Halloween Cards

Happy Halloween!

Today I'm sharing a couple cards I made for

Halloween.

I made this spinner card using 

"Witch Stamp"

I stamped the image onto white card stock, 

colored it, adhered it with temporary adhesive

to another piece of card stock and fussy cut it.

Adding the other card stock to the back gives 

that second layer to sandwich the thread

to make the spinner mechanism.  It also

gives a nice clean look to the back

of the image.

I didn't want the sentiment and what I wrote

to show through the front of the card,

so I made a circle flip up the same size as

the cut out in the front of the card.

Where I stamped Happy Halloween and

signed the card.

This card was an odd size, so I made my own 

envelope with my 

We R Memory Keepers Envelope Punch Board.

I stamped 

"Pumpkin Vine Stamp"

and colored it for a festive look, 

using colored pencils.

The other card I made was this

spider card.

I think he turned out pretty cute.

I love the little shoes I made for him too!

It was a little bit of a challenge getting him into 

the envelope, but since I made my own envelope

I made it happen.  I just hope he arrived okay, 

having been squished into the envelope.

I attached a card base to the bottom, 

where I stamped a greeting and could sign the card.

I stamped the envelope with 

"Ghost Stamp"

I hope the kids I sent these to enjoyed them,

and had a frightfully good Halloween.

Thanks for stopping by today,

hope you enjoyed your Halloween.

Come again soon,

until then 

don't eat too much candy!

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.

Soup and Sandwich Sets

Hi All!  I hope you're having a great day!

Today I have some oldies but goodies to show you.

Years ago, I worked at a paint your own pottery studio

and I made a lot of different projects.

Some of the projects were these 

Soup and Sandwich sets.

I don't have a clue what this means.

I'm sure at the time I looked it up and copied it, 

but now I couldn't even guess. Maybe one day

I'll figure out how to look it up.

I think this is my favorite of the sets.

I think that little guy is just adorable.

I haven't done any ceramic painting for a very long time,

I'd like to give it a go again sometime.

Have you ever painted ceramics?

Thanks for stopping by today,

I hope you'll come again soon.

Until next time,

how about trying 

an oldie but goodie of your own?!?!

Post Cards for El Paso Kids

A while ago, after the El Paso shooting, a couple teachers

asked for cards of encouragement to be sent to their

classes.  The children were afraid to come to school

and they thought cards from around the country 

with encouraging words would help them.

These are the post cards that I made and sent.

I wrote an encouraging message on the other side

and I hope they helped the children in their classes

For this card, I stamped the "grid" with VersaMark Ink

and embossed it with silver embossing powder.

I then used water colors to paint it.

The sentiment was stamped with 

VersaFine Onyx Black Ink.

I used Distress Inks with water to make this background,

then stamped the unicorn with 

VersaFine Onyx Black ink.

I added a bit of clear Wink of Stella to the horn, mane and tail.

Both were done on water color postcards.

Thanks for stopping by today,

have a wonderful day and 

Be Kind To Others!

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.

Crafty Card

Hello!

Today I'm showing you a little card that I made 

for a crafty friend.

I used one of the backgrounds that I had in my 

hand made stash of backgrounds.  This was made with 

alcohol inks.  I then stamped the images from 

The My Monthly Hero Kit that I purchased for 

May this year.  I seldom purchase these kind of

kits, but this one was so cute, I couldn't resist it.

I'm pretty sure it is probably sold out and no longer

available, but I linked to the site, just in case.

For the inside, I used one of the sentiment stamps from

the set.  I made the envelope with my 

We R Memory Keepers Envelope Punch Board

with some paper from my stash.

Thanks for stopping by today, I hope you

are having a lovely fall where you are.

Come again soon,

until then, share your crafty 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.

From Desk to Changing Table

Hi everyone!

Today I'm showing you a project that my 

son and daughter in law did together.

My Mom moved out of her house several

years ago and when we cleaned her house out,

Jaryd wanted her desk, so he's had it ever since.

When they found out they were pregnant, 

he decided to make her desk into a changing 

table. Recently Jaryd and his father in law got to

work on doing just that. 
I don't have a picture of the desk before, but....

here is a picture of them working on making it into 

a changing table.  In the lower left corner, you can just

see the corner of the desk. It was a very dark color, way

too dark for a baby's room.

They decided to paint it white, with the feeling that in years

to come they could always sand it down and bring it

back to it's natural state if they wanted to.

Here is what it looked like when they were done.

The hardware was painted purple, to give some

contrast and match her room. These too, can be 

changed back to their original brass if they want to.

After they got it home Sara added

a bit of vinyl to pretty it up even more.

She then took some fabric and covered the top of the 

changing area,

as well as the bottoms of the drawers.

I think they did a fabulous job with this project.

And I think G-Ma would be thrilled that her 

Great Grand daughter, Marie, will have this beautiful

changing table, that she can eventually use as her own

desk.  That top part just lifts right off, so no screws or nails

were put into the desk.

I love that my kids are creative and love doing these kind

of projects.

Thanks for coming by today and spending time here.

I hope you have been inspired to think of something 

that you can repurpose to get more use out of it.

Until next time,

think outside the box!

Flowers and Grapes

Hello crafty people!

This summer my hubby and I spent about

a week in Cape May, New Jersey with 

friends.  I love to take pictures of flowers

and they are often great color inspiration.

I thought I'd share some of the pictures of 

the flowers as well as grapes

that I took on our vacation.

Isn't nature beautiful?!?!

Thanks for stopping by today.

What do you like to take pictures of?

Come again soon,

until then, get inspired!

Challenge Swap - Halloween

Halloween isn't too far away, so my friend Lisa, 

should be able to use this soon.
The theme for our last swap was 

Halloween.
I decided to make a bag book with the
Halloween theme.  The challenge I made for myself

was to do something different with it, I decided to make 

the tags something a little different.

A friend suggested I make them with a candy theme,

and that got me to thinking.

We always have snack items at My Happy Place, 

where I was making this, so I used different candy and

snack wrappers for the tags.

I happened to have a small pad that was fall and 

Halloween themed paper and that worked out

perfectly.  I designed and cut the spider with my 

Silhouette. I cut it out of adhesive foil vinyl and 

added the googly eyes.

Each double page has spaces for pictures and/or journalling.

Some of them had pockets at the side for

the tags.

Here is the first tag made with a Hershey' Kisses

package.

Love the owls!

A Cracker Jack box worked perfectly for a tag.

I cut this from a box of Rice Krispie Treats

and it works great.

I think this tag is my favorite.

Starburst on one side......

Bazooka Bubble Gum on the other side.

No, I didn't chew all that gum. 

Or eat all those treats for that matter.

LOL!

Lisa loved the book,

she has kids that still dress up and do

trick or treating, so she will be able to make use of 

it this year.

I love how it turned out too.

Thanks for spending time on my blog, 

I hope you'll stop by again soon.

Until then,

Happy Crafting!

Birthday Gifts for the Dad to be.

Hello!

Welcome to Kristie Kreates!

My son's birthday was in August and 

since he's going to be a Dad in November,

I wanted to make a shirt for him.

Here is what I came up with.

I designed it with my 

Silhouette Designer Edition software,

then cut heat transfer vinyl with my

Silhouette Cameo

and applied it to the shirt with my

heat press.

I also made him a onsie for Marie.

For this I used the new 

Cricut Infusible Ink Sheets.

I created and cut it with my Silhouette

and applied it with the heat press.

I love how this product works,

easy to use and gives a great result,

as long as you use the right kind of 

fabric. The infusible ink MUST be used

on polyester fabric.

Jaryd loved his gifts and I loved making them.

Thanks for stopping by today,

I hope you'll come again soon.

You never know what you'll see on
Kristie Kreates!