Christine's Creative Nook

Hello my crafty friends! Today I have a card I created called Triple Diamond Stepper Card by Sam Calcott  - Sam's YouTube video can be found here .  I know mine is not diamonds but because of the directional pattern on my paper I chose to just use squares.  I used Spellbinders Susan's Garden Tassel Flower S4-1482 and Poetic Foliage S3-558 to adorn the card. Card base created using Sam Calcott's YouTube video linked above.  Once again I have used Ella & Viv Love Grows Here Field of Flowers (I just love this paper). The Tassel Flowers and Foliage were cut from Spellbinders Susan's Garden Specialty Paper, colored with Olo Markers then shaped using Spellbinders Susan's Garden Deluxe Tool Kit.  The link for creating Tassel Flowers can be found here  The Happy Birthday is a Karen Burniston Die Cut. Thank you for stopping by today I hope it has been inspiring. Until next time - Happy Creating! Christine You only live once if you live right once is eniugh! Unkn...

Hello my crafty friends! Today I have another birthday card using Karen Burniston's Lorna Label Pop Up #1266 and  Happy Birthday Lorna Add-ons #1276 and adorned it with Spellbinders Susan's Garden Primrose S2-447. Card base is 5" X 5"  cut yellow cardstock 5" X 10" score at 5" fold on score line.  3 pc of pattern paper ( I used Ella & Viv Love Grows Here Field of Flowers) cut 4-3/4" square adhered to front, back and bottom inside and 1pc 4-3/4"  X 2" for top inside. Karen Burniston's YouTube video for constructing the Lorna Label can be found here For the front of card I created 9 Primrose Flowers and a bunch of leaves colored to match paper.  They were cut from Susan's Specialty Paper colored with Olo Markers and shaped using Susan's Deluxe Tool Kit.   The Primrose were arranged and attached with Kids Choice Glue to front of card.  Susan's YouTube for creating Primrose can be found here Thank you for stopp...

Hello my crafty friends! My card today is a simple 5" X 7" Birthday Card.  Spellbinders Susan's Garden Astrantia S5-711 was used along with some pieces of berry branch that I actually got from floral clearance at Hobby Lobby. Card base cut 100# cardstock 10" X 7" score 10" at 5" fold on score line.  Next layer was 4-3/4" X 6-3/4" adhered to card front.  Pattern Paper was cut 4-1/2" X 6-1/2" adhered to card front.  The oval die cut from my stash which was adhered to card front.  Happy Birthday was stamped on white cardstock using black ink then a piece of the colored cardstock was cut 1/4" larger and adhered the Happy Birthday to it. I created the Astrantia die cutting from Susan's Specialty Paper and using Susan's Deluxe Tool Kit to shape.  Susan's YouTube video for this flower can be found here   I colored my Astrantia to resemble the "Buckland" variety although it didn't photograph the color wel...

Hello My Crafty Friends! Finally I am getting around to posting some of my cards that I have made the last couple of months it has been a busy time for me.  I have had many requests for cards plus I have had cards I need for family members. My card today is a card that was requested for a dear friend's daughter's graduation.  She just left it up to me other than color.  It is a Z Fold card and I used Spellbinders Essential Arches Etched die set but any arch set would do.  I have adorned the card with Spellbinders Susan's Garden Love in a Mist  S3-559 and Wild Violet S-3569 both from the Poet's Garden release.  I created Love in a Mist and Wild Violets following Susan's YouTube videos linked below Love in a Mist video Wild Violet video I stamped Graduate in black ink on white cardstock then die cut to attach to front.  The inside sentiment is a free printable one that I got off the internet printed on white cardstock and die cut with the largest arch di...

  Welcome my crafty friends! Today my card I created has spring wildflowers we have here in Maine.  As I was looking around our new home this spring I saw the Dog Tooth Violets / Yellow Trout Lilies  growing on the edge of the  woods and thought that would be a great flower to create to go with the Forget Me Nots and the Lily of the Valley .  Susan doesn't have a die for it but decided to challenge myself to see if I could recreate them.   I picked some of them brought them in and started going through my dies and came up with some I thought would work. For the  Dog Tooth Violet / Yellow Trout Lily I used S2-376 Blackeye Susan from Birds & Bees Collection , S4-1235 Magnolia from Victorian Garden Collection and of course for the other two flowers I used Spellbinders Susan's Garden S4-1085  Lily of the Valley from Spring Flora Collection ,  S2-340 Forget Me Not from Garden Gate Collection .   I created a 5" X 7" card b...

  The real deal! I just want to say I am not a tutorial writer I have only done this to give you an idea of  how I did it but I am sure someone will figure out a better way. Using the petal die from  the Spellbinders Susan's Garden S2-376 Blackeye Susan set I cut several sets of petals using Spellbinders Susan's Garden Speciality Paper.  I colored my petals using Olo Y1.2 I added a little brown PanPastel to center area  Next I used the large ball stylus to cup them (right side down on molding mat not shown her) next I placed on my speedball mat and pierced the centers for the floral wire. I inserted the floral wire (approximately 4-5" long as to make sure you have enough then when flower is assembled you can cut off extra) into the hole from outside in and twisted wire with pliers to keep it inside.   once wires were inserted I formed flower with my fingers and inserted into the 1/4" hole of Susan's flower mold  then spritzed lightly with water an...