Crafty Card

Hello!

Today I'm showing you a little card that I made 

for a crafty friend.

I used one of the backgrounds that I had in my 

hand made stash of backgrounds.  This was made with 

alcohol inks.  I then stamped the images from 

The My Monthly Hero Kit that I purchased for 

May this year.  I seldom purchase these kind of

kits, but this one was so cute, I couldn't resist it.

I'm pretty sure it is probably sold out and no longer

available, but I linked to the site, just in case.

For the inside, I used one of the sentiment stamps from

the set.  I made the envelope with my 

We R Memory Keepers Envelope Punch Board

with some paper from my stash.

Thanks for stopping by today, I hope you

are having a lovely fall where you are.

Come again soon,

until then, share your crafty love!

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.

Challenge Swap #2

Hello crafty people!

I'm in an online group of friends and crafters

and we're doing a monthly challenge swap.

Today I'm showing you the card I did for the 2nd 

challenge.  It was my turn to choose the theme

and I chose "friendship"

I got to send my project to one of my closest friends,

so this was perfect for me.

I started by playing with some alcohol inks on

Yupo. I can't tell you which colors I used,

I just chose them and got to work playing.

This is how my first piece turned out and I loved

the color combination.

I made a couple more pieces with the same colors,

but blended them a little bit more.

I then used Alcohol Lift Ink to lift the Poppies image from

the ink on the Yupo.

I stamped what I picked up onto a piece of white card

stock, you'll see that later.

I loved the colors with this stamped image, 

so I started stamping on vellum and loved the results.

I cut a couple masks and stamped over this sheet of vellum.

I then laid it over the bright colored piece that

was my original creation.

I trimmed it down and adhered the vellum by 

folding it over the sides of the base piece,

using ATG tape on the back to hold it in place, then 

mounted it onto a white card stock base.

I use my computer to print the sentiment and adhered the

pieces to the front of the card.

I then took the pieces that I lifted the ink from and

played with them a little more, by adding some 

alcohol to them and this is what I got.

I love that you can just add more alcohol, and ink

if you want, and get more use out of the pieces.

I used the 2 pieces inside the card with the rest of the 

sentiment.

The flower in the bottom corner is the original

one that I stamped from lifting the ink.

I stamped it and fussy cut it, then added it

to the inside of the card.

The card was an odd size, so I made my own envelope

with my Envelope Punch Board.

I lifted another bit of ink and stamped the envelope with 

a matching flower.

I loved making this card and sending it to one of

my closest friends.

I think she loved receiving it too.

Thanks for stopping by today,

I hope you learned something and/or have been

inspired in some way.

I hope to see you again soon.

Until then,

make something for someone you love.

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.

Halloween Envelopes

Hello and welcome!

My last post was about my Halloween cards,

today's post is about the envelopes I made for those cards.

I started by making the envelopes with white card stock

and my We R Memory Keepers Envelope Punch Board

I then stamped images onto the envelopes

and colored them with my Fantasia Colored pencils

This is "Pumpkin Vine Stamp"

QKR Stampede

I drew the banner freehand and added Mom's name.

This is done with 

"Ghost" Eureka Stamps

"Halloween Border"  Eureka Stamps

My friend loaned me this stamp, I don't know

what company it is from.

My friend also loaned me this stamp.

The background with the clouds doesn't show very well

in the pictures, but in real life it turned out pretty cool.

This one I didn't realize that I hadn't colored the 

owl or broom until I took the picture.

I may just leave it white like this, or maybe color the 

broom and leave the owl white.

I have never done any artwork on envelopes before,

but I was inspired by Kristina Werner in 

this video.

Kristina is one of my favorite artist and bloggers,

she does a mail art video every month and I've wanted

to give it a try.  This was the perfect time and I loved

the way they all turned out.  I'm sure I'll be doing more

mail art in the future.

If you haven't checked out Kristina's blog you should

do so, she's really quite wonderful and talented.

Thanks for stopping by today,

I hope you were inspired in some way.

Maybe you'll give mail art a try, I hope so.

See you next time, 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,

except where specified,

and you may find better prices elsewhere,

I am in no way promoting any particular site.

Crazy Dog Card

Hello friends!

Today is another card from my 

unused stash of goodies.

I love the dogs from the 

Tim Holtz Crazy Dogs stamp set

They are just so darn cute and bring a smile to 

my face, they have such personality!

I colored this card using my 

watercolor crayons for the dog as well as the

sky and grass.

Inside I stamped this sentiment from the 

Lovely Greetings stamp set

from Cas-ual Fridays Stamps.

I added a little Glossy Accents to his nose and tag

to give a little shine.

I also made an envelope, since it is a square card,

using my Envelope Punch Board.

Did you know square cards cost more to mail?

I made the envelope a bit larger than the card, in 

a rectangular shape to avoid the extra postage.

Thanks for stopping by to see what I've been up to,

I hope you have a wonderful day and 

create something 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.

Firefly tag card

Hello crafty people.

Today I have another project to show you

from my stash of unused "stuff"

Quite a while ago I made this tag, but never used it.

I used alcohol inks and deli paper to make the

background paper, then glued it to a manila tag.

I then stamped the images with Versafine Onyx Black Ink

and then the tag sat for a long time.

I decided I wanted to make it into a card.

I used Distress Inks to give a white card base

a different color, then simply adhered the tag

to the card base.

I stamped this so long ago, that I have no idea

about the names of the stamps or even what company 

they are from.

My friend, Jen, absolutely loved this tag

so I decided to make it a card for her.

I stamped this sentiment inside the card with

Color Box Chalk Ink and it wasready to go. 

This sentiment is True Friends and can be purchased

as a rubber stamp or a digital stamp

from Stamp On It.

I also made an envelope for this card with my 

Envelope Punch Board.

Thanks for stopping by today,

I hope you have been inspired in some way.

Maybe you'll dig into your stash of

"stuff" and come out with something

that you started and never finished.

Until next time,

Be Creative!

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.

Kitty Cards

Hello everyone!

Today I have 2 cards I made, a little different,

yet mostly the same.

Someone very close to me was diagnosed with breast cancer

recently and I wanted to send a card letting her know

I'm thinking of her.

I made this "big hugs" card for her and wrote a personal

note inside.

The cat image is stamped with VersaFine Onyx Black  ink,

using my MISTI stamping tool.

I colored the cats, on both cards, with 

colored pencils and blended with Gamsol.

The background was painted by scribbling some

water color crayon onto an acrylic block and 

mixing it with water, then painting it on with a

water brush.

  I also made the envelopes since the cards are

not a standard size.  I used my

 Envelope Punch Board

to make the envelopes for both cards.

This second card I made for my Aunt Marilyn who

will be 93 at the end of September.

She loves cats and I know she will get a kick out of this

card. I can hear her now, exclaiming how cute the cat is.

The cat image is

Crazy Kitty Set (#32111) from

Biblical Impressions

The sentiments are both 

"Big Scripty Words"

from 

Lawn Fawn

I have linked many of the supplies I used,

I did not necessarily purchase them from the linked

sites. I only use them for reference for you to

see the supplies.
You may very well find these supplies at 

many other sites and maybe at better prices,

just do a little research.

Thanks for stopping by today,

I hope you have enjoyed my cards as 

much as I enjoyed making them.

Come again soon.

Until then, Happy Crafting!

Scarecrow with twine.

It's time for another

Eureka! Stamps Blog Challenge

This week the theme has 2 parts,

"Fall and add some string or twine"

(not ribbon)

For my card I used

"Scarecrow and Sunflowers" (#15901)from

Eureka! Stamps

I stamped the image using Versa Fine Ink

and colored it with water color crayons.

The edges were inked with Distress Ink.

I added a bit of twine at the top.

I made the envelope with some patterned paper from my stash

with my Envelope Punch Board

 

Why not hop over to the

Eureka! Stamps Store 

and check out all the fun images they have.

Then create something for our challenge.

Thanks for stopping by today.

I hope you've been inspired in some way and

will come back again soon.

 

Until next time, Happy Crafting!

 

Tag You're It Challenge

Hi Everyone!

Today's challenge from the

Eureka! Stamps Blog

is "Tag You're It"

For my card I used

"Snow Background" (#27301)

"Snowman Balloon" (#11805)

"Christmas Balloon" (#16402)

"Reindeer Balloon" (#2606)

All from

Eureka! Stamps

I stamped the Snow Background onto white card stock with

Versa Mark Ink and embossed with white embossing powder.

I then sponged over it with Distress Ink.

The embossing resists the ink and remains white.

Each of the balloon images was stamped with VersaFine ink

and colored with water color crayons.

The "baker's twine" is some that I made and had in my stash.

The envelopes were made with green vellum, using my new

Envelope Punch Board

There weren't exactly the measurements I needed,

but it was easy enough to do a little figuring and get the right size.

 

Thanks for stopping by today.

I hope you are inspired to create some kind of tag

 and enter our challenge.

Come again soon to see the other tag I created

 

Until next time, Happy Crafting!