Inspired by Kristina Werner

Hello!  Hope you are having a beautiful day!

Today I have 2 cards to show you,

they were inspired by 

this post by Kristina Werner.

Kristina is one of my favorite bloggers and artists.

If you haven't discovered her yet, be sure to pop over

and check out her blog, she's really quite wonderful.

Now I have to start by saying that I goofed up both my cards.

This first one I adhered the vellum in the wrong spot for 

the style I was going for, but that's not really a problem,

because I love the way it turned out.

Kristina use a background stamp on her card, but 

I didn't have one large enough with me at the time,

so I used a patterned paper.

You can barely see the patterned paper in the pictures,

but in real life you can see it.  It's a fairly delicate purple pattern.

I cut the shapes on the Cricut from white card stock.

I then embossed them with silver embossing powder.

The sentiment, I did a little differently.

I covered a piece of card stock with Versa Mark ink

and silver embossing powder and heated it.

Once I had that done I used a die to cut out the sentiment.

I arranged all the pieces and glued them on with 

Scotch Quick Dry Adhesive.

Although this wasn't as I intended it,

I do like how it turned out.

For the 2nd card I decided to go with a Christmas theme.

This one I put together the right way.

The snow flakes were cut on the Cricut,

adhered with Scotch Quick Dry Adhesive

and covered with clear Wink of Stella.

I added a little bling on the centers of the flakes also.

The vellum opens to reveal this striped card front.

This is a piece I had in my stash that I had made a while 

ago when I was experimenting.

I made it using 

Simon Says Clear Stamps Basic Stripes

and 

Studio Calico Color Theory Inks

I didn't add a sentiment to this panel yet,

I want to see about fixing my goof on this card first.

I'll show that in a bit.

Lastly the front opens at the top and shows the sentiment 

inside the card.

This sentiment is 

"Christmas Blessings"

from Eureka Stamps.

I put this card together pretty quickly as I was running out of time.

It's not prefect, far from it, but I wanted to post it anyway.

I don't mind showing my mistakes and sometimes I think

it encourages people to try new things and continue trying

until they like the results.

Now for the goof on this card.

Here you go!  

When I was stamping the sentiment inside

the card, I got red ink on one of the snowflakes as well as

on the vellum.  It came off the vellum pretty well, but not that

flake.  Can't get that snowflake off either, that Quick Dry Adhesive

really sticks!

Oh well, it was a quick card and I wasn't crazy about those

flakes anyway.  

Things don't always turn out the way we want them to,

but sometimes they are fine anyway,

and sometimes we just learn from them.

Now, why don't you hop over to

Kristina Werner's Blog

and see what she has to show you.

I'm sure it's something quite wonderful.

Thanks for stopping by today,

I hope you are inspired in some way.

Remember to have fun with whatever you are working on.

Come again soon,

you never know what you'll find 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,

and you may find better prices elsewhere.

I am in no way promoting any particular site.

Merry Christmas to all!

Merry Christmas to all!
One last Christmas card for this year.

This one was made with
"Lg. Snowman Couple" (#21801)

from QKR Stampede

When I found this plaid paper in my stash,

I knew I wanted to use this image with it for a card.

I thought it matched perfectly with the hat, mittens etc.

And I think they turned out adorable.

Inside I used

"Christmas Blessings" (#7304) from

Eureka! Stamps

I hope you are having a very blessed Christmas

and have a wonderful prosperous 2014.

 

Thanks for stopping by today.

Come again soon.

Until next time, Happy Crafting!

Eureka! Stamps Handmade Gifts Blog Hop

Hello stamp/crafting fans!

It's been quite a while since the

Eureka! Stamps Design Team

 has had a blog hop and I'm excited about this one.

"Eureka! Stamps Handmade Gifts Blog Hop"

promises to be wonderful.

You can also see lots of wonderful

gift ideas from the design team

for our sister company

QKR Stampede

Be sure to follow both hops and comment on each

blog, as we are having a winner on every blog, as well

as a grand prize winner on each company blog.

 

If you have arrived from

Vicky's Blog

you are on the right track.

The hop starts at the

 Eureka! Stamps Blog

If you have just stumbled across the hop,

you may want to start at the beginning,

you won't want to miss any of the wonderful

gifts the design team has to show you.

Now sit back and relax

I have a lot of fun gifts to show you.

 

First up I have some gift boxes that I've created.

These boxes will hold sets of hand made cards.

I have used images from Eureka! Stamps to decorate them all.

For these first 2 boxes I used

"Holly Background" (#26701)

For the first, I stamped onto white card stock and

colored the image with water color crayons.

 

On the second box, I stamped onto white card stock, then inked it with

green distress inks and used some red Stickles for the berries.

 

Here is a view of the back of the gift box.

I can fit up to about 8 cards and envelopes

inside these boxes, depending on how many layers

and embellishments there are on the cards.

 

This next gift box was made using

"Skunk and Lights" (#10901)

I stamped the image onto white card stock,

colored the lights with water color crayons.

I then fussy cut the image and layered it onto

matching purple card stock and fussy cut it again.

It is then adhered to the box with foam tape.

I thought this patterned paper from my stash

was perfect with this little guy.

 

 

I'm using these for giving sets of cards,

but they could be used for any small gift

or perhaps a gift card.

Just wrap it in a bit of tissue and put it in the box,

maybe with a card.

The next 2 boxes were made for the same purpose,

but in a different style

For this one I used the

"Christmas Blessings" (#7304)
image and colored it with
FlexMarkers (alcohol ink)

For this next box I used

"Heart Bouquet" (#18302)

colored with water color crayons

it works great for a

birthday gift or maybe something fun

for Valentines day.

Some candy would work great in this box too.

Here I have some hand made cards

ready for giving.

My next project is something I came up with for my Mom.

She is in assisted living and wanted some little gifts
 to give some of her friends.

These are simple, quick and inexpensive little gifts

that would be great for anyone that you'd like

to give something little to,

or even for stocking stuffers.

For this one I used

"Snowman To and From" (#23705)

I stamped it, colored it and cut out

just the snowman part of the image.

Open it up and inside....

a little gift.

Hand sanitizer is easily removed for use.

For this 2nd one I used

"Snow Background" (#27301)

 

I got these hand sanitizers at the Dollar Store

for 3/$1.00

The paper is from my stash,

 a simple gift that doesn't cost a lot.

I cut out this little tree with a Sizzix die

then stamped it with

"Holly Background" (#26701)

I colored the berries with water color crayons.

Between the 2 trees is a little box that will hold a lip balm.
Or perhaps you might roll up some cash
to put inside the box.

How cute is that?
Now for my last gift idea for the hop.
For this gift card holder I used
 Baroque Background (#57701)
I stamped onto card stock with VersaMark ink
and heat embossed with white embossing powder.

Open the little purse and inside you find

a gift card.

A holder like this could be used
for any occasion or holiday.

I hope you have enjoyed my handmade gift ideas.
Be sure to leave me a comment for a chance to win
a prize from Eureka! Stamps.
2 digital stamps of their choice will
be given to one lucky winner on each
design team members blog, so
be sure to comment on each blog.

Now on to visit
Cheryl's Blog
and see what wonderful gifts she has to show us.

Once you've finished the Eureka! Stamps Blog Hop,
leave a comment at the company blog (the last stop on our hop)
and head over to the
QKR Stampede Blog
and see the wonderful handmade gifts
they have to inspire us all.

Thanks for sticking with me until the end of this post. 
I know it's a long one, but I hope it was worth it
and you have been inspired to make a few gifts
of your own.
Until next time, Happy Crafting!

 

"Mashed Potatoes" and something new

I have a couple things to tell y'all about today.

It's the first Wednesday of the month, so that means

it's time for a tutorial on

Mashed Potatoes and Crafts

Hop on over and see my tutorial

on how to create a striped background

 like the one on this card.

The "something new" I have to tell you about is

that I have been chosen to be a
"Perfect Paper Crafting Brand Ambassador"

I'm thrilled with this as I just love my Perfect Layers!

If you follow that link you will be taken to

"my page" where you can see how these amazing tools are used.

See that green mat around the

"Christmas Blessings" (Eureka! Stamps #7304) sentiment?

I used my Perfect Layers

to get that nice even cut with no measuring at all.

Use my link to check out the video

and the other wonderful products that

Perfect Paper Crafting carries.

AND when you make a purchase using the code

Kristie5%

 you will receive a 5% discount on your order.

If you look back at my earlier posts

and see mats like the one above,

you know that they were cut using my Perfect Layers.

I've been using them for years and wouldn't

scrapbook or make cards with out them.

 

Thanks for stopping by today!

Now hop on over to see my tutorial

and check out the Perfect Paper Crafting site.

 

Until next time, Happy Crafting!

 



Embossed background card

Hi all!

A few days ago, I posted a tutorial on

Mashed Potatoes and Crafts.

Showing how to make an embossed background.

Today I'm showing what I did with the background that I created.

I layered the snowflake background onto white card stock,

which then was added to the front of a white card base that had been

inked with Distress Ink to match the blue on the embossed piece.

I used "Christmas Blessings" (#7304) from

Eureka! Stamps

as my greeting.

I stamped it onto white card stock with

Versa Fine black ink and colored it with

water color crayons.

I trimmed it down and inked the edges with

Distress Ink and added it to the card

with foam tape.

This is just one way in which you can use an

embossed background.

 

Thanks for stopping by today,

I hope you will leave a comment and

come again soon.

 

Until next time, Happy Crafting!