Christine's Creative Nook

Hello My Crafty Friends, Today I am posting a card I created using Spellbinders/Susan's Garden brand new Release Victorian Garden .  I have  chosen to use S6-207 Mason Jar & Lavender die set .  Card base is 5" X 7" created from 110# cardstock.  Pattern paper cut 4-3/4" x 6-3/4" (P13 "Till we meet again -05" used here) adhered using Double Sided Adhesive. Window was cut from a wood print cardstock using Say It With Stamps and Dies by Becky Moore.  I did a little water color scene and cut to fit behind window along with a piece of clear cardstock. I did 4 stems of Lavender.  Susan's YouTube video for creating the Lavender found     here. Using clear cardstock I cut 2 Mason Jars colored back of 1 and front of the other with blue alcohol marker.  I added the stems between the jars and adhered the 2 jars together leaving top open using Bearly Art Glue and clipping together to dry.  I bent the jar a little with my fingers to get it to...

Welcome my crafty friends, Today I have for you a card I created for a friend from my childhood she use to come to stay with her Gram who lived up the street from us.  We haven't seen each other in at least 55- 60 years and recently met up - what fun it was to reminisce and catch up on each others lives. I used a retired Susan's Garden Forget Me Not die set and Spellbinders Susan's Garden Club Ferns die set.  The Ferns and Forget Me Nots were chosen for this card from one of our childhood memories in which we got into trouble for picking these items. Card is 4-1/2"X 5-3/4" White Cardstock was cut 4-1/4 X 5-1/2 Spellbinders Diamond Lace Frame Cut and Emboss was used on this piece.  Colored cardstock was cut just slightly smaller than embossed piece.  Attach to back of embossed piece using Bearly Art Glue.  Attach to card front using clear double sided adhesive. The mason jar was created from Shrinky Dink Film colored with Copic markers and shrunk in oven.  B...

 Hello my fellow paper gardeners, Today it is my turn again to post a card today for Susan's Garden Club Spellbinders Design Team.   I decided I better do something other than the sweet little Lily of the Valley so I  have chosen to do a card with Sweet Peas ivy and fern from Susan's new Spring Flora Release.   My card today is a diamond easel card which Susan did on her Facebook Live - Susan's Garden Club which you can find here .  This card is a fun and easy card to create. Create card base and add printed cardstock. Mason jar was created using shrink film.  Cricut was used to cut a mason jar pattern from cardstock then traced onto shrink film and then fussy cut by hand.  blue Copics marker was used to color back side of jar then using instructions on the shrink film packaging shrink.  Small jute twin was wrapped around top of jar and a little Bearly Art Precision Glue added to end to hold.  Create a bow from same jute and adhere t...