Our Friendship is Priceless

Today I have a card designed using  Cheery Lynn dies and JustRite stamps.  This is a 6x6" card.   Along the left side of the card is a piece of trim that has a gunny sack type base with a piece of lace overlay, purchased from Michaels.  The bird cage was sponged on using the Crafters Workshop "Mini Birds of a Freather" template.  I only used one of the bird cages on this template.  The roses were created using the Cheery Lynn Large and Miniature Rose dies.  They were shaped using the Susan's Garden Flower Tool Kit.  The card stock was a very light tan and a very light peach ink was sponged on the base of each petal.  The leaves were die cut using the Cheery Lynn "Flourish Leaf Strip".  The sentiment is from the JustRite "Vintage Oval Labels" stamp set, and the little butterflies are from the JustRite "Fleur De Lis Labels Twenty" stamp set.  Mahogany Distress Ink was used for all sponging.

Thanks for visiting my blog today.

 Products used are:

JustRite, Vintage Oval Labels, CL-02100

JustRite, Fleur De Lis Labels Twenty

Cheery Lynn, Large Rose, B155

Cheery Lynn, Minature Rose, B152

Cheery Lynn, Flourish Leaf Strip, B178

Susan's Garden Flower Tool Kit by Sizzix

The Crafter's Workshop, Mini Birds of A Feather, template, TCW207s

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Love is like a Butterfly

 I have a new technique I tried today that I thought I would share with you.  To create the background for this card I used the largest Spellbinders "Exquisite Circles" die to cut an opening in the front panel then inserted the die cut doily piece back inside the frame.  Here is how I did that.

 I started with a 5.75 x 5.75" piece of white card stock and placed the Exquisite Circle a little high, taped it in place, and die cut it.  Before removing the die, I used the Tim Holtz Blending Tool and sponged on Milled Lavender Distress Ink over all the part around the large circle then  sponged over the die and part way inside the die.  This left a really cool effect!

 Once I took the die off the card stock, this is what I had.  The two pieces each ended up with a white edge.  Love that look especially when made dimensional.

My base card is 6x6" square. I added dimensional tape all around the edges of the larger piece, and around the die cut area, and attached it to the base card.  For a lot of dimension, you might need to add a double layer of tape, depending on the thickness of the tape.   Next I used double sided tape on the back of the circle and placed in down inside the elevated outside piece.  You can see the dimension by looking at the top portion of the die cut circle in this picture.   

Next I added one of the Spellbinders "Moroccan Accents" in the center with dimensional tape.  The Memory Box Moon Light Butterfly and Kaleidoscope Butterfly were layered and it was also attached with a small piece of dimensional tape.  The Moonlight butterfly was also sponged with the Milled Lavender Distress Ink.

The pretty butterfly corner is the Cheery Lynn "Butterfly In" die and the upper corner die cuts are the Cheery Lynn "Lace Deco Corner".  The sentiment is from the JustRite "Winged Vintage Labels Two & Three" stamp set.

Products used:

Spellbinders, Exquisite Circles, S4-384

Spellbinders, Moroccan Accents, S5-064

Cheery Lynn, Lace Deco Corner, B162

JustRite, Winged Vintage Labels Two & Three, CR-04465

Cheery Lynn, Butterfly In, B205

Memory Box, Kaleidoscope Butterfly, 98261

Memory Box, Moonlight Butterfly, 98260

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Susan's Garden Blackeyed Susan

 It looks a lot like Fall around my house.  I have my porch and inside my house all decorated for Fall.  I love all the autumn colors and pumpkins!   Today I have a card created with a different background.  I used a piece of 6x6" white card stock and taped down the Cheery Lynn "Chicken Wire Frame" on the right side and die cut it.  Next I used a Darcie border, embossing folder, and embossed the left side of the chicken wire frame.  I really like this look -- one piece of card stock embossed and die cut.   The pretty flower was created with the Susan's Garden "Blackeyed Susan" dies. The flower was shaped with the Susan's Garden Flower Tool Kit.   The butterfly is from the JustRite "Botanical Butterfly" stamp set and the sentiment is from the JustRite "Grateful Heart Vintage Labels Two" stamp set.  On the inside I have a birthday sentiment because this card is going to someone with an October birthday.   

The products I used are:

Cheery Lynn "Chicken Wire Frame" FRM144

Darcie embossing border 

Susan's Garden "Blackeyed Susan" dies, 658422

Susan's Garden Flower Tool Kit by Sizzix

JustRite "Botanical Butterflies" stamp set, CR02245

JustRite "Grateful Heart Vintage Labels Two", stamp set, CR04450

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Susan's Garden Sun Flower

 

With all the cool weather, the leaves are starting to change color.   Today I used the Cheery Lynn Fall Leaf Doily for the background for the sunflower created with the Susan's Garden Sunflower dies.  To shape the flower I used the Susan's Garden Tool Kit and colored the petals with the Susan's Garden Pan Pastels.   I used two very old JustRite stamps (from the Autumn Blessing Set) for the bronze embossed sentiment and pumpkins.  To color the Fall Leave Doily I sponged on a variety of Distress Inks.  

 On the inside of the card I added the Cheery Lynn "Fall Leaf Mesh Border".  It was also colored by sponging on Distress inks.  I wanted to give the leaves a little dimension so die cut a second border, colored the leaves, and cut them off the border and mounted them with a thin dimensional tape.  I did not stamp a sentiment inside yet because I'm not sure who this card will be sent to.

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Mum Tutorial using Susan's Garden Dies

 

Don't you love Autumn with all the beautiful mums, colorful leaves and pumpkins!   Today I have added all these to my card, plus I have a tutorial below on how I created the mums.  The background paper is from the Bazzill "All Hallows Eve" design paper pad.  The pretty lacy pumpkin background was die cut using the Cheery Lynn "Fall Harvest" die.  It was backed with a piece of light yellow card stock that was sponged around the edges with a darker yellow.   

Two different sets of pumpkin dies were used; the larger pumpkins were die cut using the SB pumpkin dies and the smaller pumpkins were die cut using the Cheery Lynn "Fall Pumpkins" die.  All pumpkins were die cut using orange card stock and sponged  to give them additional texture.  The two crows were cut out of a piece of design paper from the Webster's Pages "Once upon a Halloween" design paper pack.  For the leaves, I used SB Fall Leaves dies.   The sentiment is from GKD (Theresa Momber) "Life is Good" stamp set and was die cut using SB Romantic Rectangles.  The Mums were created with the Susan's Garden "Mini Lily" dies and leaves under them were die cut using Marianne Design dies.

Here is a tutorial on how I created the mums using a mini lily die:

Did  you know you can create pretty little mums using the Susan's Garden "Mini Lily" dies?   Don't you love it when you can use your dies for more than just one purpose!  It was not hard at all; I created three different colors of mums for this card. 

I used both the "leaf" and "petal" plates from the Mini Lily die set for petals for the mum.  The outer petals are a little wider and I used the narrow "leaf" petals to form the center bud of the mum.  Because I am l creating 5 layers to create this flower, I die cut the base (calyx) piece in yellow (or same color as flower) so it won't show.  

 All the petals were shaped with the small end of the loop tool from the Susan's Garden Flower Tool Kit. 

The calyx (base) that comes in the Mini Lily die set has 6 points.  As I have stated before, I always attach a petal to every other point then go back and add the remaining petals.

After the six petals were dry, I added additional petals inside because I want a very full flower - alternate petals as you go around.  Notice that all the petals are shaped curling up rather than down.  For the very center of the mum, I created the bud using the very narrow petals.  When creating that center bud, it is easiest to add the six petals to the calyx, let it dry, then add additional petals to the bottom pushing up to get a closed center.   Once all the layers have dried, I layered (glued) them on top of each other, pushing the petals up to form a closed flower.  Once it was dry, I pulled some of the petals out to shape the mum.

I hope you enjoy having another tutorial showing you how to create a totally different flower with your Susan's Garden Mini Lily dies.

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Susan's Garden Sunflower

 Everywhere you go you can see beautiful sunflowers in bloom.  Today I created a Fall card using one of the Marianne Design embossing folders for the background.  The leaves were create by applying Kaleidacolor Late November ink over glossy card stock then die cutting them with the Cheery Lynn Small Leaves dies.  They were shaped with the tools from the Susan's Garden Flower Tool Kit.  In the center of the leaves I added a sunflower; it  was created using the Susan's Garden Sunflower dies.  The petals were die cut using yellow card stock, then the center of each petal colored with the Susan's Garden Pan Pastels.  For added embellishments I added some berries from a floral stem from Michaels and colored twine that matches the colors in the leaves.  The sentiment is from GKD and was die cut using a Spellbinders scallop Nestability. 

Have a great weekend.

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Merry Christmas Popup

 

 Today I have another Christmas card.  I used the Memory Box "Merry Christmas Tiding" die for the main image.  In the upper corner I added the Memory Box "Snowflake Corner".  Along the bottom edge is the Cheery Lynn "Francesca Border".

For the inside of the card, I used the Joy! Crafts "Popup Trees" die on the right side and on the left side, I used one of the Marianne Design Houses and Lamp Post. The popup tree die also die cuts holes to represent snow; these are under the reindeer.  Polar White Flower Soft was added to the trees and house. The Santa in the sleigh is from Impression Obsession.  A yellow moon was punched for the background then the three Memory Box "Puffy Clouds"  attached.  The "Ho Ho Ho"  sentiment is from one of the Marianne Design Vintage Christmas stamp sets.  The large sentiment on the bottom is the Penny Black "A Wonderful Christmas" stamp. 

 

This picture shows the dimension of the popup trees. There is dimensional tape under the house, Santa/reindeer and the clouds.

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Happy Birthday Luke

Today I have a card I designed for my youngest grandson; his birthday is August 28.   He lives in Del Mar, California where there are lots of hot air balloons so thought he might enjoy this card.  

I started out with a marbled blue piece of card stock for the background.  It was sponged around the edges.  Next I die cut the Memory Box "Modern Landscape" using a piece of green card stock and placed it on the bottom of the card.  This card is 5.5" wide and 6" tall, so the landscape piece fit perfectly.  Markers were used to color the trunk of the trees and the house.  I used the Memory Box "Typewriter Upper Alphabet Set" to spell out his name.  I think he will know I made this card special for him!

The hot air balloon was die cut using the Cheery Lynn "Hot Air Balloon with Angel Wing" die.  There is a small piece you need to clip off the main die that is used for a backing (angel wing) in the opening of the hot air balloon.  I used a piece of striped design paper for the backing, glued it on, then used a variety of colors of "Stickles" matching the strips in the paper. The beauty of it does not show up well in this photo.  Next I die cut the Memory Box "Puffy Clouds", sponge lightly around the edges with blue Distress Ink and added to the sky; the small one on the left added with dimensional tape.  The hot air balloon was also added with dimensional tape.  The sentiment is from the JustRite "Botanical Medallions & Banners" stamp set.  It was stamped with Black VersaFine Ink, clear embossed, sponged around the edges with blue ink and attached with dimensional tape.

Cheery Lynn "Hot Air Balloon with Angel Wing" B360

Memory Box, Modern Landscape, 98257

Memory Box, Puffy Clouds, 98172

Memory Box, Typewriter Upper Alphabet Set, 98367

JustRite, Botanical Medallions & Banners stamp set, CR-03710

Black VersaFine Ink

Ranger Super Fine Clear Embossing Powder

Distress Inks

Stickles

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Winter Scene Card and Tutorial

 

I think it is so fun to be able to die cut images and create a scene with them.  There are so many possibilities according to how you decide to arrange them.   I posted a "Winter Village Scene" on my blog August 2, 2013 that many of you really liked and asked for a tutorial on how I created it.  Today I have created a similar card and have a tutorial below to show you how I did it.  First I will tell you about the products I used on this Winter Scene.  The design paper I used is from the Kaiser Kraft "Twig & Berry" 6 1/2" square paper pad.  The die cut house is one of the new Marianne Design houses (COL1327).  The die includes the house, the drifting show pieces you glue on, and a snowflake stamp.  The large tree on the left is the Memory Box "Magnificent Pine" tree. Isn't that a cool tree! The tree in front of it is the Marianne tree (LR0136).  There is also one on the right side of the card.  The deer, lamp post, and the small tree are die cut using the Marianne Design (COL 1330) die set.  I sponged Distress Inks on all the die cuts.  The color used on the trees is Bundled Sage Distress Ink - I love the soft green color on this card. The Sentiment is die cut using the Cheery Lynn "Merry Christmas Set".  I only used the word Christmas.  Green glitter was added to it.  The glitter added to the other pieces is the Ranger, Distress Stickles, Clear Rock Candy, dry glitter.

TUTORIAL

 The card I created today does not show the snow banks as well as the card created on August 2nd, because of all the trees I added, but they are there and this is how I created the base to start adding the pieces to create the scene.  I started with three pieces of card stock wider than the width of the card and cut them as shown above.  The bottom layer is a smaller height than the second layer, and the top one is the largest. 

 The reason I use strips that are wider than the card is so I can "play" with how I layer them.  I have sponged the top of each piece with "Weathered Wood" Distress Ink to help make them show up.  You can see how I moved them around alternating the "mounds of snow"  which made the ends very uneven.

Next I added adhesive only along the very bottom of each layer because I wanted the top open so I cut push the house, trees, etc. down in the snow if I wanted to.  This shows the back layer with the middle layer taped to it.

 Here I have taped the front down. 

 Next I placed the snow bank over the bottom of the card and marked where they needed to be cut off with the paper trimmer.

This is how it looked after the ends were trimmed off and the snowbank was attached to the card along the bottom and the sides.  I did not put adhesive along the top of the snow.

The first die cut piece added with the die cut house.  It is tucked down in the snow just a little.

Next I started adding trees and tucked some of them down in the snow.

 The next step was to add the deer and the lamp post.

I hope this helps you create your winter scene.  It is very easy and creates a lot of dimension to your snow scene.


Marianne Design, house, COL1327
Marianne Design, med tree, LR0136
Marianne Design, winter embellishments, COL 1330
Memory Box, Magnificent Pine, 98485
Cheery Lynn, Merry Christmas Set, B186
Distress Inks
Ranger, Distress Stickles, Clear Rock Candy, dry glitter

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Cute Birds

 Today I have a quick and easy card created with dies and an embossing folder.  The background was embossed with the Anna Griffin, "Juliet Damask" embossing folder.  The fence is the Cheery Lynn "Victorian Picket Fence".  It was sponged with Distress Tea Die Ink then Gesso was patted over it to give it a worn look.  The grass is the Cheery Lynn "Grass Border".  Among the blades of grass I added some of the tiny flowers from the Susan's Garden "Sunflower" die set.  These are used as the center of the sunflower but I used them as separate little flowers for this card. 

The cute birds are a die cut from an Impression Obsession die.  The top of the birds were sponged with purple ink then a black bead glued in the eye.  

Products used:

Cuttlebug, Anna Griffin, Juliet Damask, embossing folder

Impression Obsession, DIE058-N
Cheery Lynn, Victorian Picket Fence B123
Cheery Lynn, Grass Border, B126
Susan's Garden, Sunflower,658417
Distress Ink, Tea Dye
Liquitex Gesso

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Joan's Gardens Weekly Challenge

 

It is time for a new challenge at Joan's Garden.  We have had requests to include Christmas cards in the weekly challenges to help you get your cards made before the holidays.  

For my card I used a piece of Kaiser Craft 6 1/2" design paper from the "Turtle Dove" pad.  The pretty frame was die cut using the Memory Box, "Palace Oval Frame" die, using white card stock.  To give it a pretty glitter finish, I used the Viva Decor "Moss Green Metallic" 3-D Stempel-Farbe on the outer portion of the frame.  The gold oval was colored with Viva Decor Gold Rub-on. If you haven't used these metallic products, I'm sure you will especially love them on your Christmas cards.   The center scalloped part of the frame was sponged with Tea Dye Distress Ink.  The sentiment is from the JustRite "Merry & Bright Christmas Inner Thoughts" stamp set.  The poinsettias were created with the Cheery Lynn "Poinsettia Strip" and the Holly flourish was die cut using the Cheery Lynn "Holly Flourish" die.  

I hope you will join us in our challenge this month and wish you luck in the random drawing for the weekly prize.

Supply list:
Kaiser Craft 6 1/2" Paper Pad "Turtle Dove"
Memory Box, Palace Oval Frame, 98528
JustRight, Merry & Bright Christmas Inner Thoughts, stamp set, CL-04625
Viva Decor, Inka Gold
Viva Decor, Moss Green 3-D Stempel-Farbe
Cheery Lynn Poinsettia Strip, B 324
Cheery Lynn, Holly Flourish, B 148
Tea Dye Distress Ink
Versa Mark Ink
Ranger Ultra Fine Gold Embossing Powder

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Winter Village Scene

 Don't you love all the new dies you can now purchase for making really beautiful cards!    This little village is on a 5"x7" card.  I used 100# card stock because I wanted to create a dimensional scene and wanted a card stock that would not  curl up.  I also tested 80# and it seems to work just fine, however, I had a real problem with 60# card stock on the pop up inside the card.    On top of the base card, I added a 5x7 piece of card stock that was embossed with the eBosser "Delicate Dots" embossing folder.  Along the very top I added the Joy Craft "Snowflake Border". I die cut two of these borders and pieced them so I could have snowflakes all the way across the top.

The larger house on the left is the Marianne COL1326 die.  It comes with the house, the drifting snow to go over the windows, along the roof line and below the chimney, plus a snowflake stamp.  I die cut it using white card stock and colored it by sponging on Distress Inks.  Behind the open windows and door, I added a piece of yellow card stock then added some yellow glitter part way up from the bottom.  There is also yellow glitter in the lamp post and houses in the background. The lamp post, tree and deer are from the Marianne COL1130 die set.  The houses in the background were die cut using the Cheery Lynn "Winter Neighborhood Border" die and I only used two of the houses from this border.  To create dimension to my scene, I cut three different pieces of card stock to look like snow banks, gluing them only along the bottom and the side so I could tuck things between them. I lightly sponged on Weatherd Wood Distress Ink along the top of each snow bank so it would show up.

 All of the die cut pieces were only attached along the bottom so they stand out a little on the top to look dimensional.  After the card was put together, I added Distress Stickles dry glitter "Clear Rock Candy".  This really brought the scene to life!

On the inside I wanted to carry out the theme, so I used the Marianne Design 6003/2003 pop up die.  Once it was folded along the score lines, it was attached to the inside of the card.  The deer was sponged with Tea Dye Distress Ink.  For the sentiment, I gold embossed "Merry Christmas" which is a  stamp from the new JustRite "Grand Christmas Sentiments" stamp set.  Along the very top, I added another Joy Craft "Snowflake Border".  

 

I think it is so neat to open this pretty scenic card and find a scenic wonderland popup.  

Marianne Design, House COL 1326
Marianne Design, Lamp/Deer/Tree/ COL 1330
Joy Craft, Snowflake Border 6002/2021
Cheery Lynn, Winter Neighborhood Border B323
Marianne Design, Popup Die 6003/2003
JustRite, Grand Christmas Sentiments  CL-04690
eBosser "Delicate Dots" embossing folder
Distress Stickles dry glitter "Clear Rock Candy"
Distress Inks to color the houses, posts, deer, and edges of snow banks
VersaMark Ink
Ranger, Super Fine gold embossing powder
100# white card stock

Joan's Gardens Weekly Challenge

It is time for a new challenge at Joan's Gardens. For this challenge this week create a card with:

• Die Cut image
• Colors of purple and white
• Textured layer
• Leaves

My card for the challenge is 6x6" square.  I used the Crafter's Workshop "Mini Curl Frame" template and Liquitex Modeling Paste to create the background.  As soon as the Modeling Paste was dry, I used the Purple Pan Pastels to go over the raised parts of the design.  To mute it a little, I then went over it with the light pink Pan Pastels.  I used the tools that come with the Pan Pastels.  In the center of this frame, I added the Cheery Lynn "Cape Cod Doily".  I did not punch out all the die cut pieces - only the daisy in the center, then added a piece of purple card stock to the back so the daisy was show cased.

The daisies were created with the new Cheery Lynn "Black Eyed Susan" dies.  I colored the center of the daisies with the Pan Pastels then used a marker to draw in the lines.  The leaves behind the flowers were die cut using the Memory Box "Fresh Foliage" die.  The flowers and leaves were shaped using the Susan's Garden Flower Tool Kit.  In the corners, I added two Spellbinders "Parisian Accents" corners.

 I hope you will join us this week for our challenge.  I want to remind you that each time your name is drawn for the weekly challenge winner, it will be placed in the drawing for the $100 Gift Certificate to Joan's Gardens that will be drawn at the end of the year.



Crafters Workshop "Mini Curl Frame" Template
Modeling Paste
Susan's Gardens Pan Pastels
Cheery Lynn Cape Cod Doily DL250
Cheery Lynn Black Eyed Susan B338
Memory Box Fresh Foliage 98502
Spellbinders Parisian Accents S5-034
Susan's Garden Flower Tool Kit