Bokeh with Cheery Lynn Designs

Happy Tuesday everyone! Today on the Cheery Lynn Blog I share a fun background technique used in creating this card!

Bokeh is a photography aesthetic quality where out of focus parts of an image develop  a character. The look created by photographers purposefully creating a shape on the blurred background is the inspiration for this background technique.
I began with a piece of Mixed Media Paper and added watercolor pencil and applied water to activate and smear the background. I set it aside to dry and in the mean time created a stencil on acetate with the circles stackers and the blueberries dies from the deep dish dies sets.

Once dry I applied circles with Pan Pastel in White using my template.  Circles were allowed to overlap to give the impression of the photography inspiration. Once I was happy with the look, I added my sentiment "Awesome" to the front of the card and matted with a piece of black cardstock using the A2 Frames!

 Cheery Lynn Dies used

A2 Frames Rectangular Classic (Set of 7) - CM5

Circles (Set of 8 Dies)

Buttons and Blueberries (set of 6 dies) QF179

Awesome! (Set of 2) - B509

Thank you for stopping by! I hope you enjoyed my project!

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Delightful Thursday |Happy Birthday Mickey Monkey

It's Delightful Thursday and the Digital Delights design team is sharing inspiration on the Digital Delights Blog today with our Fabulous New Release! 
Today I'm using the SO CUTE Mickey Monkey!!! He has delightful balloons and a birthday hat and note card and is ready for his birthday party! LOVE him! I colored him with Derwent Pencils and created the background with Spectrum Noir Pens and some frantage. My card base is the NEW Ombre Spots also released today! Dots are my favorite! Thank you for stopping by today! I hope you enjoyed my card.

Birthday Mickey Monkey Ombre Spot Digital Paper Pack

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Anything Goes in a Matchbox!

Happy Tuesday everyone! Today on the Cheery Lynn Blog I share a fun a project for the Anything Goes Challenge. I 'm using the medium match box die to create a box for a mini book that I created with the French Flair die! I LOVE these little boxes! I can't wait to make more!

Cheery Lynn Dies used

Tiny Flower Kit (Set of 3) - B376
Mini Fanciful Flourish - B117S
French Flair - Classic LG Stackers Nesting Dies - XL-12
French Flair - Scalloped LG Stackers Nesting Dies - XL-13
Alison's Ribbons - B335
Miniature Rose - B152
Medium Rose - B154
Flourish Leaf Strip - B178
Matchbox Medium (Set of 2) - B329

To created the mini book I die cut out a scalloped French Flair out of watercolor paper that was half as wide as the matchbox. That way when it is folded in half it it will fit I then . I cut pages for the book from copy weight paper. The small French Flairs were folded and trimmed and glued together on the cut edge and placed in the covers. The cover was watercolored using Derwent pencils.

all elements of the box and flowers were created with the water color paper. I love the effects you get by watercoloring one side of the paper and dabbing the back side for a hint of color. Dew Drops and watercolor completed the center. All surfaces were hand colored with Derwent and water.

The mini book in this matchbook is perfect for your wee notes , secrets, passwords...whatever small item you need to keep up with!

 Thank you for stopping by!! I hope you enjoy my card!

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Weekly Challenge | Think Spring & New Release

It's time for a new challenge with Digital Delights by Louby Loo! This week at Delightful Challenges our challenge is Think Spring~pastel colors to go along side the new release.   I am working with the precious Floppet. I printed her out on watercolor paper so I could give the painted look of coloring my digi with the Derwent Inktense pencils. I hope you enjoy my project! Thank you for looking!

For this card

Digital Stamps : Floppet
Card Stock: Coredinations

Markers : BIC Mark-Its

Accessories : Ribbon, watercolor paper

In honor of this super cute release, this weeks challenge we would love to see  Think Spring ~ Pastel Colors

You are not required to use a Digital Delights Image to join in on the fun

but if you do you can enter TWICE. 

To enter twice when using a Digital Delight image your 

1st entry use your card link

 2nd entry use your blog address and add 2nd entry after your name

**Please be sure to follow the challenge theme or it will be removed

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Weekly Challenge | Thinking of You

It's time for a new challenge with Digital Delights by Louby Loo! This week at Delightful Challenges our challenge is a thinking of you project. This week I colored Monkey Love from the new release and used "Sending all my Love" from the Love Me Sentiment Set. I also played with some of the new washi tape pieces that I made for yesterday's Bonus Tutorial to make a banner. I hope you enjoy my project! Thank you for looking!

For this card

Digital Stamps : Monkey Love, Love is in the Air Sentiment Set
Digital Papers : Love me Digital Paper Set

Markers : Derwent Inktense Pencils

Accessories : hemp cord, Washi tape, bling

In honor of this super cute release, this weeks challenge we would love to see  Thinking of You

You are not required to use a Digital Delights Image to join in on the fun

but if you do you can enter TWICE. 

To enter twice when using a Digital Delight image your 

1st entry use your card link

 2nd entry use your blog address and add 2nd entry after your name

**Please be sure to follow the challenge theme or it will be removed

We have a wonderful Sponsor this week

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Weekly Challenge | New Release & Add Hearts

 It's time for a new release and a new challenge with Digital Delights by Louby Loo! This week at Delightful Challenges our challenge is to Add Hearts to your project. I love all the elements in this new release and am very excited to try out making Homemade Washi Tape with the digital papers!! I created the base page and the focal heart image in GIMP, "watercolored" with my Derwent Inktense--I love the intensity of these pencils--and glittered up the hearts and "lace" to complete the project...Homemade Washi Tape completed the look.  I hope you enjoy my project! Thank you for looking!

For these cards

Digital Stamps : Beatrice Bee, Love is in the Air Sentiments

Digital Paper : Love Me Digital Paper

Markers : BIC Mark-its & Derwent Inktense Pencils

Accessories :  foam tape, prisma glitter, homemade washi tape, card stock

Today we have a fantastic new Valentine release!   In honor of this super cute release, this weeks challenge we would love to see  A Sketch Challenge Release

You are not required to use a Digital Delights Image to join in on the fun

but if you do you can enter TWICE. 

To enter twice when using a Digital Delight image your 

1st entry use your card link

 2nd entry use your blog address and add 2nd entry after your name

**Please be sure to follow the challenge theme or it will be removed

We have a wonderful Sponsor this week
$15 store certificate!

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