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!

 

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.

 

Graduating Greats

Two of my great nieces graduated this year and are headed for 

high school.

When I saw the pictures of them on facebook, I couldn't

believe how grown up they are.

Just like everyone, I wonder where the time went. 

I still remember when their Dad's were this age and I 

couldn't believe it.

Here are Lexi and Dejah,

two wonderful, beautiful young ladies with so 

much to look forward to.

And here are the cards I made for them.

The color of the caps is actually a lot closer to the color

of their actual caps and gowns than it looks

in the picture.

The background paper is some that I made

using THIS method.

The cap and diploma were stamped onto white

card stock, colored with 

Recollections Watercolor Crayons

then fussy cut and adhered to the card base with

foam tape.

The Congratulations! sentiment was stamped

directly onto the card front with 

VersaFine onyx black ink.

Thanks for stopping by today,

come again soon.

Glad I could share my cards and a couple

of my Greats with you today.

Until next time, Happy Crafting!

Graduation Card for Emily

Hello all!

Today I have a graduation card to show you.

This is for a very special young lady 

who graduated from high school this year.

I have known Emily her whole life and am so proud of her.

In September she will be going away to college

that is why I made this particular card.

I started by stamping

"Ball Jar" (#23102) from 

QKR Stampede

onto an acrylic sheet with StazOn ink

and fussy cut it.

You can see in this picture how the jar looks like glass, 

since it is stamped onto acrylic.

I punched out the butterflies with a little punch from 

the studio where I work.

I glued 3 butterflies to the white card stock piece,

then used glue dots to adhere the jar over them.

I used glue dots to put butterflies directly over 

those dots adhering the jar so they wouldn't show.

I cut a small slit in the top of the jar so one butterfly is just 

coming out of the jar.

The rest of the butterflies are also adhered with glue dots.

I used a Zig Pen to make the 'flight trails'

The butterflies were all coated with a 

Wink of Stella pen, 

which gives them a shimmery/glittery look.

On the inside I used

"Congratulations" (#5507) from 

Eureka! Stamps

I didn't think to take a picture of the inside

 before I wrote a personal not and signed the card.

Part of what I wrote was

"It's your time to fly"

I'm very happy with how this card turned out

I hope it has inspired you in some way.

Thanks for stopping by today

I hope you will come again soon.

Until next time, Happy Crafting!

Card for Nikki and Dave

I'm so excited! 

My niece is pregnant with her first baby.

I made this 'card' for them using 

"Baby Animals" (#40204) and

"Congratulations" (#5507)  from 

Eureka! Stamps

Since the puzzle has a glossy surface, I used 

Staz On ink.

I colored  the images with water color crayons.

To be honest, I wasn't 100% satisfied with the results.

Watercolors don't work best on a glossy surface.

But I do like it.

I broke it apart and put it all into an envelope.

I also bought 2 bibs, one a boy bib and one a girl bib.

I tied them up with a ribbon and wrote

"Either way, I've got you covered" 

 on the tag.

I can't wait to find out if they are having a boy or a girl.

Thanks for stopping by today, 

come again soon.

Until next time, Happy Crafting!

Anything Goes Challenge

Hi crafty people!

This weeks challenge for the

Eureka! Stamps Challenge is

"Anything Goes"

I used a few stamps from

Eureka! Stamps

"Congratulations" (#5507)

"Lg Cap" (#18901) and

"Shamrock Border" (#40502)

I used all red rubber stamps,

but they also come in digi format.

Now, I know it's kind of late in the season for a graduation card,

but I really wanted to show the style of card.

I love the idea of the "belly band" on a card like this.

I simply stamped the Shamrock Border

onto some Kraft card stock,

trimmed it down and adhered it into a band around the card. 

The 'Congratulations!' was embossed

with white embossing powder.

The diploma was stamped onto card stock

and fussy cut, the band was stamped onto a scrap

of card stock and also fussy cut then adhered to the diploma.

Inside, I folded over and adhered the card stock

to make a pocket where you can put

some cash, a check, a gift certificate or card,

whatever you want.

This card is simple to make and who doesn't like to receive a little something in a card?

 

I hope you will join the challenge this week.

Now head over to the

 Eureka! Stamps Blog

for more inspiration from our design team

and to find out how you can enter the challenge.

Hope you'll play along.

 

Thanks for stopping by today, leave a comment if you will.

Come again soon.

 

Until next time, Happy Crafting!

May Eureka! Stamps Blog Hop

Hello Hoppers!

If you have come here for the Eureka! Stamps Blog Hop, you should have arrived from 

Jessica's Blog.

I'm sure she had a wonderful project to show you!

If you just happened upon the hop, you will probably want to go to the beginning at the company blog.

I'm sure there is a lot of wonderful inspiration on the hop and you won't want to miss anything.

If a link isn't working along the way, just hop on back there and get back on track, there will be a full line up there.

This month our theme is Weddings and Graduations.

Eureka! Stamps has many images that can be used for both of these occasions!

 I chose to make a graduation card using 

"Large Cap" (#18901) and "Congratulations" (#5507)

from Eureka! Stamps.

 I stamped the "Large Cap" onto green and white card stock.  I then cut them out, colored the diploma with water color crayons and pieced them together.

I made the tassel with gold thread and attached it to the cap with a brad and adhered it all to the card front with foam tape.

Inside the card I made a pocket to put a gift into.

The "Congratulations" is stamped onto green card stock, trimmed and adhered.

This is a fairly quick and easy card to make.  I hope you like it!

Now hop on over to 

Kristine's Blog 

and see what wonderful project she has to show you!

Thanks for hopping with us today. 

 Leave a comment if you like and once you have finished the hop, why not stop in to the 

Eureka! Stamps store 

and check out the wonderful images offered in red rubber and digital format. 

Until next time, Happy Crafting!