Stuffing Waffles

Hello everyone!
I hope you had a wonderful Christmas
I know I did.
Here's an idea of a way to use the leftover
stuffing from your turkey dinner.
We used to always have turkey dinner for
New Years Day, so if your family is like
mine was, you may just have some of that left
over stuffing soon.

Take some of that stuffing and put it into a bowl.

Next add an egg and mix together.

Now just put it into your waffle iron.
This doesn't spread like waffles usually do.

When they are cooked and browned
take them out of the iron.

I put gravy on mine and it was wonderful.
I think this would make a great breakfast
if you like eggs, a fried egg on top would be
great.

Pretty darn tasty!

Thanks for stopping by today.
I hope you'll give these stuffing waffles a try.
Come again soon, until then
try something new!

Arthur

Hello blog friends!

Today I'd like to introduce you to Arthur.

My husband found Arthur in a Walmart parking

lot when we were visiting my Aunt Marilyn in

North Carolina.

I decided he needed to be our traveling companion,

I named him Arthur and he lives in our car on the dash board.

Recently our friend was in the Vets Hospital,

so we took Arthur for a visit.

He was very curious about the hospital and was

checking everything out.

Guess he was hoping to find something tasty

to eat here.

Each elevator has a different branch

of the military honored in it.
He was proud to honor the Marines in

this one.

He got very into what was on television.

Curious about that other animal.

Not a bit scared to interact with this creature.

And that night sky was amazing and mesmerizing.

He even took a climb up Buffalo City Hall.

Pretty good climber that Arthur!

Interesting stuff in this dispenser.

He was very curious about the rubber gloves,

so our friend Diane showed him what they 

were for.  Well maybe not exactly what they

were for, but something fun to do with them.

He even helped with some medical procedures.

Checking out the drinks.

Always discard sharp objects safely.

The view was great from the 8th floor.

Nice view of UB
(SUNY Buffalo)

He also had a lot of fun taking a swing.

I have to say for a group of people in their

late 50s and early 60s we had way too much fun

with Arthur at the hospital. LOL!

But I also have to say we laughed a lot and

really cheered up our friend who was the patient.

It's not always bad to bring a little childhood into your life

and use your imagination.

After all, isn't that what being creative is all about?

Thanks for stopping by today, like I say,

you never know what you'll find on 

Kristie Kreates!

Hope you enjoyed meeting Arthur.

Until next time,

be creative, use your imagination

and have fun.

French Toast Roll Ups

Hi blog fans!
Today I have something a little different.
I was home alone for dinner and I decided to
have a little breakfast for dinner.
So I made French Toast Roll Ups.
Very simple.
Take a piece of white bread and cut off the crust.
Then use a rolling pin to flatten the bread.
Spread a bit of cream cheese on one end of the bread,
and add some fruit, I used some mashed raspberries.
Starting at the end with the cream cheese,
roll it up.
Dip the rolled bread into melted butter and then
into sugar.
Cook in the air fryer for about 5 minutes, or in
the over for 10-15 minutes.

Here's what you end up with.

And inside is that yummy filling.
I made these for friends and mixed the cream cheese and
fruit together before spreading on the bread.
They were wonderful and everyone loved them.
You can use whatever fruit you like, or use
sugar and cinnamon, or peanut butter or
Nutella, use your imagination and
see what you can come up with.

Thanks for stopping in today,
I hope you'll give these a try, they are
simple, quick and very tasty.
Until next time,
try something new.

Down the Path and Food

Welcome to Kristie Kreates!

Today I have a couple layouts from Jaryd and Sara's

engagement trip to her Mom's for pictures

I love this sequence of pictures and had to use them.

My friend Judy suggested the title and I thought 

it was perfect for the layout.

From what the kids tell me, it was a feast every time 

they ate.  Like the layout says,

"Nobody goes hungry at Mom's"

To finish off this layout, I added shiny red confetti

in groups around the layout.
I think they pull it all together.

It was also Sara's birthday while they were there, 

so of course they had to celebrate with a cake.

Kind of wish I had a little bit of purple confetti

for that little birthday area.

Thanks for stopping by and spending time here.

Come again soon and see what else I'm up to.

Until then:

Be Scrap Happy!

Tent cards

Hello!

Today I have a wedding project to show you.

Sara asked for a few reserved signs for the tables at the

reception and for seats at the wedding.

These are what I came up with.

They had a loose nautical theme to the wedding,

thus the knotted rope.

These were simple to make, just create and print

then fold into tents cards.

We had a couple vegans and vegetarians at the wedding

and rehearsal linner. (Linner is late lunch - early dinner)

 So I made some to designate what

they could eat safely.

The kids asked for a taco bar for the rehearsal linner,

so that's what I did for them.

I wanted to be sure everyone knew what they were

getting to eat, so I made a few signs for them.

These were quick and easy to make.

They made things easy for people at the linner.

I'm glad you came by to spend time with me today,

come again soon.

Until then:

Happy Crafting!

Black Friday Goodies

Hello and welcome!

Yesterday was my annual 

Black Friday Crop.

This is my favorite crop of the year.

I always have a "goodie bag" for the scrappers,

and this is one of the things I included in their goodies

this year.

I made little gift boxes for each scrapper.

They were inspired by this post from one of my 

favorite blogs.  I just adjusted the dimensions to what

I needed for the tags.
If you have never visited Pootles.co.uk, give it a try,

she has some wonderful projects.

Inside were 6 handmade gift tags.

I made all of them and love how they turned out.

Do you make your own gift tags for Christmas and/or

other occasions?
Thanks for stopping by today.  

I hope you've been inspired in some way.

Come again soon.

Until then,

Happy Crafting!

Sun Glasses

Welcome!

Today I'm showing you one of the

projects that I did for Jaryd and Sara's wedding.

Since the wedding was outside, 

they ordered sunglasses for all the wedding party.

They asked me to personalize them for everyone

with names and what part they were had the wedding party.

These were the attendants on Sara's side.

These are the attendants on Jaryd's side.

They all looked great in their sunglasses.

Thanks for spending time with me today,

come again soon.

You never know what you'll find on

Kristie Kreates!

Nursery School

Hi all and welcome!

Since my son just got married, I thought it would be

a good time to show y'all this layout of him in nursery school.

As you can tell, I'm WAY behind on my scrapbooking.

To be fair, I wasn't scrapping when my kids were little,

so things are a bit late, but I think I have all his school

pictures done now.

I loved that they let me have a picture taken with him

at their photo day.

If you click on the pictures you can see them larger

and his best man at the wedding is in the class pictures.

Best man, Brian, is in the top row, 2 away from the teacher.

In this picture, Brian is in the back row, right in front of

the teacher.

Best buddies since they were 3 yrs old.

Thanks for stopping by today.

I hope you will pop in again soon.

Until then,

Happy Scrapping!

Practice Hair

Practice hair,

Have you heard of it?

Today's layout is about going for "practice hair"

Most of the girls had never had the hair stylist that

Sara uses to have their hair done.

So one day we all went to have April do their hair,

and see if they liked what she did.

Here are the 4 girls from the wedding party,

with their hair done.

For each girl I wanted to do something a little different

for their pictures and layout.

To see the pictures better, click on them and they

will enlarge for you.

Bride

Sara had a practice session too, since she doesn't 

wear her hair up, ever!

Her background piece is made using alcohol inks

on silver card stock.

The embellishment along the sides, I designed

and cut with my Silhouette.

Her sister, Maid of Honor

This background was made with alcohol inks on

deli paper. the border and the heart embellishment,

were cut on my Silhouette.
And that layout isn't as crooked as it looks,

sorry about the bad picture.

My daughter

Best Lady

For this background I used some embossed paper.

I used an ink blending too to add Distress Ink 

to the raised areas.  I cut out some of the flowers

from the inked paper as embellishments.

Bridesmaid

This background is 2 different papers that I cut into

strips and then wove together.

For the embellishments I cut the vines, leaves and flowers

with my Silhouette to mimic the flowers in her hair.

Bridesmaid

And finally, one of my favorite techniques.

I stamped and heat embossed with clear embossing powder,

then used Distress Ink to ink over the embossing.

Buffing with a clean cloth helps remove any ink on

the embossed areas, so they show up nice and white.

I cut pieces from the same pattern to 

use for embellishments.

I'm very happy with how these layouts turned out.

I had a lot of fun doing the different techniques for 

each layout.

I hope you've enjoyed these layouts and are inspired in

some way to try something new and different.

Thanks for coming by and spending time here.

Come again soon!

Until next time,

Think Outside the Box!

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.

Beautiful Fall Engagement Pictures

Hi all!

Today I have another layout for Jaryd and Sara's 

wedding scrapbook.

This one has some beautiful fall pictures from their

engagement photos.

I'm trying to do some different techniques and

embellishments for their layouts.

For this one, I made a sign to mimic the one

that they made, shown in some of the picture.

The proportions are a bit different, but

I think it came out cute.

 I also used Distress Inks in fall colors

to color some paper, then stamped the large flower 

and leaves onto that paper.

I then fussy cut them to add to the layout.

I love how the overall layout turned out,

I think the flower and leaves are just the right

addition to bring it all together.

Thanks for popping in,

I hope you've been inspired in some way today.

Come again soon.

Until then,

try something a little different on your

layouts and/or cards.

Bridal Fair

Welcome to Kristie Kreates!

Today I'm showing you a layout I did for 

Jaryd and Sara's wedding scrapbook.

This one is about the Bridal Fair that we attended.

We had such a great time and found the photographer and

baker that we used for the wedding.

What's going on in that picture of me?
We were walking through the fair and I felt something

odd on my arm.  Low and behold there was a sock up my sleeve.

Guess it was stuck there from the laundry.  I promptly

removed it, handed it to Jaryd, he stuck it in hit pocket

and no one was the wiser.

Thanks for stopping by today, hope you'll come again soon.

I'll be showing more layouts for the wedding book as

well as cards and other things I'm working on.

Until next time,

happy crafting!

Ink Lift Card

Welcome to Kristie Kreates!

Have you tried the Alcohol Lift Ink yet?

If you haven't you should give it a try.

Well, that is if you use alcohol inks.

I love my alcohol inks, especially for making backgrounds.

When the Alcohol Lift Ink came out

I knew I needed to give it at try.

This is a card I made for my Aunt Marilyn.

Her 95th birthday was the same day my 

son got married.  Unfortunately, she lives in

 North Carolina and we are in Western New York,

so she wasn't able to attend.

I thought a fall themed card would be perfect for her.

There are a lot of video's out there showing how to use the

alcohol lift ink, so I won't go into detail about it.

I will say I used a glossy silver card stock,

made a background with a few different colors of

alcohol ink and stamped with several leaf stamps from

my stash of stamps.

I heat embossed the Happy Birthday with silver embossing powder,

mounted it onto silver card stock and layered them all

onto a matching card base.

If you haven't tried this cool ink, you should.

It's so much fun to work with and gives a very impressive

look to any card or project you make with it.

Here's a link to some videos on YouTube

showing techniques with this amazing product.

Thanks for stopping by today, 

come again soon.

Until then,

watch some videos and give 

something new a try.

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.

Partners In Crime and Save The Dates Layouts

I love my kids!

Hello crafty friends!

Today I have a couple layouts to show you.

These will be going into the wedding scrapbook(s) for 

Jaryd and Sara.

I love the pictures in this layout, because they show the 

fun loving and playful side of my kids.

These are all pictures that were taken by Sara's Mom, Yvonne,

during their engagement picture session with her.

Kelsie and Jaryd have always been close, 

these pictures remind me how close they are

and how goofy they can be at times.

Making the Save The Dates was a big project that 

Sara and I did together.

We designed them together and assembled them 

together.  It was so much fun being able to 

work with her and be involved in so much.

Jaryd also came by to lend a hand.

Working on these with Sara was a joy,

she had most of the ideas about what they wanted

and I knew how to make it happen.

When working on the layouts for the wedding book,

I've been trying to think outside the box a little bit.

I want to incorporate more stamping in the scrapbook, 

as well as different techniques.

In this one about the Save The Dates,

I did some stamping on the layout, as well as

stamping the title.

Not all that outside the box, but I think you'll see 

more creativity in some of the future layouts

that I'll be showing you.

Do you ever use stamping on your 

scrapbook layouts?

Thanks for stopping by today,

hope you have been inspired in some way.

Until next time,

think outside the box and try

something a little different!

Happy Anniversary!

Hello crafty people!

A couple weekends ago a couple friends

and I organized a 4 day crop and celebrated 10 yrs

of cropping and crafting together.

One of the gals made cupcakes and I made these little

 decorations for the top of them.

I used a banner die and cut from all different colors of 

scrap card stock.  I then stamped the Happy Anniversary

sentiment onto them and embossed it with 

silver embossing powder.

I used glue dots to stick the banners onto 

toothpicks.  Simple, quick and easy and they 

looked cute on the cupcakes.

Unfortunately, this was the only thing I got any

pictures of from our crop.

Guess I was worn out from the wedding the week

before and I didn't think of taking pictures of any of

the other prep or fun.

In fact I took these pictures after the event.

Sometimes we just get bogged down and forget

things.  LOL

The good thing is that the event was a big success.
Now on to planning our next one for the spring.

I'm glad you stopped in today and hope you'll come

again to spend a little time with me.

Until next time,

try something simple and easy.

Etched Wine glasses

Hello crafty people!

For Jaryd and Sara's wedding, there were

a bunch of crafty things that I helped with.

One of those things were some glasses that were

given to people at the rehearsal.
Sara's Mom was doing the etching,

but needed the stencils cut and I could do that.

So they told me what they needed and I created

and cut them with my Silhouette from vinyl.

Most of the wedding party got 

Buffalo Bills glasses.

This is what the stencil was like.

Yvonne would put the stencil on the glass,

then use etching cream to etch the image.

Once it was etched, she could rinse off the

etching cream and remove the vinyl stencil.

Here is one of the Bills glasses done.

Sara's sister is a chef, so she received 

this one with "skull chef" and the other was

for her boyfriend  In this case they left 

some of the vinyl on as a design element.

This is the design for my husband's glass.

He is a huge Trekkie.

And mine was this Scrap Queen glass.

There were a few others, but they were all done 

the day before the rehearsal, 

so I didn't see them before and

I didn't get pictures of them.

Sorry these last 2 pictures aren't very good,

but at least you can get the idea. 

Sara sent me the pictures of the others

and I think she did a beautiful job.

Thanks for coming by and spending time

at Kristie Kreates today.

I hope you'll come again soon.
I'll be posting more wedding fun and

scrapbook pages for their book soon.

Until then,

maybe you can give etching a try.

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.

Jam

Hi everyone!  

Today I'm going to share with you the favors

that were at my son's wedding.
Everyone received a jar of home made jam with 

a label on the top that says
"Spread the Love
Sara & Jaryd

September 29, 2018"

Sara's Mom made most of the jam and I made the

labels and put them on the jars.

Here's what the labels were like.
I put a little graphic at the top of each label, 

showing what the flavor was.
There was peach, strawberry, strawberry banana,

strawberry peach and blueberry.

Each jar had a little spoon with it.

Here they all are, labeled and waiting in my dining room

to go to the wedding.

Everyone seemed to love receiving the jam.

In fact one of my great nephews ate his whole jar on

crackers at the wedding.

Instead of cheese and crackers, he ate jam and crackers.

I think I'd like to learn to make some 

pepper jelly one of these days.

I love pepper jelly and cream cheese on crackers,

and it would be so fun to make my own.

Have you ever made jam or jelly?

Thanks for stopping by today.

Let me know if you've ever made jam or jelly

and what kind is your favorite.

Hope to see you again soon.

Until then,

happy crafting!