Smile and Congratulations

Hello and welcome!

Today I have a couple more 2 for 1 cards.

For these two cards I embossed some white card stock with 

the Octogon Embossing Folder from Darice.

I then used Mustard Seed and Carved Pumpkin

Distress Inks to color the embossing with an ink

blending tool.

I cut the embossed piece into two pieces and used one for 

this card.

I used this sentiment inside the card,

from Cas-ual Friday

(sorry I can't find a direct link)

For this card I used the other half of the embossed piece

and a congratulations from my stash of stamps.

For both cards, I cut down some scrap pieces of coordinating 

card stock and added little strips to finish off the card.

I'm happy with how these cards turned out.

Thanks for stopping today, I hope you have been

inspired in some way.

Come again soon.

Until then,

try something new.

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.

 

Blended Stripes

Hello blog friends!

Welcome to my world!

Today I have a couple cards to show you,

more from my embossing frenzy.

For these cards I used the 
Diagonal Stripes Embossing Folder

from Darice and embossed white card stock.

I then used a ink blending tool and a  combination of 
Peacock Feathers, Salty Ocean and Blueprint Sketch

Distress Inks to add color.
I cut the embossed panel so I could make it into 

a 2 for 1 set and adhered them to the white card bases.

I added strips of coordinating card stock along the edge to give 

it a more finished look.

The believe, dream and inspire are from a stamp set I have

in my stash, but have no clue who they were made by.

The sentiment on this one is from the 

Lovely stamp set from Cas-ual Fridays

I can't find a link for this though.

As I often do, I left the inside blank to

be able to add a sentiment of personal

message at a later date.

Thanks for stopping by today,

I appreciate you spending time with me.

I hope you will come again soon.

Until then:

Happy Crafting!

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.

 

Happy Thoughts 2 for 1

Hi everyone!

Today I'm showing you a couple cards I made.

This is kind of a 2 for 1 deal.

I started by embossing white card stock with the

Rectangle Background folder from Darice

I used an ink blending tool

and Peacock Feathers Distress Ink 

to color the panel.

I cut the panel into 2 pieces at an angle and adhered each piece

to a white card base.

I added a thin strip of black card stock and used

VersaFine Onyx Black ink to stamp the

sentiment from the

Lovely Greetings stamp set from Cas-ual Fridays.

I'm sorry, I can't find a link to this stamp set.

Thanks for spending time with me today, 

come again soon.

Until then:

See if you can make some 2 of 1 projects.

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.

 

HB2U

Hey crafty people!

Today's card is another birthday card.

For this card I used the Whole Shebang

stamp set from CAS-UAL Friday Stamps

for the outside and inside sentiments.

I also used a piece of pink vellum and ran it

through the Cuttlebug in an embossing folder.

The embossing folder is a very old one and I can't find 

a link for it. Sorry!

Here is the sentiment on the inside of the card,

I love the sentiments in this stamp set.

Thanks for popping in today to see what I've been

 up to.  I hope you'll be back again soon.

Until then,

Happy crafting!

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.

Crazy Dog Card

Hello friends!

Today is another card from my 

unused stash of goodies.

I love the dogs from the 

Tim Holtz Crazy Dogs stamp set

They are just so darn cute and bring a smile to 

my face, they have such personality!

I colored this card using my 

watercolor crayons for the dog as well as the

sky and grass.

Inside I stamped this sentiment from the 

Lovely Greetings stamp set

from Cas-ual Fridays Stamps.

I added a little Glossy Accents to his nose and tag

to give a little shine.

I also made an envelope, since it is a square card,

using my Envelope Punch Board.

Did you know square cards cost more to mail?

I made the envelope a bit larger than the card, in 

a rectangular shape to avoid the extra postage.

Thanks for stopping by to see what I've been up to,

I hope you have a wonderful day and 

create something fun.

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.

HB2U

Hi All!

Today I have a birthday card to show you.

I love the Crazy Dogs stamp set from Tim Holtz!

One of my friends has the set and I stamped all the

different dogs onto watercolor paper to color

when I got to them.

I wanted to use one for a birthday card for my son

and I chose this cute little guy.

The stamp doesn't come with the spots, I added those

as I painted with my watercolor crayons.

I used the HB2U from the

Whole Shebang stamp set

from CAS-UAL Fridays Stamps

I added a bit of Glossy Accents to his nose 

and the tag hanging from his collar to give a little shine

and dimension.

The sentiment inside the card is from the

Whole Shebang stamp set also.

I think this card turned out adorable and Jaryd will 

love it.  He is a big dog and cat lover and I'm sure he'll

appreciate it.

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.

Jason's Birthday Card

Hello everyone.

Do you struggle with masculine cards?

I know I do and I have decided that I'm going to overcome

this problem.  I needed a birthday card for my daughter's boyfriend

and I wanted to do something a little different.

I put my mind to it and this is the card I created.

I started out with a die cut circle in a piece of card stock and 

a few coordinating colors of Distress Inks.

After some trial and error, I finally decided on these 3 large 

 intersecting circles.

I simply moved the circle "stencil" around and inked it with 

the Distress Ink and an ink blending tool.

Once they were the color I liked, I fussy cut them leaving a small outline around

them.  The Happy Birthday sentiment is 

from Biblical Impressions

and I stamped it with Timber Brown Staz On Ink

using my MISTI stamping tool, to be sure I got a clear, crisp impression.

The tag behind the circles is a manila tag covered with a piece of 

deli paper that I used alcohol inks to create. 

(See how here)

I used ATG tape to adhere the tag to a brown piece of card stock,

then trimmed the extra from the sides.

The circles were adhered on top of that piece and it was all 

adhered to a white card base.

The sentiment is from the 

Lovely Greetings Set 

from CAS-ual Fridays Stamps.

I stamped it with the same brown Staz On Ink as the sentiment on the front

of the card.

I hope you have enjoyed your visit to my blog today,

and that you'll come again soon.

Until next time,

Happy Crafting!

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.

Not Just Cards Challenge June

Hi all you friends from blogland!

Today I've got an announcement,

I have been accepted to a design team and I'm 

pretty excited.

It's the team for the

"Not Just Cards Challenge Blog"

Each month on the 11th of the month, a new challenge is

posted along with inspiration from our design team.

Every month there is a sponsor as well as a theme

and sometimes there are some cool prizes.  

Be sure to check out the NJC blog and participate in the challenge.

This month our sponsor is 

All Dressed Up 

I worked with

3 Little Summer Girls

One of the nice things about digital stamps is that you download them

to your computer and you can size them to the size you want to use. 

I decided that I wanted to do a scrapbook layout with my images, so I made them

 fairly large, each of the girls measures about 5.5" tall.

I printed the images onto white card stock,

colored them with my Fantasia colored pencils

and fussy cut them.

I started my pages with white card stock.

I used a Stormy Sky and Broken China Distress Inks

too create the sky and water.

For the sand, I tore some light brown marbled card stock so there

would be a straight "shoreline" yet still have a little bit of a rough edge.

I used a Perfect Medium ink pad and swiped it in different

areas of the water and sand, then brushed Perfect Pearls Powder 

onto the water and sand.  That is what gives it the shine.

For the sun I cut a mask, applied it before I inked the sky,

then after I had the sky done, I removed the mask and used 

scrap card stock to ink the rays with Squeezed Lemonade Distress Ink.

The little girls were adhered to the page with foam tape to give a little dimension

to the page.

The photo mats were made from some card stock that I had in my 

stash

The title was stamped with VersaFine Onyx Black ink and

a set of alpha stamps that I have in my stash.

I have no idea what company they are from.

Since there were 3 little girls in the image and I only used 2 on the 

layout, I made a card with the 3rd one.

I used some coordinating paper from my stash

and added the little girl with some foam tape.

I used a little Glossy Accents to give the center of the

flower a little shine.

Inside I stamped a sentiment from the

Lovely Greetings stamp set from

CAS-ual Fridays Stamps

with Wilted Violet Distress Ink

onto white card stock, cut it down and

adhered it to a mat that matches the outside mat of the card.

Thanks for stopping by today,

I hope you'll pop over to the

Not Just Cards Challenge Blog

and see the inspiration from the other 

design team member and give the challenge a try.

I really enjoyed working with this 

3 Little Summer Girls image,

check out  All Dressed Up too, they may have something

you need to have.

Until next time,

have fun creating.

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.

2 Cards Same Stamp

Hello crafty people!

Today I'm going to show you 2 very different cards

made with the same stamp, which happens to be

one of my favorites.

This poppy image is 

3101AA POPPIES

from

Stacy Stamps

This first one I stamped onto watercolor paper

with VersaFine Onyx Black Ink

then colored it with my 

Lyra Watercolor Crayons and

Neocolor II Crayons

I stamped this poppy again with VersaFine Onyx Black,

but colored it with my 

Fantasia Colored Pencils

I used a mask to cover the poppy and stamped 

with VersaMark Watermark Ink using

a polka dot background stamp.

I'm not sure which polka dot stamp I used,

but there are many available.

Both sentiments are from the 

Lovely Greetings Stamp Set from

Cas-ual Fridays Stamps.

I love how these 2 cards turned out,

of course, like I said, it IS one of my favorite

stamps.  So how could I go wrong?

Thanks for stopping by today.

I hope you're having a lovely day and

you'll take time to create something

beautiful.

Until next time,

Happy Crafting!

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.

Bird Crazy

Hello everyone!

I have several birthday's in February, so I decided

to get moving one day and made the cards I needed

for the month.

I absolutely LOVE these mini crazy birds

from Tim Holtz.

I bought the set of 3 stamps and dies 

one day at Michael's

and I've never seen that set again

and haven't been able to find it online either.

This card is just an extra that I made while I was 

at it.  Love this sentiment.

This card I left blank inside so I can add a

sentiment when I need it.

I don't remember who I addressed each of these

cards too, but I think this one work well 

for anyone you want to give a smile too.

I thought this was a cute sentiment.

I'm sure this one is going to one of

my OLDER brothers.

This one is going to my other OLDER brother.

I think they'll get a kick out of them.

I made the backgrounds using a stripe from the

Basic Stripes Stamp Set

from Simon Says Stamp

Using Distress Inks

and my MISTI stamping tool.

I used these stamps sets from

 Cas-ual Fridays Stamps

for the sentiments:

Sassy Smiles

Whole Shebang

and stamped them in

VersaFine Onyx Black Ink

Thanks for stopping by today,

I hope you'll come again soon.

I have decided that this year 

I will get better about sending out cards

to family and friends.

So I will probably be posting a lot

of cards in the future, so be sure to pop 

in and see what I've been creating.

Until next time,

Happy Crafting!

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.

MMFS

Hello y'all!

I hope you're having a lovely day.

Today I'm showing you a little bag that I 

"made" for my friend.

I was going to visit and wanted to take

her a little something and thought this

bag would be perfect for her.

MMFS are her initials, to put them on the 

bag I found a font that I liked for her

and used it to make a stencil with some acetate.

I used my Silhouette Studio Designer Edition program

and my Silhouette Cameo to make the stencil.

I then used Aleene's Spritz-on Reposition-it Tacky Glue

on the back of the stencil to be sure it didn't move while

I was working.

Now I have to say, I've had this glue for a while

and although it worked great, it sure didn't spritz.

I had to paint it onto the stencil, which worked fine.

I positioned the stencil and covered it with

Dreamweaver Embossing Paste

While the paste was still wet, I covered it

with pink and purple glitter.

I did find that the glitter didn't stick as 

well as I expected.

 I used 

VersaFine Onyx Black Ink

to stamp most of the images and the 

sentiment, the "flowers" were stamped with

white ink.

The sentiment says

"Smile

you're my best friend

and there's nothing you can do about it"

which is from the Sassy Smiles Stamp Set

The "flowers" are from 

Casual Comfort set

The zigzag stripes are from

Holly Jolly Borders

All these stamps are from

CAS-ual Fridays Stamps

The "person" and hat are from 

Man About Town

by Dyan Reaveley

I thought it looked more like a woman,

so I colored it as such.

The small images on the front of the bag

are random stamps that I found in my stash.

Once I had stamped the images I used my 

Fantasia Colored Pencils

to color them.

Did you know that you could color on canvas

with colored pencils?

You can, just start with a light hand

and color in layers.  You can see that it works beautifully.

My only worry is that it may wear off.

I didn't use fixative on this one, but will 

give it a try to be sure it doesn't damage the 

canvas in any way.

If that works I'll have Mary spray hers with a 

fixative to be sure it doesn't rub off at all.

I know she has some in her craft room.

Here is a closer picture of the initials,

glitter on embossing paste.

I think she liked this bag and I'm sure she'll

find a use for it, what crafter can't use a little bag like

this one?

I have more of these canvas bags in different colors

and sizes and I'm sure I'll be making up some more as

gifts for Christmas.

Thanks for stopping in today,

I hope you've been inspired in some way

or learned something.

Come again soon,

you never know what you'll find on 

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.

Caring Hearts Card Drive

This is the 7th year that Vera Yates and her crew

have organized the 

Caring Hearts Card Drive 

This card drive is near and dear to my heart.

This will be the 3rd year that I will be helping to 

distribute cards to 

Brothers of Mercy Nursing Home and Rehab Center

and 

Sacred Heart Adult Care Home

where my Mom lives.

Many people in nursing homes and assisted living

centers don't receive many cards and visitors.

This is one way to bring some cheer into their lives.

When Mom receives her cards, she has been thrilled

to show them to me and tell me where they came from.

They are always a big hit in the dining room where the

residents find them at their places.

They share them and compare them and are so 

excited to receive them

Be sure to follow the link above and see how

you can help with this card drive.

Here are some cards that I've made to send in for the

drive.

(click on the pictures to see them larger)

I stamped this cute snowman

(Skinny Snowman from QKR Stampede)

onto white card stock and also a piece of 

Post It paper to use as a mask.

I covered the snowman image with the mask

and used my MISTI stamping tool to 

repeatedly stamp the Holiday Wishes sentiment

onto the card.

I'm sorry I don't know what set that sentiment

is from.

On this card I stamped 

Patchwork Holly

from Biblical Impressions

and used the same process as above to 

stamp the Holly Jolly Border 

from 

CAS-ual Fridays

This one I used 

"Holly" from QKR Stampede and

a border stamp from 

Holly Jolly Borders

I colored the images on all the cards with

watercolor crayons.

Thanks for stopping in today,

I hope you will join me in donating to

this very special

card drive.

Come again soon,

you never know what you'll find on

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.