Autumn Greetings

 Happy Tuesday everyone! Today on the Cheery Lynn Blog I share this autumn card using the new Joy to the World Wreath and Deer in the Forest. These woodsy dies paired with a brown card stock that has an autumn colored core make for great fun! I die cut the "leafy" images with a brown card stock with a green core. I then sanded lightly on the wreath and a bit more heavily on the leaves on the Deer's antlers to create green leaves on brown stems. With the Fishtail Banner and the negatives from the French Lattice Frame I sanded more vigorously to reveal an orange core. The browns, greens and oranges say autumn to me! I added a bit of glitter pen to the deer and his antlers to get a bit of sparkle.

Cheery Lynn Dies used

Joy to the World Wreath - B481
 Deer in the Forest - B484
French Lattice Small - FRM132
Horizon Fishtail Banners (3 Dies) - DL278

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

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Remember there is still time to join the new challenge!!! Challenge #146 is Fun with Letters There is a chance to win a $20 shopping spree at Cheery Lynn Designs. Thank you for stopping by today!

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Weekly Post | All That Glitters and New Release

It's time for a new challenge with Digital Delights by Louby Loo! This week at Delightful Challenges our challenge is All That Glitters! What a fun challenge--I made the Team post today and as I was putting in everyone's card I thought aw, how pretty! So, Be sure you get to the blog to see the beautiful creations! I got to work with this fun new release image Christmas Joy Molly. She is perfect for blinging up and glittering! I love non-traditional colors for Christmas and I think she looks so cute in pink and green!  I hope you enjoy my card! Thank you for looking!

Digital Delights Stamps : Christmas Joy Molly

Card stock : Bazzill, Neenah, Coredinations

Markers : Spectrum Noir [CG3, CG2, CR3, IB1, PP1, TN2,TN3,CR6, IG3, TN5]

Accessories : Foam Tape, glue, Distress Glitter

Cheery Lynn Designs Dies : Snowflakes - C146, Winter Neighborhood Border - B323

Here's our New Release

Now for our fun new challenge.

This week's theme :

All That Glitters

We are being sponsored by the fabulous

Prize:  $15 store gift card

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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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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Weekly Challenge | Frame It

It's time for a new challenge with Digital Delights by Louby Loo! This week at Delightful Challenges our challenge is Framed! This week I used the precious little Acorn Mouse colored with Spectrum Noir. I framed him with a Cheery Lynn Frame and some fallish flowers! I hope you enjoy my card! Thank you for looking!

Digital Delights Stamps : Acorn Mouse

Card stock : Coredinations, Neenah

Markers : Spectrum Noir [GB10, GB8, EB2, CR3, BT1]

Accessories : Glitter, Art Glitter Designer Dries Clear, Foam Tape

This week's theme :

Frame It!

add a frame or mat

Challenge Rules below

We are once again being sponsored by our own

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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Spectrum Noir Pens and a new (to me) challenge

If you are looking for my Delightful Challenges Weekly Post it is here.

As many of you know, I received Spectrum Noir for my Birthday Present in March and my beautiful family members have been finding opportunities to add to my collection...I have loved using my BIC Mark-Its..and they served a purpose for a long time but I have been finding it difficult to replace my favorite markers in that collection. I have retired them for my regular digital stamp coloring as I have a strong preference for the Specturm Noir now.

Why Spectrum Noir and not Copic you ask?? It was a simple decision for me...their collection was smaller so actually achieving a point at which I owned them all was conceivable. They were priced perfectly at about HALF the Copic Marker. I also loved you could buy them in sets of 24 or in 6 packs, and of course there are refills and replacement nibs for your pens!!! YAY!
Why I LOVE them... The colors are beautiful and are plenty juicy! There are wonderful tutorials on their website and you can work on being a certified Spectrum Noir colorist on your own and send them in your work!! You don't have to pay for or attend a class--how cool is that!?!?! So...as I get a few more pens I will be working on becoming certified! :)

Spectrum Noir also has a monthly contest where you can use whatever stamps you like as long as you use ONLY Spectrum Noir Pens!!! I am thrilled--I can get some practice coloring with my new pens and potentially win MORE pens!!! Talk about WIN WIN! So this months challenge is all about Purple. Complete rules are here. I created this fun greeting card for a friend's birthday  using Digital Delights fantastic Pressie Josie stamp, Coredinations Cardstock and Beacon 3in1 adhesive to attach the papers and the ribbon! I hope you enjoy my card.

Digital Delights Stamps : Pressie Josie

Card Stock : Coredinations, 

Markers : Spectrum Noir PP4, BP1, LV1, GB7, TN3, TN2, BP5,TP4,
LV2, PP1, FS3, Blender, EB8, GB10, GB8

Accessories : Ribbon, Beacon 3in1

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Weekly Challenge | New Release and Add Ribbon

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 add ribbon.  The new release has a smattering of this and that with some fantastic sentiments to help you Keep In Touch with others! I love this walking the dog digi--it makes a fun greeting card for a simple note to your friend, child, significant other!  I hope you enjoy my card! Thank you for looking!

Digital Delights Stamps : Walking the dog, Keeping in Touch Sentiments

Card stock : Coordinations

Markers : Spectrum Noir (GB8, BGR3, PP1, EB5, DR2, FL3, IG5, 

Black, GB7, TN7, TB4, TN3, TN2, FS3)

Accessories : Ribbon, Beacon 3in1

We have a great new release and a new challenge for you this week.

We would love for you to

Add Ribbon

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 or it will be removed.

We have a wonderful Sponsor this week

Your Prize!!!

$15 store gift card

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The Shortest Day with AlteredPages.com

The Shortest Day~Susan Cooper

And so the Shortest Day came and the year died

And everywhere down the centuries of the snow-white world

Came people singing, dancing,

To drive the dark away.

They lighted candles in the winter trees;

They hung their homes with evergreen;

They burned beseeching fires all night long

To keep the year alive.

And when the new year's sunshine blazed awake

They shouted, revelling.

Through all the frosty ages you can hear them

Echoing behind us - listen!

All the long echoes, sing the same delight,

This Shortest Day,

As promise wakens in the sleeping land:

They carol, feast, give thanks,

And dearly love their friends,

And hope for peace.

And now so do we, here, now,

This year and every year.

Happy Friday! Today is not only the day of the end of the world but also the shortest day of the year--Happy Yule. In celebration of the coming of winter I have created this art tile that I've added to my work space for inspiration--hop on over to the Altered Pages Blog to check it out! 

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Festive Friday #8 | Holiday Greetings

The Festive Friday Blog Hop is hosted by Terri Sproul. This bi-monthly blog hop features Holiday cards from many talented card crafters as we get our Christmas cards ready early this year. If you reached this stop from Terri's Blog Terri Sproul , then you are in the right spot--she is also the beginning of the blog!

For this card:

Paris Trunk Walnut Ink

assorted punches for branches and berries
embossing folder
gold thread and wired ribbon
Bazzill Basics Card Stock
Coredinations Card Stock

Thank you for stopping by! The next stop on the hop is Chris! She always has great designs at Stinky Dog Designs!

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Challenge #16| Black, White and one color

if you are looking for my weekly challenge post for Delightful Challenges, click here.

This term's challenge at Crafty Ribbons Challenge Blog is a great opportunity to showcase some beautiful Crafty Ribbons ribbon while playing with my new favorite digital Collage images from Altered Pages. I hope you enjoy my fun Black/White and Orange tag!!

 

for this tag you will need:

Crafty Ribbons Black and Silver Satin Ribbon

Altered Pages White Collage Sheet AP-1714

Altered Pages Beautiful Butterflies Collage Sheet AP 1065

Coredinations White Wash Card stock

Bazzill Basics Black Card stock

Prima Eiffel Tower Bling

Black & White with one other colour

(You can use skin and hair tones but only the other three main colours)

This challenge will run from 8.30am 29th Mar until 6pm 11th Apr .....

Thank you for looking!

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Graphic 45 Design Team 2012 Audition

 

Today I am sharing with you several projects that I have been working on recently for application for the Graphic 45 Design Team. For all of these projects I used the Playtimes Past Paper Pad and in some cases  the the Core Impressions Graphic 45 Timeless Collection Coredinations Paper Pad. These projects represent areas of paper crafting that I love : Upcycling, Scrapbooking, Altered Crafts, and gift making.

Watch the replay of leslierahye's crafty gig to learn how to make this book!

Thank you for stopping by! I hope you enjoy my projects. Wish me luck making the cut!! Please take time to share some comments!! I love to hear from you all!

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Festive Friday #4 2♥12 | Acrylic front Wonderland

The Festive Friday Blog Hop is hosted by Terri Sproul. This bi-monthly blog hop features Holiday cards from many talented card crafters as we get our Christmas cards ready early this year. If you reached this stop from Terri's Blog Terri Sproul , then you are in the right spot--she is also the beginning of the blog!

For this card I used a random piece of coredinations card  stock that had gotten wet and then when dried left some interesting pattering with the dye in the card stock--a happy whoopsie if you will. I used my favorite outline stickers by Starkraft on an acrylic 4" square and colored the outline of the trees black with India Ink by Stewart Superior. I then used Sakura Glitter Lacquer to color the trees and silver metallic lacquer to make snow mounds. I covered the snow mounds with Terri Sproul's new Ultra Fine Glitter. I added silver outline snowflakes and stars to the card  stock and attached the acrylic to the card stock with Sakura 3D Crystal Lacquer. I added more outlines snowflakes on top placing a crystal bling in each center. The acrylic front was added to a 5"square card base that had only a 2" front lip...so that the acrylic over hangs the lip of the card. I added a bit of polka-dotted green Crafty Ribbons Ribbon to the side for accent. I really enjoy how this fun little card turned out! I hope you do too.

The next stop on the hop is Chris! She always has great designs at Stinky Dog Designs!

if you enjoyed my Sakura craftyness, come back tomorrow for
a special blog hop featuring Terri Sproul's Mixers!! There will be
blog candy prizes!!! Be sure to join us!

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Weekly Challenge | Use Patterned Paper

Welcome to another Delightful Challenges weekly challenge...this week we're creating projects using Patterned Paper designed by Wendy! I love her patterned paper! They print beautifully and and easy to design with!  All stamps are available at Digital Delights by Louby Loo! I hope you enjoy my card.

For this card:

Digital Stamps: Shop & Talk Vickie
Digital Paper: spots and stripes paper set
Card Stock: Coredinations, 

Accessories: PrismaColor Pencils, Sakura Hobby Crafts Crystal Lacquer and metallic lacquer, Terri Sproul's ultra fine glitter, BIC Mark-Its,  foam tape

This weeks challenge we would love to see

Patterned Paper!

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 you 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

We have a wonderful Sponsor this week

The Robin's Nest $15 gift card from their store

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Weekly Challenge | L♥VE

Welcome to another Delightful Challenges weekly challenge...this week we're creating projects with the theme of L♥VE!!!  I chose to use the little bird on Daisy's Accessories Set and the Chair. To transform the bird into a little girl bird, I simply added a bow to her tuft of feathers on the top of her head. These little love birds say "tweet love" to me! Ok! Pardon the pun! I love them and they are available at Digital Delights by Louby Loo! I hope you enjoy my card.

For this card:
Digital Stamps: Daisy Accessories Set
Card Stock: Bazzill Basics and Coredinations
Markers: BIC Mark-Its

Accessories: ribbon, foam tape.

This weeks challenge we would love to see

L♥VE

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 you 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
We have a wonderful Sponsor this week

 

Scrapy Land is offering a $20 gift card from there store

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Weekly Challenge | Distressed/Vintage Look

Welcome to another Delightful Challenges weekly challenge...this week we're going for that Distressed/Vintage Look! I love distressing things and have kinda gotten away from it for a while but welcomed the opportunity to rough up some edges, do some sanding and staining and crackling! oh my! 

I chose Wendy's Loving Cherub stamp and this super background from the Summer Time Fun Paper Pack that can be found at  Digital Delights by Louby Loo! I hope you enjoy my card!!

Digital Stamps: Loving Cherub
Digital Papers: Summer Time Fun Paper Pack
Card Stock: Bazzill Bling, Coredinations Basic Grey Whimsey Collection
Markers: BIC Mark-Its
Accessories: lace, Glimmer Mist, Raffia, Ranger Distressed Crackle Paint Clear, Alumilite Bronze Powder, Quickie Glue and Prismaglitter

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 you 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

We have a wonderful Sponsor this week

Magnolia~licious is offering Sherwood Edwin and Tilda with apple mini's

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Un-frog-gettable Memories with Sakura Hobby Crafts and Viva Las Vegastamps!

Check out my post at the Sakura Hobby Crafts blog to see where I got this fun image and how I put together this super holiday greeting! Thank you for stopping by!

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Weekly Challenge | New Release & A Very Sparkly Christmas

It's time again for the next Delightful Challenges Weekly Challenge! It's also time at Digital Delights by Louby Loo for a NEW RELEASE!! What terrific stamps these are too! For my project I used all new stamps and created a fun trifold card with a window on the front panel that allows you to see through to the next panel--see the details below. 

note: paperclip is used to hold the card closed to photograph it only.
It's not part of the design.

Digital Stamps : Santa and Poppet Fairy, Background Window set, Candy Cane Accessories Set, and Touch of Christmas Sentiments

Digital Paper : Candy Cane Lane Paper
Card Stock: Bazzill Basics, Coredinations Distressed Pad, Bazzill Bling

Markers: BIC Mark-its
Accessories: Sakura 3D Crystal Lacquer, Quickie Glue Pen and PrismaGlitter

Join us on our challenge

A VERY Sparkly Christmas

You do not have to use a Digital Delights image to play but if you do you will receive two entries. Just add your card twice to inlinkz to enter twice you need to when you use a Digital Delights image 1st entry use your card link, 2nd entry use your blog address and add 2nd entry after your name.

This week our sponsor is the wonderful SimonSaysStamp.com !!!

 Thank you for stopping by! I hope you enjoyed my holiday card!

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