Flutterby Butterfly

Happy Monday everyone!! I have some really fun projects to share today! The Design Team over at Cheery Lynn Designs has been having a fun time creating with the most popular type of die...the butterflies! Oh yeah! We were challenged to think of some out of the box ways to use these dies and I'm sure you will find some inspiration in each and every project posted this week.

I created a set of magnets using the Exotic Butterfly Large #1, Exotic Butterfly Large #2, and Exotic Butterfly Large #3. I die cut each of the butterflies from a thin piece of chipboard (cereal boxes would work great for this) and 2 pieces of Basic Grey patterned paper for each butterfly magnet. I adhered the patterned die cuts to the front and back of the chipboard die cut using mod podge. Once dried, I added magnets to the back and pearls (that i made brown using alcohol inks) to the front. These were so super easy to create... I see another batch coming soon!

Here are close-ups of each butterfly magnet:




Cheery Lynn Designs has a bunch of brand new butterflies dies in store in different sizes, but there's also an oldie but goodie in the store!! The Dimensional Butterfly Bundles are still some of my favorite dies.

I die cut a few from Lily Bee papers and used them to embellish this birdcage along with a bunch of amazing new Petaloo flowers. I also used the largest die from the Classic Circles Nesting Die set to die cut a circle to line the bottom of the cage.

As you can see here, the amount of of dimension you get with these dies is just remarkable!



Petaloo Products used:

Canterbury Collection

Canterbury Roses x 6 Lemon (Yellow)

Canterbury Roses x 6 (Teal)

Mini Canterbury Asst. x 9 (Lemon Yellow)

Mini Canterbury Asst. x 9 (Marine Blue)

Flowering Vine Spray (Yellow)

Trumpet Vine Spray (Teal)

Devon Collection

Petites Mini Rose Clusters (Blue)

Petites Mini Rose Clusters (Yellow/Gold)

Glitter Critters Butterflies Dragonflies (Wht/Lt.Blu)

Thanks for stopping in! Have a wonderful week!!

Brand New From CLD

Cheery Lynn Designs recently released 27 new dies/sets!! Stop by the blog to see what the DT has created with the new dies.

In addition to the new releases, CLD is going to give one lucky person a $25 shopping spree at Cheery Lynn Designs!! All you have to do is comment on each post between May 1st and May 8th!

I created the following 2 projects using Lily Bee Designs Happily Lost line:

New dies used: Judy's Blooms, Ribbon Eyelet Border with Piercing, Darling Daisies, Sweet Williams, Fanciful Flourish

additional dies used: Frills and Hearts Border, Pennant Die, Little Stackers French Flair

close-ups




Dies used to create this card: Judy's Blooms and Ribbon Eyelet Border

Instead of using it the border as a whole, I cut it in half lengthwise and used it as a border on my card.

I just love the amount of detail in these dies!


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DT Projects Plus An Easy Technique

Good Tuesday morning everyone!!

Today, I want to share a couple of Design Team projects, including a quick and easy technique showing you how to add glittered polka dots to any of your projects, using Helmar Zapdots. Who doesn't live polka dots, right?

First up is a project featuring my 2 boys, Donovan and Xander, that I created for gonescrapbooking/examiner.com. I mixed products from several Pink Paislee and Basic Grey lines to create this layout.

journaling:
Sometimes being a brother is better than being a superhero. - Marc Brown

No matter which direction life takes you in, always remember to look after one another. Stick together and you can help each other through life's many obstacles. 9.7.10

Some detail close-ups




Next, I created my card using Preferred Partner Products from Lily Bee Design, Clearsnap, PK Glitz, Hambly, and Maya Road, along with Helmar Zapdots and Professional Acid Free Glue.

1. I Started by randomly placing the zapdots on my card.

2. I sprinkled glitter over the zapdots and then tapped off the excess.

3. The glitter adheres really well to the zapdots.

4. Tip: I heated the zapdots, as if embossing them, so that the glitter doesn't fall off over time.

Here's the finished project.

Thanks so much for stopping by the the blog today!! Happy scrapping!

Post 4th Update

I love holidays and the 4th of July is one of my favorites!! Not only do I get to visit with family, see fireworks (although not in recent years) and eat some yummy barbecue food, but I am reminded to be thankful. Thankful to have a roof over my head and food on my table, thankful for a loving husband and supportive family, thankful to God for blessing us with 2 beautiful boys. Thankful that I am able to make lemonade out of lemons and enjoy the time off from working. Thankful to live in a country where I am free to be me! I've said this before and I'll say it again...I know this country has its flaws, but there is nowhere else in the world I'd rather live than right here in the good old USA!!

Here's a banner that I created for Purple Cows in celebration of Independence Day. The teal paper photographed a little "greener" than it actually looks in real life, but you get the picture. To download full instructions for creating this project just head to Purple Cows blog.


Normally, I spend the holiday with my in-laws, but this year I took the boys to my cousin's house for a BBQ/pool party/graduation party. I haven't seen my extended family (on my mom's side) in so long and thought this was the perfect opportunity to do so. Everyone finally had a chance to meet Xander for the first time. I hate that I live so far and don't get a chance to see everyone as often as I'd like. I have to admit, I got a little sad when I saw all of my cousins' children...especially the little boys who were around my boys ages...thinking of all of the fun cousin stuff that they are missing out on by not etting together as often...

Donovan really enjoyed the pool!! Can you tell? He didn't even want to get out to eat which is saying a lot for a kid who asks for a snack every 10 minutes! He stayed in until it was dark outside. His fingers and toes were completely water logged!


Xander had a little taste of the water. He was upset because he thought he could go in like the big boys, but water was too deep for him.

I asked my nephew to take him for a ride on one of the boogie boards for a few minutes and he liked that a lot!

I think eventually, this cupcake won his attention and he forgot all about the pool!


Looking at the pictures of Donnie and Xan from the other day makes it hard to believe that they were once so tiny! I pulled out some photos of them as infants to use on this layout that I created for Creative Imaginations and Petaloo. Xander, on the left, was only 4 days old and Donovan was 3 weeks old.

For close-ups, directions and a supply list for creating this layout, click on Creative Imagination's blog.


Lastly, I'll leave you with a layout create for Helmar Adhesives. This is the first time that I've used Lily Bee Design papers...and I likey!!

I had a really hard time photographing this, but just imagine the background is mostly white...LOL! The photos are from Xander's 2nd birthday party. He cracks me up because he makes the most serious looking faces, even when playing, despite the fact that he's goofy as ever...when he wants to be.

To see close-ups and products used, click on Helmar's blog.


Hope all of my fellow Americans had a fabulous Independence Day!

Until next post...happy scrapping!