Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween!

I hope you are enjoying your Halloween.

My children are adults now, so I don't 

have the chance to dress them up anymore

and we don't get trick or treaters at our house

so I don't get a chance to enjoy the kids from our

area either, but I hope you are having some 

Halloween fun.

Here is what I did for some Halloween fun.

I got a wine glass at the Dollar Tree and

used some of my acrylic craft paints to paint this

cute tea light holder.

It took a few coats of each color or paint,

but it went on fairly easily.

I just needed to be sure the paint was really

dried between coats. If not the other layers

can pull up and create a mess.

Don't ask how I know this.

Live and learn!

The hardest part for me was deciding on 

what kind of face to paint on it.
I love how the little vines look like 

little wisps of hair.

Once it was painted and dried,

I coated it with a layer of Mod Podge to 

seal it.  If you don't the paint can scratch off

easily and who wants that when you've put 

time and effort into it.

And the Mod Podge gives it a nice finish.

This is a gift and I sure hope they like it as much

as I do.

Thanks for stopping in today.

I hope you'll try painting something a little

different.  I think there are a lot of cute things you could

do with glasses like this for Christmas, or any occasion

for that matter.

See you again soon!

Cards for Card Drive 1

Hello all!  

It's that time of year again.

Time to be making cards for the
Caring Hearts Card Drive

This card drive is near and dear to my heart.

I've been making cards for it for several years now and

this year will be my 3rd year of helping to deliver cards.

All the cards donated to the card drive go to residents of

nursing facilities.  Although it started in the US and this is the

largest area of recipients, they are also distributed in

Canada, Australia and the United Kingdom.

One of the places I deliver to is Sacred Heart Home,

where my Mom lives.  She and her friends love receiving

the cards and comparing where they have come from.

If you are interested in donating to this card drive,

check out the link above.

I'm late posting about this, the cards need to be in 

by November 17th, so check it out soon.

Here are a few of the cards I have made for the card drive.

I will be posting more in the next few weeks.

One of the things I like about this design, is that I can use

a lot of scrap papers for them.

They are a quick and easy card to make and I think they

turn out great every time.

Thanks for stopping by to see what I've been up to.

I hope you'll come again soon.

Until next time,

try using up some of your scraps! 

Place Mats Into Bags

Hi all!

Today I have something a little different for you.

My friends and I decided to host a weekend scrapbooking crop

this fall.  Our theme is Birthday Bash 

to celebrate the 9th birthday of
My Happy Place Scrapbooking and Crafting Studio

and everyone's birthday.

I got the idea of using place mats to make bags

that can be used for storing and carrying crafting

supplies and/or tools.  I love to repurpose things and

this seemed like a good chance to do so.

I went to a few thrift stores and picked up place mats

very inexpensively.

This is what I started with.......

and this is what I ended up with.

I simply folded them and sewed them up the sides.

Then folded the other end over to close them.

This is the one I made for myself,

isn't it pretty?

Here it is opened.

I think these little bags could have a lot of uses.

They would be great to carry cosmetics, or hair care items,

or maybe some lingerie while traveling.

Maybe to store your curling iron or scarfs.

Everyone that attends our crop, including my friends 

who planned it with me, will receive one of these

little bags with some goodies in it.

Here is what they will get as their goodie bag.

The bag with 10 - 6x6 birthday themed papers,

a package of birthday themed sticker, a pencil,

candy, a little candle and pretty holder, really you can't have 

a birthday with out candles, right?

And some tickets to win some prizes.

I wrapped up all the gifts with colorful tissue

paper and ribbon and tied a cute wooden tag to the ribbon.

They will be on each 

crafter's table when they arrive for the crop.

I hope they like their little goodie bag as much as

I liked making them and finding the goodies to go 

into them. They will also receive some 12x12 

birthday themed paper, but that doesn't fit into the 

bag.

Thanks for stopping by today,

I hope you've been inspired to 

reuse, recycle or repurpose something.

Come again soon,

until then

Happy Crafting!

Halloween Envelopes

Hello and welcome!

My last post was about my Halloween cards,

today's post is about the envelopes I made for those cards.

I started by making the envelopes with white card stock

and my We R Memory Keepers Envelope Punch Board

I then stamped images onto the envelopes

and colored them with my Fantasia Colored pencils

This is "Pumpkin Vine Stamp"

QKR Stampede

I drew the banner freehand and added Mom's name.

This is done with 

"Ghost" Eureka Stamps

"Halloween Border"  Eureka Stamps

My friend loaned me this stamp, I don't know

what company it is from.

My friend also loaned me this stamp.

The background with the clouds doesn't show very well

in the pictures, but in real life it turned out pretty cool.

This one I didn't realize that I hadn't colored the 

owl or broom until I took the picture.

I may just leave it white like this, or maybe color the 

broom and leave the owl white.

I have never done any artwork on envelopes before,

but I was inspired by Kristina Werner in 

this video.

Kristina is one of my favorite artist and bloggers,

she does a mail art video every month and I've wanted

to give it a try.  This was the perfect time and I loved

the way they all turned out.  I'm sure I'll be doing more

mail art in the future.

If you haven't checked out Kristina's blog you should

do so, she's really quite wonderful and talented.

Thanks for stopping by today,

I hope you were inspired in some way.

Maybe you'll give mail art a try, I hope so.

See you next time, you never know what you'll find on 

Kristie Kreates!

Note the links are only to give a reference so you can

see what the products are.
I didn't necessarily purchase from these sites,

except where specified,

and you may find better prices elsewhere,

I am in no way promoting any particular site.

Halloween Cards

Hello crafters!

It's October, so time to get those Halloween cards ready.

I usually don't send Halloween cards, but

as I've said before, this year I'm trying to send more

cards.  So I decided to make and send some Halloween cards.

Not only to a couple kids, but to adults too.

Here is what I made.

I heat embossed this Sm. Witch 

by Eureka Stamps, sold through 

Stamp On It

For the moons, I punched a circle out of card stock

laid it over the black card stock,

smushed the VersaMark Ink pad over the circle hole,

then added gold embossing glitter and heat set it.

On some of the cards I stamped and heat embossed

"Flying by" on the outside,

inside I stamped "to say" with the same silver 

embossing powder and
"Happy Halloween"

in Onyx Black VersaFine Ink

For this card I added some 

Ghosts also from Eureka sold through 

Stamp On It.

I attached the witch with an Action Wobble

For this card I used the same Ghost stamp

and Halloween Border Stamp

I used Black Soot Distress Ink

for the night sky and added some water droplets

to give it a little texture.

I cut the curve on the bottom of the front of the card

with a Curved Edge Die

For this card I used

Autumn Friends Stamp

from QKR Stampede

sold through 

Stamp On It.

All coloring was done with my 

Fantasia Colored Pencils

I'm pretty happy with how these cards all 

turned out and I hope the recipients like them too.

Thanks for stopping by today

I hope you'll come again soon.

My next post, I'll show you the envelopes
I made for these cards to be sent in.

Until then,

Have fun crafting!

Note the links are only to give a reference so you can

see what the products are.
I didn't necessarily purchase from these sites,

except where specified,

and you may find better prices elsewhere,

I am in no way promoting any particular site.

Engagement Card

Hello Friends!

Many of you know that my son, Jaryd, recently got engaged.

He and Sara will be getting married September 29, 2018.

I made this card for them to celebrate their engagement.

The image is

Lg. Knot Heart

from Eureka Stamps now sold by

Stamp On It

I stamped the heart design onto white 

card stock with VersaMark Ink and 

heat embossed it with silver embossing powder.

I then used Distress Ink and an ink blending tool

to cover the entire image with ink.

Once that was done I buffed off any ink that was 

on the silver embossing.

I fussy cut the image leaving a small border 

around the image.

For the background panel, I used a piece of

silver card stock and ran it through the 

Cuttlebug in a heart embossing folder.

I adhered the panel to a white card base and

used foam tape to adhere the Knot Heart to 

the panel.

I love the way the card turned out,

it is perfect for Jaryd and Sara,

as Sara is Irish and Jaryd is part Irish and has

visited Ireland a couple times.

Purple and gray will be their wedding colors.

I think they will like it.

Thanks for stopping by today,

I hope you're having a creative day.

See you next time.

Note the links are only to give a reference so you can

see what the products are.
I didn't necessarily purchase from these sites,

except where specified,

and you may find better prices elsewhere,

I am in no way promoting any particular site.

Crazy Dog Card

Hello friends!

Today is another card from my 

unused stash of goodies.

I love the dogs from the 

Tim Holtz Crazy Dogs stamp set

They are just so darn cute and bring a smile to 

my face, they have such personality!

I colored this card using my 

watercolor crayons for the dog as well as the

sky and grass.

Inside I stamped this sentiment from the 

Lovely Greetings stamp set

from Cas-ual Fridays Stamps.

I added a little Glossy Accents to his nose and tag

to give a little shine.

I also made an envelope, since it is a square card,

using my Envelope Punch Board.

Did you know square cards cost more to mail?

I made the envelope a bit larger than the card, in 

a rectangular shape to avoid the extra postage.

Thanks for stopping by to see what I've been up to,

I hope you have a wonderful day and 

create something fun.

Note the links are only to give a reference so you can

see what the products are.
I didn't necessarily purchase from these sites,

except where specified,

and you may find better prices elsewhere,

I am in no way promoting any particular site.

Firefly tag card

Hello crafty people.

Today I have another project to show you

from my stash of unused "stuff"

Quite a while ago I made this tag, but never used it.

I used alcohol inks and deli paper to make the

background paper, then glued it to a manila tag.

I then stamped the images with Versafine Onyx Black Ink

and then the tag sat for a long time.

I decided I wanted to make it into a card.

I used Distress Inks to give a white card base

a different color, then simply adhered the tag

to the card base.

I stamped this so long ago, that I have no idea

about the names of the stamps or even what company 

they are from.

My friend, Jen, absolutely loved this tag

so I decided to make it a card for her.

I stamped this sentiment inside the card with

Color Box Chalk Ink and it wasready to go. 

This sentiment is True Friends and can be purchased

as a rubber stamp or a digital stamp

from Stamp On It.

I also made an envelope for this card with my 

Envelope Punch Board.

Thanks for stopping by today,

I hope you have been inspired in some way.

Maybe you'll dig into your stash of

"stuff" and come out with something

that you started and never finished.

Until next time,

Be Creative!

Note the links are only to give a reference so you can

see what the products are.
I didn't necessarily purchase from these sites,

except where specified,

and you may find better prices elsewhere,

I am in no way promoting any particular site.

Kitty card

hello!

This card I'm showing you today is one I made for 

my Aunt Marilyn.  Aunt Marilyn is my Mom's best friend.

They have been friends for well over 80 yrs.

Aunt Marilyn just turned 94 and I wanted to make a card for her.

She loves cats and this is perfect for her.

If you don't know Jennifer McGuire, you need to go to her

blog and check out her videos.  She is amazing and knows more

techniques than anyone I've ever seen.

I learned this technique from her blog.

I believe she calls it "double embossing"

I used a piece of black card stock, covered it with 

VersaMark Ink then embossed it with clear embossing 

powder.  Next I stamped the cat 

(sm, crazy kitty from Stamp On It)

 in VersaMark and embossed it

with silver embossing powder, the same with the hello.

When the second embossing is done over that clear embossing,

the silver kind of sinks into the clear and creates a very cool look.

It doesn't look or feel like 2 layers.

For the inside of the card, I used a set of individual 

tiny letter stamps to stamp 

"peeking in to say' 

and "Happy Birthday"

from Stamp On It

in VersaFine Onyx Black Ink

I wanted the sentiment to pop so I matted it onto

black card stock.

I know my Aunt will love this card that was

made especially for her.

I'm glad you stopped by today.

If you don't already visit

Jennifer McGuire Ink

pop over and watch her videos, 

she's really quite amazing.

Come again soon,

Until then I hope you'll 

try something new!

Note the links are only to give a reference so you can

see what the products are.
I didn't necessarily purchase from these sites,

except where specified,

and you may find better prices elsewhere,

I am in no way promoting any particular site.