Repetition with Cheery Lynn Dies

Happy Monday blog readers!! I'm here with a quick post to show you how to use repetition to make some of the smaller dies that Cheery Lynn Designs offers really stand out on your projects.

I used 3 die cut apples to create this A+ Teacher card. Of course the apples could be swapped out using any number of our dies.

I created texture on the front panel of this card by embossing it with the Burlap plate and embossing pad and then finished off the title using the School Days font.


Here's a close-up of the dimension created by adding pop dot to my elements. I also added more texture by stitching the Coved Rectangle stacker before adhering it to the card.


Here's another example of using repetition to increase the impact of smaller dies.

I used Little Stackers Scalloped Circle Nesting Dies to highlight 4 stamped pumpkin faces on this Halloween card. Again, any of the smaller dies in the Little Stackers Dies sets could be used in the same fashion!

Other Cheery Lynn Designs dies used:
Coved Rectangle Stackers
Border Carnivale
French Flair Stackers

I hope this post has inspired you to pull out your smaller dies and put them to work on your projects!

Until next post...happy scrapping!!

Favorite Altered Projects of 2010

My 10 favorite altered projects of 2010; this is the last of my favorite projects posts. I hope you've enjoyed taking a trip down memory lane with me.


Joy Frame Set


Christmas House


Sending My Love Mailbox


St. Patrick's Day Set


A+ Teacher Gift Set


Boys Rule Wall Hanging

Halloween Treat Container

Scrap Room Decor


Flower Ornament


Christmas Gift Bag


I have a few special layouts featuring multiple photos, 2 pages, and hidden journaling coming to the blog later this month...so stay tuned!

EEEEEKKKKKK!!!!!

It's almost Halloween...it's almost Halloween!!!

I love Halloween!! It's always been at the top of my list of fun holidays and now that I have children, I really get into it! I dress up with the kids and take them trick-or-treating and to whatever other fun events that I find in our area. I haven't gone as far as decorating my house yet, but I have a feeling that I will next year!

Last weekend, I took the boys on a hayride and pumpkin picking as part of our Fall tradition. We searched and searched for the perfect pumpkin to carve. I've never carved a pumpkin before (I know shocking, right?), but I treated it like a scrapbooking project and this is how it turned out. Really cute for my first try, right? It originally had 6 teeth, but I accidentally knocked out 3 of them as I wiped away some of the excess guts.


Today, I need to put on my endurance shoes and my patient panties, along with my witches' hat because the boys and I are going to 3 parties! That's a lot of running around...and a lot of kids all hyped up on sugar, mine included!! LOL!!

Not only is Halloween one of my favorite holidays, it's also one that I love making crafts for!! I swear I buy as many Halloween products and I do Christmas products.

I made these little pumpkin treat holders for Donovan to give to his classmates today. Each pumpkin houses a bag of chocolate covered pretzels...our fave!! YUMMY! I used my cricut to cut the eyes and freestyled the mouth.


Here are a couple more that I made for Purple Cows using the 2-in-1 trimmer and the straight and scoring blades. You can decorate them using cardstock, as I did in the previous photo or patterned paper as seen here. These are so versatile, just change up the colors to create your favorite ghouls (see the little Frankenstein in the back?). For complete instructions to recreate these treat holders, chick HERE.


I recently made this LO featuring Xander last Halloween for Creative Imaginations using Samantha Walker's new Harvest line. He was all decked out in his little Frankenstein costume that once belonged to his big brother. Isn't he adorable?

For complete instructions to recreate this layout, click HERE.


This final project is not a Halloween project, but it features my 2 favorite little ghouls in the whole wide world!!


I created this for gonescrapbooking/examiner.com. Here some close-up of the details and those fabulous My Mind's Eye products.





Thanks so much for stopping by the blog today! I hope these Halloween projects have inspired you to dig in your Halloween stash.

Have a safe and HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!! Don't forget to check back on Monday for a "hair raising" giveaway!

Pink Ninja Addicts Blog Hop

It's time for another FUN blog hop with Pink Ninja Addicts!!

Here are the rules:

• You have be a pink ninja addict follower

• You have to follow ninja master nely, ninja master ally as well as ninja star carries blogs. {ninja star gloria doesn't have a followers list}
• You have to rock the adorable ninja with the long eye lashes on your blog. Grab the code and wear her loud and proud!!!
• You must make a post on your blog about PNA and this blog hop to enter

You will be entered to win an awesome prize from the ninja masters!

Anyone who posts here and follows this blog (or is already a blog follower) will also be placed into a random drawing to win a separate RAK from me!!!

You have until Saturday, July 31st to enter and spread the word. A winner will be chosen the following day and will be posted on the Pink Ninja Addict's blog some time shortly after.

Now hop along and have fun!!!

ninja master ally
ninja master nely
ninja star gloria
ninja star carrie
ninja in the spotlight...that's me!

I had an AMAZING time working with this month's kit. All of the robots inspired me to create this little ditty for my boys. I also took inspiration from my talented friend Jennifer and dug in my chipboard stash to find pieces that I could form into a robot. I covered each piece with patterned paper, glitter, and ink to bring my robot to life.

Here are some close-ups. The arms and legs on this robot are movable.




Thanks so much for joining us along this blog hop!!

Special thanks to Ally and Nely for having me as the ninja in the spotlight!!

Have a fab day!!