Christine's Creative Nook

Welcome My Crafty Friends, Here in Maine it is still snowy and very cold I for one am dreaming of Spring and warmer days that bring spring flowers,  I see all these pictures of flowers on Facebook which has inspired my card today.   Here is my inspiration picture for my card. Here is how I created my card. Step 1   Form 6X6  card base from white Soft Finish Cardstock .  Cut 5-3/4 X 5-3/4 patterned paper ( Through the Lens - Woods used here) adhere to card front using Clear Double Sided Adhesive . Step 2 From Clear Sticker Paper cut 2 canning jars using Susan's Garden Canning Jar & Lid set.  Using blue alcohol marker color front of one jar adhere second jar on top of colored. Step 3   Create flowers approximately 15 cutting from 85# white Soft Finish Cardstock using Garden Notes Flowering Trees ( Susan Garden Cherry Blossoms actually used here but is sold out).  Cut 1 of the 3 petal and 2 of the 2 petal for each flower along with 1...

    Hello My Crafty Friends, Today I have another card that I created for my sweet young co-worker that left for a new job.  Her and her hubby recently purchased a new home so I wanted to do something to celebrate that great event.  For this card I have used Karen Burniston's House & Fence Pop Up as well as an old Pop It Ups All Seasons Tree Die set and dog is from Susan's Garden CountryScapes - Critters 5 and daffodils from Garden Edges Daffodil.  The Congrats is Suzanne Cannon - A Way With Words stamped sentiment is Close to My Heart Happy for You set. Another fun card hope you enjoy! Thanks for stopping by and until next time - Happy Crafting! Christine

Hello Crafty Friends, Today I have a card that I created for a sweet co-worker who has taken another job.  I chose to use Karen Burniston's Circle Tag Pop Up die set for my card also using the Garden Charms .  Fun card to create but wish I had used the same color for card base as I did on the Pop Up that white just seems to jump out at me. Thanks for stopping by! Christine  

Hello my crafty friends welcome to my blog! Today I am posting a card I created for my Christmas Card Challenge group.  This is week 7 of the challenge and the theme this week it is reindeer.  My card was created using Karen Burniston's new Rockin' Rectangle Pop Up , Border Blends - Argyle along with an old die of her's Rudy the Reindeer .  My sentiment was stamped using ECD Classic Christmas Sentiments clear stamps the tree is Stampin Up In The Woods Framelits Dies . Oh what fun I had creating this card this will be another very versatile die set like the  Square  Spinner Pop Up that I have been making so many cards with. If you are like me and can't buy all Karen's dies (Oh how I wish I could) I really believe the Square Spinner Pop Up and the Rockin' Rectangle Pop Up will give you the biggest bang for your buck! Thanks for stopping by today - soon I will be posting some more of my flower cards. Until next time - Happy Crafting! Christine

Welcome my crafty friends! Here are a few more Square Spinner Pop Up cards I have been creating using Karen Burniston's #1042 Square Spinner Pop Up Die Set along with some of Karen's old discontinued dies as well as the baby chick from her new #1074 Spring Animals and #1090 Border Blends - Argyle .  It is great that they can be used together to create lots of cards. Baby Card Valentines More Valentines So much fun!!! Thanks for stopping by today and looking - hope you have enjoyed! Until next time - happy crafting ! Christine    

Hello my crafty friends, Welcome to my blog. It has been a while since I posted I am working on some new flowers which I will be posting soon but until then  I have a quick Valentine I have made for my dear friend's grandson who is 3 and yes it is another Square Spinner Pop Up I just can't help myself. Along with Karen Burniston's Square Spinner Pop Up set I have used one her new releases the Border Blends - Argyle and Jinks the Monkey which is an old die set that is no longer available. [wpvideo ip0GnX9K] I show the back of the card in this video - sometimes things happen when you forget to put cover back on ink pad. Thanks for stopping by and until next time - Happy Crafting ! Christine