burlap Border by Cheery Lynn Designs

Trellis by Cheery Lynn Designs

French Pastry Doily by Cheery Lynn Designs

Stacker Flower 1 by Cheery Lynn Designs

Ambergris Tiny Doily by Cheery Lynn Designs

Dutch Scallop Square by Cheery Lynn Designs

BluePrints 2 by My Favorite Things

Fresh Foliage by Memory Box

Red and LaCreme Pearls by Want2Scrap

Walnut Stain Distress Ink by Ranger

Weathered Wood Distress Ink by Ranger

Peeled Paint Distress Ink by Ranger

Glue Dots

Glue Dots Mini 3/16

Glossy Accents by Ranger

3D Foam Squares - Black by 3L

Elmer's High Tack - Dot Runner

Fiskar Paper Trimmer

Scissors

Other: Packaging from Graphic 45 Metal Butterflies (Tag), White and Green Card Stock, Hole Punch, Deco Corner Punch, String, Thread, Sewing Machine and Vagabond Die Cutting Machine.

If you love dies as much as I do, you really MUST stop on over to the ScrapTownLady Store! She has an incredible selection and you will be blown away by all of the wonderful pretty things!!!

 

I am entering this project into the Cheery Lynn Designs "Doilies" challenge for this week.

 

Thanks so much for stopping on over today!  Have super scrappity week!!!

Cardabilities and Sketchabilities Reveal with ScrapTownLady

Happy Monday!  It's my day to host the blog over at ScrapTown Lady!  

We are so excited that The ScrapTownLady blog is sponsoring our friends over at Sketchabilities and Cardabilities for the July 30th reveal!

What does that mean for you?  Not only fabulous inspiration with the amazing sketches that they have to offer for Scrappers and Card Makers, but also two opportunities to win a very generous gift certificate to the ScrapTown Lady store in the amount of $50.

That's right, two gift certificates are up for grabs, so be sure you enter for your chance at a really fun shopping spree! You will find the entry forms on the right sidebar of the ScrapTownLady blog, for both giveaways.  Here are my projects for the reveal:

Sketchabilities Sketch #96:

I decided to use my scraps from the last French Country project that I created for my altered composition notebook. I kept the dimension to a minimum so this is a usable cookbook or journal. 

ScrapTownLady Ingredients:

12 x 12 French Country Paper Pad by Graphic 45

French Country Tags and Pockets by Graphic 45
French Country Chipboard Tags1 by Graphic 45
French Country Chipboard Tags2 by Graphic 45

12 x 12 French Country Stickers by Graphic 45

Fishtail Flag Staxx Dies by My Favorite Things

Walnut Stain Distress Ink by Ranger

Weathered Wood Distress Ink by Ranger

Glue Dots

Glue Dots Mini 3/16

3D Foam Squares - Black by 3L

Elmer's High Tack - Dot Runner

Fiskar Paper Trimmer

Scissors

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Cardabilities Sketch #80:

ScrapTownLady Ingredients:

Ambrosia Ambrosia by BoBunny

Ambrosia Dot by BoBunny

Ambrosia Cutouts by BoBunny

Ambrosia Combo Stickers by BoBunny

Ambrosia Buttons by BoBunny

Anastasia Border Die by Cheery Lynn Designs

Chevron Dies by My Favorite Things

Trophy Gold Seam Binding Ribbon by Hug Snug

Jewel Trinket Pin by Maya Road

Glue Dots

Glue Dots Mini 3/16

3D Foam Squares - Black by 3L

Elmer's High Tack - Dot Runner

Fiskar Paper Trimmer

Scissors

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For our the new friends stopping by, Scraptownlady.com online store does not invoice you for your order until after she has packaged and weighed it for actual weight so that you do not pay INFLATED shipping fees.

Then you will receive a invoice through PayPal, which is easy and secure to use.

Thanks so much for stopping on over today!  Be sure if you're inspired by these amazing sketches that you play along over at Sketchabilities or Cardabilities!

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To Enter Sketchabilities:

Enter Sketchabilities Giveaway

To Enter Cardabilities:

Enter Cardabilities Giveaway

Have a super scrappity and amazing day!

A Little French Country!

Happy Saturday to you!

It's my day over at the ScrapTown Lady blog today.  I'm super excited to share a page that I created with Graphic 45's beautiful French Country collection.

I love the beautiful colors in this lovely collection and really thought they accented a masculine page so nicely. The coordinating embellishments really are extraordinary!

To add some texture and interest I've used a few Cheery Lynn Designs dies on the page and a touch of cheesecloth behind my square doily. The Princess Tree was cut a few times, then I cut it apart and layered it and added a bit of Diamond Stickles.

This was my favorite "accidental embellishment" that I built from the elements.  I just love how it turned out.  What are you creating this weekend?  

ScrapTownLady Ingredients:

12 x 12 French Country Paper Pad by Graphic 45

French Country Tags and Pockets by Graphic 45
French Country Chipboard Tags1 by Graphic 45
French Country Chipboard Tags2 by Graphic 45
French Country Layered Banners2 by Graphic 45

12 x 12 French Country Stickers by Graphic 45

Black Lace 5/8 Ribbon by May Arts

Lace Light Deco Border by Cheery Lynn Designs
Princess Tree by Cheery Lynn Designs
Dutch Scallop Square by Cheery Lynn Designs
Tessatina Border by Memory Box Border
Coral Pearls by Want2Scrap

Walnut Stain Distress Ink by Ranger

Weathered Wood Distress Ink by Ranger
Paper Distresser by Ranger

Glue Dots

Glue Dots Mini 3/16

Glossy Accents by Ranger

3D Foam Squares - Black by 3L

Elmer's High Tack - Dot Runner

Fiskar Paper Trimmer

Scissors

Other:  Ribbon Bow, Twine, Buttons, Stickles, Sewing Machine and Thread.

I am entering this into the Cheery Lynn Designs "Beautiful Borders" challenge here.

Thank you so much for stopping on over to the blog today!  Have a super scrappity weekend!