Christine's Creative Nook

  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...

 Hi my crafty friends! Just thought I would post a couple of popup cards I created in a class I took with Karen Burniston . no tutorials but just fun cards.  Karen has the most amazing interactive dies I have ever seen. Pop Up Grasshopper Ladybug Pop Thanks for stopping by today!!! Christine You only live once if you live right once is enough! Unknown

  Hello my crafty friends! My card today is a Secret Slider Card that Susan Tierney-Cockburn did on April 9, 2026 on her Garden Club 2 "Live" .  My card is a 6" X 6" her card was 8-1/2" by 6".  I have chosen Spellbinders Susan's Garden Cosmo S4-1436 from the Summer Solstice Collection (colored as the Apricotta Cosmo although the coloring doesn't show up well in picture).  I also used the Winter Bough & Evergreen Shrubs set S4-1114 from the Holiday Collection . I created my card just as Susan did changing only the cardstock size for base and the slider.  I cut the cardstock for base 6" x 12" and the slider piece was cut 5-1/2" X 3-1/4" and adjusted the designer paper sizes accordingly.  I used white 100# cardstock for card base and slider the designer paper I used was P13 Secret Garden-07and for Tin Can P13 MaxiCreative pad Pastel Walls .  Spellbinders Notched Corners Frames S5-602 was used to cut the Tin Can.  Susan...

Hello My Crafty Friends! My card today is a Tri-Fold Shutter Card that Susan Tierney-Cockburn did on her "Live" Susan's Garden Club 2 on March 25, 2026.  Video for creating this card can be found here .  I adorned my card with Spellbinders Susan's Garden Lily of the Valley S4-1085 from Spring Flora Collection and Forget-Me-Not S2-340 from Garden Gate Collection.   The embossing folder that I used was Spellbinders Susan's Garden Bee-Cause E3D-078 from Through the Arbor Collection.   The bottle the flowers are in was made from Shrink Plastic.  I cut large bottle ( 5-6" in size) on Cricut then traced the shape onto rough side of Shrink Plastic then I fussy cut it out.  I color the shape with alcohol markers on rough side.  I then used my heat gun to shrink.   I created my Lily of the Valley   (video here ) and the Forget-Me-Nots   (video here )by cutting them from Susan's Specialty Paper, colored with Olo Alcohol ...

Hi my crafty friends! Today I have another Hexagon Card but I changed dimensions on this one to be a 6" X 6".  The dimensions I used for my card were as follows: Card Base 6" X 6" scored at 2 & 4. Top and bottom strips 7" X 1" scored at 1/2, 2-1/2, 4-1/2, 6-1/2 all mountain folds. Embossed pieces as follows:   ( I used Lisa Horton's Background Lily of the Valley Blooms 3D embossing folder LHCEF 190) 3 pcs 1-3/4" X 5-3/4" for inside card 6 pc 3/4" 1-3/4" for top & bottom sections Acetate strip 5/8" X 5-7/8" Use the original video for construction of card it can be found here Once again I used Spellbinders S5-204 Lace Hearts on front of card. I created some Spellbinders Susan's Garden S4-1085 Lily of the Valley from Spring Flora Collection ( unfortunately not available anymore but other flowers would work).  I cut them from Spellbinders Susan's Garden Specialty paper, colored with alcohol markers and sh...

Hello My Crafty Friends!   My card today was a birthday card for my best friend of over 60 years daisies are one of her favorite flowers.  I used Spellbinders Susan's Garden Gerber Daisy S5-531 from The Painters Garden Collection.   The flower represents the Blue Disc African Daisy.  Susan's YouTube video for creating the Gerber Daisy can be found here    I used Olo Alcohol Markers B0.6 and B0.7 to color the tiny center florets and a tiny bit of orange pollen on the outer edge of center flowers.   For the center of the front of card I used  Spellbinders S5-204 Lace Hearts .  added a few berries. The embossing folder is a  Lisa Horton 3D Lily of the Valley Blooms LHCEF 190. I recently had seen this card on Facebook that intriqued me it was by Avee Renee.   The card is called Mini Slimline Hexagon Card.   The tutorial can be found here   The card is an easy card to create. I do hope that I have inspired you to make yo...