If you visited the Brisbane Papercraft Expo in June, you would have noticed the Creative Scrapbooking stand by the crowd gathered around Mike and BJ demonstrating their fantastic Cheery Lynn Designs dies. Not only are these high quality dies but they have a wide range of versatile designs.
These two layouts give you a 'taster' of just a few dies.
Timeless Beauty uses Window C to create a beautiful church window, Mini Flourish Band for the intricate top and bottom border and Polynesian Sails Oval for the frame (even used gold 250 gsm card). It comes with a mini doily in the centre - two for one. I matched the flowers in the paper images by trimming Princess Tree, adding leaves from Flora Leaf Strip and a dab of red paint.
I also made lillies to match those on the paper using the leaf base from Large Rose and Flora Leaf strip.
In Shine I used Victorian Picket Fence for the fence as well as the border around the outside (trimmed it does great train tracks). The window shutters are Lattice 2 (I've since thought of an even easier way of making these with this die) and the pop out squares are great for title letter tiles. Love this Grass Border, it trims so nicely to fit any space.
The flowers are stacks of Large Rose (cuts several at once with the base) that have been stamped, inked, shaped or pinched then layered. The Fanciful Flourish (comes in several sizes) swirl is perfect for weaving in and out and can be easily trimmed to fit your needs. Wow, checkout this Small Lace Butterfly with Angel Wings. I cut it from vellum and attached it with a little spring to hover over the flowers. There are a number of other beautiful butterflies and doilies in lots of sizes.
You can see the full range of dies at www.cheerylynndesigns.com as well as videos with Mike giving helpful advice on their use. Creative Scrapbooking stocks a great range of Cheery Lynn Designs dies - just enquire with Maureen about the dies you're interested in.
