Poppy Card

Hello from gloomy Western NY!

It's a typical January here as far as the sun.

It is out there every day, but we don't have any

real sunshine, lots of cloud cover and gloomy weather

lately.  But, it has been fairly warm for our area.

We did have a huge blizzard at Christmas, but a couple

days after Christmas it was in the upper 40s and into the 50s.

Thus is the crazy weather of the Buffalo, NY area.

I hope you are having nice weather in your area.

I thought I'd inject a little bit of summer and brightness

into everyone's day with this card that I made.

This is one of my favorite stamps.  It is from Stacy Stamps,

but I believe she is no longer in business, so I don't have a link

to this set.

The poppy stamp I used for this card is a single poppy.

I made a few masks, so I could layer the poppies.

I then stamped them with VersaFine onyx black ink,

and colored them with colored pencils.

Once I was happy with the coloring, I fussy cut

the image and adhered it to a blue card base.

I love the colors on this card, so bright and cheerful.

Inside I stamped this sentiment, sorry, I don't know 

what set or company this is from.

I love how this card turned out and hope it brings a little

summer brightness to your day.

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

up to lately.  I hope you will come again soon.

Until then:

bring some brightness to someone.

 

Halloween Cards 2

Hello!

My last post I showed you a couple Halloween cards.

Today I have the other 2 that I made to share with you.

I started with this background piece that I had in my stash.

I used alcohol inks on a coffee filter, then cut the filter

to size and adhered it to a piece of card stock.
When I was ready to use it, I ran it through my Cuttlebug

in an embossing folder to get some texture.

I stamped the witch with black ink and colored in the

other areas with colored pencils.
Once it was fussy cut, it was adhered to the card.

For the sentiment, I stamped the spider web, then

the greeting and fussy cut around some of the web.

I used the same web stamp for the BOO greeting

for the inside sentiment.

Used the same witch stamp for this card and adhered it

to an alcohol inked background along with the sentiment.

Inside I used the same stamps and added some other 

spider webs in the corners.

I loved making these cards, my biggest problem

is deciding which kids get which cards.

I'm glad you stopped by today and hope you have 

enjoyed it and have been inspired in some way.

Hope you'll come again soon.

Until then,

enjoy the season!

 

Cards for 1st Birthday

Hi crafty fans!

Today I have a couple little cards to show you.

My great nephew turned 1 and I needed cards to

go with his gifts.
I decided to do small gift enclosure cards rather than

full sized cards.

I stamped this "Lion Balloon Stamp" onto white card stock,

colored it with colored pencils and fussy cut him.
For the grass, I simply cut a piece of green card stock and 

cut small slices into it to make the grass.  
The Happy Birthday was a stamp from my stash.

This card I used Elephant Balloon Stamp and the 

same process as the lion card.  I used 

embossing paste and gold glitter to make the 
"sand" along the bottom.

These were both quick and easy cards to make and

perfect for a 1 yr old.

Thanks for stopping by today and spending a little 

time here.  I hope you will come again soon.

Until then,

keep calm and stamp on!

 

Little Fox Card

Hello blog friends!

I hope you're having a warm and cozy day.
It's cold here in my neck of the woods, so I'm 

bundled up in a nice warm sweater.
Today I have a card to show you.

I made this for my granddaughter's 2nd 

birthday.  She loves animals and I thought this

guy was very cute.

The background was embossed with an

embossing folder from my stash and then

inked with brown ink and a make up brush

to bring out a bit of detail.

I colored the fox with colored pencils, cut him 

out with the matching die and added some 

googly eyes, which I think made him even cuter.

I stamped and fussy cut the sentiment and added the

little heart and was done.

As usual, on the inside I added my own

personal note.

Thanks for stopping by today,

I hope you'll come again.

Until then

keep warm and snuggle with someone.

 

Card/Photo Carrier

Hello and welcome to 
Kristie Kreates.

Today I'm showing you a card/photo carrier that I made

for my sweet Aunt Marilyn.

Aunt Marilyn lives in North Carolina and I haven't been able to 

see her due to COVID.
I hope this will cheer her up and give her some smiles.

I wrote a letter to put into it and enclosed some pictures of

our family.  She has never met my daughter in law or granddaughter,

so I thought some pictures would be very welcome.

I stamped the

Penny Black Timeless Stamp

 onto white card stock with 

VersaFine Onyx Black ink

then colored it with colored pencils.

The "card" itself is made from 2 envelopes.

The flap of one envelope was glued into the other envelope,

then the outside was covered with  the green paper

and the flower image was adhered on top.

I chose some colorful paper from my handmade background stash for the

inside.  Here you can see where the envelopes open in the center to put 

the pictures inside.

I'm sure that Aunt Marilyn will keep this right next to her chair and look 

at the pictures often.  I know they will make her smile.

Thanks for stopping by today,

I hope you have been inspired in some way.

Come again soon,

until then:
Make something pretty for someone.

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.

 

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.

Dorky Bird Card and Cool Cat Envelope

Hello and welcome back!

My last post was a card I made for a little guy

turning 6.  Today I have the card I made for his twin 

sister.

I again used an alcohol ink background.

I stamped "Dorky Bird" with 

VersaFine Onyx Black Ink

and colored it with colored pencils and 

fussy cut the image.

I stamped the Hello and cut it into a banner

and adhered the images with foam tape.

For the envelope I stamped
"Cool Cat" 

and colored him with colored pencils also.

I love how this card and envelope turned out

and I think the little gal they are going to will

like them too.

Thanks for stopping by,

I hope you have been inspired in some way.

Hope to see you again soon,

until then,

Happy Crafting!

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.

Party Poopers Birthday Card adn a Fishy Envelope

Hi Everyone!

Today I have a card to show you.

Recently a mom in a group I'm in on Facebook

posted that he twins are turning 6 yrs old and that they

love opening mail.  She asked if anyone would be

willing to send them cards for their birthday, just so they

would have them to open from the mail.

Being a card maker, I was happy to help out.

This is the card I made for her little guy.

The background piece was made with alcohol inks 

on Yupo paper.

I thought it was a great background for a celebration.

The dogs are Party Poopers

I stamped the image with 

VersaFine Onyx Black Ink

and colored them with colored pencils.

I fussy cut the image and adhered it to the background

with foam tape to give it a little dimension.

I stamped the Celebrate with an alpha stamp set

from my stash, I have no idea what company they are from.

I then fussy cut around it to make a banner shape.

The whole thing was then adhered to a white card base.

Inside I simply stamped "Happy Birthday"

I made the envelope with my

We R Memory Keepers Envelope Punch Board

and decided to decorate it.

I stamped the fish onto the envelope, then stamped them 

onto scrap paper and fussy cut them to make a mask.

I put the mask over the fish (Sm Fat Fish & Lg Fat Fish)

and used Distress Inks to 

apply the 'water' to the envelope.

After taking the masks off the fish I colored them with 

colored pencils.

I covered the colored areas with 

Distress Micro Glaze 

which is a glaze that makes it water resistant, 

so the inks and coloring won't be ruined if they get wet.

I think the little guy will get a kick out of receiving 

this in the mail.

Thanks for spending time with me today,

I hope you have enjoyed it here at

Kristie Kreates 

and will come again soon.

Next up, the card I made for the other twin.

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.

Card Drive

Hello crafty friends!

Today I'm showing you a couple cards I made

for a card drive.

These are for a non profit called

Live Like Roo

they help people who have dogs with cancer.

They are in need of cards to send as encourangment,

sympathy and thanks.

These are the 2 that I made.

I stamped "Dorky Bird" with 

VersaFine Onyx Black Ink

and colored it with colored pencils.

This image was stamped and colored the way as the 

card above.  The image is

"Party Poopers"

Thanks for stopping in today,

I hope you've been inspired in some way.

See you soon,

Until then

spread handmade kindness!

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.

Becky's Christmas Swap

Hello crafting fans.

I belong to a facebook group of friends

that are all into crafting and art of various

types.

We decided to do a Christmas gift swap

and the gal who I made my gifts for 

is very into crocheting.

I decided to make her a bag to carry some of

her work in.  I downloaded the yarn and crochet hook

pattern from The Craft Chop and cut it from

heat transfer vinyl with my Silhouette Cameo

I then used my heat press to add it to the bag.

For this little bag for her crochet hooks,

I altered the original design and made the

crochet hooks.

I designed my own wording and cut them

then added them to the little pouch.

I think she'll get a kick out of this.

I'm very happy with the way these gifts turned out

and I'm pretty sure Becky will enjoy them too.

I wanted to send a card along with the gift, so

I made this spinner card. The Santa is on a string and

before putting the card in the envelope I will spin it around.

When she opens the card the Santa will spin.

This is made from the 

Art Impressions Spinner Santa Set

and colored with colored pencils.

Inside the card, I made a flap that shows through 

the front of the card, once she opens the card, she can

lift the flap to read the sentiment..

I also made a Christmas envelope to go with the card,

using my We R Memory Keepers Envelope Punch Board.

Thanks for coming and spending some time with me

today.  I hope you have been inspired in some way

and will come again soon.

Until then,

make something nice for someone else!

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.

Swap round 2 #1 Dogs and/or Cats

Hello everyone!

My crafting group of friends have started a new

round of swaps and today I'm showing you what I 

made for our first round.

The theme was dogs and/or cats.

The friend that I got, Marie, likes to sew, so this is

the little card I made to go with the swap.

Marie likes journalling cards to use in her scrapbooking

so I made a variety of dog and cat

ones for her.

These can also be used as card fronts if she 

chooses.  Just add a sentiment and adhere to a

card base and she's ready to go.

These are all stamped with VersaFine Onyx Black ink

and colored with colored pencils.

The "cool cat" is actually on the envelope that

I sent all her little gifts in.  I covered her

name and address for privacy.

She especially love 'cool cat' but

I think she really loved them all.

Now I wonder what our next swap theme

will be.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Come again soon,

until then, 

share your talents with others.

Halloween Cards

Happy Halloween!

Today I'm sharing a couple cards I made for

Halloween.

I made this spinner card using 

"Witch Stamp"

I stamped the image onto white card stock, 

colored it, adhered it with temporary adhesive

to another piece of card stock and fussy cut it.

Adding the other card stock to the back gives 

that second layer to sandwich the thread

to make the spinner mechanism.  It also

gives a nice clean look to the back

of the image.

I didn't want the sentiment and what I wrote

to show through the front of the card,

so I made a circle flip up the same size as

the cut out in the front of the card.

Where I stamped Happy Halloween and

signed the card.

This card was an odd size, so I made my own 

envelope with my 

We R Memory Keepers Envelope Punch Board.

I stamped 

"Pumpkin Vine Stamp"

and colored it for a festive look, 

using colored pencils.

The other card I made was this

spider card.

I think he turned out pretty cute.

I love the little shoes I made for him too!

It was a little bit of a challenge getting him into 

the envelope, but since I made my own envelope

I made it happen.  I just hope he arrived okay, 

having been squished into the envelope.

I attached a card base to the bottom, 

where I stamped a greeting and could sign the card.

I stamped the envelope with 

"Ghost Stamp"

I hope the kids I sent these to enjoyed them,

and had a frightfully good Halloween.

Thanks for stopping by today,

hope you enjoyed your Halloween.

Come again soon,

until then 

don't eat too much candy!

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.

Easter Favors

Hi blog friends!

I know I'm late with an Easter post, but I wanted to share 

with you the favors I made for my Easter guests.

As usual, I decided pretty last minute that I would 

make something for each place setting.

I don't know why I do this, I know I like to have something

for my guests, but always decide to make it at the last minute.

A couple days before Easter I picked up some things for 

the favors and the day before I decided that I would make

little tags to go on the bags.

I did a few different designs, all stamps from my stash

from when I was on a few design teams.

I've been playing with ink lately and making

background sheets to use when I need them.

This was what was left after I made the tags.

I used alcohol inks on some glossy paper

and I love the results.

Each goodie bag had a little package of 

chocolate chip cookies, some orange chocolate

sponge candy, and a few Reese's cups and Cadbury mini eggs.

Here they are all ready to go on the table.

This one is made with 

Daydreaming Bunny

This one is 

Happy Duckling

This one is

Bunny with Flowers

There were 3 of the guys that love hot sauce

and since we had ham and they love it on ham,

I thought it would be the perfect little favor for them.

All the images were stamped with VersaFine, Onyx Black ink

colored with colored pencils, fussy cut, then adhered to the back

ground piece.

The sentiment is from a set that I got on clearance, 

because it had no outer wrapping, so I have no idea what

company it is from.

This is what each place setting looked like.

We had a wonderful Easter and I hope you did too.

Like I said, I know it's late for an Easter post,

but this kind of favor can be done for any 

dinner or event, it can be pulled together 

very quickly.

You don't have to stamp, color and fussy cut

everything.  You can just as easily, stamp a sentiment,

trim it down and put it on a little goodie bag, candy bar

or whatever you like.

I love doing this for my guests.

Thanks for stopping in today,

I hope you'll pop in again soon.

Until then,

create something beautiful.

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.

Cross with Flowers

Hello Everyone!

Here are a couple more Easter cards I made.

These are both one layer cards.

I stamped 

Cross with Flowers

onto white card stock and colored them

with colored pencils.

I did color the background very lightly with 

blue as the white was a little to stark.

This toned it down just the right amount.
They were simply adhered to a blue card base

and Happy Easter was stamped inside.

Thanks for stopping in today,

I hope you've been enjoying this

Easter card series.

Until next time,

color something beautiful.

Dorky Bird

Hi crafty friends!

Back again with a couple Easter cards.

These cards are a little different than the

average Easter card.

I guess the only thing that makes them 

Easter is the inside.

I love this Dorky Bird and thought it would

be cute to use for Easter cards.

I stamped, colored and fussy cut it, then

adhered it to the card with an Action Wobble

I think the Action Wobble makes it look like she is

waving. 

The background papers are from my scrap stash.

Inside I added a panel that I stamped and colored.

I used Happy Easter and simply colored them 

different for each card.

Now just to get them addressed and sent out.

Thanks for popping in,

I hope you're getting ready for Easter,

I know I am.

Until next time,

keep calm and carry on.

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.