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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Remember there is still time to join the new challenge!!! Challenge #127 is Anything Goes There is a chance to win a $20 shopping spree at Cheery Lynn Designs. Thank you for stopping by today!

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Celebrate with Cheery Lynn Designs and A Crafty Moment

Happy Tuesday everyone! leslierahye here to share with you a fun celebration card! These happy little dancing mice are celebrating the Scottish New Year. They are of course another creation of by buddy Vince! The beautiful Doily Stacker Circle sets off this dancing duo. A couple white and teal flowers echo the colors of the mice and their clothes to complete the look. A Classic Circle is tucked between the Horizon Circle Boutique Stacker and the Doily Stacker bring it all together!

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

Cheery Lynn Dies used

Horizon Circle Boutique Stacker Frames - DL272

Circle Classic - Silver Stackers - L-4
Doily Stacker Circles 1, 2, 3 - DL164
Embellishment #2 - B188
Black Eyed Susan Strip - B338

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Remember there is still time to join the new challenge!!! Challenge #105 is Give Thanks. There is a chance to win a $20 shopping spree at Cheery Lynn Designs. Thank you for stopping by today!

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31 Days of Halloween | Day 25

During the month of October I am participating in a month-long blog hop with some amazing artists. Everyday you will find a new Halloween project on all of the blogs listed below. Each project must have stamping on it, be it digi or ink. There are prizes to win, be sure to check out all the rules HERE and information on the daily scavenger hunt is posted there! You must go HERE to find the item/s you are looking for the scavenger hunt.

Happy Fairy Friday 31 Days of Halloween Fans! I must say this is a bittersweet Friday as it is the last Fairy Friday in October! I am once again using a fairy from the Gothic Fairy collection from SmearedInk.com! I have created a card with her and accented it with Cheery Lynn Designs Spiderweb Doily and Shasta Daisy flowers and leaves. She was colored with Spectrum Noir Markers! The Daisies are a white vintage script paper that I misted with Dylusions Mist from AlteredPages.com. I also have a Vintage Halloween Greeting over on the AP blog today that you you want to check out! 

Thank you for hopping by! I hope you enjoyed my card!

31 Days of Halloween 2013 Wicked Blog Roll
Terra | Black Dragon | Kapree | Shell | Kristy | Susan | Helen | Loren | Alison | Kelli 
De Stempelwinkel | Monique | Karen | Airless Chambers | Jane | Jennifer | Emily | Lisa | Lyneen 
Wendy | Altered Pages Art Sociates | leslierahye | Delicious Doodles | Roni | Shoni | Jenn | 
DominoART | Jessica | Sandy |  Carla | Julia | Steph | Anna

COMING TOMORROW TO A BLOG NEAR YOU!!!

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Weekly Challenge & 31 Days of Halloween | Day 24

During the month of October I am participating in a month-long blog hop with some amazing artists. Everyday you will find a new Halloween project on all of the blogs listed below. Each project must have stamping on it, be it digi or ink. There are prizes to win, be sure to check out all the rules HERE and information on the daily scavenger hunt is posted there! You must go HERE to find the item/s you are looking for the scavenger hunt.

***NOTICE***

For the past 23 days I have been creating individual posts for the 31 Days of Halloween Blog Hop and my normally scheduled Design Team Posts, but today I just had to share this cute cute Count Batula card all the way around. I hope you enjoy! Thank you for indulging!

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It's time for a new challenge with Digital Delights by Louby Loo! This week at Delightful Challenges our challenge is Winged Things! I am currently also participating in a month-long hop where we are making "stamped" Halloween cards. You can do either digital stamps or traditional rubber stamping. I took the opportunity with this weeks Delightful Challenges to use Count Batula!!! He is one of my favorite Digital Delights Halloween images!! I colored him with Spectrum Noir Markers and mounted him on a shaped card with a Spiderweb Mesh and orange flowers and bats! I hope you enjoy my card! Thank you for looking! Be sure to check out the Delightful Challenges Challenge and the Smeared Ink 31 Days of Halloween hop!! Lots of great talent in BOTH places!!

Digital Delights Stamps : Count Batula

Card stock : Bazzill

Markers : Spectrum Noir [CG3, CG4, CR3,DR1,LV1, LV2, LV3
OR1, OR2, IG9]]

Accessories : Distress marker, Art Glitter Designer Dries Clear, Foam Tape, Robin's Nest Dew Drops
Cheery Lynn Designs Dies : Fanciful Flourish - B117, Shasta Daisy - B310, Circle - Scalloped LG Stackers Nesting Dies - XL-5,  Circle Classic - Silver Stackers - L-4, Going Batty - A194, Spider Web Mesh , Flourish Leaf Strip - B178

This weeks theme :

Winged Things
Include Wings in your Project

Challenge Rules below

Our Delightful Sponsor this week is 

http://www.markerpop.com/

Your prize :

$15.00 Gift Certificate

Now it's Your Turn!

You are not required to use a Digital Delights 

Image to join in the fun 

but if you do, you can enter THAT project TWICE.

To enter twice when using a Digital Delight image,

for your 1st entry use your card link.

For your 2nd entry use your blog address

 and add "2nd entry" after your name

Otherwise, only ONE entry person

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

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31 Days of Halloween 2013 Wicked Blog Roll
Terra | Black Dragon | Kapree | Shell | Kristy | Susan | Helen | Loren | Alison | Kelli 
De Stempelwinkel | Monique | Karen | Airless Chambers | Jane | Jennifer | Emily | Lisa | Lyneen 
Wendy | Altered Pages Art Sociates | leslierahye | Delicious Doodles | Roni | Shoni | Jenn | 
DominoART | Jessica | Sandy |  Carla | Julia | Steph | Anna

COMING SATURDAY TO A BLOG NEAR YOU!!!

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31 Days of Halloween | Day 4

During the month of October I am participating in a month-long blog hop with some amazing artists. Everyday you will find a new Halloween project on all of the blogs listed below. Each project must have stamping on it, be it digi or ink. There are prizes to win, be sure to check out all the rules HERE and information on the daily scavenger hunt is posted there! You must go HERE to find the item/s you are looking for the scavenger hunt.

 Happy Friday everyone! Today I am featuring a digital stamp image that is available at the SmearedInk.com--Seriba, a fairy The Gothic Fairy Collection.I love fairies and this collection is perfect for the 31 Days of Halloween.

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Seriba is colored with Spectrum Noir Alcohol Markers and glittered with prisma glitter on her wings and Wink of Stella on her cobweb stocking and bodice. Robin's Nest Dew Drops accent the focus image. Maya Road Mist over a Cheery Lynn Designs doily provide a glimmery stenciled background. A final accent of Halloween beads and ribbons finish of the card! Perfect for a spooky note to a pal!

Thank you for stopping by! Please check out the other stops!

31 Days of Halloween 2013 Wicked Blog Roll
Terra | Black Dragon | Kapree | Shell | Kristy | Susan | Helen | Loren | Alison | Kelli 
De Stempelwinkel | Monique | Karen | Airless Chambers | Jane | Jennifer | Emily | Lisa | Lyneen 
Wendy | Altered Pages Art Sociates | leslierahye | Delicious Doodles | Roni | Shoni | Jenn | 
DominoART | Jessica | Sandy | Carolyn | Carla | Julia | Steph | Trisha | Brigitte | Lisa | Anna

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31 Days of Halloween | Day 2

During the month of October I am participating in a month-long blog hop with some amazing artists. Everyday you will find a new Halloween project on all of the blogs listed below. Each project must have stamping on it, be it digi or ink. There are prizes to win, be sure to check out all the rules HERE and information on the daily scavenger hunt is posted there! You must go HERE to find the item/s you are looking for the scavenger hunt.

Today I have created this tag with lots of yummy bits from my "left overs bin". I have an old dictionary that I rip random pages from--I found one that had the definition of cat on it--perfect for my scardy cat stamp! I added it to a piece of gauze paper and some left over journal pages from another project. I have a box of leftover Cheery Lynn Designs dies...since I have been working with fall and Halloween and steampunk lately I had some left over flowers and doilies that would work well. I added some Robin's Nest Dew Drops in a marquis shape and some fun pompom trim for the bottom...line work and charcoal finish out the details.

Tip!! To age your dictionary paper without getting that dull burned look--apply a thin layer of white glue to surface first and then Zap with heat tool...the glue will turn a nice caramel brown !

Thank you for hopping by! Please go on to check out the rest of the stops!

31 Days of Halloween 2013 Wicked Blog Roll
Terra | Black Dragon | Kapree | Shell | Kristy | Susan | Helen | Loren | Alison | Kelli 
De Stempelwinkel | Monique | Karen | Airless Chambers | Jane | Jennifer | Emily | Lisa | Lyneen 
Wendy | Altered Pages Art Sociates | leslierahye | Delicious Doodles | Roni | Shoni | Jenn | 
DominoART | Jessica | Sandy | Carolyn | Carla | Julia | Steph | Trisha | Brigitte | Lisa | Anna

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Hot Time in the Summer Challenge at Cheery Lynn Blog

Happy Sunday everyone! I've had a crazy busy summer and am just now getting around to some fun tools that I've recently added to my collection that I found at the Scrapbook Convention this June. For months I've been watching several of my scrappy friends using these incredible super-thin dies from a company called Cheery Lynn Designs. I knew the convention would probably have them and I was THRILLED to find them!! The selection of dies is amazing, the price point perfect and the detail and design is awesome! 

I am a big fan of flowers as you already know and Cheery Lynn has a how line of "Build a Flower" dies that make creating your own flowers super easy.  I used the Sunflower die and the Embellishments 3 die to create all the flower on my card below. I die cut all the flowers out as above in a cream and dark tan color of card stock. I then colored with markers and misted with sprays to achieve the colors on the flowers. I used my McGill stylus set to create dimension on the petals. Little Amanda, "The Thinker" seems to be getting some shade from the sunflower in the pot for the "Hot Time in the Summer" and Sunflowers definitely say "Hot Time" to us here in Texas!

I hope you enjoy my card!  Below is a link and rules in case you want to play along!

Supplies Used

Sunflower DL-121

Embellishments 3

Memento Tuxedo Black

House Mouse Amanda as "The Thinker"

Spectrum Noir [PP2, OR1, GB3, TN3, TN5, EB2, GB4, CG4, CG3, BT1, GG1, CG2, EB1, EB8, BG2]

Maya Road Mist Pearl

Clearsnap Smooch Spritz Sun Kissed & Limolicious

Bazzill Basics

Neena Card Stock

Artist Glitter Glue

Sakura Crystal Lacquer

Scrapbook Adhesives Mystix runner

Foam Tape

Robin's Nest Dew Drops 

This week the challenge at Cheery Lynn Designs is

Hot Time In The Summer

Here are the rules:

• You MUST follow the theme and use at least one Cheery Lynn Designs die, of course, we would love to see more than one. 
• You MUST add a link to your blog post in the InLinkz at the end of this post; no back posting, only new projects are allowed
• You MUST link to this challenge in your blog post or on your gallery post
• You may only enter the challenge ONCE per week.

The winner will be chosen based on merit by Cheery Lynn Designs. They will receive $20 towards shopping at the Cheery Lynn website. The challenge will end on Saturday night at 18:00 Eastern time.

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Weekly Challenge | Make a Wish

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 Make a Wish : add stars or candles. Felicia Fairy is perfect for a "Make a Wish" card. I love the sentiment Believe in the Magic--the magic of a wish. I used supplies from the sponsor company Robin's Nest...these papers are among my favorites of this company and I love how the diamond shape Dew Drops make a great star for her wand! I hope you enjoy my card! Thank you for looking!

Digital Delights Stamps :Felicia Fairy

Card stock : Robin's Nest Denim Cardstock and Fleur Admiral paper, and Neenah 

Markers : Spectrum Noir [FS1, TN1, HB1, BT2, TB1, CR3, PP1, FS2, IB1, GB4, TB3, GB2, TB2, TN2]

Accessories :  Scrapbook Adhesives MyStik, Crystal Lacquer, Robin's Nest DewDrops [diamond shape] 

This weeks theme :

Make a Wish:

 include candles or stars on your project

Challenge Rules below

One of our favorite sponsors is back this week

www.robinsnest-scrap.com

Prize:  $15 gift certificate

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Now it's Your Turn!

You are not required to use a Digital Delights 

Image to join in the fun 

but if you do, you can enter TWICE.

To enter twice when using a Digital Delight image,

for your 1st entry use your card link.

For your 2nd entry use your blog address

 and add "2nd entry" after your name

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

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Weekly Challenge | Round Up

It's time for a new challenge with Digital Delights by Louby Loo! This week at Delightful Challenges our challenge is Round UP! It's ROUND cards!! How fun!  I am using Wendy's 3 Shaped Cards cut file which has this fantastic soft-scalloped round card! I also used the new GORGEOUS Flower Set that has this lovely pen and ink style rose [along with several other flowers and a sentiment]. My buddy Fabrizio introduced me to the basics of easel card construction a while back and I just knew this shaped card would look awesome as an easel!  I hope you enjoy my card! Thank you for looking!

For this card

Digital Stamps : Flower Set

SVG Cutting File : Set 3 Shaped Cards
Card Stock : Bazzill Basics

Markers : Spectrum Noir

Accessories : Robin's Nest Dew Drops, Foam Tape, Beacon 3in1

In honor of this super cute release, this weeks challenge we would love to see  Round Up! 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



Scrapy Land prize - $15 store gift card

www.scrapyland.com

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Weekly Challenge | Get Well Cards

It's time for a new challenge with Digital Delights by Louby Loo! This week at Delightful Challenges our challenge is Get Well Cards!  In this month's New Release, Wendy has include this relaxing this super cute Bee Better that colored to match these fabulous Robin's Nest Papers--I love the stripe however I think my favorite Robin's Nest product is their Dew Drops--a fun addition to you embellishments!! I hope you enjoy my project! Thank you for looking!

For this card

Digital Stamps : Bee Better, Feel Better sentiment

Card Stock : Robin's Nest Papers

Markers : BIC Mark-its

Accessories : Robin's Nest Dew Drops

In honor of this super cute release, this weeks challenge we would love to see  Get Well Cards 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

Prize - $15 gift certificate

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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

We have a wonderful Sponsor this week

One lucky winner will win their choice of 1 Transparent set
and 2 Cling stamps from Penny Black.  A prize package valued over $30!

Did you know that Penny Black Club Members are among the first to receive fabulous news announcements and special projects?!!  It is easy to join “here” with your e-mail address!

Penny Black has creative inspiration every week day on their blog “here”.

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