Christine's Creative Nook

Hello my crafty friends! Today I have a very simple card for you.  It is a Z Fold adorned with Spellbinders Susan's Garden Echinacea S4-1437 from her Summer Solstice Collection. Card base was cut from black cardstock cut 12" X 6" scored at 3" and 6" folded on score lines mountain fold and valley fold.  I  cut 2pc of deep pink cardstock 2-3/4" X 5-3/4" and 1 pc 5-3/4" square then adhered to card base.  Next I cut 2 pc of patterned paper 2-1/2" X 5-1/2" and 1 pc 5-1/2" square and adhered to pink cardstock.  Next I used Spellbinders Essential Diamonds S5-525 to cut 2 diamonds from white cardstock using largest die then I used largest and next to the largest nested together to cut 2 thin frames.  I stamped sentiment on 1 of the white diamonds then adhered the frames to both white diamond pieces.  with card closed I added liquid adhesive to just the left half of back of diamond then adhering to center of card being very careful there was...

Hello my crafty friends! Today I have a card for you adorned with Spellbinders Susan's Garden Petunia S4-1434 from the Summer Solstice Release, Tassel Flower S4-1482 from Serenity Garden Release, the Galvanized Wash Bucket S5-615 from Through the Arbor Release and the berries are just from a berry branch I bought at Hobby Lobby.  I tried very hard to get the true color but I just couldn't get my phone camera to pick up the true purple color that they actually are.  I find Blue & Purple very hard to photograph. My card is a simple tent fold 6" X 6" I created from 100# cardstock.  The designer paper is P13  03 Till We Meet Again cut 5-3/4" square and adhered to card front.  The white frame was created using a square die measuring approximately 5-1/2" outside dimension and inner die 5".  I lined dies up used Washi tape to hold together so I could cut frame from white cardstock and adhered to card front. The Wash Bucket is Spellbinders Susan's Garde...

Hello my crafty friends! Today I have a card I created called Triple Diamond Stepper Card by Sam Calcott  - Sam's YouTube video can be found here .  I know mine is not diamonds but because of the directional pattern on my paper I chose to just use squares.  I used Spellbinders Susan's Garden Tassel Flower S4-1482 and Poetic Foliage S3-558 to adorn the card. Card base created using Sam Calcott's YouTube video linked above.  Once again I have used Ella & Viv Love Grows Here Field of Flowers (I just love this paper). The Tassel Flowers and Foliage were cut from Spellbinders Susan's Garden Specialty Paper, colored with Olo Markers then shaped using Spellbinders Susan's Garden Deluxe Tool Kit.  The link for creating Tassel Flowers can be found here  The Happy Birthday is a Karen Burniston Die Cut. Thank you for stopping by today I hope it has been inspiring. Until next time - Happy Creating! Christine You only live once if you live right once is eniugh! Unkn...

Hello my crafty friends! Today I have another birthday card using Karen Burniston's Lorna Label Pop Up #1266 and  Happy Birthday Lorna Add-ons #1276 and adorned it with Spellbinders Susan's Garden Primrose S2-447. Card base is 5" X 5"  cut yellow cardstock 5" X 10" score at 5" fold on score line.  3 pc of pattern paper ( I used Ella & Viv Love Grows Here Field of Flowers) cut 4-3/4" square adhered to front, back and bottom inside and 1pc 4-3/4"  X 2" for top inside. Karen Burniston's YouTube video for constructing the Lorna Label can be found here For the front of card I created 9 Primrose Flowers and a bunch of leaves colored to match paper.  They were cut from Susan's Specialty Paper colored with Olo Markers and shaped using Susan's Deluxe Tool Kit.   The Primrose were arranged and attached with Kids Choice Glue to front of card.  Susan's YouTube for creating Primrose can be found here Thank you for stopp...

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...