Christine's Creative Nook

  Hello my crafty friends, Today I have another Acetate Diamond Window card for you.  I have changed up size on this one so it fits in 6" X 6"  clear acetate box to keep postage down.    I was selected to be the Featured Artist on Splitcoaststampers Featured Stamper Challenge so I have made this card which was inspired by a couple other cards I have created changing size and flowers. Finished card base is 5-1/2" X 6"  Card base was inspired by Sam Calcott her video can be found here   My card pieces started as 6" X 6"( I think she used 8"X8") so my diamond dies ( Spellbinders Essential Diamonds)   that I used for this smaller card were the 4th, 5th and 6th largest. Using Spellbinders Susan's Garden Spider Mum S5-576 from the Victorian  Garden Release I cut 1 mum from Foamarin craft foam colored with OLO marker R1.7 and shaped with fingers then built flower using Kids Choice Glue.  This is my very first foam flower. Lily of the Valley were

Hello my crafty friends! Today I have an Acetate Window Card which ( Sam Calcott does Hexagon but I love the Diamond) adorned with the  S4-1235 Magnolia   and S4-1278 Lemon Verbena from Spellbinders / Susan's Garden new release Victorian Garden along with S4-1234 Carolina Allspice from Painters Garden release and S4-1114 Winter Bough from Holiday release release. Sam CalCott YouTube video for Hexagon Acetate Window card found here .  She uses Hexagons I used Diamonds and my cardstock I cut 7" X 7" but followed her directions, I created 1 Magnolia , 2 Carolina Allspice , Lemon Verbena and Winter Bough cutting from Susan's Specialty Paper coloring with alcohol markers and shaping with Susan's Ultimate Tool kit and her new Flower Mold Tray .  YouTube Videos Magnolia and Lemon Verbena found here Carolina Allspice found here Winter Bough found here Using Kids Choice Glue I attach my flowers and foliage to left side of window starting with  Winter Bough

Hello my crafty friends! Today I have another card for you that has been created using Spellbinders/Susan's Garden newest release Victorian Garden Collection .  My card is a Floating Double Panel Card (Sam Calcott) and adorned with Camellia and Lavender. My card is a 6" X 6" (Sam Calcott die in 5" X 7") so here are the dimensions I used. Card base 6" X 6" gold mirror card cut 5-3/4" X 5-3/4" adhered to card front using Clear Double Sided Adhesive .  Pattern paper (P13 Time to Relax -06) cut 5-1/2" X 5-1/2" adhered to card front using Clear Double Sided Adhesive . Panels 1 cut from white cardstock 3-1/2" X 5-1/2" mirror card cut 3-1/4" X 5-1/4" then embossed using Spellbinders E3D-030 Leafy embossing folder then attached to white panel using Clear Double Sided Adhesive .  Second panel should be 1-3/4" X 5-1/4" (I cut on 5" it works but should have been just 1/4" longer).  Pattern paper s

Hello my crafty friends! Today I have another card using a couple of Spellbinders/Susan's Garden newest release Victorian Garden .  I have used S5-576 Spider Mum and S4-1278 Victorian Foliage along with S4-1079 Foliage & Ladybug from Autumn Flora Collection .  Spellbinders S5-394 Nobel Chatelaine was used to create corner pieces.  Paper is P13- Farm Sweet Farm -03 . Card base and frame is 6" X 6" Susan has done the frame on her Facebook Live and here  is a link.  I believe Susan's frame was 8" X 8" so here are the dimensions I used for my 6" X 6".  I cut 4 pieces 6" X 3-1/4" and scored all at 3/4",  1-1/4", 2", 2-1/2"  When making the cut outs on each piece I came down 3/4" instead of 1".   From white cardstock with double sided adhesive decorative pieces were cut using a die from Spellbinders S5-394 Nobel Chatelaine then cut in half and trimmed to make corner pieces then attached to frame corners

Hello my crafty friends! Fun card I have created to welcome my great nephew.  It is another card combing my two favorite designers Susan Tierney-Cockburn and Karen Burniston .  I have used Spellbinders/Susan's Garden Club Lily of the Valley S4-1085 Spring Flora Collection along with Spellbinders Essential Diamonds and Fluted Classic Rectangles and I have used  Karen Burniston's 1226 Surprise Cube Pop   Up 1155 Welcome & Shadow and 1227 Slider Box decorative pieces.  I don't usually use wet glue but I tried on this card and I am not happy because the card curls up a little. so I will go back to Clear Double Sided Tape even though you don't have the wiggle room like you do with wet glue. The paper I have used is an old reflections paper pack  Close To My Heart called Babycakes . The letters on blocks were from my stash had them cut in white so colored them with a matching alcohol ink.  I printed off baby's name etc onto cardstock then die cut using Spell

Hello My Crafty Friends, Today I am posting a card I created using Spellbinders/Susan's Garden brand new Release Victorian Garden .  I have  chosen to use S6-207 Mason Jar & Lavender die set .  Card base is 5" X 7" created from 110# cardstock.  Pattern paper cut 4-3/4" x 6-3/4" (P13 "Till we meet again -05" used here) adhered using Double Sided Adhesive. Window was cut from a wood print cardstock using Say It With Stamps and Dies by Becky Moore.  I did a little water color scene and cut to fit behind window along with a piece of clear cardstock. I did 4 stems of Lavender.  Susan's YouTube video for creating the Lavender found     here. Using clear cardstock I cut 2 Mason Jars colored back of 1 and front of the other with blue alcohol marker.  I added the stems between the jars and adhered the 2 jars together leaving top open using Bearly Art Glue and clipping together to dry.  I bent the jar a little with my fingers to get it to curve a bi

Hello my crafty friends! Today I have a card I created for you combining dies from Spellbinders/Susan's Garden and pop up dies from KB Riley & Company.  I created this card for the wonderful lady that owns the nursery where I buy my plants she just turned 80. My card is a 6" X 6" card base with a belly band which is adorned with Spellbinders/Susan's Garden S4-1234 Carolina Allspice from The Painters Garden Collection, S5-507 Floribunda Rose from Garden Gate Collection and  Eucalyptus from Foliage & Ladybug S4-1079 Autumn Flora Collection. S4-1151 Fluted Classic Squares by Spellbinders was used on the belly band for the flowers.  Flowers were cut from Spellbinders/Susan's Garden Specialty Paper colored with alcohol markers and shaped using Spellbinders Susan's Garden Ultimate Tool Kit.  They were all built and attached using Kids Choice Glue.  Susan's YouTube videos for creating these flowers are as follows - Floribunda Rose  Carolina Allspice   Eu