Christine's Creative Nook

Hello my crafty friends! Today I am posting my card using some of Spellbinders Susan's Garden brand new release "Through the Arbor" out now in your retail stores in USA.  I have used the Wash Bucket & Nasturtium set S5-615 (anyone that knows me knows I LOVE my galvanized buckets and watering cans for paper gardening as well as outdoor gardening).  I also used the Flowering Kale/Cabbage SDS-187 from Snow Garden Collection. My card is a 6" X 6" tent fold card and I used 100# white cardstock for card base and the 1st mat is  heavy weight black cardstock cut 5-3/4" square. 2nd Mat layer was cut from white cardstock 5-1/2" square lightly spritzed back of cardstock and embossed using E3D-078 Bee-Cause Embossing Folder from the new release as well.  I used alcohol markers to color some of the bees I thought would be showing on finished card.  I adhered this to card front using Clear Double Sided Adhesive. The Wash Bucket was cut from watercolor pape...

Nasturtiums & Forget Me Nots Hello My Crafty Friend, Today my card is a happier card it is a birthday card for one of my nieces. Tried a little foiling for the background of this card. Susan's older Garden Notes dies were used for the Nasturtiums, Forget Me Nots and Trevi Urn. Step 1 Form 4-1/4" X 5-1/2" card base - I used a yellow cardstock. Step 2 Cut black cardstock 4" X 5-1/4" using a stencil (Stampers Anonymous Mini Bricks used here), Transfer Gel and Foil ( Opal used here) make your background. Adhere to center of card front using Nuvo Adhesive Tape Runner . Step 3 Make a frame from white cardstock using 2 nested rectangles adhere over foiled piece using Nuvo Adhesive Tape Runner . Step 4 Die cut 2 Susan's Trevi Urns from white cardstock with adhesive on the back. Adhere one on top of the other. Color and shade. Shape a bit with your fingers add a couple pop dots on center lower back then adhere to lower center of card. Step 5 Using ...

Welcome my crafty friends so glad you stopped by.   Today I have a card that I created for a very special friend's birthday using  Susan's Garden Notes Nasturtium, Wooden Crate, Berry Branch along with ModaScrap Happy Frame . Here is how I created card. Step 1   Cut 4 Garden Notes Berry Branch from brown cardstock with Clear Double Sided Adhesive on back adhere together so you have 2 stems.  Add shading using Distress Ink.  Add berries using Nuvo Crystal Drops - Violet Galaxy.  Set aside to dry - when dry repeat on back side and let dry. Step 2   Form 6" X 6" card base. Step 3   Create 6" X 6" Happy Frame from cardstock of your choice - ModaScrap - Wood Effects used here.  Els has tutorial for creating frame which can be found here . Step 4   Chose a background the one here was done on 5-3/4" square white Soft Finish Cardstock using Distress Oxide Inks.  Adhere to card front using Clear Double Sided Adhesive next a...

Hello my crafty friends welcome to my blog. Today my post is a project that is on Elizabeth Craft Designs along with a tutorial on how it is created.  Flowers were created using Susan's new Garden Notes Nasturtiums . Below is a supplies list of Elizabeth Craft Designs products used if you click on any picture it will take you to their site. Thanks for stopping by today and until next time - Happy Crafting! Christine Elizabeth Craft Designs Supplies