Christine's Creative Nook

Hello my crafty friends! Have been real busy in my yard so haven't been doing much paper garden but I have finally finished a couple of things. Today I have for you a Concertina Pop Up Card Susan did on her Facebook Live  a few weeks ago.  I haves used the following dies from Spellbinders / Susan's Garden S3-406 Kerria Japonica from Spring Flora,  S3-406 Button and Daisy Mum from Autumn Flora and Spellbinders S5-525 Essential Diamonds embossed with  EF3D-049 Twill Weave 3D Embossing Folder by Creative Expressions. The Paper I have used is P13 Hello Summer 03 .The paper has daisies and dandelions on it so I have used the Kerria Japonica for the dandelions and the mum die for the daisies along with wool roving for the spent dandelions. Finished card is 5" X 7" Card base video here Diamond shape was cut from green cardstock then next size down cut from white cardstock and embossed then adhered to the green diamond.  Using dimensional tape Diamond was attached ...

Hello My Crafty Friends! Well it is spring and I have been really busy doing outside gardening so not much time for paper gardening but we have had 4 days of rainy cold weather (and it is suppose to be this way into next week ugh!) so I jumped at chance to do paper gardening.  I have for you a 4 Drawer Box that Susan Tierney-Cockburn did on her Facebook Live recently.  Spellbinders / Susan's Garden Oriental Poppy S4-1078 Autumn Flora Collection, Gerber Daisy S5-531 Painter's Garden Collection  and Lavender S6-207 Victorian Garden Collection were used along with Lisa Horton Botanical Fern 3D Embossing Folder were used to decorate the top of the box.  The Designer Paper is Crafters Companion Nit Wit Bloom w/ Grace. For the box and drawers this is the link for instructions.  Finished size is 6-3/4" X 1-1/2" High.  Drawers (4) are 3" square and 1" high. YouTube Links for flowers Oriental Poppy link Gerber Daisy link Lavender link Box and drawers were cr...

Hello my crafty friends! Sorry it has been a while since I have posted but this time of year is really busy for me trying to get my yard cleaned up, mulched, my garden people in place and annuals planted! Today I have for you a triple stack box adorned with Spellbinders Susan's Garden Floribunda Rose along with foliage.  This was a fun and easy box to create and has 2 places to place jewelry and or candy. Susan made this box on her "Facebook Live" a couple weeks ago the video can be found here .  Finished size is  5" square X  3-1/2" high. One compartment is 2" deep when closed the second one is 1" deep closed.  Spellbinder Susan's Garden dies etc  along with links to how to videos used for this project were: S5-507    Floribunda Rose from Garden Gate Collection video S4-1086  Ferns & Ivy from Spring Flora ( I used the Ostrich Fern) video S4-1079  Foliage & Lady Bug from Autumn Flora ( I used Berry Branch & Nandina) video E...

  Hello my crafty friends! Wow Spring has finally come to Central Maine so I have been very busy with outside work like splitting hostas then planting them, mulching, getting out planters & my 50+ galvanized watering cans etc.  Hope your Spring is going well! Today I have done some paper gardening I have done another 3D Envelope Easel Card as a friend requested I make one to give to her Mother-In-Law.  For this card I have used Spellbinders / Susan's Garden Camilla S4-1233 and Lemon Verbena S4-1278 Victorian Foliage from the Victorian Garden Collection, Forget Me Not S2-340 and Bee Blossom S3-445 from Garden Gate Collection, Berry Branch from S4-1079 Foliage & Ladybug Autumn Flora Collection, Winter Bough from S4-1114 Winter Bough & Evergreen Shrubs Holiday Collection anf Ladder Fern from Ferns & Ivy Spring flora Collection.   Paper is Carta Bella Gather at Home and the stamp set is CTMH C1605 Happy to be Friends. The envelope card base was one Susan...

 

Hello my crafty friends! Sorry I haven't posted in a while but needed a break to take care of other things.  Hopefully I can get back to my paper gardening on a regular basis.  I will paper garden when I can't garden outside! My card today is a 3D Envelope Easel Card which Susan Tierney-Cockburn did on her Susan's Garden Club Facebook "Live" this past Wednesday (April 29, 2023) .  I had a friend ask if I could do a card for 98 year old mother that is in long term care and wanted something bright and cheery.  Since it is spring I settled on flowers that are blooming or getting ready to bloom here in central Maine.  I have used the following Spellbinders/Susan's Garden dies S4-1085 Lily of the Valley from Spring flora, S2-340 Forget Me Not from Garden Gate, S5-470 Daffodil from Summer Flora, S3-445 Bee Blossom (Gaura) from Garden Gate and Victorian Foliage Ginkgo and Lemon Verbena from Victorian Garden.  The heart for the sentiment is from Spellbinders...

  Hello my crafty friends, Today I have another Acetate Diamond Window card for you.  I have changed up size on this one so it fits in 6" X 6"  clear acetate box to keep postage down.    I was selected to be the Featured Artist on Splitcoaststampers Featured Stamper Challenge so I have made this card which was inspired by a couple other cards I have created changing size and flowers. Finished card base is 5-1/2" X 6"  Card base was inspired by Sam Calcott her video can be found here   My card pieces started as 6" X 6"( I think she used 8"X8") so my diamond dies ( Spellbinders Essential Diamonds)   that I used for this smaller card were the 4th, 5th and 6th largest. Using Spellbinders Susan's Garden Spider Mum S5-576 from the Victorian  Garden Release I cut 1 mum from Foamarin craft foam colored with OLO marker R1.7 and shaped with fingers then built flower using Kids Choice Glue.  This is my very first foam flower. Lily of the Valley ...