Amy's Pretty Papers

zondag 15 mei 2016

May 2016 New Release Blog Hop at Cheery Lynn Designs

Hi everyone,

Welcome to the May new release Blog Hop at

"Cheery Lynn Designs"

We are so excited to show you the wonderful New "May Release" collection

If you arrived from ==> Lisa Blastick <== her blog you are on the right track.

If not, why not head back to the Cheery Lynn Designs blog here

=> "Cheery Lynn Designs" <== and start from the beginning so you don't miss any of the beautiful projects by all the design team members.

This is the order of the blog hop you first visit the Cheery Lynn Designs blog as followed by:

Julie

Lisa

Amy {you are here}

Corina

Bonnie

Debbie

Jenny

Eva
Cheery Lynn Designs

For this blog hop I created a card with new Deutschland Card Facer as the base of my card. I am not great in making those cards, but is was fun for a change. For this card I used a couple of Maja Designs collections which are my favorite papers to work with.
As I am a hugh sucker for flower and leaf dies. I was really happy when I saw this new release of the: B777 - Floral Bouquet Kit {NEW} and then they assigned it to me {whaaaa}
I could not be more happier.

Always Smile:

The card facer I cut out two times and then I layered them on top of a piece of cream card stock!
On top of the card facer I layered another piece of paper which I stitched first. As the centers of my flowers I took out my new {for me new} button set die "oh boy" these are so cute ;-) and attached it after I added some twine to the center of the button.

The size of the card is really nice to and you don't have to used a massive envelope it's 5,6 by 4,3 inch. On the cute leaves I added some crackle accents and on the words some star dust stickles. The flower I cute out times two to give it more dimension.

Cheery Lynn Designs dies used:
DL322 - Deutschland A2 Card Facer {NEW}
B777 - Floral Bouquet Kit {NEW}
B682 - Quadrafoil Tag
B388 - Wheat Heads {set of 2}
D123 - Buttons #3
B294 - Always {set of 2}
B502 - Smile {set of 2}

Thanks so much for stopping by today. I hope you enjoyed my work as much as I love making it!

I would love it if you leave me a comment and become a follower to my blog but it's not a must for winning the prize at the Cheery Lynn Designs blog.
"Follow through to the end of the hop and leave a comment on the Cheery Lynn Designs blog too for a chance to win a $20 gift certificate".

Your next stop on the blog hop is

==> Corina Finley's <==
Stunning blog!

dinsdag 3 mei 2016

Stop Awesome Dude Tag for Cheery Lynn Designs

Goodmorning lovelies,

Today I would like to show you a masculine tag! Yes I am sorry but at the moment I love not making flowers but grungy stuff well it's always a phase where I need to go through "I guess"lol!

Lately I was making all spring and summer stuff and I though well I need to do something else again but next week it will be something spring/summery I promise.

Stop Awesome Dude!:

For this tag I used the 6x6 "Edge of Town"paper pad by Scrapberry's where I was a guest designer last month. The tag I used is packaging from the Graphic 45 staples collection which I always used when making tags because I love the big eyelet one top.

For the centers of my gears I used a bunch of screw brads that I have in my stash they always make your projects so much more alive if you used metal pieces on them.

Cheery Lynn Designs dies used:

B340 - Gears {set of 9}

B509 - Awesome {set of 2}

B693 - Cool Dude
B676 - Action Words

Thank you so much for visiting my blog today!
And for the lovely comments you always leave on my posts I just love to read them ;-) I hope you enjoyed my post and I have inspired you to use your Cheery Lynn Designs dies you don't use that often. If you love the Cheery Lynn Designs dies I used, you could always enter the bi-weekly challenge to win a $20 shopping spree.

This time it's challenge #228 "Mother's Day Theme"

zaterdag 23 april 2016

Smile Card for Cheery Lynn Designs

Goodmorning everyone,

Don't you just love the word dies by Cheery Lynn Designs well this one makes me smile from ear to ear. While I am writing this post it's poring with rain and snow {luckily the melting one} why is the warmer weather still not here I wonder. Today I want to show you a happy spring card with some new dies I got just last week.

For this card I used "Vintage Spring Basics" by who else then Maja Design.

Smile:

As you see it's out of many layers again and lots of distressing {but I didn't us my sewing machine this time}. Purple is my most favorite color to scrap if it's card, layouts or altered projects I love to hear in a comment {here or on the Cheery Lynn Designs blog} which color is your favorite to scrap and then I will have surprise for one or maybe two of you ;-)

Underneath the CAFR-23 - Square Frames {set of 3} I used some cheesecloth to give it more of a shabby chic feeling I think the B338 - Black Eyed Susan Strip is one of my favorite flowers to make because it's such a fun and easy one with a lot of volume.

They really stand out one you projects!

Cheery Lynn Designs dies used:

CAFR-23 - Square Frames {set of 3}

B278 - Lady Kate Edger

B502 - Smile {set of 2}

B178 - Flourish Leaf Strip

B338 - Black Eyed Susan Strip

B434 - Sweet Christine

CABD-71 - Flower {set of 4}

Thank you so much for visiting my blog today and for the lovely comments you always leave on my posts I just love to read them ;-) I hope you enjoyed my post and I have inspired you to use your Cheery Lynn Designs dies you don't use that often.
If you love the Cheery Lynn Designs dies I used, you could always enter our bi-weekly challenge to win a $20 shopping spree.

This time it's challenge #227 "Handmade Flower Theme" I can't wait to see your work, there are a bunch of amazing entries already enjoy creating!

dinsdag 19 april 2016

Fabulous Summer 8x8 Layout for Cheery Lynn Designs

Good morning lovelies.

Don't you just love the North America collection at Cheery Lynn Designs and did you already hop with us? I for sure had fun with the "Florida"die! But that's not all, there is a wonderful new release coming up in May too.

I am so excited for it and I can't wait to show you my work.

Today I'd like to share a 8x8 layout I made with the "Vintage Summer Basics" collection by Maja Design and this time I went for the earth colors & blue.

Fabulous Summer:

The picture I used is one of my beautiful nieces Jamie who was born in Florida but now she moved somewhere else in the States. Don't you just love that sea? It's so pretty it makes me long for summer even more. On the base of my layout I painted with some white gesso and then I added some paste with a stencil of dots by Finnabair. On those dots I added some pretty star dust stickles to make it shine a bit. I also did that with the text.

The first time I was on this amazing design team I got the B394 - Ships Anchor & the B395 - Ships Compass as a new release and I thought well I need to use them again that's why I ordered the B279 - Sand Dollar & Starfish & the B267 - Seahorse Family to have more of those kind of dies.

Cheery Lynn Designs dies used:

B279 - Sand Dollar & Starfish

B267 - Seahorse Family

B312 - Burlap Border

B394 - Ships Anchor

B395 - Ships Compass

B574 - Summer {set of 2}

B629 - Fabulous {set of 2}

B644 - Lighthouse Set

Thank you so much for visiting my blog today and for the lovely comments you always leave me - I really appreciate them.
I hope you enjoyed my post and I have inspired you to use your Cheery Lynn Designs dies you don't use that often. If you love the Cheery Lynn Designs dies I used, you could always enter our bi-weekly challenge to win a $20 shopping spree.

This time it's challenge #227 "Handmade Flower Theme" I can't wait to see your work, there are a bunch of amazing entries already enjoy creating!

vrijdag 15 april 2016

April 2016 New Releases Blog Hop at Cheery Lynn Designs

Hi everyone,

Welcome to the April new release Blog Hop at

"Cheery Lynn Designs"

We are so excited to show you the fabulous New "North America" collection

If you arrived from ==> Lisa Blastick <== her blog you are on the right track.

If not, why not head back to the Cheery Lynn Designs blog here

=> "Cheery Lynn Designs" <== and start from the beginning so you don't miss any of the beautiful projects by all the design team members.

This is the order of the blog hop you first visit the Cheery Lynn Designs blog as followed by:

Julie

Lisa

Amy {you are here}

Corina

Bonnie

Debbie

Jenny

Eva
Cheery Lynn Designs

For this blog hop I created a 8x8 layout with the state my family lives in "Florida" {Sarasota}. My husband and I went there and took this picture in universal studios. This was even before Kevin was born {our son who is 11 years old now} It's been way to long since I have seen my granny, cousins, uncles and aunts I really need to go there I miss them like crazy.

Florida:

As you see I layered and distressed my work very much for this layout I used the pretty "Salvage District" collection by Prima Marketing with a little blue/green Maja Design touch for the flowers and accents.