September 2017 "Giving Thanks" Blog Hop at ***Cheery Lynn Designs***!

Goodmorning lovelies, 

Welcome to the September 2017 "Giving Thanks" Blog Hop at 

"Cheery Lynn Designs"

We are so excited to show you all projects made for this theme and the wonderful dies Cheery Lynn Designs offers. You will be blown away for sure by all the pretty projects my teamies and I made for this blog hop. Also there is a hugh sale going on at the Cheery Lynn shop.

If you arrived from ==> "Jenny Alia" <== 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
Cherry

Bonnie

Jenny

Amy {you are here}
Maggie
Cheryl
Laurie
Cheery Lynn Designs

For this blog hop I made a "Thank You" card with the always pretty "Walking in the Forest" collection by Maja Design this is a older autumn collection but still one of my alltime favorites. For this card I also used that amazing new Acorns and Leaves die that just came out last month it is a amazing size just a little bigger so you can also use it on a layout too but for now I made a card to show you all. 

Thank You:   

Oh boy am I in love with those leaves that come with that die.....it's absolutly worth you money if you buy it. The butterflies come from the Maja Design collection but Cheery Lynn has many butterfly dies in their collection to use as well.

I wanted to use all autumn colors but highlight some blue in it  that's why the thank you phrase and background is that color as some of the leaves are too. The rest of the colors are more earth tones which are great for these types of cards

Cheery Lynn Designs dies used:

FRM154 - Quatrefoil A2 Frame #2
CABD-108 - Tags #3 {set of 2}

B901 - Acorns and Leaves {set of 6} {NEW}
B540 - Thank You #2

Don't forget to visit the Cheery Lynn Designs shop for 15% off store wide sale from Sept 15-22nd

Thanks so much for stopping by today. 
I hope you enjoyed my work as much as I loved 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:

==> Maggie <== 
Her wonderful blog! 

Grateful for You Layout Guest Designer for ***Cuts2luv*** + Playing at Mixed Media & Art & Scrap & Craft!!!

Goodmorning everyone, 

Today I will show my first layout as a guest designer for the lovely "Cuts2luv" I am very excited to have been ask to work with these lovely flairs {thank you Caroline} as I now use them on every single project I make. The new releases are just amazing you have some Autumn, coffee, sweet kids and black & white flairs to choose from for this layout I went for the Autumn flairs as the colors are like that too

Grateful for You: 

For my layout I used some pretty papers and flowers by 49 and Market and some Dusty Attic chipboards and three amazing flairs. I treated my background papers with some Lindy's Sprays and some stencils with paste.



 The chipboard pieces are treated with rust paste and acrylic paint, wax and spray's at the end I added some mica flakes and art stones the middle size. I used many layer of paper on this layout just lift my work a little





I used the pretty "Cottage Life" and "Vintage Artistry" collections both from 49 and Market. I really like the butterflies from the last collection. And it also matched my picture perfectly.....



Cuts2luv products used: Pure Beauty, Grateful, Wanderlust!

 Other products used:
49 and Market Papers, The Dusty Attic chipboard, Lindy's Stamp Gang Spray's, Waxes, Gesso, Cheese Cloth, Paste, Stencils, Mica Flakes, Art Stones, Rust Paste, Ink and 3D Matte Gel.

With this layout I will be entering this months challenge at "Mixed Media and Art" this time they have a beautiful earthy toned mood board and a lovely sketch which I turned 90 degrees....I was really inspired by this sketch and the pretty bench with all the pretty curls that's why I used curly chipboard to get that same effect. Also the color of that same bench is what let me use the cream papers.....

I will also be entering this months challenge at Scrap & Craft where we have to use Autumn Colors...love that challenge as I really enjoy making someting with these colors....

Thank you so much for your visit today I sure hope I have inspired you to play with your amazing flairs from "Cuts2luv"!! Did you see the challenge this month it is so pretty. My next post on their blog is with more challenge inspiration have a wonderful day. 

The Beach Life 8x8 Layout for ***Cheery Lynn Designs***

Goodmorning lovely bloggers,

Do you also love summer as much as I do?

 I just can not say goodbye to it jet....so I will not and you will see that on my 8x8 layout that I show you today. For this layout I used a picture of our son back in 2010 when we where in Spain for our vacation I just can't get enough of these lovely pictures of him. I used the amazing "Sand & Sea" collection by 49 and Market for this layout.

The Beach Life: 

First I cut out all the dies that I wanted to use as I normally do when I create a project for Cheery Lynn Designs. Then I place them on my background sheet and look what I like best....after that I work on my background with stamps, sprays and paste. I distressed all the edges you see on my work also the matt behind my picture and the outer borders of my layout.

The flowers are treated with Lindy´s Magicals and white spray and I added a pearl in the centers. For the background I used a bubble stencil with paste once it dried I added star dust stickles on the bubbles to let it shine a bit.

I just love how the dies compliment the paper and the colors go so well together. I am very happy this layout tuned out the way it did. Don't you just love these flowers??? Awesome Bohemian collection one of my favorites of Cheery Lynn Designs.

Cheery Lynn Designs dies used:
B862 - Mehndi Botanicals 1
B864 - Mehndi Botanicals 3
B865 - Mehndi Botanicals 4
B296 - Tiny Bubbles Border
B305 - Gauze Border
B647 - Lifes a Beach Sign
B279 - Sand Dollar & Starfish
CABD-47 - Sea {set of 5}
B385 - Ships Helm

Thank you so much for visiting the blog today!

I hope you enjoyed my post and I have inspired you to use your Cheery Lynn Designs dies. You could also visit my blog at Amy's Pretty Papers for more inspiration.
Have a wonderful and sunny day!

Salty Kisses Layout for ***Maja Design***

Goodmorning lovely Maja Fans,

Today I am showing you a beach layout using a picture of myself en the always pretty "Vintage Summer Basics" collection. Also we are promoting "PETALOO" flowers this month from the 12th - 24th and on this layout you will see a bunch of them. You see the promotion doesn't start in couple of day's but I wanted to give you a little taste on how pretty they are.

Salty Kisses:

This picture was taken back in 2010 and I never used it on a layout before...all the chipboard pieces are by The Dusty Attic and where treated with white gesso and Lindy's Stamp Gang sprays but also I used some different sizes art stones and some stamps and stencils. The stamp I used is a new one from 49 and Market designed by own very own Pascale....awesome job girl love it!

Maja Design papers used: 

Vintage Summer Basics: 1935, 1946, 1936 and 1934.

Thank you for visiting the blog today and I would like to wish you all a wonderful week, vacation time and so much more. Hopefully I will see to back on my next post ;-)

Mixed Media Create Dreams Tag for ***Cheery Lynn Designs***

Goodmorning lovelies, 

Oh boy can you create your own dreams! You can if you just believe in yourself. This tag was created using all products from every design team I work for with as spotlight Cheery Lynn Designs of course. I totally went overboard using mixed media products and I had so much fun making this tag.

The amazing film strip die I used here I got in one of my last allotments and it was on my wish list since it got released....so glad I finally got it.  

Create Dreams Tag: 

First I got out a piece of white cardstock and cut it in a tag shape. Then I added some black gesso, clear crackle paste and teal acrylic paint and layered those on top of each other after drying them first. When all was dried I placed a stencil and added some granite paste to my tag. Then I cut out all the dies I was going to use {only three this time} and placed them on my tag how I liked.

  On the centers of my flowers I used some metal embellishments and I finished my work by adding some sprays and sequins oh and not to forget I also made stitch like stripes on my title to make it pop a little more.

Cheery Lynn Designs dies used:
B862 - Mehndi Botanicals 1
B677 - Film Strip Border
B618 - Create {set of 2}

Thank you so much for visiting my blog today!

I hope you enjoyed my post and I have inspired you to use your Cheery Lynn Designs dies.
Have a wonderful and sunny day!