Rolly Pollies

Hello!

Welcome to Kristie Kreates.

I haven't shown you a scrapbooking layout for quite a while,

so I thought I'd show you this one today.

Our little granddaughter, Marie,  was enrolled in Rollie Pollies

and just loved it.
Once a week, she and, usually Daddy, would go to the gym for some

time together and she got some great time to

jump, run, do summersaults and more.
I was lucky enough to take her a few times and had so much fun 

with her.

These are some of the pictures from the first time I went with her

and Jaryd.
Unfortunately, she isn't going anymore, as they have bought

a house and it's too far to drive to be able to go.
She did get a good start and loves to do "gymnastics" on her own

or with some of us.  She's pretty fearless and believe me,

she can sure walk a balance beam a lot better than I can.

Thanks for stopping in today,

I hope you have been inspired in some way.

Come again soon.

Until then,

try something daring!

 

Recipe Box

Good day!

I hope your day is going well.

Today I'm showing you the beautiful recipe box

my brother made for my daughter for her bridal shower.

Each guest wrote out a favorite recipe for Kelsie and 

brought it to the shower.
I thought it would be nice to have a recipe box to put them

into, so I requested that my brother make her one.

I gave him the size I needed and off he went, 

designed it and made it.

These are the pictures he sent me when he had it finished.

I think he did such a beautiful job.  I never knew he had 

this talent, because he never had the time to do any woodworking

before he retired.

My sister in law got the dividers for the box, so it

would be ready to go.

He even has his own brand to mark his work with.

One of the amazing things is that all the wood that he's

been working with is his old privacy fence from his yard.

Several years ago they needed a new fence and he kept 

a lot of the wood to use "someday, for something"

Now he has the time and is making beautiful things with it.

Amazing what you can do if you have a little vision.

Here is a picture of Kelsie at her 
"virtual gift opening"

showing her recipe box and thanking

her Uncle.

I'm sure she will enjoy and use this box for years

to come and it will be handed down to the

next generation.

Thanks for joining me today for a while.

I hope you enjoyed seeing my talented

brother's work.

Come again soon,

until then;

have some vision!

 

It Was Written in the Stars

Hello blog friends!

Today I have the invitations for my daughter's

bridal shower to show you.

There theme is
It was written in the stars,

so that's what I went with on the invitations.

She and Brad are Pisces and Libra, so I used those

star symbols.

I love how they turned out and so did she.

In each invitation there was a recipe card for people

to give her their favorite recipe.
I put the star symbols on them too.

I think they made a nice little set.

She had a lovely shower and received

many great recipes.

Thanks for stopping by today to see what's going 

on in my creative world.
I hope you'll return again soon.

Until then,

have fun creating.

 

Happy Easter

Hello and Happy Easter!

Today I'm showing you the Easter card I 

made for my sweet 98 yr old Aunt who lives

in a nursing home.

I knew she would love this little bunny,

so I stamped colored and fussy cut him and

adhered him to the front a a card with a 
Action Wobbler.
The background was inked with Distress Ink and

a home made cloud stencil.

I made this a 3D card and added the stamped,

colored and fussy cut flowers to the front.

The grass was just free hand cut from green 

glitter card stock.

If you are interested in learning to make this

type of 3D card you can see how 
Jennifer McGuire does it in

this video

It's really quite easy to make and you 

can even make it with 2 different layers.

It folds flat to easily send in an envelope.

Thank you for coming by today and I hope

you have a blessed Easter.

Come again soon.

Until then,

watch a video and try something new.

 

Leaf Embroidery

Hello crafty people!

Today I have something very different to show you.

In March we had quite a wind storm, I took the dog out and

when I came back in, some leaves blew in with me

When I picked them up to throw them away, I was surprised

to find that this one was not brittle, but fairly pliable.
I have seen pictures of leaves that have been embroidered,

but have never tried it.

So I gave it a try.
I just pulled out a needle and some

embroidery floss and got to work.
I just free handed this and I don't think it 

came out too bad for a first try, with no

instruction, pattern or idea of what I was doing. 

The next day when I took the dog out again,

I found this leaf and brought it in.
I don't know what I'll do with it, 

or if I'll get around to embroidering on it,

but I know sometime I'd like to make some 

more embroidered leaves.

Have you ever embroidered on a leaf, or

something else that is out of the ordinary?
I'd love to hear about it if you have and see what

you made.

Thanks for spending some time with me today,

I hope you have been inspired in some way and will

come again soon.

Until then,

see possibilities in everyday things.

Birthday Cards from Self Challenge

Hello everyone!

My last post was about a self challenge,

this is a continuation of that challenge.

I had these poppy images colored and just

waiting for the right time to use them.

And I found it.

I fussy cut this image with a small white boarder and

adhered it to a blue card base.  

The sentiment was heat embossed with white

embossing powder.

This Happy Birthday sentiment is from a 
Kelly Creates set

The card didn't look complete until I used a 

Uni-ball signo broad white pen 

to add the dash lines around the card.

For the sentiment I used this one from 
Impression Obsession Stamps, but 
I couldn't find it sold anywhere online.

Next I fussy cut this image and made a card with it.

I love the colors on this card and poppies are one of 

my favorite flowers.

Again I use a Happy Birthday sentiment for this card

and the same sentiment inside the card.

I think these were the two easiest cards that I made

while doing this challenge.  What could be easier than 

using a beautiful image that I had already colored?

Thanks for coming by today, I hope you have been 

inspired in some way and will come again soon.

Until then,

use your stash!

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.

 

I Challenged Myself

Welcome blog friends!

One day I wanted to craft and didn't really 

have any set plans for what to do.

I decided to challenge myself to make some 

cards with images and backgrounds from my

stash.  These are three of the cards I made.

I had this image all colored and in my stash for a

long time.  It's not my usual style of image, but

I like it a lot, so I fussy cut it.

Then I went to my box full of backgrounds

that I have made and picked out this one. 

It was made with alcohol inks.  I simply adhered

the image to the inked panel and then added

it to a card base and I had it done.

Next I found this poppy image, which is one of my

favorite flower images.  I fussy cut it leaving a bit of a

white border around the image.  I think this really helps

set it out from the background.

I chose this background, which was also made 

with alcohol inks.  It's hard to see, but it also

has areas of gold foiling.  While the ink was still a

little bit sticky, I pressed the foil to the ink and then pulled 

it off.  This leaves the foiling anywhere that it could 

stick to the ink.  
I used foam tape to adhere the flower to the background panel,

then adhered it to a card base.

For this card, I pulled out a tag and 

covered it with the alcohol inked background

piece.  I had a totally different idea in mind,

but then the silver and pink flocked animal 

print caught my eye and I added that.

I then used a stamp and 

Alcohol Lift Ink
to stamp the sentiment.

If you haven't ever used 
Alcohol Lift Ink, I encourage you to

give it a try.  I love using it.

Now I had a tag, but what to do with it?

I actually tried a couple other things and ended

up taking them apart, nothing seemed to be working

for me with this.
Then I decided to mount the tag on a piece of 

silver card stock, then black, then a card base.

As you can see, I trimmed each layer out as I went.

I really love how this turned out in the end.

I'm glad and grateful that you stopped by today.

I hope you have learned something or been inspired

in some way and will come back again.
Until then;

challenge yourself in some way.

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.

 

Easter Eggs

Hello crafty people!

Today I'm showing you a bit of our Easter egg

coloring from 2021.
Marie colored her own eggs and we had 

an egg coloring contest.

We each colored and decorated an egg in 

whatever way we wanted, then I put pictures up on

Facebook and the judging commenced.

See below for the final eggs and the winner.

For Marie to color eggs, Sara put food coloring in

rice in cup cake tins.

Marie had fun rolling the eggs in the colored rice

and making her own eggs.

Another fun way she got to color eggs,

was to have food coloring in whipped topping.

You can see she had lots of fun doing this activity.

Here are most of our eggs.

Our contest entries and results below.

Brad 24 votes 

the clear winner!

Brad's response:

"Wow! I'm really not much of a bragger, but I'll give it a shot...

first time dying eggs and I beat an entire family of artists?! 

Better luck next year!"

Jaryd received 4 votes
He tried a technique with putting wax on

the egg and coloring it, then a different layer

and coloring again. 
Kind of a batik method.
Didn't come out like he hoped.

But it was a nice try.

Kelsie 7 votes

Kelsie and Brad both love the universe, stars

and planets.

Marie 13 votes

A pretty good job for a 1.5 yr old.

Sara 2 votes

Sara went simple with a colored egg and stickers.

Kristie 17 votes
I colored mine and then painted it.

We had so much fun doing this and having the 

facebook contest that we plan to make it a

yearly family activity.

Which egg would you have voted for?

Thanks for stopping in today.

Come again soon.

Until then:

have fun with a family activity!