Christine's Creative Nook

Hello my crafty friends! Today I have a card I created called Triple Diamond Stepper Card by Sam Calcott  - Sam's YouTube video can be found here .  I know mine is not diamonds but because of the directional pattern on my paper I chose to just use squares.  I used Spellbinders Susan's Garden Tassel Flower S4-1482 and Poetic Foliage S3-558 to adorn the card. Card base created using Sam Calcott's YouTube video linked above.  Once again I have used Ella & Viv Love Grows Here Field of Flowers (I just love this paper). The Tassel Flowers and Foliage were cut from Spellbinders Susan's Garden Specialty Paper, colored with Olo Markers then shaped using Spellbinders Susan's Garden Deluxe Tool Kit.  The link for creating Tassel Flowers can be found here  The Happy Birthday is a Karen Burniston Die Cut. Thank you for stopping by today I hope it has been inspiring. Until next time - Happy Creating! Christine You only live once if you live right once is eniugh! Unkn...

Hello my crafty friends! Today I have another birthday card using Karen Burniston's Lorna Label Pop Up #1266 and  Happy Birthday Lorna Add-ons #1276 and adorned it with Spellbinders Susan's Garden Primrose S2-447. Card base is 5" X 5"  cut yellow cardstock 5" X 10" score at 5" fold on score line.  3 pc of pattern paper ( I used Ella & Viv Love Grows Here Field of Flowers) cut 4-3/4" square adhered to front, back and bottom inside and 1pc 4-3/4"  X 2" for top inside. Karen Burniston's YouTube video for constructing the Lorna Label can be found here For the front of card I created 9 Primrose Flowers and a bunch of leaves colored to match paper.  They were cut from Susan's Specialty Paper colored with Olo Markers and shaped using Susan's Deluxe Tool Kit.   The Primrose were arranged and attached with Kids Choice Glue to front of card.  Susan's YouTube for creating Primrose can be found here Thank you for stopp...

Hello my crafty friends! My card today is a simple 5" X 7" Birthday Card.  Spellbinders Susan's Garden Astrantia S5-711 was used along with some pieces of berry branch that I actually got from floral clearance at Hobby Lobby. Card base cut 100# cardstock 10" X 7" score 10" at 5" fold on score line.  Next layer was 4-3/4" X 6-3/4" adhered to card front.  Pattern Paper was cut 4-1/2" X 6-1/2" adhered to card front.  The oval die cut from my stash which was adhered to card front.  Happy Birthday was stamped on white cardstock using black ink then a piece of the colored cardstock was cut 1/4" larger and adhered the Happy Birthday to it. I created the Astrantia die cutting from Susan's Specialty Paper and using Susan's Deluxe Tool Kit to shape.  Susan's YouTube video for this flower can be found here   I colored my Astrantia to resemble the "Buckland" variety although it didn't photograph the color wel...

  Hello my crafty friends! Today I have created a shadowbox frame card and used the Carnation S4-1325 and Mock Orange S3-496 from Spellbinders Susan's Garden new release Through the Arbor for the bouquet along with Berry Branch S4-1320 Autumn Foliage from Birds & Bees Garden Collection.   Paper is Mintay - Bohemian Wedding MT-BOH-04 .  This card is a bit busier than what I normally do but I liked the paper and the color of the Carnation just matched so well. Susan did a "Live back on April 5, 2023 for making this frame card you can find the video   here  https://www.facebook.com/SusansGardenClub/videos/433190574264552 I added a circle in center of frame for backdrop of the bouquet. For the bouquet I used Spellbinders Susan's Garden Specialty Paper to cut 1 Carnation and 8 Mock Orange Flowers.  The Mock Orange stems/leaves were cut from 140# watercolor paper. I cut the Berry Branch from green cardstock then added Styrofoam balls that were col...

Hello my crafty friends! Today I have for you a slimline card that I created for my daughter-in-law's birthday.  I have used   Spellbinders Susan's Garden new release Birds & Bees.   I have used Black Eyed Susan S2-376, Pom Pom Dahlia S4-1317 and 3D Embossing Folder Basket of Sunflowers E3D-043 .  The Happy Birthday are Karen Burniston Dies.  The cattails are some that I had created a while ago using Yes Glue and brown FlowerSoft (FlowerSoft is no longer available unfortunately). Card base is 3-1/2" X 8-1/2" using black cardstock.  White cardstock cut 3-1/4" X  8-1/4" then embossed using Basket of Sunflower Embossing Folder and attached to card front using Bearly Art Glue. Spellbinders Susan's Garden Specialty Paper used for all flowers and watercolor paper for the leaves. Olo markers were used to color all then I shaped all with Susan's Garden Specialty Paper.   Susan has YouTube videos on creating the Black Eyed Susa n found her...

Hello my crafty friends! Today I have for you an Open Book Easel Card and adorned it with Zinnias from the new  Painter's Garden release by Spellbinders/ Susan's Garden .  This was a fun and easy card to make and I used Tink Zinck's YouTube video found here. Zinnia S4-1236 was cut from Spellbinder/Susan's Garden Specialty Paper SCS-122  (3) times, colored with alcohol markers ( OLO ) then shaped using Spellbinders/Susan's Garden Ultimate Tool Kit T021 . Susan has a YouTube video for creating the zinnia which can be found here . Happy Birthday is from Garden Gate Collection stamped on white cardstock using black ink attached to card stopper using Clear Double Sided Adhesive . Hope you have been inspired and will now go make a card.  This card was really fun and easy and can be used for many different occasions. Thanks for stopping by today and until next time - Happy Creating! Christine You only live once but if you live right once is enough! Unknown  

Hello My Crafty Friends! Today my card is a pop up birthday card for our granddaughter (she was 23 this week).   I have not done a tutorial for it but here are the Karen Burniston dies that I used to create it.  Finished card is 6 X 6. Karen Burniston dies used: #1226 Surprise Cube Pop Up (from her latest release) #1118 Flap & Closure #1030 Happy Birthday #1179 Happy Birthday Shadow #1031 Numbers #1003 Word Set 2 Birthday (for the celebrate and the Happy) #1083 Word Set 9 Love #1090 Border Blend Argyle #1091 Border Blend Party #1100 (old die set from ECD) Props 8 - cake, plate & fork Hope you like my card and you will check out Karen Burniston's website karenburniston.com  Thanks for stopping by hope you have been inspired. Until next time - Happy Crafting! Christine You only live once but if you live right once is enough! Unknown  

Hello My Crafty Friends! First of all I want to wish you all a very Happy NewYear!    It has been a while since I have posted due to working extra and trying to get everything done for Christmas.  Hopefully now I can post on a regular basis. Susan has a new release with Spellbinders called Painters Garden and today I have used one of the flowers from the collection the Bird of Paradise plus the new embossing folder Bamboo Trellis .  I have paired the Bird of Paradise with Oriental Lilies from Summer Flora Collection and the Berry Branch & Eucalyptus from Autumn Flora Collection . Card base is 5" X 7" with dark brown mat layer 4-3/4" X 6-3/4".  Light brown cardstock was cut 4-1/2" X 6-1/2" then embossed  using Bamboo Trellis E3D-044 .  Attach embossed piece to card front using Clear Double Sided Adhesive. Bird of Paradise S4-1237 was cut from S usan's Garden Specialty Paper SCS-122 colored with Alcohol Markers ( Copic & Olo ) and sha...

Welcome My Crafty Friends! Today I have another Pop Up Gift Bag Card for you.  My card today is adorned with Spellbinders Susan's Garden S4-1177 Sunflowers(Garden Favorites) S4-1079 Berry Branch (Autumn Flora)and S4-1086 Ferns (Spring Flora). The paper is an old but goody Graphic 45 - French Country.  I made a birthday card for our Daughter In Law she loves sunflowers and they have chickens and roosters. Card base is 5" X 7" from 110# cardstock I used black cardstock for matting  There are several YouTube videos for creating this style card this  is one link  here Once you have card base completed then you add your bouquet to front. Using Susan's Specialty Paper, Ultimate Tool Kit and Copic Markers 3 sunflowers & 1 bud, ferns and berry branch were created (small Styrofoam balls colored with acrylic paint were used for berries). Happy Birthday was cut 3 times from black cardstock with Clear Double Sided Adhesive on back then stacked together to give it di...

Hello My Crafty Friends, Fall is upon us so today I have a card for you that has Spellbinders Susan's Garden Sunflowers and Winterberry.  I have done a simple 6" X 6" Tent Fold Card . Card Base - Created from Autumn Terra Cotta cardstock 6" X 12" scored at 6".  Dark brown cardstock was cut 5-3/4" X 5-3/4" adhered to card front using Clear Double Sided Adhesive.  Copper Metallic cardstock was cut 5-1/2" X 5-1/2" then embossed using Lisa Horton 3D Embossing Folder - Padded Quilt adhered to card front using Clear Double Sided Adhesive. Next I cut 4 wreaths from water color paper using Spellbinders Susan's Garden Woodland Wreath & Feathered Friends S5-454 from Holiday Collection.  I used several Copic markers to color the wreaths.  I then used large ball tool and molding mat from Spellbinders Susan's Garden Ultimate Tool Kit laying wreath on mat and rubbing with ball tool.  Using Kids Choice Glue off setting each layer only using...

Hello My Crafty Friends!   Well I am finally back to paper gardening again.  I was in an auto accident a couple months ago and have been busy with healing and tests as I blacked out while driving and totaled my vehicle.   Today I have a 3 Tier Shutter Card for you with Susan's Garden/Spellbinders newest release Letterbox and Star Jasmine - Winter Garden release along with Trillium from Garden Favorites release. The card base is super simple to do below I have template marked up and if you want to see video Susan did this card on her Facebook Live which can be found here . Create base and chose a patterned paper to add to card base.  I added another layer - white cardstock front cut 3-1/2" square and back I used 3-1/4" square. I created the Letterbox, Star Jasmine and Trillium ( Spellbinders will have them on YouTube very soon) I added Letterbox and flowers to card front using Bearly Art Glue .  Add Letterbox first then arrange flowers so they...

Hello my crafty friends!  My card today is a mini slimline which I created to showcase the Hollyhock  from Susan's Garden Through the Garden Gate Collection .  This is another great collection by Susan from Spellbinders . Card Base is 3-1/2" X 7" white 100# cardstock First mat is 3-1/4" X 6-3/4" adhered to card front using Clear Double Sided Adhesive Second mat is 3" X 6-1/2" adhered using Clear Double Sided Adhesive. Hollyhock S4-1191 was used to cut flowers and leaves from Susan's Specialty Paper.   Copic markers  were used to color flowers and leaves they were then shaped using Susan's Deluxe Tool Kit. Susan's has YouTube video on how to create the Hollyhock which you can find here . Happy Birthday was stamped on white piece of cardstock  7/8" X 2-1/4" matted with same red  cardstock cut 1" X 2-1/2" then added to card front using dimensional tape. Hope that this has been inspiring - go make a card! Thanks for s...

Welcome my crafty friends! Today I have a card for you that I have used 2 flowers from Susan's Garden Club from Spellbinders newest release Through the Garden Gate .  I have used the Gardenia and the Bee Blossom (Gaura).  I also die the Heat Embossed background. My card for you today is a 6" X 6" tent fold card. Patterned paper was cut 5-3/4" square attached to card front using Clear Double Sided Adhesive. Spellbinders Candlewick Circles   largest 2 dies were used to cut  1white circle then a pink one was cut using just the largest die which is then attached to back of white circle using Clear Double Sided Adhesive . For the Heat Embossed piece that I used on circle I followed Marion Emberson 's YouTube Tutorial found here.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNKc4jzXo3Y   Piece was attached to circle using Bearly Art Glue. Using Spellbinders Susan Garden Specialty Paper along with 2 die sets from her brand new release Bee Blossom and Gardenia flowers we...

  Hello my crafty friends!  Today I have Birthday card that I have created using 2 dies from Spellbinders Susan's Garden new release - Garden Favorites .  For my card today I have used the Bearded Iris and the Trillium both are really fun to create.  Also used on this card is Spellbinders Fluted Squares. My card is a 5" X 5" created from white 100# cardstock.   Pink cardstock was cut 4-3/8" square, embossed and attached to card front using Clear Double Sided Adhesive .  Frame was cut same size using Spellbinders Fluted Squares from white cardstock and adhered to card front using Clear Double Sided Adhesive. Flowers were cut from Susan's Garden Specialty Paper colored, shaped and assembled.  Susan has YouTube videos on these -  Bearded Iris can be found here .  Trillium can be found here .  From Susan's Holiday Collection I used the Winter Bough and Evergreen Shrubs die set. Flowers were arranged starting with the Winter Bou...

Hello my crafty friends, Today is the day that Susan's new release Garden Favorites becomes available from Spellbinders.  This is another great release from Susan!   I have them linked below so just click on any one of them and it will take you directly to site where you can purchase them at no added cost to you and I will receive a small percentage which helps cover cost of my supplies.  Thank you in advance for any purchases made no matter how small or large. Thanks for stopping by - Happy Crafting! Christine  

Welcome My Fellow Paper Gardeners, Today I have created a slimline card using Susan's Garden Club / Spellbinders new Spring Flora release Kerria Japonica, Ferns & Ivy as well as the Fall release Foliage & ladybug . Card base is 4-1/4" X 9-1/4" patterned paper cut 4" X 9" adhered to card front using clear double sided adhesive.  Frames were created by using different size slim rectangle dies together to cut card stock.  Frames adhered to card front us Bearly Art Precision Craft Glue . Several Kerria Japonica were cut from Susan's Garden Club Specialty Cardstock then colored with Copic Markers.  Susan's Deluxe Tool Kit was used to shape flowers and leaves.  For creating these sweet happy flowers you can watch Susan's YouTube found here . From Susan's Spring Flora Release I also used Ferns & Ivy set choosing the Maiden Hair Fern and Ivy which were both cut from green cardstock shaded and shaped.  You can watch Susan's Y...

Hello My Crafty Friends, I know it has been a while since I have posted but I have been busy creating cards for Susan Tierney-Cockburn's new release with Spellbinders. Spellbinders Garden Club - Autumn Flora. Her fall release has 7 new die sets plus a new "Autumn Quotes" stamp set. The release will be in the hands of retailers on the 10th. Today Susan's Design Team are beginning to post our creations using the new release. Stay tuned to see our creations. The other designers are Selma Stevenson and you can see her tutorials on her blog selmasstampingcorner.blogspot.com and Karen Liddle's tutorials on her blog cakescardsandcraftybits.blogspot.com My card today is a birthday card that I created using the Oriental Poppy. Here are the details Step 1 Card base is 7- 1/2 X 5 tent fold created from black cardstock. Step 2 Patterned paper was cut 7-1/4 X 5 attached to card front using clear double sided adhesive. Step 3 Using Spellbinders Die of the Month - Marc...

Hello my crafty friends, My card today is a Shutter Peekaboo card that I created.  Last week on Susan's Garden Club Live Susan did one of these cards so I had to try one.   I made one years ago way before I was making Susan's flowers boy they really dress this card up.  I had an inspiration picture in mind when I did the flowers so decided to combine the card with my inspiration. Finished card is 5" X 7" Susan did a video for creating card which can be found here The patterned paper I used was an old Close to My Heart - Laughing Lola. For the flowers I used white Soft Finish Cardstock colored it with Distress Oxide Inks then cut flowers.  Flowers were shaped using Susan's tools and molding mats then built. Sentiment in the peekaboo is a Close to My Heart stamp. Suzanne Cannon's A Way With Words Happy Birthday was used cut from cardstock with Clear Double Sided Adhesive on back - once from black and once from white.  I adhered the black first then white offs...

Hello My Crafty Friends, Hope you all had a great Mother's Day at least the best you could under the circumstances.  I am sure it was much different than any other you have celebrated.  Our lives are turned upside down right now I do hope that creating beautiful things has gotten you through so far. Early fall we will have a brand new release of Susan's wonderful dies with Spellbinders I can't wait but until then we are using her old releases which I know are hard to find but there are some out there. Here is a card I created for you using Susan's Garden Notes Shasta Daisy and Jasmine along with Suzanne Cannon - A Way With Words - Happy Birthday Small.  The embossing folder is one that came in a magazine several years ago but not sure and there is no brand name on it. Created a 6" X 6" card base from white Soft Finish Cardstock.  Cut green cardstock 5-3/4" square adhered to card front using Clear Double Sided Adhesive.  White Soft Finish Cardstock was cut...

Hello My Crafty Friends, Here is a card I created for my sister's birthday - ladybugs are special to her as her middle daughter who has passed away loved them. I didn't do an actual tutorial I used Karen Burnistion's YouTube video for Surprise Ball Pop Up and made a ladybug.  This was not my idea Silvia Wirtz had posted one she had done and this is my version.  This Surprise Ball Pop Up die is so addicting so many possibilities out there just need your imagination. Thanks for stopping by and until next time - Happy Crafting! Christine You only live once but, if you live right once is enough!