Christine's Creative Nook

Hello My Crafty Friends, I do hope you are all staying safe and healthy.  We are staying home as much as possible only going to grocery store as needed.   Boy I cannot wait until hubby can take this job back I am not a fan of grocery shopping.  We are both in that bracket of being higher risk due to health and age he is 78 and I am 70.   Let 's hope that this is all over soon so we can get back to some kind of normalcy. During my time at home I have been making some flowers and creating cards.  Today's card is featuring the poppy and daisy.  Perfect timing on my part as I see Susan is doing a live today and one of the things she is demonstrating is the poppy so I will link that as soon as it is available.  Susan's link came be found here for both the poppy and daisy. Sadly I have several sympathy cards to make none being due to the virus thank goodness. Exciting news from Susan Tierney-Cockburn she is going with Spellbinders and will have a ...

Hello my crafty friends, Having such fun with Susan's new dies and Tonic products.  Today I have used Susan's Garden Club dies Echinacea, Japanese Painted Fern and Ladybug & Stems .  I played with the two colors that I have of Nuvo Mica Mist for a background. Card base is 6" X 6" using black cardstock cut 6" X 12" scored at 6" fold to form card. Added 5-3/4" square Pearlescent Cardstock - Ivory Sheen using Nuvo Tape Runner Using 5-1/2" square of black cardstock put into a cardboard box (to protect area from over spray) spray Pecan Peach Mica Mist let dry (it dries quickly) then spray Nuvo Wild Olive .  Once dry adhere to card front using Nuvo Tape Runner . Using Susan's Garden Club Echinacea die cut 5 sets from white cardstock. Using Copic markers color flowers I did 3 in orange and 2 in yellow. Shape and put together using Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive .  Cut florets from brown card stock using a toothpick cup each then adhere to c...

Welcome my crafty friends! Today I have a card I created using Susan's Garden Notes Canning Jar & Lid, Garden Notes Sunflower 2, Garden Notes Lavender along with Suzanne Cannon's Sending Hugs Kisses die set.  ModaScrap - Wood Series patterned paper was also used. Here is how card was created. Step 1   Form 6" X 6" card base. Step 2   Cut ModaScrap -  Wood pattern paper 5-3/4" square.  Adhere to card front using Clear Double Sided Adhesive . Step 3   Using Garden Notes Lavender die set cut 1 stem from green cardstock shade with Distress Ink.  Cut plate of florets 10-16 times from yellow cardstock.  Place right side up on hard rubber pad / art eraser using toothpick cup each floret.  Using Kids Choice Glue attach florets to stem base forming Goldenrod. Step 4   Die cut Garden Notes Canning Jar twice from clear sticker paper.  Using Copic Markers color 1 jar first using Y13 color whole thing.  Then use E39 color leav...