Zoo Animal Balloon Card

Hello Blog friends!

My beautiful granddaughter turned one

in November and I made this card for her

birthday,  I had a lot of fun with it and

I think everyone loved it.

Stamp On It

has a whole line of these balloon 

stamps and holders. I got them all when

I was on the Eureka Stamps design team

years ago.

I stamped them all with VersaFine Black Onyx Ink

 and colored them with my Arteza colored pencils.

Then I fussy cut each one and adhered them to 

the background paper with foam tape.

Each balloon has a piece of twine attached

and held by the little girl.

I love how this card turned out,

we love taking Marie to the zoo,

so I thought this was a perfect card for her.

Thanks for stopping in today,

I hope all is going well with you and yours.

Come again soon,

until then;

Stay safe and stay healthy!

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except where specified,

and you may find better prices elsewhere,

I am in no way promoting any particular site.

 

Baby Gift Tag

Hi there!

Welcome, I hope you'll take time to have a look

around on Kristie Kreates.

Today I have a quick post for you.

I was recently invited to a baby shower and

wanted to make a tag that was a little different.

I used
"Baby Zebra" stamp from Eureka Stamps.

I stamped it then colored it with 

colored pencils.

After fussy cutting it I attached an action wobble

to the back, then attached it to a tag I made from 

a watercolor background I found in my stash.

I punched a hole in the top and tied it to the 

gift with ribbon.

Thanks for popping in for this quick 

post, I hope you enjoyed it and will come

again soon.

You never know what you'll find on
Kristie Kreates!

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!

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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.

Halloween Cards

Hello crafters!

It's October, so time to get those Halloween cards ready.

I usually don't send Halloween cards, but

as I've said before, this year I'm trying to send more

cards.  So I decided to make and send some Halloween cards.

Not only to a couple kids, but to adults too.

Here is what I made.

I heat embossed this Sm. Witch 

by Eureka Stamps, sold through 

Stamp On It

For the moons, I punched a circle out of card stock

laid it over the black card stock,

smushed the VersaMark Ink pad over the circle hole,

then added gold embossing glitter and heat set it.

On some of the cards I stamped and heat embossed

"Flying by" on the outside,

inside I stamped "to say" with the same silver 

embossing powder and
"Happy Halloween"

in Onyx Black VersaFine Ink

For this card I added some 

Ghosts also from Eureka sold through 

Stamp On It.

I attached the witch with an Action Wobble

For this card I used the same Ghost stamp

and Halloween Border Stamp

I used Black Soot Distress Ink

for the night sky and added some water droplets

to give it a little texture.

I cut the curve on the bottom of the front of the card

with a Curved Edge Die

For this card I used

Autumn Friends Stamp

from QKR Stampede

sold through 

Stamp On It.

All coloring was done with my 

Fantasia Colored Pencils

I'm pretty happy with how these cards all 

turned out and I hope the recipients like them too.

Thanks for stopping by today

I hope you'll come again soon.

My next post, I'll show you the envelopes
I made for these cards to be sent in.

Until then,

Have fun crafting!

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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.

Engagement Card

Hello Friends!

Many of you know that my son, Jaryd, recently got engaged.

He and Sara will be getting married September 29, 2018.

I made this card for them to celebrate their engagement.

The image is

Lg. Knot Heart

from Eureka Stamps now sold by

Stamp On It

I stamped the heart design onto white 

card stock with VersaMark Ink and 

heat embossed it with silver embossing powder.

I then used Distress Ink and an ink blending tool

to cover the entire image with ink.

Once that was done I buffed off any ink that was 

on the silver embossing.

I fussy cut the image leaving a small border 

around the image.

For the background panel, I used a piece of

silver card stock and ran it through the 

Cuttlebug in a heart embossing folder.

I adhered the panel to a white card base and

used foam tape to adhere the Knot Heart to 

the panel.

I love the way the card turned out,

it is perfect for Jaryd and Sara,

as Sara is Irish and Jaryd is part Irish and has

visited Ireland a couple times.

Purple and gray will be their wedding colors.

I think they will like it.

Thanks for stopping by today,

I hope you're having a creative day.

See you next time.

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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 cards

Hello blog fans!

Today I have a couple Anniversary cards to show you.

My friend Emma and her husband just celebrated their

50th wedding anniversary.

I was invited to a party for them, but I couldn't attend.

I couldn't let their party go by without making a card for them.

I made 2 cards and now have one in reserve for the next time

I need one.

This is the card I sent them.

The background was made by smooshing Distress Inks

onto watercolor paper using a piece of acrylic.

I'm sorry it doesn't show up better, but it turned out 

really pretty.  For the hearts I cut out a heart shape from a piece 

of card stock, placed it onto white card stock and smooched

over it with VersaMark ink, covered it with silver embossing powder

and heated it with my heat gun until melted.  I made 2 hearts this way

and fussy cut them and adhered them to the background with foam tape.

The Happy Anniversary sentiment is from Eureka Stamps.

I stamped it onto silver vellum and heat embossed it with 

silver embossing powder.

After wrapping it around the background panel, I adhered the panel 

to a white card base.

Inside I wrote a personal note to Emma and Charles.

This is the other card that I made.

I ran a piece of white card stock through my Cuttlebug

in an embossing folder and embossed tiny hearts covering the 

panel.  I cut out a heart from a piece of card stock and used it as 

a stencil and "colored" the heart using Nuvo Mousse in gold.

To see this technique watch this video that my friend

Marleen made.

The sentiment strip was made the same way as the one above,

but I used white embossing powder.

I added strips of silver vellum at the top and bottom of the

embossed panel and adhered it to the white card base with

foam tape.

Thanks for stopping in today, come again soon,

you never know what you'll find on 

Kristie Kreates!

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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.

Celtic Father's Day

Father's Day is getting closer.

Have you made your Father's Day cards yet?

Here is another on the cards I made this year.

This one is for my husband.  We are huge fans of 

Ireland and Celtic designs, that is why I chose to make this one

for him.

I stamped Heart Chain Border from Eureka Stamps

onto red and black card stock with VersaMark Ink.

I then heat embossed them using 

Silver Embossing Powder

I embossed both of these pieces thinking I would choose 

the one that I liked the best, then decided to use them both

on the card and like the results.

The sentiment is from the 

Happy Birthday Set 

from QKR Stampede,

using VersaFine Onyx Black Ink.

I think my husband will like this card as much as I 

liked making it for him.

Thanks for stopping by,

come again soon and see some more in the

Father's Day Card series.

Until then,

Enjoy Life!

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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.

3 More Cards

Greetings fellow crafters!

Today I have the last 3 of the Easter cards

that I made.

For this card I used 

Cross With Flowers from 

Eureka Stamps

I stamped it with VersaFine Onyx Black Ink

and colored it with colored pencils.

I used Distress Ink to add a little color around the

image.

I inked the background for this card with 

Distress Inks and stamped the grass with 

Field Grass Right

from Biblical Impressions.

I cut strips of brown card stock to make the basket.

I wove the strips then used ATG Tape to adhere it to

a piece of card stock.  I then trimmed it into the basket

shape.

The eggs were stamped, colored and fussy cut, then adhered

with Mini Glue Dots to the card.

My last card is a shaker card.

I stamped the Happy Easter onto the card base,

then added the shaker window over it.

Thanks for stopping by today,

I hope you've been inspired in some way.

Until next time:

Enjoy being creative!

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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.

Valentine's Cards

Hello!

Happy Valentine's Day!

I don't always send/give Valentine's Day cards,

but this year I am.

I saw this idea on Kristina Werner's blog and

was inspired to try it.

I cut pieces of watercolor paper into squares.

I then taped them down to a board.

This helps prevent warping of the paper when

it is wet.

I cut thin strips of tape to make the "cross bars"

You can use masking tape, painter's tape or Washi tape.

Just be sure that it isn't too sticky and you'll be able to 

remove it easily without tearing the paper.

I then used Distress Inks to paint them.

I smooched some ink, in the colors I wanted to use,

onto an acrylic block and mixed with some water.

Once they were completely dry I removed the tape

and cut the pieces down to the size I wanted.

This watercolor piece I embossed 

Swirl Heart from Biblical Impressions

with silver embossing powder and matted

it with a silver metallic paper that I found

at Hollo's Papercrafts

I printed all the sentiments for the insides of these

cards from my computer.

I matted the sentiments to mimic the outside of the

cards.

I love these mini crazy birds from

Tim Holtz.  I colored them all with 

colored pencils and cut them with the matching dies.

The heart was hand cut and I wrote 'Love You' 

on it with black pen.

I cut a slit in the birds beak to hold the heart.

This one was heat embossed with 

glitter gold embossing powder 

and mounted onto 

shiny metallic silver card stock

that I got at Hollo's

I used "I Love You" from Eureka Stamps

for these next 2 cards.

This card I watercolored the entire piece with one 

color and embossed "You're Huggable" onto the 

panel and added that adorable bird.

I simply stamped this heart, fussy cut it

and put it through a slit in the bird's beak.

I heat embossed this "Scribble Heart" from

Biblical Impressions onto a watercolored panel,

then layered it onto Matte Silver Metallic Card Stock

from Hollo's

This final card I used a piece of card stock for 

the front panel, added the crazy birds and heart,

it needed a little something more and the gold ribbon

worked perfectly to pull it all together.

I love how these Valentine's cards turned out

and I hope the recipients like them as much as I do.

Thanks for stopping by today,

if you come again soon, you will see

what I made for Valentine's treats to go with

some of these cards.

Until next time,

make something 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.

Cards for Card Drive #6

Hi friends!

Can you believe it's December and Christmas

is right around the corner?

Here are a few more cards for the 

Caring Hearts Card Drive.

I've said it before and I'll say it again,

I love heat embossing.

When I apply the heat to that powder and it melts

and turns all shiny and pretty, I just have to smile.

If you've never heat embossed you really should

try it, it's kind of like magic to watch.

I love this image from 

Eureka Stamps 

and it works perfectly with heat embossing.

I heat embossed with silver powder and then matted with a 

shiny silver mat.

I got the silver card stock at 

Hollo's PaperCraft

It's located in Ohio, near Cleveland and

if you can get there, it's worth the trip.

If you're a papercrafter, it's like

Heaven being there.

I used several different colors of card bases for these

cards and I love how they turned out, very simple

and elegant.

I uses an embossing folder to emboss the bottom of this

card, then added the top in black with the silver heat 

embossed sentiment.

I used gold Stickles to put some stars in the sky.

This is the sentiment that I used in all of my cards

for the card drive.
I think it's simple and beautiful.

Thanks for stopping in,

come again soon.

Hopefully, you've gotten some inspiration

from one of my cards in this series.

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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.

Cards for the Card Drive #3

Hello!

More cards for the card drive today

You can see that I love heat embossing.

I heat embossed several ornament images with

silver embossing powder and went from there.

I created several different cards with these 

embossed images.

The center one above was fussy cute and adhered

to an embossed card base with foam tape.

The others were matted with card stock and adhered

to embossed silver card stock.

This one has Washi tape on the sides and 

although it doesn't show very well, there are

dots of red Stickles around the ornament.

For these I used silver thread and embroidery floss

to add bows.

I like the long skinny ornament at the side of these cards.

A little Washi tape adds a pop of color.

The ornament images are from 

Eureka Stamps and

Biblical Impressions

Thanks for popping in.

More cards in a few days.

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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.

Autumn Greetings

Happy Autumn!

I'm not crazy about the fall time,

I don't like the cooler weather,

but I do love the colors of fall.

The trees are so beautiful and the leaves on the

ground are so pretty.

The card I have today is kind of a mash up of a

 cards that I saw on blogs.

This is kind of how inspiration works for me.

I see different techniques and designs and end up 

combining them into something that I like.

For this card, I started with a piece of white card 

stock.  I used different colors of Distress Inks to 

cover the front of the card stock.

I then found all the leaf stamps that I had,

 and stamped them onto the 

colored card with brown Color Box Chalk Ink.

I used 2 rectangle layering dies to cut the

 window in the card.

The outside was adhered to the card base.

The frame was layered with craft foam and card stock

 cut with the same dies to give dimension to the frame

around the window.

I used the frame as a guide to adhere the inside piece

to the back of the window.

I used a piece of acetate that was from some packaging

that I saved to cover the frame and adhered the 

colored frame piece on top of it.

I used a variety of sequins in the shaker window

as well as a few acorns and leaves that I stamped and fussy

cut.  I then stamped the sentiment and fussy cut that

and adhered it to the front of the shaker area.

For the sentiment inside I used a stamp that I borrowed 

from a friend.  Sorry there was no company name anywhere

on the stamp.

Thanks for stopping by today,

I hope you are enjoying the beauty of autumn.

See you again soon.

The supplies I used are:

Darice Embossing Essentials Nesting Rectangles

Inkadinkado Autumn Foliage Stamp Set

Large Skeleton Leaf (#90312) Biblical Impressions

Leaf (#3901)  QKR Stampede

Open Maple Leaf (#10501) and

Lg Open Oak Leaf (#10402) from

Eureka Stamps

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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.