Easter Eggs

Hello and welcome back.

I finally received my Easter dies!  Unfortunately I have been sick this last week and it was a bit of a rush to get my post ready.  So please bare with me while I get thru this bout of sickness.

I thought I would make something different this week.  I used some old packaging plastic in the shape of a cylinder and popped an egg into the middle.  On the outside I tied a bow (that has little chicks on it) and then began to cut out and stick down my dies.  

Firstly, for the large egg, I cut out the Spring Basket and used one of the Lace Egg dies in the centre.  I then used the Bunny and Chick Border to run along the bottom of the cylinder.  For the tag I used Nesting Eggs with the bunny from the Spring Basket and popped him in the middle.

For the smaller project, I used another plastic cylinder and filled it up with small Easter eggs.  I then used the Lace Egg die again and cut four eggs out and placing them all around the cylinder.  Topping off with a bow (this one had bunny faces on it!) I also made a tag.  This was using the Nesting Eggs again and also the bunny that came with the set.

Dies used:

Lace Egg Two - DL208

Bunny and Chick Border - B171

Spring Basket 1- DL214

Nesting Eggs -XM18

I hope you like my projects and again, I am sorry that I only had a short time in which to bring you this post.  Please look out for the weekly challenge, on again at the Cheery Lynn Designs blog.

Till next time Celeste

Pomander Balls

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Does this remind you of your Nanna?  

A pomander, from French pomme d'ambre, i.e. apple of amber, is a ball made of perfumes, such as ambergris (whence the name), musk, or civet.^[1]The pomander was worn or carried in a vase, also known by the same name, as a protection against infection in times of pestilence.

For both of the balls I only used the smaller die of the Judy's Blooms set.  I just wanted to show that you can create lovely items with very few dies.  Until you can afford to splash out (wouldn't that be nice!),  you can still do a lot of creating.

To make these pomanders, all you need is a styrofoam ball, a bit of ribbon or lace and some pearls or brads for the centres. I just cut multitudes of the small flowers from Judy's Blooms, placed one on top of another and glued them into place around the ball.  I inked the edges and glimmer misted all the petals and then spritzed the whole lot with water and lavender essential oil, (for the purple one and water and rose essential oil for the pink one.).

Thanks for stoping by and if you haven't already checked out the latest challenge for Cheery Lynn Designs, head over to their blog and have a go!

Till next week,  Celeste

Little Girl Banner

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This Wednesday I am showing you my banner.  It was completed just before the weekend.  I was very excited to be doing a banner, as I thought no one else had made one.  Then  to my surprise, Jeannie's creation came up.  All I can say is,  "Jeannie, great minds think alike" and I hope you like mine just as much as all the fantastic comments you gave Jeannie.

So here goes!

I started off with wooden off the page flowers from Kaiser and went about covering them with Sweet Nothings 6 1/2 paper pad also by Kaiser.  Starting with the Dainty Dutch Deco Frame, I cut the middle out and used that for the middle of each flower.  On top of the flower are bling alphabets with small wings just underneath.  The edges of the flowers are covered in pearls.  The flowers are made up of the Miniature Rose, the Cuties 2, the Darling Daisies and the Stacker Flower #1 Leaf.  Finishing off with ribbon and binding them all together used pink links.

Dies used:

A196 Darling Daisies

B150 Cuties 2

B152 Miniature Rose

DL141 Dainty Dutch Deco Frame

SF-1 Stacker Flower #1 Leaf

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Happy Scrapping Celeste.

Number One Fan!

Hello and welcome back.  Celeste here with you for another Wednesday.

Today I want to show you a card I made using the Eazi-Score, that Phyllis from Diamond Card Craft sent to the Design Team members a little while back.

I used the score board and instruction booklet to make this Bouncy Card.

I started off using purple card stock to make the card.  Next I used some patterned paper to put on the bottom of the card and in the square.  I cut out the Folding Fan from the same card stock as the main card and then used a shimmering purple to go over the fan itself.  One flower using the Large Rose and Cuties 2 dies was used at the bottom.  Lace Corner Deco A were used for the corners on the square of the card, while two of the other Lace Corner Deco A were used for the stand of the card.

To add some "greenery", the Olive Branches were popped in behind the flower.  On the stand of the card I used the Small Dragonfly with Angel Wing in one corner and the Darling Daisies in the other.  

Don't forget the challenge this week.  Head on over to the Cheery Lynn Designs blog for all the information and good luck!

Dies used:

A196 Darling Daisies

B147 Olive Branches

B150 Cuties 2

B155 Large Rose

B161 Lace Corner Deco A

DL152 Small Dragonfly with Angel Wing

OR03 Folding Fan

Thanks for stopping by Celeste

Adore

Hi Cheery Lynn Adorers!  Celeste here with you for exciting news of the new releases of dies!!

The Reflections Boutique Mega Dies are just fabulous.  There are so many ways to use these dies you can't just stop at one!

In my post today I have used the Horizon Covered Rectangle Mega Doily as the border for my little girl. 

I have cut out two sizes of this doily and popped them on top of each other with ribbon and lace before adhering to the bigger doily.  This bigger doily is the Mini Pearl Covered Rectangle Mega Doily, and as you can see, I cut just one side of the largest doily to use as the background for my Mega Fanciful Flourish.  You heard it right folks!  A MEGA Fanciful Flourish.  Loving this one!!

Another of the new release dies is this Mini Flourish One, at the left of the above picture.  I can see this becoming another hot favourite!  And yes there is a mega die too!!

These Lace Corner Deco dies are sure be a big hit.  There are quite a few to choose from and the bonus is you get a set of three different dies in one pack.

These new release dies are:

B161 Lace Corner Deco A

B167 Mega Fanciful Flourish

B170 Mini Flourish One

DL193 Horizon Coved Rectangle Mega Doily

DL194 Mini Pearl Coved Rectangle Mega Doily

Other dies used:

B147 Olive Branches

B152 Miniature Rose

B154 Medium Rose

B155 Large Rose

SF-1 Stacker Flower #1 Leaf

SF-5 Stacker Flower #5

If you would love one of these new release dies, head on over to the Cheery Lynn Designs Blog and enter the current challenge for your chance to win a voucher.

Thanks for stopping by

Celeste

Bless You!

Hi every one and welcome back.  Celeste here with you for another Cheery Lynn Designs Project.

For a long time I have wanted to dress up a Tissue Box.  I finally found one (from Kaiser) and got to work.  I hope you like it!

First I covered the whole box in neutral tones and then started with the borders.  For the borders up the top, I used the Lace Light Deco Border and for the bottom with ribbon threaded thru, I used the new release Country Girl.  Up on top I used the Queen Anne's Lace.

Next the foliage came along.  This was the Tropical Flourish and Olive Branches.  I cut these out and inked with Tim Holts inks.  

The flowers were made up of the Miniature Rose, Large Rose and Cuties 2.  These were put together and placed on the corner and two sides to look like a trail of vines and flowers.  The Exotic Small Butterflies were added to the two sides.

Dies Used:

B127 Tropical Flourish

B133 Lace Light Deco Border

B147 Olive Branches

B150 Cuties 2

B152 Miniature Rose

B155 Large Rose

B160 Queen Anne's Lace

B157 Country Girl

DL112 Exotic Butterflies Small

Please head on over to the Cheery Lynn Designs Blog for all the information on the current challenge.

Have fun and thanks for stopping by

Celeste

Bathing Beauties

Hello everyone, it's Celeste here again to share with you my latest project.

It is the first in a series of three projects that I have been working on.  I hope you like it!

This first project is an 8x8 layout.  I first found this paper and it gave me the idea to use the French Flair-Classic LG Stackers in addition with using the French Flair-Classic - Silver Stackers .  I nestled  these two together and then popped my picture in the middle, whilst surrounding the picture with the dies.

I used the Stacker Flowers #5, the Stacker Flowers #6 and Judy's Blooms for the main flower.  The  Pair of Ferns, Victorian Romance Flourish and  Judy's Blooms Leaves

were all cut out, inked, stickled  and put under to create the greenery.

Up on the top left hand corner I made two small flowers using the  Miniature Rose die combined with the Stacker Flower #1 Leaf.  These too were inked and stickled.

Finally I added a Small Dragonfly with Angel Wings to the top right hand corner.  I was originally going to leave this space alone, but when I looked more closely it felt like it needed something.  After playing around I found the dragonfly and I think it looks perfect!

Dies used:
French Flair-Classic LG Stackers Nesting Dies
French Flair Classic - LG Silver Stackers
SF-Stacker Flower #5
SF-Stacker Flower #6
B118 Pair of Ferns
DL151 Victorian Romance Flourish
C184 Judy's Blooms
B152 Miniature Rose
SF-1 Stacker Leaf
DL152 Dragonfly with Angel Wing

Thanks for joining me today and I hope you come back next Wednesday to see the next instalment of my Bathing Beauties series.

Don't forget to head on over to the Cheery Lynn Designs Blog and get all the information for the up coming challenges.  You could be in the running for a $20 voucher just by producing a piece of work using these amazing dies.

Thanks for stopping by Celeste

Christmas Wreath

Hello everybody.  My name is Celeste and welcome to my very first Cheery Lynn Designs post as the newest member of the Design Team.  I am thrilled to be a part of this wonderful "family" and can't wait to share with all of you my newest creations.

My first post is just in time for Christmas.  This is a wreath I created to hang on my front door.  I have always wanted one but have refused to purchase those that are in the local shops, as they were too over the top and way too big for my front door.  The next best thing was to make myself one!

To start with I used a foam circle obtained from my local craft store, and sat down to mark out how many flowers I wanted to use and where to place them.  I used (a lot!) of the  SF-2 STACKER FLOWERS #2.  I cut my flowers using three different papers, each with aspects of gold on them, and proceeded to put the flowers together making sure I didn't put the same papers on top of each other.  This made sure that all the flowers were different.

I also added some silver baubles in threes and jotted them in between the flowers, just to break the flow of all the gold.  I did the same with the silver ribbon and the two silver leaves on the side.  I then used the B147 OLIVE BRANCHES and just had them jut out the side to replicate branches.  I really like the effect it gave, and to me softened the harsh outline of the circle.

To adhere the flowers, I found that brads were the best.  As there were two flowers stacked on top of each other, I simply put the two flowers together and put the brad straight thru.  Then instead of bending the backs out, I just left them and pierced the brad straight thru onto the foam.

I encourage you to have a go, as it is a simple and easy project that anyone can do!

Dies used:

SF-2 Stacker Flower #2

B147 Olive Branches

Why don't you head on over to the Cheery Lynn Designs Blog and try the challenge for this week.  "Flowers - made with dies" is the theme and you have a chance to win a $20 spending voucher.

Thanks for joining me

Celeste