MayzyArt Stamps MacKenzie

I have a fun card to share today that's inspired by one of my friends.  When I saw this digital image at MayzyArt Stamps I had to have it because this girl looks like my friend Heather!  I hope she's flattered when I give her the card...  The image name is MacKenzie, I think she should be named Heather, lol.

She's colored with Copic markers YG01, YG03, YG23, E000, E00, E02, E04, BG10, W0, R11, R12, R20, R22, B60, B63, B66, E40, E41, E43, E44, E51, E53, E55, E57, B91, B93, B95, B97.  The papers I used are Stampin' Up! Cameo Coral & Almost Amethyst, Via Vellum Basic Black, Copic X Press It and Mohawk Bright White.  I also used long narrow Spellbinders dies and a Darice embossing folder, my sentiment is from Create With TLC.

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Challenges:
Crafty Catz - Anything Goes
Inspire Me Fridays - Anything Goes
Aud Sentiments - Anything Goes
Craft Us Crazy - Favorite Stamp Co./Inspiration
Southern Girls Challenge - Get Your Girly On
Make It Monday - Anything Goes

Cheery Lynn Designs French Flair Dies

Happy Saturday - look what arrived in the mail!

It's a package of several new dies from Cheery Lynn Designs I'd been waiting for.  I didn't have to wait long, they are in Phoenix Arizona and I'm 2 1/2 hours away in Parker, Arizona.

My card today was a lot of fun to put together.  I've gathered inspiration from three different card makers that I admire.

For my card base I used a Cheery Lynn Designs French Flair Scalloped die and layered one of their French Flair regular dies on top.  

I made the frame for the sentiment by Create With TLC using Spellbinders circles and scalloped circles dies and embossed it with a Cuttlebug Dots embossing folder.  

The flower is also a Spellbinders die from Flower Creations 2.  I trimmed part of the center sections of the petals away so it may not be recognizable to you anymore.  I added about a half dozen layers to the flower for dimension.  

The button in the center of the flower is a Cheery Lynn Designs die from a set called Buttons #3.  

Under the flower is a Cheery Lynn Designs die called Fanciful Flourish.  It's a beautiful flourish, I had to cut it apart to use it because it's so nice and big. 

And then there's the beautiful butterfly that came from the Cheery Lynn Designs Exotic Butterfly #2 die set.  I didn't use the "angel wings" that I have to match this butterfly.  I liked the look of the Basic Grey Lime Rickey paper showing through.

 You can see what the "angel wings" look like in another blog post here. 

I love the shape of this card with it's scallops around the edges.  I mostly make A2 size cards for Operation Write Home and I can see in my imagination lots of fun ways to use these dies to "enhance" my A2 cards.   Thinking of OWH, I think it was Lisa that asked what the back of one of my round cards looked like so I made sure to snap a quick picture to answer the question.

It's not as pretty as the front but shows how I put it all together.  I had no problem getting the die to cut through the two layers of 110lb. cover stock when I rolled it through my Grand Calibur. 

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Challenges:

Cheery Lynn Designs - Design Team Call
Crafty Cardmakers - Butterflies
Happileigh Scrappin' - Anything Goes
Woodware USA - Anything Goes
Crafts & Me - Anything Goes
Fab & Funky - Friendship
The Paper Variety - Circles
Inspire Me Friday's - Anything Goes
Raise The Bar - Anything Goes
Crazy For Challenges - Shaped Cards

Cheery Lynn Designs Exotic Butterfly #2

I have something new and fun I want to share with you today!

My friend Linda at the Sugar Shack in Lake Havasu City, AZ has started carrying Cheery Lynn Designs dies and are they ever nice!  

Linda and I have formed a partnership of sorts in the last few months we think will be helpful to both of us.  I'm going to have card making classes using the products she sells and she's going to help me advertise those classes.  I plan on using these awesome Cheery Lynn Designs dies in some of those classes too!

The butterfly on my card is a Cheery Lynn Designs Exotic Butterfly small #2, there are three in the set and they have "angel wings" that are sold separately.  I'll show you what I mean below.

The "angel wings" are cut from vellum and I attached them to the underside of the butterfly with a tiny bit of Glossy Accents applied with a tooth pick.  

My card layout is Splitcoast Stampers sketch challenge #343.  The digital patterned paper was scrap that was just waiting to be used beside my paper trimmer and the sentiment was a freebie from Create With TLC.  My card is also for a dear friend of mine who's had surgery and is recovering.  I can't wait till she feels good enough to get out and craft with me again!

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Challenges:

Splitcoast Stampers - Sketch Challenge #343
Sew Many Cards - Anything Goes