Wednesday, December 30, 2015

Happy Holidays Snowflake Ornament

Hello! Thank you for joining me, Corina, here on the Southern Ridge Trading Company blog. For this post, I wanted to share with you a special Ornament that I have hanging on my Christmas tree.

The steps I used to create these Ornaments are very simple. I used the embossing dauber to apply a layer of embossing ink on top of the Snowflake and Happy Holiday sentiment. I coated the Snowflake with Gold tinsel embossing powder and the Happy Holidays sentiment with blue tinsel embossing powder. Heat set all three pieces and let cool. I used glossy accents to attached the Happy Holiday sentiment. For a finishing touch I added rhinestones and gold thread to hang.

Chipboard Designs Used:

Wood Words Of Christmas-Joy

HD Snowflake

I hope you will play along in the monthly challenge over on the Southern Ridge Trading Company. Each month enter for your chance to win 4 designs from the SRTC online store $20 (before tax) retail value of YOUR OWN CHOOSING!

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Take care,

Corina

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Sunday, December 27, 2015

Christmas Wishes Card

Hello!

I hope you had a wonderful Christmas with your loved ones. For this weeks challenge, I decided to create a simple elegant Wishes Card for the Holiday Season. I love the Poinsettia Strip die and use it as many time as I can!

My most favourite part of this card is the Madrid Flourishes Rectangle Boutique Stacker Frame which I embossed with Gold Tinsel embossing powder along with the flourish from the Tags #2 die set.

I love Cheery Lynn Designs Poinsettia and use it as many time as I can. For this card, I used kraft cardstock with the Holly Leaves die strip and the Pine Branches die to create my Poinsettia floral arrangement.

Dies used:

Poinsettia Strip - B324

Holly Leaves - B183

Pine Branches - B146

Tags #2 (Set of 4) - CABD-98

Madrid Flourishes Rectangle Boutique Stackers Frame (Set of 3) - DL289

I hope you will play along in our weekly Cheery Lynn Designs Challenge. You could win a $20 shopping spree at the online Cheery Lynn Designs store.

Thanks for joining me today!

Take care,

Corina

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Sunday, December 20, 2015

Thank you Card

Hello and I am glad you could join me! As Christmas is this coming week and the Weekly Challenge on the Cheery Lynn Designs Blog is Thank You - I combined the to!

I know I have mentioned in the past that Cheery Lynn Stacker Dies are an ease to create great layering and depth on cards. As you can see, above and below, I used two die sets - the Coved Rectangle Classic and Coved Rectangle. I added the Coved Rectangle Stitch detail to a few of the layers. I layered the Circles to the bottom right hand corner and added the Circle Stitch detail.e

To complete my card, I tucked in the Snowflake to the left and right side and added rhinestones.

Dies used:

Coved Rectangle Classic - Silver Stackers - L-10

Coved Rectangle - XM-10

Snowflake Set 1 - B610

Coved Rectangle Stitch and Cut Tool - LG Silver Stitch Tool - LSC-10

Circle Stitch and Cut Tool - LG Silver Stitch Tool - LSC-4

Circle - XM-4

I hope you will play along in our weekly Cheery Lynn Designs Challenge. You could win a $20 shopping spree at the online Cheery Lynn Designs store.

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Take care,

Corina

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Sunday, December 13, 2015

Merry Christmas Deer Card

Hello! Welcome back to my Cheery Lynn Designs post. I wanted to use a few different glittering techniques for this weeks challenge theme -Sparkle and Shine.

I used white texture paste with glitter, used a pallette knife to coat white cardstock and set aside to let dry. I then die cut it using the Curved Border for the snowy ground, Icicles Border and the Snowflakes (Set of 9) die set.

I used glitter embossing powder on the layered Deer in the Forest. Bling cardstock for the A2 Frames Rectangular Scalloped and Merry Christmas sentiment. Almost every thing got a spritz of champagne glimmer mist to add dazzling effect.

Dies used:

Deer in the Forest - B484

Snowflakes (Set of 9) - CABD-125

Icicles Border - B472

Nesting Doll Tags #3 (Set of 6) - CABD-121

Snowflowers Set Two - DL226

Snowflowers Set One - DL225

Curved Border Set (Set of 4) - B569

A2 Frames Rectangular Classic (Set of 7) - CM-5

A2 Frames Rectangular Scalloped (Set of 7) - CM-6

Merry Christmas Set - B186

I hope you will play along in our weekly Cheery Lynn Designs Challenge. You could win a $20 shopping spree at the online Cheery Lynn Designs store.

Thanks for joining me today!

Take care,

Corina

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Saturday, December 5, 2015

Merry Little Christmas Card!

Another Sunday with a start of a new challenge. This weeks challenge is getting us into the festive swing with the theme "Red & Green"!

I created my card with only using the two colours. My Square Pierce stacker for the sentiment base and some of the Holly Leaves are inked with Bundled Sage Distress ink.

I multi-layered the Pierced Stacker #3 using a red polka dot and green branch pattern paper. I added three of my favourite Poinsettia Strip flowers with red pearl centers to the left side of the card. Tucked in some Holly Leaves and Pine Branches in a deep green to add depth to the arrangement.

Dies used:

Poinsettia Strip - B324

Holly Leaves - B183

Pine Branches - B146

Pierced Stacker #3 (Set of 6) - XL-21

Square Pierce Tool - SM Silver Pierce Tool - MP-1

I hope you will play along in our weekly Cheery Lynn Designs Challenge. You could win a $20 shopping spree at the online Cheery Lynn Designs store.

Thanks for joining me today!

Take care,

Corina

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Monday, November 30, 2015

Snowflake Joy Card

Hello! Today, I am hosting the blog over at the Southern Ridge Trading Company - Chipboard.ca November has gone so fast! Winter is here and the holiday season is upon us!

I have been playing in my studio with the wonderful detailed snowflake chipboard diecuts. They are sold in large, medium & small and there are a variety of different designs.

I applied Distress Stain in Pewter to each shape and let it dry before adding embossing ink and silver tinsel embossing powder to each. I heat set and added them to the front of my card. Some I layered with paper snowflakes and I double layered the largest with paper snowflakes and chipboard snowflakes. I added a rhinestone to each snowflake to add a little sparkle!

Chipboard Designs Used:

Snowflakes 713

Snowflakes 712

Thanks for joining me today!

Take care,

Corina

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Sunday, November 29, 2015

Hello and thank you for joining me today!

For this weeks challenge over on the Cheery Lynn Designs Blog, the theme is Non-Traditional Christmas Colours. My choice was to use Purple as my main colour and have grey for some accenting.

I cut layers for my base using purple & grey cardstock and music note pattern paper. I inked the music note pattern paper with purple ink and cut the Square Frame from grey cardstock. The 3-D Poinsettia was cut from purple cardstock and sprayed with glitter mist. The Noel was cut from purple cardstock and I added glossy accents to the top.

Dies Used:

A2 Frames Rectangular Classic (Set of 7) - CM-5

3-D Poinsettia - B604

Noel - B473

Square Frames (Set of 3) - CAFR-23

I hope you will play along in our weekly Cheery Lynn Designs Challenge. You could win a $20 shopping spree at the online Cheery Lynn Designs store.

Thanks for joining me today!

Take care,

Corina

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Sunday, November 22, 2015

Any Direction Memory Book

Hello!

This week on the Cheery Lynn Design Blog challenge the theme is "Anything Goes". I decided to use my New Release Memory Book with the New Fun With Arrows.

I die cut the Arrows and used the negative black cardstock for the book cover. I backed each arrow cutout with inked primary coloured paper. I added the scalloped edges using the largest die from the A2 Frames Rectangular Scalloped set.

I used a few ribbons to bind my Memory Book and sprayed the black cardstock of the book with glitter mist.

Dies Used:

Fun With Arrows (set of 9) - B661

Memory Book A2 Scallops and Ribbons - BE104

A2 Frames Rectangular Scalloped (Set of 7) - CM-6

I hope you will play along in our weekly Cheery Lynn Designs Challenge. You could win a $20 shopping spree at the online Cheery Lynn Designs store.

Thanks for joining me today!

Take care,
Corina

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Sunday, November 15, 2015

Tag your it!

Thank you for joining me this lovely Sunday! This week on the Cheery Lynn Blog Challenge it is all about Tags. Tag your it! I love using the Tags 1 set and it has become a true staple in my crafting kit.

I created my layers from pattern paper & black, white and turquoise inked cardstock. I die cut the black cardstock using the A2 Frames Rectangular Classic, white cardstock using A2 Frames Rectangular Scalloped, and the Turquoise using the Fiona’s Magic Mirror die.

Add the seam binding and rhinestones for a finishing touch!

Dies Used:

Tags 1 - B260

Fiona’s Magic Mirror - FRM140

A2 Frames Rectangular Scalloped (Set of 7) - CM-6

A2 Frames Rectangular Classic (Set of 7) - CM-5

I hope you will play along in our weekly Cheery Lynn Designs Challenge. You could win a $20 shopping spree at the online Cheery Lynn Designs store.

Thanks for joining me today!

Take care,

Corina

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Wednesday, November 11, 2015

Winter Wonderland!

Hello Everyone!

I'm here with you today to share a Winter themed card. I will showcase a few of the beautiful snowflake chipboard pieces that Southern Ridge has in there Winter Release.

I used the embossing dabber to apply embossing ink to the top of my 5 1/2 x 5 1/2 snowflake chipboard background. I covered the intricate snowflakes with a white sparkle embossing powder and heat set it. Then embossed the outside perimeter with silver. I placed it upon a dark blue snowflake embossed piece of cardstock and layered a matching tag on top. I added the Winter Wonderland sentiment which is also embossed in silver, white banner, rhinestones and three chipboard snowflakes (painted in three different shades of blue) to the card front.

Chipboard used:
Snowflakes 713
Snowflakes 712
Pattern Snowflakes

I hope you will play along in our Monthly Challenge. You can win 4 designs from the SRTC online store $20 (before tax) retail value of YOUR OWN CHOOSING!

Thanks for joining me today!

Take care,
Corina Finley
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Sunday, November 8, 2015

Give Thanks Card

Hello and Happy November!

This weeks Challenge theme over on the Cheery Lynn Designs Blog is Autumn Colours! I started this card by using watercolour paper and Distress Ink sprays. I cut my assorted foliage from white cardstock, chose colours of distress ink with the Autumn palette in mind and inked each one.

I layered my diecuts to the left side of the card and added the Pierced Stacker #3, Old Barn Board and Thank You sentiment.

A great technique for creating veining on your Dimensional Small Leaves, is to rub an ink pad lightly over the edges on the cutting side of the die. Cheery Lynn Design dies are so detailed, the scored ridges of the die which have been inked will transfer to the paper when put through the die-cutting process which creates an awesome effect!

Dies Used:

Dimensional Small Leaves #2 - D134

Old Barn Board (3 Dies) - B439

Wheat Heads (Set of 2) - B388

Cattails and Reeds - B389

Pierced Stacker #3 (Set of 6) - XL-21

Flourish #4 - CAFLRS-4

Thank (Set of 2) - B230

I hope you will play along in our weekly Cheery Lynn Designs Challenge. You could win a $20 shopping spree at the online Cheery Lynn Designs store.

Thanks for joining me today!

Take care,

Corina

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Sunday, November 1, 2015

Cheers to You Card!

Hello!

Thank you for joining me for today! This weeks card inspiration and challenge theme is 'Give Thanks' over on the Cheery Lynn Design blog.

I create this card with a vintage feel, wanting to use the Clocks Embossing Plate. I had Fiona’s Magic Mirror die already cut from cream cardstock so I wanted to work it into the design. I inked each die cut with dark brown ink. I layered each on the card front using foam tape. I embossed my sentiment with black embossing powder and added black rhinestones to the detail edges.

Dies Used:

Pocket Watch w/Angel Wing (Steampunk Series) - B362

Clocks Embossing Plate - E171

Tags #2 (Set of 4) - CABD-98

Fiona’s Magic Mirror - FRM140

Circle - XM-4

I hope you will play along in our weekly Cheery Lynn Designs Challenge. You could win a $20 shopping spree at the online Cheery Lynn Designs store.

Thanks for joining me today!

Take care,
Corina

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Sunday, October 25, 2015

Cut above the Rest Card!

Hello,

For all you Cheery Lynn Fans, I have swapped days! I will now be posting a Challenge Inspiration card every Sunday - for the start of the new challenge theme. For a list of the Challenges, take a look on the right hand sidebar on the Cheery Lynn Design Blog.

For this weeks card, I used the ruler and scissors from the New Release School Supplies Set which is a set of five dies. I also used the largest die from the Royal Scandinavian Boutique Stacker A2 Frame which comes as a set of 3.

Dies Used:

Tags 1 - B260

School Supplies Set (set of 5) - B650

Royal Scandinavian Boutique Stacker A2 Frame - DL313

A2 Frames Rectangular Classic (Set of 7) - CM-5

Nesting Doll Tags #3 (Set of 6) - CABD-121

I hope you will play along in our weekly Cheery Lynn Designs Challenge. You could win a $20 shopping spree at the online Cheery Lynn Designs store.

Thanks for joining me today!

Take care,
Corina

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Vintage Floral Frame Card

Hello!

Thank you for stopping by and taking a peek at my vintage inspired Floral Wreath. I love the elegance and details of these frames. The package comes as a set of two Floral Frames - Small. You can use them together or separate. I choose to use them together to give more dimension and layered look to my card. I wanted to keep this card more simple to show how the chipboard elements take a card to the next level. The Floral Wreath is the star of the card!

I hope you will play along in our monthly Southern Ridge Trading Co. Challenge. You could win a $20 shopping spree at the Southern Ridge Trading Co. online store.

Thanks for joining me today!

Take care,
Corina Finley

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Friday, October 16, 2015

Best Teacher Ever Card

Hello Crafters!

I hope every one checked out the New Release over on the Cheery Lynn Designs Website! There is an assortment of great new dies for you to create with.

My card for today's post features a New Release die set called the Best Teacher Ever. It comes as a set of 2 - the apple which has the Best Teacher Ever cut from it and the little cute Worm!

Here is a close up of the Apple. I cut it from white cardstock and inked with Distress Ink. I layered it on top of black cardstock and used clear embellish liquid over the words to give a glossy look. I also added a touch of glitter. For the leaf & stem, I used Distress Inks also and added Glossy Accents.

While I was colouring (inking) the worm, my son was calling him Fred! So for Fred the Worm, I cut him from white cardstock, inked with Distress inks and used a glitter pen over. I added a small piece of white cardstock behind his eyes and used a black glaze pen for his eyes.

My flowers are created from the Sweet Christine, and the Sweet Williams Strip. I added the leaves from the Tea Rose Medium die and three from the Rose Leaf Strip.

Die used: