Christine's Creative Nook

Hello my crafty friends, Hope all of you are doing well.  I know I haven't posted much but still busy in the yard.  Winter is long here so want to get as much outside time in before the cold and snow. Today I have a wedding card that I created for our nephew and his bride.  It was a beautiful wedding (in spite of all the rain) very emotional but full of love.   My card today is a 5' X 7" Card base is burgundy cardstock (one of the colors in the wedding). Mat 1 is white glittered cardstock cut using an old Spellbinder die S-005  5" X 7" Elegant Labels 4 largest die and adhered to card front using Bearly Art Glue.   Second mat was using same die set but next to largest die and white cardstock attached to card front using dimensional tape. Spellbinders Susan's Garden has a new release called Birds & Bees which I have used for my floral arrangement.  I chose the Pom Pom Dahlia S4-1317  cut from Susan's Specialty Paper , colored, shaped wit...

Hello my crafty friends. Here is my 6th and final card for Breast Cancer Awareness 2021 it is a 5" X 7" adorned with Susan's Garden Club Cactus Dahlia & Ornamental Garden Pottery. Card base was created from 100# cardstock.  Spellbinders Elegant Labels 4 cut from white cardstock attached to card front center piece was attached using dimensional tape. Ornamental Garden Pot was cut twice from Susan's Specialty Paper then one glued on top of other.  Black Copic marker was used to color front and edges.  Copper Metallic Rub On was rubbed over it adhered to card front using pop dots in lower center and Kids Choice Glue on very edge of each side and bottom. 3 Cactus Dahlias and 2 buds were cut from Susan's Garden Specialty Paper colored with Copic markers and shaped using Susan's Deluxe Tool Kit .  Susan has YouTube videos for creating Ornamental Garden Pottery, Cactus Dahlias, Ivy and Winter Boughs & Evergreen Shrubs. Kids Choice Glue was used to assemb...

Welcome my crafty friends! Here is my third Breast Cancer Survivor Card hard to believe how many people I know that has been affected by this horrible disease and so glad many are survivors.  I truly love making these cards for people each year sending them love. Card 3 is  5" X 7"adorned with Susan's Garden Gladiolus . Card base formed from white cardstock then front was embossed using Delicate Dots by Craftwell .  I use this embossing folder a lot I love it as it 8-1/2 X 11. Spellbinders Elegant Labels 4 die set (Don't think this is available from Spellbinders anymore but there are plenty of other dies that could be used) was used to cut shapes from white cardstock as well as the largest die to cut a solid pink label shape.  The white label pieces were adhered over the pink label using Bearly Art Glue . Using Susan's Garden Berry Basket & Gladiolus die set I cut 6 flowers from Susan's Garden Specialty Paper .  Leaves and 4 stems were cut from green ca...