Wicked Cute

Hello all!

Just wanted to pop in today and give you a peak at the

onesie that I made for my granddaughter.

Sara had a package of onesies sent to me so I could

make a birthday onesie for Marie's 1st birthday party.

She said I could make whatever I wanted with the

rest of them, but that it would be nice to have one for

Halloween.

This is what I came up with, I think it turned out really 

adorable.
I designed it with my 
Silhouette Studio Designer Edition software,

cut it with my Silhouette and pressed it on with

my mount press.

I do have a couple more designs in the works,

but they aren't cut yet, but she'll be wearing them soon.

Thanks for stopping to see what I'm up to,

come again soon.

Until then,

be creative!

 

Halloween Cards

Hello!
I'm not a huge Halloween fan, but there are a 
few kids I send cards to every year.
Today I'm showing you the 3 cards I made this year.

I stamped this image and sentiment with brown
Color Box Chalk Ink
and colored it with Arteza Colored Pencils

For this card I sketched out the goards and colored them
with colored pencils.
Inside I wrote I can't believe it's Halloween already!

I drew and colored this zom-bee with 
colored pencils and made the wings with
vellum.
I think the kids I send these to will get a kick
out of them.

Thanks for stopping by today,
I hope you'll come again soon.
Happy Halloween!

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see what the products are.
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except where specified,

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Birthday Gelli Print Card

Hello everyone, I hope you are doing well.

Today I have a card to show you that I made from a

Gelli print that I made a while ago.

I used alcohol inks of several colors on my 

Gelli Plate and picked up this image.

I loved it, but didn't know what I would do with it.

My friend, Mary, told me she thought it looked like

balloons, I could see that.

So I made it into a birthday card and I love how 

it turned out.  Very abstract looking, I love the colors.

I had some scraps left so I cut one down and put a little

strip inside the card for a little extra something.

The recipient loved it.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Come again soon.

Until then,

see something special in what you make.

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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.

Paint Your Own Pottery, back at it.

Hello and Welcome!

Many years ago I worked at a couple paint your own pottery

studios, basically a ceramics shop, and I loved painting

and creating there. Unfortunately, they closed.

Last week my daughter in law, Sara, invited us to

go to Clay Hands Pottery to paint.

Grandpa held and played with Marie and Sara

and I painted.

This is a switch plate that I made for 

Jaryd a long time ago, when his bedroom was

filled with Mickey stuff.  Now it's in

the kitchen of their apartment.

Sara painted this piece.  I think it turned out

adorable.  It was her first time painting too.

3 of us had a hand, or foot as the case may be,

in this piece.  Marie was asleep in Grandpa arms,

so we took advantage of that and painted her feet,

then pressed them to the plate.
Sara painted the faces and hair on,

wrote the words in pencil, then I painted the

words and we both worked on the rest of it.

Love how it turned out!

Now both pieces are in their apartment for Halloween.

Since one of the things in Marie's room is

the cute little Marie from Aristocats,

I painted this switch plate for her room.

Not perfect, but for having no plans to paint it

when I went, I think it came out pretty cute.

And Marie seems to like it too.

As is my usual practice, on the back of the piece,

I painted my lips and kissed it, so there is a print of my lips

on the back of the switch plate.  I also signed it and dated

it for her.

And here it is up on the wall in her room.

We had so much fun doing the painting,

that we're going back to have a little birthday

party for Sara and me.

We both celebrate birthdays in November.

Now to just decide what to paint when we go back.

Thanks for stopping by today,

come gain soon.

Until then,

try something you haven't done in a long time.

 

2 for 1 Arrow Cards

Hello All!

Today I have a couple cards to show you.

These are what I call 2 for 1 cards.

I emboss a piece of card stock with 

an embossing folder and cut

it and use the 2 pieces to make 2 different cards.

For these 2 cards I used the

Arrow Background folder from Darice

I then used

Bundled Sage and Crushed Olive

Distress Inks to blend the color onto the 

embossed pieces.

I added a strip of coordinating card stock

along the edge of the embossed piece and

stamped the sentiments.

Now I have 2 cards, simple and easy to make,

ready for when I need them.

Thanks for stopping in today,

I hope you've been inspired in some way.

Come again soon, you never know what you'll fine on

Kristie Kreates!

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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.

Eco-Printing

Hello and Welcome!

Today I have some eco-prints to show you.

I found a new way to do eco printing that doesn't involve

a heat press, sprays or water.

You simply take your leaves, flowers or whatever you have

to print with, place it between a couple pieces of paper or 

card stock and run it through a Cuttlebug or other

die cutter.

The pressure from the machine will give you the 

eco print.  As always, sometimes they come out great

and others are not so great. 

The print above is one side of the run through and

below is the other side.  This often happens

that one side of a leaf will print beautifully and

the other gives a very light print.

This is one of my favorites, from 

Japanese Maple leaves.

These 2 are the front and back prints from some geraniums

and begonias.

I'm not sure what I'll do with these prints yet,

but they will go into my background stash to 

get used at a future date.

I think I'm done with my eco printing for this year,

I have a LOT of backgrounds to choose from for now.

Thanks for coming by for a visit.

I hope you'll come again soon.

Until then:

Happy Crafting!

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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.

 

Leaf Cards

Welcome to 
Kristie Kreates!

Today I have a couple cards to share with

you.

I had this piece of deli paper that I had 

"painted" with alcohol inks quite a long time

ago, in my background stash.

I adhered it to some white card stock

to use as a base on my card.

I stamped and colored these leaves and that

deli paper background was perfect for the card.

Clean and simple card.

I didn't put any sentiment on either the 

inside or outside.  I like the simple look with 

just the leaves.

I colored these leaves different colors and found

a green background piece to go with them.

I wanted a little different look, so decided to cut the

corners at an angle.

I like the interest it brought to the card,

something small that can change the look of a card.

Thanks for stopping in today to see what I've been up to.

I hope you'll stop by again soon.

Until then,

make a little change that can make a big difference!

 

Tuscan Cards

Hello crafty people!

Today I'd like to show you a couple cards I made with

some of the gelli prints that I recently made.

This is the original gelli print.

and here is the card I made.

I love this "Tuscan" stamp that I had in my stash,

and colored it to match with the background 

piece, matted it with the same background 

gelli print, then onto white card stock to set it off.

Here you can see that I used foam tape to adhere the image

and give the card a bit of dimension.

This is the second piece I used.

I cut the gelli print background down to the size I needed,

and used the same "Tuscan" stamp to make another card.

 

I love how both these cards turned out.

They remind me of our trip to Italy many 

years ago.

I love making these kind of backgrounds,

then keeping them in my stash for later use.

You never know what they might work well for.

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

and I hope you have been inspired in some way.

Come again soon,

until then

check out what you have and see what you can 

create with it.

Swirly Paint Flowers

Hello blog friends!

Today I have a couple cards to show you.

I was going through some things the other day

and found some of these prints that I made

quite a while back and decided it was time to

make a couple of them into cards.

These were done by dipping string into

paint, then laying it onto the card stock

in a kind of "S" pattern, then pulling it down the

card creating a flower look.

Here is one very simple video showing 

this technique.  This is basically how I made mine,

but used paper rather than a canvas.

You don't really know what your painting will look

like until you pull the string.

I love how these two turned out and finding them

makes me want to play with this technique again.

I think I would like to try some multi colored ones.

Thanks for stopping in today,

I hope you've been inspired in some way and

will come again soon.

Until then,

paint on!

 

Wrapped Gift

Hi all!

Have a gift to wrap and want to jazz it up?

Here's what I did recently for a shower.

I have a huge roll of this paper and love it.

The other side is a black and white checked print,

but this time I chose the polkadots.

I wanted to jazz it up a little bit so I used some 

ribbon to hold the 2 gifts together, then

simply hot glued some "silk" leaves and

berries to the package.

The recipient loved it and it made

a basic looking gift look fabulous!

Look around your home and at your craft supplies

and see what you have that you might add to 

dress up a gift.

Artificial flowers and leaves,

small Christmas decorations,

any other holiday decorations,

pieces of fabrics,

ribbons,

make some paper flowers.

There are so many options to make

a gift stand out!

Thanks for stopping by today,

come again soon, 

you never know what you'll find at

Kristie Kreates!