Cheery Lynn and Prickley Pear – A Winning Combination!

Hi Everyone,

It’s Joann with you today and I have a fun little project to share using my Cheery Lynn dies and some of the lovely Prickley Pear stamps and coordinating dies.  Yes, it’s a folding purse!  You can find more info on it here.

As you know, this week we have been enjoying this lovely joint venture with Prickly Pear.  I hope you have been enjoying the wonderful creations made by both DT’s and we have provided you with some inspiration.  If you haven’t done so already, do pop over to the Prickly Pear Blog to see what their DT has created for you.  You will be so glad you did!

Also don’t forget to comment on  Tamara’s Sunday post for a chance to win a $20 gift certificate to the Cheery Lynn Designs Store and also the Prickley Pear Blog for other lovely prizes.

Here are a few more pictures of my purse:

and here it is what it looks like open.  I really love that you can use a variety DP’s to decorate.

I really do love the way this little purse came together however,  I do have a suggestion for you…  If you are planning to make this, I suggest you make the top flap an 1/2 inch longer and score a 1/2 flat piece at the top so that you have somewhere to attach the handle.  I think this might make it easier to close : )

Here’s a list of the dies used for this project:

B152 – Miniature Rose
B154 – Medium Rose
B155 – Large Rose
B309 – Sweethearts Edger
DL129 – Border Carnivale
DL241 – Ambergris Doily w/ Angel Wing
Prickly Pear – D015 Blobby Flowers
Prickly Pear – Blobby Flowers Clear Stamps Set
Prickly Pear – D013 Scalloped Circle
Prickly Pear – Dragonflies Clear Stamps Set

I hope you can find some time to visit the challenge this week and put in your entry where the theme is Roses!  With your entry you will have a chance to win a $20.00 shopping spree at Cheery Lynn Designs!

Thank you so much for taking the time to visit my blog.  I hope you enjoyed and visit again soon.  I love to read your comments, they just make my day!

Anchors Away!

Hi Everyone,

The theme this week is Make it Manly so I thought that this would be a good time to make a Fathers Day Card.

I used the Mayflower and added the waves from the At The Beach set to make the ship look like it is sailing.  For the base I colored the Sailing Ship / Compass Embossing Plate with distressed ink before I embossed it and finished it off with a Sand Dollar from the Sand Dollar and Starfish set.

here is a closeup

Here’s a list of the dies used for this project:

B226 – Happy (Set of 2)
B236 – Day (Set of 2)
B246 – Fathers Mix and Match Words
B276 – Mayflower
B279 – Sand Dollar and Starfish
C143 – At The Beach (waves only)
E121 – Sailing Ship / Compass Embossing Plate

I hope you can find some time to visit the challenge this week and put in your entry where the theme is Make it Manly!  With your entry you will have a chance to win a $20.00 shopping spree at Cheery Lynn Designs!

Thank you so much for taking the time to visit my blog.  I hope you enjoyed and visit again soon.  I love to read your comments, they just make my day!

Scor-Pal Card with Gift

Hello again everyone,

It’s Joann here again with another fun project for you.  Today I would like to show you a card idea that also incorporates a slide-out drawer for a gift.

The idea came from a card that I recently did that held 4 tea lights.  You can see it here.  I wanted to create something to hold more than 4 tea lights but you can customize it to hold whatever you desire by simply altering the size of the drawer.

Here is my finished project:

And here is what it looks like open

And as a bonus there is a surprise inside

To make this card follow these simple instructions:

1.  Start with a piece of 7 ¾ x 7 ¾ cardstock and with the card stock placed on the Right side of your Scor-Pal (I like to score from the right side, I find it easier) scor on the 10 ½ and 11 ¼ marks on all 4 sides and then discard the shaded portions.

2.  Using another piece of card stock 6 ⁵/₈ x 12 inches, place the card stock with the sort side up and scor on the ⁷/₈ and 1 ¾ marks.  Next rotate the card stock and scor on the 4 ⁷/₈, 5 ¾, 10 ⁵/₈ and 11 ½ marks and then discard the shaded portions.  Since some of the scor marks are not on the Scor-Pal you will have to move your paper so that where you want to scor matches up with one of the channels.

3.  To form the drawer, simply fold on the scor lines to make the sides and glue the tabs to the adjacent side for the box.  I like to make an extra flap that I fold down so that the edges of the box is 2 layers thick for extra strength.

4.  Next to form the sleeve,  I designed it so that only one side was open.  Simply fold on the shorter scor lines to make the sleeve and glue the end with the extra flaps shut.  This way your drawer will not fall out by accident.  In order for the drawer to slide in and out easily I added ¹/₈ inches to each section so as long as you add a little more for the sleeve you can customize this for anything that you want.

5.  To make the card portion I cut my die twice.  Then cut a strip of paper 4 ¾ x 2 ¾ inches and scor it on the short side at 1 and then 1¾ marks.  This will allow the card top and bottom to wrap around the drawer.  Placed the drawer so that you have to open the card to open the drawer so it does not open by accident.

I also decided to make this an easel card for a little more punch but this is totally up to you : )  Whatever you decide, have fun with it!

Thanks so much for visiting my blog and I hope you can come back and visit again soon!