Be Magical Unicorn Card

Hello craft lovers!

Doesn't everyone love to receive mail?
My granddaughter, Marie, sure does.

That's why I decided to make her this card.

She loves unicorns, so when I found this stamp in my

stash, I decided to make a card with it.

Pink is her favorite color, so it had to be pink.

For the inside of the card, I stamped, colored and fussy

cut some other designs.  She does love rainbows too, so that

was another must.

I stamped and cut a few things for her to color herself.

Sending cards in the mail now and then is one simple

way to say I love you.

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

I hope you have been inspired in some way and will come again soon.

Until then,

send a card and make someone smile.

 

Unicorn

Hi All!

For my birthday in November, my son, daughter in law

and granddaughter gave me this book.

Do you think it was a hint?  LOL

Crochet Cute Critters is a fabulous book!

There is an animal with crochet directions for every letter

 of the alphabet.  Apparently my little Marie was quite

taken with the unicorn right off the bat.

So I decided to make it for her for Christmas.

I generally don't make things with a lot of pieces

that have to be sewn together, but for Marie

I'll do it, and I found that I really enjoyed making it.

This is the unicorn in the book. I used some 

creative license and used the colors of

yarn that I had in my stash.

Here is the unicorn I made for her.

She isn't perfect, but I learned a LOT

from making this one.

I learned that you really do need a 

worsted weight yarn.  I used a lighter

yarn and it worked okay, but there was space

between the stitches where you could see the stuffing.

I learned that I should have sewn the legs on

before I put the head on, would have been a

lot easier that way.

I made the number of curls that they recommended,

but her 'hair' is much thicker than what I see in

the pictures.  But that's okay, I like it!

And somehow her horn isn't as pointy as it is

in the pictures in the book, I couldn't figure that

one out, but if I make another one, I will.

Now that I've told you all the things wrong with it

let me say that she really is cute and I love how she 

turned out and so did everyone when I gave it

to Marie.

If I make another one with the lighter weight yarn,

I will definitely use a smaller crochet hook to keep

the gaps between stitches from happening.

Thanks for stopping by today,

I hope you like my little unicorn and will come

again soon, I did make another animal from

the collection in the book and I'll be posting 

it one day soon.

Until then,

love what you do and 

do what you love.

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I am in no way promoting any particular site.

 

Unicorn Birthday Card

Hello everyone!

I hope you're having a fabulous day.

Today I'm showing you a card I made for our 

Goddaughter for her birthday.

She does love her unicorns, so of course, it had

to be a unicorn card.

When Pat Catan's, in the Toledo, Ohio area, was 

closing they had a great deal on some foam stamp sets.

Of course I picked up every kind they had and one set

was mythical creatures.

I stamped this unicorn with silver and gold 

Delicata Inks

I used make up brushes as blending brushes to 

apply Distress Ink for the background

I scattered some sequins around to finish it off.

Inside I stamped a simple 

"Happy Birthday"

At the top of the inside I added a joke,

"What do unicorns call their Dad?"

I wrote the answer and covered it with 

Silhouette Scratch Off Sticker Sheet

I stuck a penny next to the scratch off area,

so she could scratch it off right away.

Answer?....... Popcorn.  lol

So glad you stopped by today and hope

you'll come again soon.

Until then:

try something a little different.

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see what the products are.
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Ornaments for Anthony and Andrea

Hi everyone!

I hope you've been having a wonderful 

holiday season.

Today I'd like to show you a couple

ornaments I made for some special kids.

My great niece and God daughter Andrea

loves unicorns, so I found a couple patterns

online, combined them and created this one for her.

It was really quite easy, but those eyelashes

were tough.  I tried several different 

ways to make them and they just didn't work out.

I finally was at a craft store and found some 

yarn that is a kind of eyelash yarn.

It's actually intended to be used to make

scrubby dish clothes, but it worked perfect for 

unicorn eyelashes.

Andrea's older brother is a big

Harry Potter fan, so I crochet him this

"Snitch"  I found this pattern on the internet

and it was quick and easy.

I try to make them an ornament every year

connecting with what their interests are at 

that time.  One day they will have a tree 

of their own filled with memories from their 

childhood.

Thanks for stopping in and spending time with me.

Come again soon, 

you never know what you'll find on

Kristie Kreates.

Unicorn Card

Hi! 

Do you love unicorns?

Well, my little God daughter does.

In fact her whole bedroom is done in

unicorns, she absolutely LOVES them.

I knew I needed to make her birthday card

a unicorn card.

 

I found a unicorn that was free on the internet and 

traced it with my 

Silhouette Studio Designer Edition software.
I cut all the pieces from some "printable glitter card stock"

that I got on clearance when I was shopping with a friend.

Now I wish I had picked up a few more packets, as

it was only $1.00/pkg.

After cutting all the pieces with my Silhouette,

I colored them with my alcohol inks to be the 

colors I needed.  Purple is Andrea's favorite color, so

we certainly needed a purple mane.

I then cut a piece of the glitter card stock for the 

background panel and colored that with a variety

of colors of alcohol inks.
The unicorn was adhered with ATG tape and then 

put onto a white card stock base with foam tape to 

create a pocket.

I made a tag from white card stock and cut the 

sentiment from the same inked glitter card stock as

the background piece.

Adding a bit of gold thread at the top finished off the card.

Andrea loved her card and wants it in her unicorn bedroom,

with all he other unicorns.

I'm glad you stopped in today and hope you enjoyed

your visit.

Come again soon, you never know what you'll find at

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.

Place Cards

Hi!
Hope y'all are having a wonderful day.
We've been having some crazy weather around here.
One day it was -8* with a wind chill of -20*
Then we got about a foot of snow and the next day
it was 45* and raining.
Hope y'all are doing well with the cold and snow if you
are having it too.
Today I have some place cards to share with you.
My niece messaged me and asked if I could make them
for my God daughters birthday party.
She is having a spa day theme and they will be doing
their nails.  The decorations have a lot of hearts since it is
right before Valentine's Day. 
Had to include a unicorn too, since that is her
major love right now.
Tammy said "surprise us"

This is what I came up with and I'm pretty sure they will
love them.
I thought she could write the girls names in the big heart.
Most of these images are from
my Silhouette library and I just printed
them instead of cutting them out.
I love being able to help with things like this.
Now on to making her's and her brother's birthday cards,
that's what I have planned for this weekend.

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you are inspired in
some way. 
Until next time
Happy Crafting!

Pikachu and Unicorn

Hi All!
Did you make any Christmas ornaments for
2018?
I did and here are couple of them.

Here's the Pikachu I made for my great nephew
Anthony. I found a picture of Pikachu and went from
there, creating it in my
 Silhouette Studio Designer Edition
and cut the face pieces from vinyl.
The ears were done freehand with glitter craft foam.
For the ornament itself, I used a clear plastic ornament.
First I poured liquid hair spray into the ornament,
then drained it out.  I used gold glitter and poured it into
the ornament, then poured the excess out.
This process works great for me.

I made this unicorn for my great niece and Godchild,
Andrea.  I followed the same process for glittering the
ornament, found some eyelashes on the internet and
traced them in my Silhouette program and cut them from vinyl.
The horn and ears were drawn freehand and cut from glitter craft
foam.  I found the little flowers in my stash and put them on
with super glue, then added gold gems to the centers.
I also added the year to the back with vinyl.
The kids both loved their ornaments.

I started a tradition of making ornaments for those
we have Christmas dinner with.
Unfortunately, I didn't remember to take pictures
of them. Each ornament had the date on one side and
the other was something that was important to that person
in 2018.  I also use a color that corresponded in some way
to that person or their "theme"
Sure wish I would have remembered to take pictures.

Thanks for popping in today.
If you made ornaments for Christmas
that everyone loved them as much as these were loved.

Unicorn Minnie

Hi all!

The other day I posted a card for my 

great nephew with Darth Vader on it.

Today I'm showing you the card I made for

his sister, Andrea, who is also our Godchild.

Andrea is crazy for unicorns, so I took a picture of

Minnie Mouse, drew it onto a piece of card stock

without her big bow and added a horn instead.

She is adhered with a Wobbler to give her 

some movement.

The sentiment is from 

Big Scripty Words from Lawn Fawn

I thought she turned out really cute and Andrea loved her card.

I think Andrea loved her envelope even more though.

I used a water colored background piece from my stash,

and lettered her name onto it, then adhered it to the 

envelope.  She took the name piece off the envelope 

gave it to her Mom and said she wanted to keep it.

Thanks for stopping by today,  I hope you are inspired in 

some way.  Maybe you'll try doing a little something

on the next envelope you use.

Let me know in the comments if you ever do any

artwork on your envelopes.

Until next time,

think outside the box!

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.