Christine's Creative Nook

  Hello my crafty friends! My card today is a simple Z Fold card adorned with flowers I created using Spellbinders Susan's Garden Wild Violets S3-569 from the latest release Poet's Garden and Anemone S2-440 from the release Summer Solstice .  The Decorative die cut is an old Spellbinders die set  Doily Round S5-406. The card base was cut 6" X 12" from 110# white cardstock and scored at 3" and 6".  Mountain fold at 3" and Valley Fold at 6".  Pattern paper  1 pc 5-3/4" square and 2 pc 2-3/4" X 5-3/4" adhered to corresponding panels.  Using Spellbinders Doily Round Die set I cut 1 lacy round and 1 solid round from white cardstock and 1 solid of colored cardstock.  I adhered the lace piece to the solid colored piece then adhered the left side only to front 3" section.  I added my sentiment to the solid white piece and using Beacon 3-in-1 adhesive adhered to inside of card lining it up with the front piece (using the liquid glue ...

Hello My Crafty Friends! My card today I created for a dear friend and former co-worker that just lost her husband. It is a 5 X 7 card with basket weave background.  Susan did this background technique on her Susan's Garden Club 2 Facebook Live February 5th which is found here .  I chose to cut 9 strips  to cover the card front 8 to weave and 1 I cut pieces to fill the gaps.  I used the Love-in-a-Mist S3-559 from Spellbinders Susan's Garden latest release Poet's Garden .  I also used Gingko S4-1278   from the Victorian Garden Release and the berry branch for the  Arrowwood Viburnum S3-516 from the Winter's Grace Release.  the vessel for my flowers is a die cut from my stash.  I used Spellbinders Essential Modern Ovals S4-1266 (2nd and 3rd smallest sizes) for the sentiment. I shaped the vessel with my fingers to give it a curve added a couple dimensional tabs lower center on the back then added glue on very edge of both sides and attac...