Goodie Bags for Crop

Good Day!

In October we had a

"Girlfriends and Gratitude Crop"

to raise some funds for 
The Grove Street Christian Church,

which houses My Happy Place.

My Happy Place is a crafting "studio" where

we host Crop and Craft time for whatever kind of crafting

people want to do. Most of us are scrapbookers and

card makers.

We always have a goodie bag for each 

cropper at our "specialty" crops.

Today I'm showing you what we gave at

our recent crop.

Each cropper received a bag with a gratitude card

that my "partner in crime" wrote out along with a little

thank you tag that I stamped.

In the bag was a card kit, instructions included.
Some kind of bling, mine happened to be pearls, 

a post it note holder (I made these.) and of course,

some candy.

This is what the Post It note holders were like.
I had a lot of fun making them in different 

Autumn themed papers.

This is the sheet included with instructions for 

the Thank You tags and card kit.

We love making up these little goodie bags,

every crop they are different depending on 

what we have on hand and what we can find to 

add to the bag.

I love to add some kind of little handmade gift in

these bags.

I think they were well received.

The crop was loads of fun for 

all of us and we raised a good amount of

money for the church.

Thanks for stopping by today,

come again soon.

Until then,

show gratitude.

 

Snowglobe Ornaments

Hello crafters!

Today I'm showing you some ornaments that I made

for my family for 2020

They are simple to make as long as you have a 

laminator.
I can't find the video on how to make them, so 
I'll give you a quick written tutorial.

Trace a circle on the outside of a laminating pouch.

On the inside of the pouch use white paint to make a 

snow hill and flick paint on for snowflakes.

Print picture of your choice and cut out around the

person you want to feature,

Once the paint is dry, lay the picture into the

pouch and put it through the laminator.

Once it's laminated, cut out the circle.

With card stock, cut out two bases,

glue the laminated piece between the two base

pieces.  Punch a hole in the top and add ribbon or string.

Now you've got a cute ornament.

I hope that makes sense, let me know if you have 

any questions and I'll try to give you some help.

This one was for Sara.

Picture of her with Marie when she was out in her

first snow.

Made this one for Dave, my hubby, wearing the hat and scarf 

I made her for her birthday.

This one was for Kelsie with her favorite 

little human in the world.

Jaryd's with his Princess.

And for Kelsie's boyfriend, Brad, I made

this one with our little Molly.

Molly is afraid of anyone she doesn't know

and she finally warmed up enough to Brad that

he could hold her.

Thanks for stopping in today.
I hope you will give these ornaments a try,

they make a nice little keepsake.

Come again soon,

until then

create on!

 

Brad's birthday gift

Hello crafty people!

Today I have a shirt to show you that

I made in collaboration with my son and daughter in law.

They do some video gaming with my daughter and

her boyfriend, Jaryd and Sara designed what they

wanted on this shirt for Brad and sent it to me.
I traced it with my 
Silhouette Studio  Designer Edition software,

then cut it on my Silhouette Cameo from 

Chameleon Heat Transfer Vinyl

The Chameleon HTV is pretty cool as it changes

color with different lighting.
It's hard to show in the photographs, but

you can see that the different areas are different colors.

This is the front of the shirt.

This is the logo that they created for the back of the

shirt.  You can see that the color is totally different

in this picture, but it's all done with the same

HTV color.

Here is a picture of Brad in his new

shirt.  He loves it and doesn't he just 

look too handsome?!?!

Happy Birthday Brad!

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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.

 

Guardian Angel

Hi!

It's getting to be that time of year again.

Time to work on Christmas decorations and

gifts.

Last year our granddaughter, Marie, was 1 yr old.

It was her 2nd Christmas, but the first year that she

had a clue about what was going on.

Marie has a "Guardian Angel" that

she will receive a little gift from each

Christmas.  Her angel has decided that she

will always receive an angel of some kind from her.

In 2020 she received this little angel ornament.

Here is a tutorial on how to make this

angel ornament.

Thanks for stopping in today,

I hope you'll give these little ornaments a try.

They are really very easy to make and look lovely

on a tree.

Come again soon,

you never know what you'll find on 

Kristie Kreates!

 

Elf On The Shelf Book

Hello crafters!

Do you have a little one in the family?

We have our granddaughter, Marie, who is just turning

2 yrs old.  Last year Bernadette, the Elf on the Shelf, came for

a holiday visit.  Even when she was only a year old,

Marie learned to look for her each morning.

Pictures were taken of Bernadette's exploits, she even

made some visits to our house when Marie came for the day.

I decided that there should be a book that showed what

a great time Bernadette had while visiting.

So here it is.

I could have made the elf, but decided that 

buying it was much easier and less time consuming.

I bought this while on the Ohio Papercrafter's Shop Hop.

Welcome Bernadette!

A special delivery for Bernadette.

A suitcase full of clothes that she left at the North Pole.

You can see the clothes here.

Bernadette gives a fashion show.

She settled right into the Christmas village.

Fun with the coffee maker and Advent calendar.

She got into trouble with the Christmas tree.

She got in some exercise climbing and swinging,

then had a nice rest in a Buffalo Bills hat.
Go Bills!

Fun with friends.

Even got into G-Ma's crafting supplies when she visited.

Unfortunately, I couldn't find the other pictures

from her visits here.  

This year, I'll be a little more organized for next year's book.

Bernadette should be arriving the day after Thanksgiving

and will be bringing this book with her as a gift for Marie.

I had a lot of fun creating this book and look forward to making

another one for 2021.

I'm glad you stopped by today and hope you are too.

Come again soon.

Until then:

have the heart of a child.

Birthday Card

Hello!

It looks like fall is here, at least in our area it is.

How about in your area?

Today I'm showing you a card I made for my daughter's 

boyfriend for his birthday.

I started by embossing a piece of brown card stock

with an embossing folder.  I don't know who made it

as it was just in my stash waiting to be used.

Here are a few embossing folders with a similar

theme.

After it was embossed, I used a sanding block over

the trees to give them a bit more detail and dimension.

I cut the Happy Birthday! with my 

Silhouette Cameo and punched the leaves with 

a punch from my stash,

using pieces from my recycle box.

Great way to use up some little scraps.

On the inside I wrote a personal note 

to him.

I, like many, struggle with masculine cards in general.

I'm not totally crazy about this card, but I think it

turned out nice and I think he appreciated it.

Thanks for visiting!

I hope you'll come again soon.

Until then,

use some scraps.

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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.

 

2 for 1 Birthday cards

Good day!

Today I'm showing you how I did a 2 for 1 set

of birthday cards.

I started by wetting a piece of watercolor paper

and adding watercolors at one side and let them 

run down the card.  I sprayed a little bit of water onto

the paper to encourage the colors to run down the

paper.

Once I had the background piece, I stamped

Penny Black's Slapstick/cling Stamp Delight

onto the painted paper with 

VersaFine Onyx Black Ink

I cut the image down to the size I wanted

for my card and adhered it to a card base.

I stamped the greeting  and the card was done.

I still had a piece of the original panel left

and used that to make another card.

You can see here how the 2 pieces fit together.

This card would probably be considered a 

mini slimline card.

I love how they both turned out.

I tried something a little different this time

and I like how it worked.

Thanks for stopping in today,

I hope you have enjoyed your time here and

were inspired in some way.

Come again soon,

until then,

try something new and different

for you.

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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.

 

Anniversary Card

Good day blog fans!

Today I'm showing you the Anniversary card I mad

for our son and daughter in law.

I stamped the
Large Knot Heart

from Eureka stamps, now sold through 

Stamp On It, onto card stock with VersaMark ink.

I then heat embossed it with silver embossing powder.

The sentiment was also heat embossed, but on

silver vellum.

The sentiment was wrapped around the image

panel and adhered to the back.

I then layered it onto white card stock and 

more of the silver vellum, then onto a 

card base.

Since this card was a odd size, I made my own

envelope with the 
We R Memory Keepers Envelope Punch Board.

Thanks for stopping in today,

I hope you are having a wonderful day.

Come again soon.

Until then,

try some heat embossing.

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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.

Happy Thanksgiving

Hello and welcome to Kristie Kreates!

Do you make and send Thanksgiving cards?

I don't usually send them, but this year I decided to

send a few.

I stamped these images from a set that I found in my stash.

I've had the set for years and I believe it found it at

Marshall's, but I couldn't tell you the maker.

I stamped with VersaFine Onyx Black Ink

and colored them with Arteza Colored Pencils.

The sentiment was also stamped with 

Onyx Black Ink,

the gold was stamped with 

Delicata Gold Ink.

Once they were colored it was simple to 

cut them to size and mount onto a coordinating 

card base.

Inside I stamped a simple 
Happy Thanksgiving.

Thanks for stopping by today,

come again soon.

Until then,

wish someone happy!

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.

 

Father's Day Layout

Hello fans!

Today I have a couple layouts I recently created at

a crop.

They are from our Father's Day get together this

year.  We had a wonderful time together with family.

We're trying to get group selfies at our gatherings

lately and they are turning out great.

The background card stock is embossed with designs and

words. I inked over the words 
Family is Forever at the bottom of the page and 

where ever it says father throughout the page.

They just look like smudges in the picture, but 

in real life it shows up nicely.

Good food and fun times.

Sorry the pictures aren't better, it's the best I could

do with the lighting I had.
I think you can get the idea though.

Thanks for stopping by,

come again soon.

Until then,

love your family.