Hello wonderful people.  Chrissy Mac here with a custom 5" x 7" card project using gold, more gold and some more gold, playing off of the natural craft paper color.  I had two patterned thick papers that I wanted to work with that started me on the "golden" path.  One with the gold foiled arrows pattern and one with a gold foil diamond pattern.  And thus began my card making journey.

This was the result of that journey.  Because I was using so much of the gold and natural tan, I needed a heavy color for contrast and somehow ended up with black since my base card was white and no other color was working for me, but I think any deep, vibrant or rich color could work too.

In the center of the larger flower from the ever so useful Cheery Lynn Designs Floral Bouquet Kit Die Set (each flower with one black cut and one gold paper cut) I ended up using the smallest star die and curling it star points up that provided a tie in to the larger stars in the center and in black to tie in with the black flower layer.  The stars cut in graduating sizes worked well with the gold theme and provided the perfect area for my "wishing you well" sentiment stamp.  I used the following Cheery Lynn dies:

Above are the products that I started off with. The Pierced Stars comes in a set of 6, that have just been released last month.

I applied Gesso onto a piece of 8 1/2 x 11 white cardstock with a paint brush. I then randomly added Gelatos and blended with my finger.


With a few stencils and a baby wipe, I removed some colour. I also added a few stamps with Navy ink to my background.

I placed my Cheery Lynn Dies on top of my background and die cut using the Ebosser.


I cut my sentiment from White cardstock and a matte from Navy Cardstock using the using Pierced Stacker #2 die. I sewn the base and a little here and there with my sewing machine. I outlined and created faux stitches around a few of my Pierced Stars and Pierced Stacker #2  with my Black and White pens to draw focus.

I hope that today's post shows you another reason that Cheery Lynn's Dies are a versatile must have. With so many dies, the possibilities are endless!