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.

Birthday wishes with Cheery Lynn Designs

Step cards are my favorite to make so today I am sharing a step card made with Cheery Lynn's Step Card Bundle Set #4.  This die set really makes step cards easy!  No measuring and cutting with a craft knife!

Here's a view of the card folded up.  I layered up two doiles and topped that with our Birthday Wishes Circle Die.

You know how much I love flowers and of course I had to add one to this card.  I used  Judy's Blooms Die to make this simple flower.  Just diecut 2 large blooms and one small bloom, give the petals a little shape with a stylus and stack and glue them up.  Top with a center and that's it!

Cheery Lynn Dies Used:

Step Card Bundle Set #4 (A2) 4 Piece Die Set - B587

Birthday Wishes Circle Die - B783

Bohemian Collection - Mandala Doily 2 - 2 Die Set - DL327

Nesting Doll- Circles #1 3 Piece Die Set - CASO15

 Judy's Blooms Die - C184

Floral Bouquet Kit 8 Piece Die Set - B777

Kaisercraft Curiosity paper collection

Thanks for popping by!!

Swirlydoos Kit Club February Kit Reveal

Welcome to:

Swirlydoos Kit Club 

February Scrapbook Kit Reveal!

Thank you for joining our blog hop this month! If you came here from Maja's blog, then you are on the right track. If not, go back to Swirlydoos' blog and start from there.  Make sure you leave a comment on all blogs for a chance to win a prize! And, make sure you have LIKED & FOLLOWED Swirlydoos on Facebook!!!

Swirlydoos is proud to bring you our beautiful February collection:

Artful Blues

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And check out these coordinating add ons that perfectly compliment our February scrapbook kit! 

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Are you a subscriber? If so, your kit is on it's way if you don't already have it! If not, check out the Swirlydoos store to see if there are any January kits or add ons in the store!

***All of our monthly scrapbook kits are available in our store while supplies last!***

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We have some absolutely beautiful scrapbook projects for you to see today !!  

The first layout I'd like to share with you today is my mixed media mayhem layout as I call it.  I had lots of fun with this, I just played with wild abandon!  All those coll white drips and splotches were done with an Art Anthology mask that came in the mediums add on; I love this mask!!    I also love the chicken wire that came in the embellishments kit!  You know chicken wire is a swirlygals staple!  The small gray flowers are from the flower add on and the others are from my stash as are the metal embellies you see.  At the top you see some mesh, that is in the main kit and its a really fun thing to use on this kind of layout!

Chicken wire from the embellie kit, orange flowers and metal leaves from my stash, gray flowers from the flower add on.

Under the title is a small kraft  tag that came in the main kit!

This is the layout that I did with this month's sketch and it's also the Anatomy layout.  Be sure to check out my build a page tutorial in the Anatomy of a layout forum.

I really love Petaloo's Botanica line of flowers and these gray ones came in the main kit!  I diecut the blue roses and hand rolled them.  The die I used is from La La Land crafts.

I love this photo of my Mom and my great nephew, its such a great photo of both of them.  I painted the background paper with watered down white gesso to dull the color a bit.  The chipboard pieces came in the Embellie kit and I cut them up to better fit my layout.  I did some random stamping around the edges with stamps from my stash and the title chippy is also from my stash.  I heat embossed all the chippies with Stampendous aged white embossing enamel.

The flower add on has some giant flowers from David Tutero so I wanted to do something that really showed off these gorgeous blooms!  This is a round box that I got at Hobby Lobby, it's about 9" tall and 13" in circumference.  I covered the box with paper and added a bit of masking just to give it a shabby appearance.  Then I added some of the bling around the lid and used some of the dangling beads that came in the main kit to embellish.  I added a few silk leaves from my stash, and BAM!  All done, this was a really quick fun project!

You have until midnight, eastern time, February 13th to complete the hop. Winners will be announced on the Swirlydoos Blog on 2/16.  In order to qualify to win here is what you need to do:
1: Visit all of the blogs and leave a comment on each. This way we know you were there. Take your time. There are REALLY beautiful things to see along the way.
2: Before you leave each blog, look for the “special” words and write it down. 
Once you have visited all the blogs and collected all the special words, they will create a sentence. 
3: Finally, go back to the Swirlydoos blog and leave a comment letting us know how much fun you had, tell us the sentence that was created with all of the special words you collected. Can't wait to hear from you.

My special word is : habit
The party continues over at Helena's blog. Have fun!

Blog Hop Order:

Angelica  http://angelicascrappenings.blogspot.com/

Maja http://stokk-eyovine.blogspot.se/

Maggi  http://scraptravelbark.blogspot.com/\

Helena http://willeascrappar.blogspot.com

Kim www.droopidog.typepad.com

Rae http://scrappingfancy.blogspot.com/

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More creations with the November Swirlydoos Kit Club Beloved Kit

The November kit has been a favorite for me!  I love the color palette of the featured papers, Kaisercraft's Rustic Harmony.  It appeals to my love of vintage scrapping!

This layout features one of my favorite subjects, sometimes not so sweet Tisha!  Peggy and the girls gave Tisha a nickname when they visited me back in September, Me-Me.  Why Me-Me?  Well 'cause in Tisha's mind, it's all about me.  She insists on being the center of attention and will joyfully push poor Noodle out of the way so that she is getting all the petting and treats!

I wanted to add some sparkle to my layout so I dabbled a bit of paint and Stickles on the Kaiseercraft roses that came in the flower add on and then nestled the flowers in a vine from the Swirlydoos Boutique  to create my floral cluster.  This vines are just leaves and are perfect for creating your own cluster.  There are 5 different but similar vines in the store, you really need some of these!  ;-)

These letters came in the embellishment add on and I just inked over them a tad and then outlined the edges with a gold Sharpie pen.

For this layout I used a really vintage photo from my husband's side of the family.  I used some borders from the sticker sheet in the main kit on the edges of my layout and layered some texture from my stash underneath.  I used Art Anthology's Stone Effects in Sandstone to do some stenciling in the background.

The brown flowers are from a previous kit and the others are from my stash.

That's a Creative Embellishments swirl  underneath the photo embossed with Shimmerz EnamelZ Molten Metal embossing powder, both from my stash.

And last, a simple layered card.  I used some Core'dinations cardstock for the card.  Then I layered on the green floral paper that I diecut with a Spellbinder's die, added a tag, a sentiment sticker, a few embellies and all done!

Thanks for taking the time to visit my blog!  I sincerely appreciate it!   If you are not a Swirlydoos Kit Clubsubscriber, please consider it so that you never miss any of our beautifully coordinated kits. Please visit Swirlydoos Kit Club and click on Join Our Club on the left side bar. Be sure to mention my name, Maggi, when you subscribe because you will receive a 10% discount on your first kit AND a coupon for 30% off an entire purchase in the Swirlydoos store. Your Swirlydoos store purchases are always shipped free when shipped along with your monthly kit. Swirlydoos also maintains a Forum where everyone can share their work, tell stories and have a ton of fun! We have monthly challenges too so please come and join us!

Mojo Monday sketch at the Flying Unicorn!

Every Monday we have a new Mojo Monday sketch challenge designed to jump start your creativity! And you could win a gift certificate to the Flying Unicorn store just by entering your take on the sketch in our challenge!


This week's inspiration comes from Alda and it's perfect for your holiday photos. You could use the non traditional colors of her sketch or go with traditional Christmas colors as I have done.  And you could also do a non Christmas interpretation of the sketch!

I flipped the sketch from left to right and used Kaisercraft's St Nicholas collection which has a paper with the Christmas balls printed right on the paper; that sure works well with my sketch!

Supplies:

Patterned paper:  KaisercraftSt Nicholas collection:  Base - Bellsnickle, circle - PapaNoel, Frame-Grandfather Frost, music sheet - Kriss Kringle

Chipboard:  DA0648 Christmas Trees #2

Embossing powder: Stampendous aged gold, green

Diecuts and punches:  pine sprigs - Alterations pine cone die

Flowers:   Petaloo Cantebury Magnolia and Berries vine, Petaloo Botanica Faux Dried Booms Cranberry/Amber/Green

Mist:  Lindy's Ponderosa Pine Olive, Glimmer Mist Timberline, Shimmerz Vibez Snow Storm, Glitz Spritz Blazin' Sun

 Masks:  Prima Doily

 Masking paste:  Viva Modeling Creme Mother of Pearl Champagne

Other:   TPC Studio - Timeless Christmas  Metal Accents

BIG SALE!! Kaisercraft St Nicholas collection now in stock!

Don't miss the big sale happening now at the Flying Unicorn!!

We now have Kaisercraft's St. Nicholas collection in the store and right now you can buy it at 30% off as well everything in the store! Also, be sure to check out our new Inspiring Your Art feature where we've assembled a line of products that pair beautifully with our new paper collections

I really love this collection with its old world Santa images and rich Christmas colors.  The photo I used was taken in Verdun, France in 1952 or 1953.  The little girl was our landlord's daughter.  The Petaloo Textured blooms really go nicely with this paper too!  

I used Leaky Shed's fancy keyholes above and below the photo to add some old world charm.  Have you ever use cream rubons?  Craf-t Products Kit #2 is a cool collection of metallic cream rubons and that's what I used to color the chipboard.  Its a fun product that easily washes off your fingers and I love that about it! 

Patterned paper: Kaisercraft St Nicholas collection: base - Santa Claus, circle - Grandfather Frost, rectangle - Babbo Natale, border - Kris Kringle, Collectable die cuts, cut apart tags - Mr. Claus
Letters: Cameo cut, French Script font
Chipboard: Leaky Shed Studio Keyhole fancy
Embossing powder: Stampendous aged gold
Diecuts and punches: EK Success painted flower, Martha STewart deco fans and swirling lace
Flowers: Petaloo Textured red blossoms 1256212
Ink: VersaMagic Spanish Olive, Prima Shabby Tote
Masks:  Prima Mini Flowers 6 x 6

Masking paste: Studio 490 Metallic Gold Embossing Paste
Other: Craf-t Products rub-ons Kit 2

Kaisercraft Curiosity now available at the Flying Unicorn!

Oh this paper has my name all over it!!  I love rich reds and vintage greens with touches of black.  It is such gorgeous paper!!  I made flowers to go with the page, see my poppy tutorial here.

Lots of fussy cutting, the flowers and the bird.  I also used Prima's Finnabair Lace Doily to mask the large diecut doily.  I wanted to tone down it's bright white color.

 

"Happiness" is a Prima Wood Icon word, available in the store.  I think they're a great deal as you get 36 words in a box for a very reasonable price.  First I embossed it with the new Ranger Embossing Antiquities Verdigris.  That was pretty but I decided I wanted it to be black so I embossed over top of that with Ranger Embossing puffs.  Love this look, it has texture and is a dull black rather than being glossy, perfect for vintage styling!  Be sure and take a look at these in the store, there are some really pretty colors. The Antiquities are somewhat like the Stampendous aged powders but they dry with a grainy texture and a finer color. LOVE THEM!

 

 

 

 

Patterned paper:  KaisercraftCuriosity collection:  Base - Unique p1266, beige lg circle doily - Peculiar p1265, small circle - Intrique p1264, floral border - Uncanny p1272, tags  - Unusual p1271, fussy cut flowers - One of a Kind

Letters:  Prima Wood Icons in a Box - Words

Embossing powder:  RangerEmbossing Antiquities Verdigris, Ranger Embossing puffs black

Diecuts and punches: WRMK Lucky 8 Frilly Lace, Martha Stewart Swirling Lace, Alterations Tattered Floral, Mini Tattered Floral, McGill starburst, sun, leaf,

    

Ink:  Distress black soot, rusty hinge

Mist:  Glimmer Mist Gumdrop, Lindy's Golden Lump o Coal, Tiger Lily Red Orange, California Poppy Gold

Masks:  Prima LaceDoily 3960575

Other:  Prima Canvas Banners 921910

 

July Flying Unicorn kit creations!

The July Flying Unicorn kit is packed with beautiful papers from Kaisercraft, Websters Pages and Teresa Collins. Along with all those delicious papers is a very cool burlap mini for the Off the Page project.  Our kits always include an OTP and every month its something different sure to spark your imagination.  I'll be showing you my OTP tomorrow.

First up is a layout of our beautiful niece on her wedding day with her husband and grandmother.  I used mostly Kaisercraft papers on this layout.

 

 

SUPPLIES -

 

From the July KOM:

Patterned paper:  Kaisercraft Porcelain Rose collection:  Base - Beloved P1156, pink stripe - Champagne P1161, blue, white behind photo -  Heirloom P1162, pink dotted swiss frame - Beloved, Sticker sheet, Collectibles

Letters:  BasicGrey Mint JuleP

Flowers:    Bo Bunny 11411476 Wild berry pansy

From my stash:

Diecuts and punches:  Martha Stewart Deco Flower and Wild Flowers, EK Success

Mist:  Lindy's Cape Cod Coral, Cosmopolitan pink, Frosted Forget  Me nots

Other:  Kaisercraft pearls

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And another layout from the wedding.  Can you tell I am making my niece a scrapbook for her wedding gift?  I am almost done with it, thankfully, their one year anniversary is coming up!  This layout incorporates all three paper collections.

 



 

SUPPLIES -

 

From the July KOM:

Patterned paper:  Teresa Collins Summer Stories:  Base - Flowers SUM103; Kaisercraft Porcelain Rose collection - black/music sheetGl-Musk P1158, stripe - champagne P1161, dotted - Dearest, Websters Modern Romance collection:  pink hearts - Weekend Getaway US2030D

Flowers:  Magnolia pink bling branches

 From my stash:

Chipboard:  Fabscraps Forver

Embossing powder:  Stampendous shabby white embossing enamel

Flowers:    Petaloo Daisy party stickeons,

Other:   Recollections black lace/bling border, ZVA bling swirls

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 This is my favorite project from this kit.  It is a photo of my sweet great niece.  Isn't she just a little do.  She was almost 2 in this photo which is a little bit blurry but its so cute I had to scrap it anyway!  The background paper is a Websters page and overtop of it all is a Kaisercraft 12 x 12 transparency.  I love the two together!

 

 

 

 

SUPPLIES -

 

From the July KOM:

Patterned paper:    Kaisercraft Porcelain Rose collection:  circle - Artifact P1160, photo mat - Heirloom P1162, Overlay Blue Bird PS285, Collectibles, Websters Modern Romance collection:  base - All the Reasons Why US2029D

Flowers:    Bo Bunny 11411476 Wild berry pansy

Mist:  Fireworks Rhubarb stalk

Other:  banners - Cosmo Cricket Alphabet

Baker's twine

 

 From my stash:

Letters:  Prima Lifetime 562960

Ink:  13 Arts Ayeeda Ink scarlett, black, Distress black soot, Mixed Media Inx vintage, Prima pastel brown

Diecuts and punches: Spellbinders for Heartfelt Creations Bella Rose