Christine's Creative Nook

Hello My Crafty Friends!  Today I have a "Creative Fold" Card for you today.  Susan Tierney-Cockburn did it October 26th on her Garden Club Live .  My card in a card I did as a diamond shape.  I haven't decided on type of card it will be so I have left off sentiment. For the card base here is a link to Susan's Live for creating.   https://www.facebook.com/SusansGardenClub/videos/1054692738535662 The white cardstock layer was embossed using Spellbinders Essential Diamonds S5-525 . Using Spellbinders Susan's Garden S4-1074 Button & Daisy Mum die set cut 3 Button Mums from Susan's Specialty Paper.  Mine have been colored for a while so I can't remember which Copic Markers I used.  They were shaped using Spellbinders Susan's Garden Ultimate Tool Kit .  You can find Susan's YouTube Video for creating Button Mums here . I used 2 different green cardstock to cut the Berry Branch and the Eucalyptus from Spellbinders Susan's Garden die...

  Hello my crafty friends! Today I have my 4th Breast Cancer Survivor Card.  It is a Triple Diamond Card a fun and easy card to make. Card Base White Cardstock 1 pc 6" X 12"  Scored at 6" and folded on score line then burnish for crisp fold.  Cut 2" off from bottom of card front then cut into (3) 2" squares.  1 pc 1-1/2" square 2 pcs 3-1/2" X 5-1/2" Black Matte  Cardstock 1 pc 5-3/4" square 1 pc 3-3/4" x 5-3/4" 3 pcs 1-3/4" square Using Clear Double Sided Adhesive attach 5-3/4" square black cardstock to inside of card.  Attach white 3-1/2" X 5-1/2" to top of black inside card.  Attach 3-3/4" X 5-3/4" black cardstock to top of card front.  Adhere white 3-1/2" X 5-1/2" cardstock over black cardstock on front.  Adhere the black 1-3/4" squares to 2" squares.  Stamped sentiment on white 1-1/2" square (diamond) in black Momento Ink.  Lay the 2 diamond pieces on card front  fa...

Welcome My Crafty Friends, October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month so PLEASE if you haven't had your mammogram yet schedule it today! A few years ago I started making a couple of cards each October to send to different survivors (not necessarily breast cancer but cancer survivors) so today I have my first one for October 2020. For my card I used Susan's Garden Club Autumn Flora Button & Daisy Mum set and Foliage & Ladybug set along with one of Becca Feeken's die sets . My sentiment is from a stamp set I bought several years ago it is a fundraiser for the Breast Cancer Research Foundation and is still available from ellenhutson.com . Card base is 6"x6" created from white cardstock. Pink cardstock was cut 5-3/4" square then embossed. Clear Double Sided Adhesive was used to adhere to card front. Berry Branch from Foliage & Ladybug set was cut twice from green cardstock then adhered together with Kids Choice Glue . Shaded with a little ...