Christine's Creative Nook

Hello my crafty friends! Sorry it has been a while since I have posted but this time of year is really busy for me trying to get my yard cleaned up, mulched, my garden people in place and annuals planted! Today I have for you a triple stack box adorned with Spellbinders Susan's Garden Floribunda Rose along with foliage.  This was a fun and easy box to create and has 2 places to place jewelry and or candy. Susan made this box on her "Facebook Live" a couple weeks ago the video can be found here .  Finished size is  5" square X  3-1/2" high. One compartment is 2" deep when closed the second one is 1" deep closed.  Spellbinder Susan's Garden dies etc  along with links to how to videos used for this project were: S5-507    Floribunda Rose from Garden Gate Collection video S4-1086  Ferns & Ivy from Spring Flora ( I used the Ostrich Fern) video S4-1079  Foliage & Lady Bug from Autumn Flora ( I used Berry Branch & Nandina) video E...

 Hello my crafty friends! Today I have another card for you adorned with Zinnias .  The card base is a floating frame it has an easel back. I found it on Sam Calcott YouTube site.  She has lots of great card ideas.  The Zinnias are from The Painter's Garden Collection by Spellbinders/Susan Garden . Here is a link to Sam Calcott's YouTube video for creating Floating Cards - you can find it here .  For background piece o my card it is a very old piece of  glittered corrugated paper (no recollection of where I got it) I cut so it was on diagonal.  It really is pretty in person.  The remainder of the card is  white cardstock except the little springs I made to raise card front I did them in brown.  My frame width is about 1/2" and I did use acetate. My Zinnias were cut from Spellbinders/Susan's Garden Specialty Paper SCS-122 colored with alcohol markers, shaped using Susan's Ultimate Tool Kit T021 and assembled using Kids Choice G...

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...

Welcome my crafty friends, Today I have another card for you featuring Spellbinders Susan's Autumn Flora Coreopsis along with foliage ( foliage with a twist it is similar to a weed that grows here in Maine). My card mats are from Spellbinders APG series Petite Picot Squares . Here is how I created my 6" x 6" card. Step 1 I created the beaded part using Styrofoam beads separated into 4 containers. Added a few drops of Distress Oxide Reinker in each (Spun Sugar, Picked Raspberry, Aged Mahogany and Peeled Paint) mix each one to distribute color. Next I mixed beads together in another cup. I will tell you maybe alcohol reinker may way work better as the Distress Oxide do not dry well and tend to muddy the colors. Step 2 Using 4" piece of flower wire wrapped with floral tape I rolled top 1" - 1-1/4" of wire in Kids Choice Glue then dipped into colored beads and manipulate with your fingers to get shape. Heat gun was used very carefully to dry a little ...