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Saturday, June 30, 2018

Thanks

Hello fans!
I'm back, it's been a while since I've posted any
new projects, but I'm back at it.
I have had some time to create and will try to
post often again.

Today I'm sharing a card I made for friends that 
we visited on our trip south.
I, like many others, have become enamoured
with the string pulling that has become the
latest rage.
I am having a lot of fun with this technique,
if you are interested, check on YouTube for 
"string pulling"
you will find a lot of great videos there.
For this image I used plain white string,
you can use any kind you like, and 
The "thanks" is embossed with
In this picture, you can see the shimmer and shine
that the mat around that pink image has.
I love how this card turned out and have
plans to make more cards with these 
string pulled images.

Thanks for stopping in today,
come again soon.
Until next time,
try something new!







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Wednesday, June 27, 2018

Father's Day

Hello all!
I know this is really late for Father's Day,
but I wanted to share this card I made for my husband.
It, obviously, could be used for any occasion,
with just a different sentiment.
Recently I have been spending a lot of my 
crafty time making backgrounds for my stash.
One of the techniques I've been doing a lot is
using alcohol inks, dropping them onto different
papers and seeing what I get.
There are many techniques that you can use to
make different patterns.
For this one, I dropped ink onto a piece of vellum.
I used blending solution to help the inks flow and mix.
When most of the ink was dry, but there were spots
that were still a little tacky, I applied 
The foil adhered to the tacky ink creating 
shiny blue areas on the background piece.
I wrapped the vellum background around a
piece of white card stock to make it more sturdy
then adhered it to a white card base.
The sentiment was stamped with 
Here you can see where the blue foil has adhered to the 
ink, giving a metallic shine.
I've been having so much fun creating backgrounds 
for my stash, I've built up quite a collection.
Now I just have to get to work making cards and
other projects with them.

Thanks for popping in to check out what I've been up to.
Come again soon,
you never know what you'll find on
Kristie Kreates!




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I didn't necessarily purchase from these sites,
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and you may find better prices elsewhere,
I am in no way promoting any particular site.