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Sunday, June 30, 2019

Challenge Swap #3

It's time to show you my
creation for Challenge Swap #3 with 
my crafty friends group.
This month the theme was
"The birds and the bees"
I made this little wall hanging for my friend Marie.
I'm hoping she will hang it in her craft/sewing room.
The background was created by smooching ink onto
a slick surface, adding water and then placing the 
water color paper into the puddles of ink.
The birds are from Tim Holtz, Crazy Birds set.
I got these along with the dies at Michael's, 
but have never seen them again and can't find a link
to the set anywhere.
I did no line coloring with watercolors and this is the first
time I've liked the results with this technique.
I fussy cut them to add to the background piece.
The bees are from a set from Honey Bee Stamps
"Bee Hive" which also has a matching die set.
The wording was stamped with a Dyan Reavely
alpha set, "Dy's Alpha"

I love how this turned out and
Marie loved it too.

Thanks for stopping by to spend some time
with me today.
I hope you've been inspired in some way.
Come again soon,
you never know what you'll find on
KristieKreates



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.

Sunday, June 16, 2019

Father's Day Card

Hello everyone!
Welcome to my blog, so glad you have stopped
by today.
Today I'm showing you the card I made for my
son for Father's Day.
He daughter, Marie Cathrine, is due to be born in November,
so I wanted to give him a little something to celebrate
Father's Day.

He and Sara have 2 cats, so I thought this
Crazy Kitty Set would be perfect for his card.
I stamped it with VersaFine Onyx Black Ink and
colored it with colored pencils.
For his gift I found a lovely frame
that says
"I loved you before I met you"
I thought it would be perfect
for a picture of him and Marie.

Thanks for stopping today,
I hope you had a wonderful Father's Day.
Come again soon.
Until then, tell a father how important he is.

Thursday, June 6, 2019

Challenge Swap #2

Hello crafty people!
I'm in an online group of friends and crafters
and we're doing a monthly challenge swap.
Today I'm showing you the card I did for the 2nd 
challenge.  It was my turn to choose the theme
and I chose "friendship"
I got to send my project to one of my closest friends,
so this was perfect for me.
I started by playing with some alcohol inks on
Yupo. I can't tell you which colors I used,
I just chose them and got to work playing.
This is how my first piece turned out and I loved
the color combination.
I made a couple more pieces with the same colors,
but blended them a little bit more.
I then used Alcohol Lift Ink to lift the Poppies image from
the ink on the Yupo.
I stamped what I picked up onto a piece of white card
stock, you'll see that later.
I loved the colors with this stamped image, 
so I started stamping on vellum and loved the results.
I cut a couple masks and stamped over this sheet of vellum.
I then laid it over the bright colored piece that
was my original creation.
I trimmed it down and adhered the vellum by 
folding it over the sides of the base piece,
using ATG tape on the back to hold it in place, then 
mounted it onto a white card stock base.
I use my computer to print the sentiment and adhered the
pieces to the front of the card.
I then took the pieces that I lifted the ink from and
played with them a little more, by adding some 
alcohol to them and this is what I got.
I love that you can just add more alcohol, and ink
if you want, and get more use out of the pieces.
I used the 2 pieces inside the card with the rest of the 
sentiment.
The flower in the bottom corner is the original
one that I stamped from lifting the ink.
I stamped it and fussy cut it, then added it
to the inside of the card.
The card was an odd size, so I made my own envelope
I lifted another bit of ink and stamped the envelope with 
a matching flower.
I loved making this card and sending it to one of
my closest friends.
I think she loved receiving it too.

Thanks for stopping by today,
I hope you learned something and/or have been
inspired in some way.
I hope to see you again soon.
Until then,
make something for someone you love.




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.


Monday, June 3, 2019

First pair of Fuggs

Hello!
Yes, I do have baby fever!
I'm going to be a Grandma for the first time in November,
so I've started making things for the baby.
Her name is Marie Cathrine.
Last week I crocheted her first pair of Fuggs
(fake Uggs)
I made them purple, because that is Mommy's favorite color.
I think they turned out pretty darn cute.




Jaryd and Sara loved them.
Now on to the next project for our little 
Marie.

Thanks for stopping by,
come again soon, until then
smile at a baby.