Be My Valentine Card

Welcome!

Valentine's Day isn't far off, I hope you have started

your Valentine cards.  Here is one that I made and

wanted to share with y'all.

I made the background by inking with a stencil I

made, onto card stock.  Once all the circles were

on the card, I put more ink lightly over the entire front

of the card. 

I punched out some hearts from silver card stock,

with a little heart punch

and adhered them to the front of the card

along with the 
Be my Valentine sentiment.

This sentiment is from my stash and I don't have a

clue where it came from.

Inside I stamped 
Happy Valentine's Day

with a Dyan Reaveley Alpha Stamp Set.

Thanks for stopping by today,

come again soon.

Until then

make some cards.

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Stenciled Flower Card

Good day to y'all!

Today I have a card that I made just for the

heck of it.  I wanted to play around in my 

craft room so made this card.

This is made with one of my favorite stencils.

I'm sorry I can't tell you anything about it,

except that I picked it up at 

Tuesday morning quite a while ago

and I love it.

I used some metallic paint from Art C,

which I can't find a link to anywhere,

I got it on clearance a while ago at 

one of the craft stores.

I matted the print with some gold card stock,

then a piece of heavy mulberry paper, then

adhered it to a card base.

I think it's a lovely card that can be used for

any occasion.

I'm glad you stopped by today and I hope

you were inspired in some way.

Come again soon,

until then: 

craft for the fun of it!

Bird and Eco-prints

Hello blog friends!

Today I have a couple cards to share with you.

My friend Becky's birthday was coming up and

I wanted to make a card for her.  She loves birds, so 

I pulled out my bird stencil to make a card.

I used some metallic paint from Art C to paint over

the stencil and was pleased with how it turned out.

I love the contrast against the black card stock.

I pulled out some of my eco prints that I had in my

stash and tore around a couple leaf prints.

I loved the way these worked with the nature feel of

the card.

This is the other card that I made.

The prints along the edges are more

eco-prints, they are left over pieces from

another project.  You'll see the project they

were left from in a upcoming post.

All in all, I'm pleased with how these cards turned

out.

Thanks for stopping by today, I hope you have enjoyed

your visit and were inspired in some way.

Come again soon,

you never know what you'll find on

Kristie Kreates!

Graduation Cards

Hello Blog friends!

Today I have a couple cards to show you.

My hubby wanted a graduation card to send

to the son of one of his artist friends, so he asked

me to make one.

Here is what I came up with.

I started with the Abstract Triangle stencil from 

Simon Says Stamp and used Distress Inks and applied them

with blending brushes, I use make up brushes and they work great.

(Weathered Wood, Stormy Sky, Blueprint Sketch)

I then cut the panel down to size and adhered it to

a white card base.

The sentiment is from my stash.

I followed the same procedure with this card, but used

a stencil from Heidi Swap, I can't find a name on it or

anywhere on her site.  Sorry.
For this one I used Stormy Sky and Blueprint Sketch

Distress Inks.

Inside I stamped this sentiment.

It's an old stamp from my stash and I have no

idea where I got it.  
I did a little stamp surgery on this one.

Originally it says something like

"If you love what you do"

above  "the whole world"

I just cut them apart and if I want

to use the whole thing I'll just piece it

back together again to stamp it.

I love this sentiment for a graduation card.

Thanks for stopping by today,

I hope you'll come again soon.

Until then:

Happy Stamping!

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.