Christine's Creative Nook

Hello My Crafty Friends! My card today is the only Breast Cancer card I did this year.  Moving has put a damper on my card making this year but hope I will get back to it very soon. The card is called a Double Easel Card which Susan Tierney Cockburn did on her Facebook page Susan's Garden Club 2.  The video can be found here   aired on October 15, 2025. This card is a 6 X 6 when closed. From color cardstock of your choice cut the following: 1 pc 6" X 12" scored on long side at 3" and 6" both mountain folds. 1 pc 6" X 4-1/2" scored at 4" and 2" on the 4-1/2" side with mountain then valley folds on the 1/2" section (mountain fold) add adhesive then attach this to the bottom inside of the 6" section. 1 pc 2-1/2" X 5-1/2"   1 pc  6" X 6" From Pattern Paper cut the following: 2 pcs 1-3/4" X 5-3/4" attach these 2pcs to the (2) 2" X 6" sections of card 1 pc 2-3/4" X 5-3/4" 2 pc 5-3/4...

Hello My crafty Friends! Well finally after 5-1/2 months of no crafting {due to moving} I have made my first card which feels wonderful I really have missed it.   Before I packed up I had created the Spellbinders Susan's Garden Wash Bucket S5-615 knowing that as soon as I could I would create Spellbinders Susan's Garden S4-1434 Petunia .  I love the Bubblegum Superpetunia  and grow many every summer many in my galvanized buckets. My card is just a simple 6" X 6" tent fold card created from 110# white cardstock cut 6" X 12" scored at 6" fold on score line.  The pink cardstock was cut 5-3/4" square attached to card front then pattern paper (from my stash) was cut 5-1/2" square attached over the pink cardstock. I used a couple dimensional squares on the back center of the Wash Bucket and Bearly Art Glue around the edges leaving the edge of the center opening free of glue attached to card front.  YouTube video for creating Wash Bucket can be f...

 Today I want to acknowledge everyone that has visited and continues to visit my page thank you so very much.  I have not posted in 5 months due to our moving to a new home after 56 years.  I am very close to begin creating and posting once again so stay tuned.  I have missed creating terribly but have been unpacking and sorting through everything deciding what to keep and what to get rid of (56 years in 1 place and 3-1/2 weeks to pack it all up there was no time for decisions). Thank you for continuing to check out my page - Stay Tune!!! Christine You only live once if you live right once is enough! Unknown

Hello my crafty friends! My card today is call a Triple Diamond Point which I found on Sam Calcutt YouTube channel.  I have created the card pretty much as Sam did but I used flowers from Spellbinders Susan's Garden Through the Meadow Collection .  I used S2-414 Lavender Mountain Daisy , an older Berry Branch and some Grape Hyacinth I created myself.  Also from Spellbinders I used E3D-033 Beveled Diamonds 3D Embossing Folder and Spellbinders Better Press BP-025 Always & Forever Sentiment Strips.   The card is a 6" X 6" here is Sam's video for creating this card.  Triple Diamond Point Using Susan's Garden Specialty Paper I cut 3 of the Lavender Mountain Daisies and colored with Olo Alcohol Markers V2.3 and 2.4.   I used watercolor paper for the foliage colored them with  YG-8.5 & 8.7 I then shaped them using Susan's Garden Deluxe Tool Kit .  Susan's video for creating these flowers can be found here . Grape Hyacinth  w...

  Hello my crafty friends! Today I have a card for you that I created using Spellbinders Susan's Garden S3-527 Chinese Mountain Rue and the 3D embossing folder E3D-117 Wildly Beautiful from the release Through The Meadow along with Spellbinders 3D Embossing folder E3D-052 Raindrops . Card Base is 6" X 6" tent fold card created from purple cardstock.  I then cut white cardstock 5-3/4" square and cut a circle approximately 4" diameter.  Next I embossed it using the Raindrops embossing folder.  Black cardstock was cut 4-1/2 " square and embossed using the Wildly Beautiful 3D Embossing Folder .  Using Bearly Art Glue add a bead of it around the back of the circle then add the black embossed piece.  Clear Double Sided Adhesive was used to attach the white piece to the card front. Using Spellbinders Susan's Garden Specialty Paper I cut out Chinese Mountain Rue  and for the leaves I used watercolor paper.  The flowers and leaves were colored with Olo...

Hello my crafty friends! Spring is on it's way and I do not know about you but I cannot wait to get outside and play in the dirt! Today I have a card I created for a lady in town that was turning 89 and her family had requested cards hoping to get at least 89 but they got over 100. My card is a Shadowbox Frame Card and I have used Spellbinders Susan's Garden S4-1363 Cymbidium Orchid from Winter's Grace Collection , Spellbinders S4-1428 Pooh's Honey Pot ( which was a Large Die of the Month) and Creative Expressions 3D Embossing Folder EF3D-071 Weeping Willow. I made my Shadowbox from 110# white cardstock and then attached to a 5" X 7" 110# cardstock card base.  Susan's video for creating the shadowbox can be found here From black cardstock I cut a piece to fit in opening and embossed using the Weeping Willow 3D embossing folder.  Adhered to opening using Bearly Art Glue. Using the Pooh's Honey Pot Die I cut 2 from white cardstock that had Clear Doub...