Christine's Creative Nook

Hello My Crafty Friends! Finally I am getting around to posting some of my cards that I have made the last couple of months it has been a busy time for me.  I have had many requests for cards plus I have had cards I need for family members. My card today is a card that was requested for a dear friend's daughter's graduation.  She just left it up to me other than color.  It is a Z Fold card and I used Spellbinders Essential Arches Etched die set but any arch set would do.  I have adorned the card with Spellbinders Susan's Garden Love in a Mist  S3-559 and Wild Violet S-3569 both from the Poet's Garden release.  I created Love in a Mist and Wild Violets following Susan's YouTube videos linked below Love in a Mist video Wild Violet video I stamped Graduate in black ink on white cardstock then die cut to attach to front.  The inside sentiment is a free printable one that I got off the internet printed on white cardstock and die cut with the largest arch di...

  Hello my crafty friends! My card today is a simple Z Fold card adorned with flowers I created using Spellbinders Susan's Garden Wild Violets S3-569 from the latest release Poet's Garden and Anemone S2-440 from the release Summer Solstice .  The Decorative die cut is an old Spellbinders die set  Doily Round S5-406. The card base was cut 6" X 12" from 110# white cardstock and scored at 3" and 6".  Mountain fold at 3" and Valley Fold at 6".  Pattern paper  1 pc 5-3/4" square and 2 pc 2-3/4" X 5-3/4" adhered to corresponding panels.  Using Spellbinders Doily Round Die set I cut 1 lacy round and 1 solid round from white cardstock and 1 solid of colored cardstock.  I adhered the lace piece to the solid colored piece then adhered the left side only to front 3" section.  I added my sentiment to the solid white piece and using Beacon 3-in-1 adhesive adhered to inside of card lining it up with the front piece (using the liquid glue ...

Welcome My Crafty Friends! Now that the holidays are over I sure hope I can get back to doing what I love paper gardening on my cards.  2025 was a crazy year with moving after 56 years in same place and getting settled in a new community then the holidays. Today I have used Spellbinders Susan's Garden new die Wild Violet S3-569 from new release Poet's Garden along with the Lily of the Valley S4-1086 from Spring Flora (not sure this is still available ). I created an Arrow Fold Card to display my little bouquet.  I found this card on Lisa Curcio Stamp Studio YouTube page which can be found here The paper was an old CTMH paper that I used (after moving I have decided I really need to use up some of my paper stash - I have so much paper).  I used 110# black cardstock for the base. The Wild Violet was cut from Spellbinders Susan's Garden Specialty Paper, colored with Olo Markers V2.7 and V2.6 the stem and leaves YG8.5 and YG 2.5 and then shaped with Spellbinders Su...