Halloween Card for Marie

Hello and Happy Halloween!

Today I have the card I made for my 

Granddaughter, Marie, for Halloween.

She is very into pumpkins right now and

when I take her for a walk, she constantly

asks to see more pumpkins.  So we look in all

the yards trying to find as many pumpkins as

we can.
I thought a pumpkin on her card would be most

appropriate.

I cut the pumpkin with my Silhouette Cameo

out of orange card stock.
There are 2 layers and the top layer was inked

just a little bit with brown ink and then popped up

on foam tape to give a bit of dimension.

The Happy Halloween was also cut with my 

Silhouette using the LD Lightning font with a shadow.
The background piece is some adhesive cork that I had

in my stash.
It's all mounted on a white card base.
I think Marie will love this card!

Thanks for coming by today, 

I hope you have been inspired in some way.
Come again soon,

until then,

BOOOOOO!

 

Halloween Cards for A&A

Hello All!

Today I have a couple Halloween cards to show you.

I wanted to do something a little different for these 

two cards and came up with the idea of 

coffins that open.

Here is what I came up with.

I created a coffin with black card stock.

Using Ms. Sparkle & Co Spider Web stamp

that I got from Joann's ages ago, I stamped

the front with VersaMark Ink and embossed

with silver embossing powder.

For the inside, I found a skull image I liked on 

Google and traced it and colored it to make it

my own, then I fussy cut it and put it on a 
"wobbler"

The Happy Halloween sentiment was from 

my stash.

For the second card I did the same for the front,

but used purple embossing powder.

Inside I found a "sugar skull" that I liked,

printed, colored and fussy cut it

and put it on a 'wobbler' too.

The coffins were then adhered to a piece of gray 

card stock, a photo turn was added to hold it closed

and dash marks were drawn around the outside to 

finish it off.
I think the kids that are receiving these cards will 

like them.  I think they turned out really cute.

Happy Halloween!

Thanks for spending some time with me today,

come again soon.

Until then,

enjoy some crafty fun!

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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.

 

Bumpkins

Hi and welcome to my blog!

Today I have a little project to show you that
my kids did with a couple friends and their
little ones.
They made "Bumpkins"
Maybe you've seen then on Pinterest or 
somewhere online.
They painted the kids little bottoms with 
orange paint, then sat them down onto a 
canvas.  This makes an impression that looks
like a pumpkin.

Here is the results of their painted behinds.

Then they had the kids paint with their fingers,
hands, and feet, creating the sun, leaves and grass.
The two Dads painted in a few details and they had their
cute Bumpkin pictures!

Here are the finished pictures
Aiden (about 1 yr old) did the one on the left,
Marie, my granddaughter, (2 yrs old in a couple weeks)
did the one on the right.
Are they just too cute or what?!?!

Thanks for coming by today,
stop by again soon.
Until then,
be creative with some kids.

Gratitude Card

Good day!

Today I'm showing you the cards I designed for 

our Girlfriends and Gratitude Crop at
My Happy Place Scrapbooking and Crafting.
Each cropper got a kit in their goodie bag with all

the elements for the card.  

The card base is a simple white card stock, cut to

8.5" x 5.5" and scored at 4.25 to make a standard A2 card.

I cut pieces of kraft card stock slightly smaller than the

size of the card base.

The flowered piece is a strip of beautiful vellum

that I wrapped around and adhered to the back of the

kraft card stock.

I decided to give everyone a choice of sentiments to use.

I stamped them and cut them to size and cut the 

white card stock to mat them also.  All they need to do is 

put them together and they have a lovely card to send

to a friend or as a thank you card.

I wanted to show how easy it is to make a 

pretty card that someone will love to receive.

I think they turned out lovely.

Thanks for stopping in today.

I hope you'll come again soon.

Until then,

show gratitude.

 

Wedding Card

Hello!

Welcome to Kristie Kreates.

Today I have a special wedding card to show you.

I have known Brian since he and my son, Jaryd,

were 3 yrs old and met in nursery school.

Our families have been close ever since and

Jaryd and Brian have been best friends since.

They were best man in each others weddings and

Brian is my #2 son.

He recently got married to a lovely young lady.

  I wanted to make a special card for them

and this is what I came up with.

I cut the 

"wedding couple and arch"

was cut on my Silhouette Cameo with a file

I bought from the Silhouette Design Store.

I then stamped the Poppies from Stacy Stamps

 onto terracotta colored

card stock with VersaFine Onyx Black ink.  

I shaded the images with Arteza colored pencils

and fussy cut them.

Their wedding colors were olive and terracotta, so

this combination worked our perfectly for their

card.

I used foam tape and 3 in 1 glue to adhere the flowers

to the card to give it some dimension.

For the inside of the card I wrote a personal note.

I absolutely LOVE how this card turned out

and I hope they did too.

Thanks for stopping by today.

I hope you like this card as much as I do

and have been inspired in some way.

Come again soon.

Until then,

create something outside your box.

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.

 

3rd Anniversary

Hello blog fans!

My son and daughter in law celebrated their

3rd anniversary on September 29th and

Sara asked me to help her with a card for Jaryd.

Since they don't have a printer, she asked if I could

whip up a card for her.
She sent me this info and I happily made the card for her.

I printed the front panel in purple onto white card stock.

I used an embossing folder with little hearts to

emboss the purple mat for the sentiment.

Then adhered both pieces to a piece of silver

vellum.

Since purple and gray were the colors for their

wedding I thought this was perfect for this card.
The card was just a little too big for an A2 envelope, 

so I made one for the card with a gray card stock.

I think this card turned out very nice and I hope

they both like it too.

Thanks for stopping in today to see what I've been doing.
I hope you have been inspired in some way and enjoyed

your time here.

Come again soon,

Until then,

make something for someone.