Christine's Creative Nook

Hi my crafty friends welcome to my blog! Autumn has arrived here in Maine the leaves are turning into beautiful colors.  This is outside my window at the moment.    Although I do love early fall and the beautiful colors it brings I am not quite ready to give up my flowers so as the real ones fade away I continue with my paper gardening. My card I have created for you today show cases Susan's new Summer Flora Release Gladiolus one of my favorites - who am I kidding all of Susan's dies are favorites. Card base is 6" X 6" white 100# cardstock and the front embossed with dots.  I have a few embossing folders that are 8-1/2 X 11 by Craftwell.  I love this size as it allows me to emboss larger areas. From white cardstock Spellbinder's Floral Lace Frame was cut then adhered to card front using Clear Double Sided Adhesive.   The background piece was printed from a picture that Kathy Monteleone Sabarese posted of a dragonfly wing on Facebook.  As soon...

  Welcome my fellow paper gardeners, Today I have a 6" X 6" tent fold card sporting Susan's Garden Club / Spellbinders new Spring Flora Sweet Pea and Lily of the Valley. 100# white cardstock was cut 6" by 12" scored at 6" folded on score line.  Swiss Dot embossing folder was used to emboss card front. From off white cardstock 1 Spellbinders Floral Lace Frame was cut.  1 piece of  patterned paper was cut the exact measurement of frame.  Bearly Art Precision Craft Glue was used to adhere the frame to top of patterned paper.  Clear double sided adhesive was used to adhere the frame to card front.  Used 2 circle dies (sized to fit inside frame opening) to cut 3 frames from white cardstock.  Bearly Art Precision Craft Glue was used to adhere the frames together also to adhere circle inside of frame opening. From Susan's Garden Club 6 Sweet Peas were cut (leaves were cut from green cardstock) then colored using Copic Markers.  They were shaped usin...