Our Challenge Swap

Hello and welcome to 

Kristie Kreates!

I'm way behind in posting this Challenge Swap.

The theme for this one was 

Hearts, Hugs and Happiness

I made this shaker card to go along with the

projects that I made.

I ran a piece of acrylic through the Cuttlebug

with an embossing folder to emboss hearts onto

the acrylic for the window.

I made this little "brag book"

The tin is intended to be for a gift card, but I 

put a fold out "album" inside.

The gal that received it, is a proud Grandma,

so I knew she's have pictures for it.

Here it shows it partially unfolded,

I believe there is space for 15 pictures.

I also made this little tic tac toe game for her to 

play with the grandchildren.

She loved everything I sent and I'm sure she'll 

find some great pictures to put into her 

"album"

Thanks for stopping by today,

come back again soon.

You never know what you'll find on

Kristie Kreates!

Challenge Swap - Halloween

Halloween isn't too far away, so my friend Lisa, 

should be able to use this soon.
The theme for our last swap was 

Halloween.
I decided to make a bag book with the
Halloween theme.  The challenge I made for myself

was to do something different with it, I decided to make 

the tags something a little different.

A friend suggested I make them with a candy theme,

and that got me to thinking.

We always have snack items at My Happy Place, 

where I was making this, so I used different candy and

snack wrappers for the tags.

I happened to have a small pad that was fall and 

Halloween themed paper and that worked out

perfectly.  I designed and cut the spider with my 

Silhouette. I cut it out of adhesive foil vinyl and 

added the googly eyes.

Each double page has spaces for pictures and/or journalling.

Some of them had pockets at the side for

the tags.

Here is the first tag made with a Hershey' Kisses

package.

Love the owls!

A Cracker Jack box worked perfectly for a tag.

I cut this from a box of Rice Krispie Treats

and it works great.

I think this tag is my favorite.

Starburst on one side......

Bazooka Bubble Gum on the other side.

No, I didn't chew all that gum. 

Or eat all those treats for that matter.

LOL!

Lisa loved the book,

she has kids that still dress up and do

trick or treating, so she will be able to make use of 

it this year.

I love how it turned out too.

Thanks for spending time on my blog, 

I hope you'll stop by again soon.

Until then,

Happy Crafting!

Challenge Swap #3

It's time to show you my

creation for Challenge Swap #3 with 

my crafty friends group.

This month the theme was

"The birds and the bees"

I made this little wall hanging for my friend Marie.

I'm hoping she will hang it in her craft/sewing room.

The background was created by smooching ink onto

a slick surface, adding water and then placing the 

water color paper into the puddles of ink.

The birds are from Tim Holtz, Crazy Birds set.

I got these along with the dies at Michael's, 

but have never seen them again and can't find a link

to the set anywhere.
I did no line coloring with watercolors and this is the first
time I've liked the results with this technique.
I fussy cut them to add to the background piece.

The bees are from a set from Honey Bee Stamps

"Bee Hive" which also has a matching die set.

The wording was stamped with a Dyan Reavely
alpha set, "Dy's Alpha"

I love how this turned out and
Marie loved it too.

Thanks for stopping by to spend some time
with me today.
I hope you've been inspired in some way.
Come again soon,
you never know what you'll find on
KristieKreates

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.

Challenge Swap

Hello crafting friends!

I have a group of friends that have a facebook group,

all of us are crafters that have mostly met online.

We decided to do a challenge swap and I'm loving it.

Our first theme was cats and/or dogs.

I made this bookmark for my friend Lisa.
I used backgrounds from my stash of handmades 

for the yellow base piece as well as the mat around 

the image of the cat.
The cat was stamped onto white card stock and colored

with colored pencils.

The glass lenses were first covered with 

Wink of Stella and then with 

Glossy Accents

This is the little card I included with the bookmark when
I sent it.

This was stamped with Black Onyx VersaFine ink

and colored with colored pencils and Distress Inks.

Our next challenge theme is "Friendship"

I will post a picture of what I made for that swap,

after the recipient receives it.

Thanks for stopping by and spending time with me today.

I hope you've been inspired in some way.

Have you ever participated in a crafting challenge

and/or swap?

Until next time, challenge yourself in some way.