Christine's Creative Nook

  Hello My Crafty Friends, Today I have a card I have created for you using Spellbinders Susan's Garden Carnation S4-1325 from the Through the Arbor release and arranged them in a bowl I created using Spellbinders Essential Stylish Ovals S5-562 die set ( Susan Tierney-Cockburn did her Facebook Live April 3rd on creating vessels from different die shapes).  Susan's video can be found here My card is  5" X 7" created from 100# white cardstock.  The first mat is 4-3/4" X 6-3/4" hot pink glitter cardstock adhered to card front using Bearly Art Glue .  The next mat is black cardstock cut 4-1/2" X 6-1/2" then embossed using Lisa Horton 3D Embossing Folder LHCEF132 Sandstone Wall .  Once embossed I used a white (stamp pad was quite dried up) stamp pad rubbed it over entire surface then adhered to card front using Bearly Art Glue. The bowl was cut from watercolor paper using Spellbinders Essential Stylish Ovals S5-562 .  I embossed the bowl part using

Hello my crafty friends! My card today was created using a picture I printed off from Facebook, a Lily of the Valley 3D embossing folder and Spellbinders Susan's Garden Lily of the Valley dies (retired). Card Base is 5" X 7" using 100# white cardstock.  The first mat was from green cardstock cut 4-3/4" X 6-3/4" adhered to card front using Clear Double Sided Adhesive.   Black cardstock 4-1/2" X 6-1/2" was used for embossed layer. I used Lisa Horton's Background Lily of the Valley 3D Embossing Folder LHCEF 190 .  This was adhered to card front using Clear Double Sided Adhesive.  I love Lily of the Valley as you can probably tell.  I loved the vase so I printed 3 copies on photo cardstock.  I fussy cut them out (I actually cut the bottom off in order to make it fit my 5" X 7" card. I adhered the 3 vases together using Kids Choice Glue .  I then used Ultra Thick Clear Embossing Powder to emboss the vase then put immediately in the freez

Hello my crafty friends! Another Shadowbox Card for you this time in a 5" X 7".  I like doing this frame as it is out of 1 piece of paper.  The card is 5" X 7" and the opening for your bouquet is 3" X 5".   My bouquet of Mock Orange S3-496 from Spellbinders Susan's Garden Through the Arbor release along with Berry Branch / Autumn Foliage from Birds & Bees Garden Collection.   The bottle I created using Shrink Plastic which can be found in most craft stores.  Susan did this Shadowbox Frame Card on her Garden Club 2 "Live" February 28, 2024 which can be found here    Paper that I used for frame is P13- Hello Summer.  I absolutely love this paper. The bottle was created using Shrink Plastic also known as Shrinky Dink .  I cut a bottle on my Cricut approximately 8" tall (this is something you would have to play around with for size) my bottle ended up approximately 2-3/4" tall.  I traced my bottle pattern onto the Shri

Hello my crafty friends! Spring is on it's way so I have created a card with Forget Me Not and Pussy Willows .  I know Pussy Willows actually come and go before we even see the Forget Me Not  but thought they made a nice bouquet.  Spellbinders Susan's Garden Forget Me Not S2-340 from Garden Gate Collection was used and the Pussy Willows I actually designed myself.  You can find a little tutorial for them in a previous post.  The bottle was created from picture I took of a bottle I have and the background paper is one of my pictures printed on cardstock (this was a picture of wallpaper in a back bedroom at the Olson House where the picture "Christina's World" was painted by Andrew Wyeth in 1948.  He painted in a front bedroom of the Olson House) My card is a 5 X 7 card I created from 100# white cardstock.  My design paper was cut 4-3/4" X 6-3/4" and adhered to card front using Clear Double Sided Adhesive .  Woodgrain piece was cut 2" X 4-3'

 

  Hello my crafty friends! It is getting to be Pussy Willow season here in Maine so I thought I would write a little tutorial how I create them with paper and wool roving for my cards.  The picture above shows the real pussy willows on left and ones I created from paper and wool on right. I start with wool roving and clear Dawn detergent (any clear one would do I am sure) I pull off a small piece of roving and put a small drop or detergent on it the roll around in my fingers getting it to shape.  Once I live the shape I twist the bottom of it then set aside to dry.  I continue this process until I have the number I want.  You will have to probably have to play around with size piece of roving you use until you like it.  I very lightly add just a little brown or gray chalk (I used PanPastels) to give it a natural look. From brown cardstock I cut some pieces of  small pinecone and I am sorry I don't recall which one and you definitely could cut by hand from brown cardstock small pi