Christine's Creative Nook

Welcome my crafty friends! Today my post is a card I designed for Elizabeth Craft Designs Design Team.  This card is posted on Elizabeth Craft Designs Blog with a full tutorial. Elizabeth Craft Designs Supplies Other Supplies Cardstock - 2 shades of green Nuvo Crystal Drops - Rhubarb Crumble Copic Markers Embossing Folder - Wood Grain used here

  Welcome my crafty friends! It is once again time for another Elizabeth Craft Designs Design Team Challenge and a chance to win.   Click here Elizabeth Craft Designs Blog to check out all of the other Design Teams Designs. ******************* For today's challenge Elizabeth Craft Designs are giving away a $20 Gift Card to use on our website to 3 winners .  To enter simply leave a comment on the Elizabeth Craft Designs Facebook Giveaway Blog Post or the   Elizabeth Craft Designs Challenge post   and tell us  What Elizabeth Craft Designs dies or stamp sets would you use with the Scissor Spring Mechanism die set to create a card, scrapbook layout or home decor item? We will select 3 lucky winners in a random drawing The winners will be announced on Friday, April 20th on the Elizabeth Craft Designs Blog and our Facebook page. *****************   Our challenge this month is to use the Scissor Spring Mechanisms by Becky .  My card that I chose to do is an open box card that my friend j

Hello my crafty friends! Well this is week 14 of a Christmas Card Challenge I am in with Card Making Tips group on Facebook.  With this post I am caught up with posting my cards so you will only see 1 Christmas card post from me a week for now.  This weeks challenge is Snowy Trees - not decorated.  Elizabeth Craft Designs had the perfect die set for this plus their new Happy Frame which I am loving. Here is a quick tutorial on how I made this card. Step 1   Using Becky Seddon's Reindeer Die Set cut 9 or 10 trees from dark green cardstock and 3 snow mounds from white cardstock.  Using a pallet knife add Snow Accents to snow mounds and trees set aside to dry.   Note: With this snow be careful on snow mounds to keep away from each end and the bottom  edge as the frame will not lay flat against card and adhere. Step 2    Using ModaScraps Happy Frame Die Set cut 4 pieces to make frame from navy cardstock.  Crease all fold lines using bone folder.  Cut to 6" cutting on straig

Week 13 was Four Calling Birds!

Welcome My Crafty Friends, Here you go with 10,11 and 12 almost caught up! Week 10 - 3 French Hens Week 11 - Christmas Lights Week 12 - A Post Box Thanks for stopping by today - Happy Crafting! Christine

Welcome once again my crafty friends! As you can see there is quite a variety of Christmas cards so far. Week 7 - Two Turtle Doves Week 8 - Animals but not Reindeer (I know I know technically it is a bird but I am not only one that used a penguin and he is so cute). Week 9 - Card for Baby / Small Child Thanks for stopping by - hope you enjoyed! Until next time - Happy Crafting Christine

  Welcome My Crafty Friends, Today are the next 3 Christmas Cards in the challenge I am doing on Facebook Page Card Making Tips.  It will be nice to know I will have 50 cards done by end of challenge if I do 1 a week.   Week 4 - Sketch Number 1   Week 5 - Anything Goes Week 6 - A Round Card   Thanks for stopping by and until next time - Happy Crafting! Christine        

       Welcome my crafty friends! I know I know it is spring we are sick of winter but it is truly not too early to start making your Christmas Cards - I never seem to allow myself enough time and therefore seem to fail at sending out cards so this year I have decided to do my very first challenge in card making - I am doing a Christmas Card Challenge through Card Making Tips on Facebook.  I was quite apprehensive at first as I design for Elizabeth Craft Designs and was afraid I would not be able to keep up but this challenge is wonderful - no pressure really (only what you might put on yourself) because there is no set amount to do you can do all or just some.  I am finding I am using my Cricut Air (which has been sitting idle) along with my dies and other things I have had in my stash. We are in Week 14 and I am pleased to say that I have stayed caught up but have not taken the time to post them to my blog so I have decided to group 3 cards a day to post on my blog. Week 1 - Christma

Hello my crafty friends! Today my post is a card I designed using a picture from Facebook as my inspiration and a little hope that we shall see tulips coming up here in Maine soon even though as I am looking out my window it is snowing hard. Here is how the card was made. Step 1   - Card Base is 6" X 6".  Cut dark chocolate Soft Finish Cardstock 6" X 12" score at 6" fold on score line.  Cut white Soft Finish Cardstock 5-1/2" X 5-1/2" adhere to card front using Clear Double Sided Adhesive .   Using largest ' die cut patterned paper (5-1/4" square) ( ModaScrap - Wood Effects used here).  Adhere to card front using Clear Double sided Adhesive . Step 2   Cut circle frame from white Soft Finish Cardstock using 2 largest ModaScrap Dashing Circle dies.  Lay dies onto cardstock on cutting plate lining them up evenly spaced put little removable tape to hold in place die cut.  Save the inner circle for another project adhere frame to card front