Placecards Make a Dinner More Special

Hello everyone!

Today I have some place cards to show you.

For St. Patrick's Day we had the kids over for 

corned beef and cabbage dinner.

At the last minute, about an hour or so before they 

were to arrive, I decided to make place cards.  I saw

this little game online and thought I'd use it.

Well sort of.  Since many of the names would be the same

I used it in a different way than the instructions say.

I use first letters of the first names and middle names.

Kelsie, Brad, Me, Dave

Jaryd, Sara, Marie

Turned out that all 3 of them have the same middle initial.

I know we're after St. Patrick's Day,

but I think place cards are nice and make any dinner

a little special.  I usually only do them for holidays,

but they could be done at any time.

They are a quick and easy addition to a special meal.

After dinner we did a couple family pictures.

Back Kelsie, Brad, Jaryd

Front Sara, Marie, Me Dave and Molly

Here are Kelsie, Jaryd, Sara and Marie in the

shirts I made them for St. Patrick's Day.

They love how they turned out.

Thanks for stopping in today,

I hope you have enjoyed this post and have

been inspired in some way.

Come again soon,

until then,

do something different and unexpected.

 

Marbled Paper with Shaving Cream and a 15 month Old

Hello all!

Sara recently suggested we have a crafting time

with Marie to make some Easter decoration

and what fun we had!

We decided to do some paper marbling with

shaving cream and craft paints.

I spread some shaving cream on an old cookie sheet.

Then Marie picked her colors and I put some on top of the

shaving cream and swirled it around with a stick.

Next we laid a piece of card stock on top of the cream,

although Marie was more interested in lifting it up to get

to the shaving cream.

Then I lifted the paper off and scrapped off the shaving 

cream.  We did a couple with those colors then cleaned

up the cookie sheet and did some other colors.

Marie was really into the shaving cream.

She played with it and squished it in her hands.

Sara has learned to give her a pacifier when she is

painting etc. this way she doesn't stick it into her mouth.

Mushing it around with your hands is so much fun.

"What do you mean G-Ma, that you want to

make some pretty papers?  I like making pretty 

hands!"

I had printed out eggs on the card stock sheets

and cut them out once they were dry,

this is how they turned out.

And we made one bunny.

Looks like a Buffalo Bills Bunny to me!

These are some of the pages we got

that I will be using to make some cards

for Marie to send out for Easter.

After she played for a while in the shaving cream,

the colors got pretty mixed together and we ended up

with a very gray print.

I'll still use it to make something though.

I also have a bunch of left over scraps that

I can use.  We'll see what we can do with them.

All in all we had a lot of fun doing this project.

I did cut out some sponge shapes to stamp with,

but Marie was a little over stimulated to give that a try.

We'll do that another day.
I have plenty of crafty ideas for her.

Thanks for stopping in today,

I hope you have enjoyed your time here and got inspired

in some way.

Come again soon.

Until then,

craft with a kid!

 

Watercolor and Doodle Card

Welcome to my blog!

Today I'm showing you a birthday card I

made for my daughter, Kelsie.

You may have seen this watercolor piece before, 

as I've had it in my stash for quite a while and 
I'm sure I showed it when I made it.

I put down some colors on a piece of water color paper

and doodled onto it with a black pen.

I haven't done a lot of this kind of artwork, but I do love

how it turned out.  I've been saving this piece for just

the right occasion. And Kelsie's birthday was

the perfect time to make a card with it.

I think she loved it and I know she'll have it 

on display somewhere.

Since it was an odd sized card at 

6"x6 1/2"  I made my own envelope for it with 

some paper from my stash.  She loves

animal prints and I thought this paper had

an animal-ish look to it.

Thanks for coming by today to see what I've

been up to lately!

I hope you have enjoyed your time here and

will come back soon.

Until then,

use something from your stash that you

forgot about.

 

St. Partick's Day Shirts

Hello and Happy St. Patrick's Day

I know it's a couple days early, but 

I wanted to give you a look at the shirts

I made for the kids.

Sara requested these and they were really a

breeze to make.

She ordered all the shirts and the HTV and

it was delivered to me from Amazon.

Sara is Irish and we do have some Irish in 

our background, so celebrating St. Patrick's Day

is in the blood.

This is the one I made for Marie.

She ordered larger shirts for her and Kelsie, 

as what do you do with it after the holiday?
Wear it for pajamas, right?  And bigger is better

for that.

Jaryd gets a hoodie.

And last but not least, is Kelsie's.

Here is a look at them all.
I used Chameleon vinyl from Vinyl Frog
This chameleon HTV is pretty cool and

changes color, depending on the lighting.

You can see some of the color change on 
Jaryd's hoodie.  I used the same vinyl on

all the shirts, but you can see different colors

on his and also in the lower corner of the picture.

I used the same type of vinyl, but a different 

brand for the Christmas gifts I made.

Be sure if you use any HTV that you check the

directions.  This brand calls for a cold peel,

the one I used at Christmas calls for a hot peel.

They are both easy to use, just have to be sure you

are using it correctly.
I will say that the cold peel is a bit harder to peel and

it leaves it a little wrinkled, to "fix" that, I pop the item

back into the heat press for a few seconds and

it looks great. Be sure there is always something covering

the vinyl in the heat press or when you iron it.

Thanks for stopping in today and I hope you'll come again 

soon. You never know what you'll see on

Kristie Kreates!

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.

 

Pocket Birthday Card

Hello and welcome!

Today I'm showing you the card I made for

my hubby, Dave, for his birthday.

This is made from a business envelope with

a window in it.
I simply folded up the envelope so the window

was at the bottom of the pocket that it made.

I stamped the "happy birthday" on a piece of

white card stock with VersaFine Black Onyx Ink

and positioned it inside the envelope,

before I folded and glued it to make the pocket.

I covered the front of the pocket with some 

alcohol ink covered deli paper from my stash.

Then found some woven burlap type embellishment

in my stash and added that and glued the 

postage stamps on top of it.

We are big fans of  Ireland and castles,

so I thought these stamps were perfect for him.

I then made a small tag to go in the pocket.

I used white card stock and inked it with

a couple Distress Inks,

I believe they were 
Broken China

and

Mowed Lawn

I wrote out a greeting in Gaelic
Go n-eiri an t-adh leat

which basically means

wishing you the best of luck

Slainte means cheers

and gra which means love.

I adhered the entire pocket onto

a piece of card stock.

He loved his card, it is sooooo

him!

Here is a link to a video showing how

to make this kind of pocket, there are 

other uses for these, I just chose to make mine

into a card.  She does a bit more elaborate design

in the video, but you'll get the idea anyway.

Thanks for stopping in today.

I hope you have been inspired in some way

and will return again soon.

Until then,

try something new and different!

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.

 

Easy Peasy Crocheted Mittens

Hello crafty people!

A little while ago I got a message from Sara

asking how long it would take for me to make

a pair of mittens.
She and Jaryd had plans for an outdoor 

outing with friends and she could only find one glove.

So, Mom to the rescue!

I happened to have a pair of mittens 3/4 done, but 

didn't have the pattern to finish them.

I went online and found the same pattern and finished

them up that evening for her.

These are crocheted mittens and I made them

double thick by making 4 mittens and putting one 

inside the other and stitching them together at the 

opening.

I got this picture from Jaryd after he took them

home to her.  They are nice and warm for any outdoor

activity.

I also made a pair for Marie, but didn't double them up,

I think doubled would be a bit on the bulky side for

her.

The mittens were such a big hit with 

their friends that Sara told me that Kelsey

would love a pair in olive green.

Since Kelsey is my #2 son's fiance,

how could I not make a pair for her?

After all she's going to be my #2 

daughter in law!

She and Brian came and picked them

up the other day and she was thrilled with them.

Now I'm working on a pair for myself.

These are the easiest mittens to make,

they work up very fast and even with

one layer are very warm.

One skein of worsted weight yarn

can make 2 pair of adults mittens or

one double thick pair.

AND if you make them double thick,

they can be reversible.

If you know how to crochet,

you can make these mittens,

they are easy peasy!

For the pattern in 

all different sizes,

check out 
Tightly Wound - Loosely Knit's pattern

Thanks for stopping by today,

I hope you'll give these mittens a try

and come visit me again soon.

Until then,

keep warm!

 

Baby Animals

Good day my friends!

I'm glad you stopped by for a visit.

Today I'm showing you what I made for my

daughter, Kelsie, for her birthday.

I was talking to Sara asking if she had any ideas

for her and she suggested I make a book for her

to have at her house for when Marie visited.

This is what I decided on.

The cover is covered with a piece of paper that I

had made with some of my ink sprays.

I used a stencil to add the elephant and a 

stamp to add the bird.

For the elephant I used 
Color Theory Clean Slate Ink

for the bird I used

Versafine Onyx Black Ink

This is the inside of the cover.

Here are a few of the pages.

I put the name of the animal and what they are

called when they are babies on each page.

I used my 
Brothers P-Touch Label Maker

to add the names to the pages.

Baby animals are so darn cute.

I learned a few things while doing this book.

Did you know that a baby platypus is called a puggle?

Each of these pages is laminated and then are on

a big ring, the pages can be taken off and rearranged

in any order they want.  I'm pretty sure Kelsie will love

it, she loves little animals, especially if they are babies.

Pretty sure Marie is going to love it too.

Thanks so much for coming by today,

I hope you like my little baby animal book.

Come again soon.

Until then,

create, create, create!

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.