Cheery Lynn Designs July New Release!

Happy Tuesday to you!  It's an exciting day today at Cheery Lynn Designs as we have a brand new release to share with you today.

Here is my project featuring a few of the new dies.

The Top Secret Classified die is such a fun idea! I layered mine on top of the Snowflake Doily with Angel Wing. The Angel Wing cut of my Snowflake was done with some silver glitter paper.  I traced around my shape of the Top Secret Classified to create a backer. 

A few details….

I used the new release 'Deer In The Forest' vine here on top of the Dancing Snow Flurries cut from vellum which was attached on the diagonal. It helped keep the overall look soft.

This was a fun card to put together as I always love to use things in a little unconventional manner.

Cheery Lynn Designs New Release Dies:
Top Secret Classified - B492
Snowflake Doily with Angel Wing - DL279
Dancing Snow Flurries - B486
Deer In The Forest - B484
Pair of Tickets - B488

Cheery Lynn Designs Dies:
Horizon Square Boutique Stackers - DL253
Horizon Fishtail Banners - DL278
Pretty Pretty Bows - B422

Be sure to stop on over to the Cheery Lynn Designs blog to see more inspiration as there are lots of other new beautiful dies available also!

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

January Club Q Re-Mix

Happy Wednesday to you!  It's my day to host the blog over at Quick Quotes.

I've got a page and a few helpful tips to share with you today.  I've created my project with pieces from the January Club Q - Page Layouts Option A and a few other items from my crafty desk. 

"Baby, It's Cold Outside"

Tip #1:

The title for this page comes as a die cut, simply punch out the pieces. To help in the inking process I ran the title through my Xyron 250 Create-A-Sticker:

This gives the words a nice easy stable background for inking.

Plus, now they are ready to adhere onto the shadow pieces too!

I then inked from the bottom to midpoint using Baja Blue and touched from the top down 

with Plum Crazy PowderPuff Chalk Inks. You can see the results below.

Tip #2:

Use your die cut reliefs to make a stencil.  Here I used the snowflakes relief to create this background design with a bit of Pearlescent Embossing Paste. Once you apply it, remove the stencil, then use your heat embossing gun to set and dry. 

Once dry, I used a Q-Tip and applied touches of Tahiti PowderPuff Chalk Ink and Plum Crazy PowderPuff Chalk ink to the snowflakes sparingly, just to give them a little magical glow.

All the snowflake shaped bling, bling and metal trim piece are part of the kit!

I used foam dots to elevate my title work.  I cut the "O" from Outside

and elevated it, but pasted the rest flat.  

I hope you're staying warm wherever you are! 

Quick Quotes Products:

January Club Q (Papers, Ribbon, Trim, Bling)

PowderPuff Chalk Inks:  Baja Blue, Plum Crazy, Blue Moon, Tahiti, Coconut White

Other Products:

Xyron 250 Sticker Maker
Translucent Embossing Paste by Dreamweaver

Flair by Fancy Pants, Ormolu and Paper Bakery.

Enamel Dots by Prima and MME

Acetate Overlays by K and Co.

Snowflake Die (Lavendar snowflake) by IO

Tab Die by MFT
Acetate Arrows by Studio Calico

Corner Rounder

Sewing Machine and Thread

Core'dinations Cardstock

Thanks so much for stopping on over today!

~ Rhonda

Playful with Pretty Little Studio

Happy Saturday to you!  I've got a fun new Pretty Little Studio project to share with you today!

 

Do you like the latest Chalkboard trend?  I sure do and thought it would be fun to create a page using black cardstock for my background. I smudged a bit of white chalk ink underneath to give it a bit of chalkboard personality.

 

 

The papers here are from the "Birthday Cake" collection. The colors are so vivid and charming, and I love how they pop in contrast from the background.

 

I used a circular die cut from my Silhouette, then added the papers behind it as I went.  A little extra sequins, enamel dots and piercing made the page come together. 

 

Be sure to stop on over to the Pretty Little Studio store to see what's new!

 

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

August Club Q and Sketchabilities Inspiration!

Thursday greetings to you!

We are very excited over at Quick Quotes to be sponsoring the current reveal for Sketchabilities!  It's a really amazing sketch and you will definitely want to stop on over and check out the prize available!

Here is the sketch:

Here is what I created using pieces from the August Club Q kit and a few extra goodies from my stash.

I used the Lemonade PowderPuff Chalk Ink to color my wooden sunburst and placed a flair inside of it.  The die cut flourish here is part of the kit as is the grid template.  I simply filled in the grid with some coordinating colors of fun papers.

Ingredients:

August Club Q Kits

PowderPuff Chalk Ink:  Red Hot, Blue Hawaiian and Lemonade

*****

Thank you to Sketchabilities for the fun inspiration!  I am always so inspired by your sketches!!!

Be sure to stop on over to the Quick Quotes blog and check out the giveaway!

pssst....  Someone is going to win a $25 gift certificate to shop at Quick Quotes!!!

Have a super scrappity day!!!

I Love This Fabulous Cool Kid!

Good morning to you and thank goodness it's Friday!  How excited are you for the weekend?

I've got a project to share with you today featuring some more Moxxie goodness!  I've used our "Chillin' Out" collection for this bright and fun page.  I have so many action photos of the boys that it felt perfect for just those images.

This line has lots of fun geometric shapes, stars and circles, so it worked nicely to add banners and arrows into the mix.

To create the "I" embellishment, I used one of the circles and punched it out using a circle punch, added a flair on top and an enamel dot on top of it again.  The two smaller tails are one Chic Tag that I cut apart and layered.  The 1 is a chipboard flag by Studio Calico from my stash.

It was fun putting this page together and having a little creative time with the titlework.  I've mixed several elements including rub-ons from the collection and of course the fabulous stickers too!  The aqua die cut helps the "Fun" really pop.

Ingredients:
Chillin Out - Moxxie (Papers, Stickers and Rub-On's)
Mini Diecut Cardstock, Tropical - Moxxie
Chic Tags
Flair and Thickers- AC
Epipany Crafts Star 25
Button
Enamel Dots, MME
Wood Bubble, Chipboard "1" - Studio Calico
Star Punches
Arrow - K and Co. Smash accessories

Thanks so much for popping on over to visit!  I hope you get a chance to relax this weekend and "Chill Out" yourself!
~ Rhonda

April Club Q Inspiration

Happy Tuesday crafty friends! I'm up today hosting the Quick Quotes blog.

I have a page to share with you that was created with the April Club Q kit. Did you know that our Club Q members get the very newest papers to work with? It's true! These kits featured a new paper collection called "North Woods". The colors are so rich and beautiful!

I was inspired to use a photo that I had taken with my friend who introduced me to scrapbooking. We were cropping last fall and they snapped this photo of us. We don't have a lot of photos of us together, and these papers felt perfect for it. I printed a few black and white zoomed areas of the same photo and mixed them in with the one full color image for a focal point.

Technique:  I used some Biscotti PowderPuff Chalk Ink and stamped with a clock face stamp onto my ivory flowers that came with the kit.  A bit of Baja Blue inked over the top of my "Inspiration" script title helped give a bit of a colorful pop.  I also added some aqua bling to dot my "i"'s.  

Here I  used a small scrap piece of the vellum to slip under the window in the scalloped circular "pie" embellishment.  When I started this page, I took the large framed die cut and cut apart the frame from the three circles.  I then layered my photos and the vining over the top of the circular anchor.  I just love the flourishes that were in this months kit!

The relief frame is used vertically and layered on top of the brown patterned paper.  By doing this, I was able to get a totally different look from the elements!  I also love to use my scraps for extra die cuts that I added in such as the leaves, butterflies and the 2 little flowers you see.

Ingredients:

April Club Q Kit (Papers, Brads Ribbon and Vellum)

PowderPuff Chalk Inks:  Java, Baja Blue and Biscotti

Small Exotic Butterflies #2 - Cheery Lynn Designs

Darling Daisies - Cheery Lynn Designs

Small Flourish - Memory Box

Clock Stamp - Heidi Swapp

Scallop Flower Punch - Fiskars

Frond, Rose Leaf and Deco Corner Punches - Martha Stewart

Pearls and Bling - Want2Scrap

Flair - Fancy Pants
Enamel Dots - MME

Thank you so much for stopping on over today!  Enjoy the last day of April!!!

~ Rhonda

Tiny Miracle with Moxxie!

Happy Friday to you!

Today I have a page to share with you featuring the all new line from Moxxie called "Wee Ones".  It's so heartwarming and cute, plus the patterns are fantastic!

"Tiny Miracle" 12x12 Layout

I love this "We made a wish and you came true" die cut!

I mixed in a bit of "Reach for the Stars" yellow for the speech bubble.

I started with the chevron pattern paper and decided to do some hand cutting. Once I had that piece, I pulled the rest of my colors and papers together.  The speech bubble above I used my Silhouette Cameo to cut out. That paper is from our "Reach for the Stars" collection.  

The beauty with Moxxie is not only how their papers are fantastic, but also how beautifully done their die cuts are! See the banner sentiment strips?  They are pre-done and ready for you to use.  Cooler yet, flip them over and you'll find another pattern waiting for you.  FUN!

You'll see a few extras that I mixed in.  The "You Make my Heart Sing" sentiment (Chic Tags), Acrylic star (FP, with the ribbon tied to it!), a flair button (AC) and some enamel dots (MME) and (TC). Other items added were a chipboard cloud (Studio Calico) and seam binding ribbon (stash). I used Quick Quotes Tahiti Powderpuff Chalk Ink on my aqua block. This time around I also added a few ink splatters.

Be sure to ask for this sweet line at your LSS if you have any baby books to do!

Have a super scrappity day and weekend!!!

~ Rhonda

p.s.  I'm entering this into the Chic Tags "Stars Sunday Challenge".  

Legacy of Love...

Happy Friday!

I’m here with my current creation for Thoughts2Paper.  Lucky me, I was given the glorious My Mind’s Eye’s beautiful So Sophie collection to work with!  I can’t even begin to tell you how beautiful this line is! The variety and elegance of these papers are simply fantastic.

I took this photo during a recent visit to my Dad’s farm. Its most likely one of the last pictures I will have of my boys where they are both in diapers. So my title became “Diaper Duo… Legacy of Love”… (grin!) It was extremely warm this summer day and my little guys took a break from the sprinklers to goof off.

For this project I decided to use the circle diecut as is. I used the I-Rock and colored gems to enhance the center of the florals on here. For extra interest and dimension on my title block, I added some Ranger Glossy Accents and popped with foam dots.

Journal pull reads: Grandpa’s Farm 7-17-10 You had the best time at Grandpa’s farm! Tractor rides, running through the sprinkler and playing with the water pump. It was so much fun to see you enjoy the farm as much as I did when I was little. XoXo Mommy.

The bracket on the bottom is one of the strips from a page. I just love that they include designs on those strips, genius! Trust me, you need to check out this line from MME!!!

Store Items: My Mind’s Eye ‘So Sophie’ collection, Zva bling flourish, I-Rock gems, Diamond Stickles, Martha Stewart Deep Edge Floral Vine Punch, Ranger Glossy Accents, Maya Road stick pins, Jenni Bowlin banner stickers and Helmar Zapdots. Ranger Distress Inks: Walnut Stain, Peeled Paint and Weathered Wood.
Other Items: 2 Martha Stewart butterfly punches, 1 mini EK Success butterfly punch, bead garland, aqua fibers, stampin up file folder punch, hemp cord, thread and epoxy alphas.

Thanks so much for stopping on over! Have a super scrappity day and weekend!!!

p.s.  If you need some extra inspiration for your creations, pop on over to the T2P blog!!!