Christine's Creative Nook

Welcome My Crafty Friends, Today I have my 5th and final Breast Cancer Survivor card for this year. I am happy and sad all at the same time. I am so thankful they have survived and I have them people to send cards to but sad that they have had to endure this terrible disease. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE if you have not had your mammogram yet make that appointment today it can save your life! Today my card is another shadowbox card which is so easy and fun to create. Susan's Autumn Flora Button & Daisy Mum set was used along with Foliage & Ladybug set. To create the shadowbox I went by Susan's Facebook Live on Susan's Garden Club which you can find here . Once my Shadowbox was completed I added to card front using Clear Double Sided Adhesive. Next I created 3 stems of Nandina and 2 stems of Eucalyptus which I arranged inside shadowbox attaching with Kids Choice Glue. I cut 3 Daisy Mums from white cardstock and colored centers with Copic RV52. Leaves were cut from ...

Welcome My Crafty Friends so glad you stopped by today! Today I have my 3rd Survivor card in honor of a breast cancer survivor. My card is a Z Fold card with Daisy Mums, Nandina an a bit of Lady's Thumb. Card base is a 6" Z Fold Card created using white cardstock cut 6" X 12" scored at 3" and 6" mountain fold at 3" score valley fold at 6". Cut band at 2" X 12" scored same as card base. Pattern paper was cut as follows 2 pieces 2-3/4" X 5-3/4" square, 1 piece cut 5-3/4" and 1 piece 1-3/4" X 12. Pattern pieces were adhered to their respective card base areas using clear double sided adhesive. Note: when adhering pattern paper to band keep in mind that the folds will be opposite from card ie 6" mountain fold and 3" valley fold. 6" section of band was adhered to left side of 3" section of card base using red line tape. then 3" section of band was adhered to right side of card the same w...

Hello My Crafty Friends, Today I have a card that was inspired by a picture I saw on Facebook. This is the inspiration pictur Inspiration Picture My card is 5" X 6-1/4" created from white cardstock cut 10" X 6-1/4" scored at 5". The bittersweet is something I like to make ahead so the Nuvo Drops have time to dry well. Susan has how to video on the berries here The brown bottle was created using Shrink Film. First I cut bottle on Cricut at 8" then traced onto Shrink Film then colored using a brown Copic Marker. Using Heat Tool I shrunk it down it measures 3-1/2". Pattern paper was cut 4-1/2" X 5-7/8" then adhered to card front with clear Double Sided Adhesive. The largest die in the Petite Picot Rectangle set was used along with the next to the largest A2 Matting Basic A die set to create a frame. I set the matting die inside the Picot Rectangle taped together and cut from white cardstock. Frame was adhered over pattern paper using Art ...