Christine's Creative Nook

  Hello my crafty friends! It has been a while I have been very busy out in my yard.  Weather here in Central Maine has been crazy and our summer season is short. Today I have a card for you that features one of Spellbinders Susan's Garden newest release Snow Garden the SDS-187 Ornamental Kale / Cabbage along with S4-1073 Autumn Hydrangea from the Autumn Flora Collection and S4-1113 Winter Berry from Holiday Collection . Card Base - 6" X 6" tent fold Pink mat cut 5-3/4" X 5-3/4" adhered to card front using Clear Double Sided Adhesive. White mat cut 5-1/2" X 5-1/2" then embossed using Creative Expressions EF3D-056 Honeycomb Trellis embossing folder.  Mat adhered to card front Clear Double Sided Adhesive. The black medallion was cut from black cardstock using Spellbinders S5-431 Picot Petite Circles and adhered to card front using dimensional tape. Ornamental Kales was cut from Spellbinders Susan's Garden Specialty Paper colored with Olo Markers. ...

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...

Hello My Crafty Friends, Today I have a card I created using some of Susan's Autumn Flora Collection . I am using Coreopsis and Foliage along with Spellbinders APG Picot Petite Circles . Card Base 6" X 6" tent fold Colored cardstock cut 5-3/4" X 5-3/4" adhered to card front with Clear Double Sided Adhesive . Using Nestabilites Standard Circles I cut 2 frames by taping 2 circle dies togetherand adhered together using Art Glitter Glue Dries Clear . From white cardstock I created another frame using Picot Petite die and Standard Circles which I adhered to the basic frames using glue. Added narrow dimensional strips to back then adhered to card front. From green cardstock I cut 2 berry branches using the die from the Foliage die set (I like to cut twice to give stability) adhere one on top of other. Use green ink to shade. Added white berries using white Nuvo Drops. I like to do my berry branches in the very beginning so they have time to dry while I a...

Welcome my crafty friends hope you are all staying safe. Today I have a card I designed using Susan's brand new release Autumn Flora Button Mums and Autumn Hydrangea through Spellbinders. Another fantastic release from Susan I just love working with her dies. My card today is a 6" X 6" tent fold created from white cardstock. Patterned paper from my stash was used for background cut 5-3/4" X 5-3/4" adhered to card front using clear double sided adhesive. Amazing Paper Grace Picot Petite Circle was cut from white cardstock using largest die in set. Circled was adhered to card front using clear double sided adhesive. Two Button Mums were cut from white cardstock then colored with Copic Markers then shaped and assembled. I used Susan's old tools to shape my flowers but she has great new set coming out it should be available by January 2021. Off white cardstock and Distress Oxide Inks were used to color florets. I picked 3 or 4 colors that I wanted in my hyd...