A Halloween Birdhouse for Eileen Hull Designs

It's my favorite creating time of the year!  I love making fun and spooky things for Halloween.  I guess it just brings out my inner child (and chocolate 😁).

The birdhouse was die-cut with Sizzix's 3-D Birdhouse by Eileen Hull Designs covered with Authentique's Nightfall collection which is such a fun Halloween collection.  The spiderweb and crow on the front are chipboard pieces that I inked with Eiuleen Hull's ColorBox Blends in Ebony.

The Happy Halloween sentiment, ghosts, spiders and bats are all die-cut with various Cheery Lynn Designs (Now known as Maker's Movement).  Hee-he, those ghosts just crack me up, they are so darn cute!  The flowers are misted with Lindy's Glitz Spritz Blazing Sun to give them that goldern sparkle.

Supplies
Authentique Nightfall Collection
Sizzix Eileen Hull 3/D Birdhouse
ColorBox Eileen Hull Blends Ebony
Dusty Attic crow
Creative Embellishments Spiderweb
Cheery Lynn Designs Ghosts, Bat, Happy Halloween Dies


Thanks for stopping by today, hope your Halloween bag is filled with chocolate!

Maggi

Fall Halloween Layout with Graphic 45 Hallo'ween in Wonderland

Halloween anyone?

My favorite crafting adventures center around Halloween.  I'm really not sure why as I don't decorate for Halloween,  My poodles don't appreciate the holiday, I don't have kids and I haven't seen a trick or treater in years so I don't bother.  But I do love the colors and the whimsy that comes with the holiday.

Therefore,I'm ecstatic that Graphic 45's Hallowe'en in Wonderland Deluxe Collector's Edition is going to be available again this fall, word is late September!  Can you say YIPPEE!!!!  Knowing that I could get MORE Hallowe'en in Wonderland, I dug out my stash and created this layout of my super cute little great niece dressed as Pocahontas.

I haven't done many layouts this year and I'm sort of retreating to the old and familiar, those clean and simple layouts.  Really, that style is ageless and, more importantly, they tell the story and focus on the photo.  Oh I love all the "artsy" layouts with all the gorgeous mixed media layers but  really, the photos often get lost on those layouts.  AND anyway, Graphic 45 paper is much too pretty for me to cover up with paste and paint!  Me, mixed media and Graphic 45 do not play well together!  Generally all that is achieved is a big mess!

I just put together several layers of paper to give this layout some interest but still keeping it simple.  Notice how each layer contrasts with the layer beneath and above it.  That's one of the keys for me in creating a dynamic layout.  I cut the Happy Halloween sentiment with a Cheery Lynn Designs die and I actually cut two, one is the layer you see of design paper and the other is black cardstock.  The black cardstock layer serves to make the title standout by placing a black border around the letters.s 

The Embellishments

I anchored the left bottom corner with a fun pumpkin vine from Creative Embellishments.   This is such a great piece!  I heat embossed the pumpkins with Stampendous Spice Aged Embossing Enamel and stained the vines with Lindy's Green with Envy Green Starburst Mist.

I love this spooky fun black cat that I die cut from Cheery Lynn Designs.  I thought it was the perfect touch for my layout I think!

I guess it was a day for digging in my stash as I came up with these old Petaloo Textured Elements flowers.  They are a favorite flower and I'm sad to say that my stash of them is about gone.  But, Little Birdie has some gorgeous flowers out these days so I know I'll survive!!

A wee Mad Hatter fussy cut is peaking out of the blooms.

Just a parting finishing touch, a couple of buttons along the seam where two papers meet.

Supplies:
Graphic 45 Hallowe'en in Wonderland DCE 
Creative Embellishments Pumpkin Corners
Stampendous Aged Spice Embossing Powder
Lindy's Green With Envy Green
Cheery Lynn Designs Halloween Dies and Flourish
Petaloo Textured Elements Black
Black cardstock

Happy New Year with Cheery Lynn Designs

I want to wish you all a very happy, healthy and properous New Year.  I hope 2018 is memorable for you in many good ways!   I'm sad to say that this is my farewell post for Cheery Lynn Designs.  It has been a wonderful 13 months designing for them and I am so appreciative of the opportunity given me.  Thank you so much everyone at Cheery Lynn Designs.  I love their dies, they are so imaginative and fun to work with.  However, it is time to let someone else enjoy the privilege of being on Cheery Lynn's design team.

 Now let's look forward to the New Year celebrations.  To to kick off the holiday, I've turned an ordinary bottle of champagne into  a fun hostess gift by adding this shaker bottle hanger.  I used the New Year 2017 Shaker Die Set to make the shaker.  The die has 2017 as part of it's design so I just simply cut that off and glued the included sentiment, Happy New Years, to the acetate on the front of the shaker.

I used a large cut from the Coved Rectangle Stitch And Cut Tool set and placed behind the bottle hanger, using the bottle hanger as the 2nd layer.  On top of that I used a black starred layer cut with the A2 Frames Rectangular Scalloped set.  Next is the floral design paper cut with the Pierced Stacker 2 set.   All the papers I used are from Graphic 45's Vintage Hollywood collection and the dancing couple is fussy cut from one of the design papers.

The flowers are handmade using a mix of layered cuts from the Judy's Blooms Die,  Sweet Williams Die,  Indie Bouquet , and Floral Bouquet Kit 8 Piece Die Sets.

 To top the hanger and give a real festive look, I added two pretty bows and a floral center.

One thing I really love is a pretty swirly flourish and here I've used Flourish #7 Die.

Cheery Lynn Designs Dies Used:

New Year 2017 Shaker Die Set - K102

Judy's Blooms Die - C184

Sweet Williams Die - D137

Floral Bouquet Kit 8 Piece Die Set - B777

Bohemian Collection - Indie Bouquet - 6 Die Set - B874

A2 Frames Rectangular Scalloped 7 Piece Die Set - CM6

Coved Rectangle Stitch And Cut Tool - LG Silver Stitch Tool 6 Piece Die Set - LSC10

Pierced Stacker 2 6 Piece Die Set - XL20

Flourish #7 Die - CAFLRS7

Graphic 45 Vintage Hollywood Collection

Thank you Cheery Lynn for having me on your team, it was a great experience for me!

Merry Christms from Cheery Lynn Designs!

WOW, there are only a few more days left and I still have gifts to wrap, shopping to do and cookies to bake!  But what the heck, I have to take some "me time" out of my schedule to keep my sanity so I put this pretty card together using lots of Cheery Lynn Designs dies and Graphic 45's new Seasons collection.

This is an easel card and they really are simple to make.  Now I got a little fancy with the die cut at the top and that does take a little finagling but if you do just a simple square card it's quite easy.  Here's a link showing you how to make an easel card.  It's not this card, but you can see how the mechanism works.

I used the French Flair Pierce Tool to cut the basic shape of the easel and then a smaller one to fit inside.  Next I layered on the green print Quadrafoil Square Doily 2  cut.  Next is a brown circle cut using the Horizon Circle Boutique Stacker Frames.  Behind the pretty Graphic 45 cut-apart is a white piece cut with the Square Frames 3 Piece Die Set.  It makes such a pretty frame for the cut-apart!

To make the mechanism inside the card that holds up the easel, I popped up a sticker from the Collection and placed that on a small die cut from the Nesting Doll- Oval #2 set and layered that over a decorative paper strip.  I also cut another shape with the French Flair Pierce Tool to place inside the card.

I love how easel cards stand up, they display so prettily!  To finish off my card, I made a poinsettia with the Poinsettia Strip 6 Piece Die Set and added a pretty bow.

Cheery Lynn Dies Used:

Quadrafoil Square Doily 2 Piece Die Set - DL314

French Flair Pierce Tool-SM Silver Pierce Tool Die - MP12

Square Frames 3 Piece Die Set - CAFR23

Horizon Circle Boutique Stacker Frames 3 Piece Die Set - DL272

Nesting Doll- Oval #2 5 Piece Die Set - CASO17

Poinsettia Strip 6 Piece Die Set - B324

I hope your holidays are merry and bright, filled with love of family, friends and good food!  Cheers!

Let it Snow for Cheery Lynn Designs

I love snow and I don't like summer so this tag's for me.  Bring it on, nothing better than sitting by a cozy fire watching it snow outside!!

I used a lot of Cheery Lynn Designs dies to make this layered tag.  Starting from the bottom, a brown striped oval using Oval Scalloped LG Stackers Nesting Dies , then a blue patterned piece cut with Horizon Coved Rectangle Boutique Stacker Frames Die, next another brown piece cut with Royal Scandinavian Boutique Stacker A2 Frame, a blue piece cut with A2 Frames Rectangular Scalloped, and finally topped with a cut-apart from the Graphic 45 Seasons collection.  I know, that's a lot of layers and some are barely visible.  Still, all those layers work together to make this beautiful tag.

In the upper right corner I've used two cuts from the Horizon Fishtail Banners 3 Piece Die Set and topped that with a die cut label using the Sentiment Frame #1  set.  Next I layered on a sticker from the Seasons collection and topped all that with handmade flowers.

I made two sizes of roses using the Large Rose 7 Piece Die Set and the Tea Rose Small- 6 Piece Die Set.  The flowers with the pearled stamens were made with Judy's Blooms Die and the other white flowers were made with Floral Bouquet Kit 8 Piece Die Set.  Then to set off my florals erfectly, I used the dainty Branch 2 Piece Die Set .  I really love this branch, the leaves are a perfect size and just so pretty!  I wanted to add lots of sparkle to my flowrs so they have been painted with clear Wink of Stella and then highlighted with Star Dust Stickles.

The Let It Snow - 4 Piece set makes such a great title, I love the font and the pretty stars that come with the die set.  I went over all the letters with Star Dust Stickles for lots of sparkle!  Underneath the title I used two different sized cuts from the Pierced Stacker 3 set.  I also used some cardboard to pop up the top layer to make it really stand out.

Cheery Lynn Designs Dies Used:

Sentiment Frame #1 6 Piece Die Set - B189

Let It Snow - 4 Piece - B914

Pierced Stacker 3 6 Piece Die Set - XL21

Royal Scandinavian Boutique Stacker A2 Frame 4 Piece Die Set - DL313

Horizon Coved Rectangle Boutique Stacker Frames Die - DL251

Large Rose 7 Piece Die Set - B155

Tea Rose Small- 6 Piece Die Set - B435

Horizon Fishtail Banners 3 Piece Die Set - DL278

Oval Scalloped LG Stackers Nesting Dies 6 Piec Die Set - XL8

Judy's Blooms Die - C184

Branch 2 Piece Die Set - B466

Floral Bouquet Kit 8 Piece Die Set - B777

A2 Frames Rectangular Scalloped 7 Piece Die Set - CM6

Other:

Graphic 45 Seasons Collection

Creative Embellishments Large Tags

Cheery Lynn Designs Flower Power Blog Hop!

Welcome to the Cheery Lynn Designs Flower Power Blog Hop!  If you arrived from Amy's Blog you are on the right track. If not, head on back to the Cheery Lynn Designs Blog and start from the beginning so you don't miss seeing any of the amazing design team Flower Power projects.

Cheery Lynn Designs has so many pretty flower dies and I want to share some of them with you today.

These 3 large flowers were all made with the Stacker Flower 5 Die  set.for the petals.  I used different centers to vary the look.  On the cream flowers, I used the Cutie Fringe IV Die which makes the best flower centers.  It diecuts as a long fringed piece that you roll up and then glue to the flower center.  (It helps to use a quilling tool to roll.)  The yellow flower is topped with a cut from the Shasta Daisy 6 Piece Die Set   and then a purchased center.

 The large yellow flower was made with  the Sweet Williams Die and the two smaller flowers were made with the Floral Bouquet Kit.  Of course, I needed some greenery with the flowers, so I used two different flourishes beneath my flowers, Flourish #11 Die, and Flourish #7 Die .

Ink your flowers to give them a more realistic appearance.  You can also mix and match the dies.  I used the Sweet Williams Die and the Floral Bouquet Kit to make the flower on the left.  The cream flower has petals from the Floral Bouquet Kit and the center is from the Black Eyed Susan Strip 5 Piece Die set.

Cheery Lynn Designs Dies Used:

Sweet Williams Die - D137

Floral Bouquet Kit 8 Piece Die Set - B777

Shasta Daisy 6 Piece Die Set - B310

Stacker Flower 5 Die - SF5

Cutie Fringe IV Die - B258

Flourish #11 Die - CAFLRS11

Flourish #7 Die - CAFLRS7

Black Eyed Susan Strip 5 Piece Die Set - B338

Your next stop on the blog hop is Cheryl's Blog so hop on over and see her fantastic creation!

Remember, there is a $20 Cheery Lynn gift certificate prize to be won by some lucky person!  It is awarded randomly to a lucky comment who answers one or more of the questions on the Cheery Lynn blog. So, be sure to follow the hop and leave a comment and answer the question(s) on the Cheery Lynn blog to be entered to win.

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  Do leave a comment so I'll know you were here and remember to leave a comment on the Cheery Lynn blog for a chance to win.

Christmas Card for Cheery Lynn Designs

 The Cheery Lynn Poinsettia Strip 6 Piece Die Set makes the perfect poinsettias for cards, not too big, not too small, just right!  The poinsettias perfectly set off the pristine winter scene from Graphic 45's Winter Wonderland collection.

The greeting is a metal piece.  I rubbed some white paint into the etched sentiment to make it stand out and then mounted it on a small die cut from the Nesting Doll- Oval #1 set.

 To make that pretty wreath, I used  the Joy To The World Wreath  set and cut two wreaths from slightly different colored paper and glued them together such that the branches opposed each other.  Then I added some Stickles to mimic holly berries.

I really love sparkle on my Christmas cards so I used a red Wink of Stella pen to brush sparkle all ove the poinsettias.  It's too bad that you can't really see that so much in the photo, but it is there!  The flower centers are some white centers that I purchased and used alcohol ink to color.

 The inside of the card is simple, I used the Merry Christmas Set 2 Piece Die Set for the sentiment and added a border strip.  Easy!

Cheery Lynn Designs dies used:

Holly Corner Die - B184

Merry Christmas Set 2 Piece Die Set - B186

Joy To The World Wreath 3 Piece Die Set - B481

Pierced Stacker 3 6 Piece Die Set - XL21

Poinsettia Strip 6 Piece Die Set - B324

Nesting Doll- Oval #1 6 Piece Die Set - CASO16

Square Scalloped LG Stackers Nesting Dies 6 Piece Die Set - XL2

Thanks for joining me today!

Christmas Ornaments with Cheery Lynn Designs

Christmas time is all about family and children in my mind and here is a project you can do with the kids.  These are shaker tree ornaments that are so simple to make.  All you need is our shaker die kits (listed below).  The shaker kits even come with shakers but I opted to use glass beads for shakers in these.

Make two shakers and glue them together.  For the bell, cut the clapper off one so they match up nicely.  Since I used white foam to make the shakers, I took a Faber-Castell Big Brush Pen in green and inked all around the two shakers.  You could use any ink to color the edges.

Embellish the tree top and the bell with a small flower from the Floral Bouquet Kit 8 Piece Die Set .  Shown here are the reverse sides of the above - these are all ready to tie on your tree.

Cheery Lynn Designs Products Used:

Bell Shaker Die Set - K105

Christmas Tree Shaker Die Set - K101

Floral Bouquet Kit 8 Piece Die Set - B777

Other Products Used: 

Graphic 45 Winter Wonderland Collection

Cheery Lynn Designs Gift Tags

Give your gifts that extra special something with a handmade gift tag! I used a variety of  Cheery Lynn Designs dies to create these quick, but oh so cute gift tags.

On this tag I used two ovals from the Oval Scalloped LG Stackers Nesting Dies 6 Piece Die Set and topped that with a Christmas tree diecut  with the Christmas Tree Shaker Die.  The "to & from" words were diecut with the To And From Gift Envelope set.  Then I punched a hole at the top, added an eyelet and ribbon and its ready to go.  Gift tags need to be quick and easy and this sure fits the bill.

Here's another tag that is built on a white scalloped oval diecut with the Oval Scalloped LG Stackers Nesting Dies.   Then I layered on a red  Royal Scandinavian Oval Doily , next a blue layer cut with Nesting Doll- Oval #2 5 Piece Die Set and finally topped with Patches The Snowman .

Now this moose is one of my favorites!  He's from the Merry Christmoose set.  He's layered over patterned paper diecut with the French Flair Pierce And Cut Tool  and the red cardstock base is diecut with the Horizon French Flair Boutique Stacker Frames.

Here's a view of the back of each tag.  The fun thing about tags is that you can use your scraps.   Imy scraps are from Graphic 45's Winter Wonderland collection and I was so happy to have a used for all those little pieces of my cherished Graphic 45 papers!

Cheery Lynn Dies Used:

Patches The Snowman - 3 Piece - B908

Nesting Doll- Oval #2 5 Piece Die Set - CASO17

Oval Scalloped LG Stackers Nesting Dies 6 Piece Die Set - XL8

To And From Gift Envelope 13 Piece Die Set - B854

French Flair Pierce And Cut Tool - LG Silver Pierce Tool 6 Piece Die Set - LPC12

Christmas Tree Shaker Die Set - K101

Merry Christmoose - 6 Piece - B923

Royal Scandinavian Oval Doily 2 Piece Die Set - DL307

Horizon French Flair Boutique Stacker Frames 3 Piece Die Set - DL271

Happy Halloween from Cheery Lynn Designs!

Happy Halloween, I hope you get to enjoy some yummy chocolate candies today!  To celebrate with you today, I made this cute giant size tag with Cheery Lynn Designs dies, papers from Graphic 45's Hall'oween in Wonderland Collection, Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Inks and Prima Color Bloom Mist.

The tag I used is a Tim Holtz medium size Etcetera tag.  I love these giant 6.5" x 12" tags!  To do the background, I first painted the tag with clear gesso and then I rubbed on different colors of Oxide Inks.  Misting the inks with water allows the colors to blend together with a natural appearance.  Then to simulate moon glow, I used Prima Color Bloom mist in Empress Gold.

On the left, near the bottom, I used the Spiderweb Die and a cat from the Witch's Brew 8 Piece Die Set.

Down in the corner we have a creepy black widow spider crawling about her web cut with Halloween Set #3.  I layered some cheesecloth underneath that I dyed with black ink.

 The sentiment and the bats were cut with  the Happy Halloween 4 Piece Die Set.  I cut two sentiments and offset one over top the other to make it really stand out.

This cute but frightful witch is part of the Witch's Brew 8 Piece Die Set.  I love how she looks silhouetted against the moon.  Of course I had to add a couple flowers because that is what I do!  At the top I added two black Large Roses misted with gold.

Cheery Lynn Designs dies used:

Halloween Set #3 2 Piece Die Set - CABD131

Spiderweb Die - DL162

Witch's Brew 8 Piece Die Set - B847

Happy Halloween 4 Piece Die Set - B829

Large Rose 7 Piece Die Set - B155

Other Supplies:

Graphic 45 Hall'oween in Wonderland

Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Inks

Tim Holtz Medium Etcetera Tag

Prima Color Bloom Empress Gold Mist

Really Reasonable Ribbon Black Netting

A Christmas easel card for Cheery Lynn Designs with Graphic 45 Seasons

I really love easel cards because they display so prettily.  I used several different Cheery Lynn Designs dies to make this card and I can just imagine how lovely it will look sitting on a mantle spreading Christmas cheer.  I used Graphic 45's new Seasons and Winter Wonderland collections for my design papers.

To make this card really pretty I used lots of layers and popped up two of them.  From the bottom there is a red square, then a holly print layer just peeking out cut with the Pierced Stacker 3.  The next layer is popped up and consists of a square with a Quadrafoil Square Doily adhered to it. Then the final layer, also popped up, is a Seasons cut-apart.

To really make this card pop, I added handmade flowers.  The red roses were made with Large Rose  and Medium- Rose  die sets.  The pretty cream flower was made with Judy's Blooms Die.

 I used the Holly Corner underneath the flowers to add the perfect touch to my floral clusters.

Inside the card, the pretty band and popped up tag serve to hold the easel of the card upright.  There's also plenty of room to write a personal message.

This side view shows you how the easel mechanism works.

Cheery Lynn Dies Used:

Holly Corner Die - B184

Pierced Stacker 3 6 Piece Die Set - XL21

Quadrafoil Square Doily 2 Piece Die Set - DL314

Judy's Blooms Die - C184

Large Rose 7 Piece Die Set - B155

Medium Rose 7 Piece Die Set - B154

Other Supplies:

Graphic 45 Seasons collection
Graphic 45 Winter Wonderland Collection

Bazzill French Vanilla cardstock

Thanks for popping in today, I do appreciate it!