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Tuesday, December 31, 2019

Ornaments for Anthony and Andrea

Hi everyone!
I hope you've been having a wonderful 
holiday season.
Today I'd like to show you a couple
ornaments I made for some special kids.
My great niece and God daughter Andrea
loves unicorns, so I found a couple patterns
online, combined them and created this one for her.
It was really quite easy, but those eyelashes
were tough.  I tried several different 
ways to make them and they just didn't work out.
I finally was at a craft store and found some 
yarn that is a kind of eyelash yarn.
It's actually intended to be used to make
scrubby dish clothes, but it worked perfect for 
unicorn eyelashes.
Andrea's older brother is a big
Harry Potter fan, so I crochet him this
"Snitch"  I found this pattern on the internet
and it was quick and easy.
I try to make them an ornament every year
connecting with what their interests are at 
that time.  One day they will have a tree 
of their own filled with memories from their 
childhood.

Thanks for stopping in and spending time with me.
Come again soon, 
you never know what you'll find on
Kristie Kreates.

Friday, December 27, 2019

Ornaments

Hello crafty people!
Today I have some ornaments to show you.
I made these for my family this
Christmas. Each "family unit" received one.
We also had a ornament exchange with 
our scrapbooking/crafting group and
I decided that I would give one of these 
for that.
When I had to clean out my Aunt Marilyn's
apartment, when she went into a nursing home,
I found an old dresser scarf that I'm pretty sure
her Mom crocheted.
It had some torn spots, but I didn't want to
get rid of it, so I brought it home with me.
I took the pieces apart and made these ornaments
with the crocheted circles.
Everything else came from my stash in my
craft room, so every ornament is different.
I used chip board coasters for the base,
some were covered with


These darker ones were covered with 
I made the flower on this one with a 
scrap of fabric and colored it with 
some of the Nuvo paste.
This flowers and the other ones this
style, I made using Washi tape.

Some of them have buttons from
my button box, like this gold flower button.
Some have charms and this one
has some actual wool which I 
brought back from one of our trips to the
UK. I found it along a fence that was 
around a pasture for the sheep.





I absolutely LOVE how these turned out
and my family loved them too.
I still have plenty of the crochet circles left,
so I'm sure I'll be coming up with another way 
to use them.
They make a wonderful memory of some
family history for me.

Thanks for stopping in today,
I hope you'll come again soon.
Until then,
think about using something 
out of the ordinary to make something
special.



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Tuesday, December 24, 2019

Christmas Cards

Hello and Merry Christmas!
I hope you're having a wonderful holiday season, 
whatever holiday you celebrate.
I'm so far behind with my posts,
but I wanted to share my Christmas cards with you.
This is the card we sent out to our family and friends.
Our first grandchild was born in November, so we wanted
to share a picture with everyone.
These cards are pretty simple to make and the card bases
 are made from one sheet of 8.5 x 11 card stock. 
I made these cards from some backgrounds that I had
 in my stash.
When I saw a video from Mike Deakin
on YouTube and he made some like these,
I had to use some of my stash to make some.
These are my "back up" cards for anyone my hubby
decides needs a card that I hadn't sent to.
I love how they turned out.
Once I had made the cards above, I took it a 
step further and made these also.
For the backgrounds on all of them,
I used black card stock and flicked 
white craft paint onto it to make the snow.
Then added the trees,
I love them all and may just be using this 
idea for next years cards.

Thanks for taking the time to visit me,
I hope you were inspired in some way.
Until next time,
have a wonderful holiday season 
and a fabulous 2020!

Monday, December 16, 2019

Swap Round 2 #2 Snowmen

Hi crafty fans!
My scrappy group of friends just finished 
our #2 Swap for this round.
The theme was snowmen.
Here is my project.
I started with some aluminum foil
that I shaped into a snowman's head.
I wish I had thought to take pictures of the
process, but I totally forgot.
All I did was tear up some news paper
and dip it in a mixture of flour and water.
I layered it onto the foil head and let it dry.
It took a couple layers, as I wanted to be sure it
was good and strong.
I then painted the head with craft paints.
For the collar, I accordion folded a page 
from an old book and painted it with
a cream colored paint, I then glued it into
a circle to create the collar.
I used gold paint to add a bit of color to the 
collar.  The head was adhered with 
Fabri-Tac adhesive and I added a simple bow
to dress him up a little bit.
For his hat, I used a small container from 
diabetic test strips, covered
it with black card stock and glued it to a brim.
The box is a square jewelry box that I had
in my craft room.
I painted it with gold paint, then used some 
distressink to "grunge" it up a bit.
I then covered the
whole thing with Mod Podge.
I think he turned out very cute and I hope
my friend likes him as much as I do.

Thanks for stopping by and spending time here.
I hope you're Holiday Season is fabulous and 
you are blessed with wonderful memories.




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Thursday, December 12, 2019

Texture

Hi crafty people!
Welcome to my blog.
Today I'm showing you a piece that I made 
following a prompt on
Nina Ribina's Art Journal Prompts and More
on facebook.
The theme was texture and I think I captured that
with this piece.
I used a piece for the background from my 
stash. I believe I crumpled up dampened
 black card stock, and then used either a mica 
spray or powder on it.  The picture doesn't 
show the shine on that background piece.
I then used 
through a stencil to create the texture along the side.
I didn't have to color fibers that I wanted so used a bit 
of  shimmery water colors to change their color,
then added the little glass heart at the bottom and
adhered it with Fabri-Tac.
To finish it off I adhered a button from my
button box to to the ribbon.
I love how this turned out,
it's different from anything I've ever done
before and I think this needs to be framed and hung 
in my craft room.

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you
are inspired in some way.
See you again soon,
until then enjoy you crafting!





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Sunday, December 8, 2019

Collage, Outside My Box

Hello!
I've been trying to do some different kinds of arts 
and crafts recently.
I joined a facebook group called
Nina Ribina's Art Journal Prompts and More
and have been watching a lot of her videos on 
YouTube.  I have been inspired to try some different
things and go outside my usual box.
I decided to give collage a try and this is what I
made.  I used a background from my 
stash that I made and added pieces that
I thought coordinated well. 
I like how this turned out and had a lot of
fun making it.

I'm glad you stopped by to spend some time with me.
Come again soon, until then
give something new a try.

Wednesday, December 4, 2019

Card Drive

Hello crafty friends!
Today I'm showing you a couple cards I made
for a card drive.
These are for a non profit called
they help people who have dogs with cancer.
They are in need of cards to send as encourangment,
sympathy and thanks.
These are the 2 that I made.
I stamped "Dorky Bird" with 
and colored it with colored pencils.
This image was stamped and colored the way as the 
card above.  The image is

Thanks for stopping in today,
I hope you've been inspired in some way.
See you soon,
Until then
spread handmade kindness!




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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.