Christine's Creative Nook

  Hello My Crafty Friends! Still very busy working outside on my gardens but today was too wet to work outside so I worked inside in my paper garden. My card  I have for you today uses another die set from Spellbinders / Susan's Garden newest release Snow Garden .  I have used the Glory of the Snow such a sweet little flower. Card base is 5" X 7"  matted with copper foil cardstock cut 4-3/4" X 6-3/4" adhered to card front using Clear Double Sided Adhesive . Second mat was white cardstock cut 4-1/2" X 6-1/2" then embossed using Spellbinders 3D embossing folder E3D-039 Dimensional Diamonds and adhered to card front. Using Spellbinders S5-525 Essential Diamonds die set I used the largest die to cut a diamond from the copper foil cardstock and adhered to center of card. Using the 3rd largest die from Essential Diamonds I cut a white diamond then embossed with a dot embossing folder and adhered to center of copper diamond using dimensional tape. S1-

  Hello my crafty friends! It has been a while I have been very busy out in my yard.  Weather here in Central Maine has been crazy and our summer season is short. Today I have a card for you that features one of Spellbinders Susan's Garden newest release Snow Garden the SDS-187 Ornamental Kale / Cabbage along with S4-1073 Autumn Hydrangea from the Autumn Flora Collection and S4-1113 Winter Berry from Holiday Collection . Card Base - 6" X 6" tent fold Pink mat cut 5-3/4" X 5-3/4" adhered to card front using Clear Double Sided Adhesive. White mat cut 5-1/2" X 5-1/2" then embossed using Creative Expressions EF3D-056 Honeycomb Trellis embossing folder.  Mat adhered to card front Clear Double Sided Adhesive. The black medallion was cut from black cardstock using Spellbinders S5-431 Picot Petite Circles and adhered to card front using dimensional tape. Ornamental Kales was cut from Spellbinders Susan's Garden Specialty Paper colored with Olo Markers. 

Hello my crafty friends! Have been real busy in my yard so haven't been doing much paper garden but I have finally finished a couple of things. Today I have for you a Concertina Pop Up Card Susan did on her Facebook Live  a few weeks ago.  I haves used the following dies from Spellbinders / Susan's Garden S3-406 Kerria Japonica from Spring Flora,  S3-406 Button and Daisy Mum from Autumn Flora and Spellbinders S5-525 Essential Diamonds embossed with  EF3D-049 Twill Weave 3D Embossing Folder by Creative Expressions. The Paper I have used is P13 Hello Summer 03 .The paper has daisies and dandelions on it so I have used the Kerria Japonica for the dandelions and the mum die for the daisies along with wool roving for the spent dandelions. Finished card is 5" X 7" Card base video here Diamond shape was cut from green cardstock then next size down cut from white cardstock and embossed then adhered to the green diamond.  Using dimensional tape Diamond was attached to car

Hello My Crafty Friends! Well it is spring and I have been really busy doing outside gardening so not much time for paper gardening but we have had 4 days of rainy cold weather (and it is suppose to be this way into next week ugh!) so I jumped at chance to do paper gardening.  I have for you a 4 Drawer Box that Susan Tierney-Cockburn did on her Facebook Live recently.  Spellbinders / Susan's Garden Oriental Poppy S4-1078 Autumn Flora Collection, Gerber Daisy S5-531 Painter's Garden Collection  and Lavender S6-207 Victorian Garden Collection were used along with Lisa Horton Botanical Fern 3D Embossing Folder were used to decorate the top of the box.  The Designer Paper is Crafters Companion Nit Wit Bloom w/ Grace. For the box and drawers this is the link for instructions.  Finished size is 6-3/4" X 1-1/2" High.  Drawers (4) are 3" square and 1" high. YouTube Links for flowers Oriental Poppy link Gerber Daisy link Lavender link Box and drawers were cre

Hello my crafty friends! Sorry it has been a while since I have posted but this time of year is really busy for me trying to get my yard cleaned up, mulched, my garden people in place and annuals planted! Today I have for you a triple stack box adorned with Spellbinders Susan's Garden Floribunda Rose along with foliage.  This was a fun and easy box to create and has 2 places to place jewelry and or candy. Susan made this box on her "Facebook Live" a couple weeks ago the video can be found here .  Finished size is  5" square X  3-1/2" high. One compartment is 2" deep when closed the second one is 1" deep closed.  Spellbinder Susan's Garden dies etc  along with links to how to videos used for this project were: S5-507    Floribunda Rose from Garden Gate Collection video S4-1086  Ferns & Ivy from Spring Flora ( I used the Ostrich Fern) video S4-1079  Foliage & Lady Bug from Autumn Flora ( I used Berry Branch & Nandina) video E3D-033 3D E

  Hello my crafty friends! Wow Spring has finally come to Central Maine so I have been very busy with outside work like splitting hostas then planting them, mulching, getting out planters & my 50+ galvanized watering cans etc.  Hope your Spring is going well! Today I have done some paper gardening I have done another 3D Envelope Easel Card as a friend requested I make one to give to her Mother-In-Law.  For this card I have used Spellbinders / Susan's Garden Camilla S4-1233 and Lemon Verbena S4-1278 Victorian Foliage from the Victorian Garden Collection, Forget Me Not S2-340 and Bee Blossom S3-445 from Garden Gate Collection, Berry Branch from S4-1079 Foliage & Ladybug Autumn Flora Collection, Winter Bough from S4-1114 Winter Bough & Evergreen Shrubs Holiday Collection anf Ladder Fern from Ferns & Ivy Spring flora Collection.   Paper is Carta Bella Gather at Home and the stamp set is CTMH C1605 Happy to be Friends. The envelope card base was one Susan Tierney-Cockbu