Chairs

Hello crafty friends!

Welcome to Kristie Kreates.

Today I have something a little different.

We have an island in our kitchen with 

5 "tall" chairs around it.

The fabric on the chairs has gotten pretty worn

over the years and I finally got around to 

doing something about that.

A while ago, probably 4 or 5 months ago,
I purchased some fabric to cover the seats,

but haven't gotten to it until now.

Here is one of the chairs that needed 

to be recovered.

The colors of the original fabric are very 

faded and worn, but they were just beautiful

when we purchased them and we loved them.

They have served us well for a long time.

Here is the new fabric that I purchased to recover them.

You'll see the color is a bit different in the 

picture of the finished chairs, which is actually 

the more accurate colors.

And here are 2 of the chairs all done and

ready to use.
Just don't look at the underside!

I'm certainly not a professional, but 

I got the job done and I think they look great.

Thanks for coming by today and spending time

here.  Have you ever reupholstered anything?

Come again soon, you never know what 

Kristie Kreates!

100 yr old Vet Card

Hello fellow crafters!

Today I'm showing you a card that I made

for a gentleman who was turning 100 in

early October.  I saw the story on facebook and

since I'm a big sucker for these kind of things,

I decided that I'd send him a card.

I'm sure he received well over 100 cards

and I was glad mine was one of them.

I'm sorry this picture isn't better,

it's very difficult to get a good picture

when it's metallic card stock.

I heat embossed the star pattern with 

silver embossing powder onto silver

metallic card stock, this creates a pretty cool

look, which doesn't really show in the picture.

I used purple embossing powder for the 

sentiment.

Inside I embossed a simple 

happy birthday greeting.

I made an envelope and decorated that too.

I hope he enjoyed my card and that it added

some smiles to his special day.

Have you ever sent a card to someone

you don't know?

Thanks for stopping in today and spending

time here.

I hope you have been inspired in some way.

Until next time,

spread some handmade kindness!

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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.

Onsies

Hello!

As you may know, I'm going to be a Grandma 

very soon. By the time this post goes up,

our Grand daughter, Marie, may have arrived.

A couple weeks ago, we had a shower for 

Sara and one of the things she suggested was a 

"onsie making station"

I loved the idea and ran with it.

Each person at the shower could look through all

the designs that I had created with heat transfer vinyl

and I put it on a onsie, bib or burp cloth.

Today I'm showing you the onsies that were done

at the shower, as well as some I made myself.

I cut out the names of the people attending the shower

and added them to the onsie, so
Jaryd, Sara and Marie would know who 

made each one for her.

(click on each picture to see it larger)

Sorry this and the next one are fuzzy,

I was taking these pictures quickly

at the shower, before Sara packed them

to take home.

All in all, everyone loved this activity and 

now Marie has plenty of onsies to wear for the next 

several months.

I will post pictures of the bibs and burp cloths in

another post soon.

Thanks for stopping by today and spending a

little of your day with me.

Come again soon,

you never know what you'll find on 

Kristie Kreates!

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!

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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.

Soup and Sandwich Sets

Hi All!  I hope you're having a great day!

Today I have some oldies but goodies to show you.

Years ago, I worked at a paint your own pottery studio

and I made a lot of different projects.

Some of the projects were these 

Soup and Sandwich sets.

I don't have a clue what this means.

I'm sure at the time I looked it up and copied it, 

but now I couldn't even guess. Maybe one day

I'll figure out how to look it up.

I think this is my favorite of the sets.

I think that little guy is just adorable.

I haven't done any ceramic painting for a very long time,

I'd like to give it a go again sometime.

Have you ever painted ceramics?

Thanks for stopping by today,

I hope you'll come again soon.

Until next time,

how about trying 

an oldie but goodie of your own?!?!

Post Cards for El Paso Kids

A while ago, after the El Paso shooting, a couple teachers

asked for cards of encouragement to be sent to their

classes.  The children were afraid to come to school

and they thought cards from around the country 

with encouraging words would help them.

These are the post cards that I made and sent.

I wrote an encouraging message on the other side

and I hope they helped the children in their classes

For this card, I stamped the "grid" with VersaMark Ink

and embossed it with silver embossing powder.

I then used water colors to paint it.

The sentiment was stamped with 

VersaFine Onyx Black Ink.

I used Distress Inks with water to make this background,

then stamped the unicorn with 

VersaFine Onyx Black ink.

I added a bit of clear Wink of Stella to the horn, mane and tail.

Both were done on water color postcards.

Thanks for stopping by today,

have a wonderful day and 

Be Kind To Others!

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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.

Crafty Card

Hello!

Today I'm showing you a little card that I made 

for a crafty friend.

I used one of the backgrounds that I had in my 

hand made stash of backgrounds.  This was made with 

alcohol inks.  I then stamped the images from 

The My Monthly Hero Kit that I purchased for 

May this year.  I seldom purchase these kind of

kits, but this one was so cute, I couldn't resist it.

I'm pretty sure it is probably sold out and no longer

available, but I linked to the site, just in case.

For the inside, I used one of the sentiment stamps from

the set.  I made the envelope with my 

We R Memory Keepers Envelope Punch Board

with some paper from my stash.

Thanks for stopping by today, I hope you

are having a lovely fall where you are.

Come again soon,

until then, share your crafty love!

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.