Be Magical Unicorn Card

Hello craft lovers!

Doesn't everyone love to receive mail?
My granddaughter, Marie, sure does.

That's why I decided to make her this card.

She loves unicorns, so when I found this stamp in my

stash, I decided to make a card with it.

Pink is her favorite color, so it had to be pink.

For the inside of the card, I stamped, colored and fussy

cut some other designs.  She does love rainbows too, so that

was another must.

I stamped and cut a few things for her to color herself.

Sending cards in the mail now and then is one simple

way to say I love you.

Thanks for stopping by today to see what I've been creating.

I hope you have been inspired in some way and will come again soon.

Until then,

send a card and make someone smile.

 

Use Your Colored Pages

Welcome!

Do you ever wonder what to do with those pages from

adult coloring books that you've finished?

This is one from a pad that I colored.

The design was done in gold and I simply colored the rest.

Simply cut the design to the size you want and

add it to a card base.  For mine, I layered it

with a coordinating mat.

Here you can see how the gold shows.

It's really very pretty.

If you have a page you'd like to use,

cut it up, use it on cards, on a scrapbook page,

in a junk journal, or even make an envelope from it.

Don't let those colored pages go to waste,

pull them out and use them.

I hope you've been inspired in some way today,

I'm glad you stopped by for a visit.

Come again soon,

until then,

color something.

 

Jump Start Your Mojo

Welcome to Kristie Kreates!

Today I have a couple coloring pages to show

you.  During the COVID lockdown, there have

been plenty of days that I just haven't

been motivated to be creative.

One of the things that helped jump start my

mojo was to just pick up a coloring book and

colored pencils and do a little coloring.

Here are 2 pages that I colored, just for something

to do to try to get my mojo back.

I'm not sure what I'll do with them,

but they are in my background stash now.

Maybe an envelope, maybe a background, 

maybe the front of a card or an element 

for a card or project.

Thanks for stopping in today,

hope to see you again soon.

Until then;

try something simple to jump start your

creativity.

Love Layout

Hello blog friends!

Today I'm showing you a layout that I did of

my daughter and her boyfriend.

A while back I found a pad of 12 x 12 coloring pages

on clearance at Michael's and had to have it.

I wasn't sure when I'd ever find a layout that I would use them

for, but the pages were so beautiful that I just had to have that pad.

I'm so glad I picked it up.

There are 2 of each design in the pad and that worked out

perfect for this layout.

I started out by coloring the full page with colored pencils.

I chose purple because it's Kelsie's favorite color

and the red because it's Jason's favorite.

I knew I wanted to use this picture,

because it was their first picture together and the one

that he had printed and framed for me.

I had a 5x7 printed and wished I had it done bigger,

now I'm so glad I didn't, I think the 5x7 works perfectly.

I colored and fussy cut the flowers from the 2nd page

and decided where I wanted them.

Then I decided on their names and the date for a simple

title for the page.

When I was happy with where everything was, I adhered it all with 

ATG tape and called it done.

I am thrilled with how this came out.

It is my first page for my scrapbook about

Kelsie and Jason and I think it's 

beautiful.

Thanks for stopping by today,

I hope you'll come again soon.

Until then, think outside the box,

if you like something, give it a try,

maybe you'll end up loving it!

Coloring pad

Today I have something a little bit different to show you.

I often go to the craft stores just to walk around

and believe it or not, I often don't buy a single thing.

But every now and then I find something fun on clearance.

This was one of those finds.

I found this pad of 6x6" foiled paper on 

clearance for only $1.79

There are 9 designs and 2 of each.

They are just gorgeous.

For that price, how could I go wrong?

They also had 12x12" pads that are prints like this

to color, printed in black and I picked one of them 

up also for only $5.99.

I'm sure I'll be posting something about that one 

day also.

But for now, I'll show you this gold foiled paper.

I colored this page with my watercolor crayons.

This picture shows the entire page, 

although you can see it is cut at the right side, 

as I forgot to take a picture before making the 

card with it.

Here is the completed card.

I simply cut the piece to size and adhered it

to a white card base with ATG tape.

I decided to leave it with no sentiment

as a plain note card, I thought a sentiment 

would take away from the beautiful design.

Here is another of the pages that I colored.

I haven't decided what I will do with this one yet.

I may use it on a scrapbook layout, or make a 

card with it.

I'll be sure to post what I end up doing with it.

I haven't been able to find anywhere to link

these beautiful paper pads for y'all.

I got mine at Michael's,

but can't find any online.

Sorry about that.

They had other products in this line also,

craft tape, tags, journals, other coloring pads

and more,

they were all beautiful,

you might be lucky and find some at your 

local Micheal's if you are interested in checking

them out.

Good luck.

Thanks for stopping in today.

I hope you have been inspired in some way,

maybe just to do a little coloring,

or maybe make a card with something you've 

already colored.

Come again soon.

Until then,

have some fun!

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.