Christine's Creative Nook

  Hello My Crafty Friends, Well it is Spring although today we got snow again so paper gardening was in order. My card today has a very popular spring flower - Susan's Garden Notes - Hyacinth. My card is a 6" X 6" tent fold card.  Card base was created using white Soft Finish Cardstock cut 6" X 12" scored at 6" and folded on score line. Used Susan's Garden Notes Frame It - Rectangles die set to cut opening in card front.  I am lucky I have some 8-1/2" X 11" embossing folders  used one to emboss front of card base. Distress Oxide Sprays in various colors were used on photo paper to create background piece then adhered to back of card front using Clear Double Sided Adhesive behind opening. 5 Hyacinths were created in different colors cut from white Soft Finish Cardstock then colored with Copic Markers.  Stems and leaves were cut from green cardstock - I cut the leaf  off  stem and used separately. From gray cardstock with Clear Double Sided Adhe...

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 ...

Hello my crafty friends - Welcome! From my paper garden today is a card I created using Susan's Garden Notes Phalaenopsis (Moth Orchid) and Trevi Urn. Here is how card was created. Step 1   Form card base 5" X 6" From white Soft Finish Cardstock (The embossing folder actually determined card size as I started as a 6" X 6" then had to trim down)  Emboss card front. Step 2   Using white Soft Finish Cardstock which has Clear Double Sided Adhesive on back cut 2 Garden Notes Trevi Urns .  Adhere 1 on top of other.  Color urn using alcohol markers in your choice of colors. Remove protective paper add pop dot center lower back of urn then adhere to card front keeping close to bottom to allow room for flowers at top. Step 3   From white Soft Finish Cardstock cut several Garden Notes Phalaenopsis (Moth Orchids) color with alcohol markers in color of your choice then shape using Susan's 4 pc. All Metal Tool Set, molding pads and Leaf Pad see Susan's video...