Christine's Creative Nook

  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...

  Hello my crafty friends! Today I have another 75th Birthday Card for another dear friend.  My friends and I are at this age now. My card that I created is a Z Fold Card .  110# white cardstock was cut 6" X 12" then scored at 3" & 6". Designer paper (I used P13 Forest Tea Party 03 ) was cut 2 pieces at 2-3/4" X 5-3/4" and 1 piece 5-3/4" square then attached to card base using Clear Double Sided Adhesive .   From white cardstock I cut the largest circle from Spellbinders S5-431 Picot Petite Circle set.   Left side only of circle was attached to front 3" panel lining it us so it was centered on 6" X 6" card Wash Bucket from Susan's Garden S5-615 Nasturtium & Wash Bucket die set (Through the Arbor Collection) was created and attached to Picot circle.   Next I printed a greeting on white cardstock and die cut  using a circle die that was just a bit smaller than the picot circle.  The circle was then attached to the center ...

  Hello my crafty friends! Today I have a slimline card for you and will say right up front I wish I had put basket at the bottom of the card as I normally would but was trying to mix things up a bit.   I created  card using Spellbinders Susan's Garden  S4-1364 Paperwhites from Winters Grace Collection along with S4-1115 Gathering Basket from Holiday Collection.     Spellbinders S6-186 Fluted Classic Slimline dies were used to cut frame.  Spellbinders / Simon Hurley E3D-080 Woven 3D Embossing Folder was used on the basket to emphasize the basket weave.  Spellbinders S4-201 (small) and S4-202 (large) Deckled Rectangle dies were used for sentiment. Card base is 4" X 9" and designer paper was cut 3-1/4" X 7-3/4" adhered to card front using Clear Double Sided Adhesive .  Using the 3 largest dies from the  Fluted Classic Slimline Die Set a frame was cut from green cardstock.  Bearly Art Glue was used to adhere the frame over t...

  Hello my crafty friends! Today I have a card I created for a friend who was turning 75 .  As you can see I have used spring flowers as I am really wishing for spring to hurry up and get here. The flowers are all created from Spellbinders Susan's Garden dies which are as follows S4-1085 Lily of the Valley (Spring Flora Collection), S1-125 Glory of the Snow (Snow Garden Collection), S4-1178 Trillium (Garden favorites Collection) and Berry Branch from S4-1079 Foliage & Ladybug (Autumn Flora Collection). My card base is a 5" X 7" from 110# white cardstock.  Mat layer is 4-3/4" X 6-3/4" pink cardstock embossed using Lisa Horton's 3D Embossing Folder LHCEF Lily of the Valley Blooms which was then adhered to card front using Clear Double Sided Tape. Oval was cut from black cardstock using Spellbinders S5-401 Candlewick Ovals then adhered using Clear Double Sided Adhesive. Trilliums, Lily of the Valley and Glory of the Snow  were die cut from Susan's Gar...

Hello my crafty friends! Today I have a card I created for a dear friend's birthday using a piece from my stash.  Not sure what I had made it for but decided that it would make a great mat for this card.  I have used Spellbinders Susan's Garden Oriental Lilies from the Wellies & Oriental Lily Die Set S5-478 Summer Flora Collection , Ladder Fern from Ferns & Ivy Die Set S4-1086 also from Spring Flora Collection and Arrowood Viburnum S3-516 from Winter's Grace Collection .  The patterned paper in heart is actually from a picture of old wallpaper I took at the Olson House where Andrew Wyeth painted the famous painting "Christina's World" .  I have used this on several occasions printing onto cardstock. My card base is 5-1/2" X 7" from 110# cardstock.  Pattern paper was cut a little larger than the heart opening then attached to back side using Clear Double Sided Adhesive .  The mat was then attached to card front using dimensional tape...