Recent Layouts

Hi, I hope you're having a good day!

Today, I have some layouts to show you.

I obviously don't scrapbook in chronological order.

So you never know what layouts I'll be showing you. 

This layout is from Mother's Day 2021.

This really showed me that we need to take pictures of

everyone and not just Marie.
I only had one picture of the family and I wasn't in it.

Now we try to remember to take a full family picture at 

different get togethers.

These are pictures from when the kids were visiting 

Sara's Moms early in the summer.

Sometimes I just can't stand the cuteness.

I love how this layout of my son with Marie turned out.

The top one with the fist bump was done when 

Marie was only a couple days old and her Gram was 

visiting her.

I'm glad you stopped to see what I've been creating and
I hope you are too.

Come again soon.

Until then,

be creative!

 

Layouts and Stamping with Marie

Hello and welcome to Kristie Kreates!

Today I have a couple more layouts to show you

and a special little project from my granddaughter

Sometimes, a toddlers hair just isn't what you want it to be.

And you know what, we don't care and neither does she.

Last Christmas we had the first 
Maynard Family Ugly Sweater Cookie Contest.
We each decorated a cookie and then I posted them on 
Facebook and asked people to vote.  It was so much fun

that we're probably going to do another contest this year.

And from my Granddaughter, Marie, we have this beautiful

stamping project.  It was the first time she every stamped.

It was a bit of a challenge, but she finally got the idea and

stamped some pretty good images.

In one of my next posts showing layouts, you'll see what I did

with her project.  I look forward to doing more and more crafting

with her.  She already loves to color and paint and I think she's
going to love learning new techniques.

I'm so glad you stopped to visit for a while today and hope you'll

come again soon.

Until then, 

happy crafting!

Newset Layouts

Hello everyone!

Today I have more layouts to show you.

I've been really moving along on catching up with 

scrapbooking the last couple years.
Most of my pages are of our granddaughter, Marie,

but I've also been scrapping in a lot of family events and pictures too.

Marie loves to get comfortable when she eats

Check out her feet in the pictures on the left page.

I love these pictures that my daughter in law took of Marie

and had to do something special with them.

All the hearts are cut from background papers that I have

created.  I LOVE how this turned out.

Check out our girl with her cool sunglasses.

Yes, I do scrap way out of order, but at least they are

getting done.  Baby's first Christmas.  That's my daughter

holding her precious niece.

The Maynard and Phillips families have been doing things

together since Jaryd and Brian (and the rest of us) met when they

were 3 yrs old.  They are now 29.
I love this layout with my second family.
I have a whole scrapbook dedicated to what 

our two families did together over the years.

Thanks for popping in today, 

come again and see what I'm creating lately.

Until then,

enjoy your crafting!

 

Layouts From My Weekend Crop

Welcome crafty people!

While I was on my little vacation,

I spent a weekend at
Inspiration Inn Bloom

which is located in Ohio.

I spent the time with a group of wonderful friends

and had a fabulous time.

Now I know you are going to look at these and say
"That's all she got done?"

and my answer would be 

"Yes, it is"

I'm a very slow scrapper, I take a lot of time to 

pick the pictures, then the paper I want to use and even 

more time figuring out what I'll do and where to put the 

pictures.

Lately, I've been trying to think outside the box and

do some things that are a little different on some of my

layouts.

I definitely have a style and I'm trying to, not necessarily change

that, but add to it.

"Many Faces Of Marie"
This is one of my favorites of the weekend.

When there are a bunch of cute pictures that don't have 

a common theme or event, this is the perfect kind of layout

to use them.  I love how it turned out.

We are lucky enough to get Marie at least once a week 

for a whole day.  Grandpa plays with her a lot and they

have formed a fabulous bond.

This was her first snow of 2020, 2019 she was too young

to know about snow, but these pictures are so precious.

The second page are a few of the things I made for 

Marie to keep her cozy and warm.
I need to get started on some new ones for this winter.

This was our first Easter egg coloring event for our family.

We had so much fun and Marie did a great job coloring

her eggs.
This is when I realized that we really need to take more pictures

of the rest of us and not only pictures of Marie.  LOL

'2021 Maynard Egg Decorating Contest"

We each colored and decorated one special egg to

put into our contest.  Then on Easter we posted them on

Facebook (with no names) and asked our family and friends 

to vote for their favorite in the bunch.  

If you click on the picture, you

can enlarge it and see who won and what he had to

say about the win.
It was so much fun, we plan to do it every year.

"Pretty Easter Princess"
That's our Marie, she looked like a beautiful little

ballerina.  I used tulle to mimic the skirt of her dress

on the page.  It looks so pretty and absolutely precious.

Here's a close up that shows the tulle.

Yes, it does get a bit crushed in the protector sleeve,

but it still looks pretty.

Thanks for stopping in today to see what I've made.

I hope you'll come back soon and see what else I've been up to.

Until then,

think outside the box!

 

Recent Layouts

Welcome!

Thanks for coming to see what I've been up to lately.

Today I have some layouts that I've made recently.

As you can see, I don't do my scrapbooking in chronological order.

Hopefully, I'll be caught up soon and will be able to 

get them into their final scrapbook in some semblance of

order.
I'm trying to do some different things on my layouts.

May not be new or different to others, but I'm really trying

to think outside the box.  
Maybe it's the embellishments, or that I'm stamping on

the layout, or the way I'm cutting the mats or even just

the way I'm laying out the pictures.

Just trying to stretch my creativity.

This is our happy girl, Marie.

Canalside Fun with 
Great Aunt Zoe and Uncle Dennis.

St. Partick's Day 2021

We had Marie out to the park and Dave (Grandpa) took

a whole slew of pictures.

Trip to the Aquarium with Mommy, Daddy and Grandpa

Mickey and Minnie lovers.

Marie's first couple trips to the Buffalo Zoo.

When she was born and going home.

Such a precious time.

Thanks for stopping in, I hope you have been inspired

in some way.

Come again soon, until then,

think outside the box on your layouts.

 

Partners In Crime and Save The Dates Layouts

I love my kids!

Hello crafty friends!

Today I have a couple layouts to show you.

These will be going into the wedding scrapbook(s) for 

Jaryd and Sara.

I love the pictures in this layout, because they show the 

fun loving and playful side of my kids.

These are all pictures that were taken by Sara's Mom, Yvonne,

during their engagement picture session with her.

Kelsie and Jaryd have always been close, 

these pictures remind me how close they are

and how goofy they can be at times.

Making the Save The Dates was a big project that 

Sara and I did together.

We designed them together and assembled them 

together.  It was so much fun being able to 

work with her and be involved in so much.

Jaryd also came by to lend a hand.

Working on these with Sara was a joy,

she had most of the ideas about what they wanted

and I knew how to make it happen.

When working on the layouts for the wedding book,

I've been trying to think outside the box a little bit.

I want to incorporate more stamping in the scrapbook, 

as well as different techniques.

In this one about the Save The Dates,

I did some stamping on the layout, as well as

stamping the title.

Not all that outside the box, but I think you'll see 

more creativity in some of the future layouts

that I'll be showing you.

Do you ever use stamping on your 

scrapbook layouts?

Thanks for stopping by today,

hope you have been inspired in some way.

Until next time,

think outside the box and try

something a little different!

Beauty and Plattsburg

Hello and welcome back.

Today I have a couple more layouts for the 

wedding scrapbook.

Sara's Mom is a photographer, so they went to visit her and she took

some engagement pictures of them.  They invited our daughter

along and pictures were taken of  brother and sister.
This layout is some of my favorite pictures from that shoot.

You can't see it in the picture, but those kind of smudged 

areas are there for a reason.  The entire sheet of card stock

is embossed with words about family.
I inked over the ones that I wanted to stand out.

At the bottom is says
"Family is Forever"

and through out the page brother and sister are highlighted.

Jaryd is Kelsie's little brother, but he is hardly that.  She calls

 him her big little brother and she is his little big sister.

This certainly fits since he is almost a foot taller than she is.

I just love these pictures of them together.

This layout is a title page, of sorts, about that trip.

Plattsburgh is where her Mom lives and 

the pictures are from Places......

......Pumpkins, People and more.
There will be more layouts with pictures from that

trip and the fun they had together.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Come back again soon, you never know

what you'll find on

Kristie Kreates!

Engagement pics? and Announcing

Hi everyone!

As you may know, if you have been following me for a while,

my son, Jaryd, is getting married in September.

I have started their wedding scrapbook already, as there

 is so much to include.
A few weeks ago, I went to a weekend long crop and

got some layouts done for their book.
Today, I'm starting to share some of the layouts with you.

Jaryd's fiance's mom is a photographer and quite a while ago,

they visited her and she took some beautiful pictures of the two

of them together.  When they were posted on facebook, everyone loved

them and I can't tell you how many times I heard;

"Are those engagement pictures?"

To which I answered;

"Not yet."

These are some of the pictures that Yvonne took 

of them.  I love them.

After Jaryd and Sara got engaged, in August, 2017

they arranged a little outing with the closest family members

to announce the date they would be getting married.

On 9-5-17 they announced the date and also 

Jaryd asked his sister, Kelsie, to be his "Best Lady"

I was lucky enough to catch her reaction when she opened

a gift and found the question inside.

The dinner took place at Sara's father's boat dock,

it is a beautiful place, as you can see in the pictures.

Then they asked our close friend, "Aunt" Zoe, his Godmother,

to officiate at the wedding.

They made a cup that said

"We can't say I Do without  You!"

on it.  

Sara went to Zoe and pulled out a "ring pop" 

and asked her,

"Will you marry us?"

Zoe was so surprised and delighted

and said "Yes"

And they put the 'ring' on her finger and

made it official.
And from then on the planning began.

I'm so glad you have stopped in today.

I'll be posting some of the other layouts that

I have made soon.

The kids have seen some of them

and those I'll post, others they won't see until I

finish the book, so you'll also have to wait to see them.

Thanks for letting me share our journey to the wedding 

with y'all.

I hope you'll enjoy the trip with me.

 I'll be posting other 

things we're making for the wedding along the way also.

Thanks again, see you soon.

Family We Chose and Good Times

Hello Blog Fans!

Today I have a couple more layouts in a series 

that I've been working on.  They have all been pictures from my 

"nieces" family picnic in 2013.

These are the last 2 layouts in that series.

The title on this layout is Family That We Chose.

I don't know about you, but my family has a lot of what 

I like to call my "fake family"

My "niece" Tammy's Grandmother was one of my Mom's

friends since high school.  We always called her Aunt Lou.

Her daughter Nancy, in the picture above wearing black and white

I have always considered my cousin.  My children call her Aunt Nancy.

Her daughter, Tammy, holding the baby, calls me Aunt Kristie and is 

my niece.  I know it's a little convoluted, but it's how we are in my 

family.

In this page of the layout are 4 generations of our 

Family That We Chose!

This layout is of my family.

Dave, my husband, me, my kids, Kelsie and Jaryd,

and my wonderful Mom.

In that lower right hand corner is the whole group of us.

My family and the decendents of Aunt Lou.

Are my kids just too beautiful or what?

When I was making this layout, I said
"Gosh my kids are beautiful!"

My friend Emma started laughing and said

"You say that every time you do a layout of your kids."

I guess that's true, but I just can't help it!
They are just gorgeous!
Proud Mama here I guess.

Thanks for stopping in today.

I hope you've been inspired in some way.

Come again soon.

Until then, 

Happy Crafting!