Christine's Creative Nook

Hello my crafty friends! My card today is a simple 5" X 7" Birthday Card.  Spellbinders Susan's Garden Astrantia S5-711 was used along with some pieces of berry branch that I actually got from floral clearance at Hobby Lobby. Card base cut 100# cardstock 10" X 7" score 10" at 5" fold on score line.  Next layer was 4-3/4" X 6-3/4" adhered to card front.  Pattern Paper was cut 4-1/2" X 6-1/2" adhered to card front.  The oval die cut from my stash which was adhered to card front.  Happy Birthday was stamped on white cardstock using black ink then a piece of the colored cardstock was cut 1/4" larger and adhered the Happy Birthday to it. I created the Astrantia die cutting from Susan's Specialty Paper and using Susan's Deluxe Tool Kit to shape.  Susan's YouTube video for this flower can be found here   I colored my Astrantia to resemble the "Buckland" variety although it didn't photograph the color wel...

Hello My Crafty Friends! Finally I am getting around to posting some of my cards that I have made the last couple of months it has been a busy time for me.  I have had many requests for cards plus I have had cards I need for family members. My card today is a card that was requested for a dear friend's daughter's graduation.  She just left it up to me other than color.  It is a Z Fold card and I used Spellbinders Essential Arches Etched die set but any arch set would do.  I have adorned the card with Spellbinders Susan's Garden Love in a Mist  S3-559 and Wild Violet S-3569 both from the Poet's Garden release.  I created Love in a Mist and Wild Violets following Susan's YouTube videos linked below Love in a Mist video Wild Violet video I stamped Graduate in black ink on white cardstock then die cut to attach to front.  The inside sentiment is a free printable one that I got off the internet printed on white cardstock and die cut with the largest arch di...

  Welcome my crafty friends! Today my card I created has spring wildflowers we have here in Maine.  As I was looking around our new home this spring I saw the Dog Tooth Violets / Yellow Trout Lilies  growing on the edge of the  woods and thought that would be a great flower to create to go with the Forget Me Nots and the Lily of the Valley .  Susan doesn't have a die for it but decided to challenge myself to see if I could recreate them.   I picked some of them brought them in and started going through my dies and came up with some I thought would work. For the  Dog Tooth Violet / Yellow Trout Lily I used S2-376 Blackeye Susan from Birds & Bees Collection , S4-1235 Magnolia from Victorian Garden Collection and of course for the other two flowers I used Spellbinders Susan's Garden S4-1085  Lily of the Valley from Spring Flora Collection ,  S2-340 Forget Me Not from Garden Gate Collection .   I created a 5" X 7" card b...

  The real deal! I just want to say I am not a tutorial writer I have only done this to give you an idea of  how I did it but I am sure someone will figure out a better way. Using the petal die from  the Spellbinders Susan's Garden S2-376 Blackeye Susan set I cut several sets of petals using Spellbinders Susan's Garden Speciality Paper.  I colored my petals using Olo Y1.2 I added a little brown PanPastel to center area  Next I used the large ball stylus to cup them (right side down on molding mat not shown her) next I placed on my speedball mat and pierced the centers for the floral wire. I inserted the floral wire (approximately 4-5" long as to make sure you have enough then when flower is assembled you can cut off extra) into the hole from outside in and twisted wire with pliers to keep it inside.   once wires were inserted I formed flower with my fingers and inserted into the 1/4" hole of Susan's flower mold  then spritzed lightly with water an...

 Hi my crafty friends! Just thought I would post a couple of popup cards I created in a class I took with Karen Burniston . no tutorials but just fun cards.  Karen has the most amazing interactive dies I have ever seen. Pop Up Grasshopper Ladybug Pop Thanks for stopping by today!!! Christine You only live once if you live right once is enough! Unknown

  Hello my crafty friends! My card today is a Secret Slider Card that Susan Tierney-Cockburn did on April 9, 2026 on her Garden Club 2 "Live" .  My card is a 6" X 6" her card was 8-1/2" by 6".  I have chosen Spellbinders Susan's Garden Cosmo S4-1436 from the Summer Solstice Collection (colored as the Apricotta Cosmo although the coloring doesn't show up well in picture).  I also used the Winter Bough & Evergreen Shrubs set S4-1114 from the Holiday Collection . I created my card just as Susan did changing only the cardstock size for base and the slider.  I cut the cardstock for base 6" x 12" and the slider piece was cut 5-1/2" X 3-1/4" and adjusted the designer paper sizes accordingly.  I used white 100# cardstock for card base and slider the designer paper I used was P13 Secret Garden-07and for Tin Can P13 MaxiCreative pad Pastel Walls .  Spellbinders Notched Corners Frames S5-602 was used to cut the Tin Can.  Susan...