Happy Thanksgiving

Hello and welcome to Kristie Kreates!

Do you make and send Thanksgiving cards?

I don't usually send them, but this year I decided to

send a few.

I stamped these images from a set that I found in my stash.

I've had the set for years and I believe it found it at

Marshall's, but I couldn't tell you the maker.

I stamped with VersaFine Onyx Black Ink

and colored them with Arteza Colored Pencils.

The sentiment was also stamped with 

Onyx Black Ink,

the gold was stamped with 

Delicata Gold Ink.

Once they were colored it was simple to 

cut them to size and mount onto a coordinating 

card base.

Inside I stamped a simple 
Happy Thanksgiving.

Thanks for stopping by today,

come again soon.

Until then,

wish someone happy!

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Wedding Card

Hello!

Welcome to Kristie Kreates.

Today I have a special wedding card to show you.

I have known Brian since he and my son, Jaryd,

were 3 yrs old and met in nursery school.

Our families have been close ever since and

Jaryd and Brian have been best friends since.

They were best man in each others weddings and

Brian is my #2 son.

He recently got married to a lovely young lady.

  I wanted to make a special card for them

and this is what I came up with.

I cut the 

"wedding couple and arch"

was cut on my Silhouette Cameo with a file

I bought from the Silhouette Design Store.

I then stamped the Poppies from Stacy Stamps

 onto terracotta colored

card stock with VersaFine Onyx Black ink.  

I shaded the images with Arteza colored pencils

and fussy cut them.

Their wedding colors were olive and terracotta, so

this combination worked our perfectly for their

card.

I used foam tape and 3 in 1 glue to adhere the flowers

to the card to give it some dimension.

For the inside of the card I wrote a personal note.

I absolutely LOVE how this card turned out

and I hope they did too.

Thanks for stopping by today.

I hope you like this card as much as I do

and have been inspired in some way.

Come again soon.

Until then,

create something outside your box.

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Happy Birthday Aunt Marilyn

Hello!  I hope you're having a wonderful day.

Today I have a birthday card to show you.

My Aunt Marilyn turned 98 today (Sept. 29th)

She lives in North Carolina and I haven't seen her

for quite some time now.
Covid has changed so much!

I wanted to make her something beautiful

so I used one of my favorite stamp sets.

I stamped "Poppies" from Stacy Stamps

onto white card stock with VersaFine Onyx Black

ink and colored them with my Arteza colored pencils.

I fussy cut them and adhered them to a card base.

The happy birthday sentiment is from 
Lawn Fawn Scripty Words set

also stamped with VersaFine ink.

Since this card was an odd size, I made

an envelope to send it in.
I think she'll be happy to receive a pretty 

card for her birthday.

Thanks for stopping in today,

I hope you'll come again soon.

Until then,

make someone smile.

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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.

 

Birthday Card and Envelope

Hello everyone and welcome!

Today I have a card and envelope to share with you.

I needed a birthday card for a friend and chose this one

from my stash.  I'm sure I have shared this one with you before.

I was inspired by Cee Cee who is one of my favorite watercolor

artists.  I follow her on YouTube and Instagram
Creationsceecee

She has very calming videos and her work is beautiful.

I wanted to make this special, so decided to make a

mail art envelope for the card.
The card itself is an uncommon size, so I made an envelope for

it with my 

We R Memory Keepers Envelope Punch Board

I used 1070AA ZINNIAS

from Stacy Stamps

and colored them with my 

Arteza colored pencils.

I think it will make her smile when she receives it.

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

lately.  Hope you'll come again soon.

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

Zoo Animal Balloon Card

Hello Blog friends!

My beautiful granddaughter turned one

in November and I made this card for her

birthday,  I had a lot of fun with it and

I think everyone loved it.

Stamp On It

has a whole line of these balloon 

stamps and holders. I got them all when

I was on the Eureka Stamps design team

years ago.

I stamped them all with VersaFine Black Onyx Ink

 and colored them with my Arteza colored pencils.

Then I fussy cut each one and adhered them to 

the background paper with foam tape.

Each balloon has a piece of twine attached

and held by the little girl.

I love how this card turned out,

we love taking Marie to the zoo,

so I thought this was a perfect card for her.

Thanks for stopping in today,

I hope all is going well with you and yours.

Come again soon,

until then;

Stay safe and stay healthy!

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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.

 

Halloween Cards

Hello!
I'm not a huge Halloween fan, but there are a 
few kids I send cards to every year.
Today I'm showing you the 3 cards I made this year.

I stamped this image and sentiment with brown
Color Box Chalk Ink
and colored it with Arteza Colored Pencils

For this card I sketched out the goards and colored them
with colored pencils.
Inside I wrote I can't believe it's Halloween already!

I drew and colored this zom-bee with 
colored pencils and made the wings with
vellum.
I think the kids I send these to will get a kick
out of them.

Thanks for stopping by today,
I hope you'll come again soon.
Happy Halloween!

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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.