Christine's Creative Nook

Hello My Crafty Friends! First of all I want to wish you all a very Happy NewYear!    It has been a while since I have posted due to working extra and trying to get everything done for Christmas.  Hopefully now I can post on a regular basis. Susan has a new release with Spellbinders called Painters Garden and today I have used one of the flowers from the collection the Bird of Paradise plus the new embossing folder Bamboo Trellis .  I have paired the Bird of Paradise with Oriental Lilies from Summer Flora Collection and the Berry Branch & Eucalyptus from Autumn Flora Collection . Card base is 5" X 7" with dark brown mat layer 4-3/4" X 6-3/4".  Light brown cardstock was cut 4-1/2" X 6-1/2" then embossed  using Bamboo Trellis E3D-044 .  Attach embossed piece to card front using Clear Double Sided Adhesive. Bird of Paradise S4-1237 was cut from S usan's Garden Specialty Paper SCS-122 colored with Alcohol Markers ( Copic & Olo ) and sha...

  Hello my crafty friends! Today I have my 4th Breast Cancer Survivor Card.  It is a Triple Diamond Card a fun and easy card to make. Card Base White Cardstock 1 pc 6" X 12"  Scored at 6" and folded on score line then burnish for crisp fold.  Cut 2" off from bottom of card front then cut into (3) 2" squares.  1 pc 1-1/2" square 2 pcs 3-1/2" X 5-1/2" Black Matte  Cardstock 1 pc 5-3/4" square 1 pc 3-3/4" x 5-3/4" 3 pcs 1-3/4" square Using Clear Double Sided Adhesive attach 5-3/4" square black cardstock to inside of card.  Attach white 3-1/2" X 5-1/2" to top of black inside card.  Attach 3-3/4" X 5-3/4" black cardstock to top of card front.  Adhere white 3-1/2" X 5-1/2" cardstock over black cardstock on front.  Adhere the black 1-3/4" squares to 2" squares.  Stamped sentiment on white 1-1/2" square (diamond) in black Momento Ink.  Lay the 2 diamond pieces on card front  fa...

  Hello My Crafty Friends, My card today is the second Cancer Survivor Card I have done for Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Ladies please get those mammograms!!! The card is a 5" X 7" card base patterned paper is 4-3/4" X 6-3/4" adhered to front using clear double sided Adhesive. Bella Luce Oval die (unfortunately I don't think this is available anymore but most any oval will do) was used to cut 1 in white and 1 in pink.  On ovals using black ink sentiments were stamped. (Setiments is from a stamp & die set I got a few years ago Essentials By Ellen - Ellen Hutson - BCRF) White oval was attached to front of card using dimensional tape and the pink one was attached to inside using Clear Double Sided Adhesive. Using Susan's Garden Wellies and Oriental Lily die set 4 lilies were cut using Susan's Garden Specialty Paper .  Lilies were colored then shaped using Susan's Deluxe Tool Kit .  Susan has a YouTube Video showing how to create the lilies wh...

Welcome my crafty friends! Today I  have a shadowbox card for you showcasing one of the flowers in Susan's Summer Flora Release the Oriental Lily which is a beautiful flower and what a fragrant flower it is in the garden. I have linked below all the dies in Susan's New Summer Flora Release plus there is a want it all link which is on sale.  If you click on any one of these links it will take you to Spellbinders where you can shop.  By purchasing through my links I get a small commission on sales at no extra cost to you.   To make the shadowbox here is a link to Susan's Garden Live Video on how to do it click here My frame was constructed from 100# cardstock and decorated with die cuts from a couple different Spellbinder die sets. Cut 2 Oriental Lilies using Summer Flora die set Oriental Lily & Wellies from Susan's Garden Specialty Paper .  Lilies were colored using Distress Ink & gellie pen.  Flowers were shaped using Susan's Deluxe Too...