Bridal Shower Layouts w/Fussy Cutting and Pockets

Hello crafty friends!

Today I'd like to show you a couple layouts I created

for Kelsie and Brad's wedding scrapbooks.

This layout is from the bridal shower.
For the left page, I fussy cute the wreath of flowers

from a 12x12 piece of patterned card stock. Then 

added the picture of them to the center.
The page on the right, I fussy cut the flowers from 

another sheet of the same card stock.

I love how this turned out, this is one that I showed

Kelsie and she loved it too.

I wanted to put her cards and gifts inserts into the album,

so I decided to create a layout with a couple pockets to

hold them.  This is what I came up with.

I made the pockets and cut the little umbrellas with a die

and a Sizzix, yes, the old fashioned kind.

 

All the cards and gift inserts fit nicely and they

will be able to take them out whenever they want

to look at them.

I've gotten quite a bit done on their albums, but I still have

a ways to go.  Yes, it's been over 2 years since the wedding,

I'm a very slow scrapper, but it will get done.
Jaryd and Sara's wedding books ended up being 6 books

and I'm sure Kelsie and Brad's will be just as many.

Thanks for stopping by today, I hope you have been 

inspired in some way and will come back soon.
Until then,

create with love.

Pre-K Graduation Banner

Hello everyone!

I hope you are having a beautiful summer.

We had some crazy hot days last week, but now it's cooled

down and is much nicer.

Today I'd like to show you the banner I made for my 

granddaughter, Marie for her Pre-K graduation.

After graduation we went back to their house for a little

party of cupcakes and fun.

Click on each picture and you'll be able to see it better.

I chose pictures from her first day of school, through

to the end of school.

I used little banner stickers to put Pre-K graduate across the

top of the banner

All the pictures were strung on curling ribbon and 

curls tied on.

The big banner is one that I ordered from Amazon for her

and we added the one I made along the top.

Here are a few pictures taken in front of the banner.

Marie with Daddy and Mommy

With Uncle Brad

With Auntie Kelsie

With G-Ma

Kissy face from G-Ma and G-Pa

With G-Ma and G-Pa

Unfortunately we took the pictures before we got my

banner hung.

Thanks for stopping to today, come again soon.

You never know what you'll see on 
Kristie Kreates!

 

Pre-K Graduation Card

Hello everyone!

It's that time of year and graduations are happening every day.

Our sweet granddaughter, Marie, graduated from Pre-K

and this is the card I made for her.

It's a very simple card, but she loved it anyway.

I wrote a personal note on the inside to her and 

put a few dollars in it.
She was thrilled with that and it will go into her

piggy bank till the next time she goes on a 

shopping trip.

Here is a picture of our amazing girl.

She is so proud that she'll be going to the 

big kid school in the fall.

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope

you'll come by again soon.

Until then,

encourage a child!

 

English Muffin Bread and Oatmeal Bread, Sooooo Good!

Hello creative people!

Today I'm showing you some bread that I made.

I consider cooking and baking to be creative, so here it is.

When I was on a recent trip and scrapbooking crop with 

a friend, we stopped at a market to pick up a few things.

One of the things we bought was a loaf of English Muffin Bread.

It was delicious!

I knew another friend had a recipe, so I got it 

from her and made it.
Oh My Goodness!

It was really very simple to make and look how good they

turned out.

The inside is full of nooks and crannies to hold the 

butter or what ever you like on it.

Toasted up with butter, sooooo delicious.

And, yes, that is toasted, I like my toast very light.

Here is the recipe for this

English Muffin Bread.

Next time I'm going to make individual 

English muffins and see how that works.

Then....

I decided it was time to try a recipe I have for 
Oatmeal bread.

This too, was very easy to make and it turned out great.

Isn't it beautiful?

Nice and soft inside, great for toast or for a sandwich.

Great any way you use it.

I think I could have not let it knead quite as long

to get a more textured loaf.  I'll try that next time.

Here is a link to 
Back of the Bag Oatmeal Bread

Thanks for stopping by to see what I've been up too.
I hope you'll give these recipes a try and come again soon.

Until then,

bake away!

 

Taking a little break.

  Hello blog fans!
I'm going to take a little break.
I'll be leaving in a couple days to go visit my friends
and we'll be going to a 5 day crop.
I'm very excited as I don't see them more than a couple
times a year.
I'll be working on my daughter and son in law's wedding
scrapbooks and hope to get a lot done.
So I should have plenty to show you when I get back.
So I won't be posting for a couple weeks.
I'll leave you with a few of the pictures I'll be working
with for their albums.
Thanks for stopping by, I'll see you in a couple weeks.

Earring Cards for CCG

Hello all!

I hope you're having a crafty day.

Today I'm showing you a little project I did for my girls.

Kelsie and Sara started a resin business last year called

Clumsy Cloud Gifts

They make a variety of items, go check them out through

the link above.  One of the things they make, that are 

very popular, are earrings.

They needed some cards to display the earrings on,

when I saw what they wanted, I said 
"Don't spend the money on those, I can make them."
So I did.

I created them all with my Silhouette software and cut them 

all with my Silhouette Cameo.
The clouds were a must since their name is 

Clumsy Cloud Gifts.
Kelsie already had some cat ones, but could always use some

more, so I made those too.  The little cat stud earrings are

adorable on these cards.  Sorry I don't have a picture of them.

The hearts and rectangles were really simple to create.

Below are pictures of some of their earrings on the

cards I made for them.

Convenient to have a Mom that can do these as they need them.

These are just one style of earrings that they make.

There are so many other beautiful styles and colors

on their website, go check them out as well as their other 

items.  They do beautiful work.

They are selling online through their website

www.clumsycloudgifts.com

at craft shows and also through a shop in Buffalo

The Nickel Plate

 If you are local to Buffalo, it's a lovely shop and 

has a cafe too.
Lunch and shopping with a friend,

what could be better?

They are also on Facebook, Instagram and TicTok.

They do TicTok live several times a week, so

if you are interested, look them up and see what

they are creating and how they do it.

They also sell during their lives, if you 

happen to be interested in an item.
Mention in the chat that you heard about them

here.  I'm sure you'll get a nice welcome.
I'm there in the chat most times too and can 

say hi.

Thanks for stopping by today,

I hope you'll go and check out what my girls

have to offer.

Let me know if you do.
Come again soon,

you never know what you'll see on 
Kristie Kreates.

 

Creative Eclipse Party

Good day my friends!

Today I'm showing you something a little different.

Where I live in Western NY State was right in the path 

of the recent solar eclipse.
My sister in law decided they would have an eclipse

party and she went all out with the theme.

The garage door was decorated with a backdrop for pictures

and information about the eclipse.

She made little signs for the food.

This was for little sandwiches on croissants.

We all contributed to lunch with a variety of salads.

Sun Chips were an appropriate snack.

And Sunflowers decorated the table.

For a sweet treat there were Milky Way bars.

Dessert was lemon meringue pie

Coconut cream dessert

and homemade Moon Pies.

ALL the food was Sunsational!

Here's our little Marie with her special 

eclipse glasses on.  Jaryd attached them to

a paper plate to be sure she wasn't looking aournd

the glasses rather than through them.

It was very cloudy here in WNY,

but we did have some breaks in the clouds 

and we did get to see the eclipse and get some

pictures.

These are a couple that I took during the

total eclipse.  It was an amazing thing to

experience. The darkness came on pretty quick

and left fairly quickly.  During the total eclipse,

it was pitch dark out.

Then the moon was moving on and the sun

was peeking out again.

Here's a picture of me, Dave, our friend Zoe

and Marie.

We had a fabulous time, it was something we'll always remember

and probably won't experience again.

Where were you during the eclipse?
Did you see it at all where you live?

Thanks for stopping by today.

Come again soon,

until then,

do something memorable.