Tags

Hello crafters!

A couple weeks ago, I wanted to do something

a little different and thought I'd try some 

tags.  I just pulled out a tag and started playing around

with what I had close by.

I tore a page from an old book and stuck some of

that down then covered it with some vellum.

Then I pulled out some glitter paste and colored it with

some Distress Ink and applied it here and there over a 

stencil that was close by.

I liked how it was going and found the stamped flowers

in my stash of scraps and stuff, I fussy cut it and added that.

I finished it off with the little "discover" tag and some

stick on bling.
I like how this turned out, I'm not sure if I'll use it on a gift

or if I might add it to a card base.

Then I went in a totally different direction.
I pulled out a piece from my backgrounds stash

and adhered them to the tag in opposite corners and trimmed them

out.  I then added some foil tape and sequins.

It needed something more and I added the little beads in the center

of the sequins.  Now just a little bit more and I'd be done.

I stuck some foil tape to a piece of card stock and punched out the

little hearts.  They added just the right touch and my tag was finished.

This was a good exercise in creativity for me.

It made me think out side the box and come up with

something totally different than my usual style.
I definitely enjoyed making these tags and love

how they turned out.

I'm glad you stopped to spend a little time with me

today and hope you'll come again soon.

Until then,

think outside the box, you might be surprised what

you come up with.

 

Just a note card

Hello and welcome.

I'm glad you've stopped by today.

I have a friend whose father is in rehab after

some health problems, so I wanted to send him

a card that would hopefully bring a smile to his face

and let him know people care and are thinking about him.

For the sky and grass I used 
Salty Ocean and Mowed Grass

Distress Inks with blending foam.

I cut a piece of scrap card stock with several

"bumps" on it and used it in different positions

to create the clouds.
I used colored pencils to create the grass.
The train is a stamp available from

Stamp On It

I stamped it with 

Onyx Black VersaFine Ink

I used Black Soot Distress Ink

and colored pencils to color it.

I fussy cut the train image and adhered it

to the background piece.

I liked the silver card stock and black 

card base, I think it really sets off the image.

Inside, I wrote a personal note.

Thanks for stopping by today,

I hope you have been inspired in some way and

will come again soon.

Until then,

brighten someone's day.

 

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.

Pocket Birthday Card

Hello and welcome!

Today I'm showing you the card I made for

my hubby, Dave, for his birthday.

This is made from a business envelope with

a window in it.
I simply folded up the envelope so the window

was at the bottom of the pocket that it made.

I stamped the "happy birthday" on a piece of

white card stock with VersaFine Black Onyx Ink

and positioned it inside the envelope,

before I folded and glued it to make the pocket.

I covered the front of the pocket with some 

alcohol ink covered deli paper from my stash.

Then found some woven burlap type embellishment

in my stash and added that and glued the 

postage stamps on top of it.

We are big fans of  Ireland and castles,

so I thought these stamps were perfect for him.

I then made a small tag to go in the pocket.

I used white card stock and inked it with

a couple Distress Inks,

I believe they were 
Broken China

and

Mowed Lawn

I wrote out a greeting in Gaelic
Go n-eiri an t-adh leat

which basically means

wishing you the best of luck

Slainte means cheers

and gra which means love.

I adhered the entire pocket onto

a piece of card stock.

He loved his card, it is sooooo

him!

Here is a link to a video showing how

to make this kind of pocket, there are 

other uses for these, I just chose to make mine

into a card.  She does a bit more elaborate design

in the video, but you'll get the idea anyway.

Thanks for stopping in today.

I hope you have been inspired in some way

and will return again soon.

Until then,

try something new and different!

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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.

 

No line coloring vs. stamped coloring

Hello, I hope you are having a good day!

I've been having quite a time being in the

house on lockdown for so long.

It's been weeks since I have been out and 

seen any friends or my family.

The only time I was out was one day

when I was pretty much force to go out,

as our refrigerator died on us, so we

needed to go buy a new one.  Luckily

everyone we saw at the appliance store was

wearing a mask and keeping their distance.

My creative motivation is down, but when

I do sit down to be creative, it helps a lot

and I do enjoy it.

Today I'm showing you a couple pieces I 

did, similar, but different techniques and

supplies.

I've always loved "no line coloring"

I'm not great at it, but practice makes perfect,

so I decided to give it a go with my watercolors.

I used a very light color, I believe Antique Linen, Distress

ink to stamp the images onto watercolor paper.

I then set about painting the images.

I think they turned out nice, but with practice

I should be able to do better.  

The point of this technique is to not have the 

stamped lines show as such.  All the ink is

blended into the painting and any outlining is

done with the painting.

This one was stamped with 

Onyx Black VersaFine ink

then colored with colored pencils.

This look is much smoother and cleaner.

It's much easier to control the color with this

technique.
I like both pieces, but the perfectionist in me

likes the second one better.

Have you ever tried no line coloring?

If you want to see how it's done check out
Kristina Werner's video here.

Kristina is one of my favorite artist/bloggers

and does beautiful no line coloring.

Thanks for stopping by today,

see you 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.

Swap Round 2 #2 Snowmen

Hi crafty fans!

My scrappy group of friends just finished 

our #2 Swap for this round.

The theme was snowmen.

Here is my project.

I started with some aluminum foil

that I shaped into a snowman's head.

I wish I had thought to take pictures of the

process, but I totally forgot.

All I did was tear up some news paper

and dip it in a mixture of flour and water.

I layered it onto the foil head and let it dry.

It took a couple layers, as I wanted to be sure it

was good and strong.
I then painted the head with craft paints.

For the collar, I accordion folded a page 

from an old book and painted it with

a cream colored paint, I then glued it into

a circle to create the collar.
I used gold paint to add a bit of color to the 

collar.  The head was adhered with 

Fabri-Tac adhesive and I added a simple bow

to dress him up a little bit.

For his hat, I used a small container from 

diabetic test strips, covered

it with black card stock and glued it to a brim.

The box is a square jewelry box that I had

in my craft room.

I painted it with gold paint, then used some 

distressink to "grunge" it up a bit.

I then covered the

whole thing with Mod Podge.

I think he turned out very cute and I hope

my friend likes him as much as I do.

Thanks for stopping by and spending time here.

I hope you're Holiday Season is fabulous and 

you are blessed with wonderful memories.

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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.

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.

Beautiful Fall Engagement Pictures

Hi all!

Today I have another layout for Jaryd and Sara's 

wedding scrapbook.

This one has some beautiful fall pictures from their

engagement photos.

I'm trying to do some different techniques and

embellishments for their layouts.

For this one, I made a sign to mimic the one

that they made, shown in some of the picture.

The proportions are a bit different, but

I think it came out cute.

 I also used Distress Inks in fall colors

to color some paper, then stamped the large flower 

and leaves onto that paper.

I then fussy cut them to add to the layout.

I love how the overall layout turned out,

I think the flower and leaves are just the right

addition to bring it all together.

Thanks for popping in,

I hope you've been inspired in some way today.

Come again soon.

Until then,

try something a little different on your

layouts and/or cards.

Shower Card

Welcome to Kristie Kreates!
Today I have a card to show you.
This is the card I made for my almost daughter in law
for her bridal shower.

Sara is mostly Irish and loves her Irish heritage,
so I thought this heart was appropriate for her card.
I stamped "large knot heart" onto
white card stock with purple Distress Ink.
(I'm not sure which purple this is)
I trimmed down the image and adhered it to
a background from my stash.
This one was done on glossy paper with
alcohol inks.
I then adhered it to a gray card base.

On the inside I cut a piece of plain white card stock
then adhered thin strips of the same background
paper to the sides before adhering it to the inside
of the card.
I love that little pop of color inside the card.

Since this card was an odd size, I used my
We R Memory Keepers Envelope Punch Board
to make an envelope for the card in a coordinating color.
I know Sara appreciated the card, she loves hand
made cards and gifts.

Thanks for coming by today.
I hope you are having a crafty day
and were inspired in some way while
you were visiting.
Hope to see you 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.

Father's Day

Hello all!

I know this is really late for Father's Day,

but I wanted to share this card I made for my husband.

It, obviously, could be used for any occasion,

with just a different sentiment.

Recently I have been spending a lot of my 

crafty time making backgrounds for my stash.

One of the techniques I've been doing a lot is

using alcohol inks, dropping them onto different

papers and seeing what I get.

There are many techniques that you can use to

make different patterns.

For this one, I dropped ink onto a piece of vellum.

I used blending solution to help the inks flow and mix.

When most of the ink was dry, but there were spots

that were still a little tacky, I applied 

light blue Deco Foil.

The foil adhered to the tacky ink creating 

shiny blue areas on the background piece.

I wrapped the vellum background around a

piece of white card stock to make it more sturdy

then adhered it to a white card base.

The sentiment was stamped with 

Twisted Citron Distress Ink.

Here you can see where the blue foil has adhered to the 

ink, giving a metallic shine.

I've been having so much fun creating backgrounds 

for my stash, I've built up quite a collection.

Now I just have to get to work making cards and

other projects with them.

Thanks for popping in to check out what I've been up to.

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.

Sara's Birthday

Hello!

Today I'm showing you a card I made for a special young

lady, my son's fiance, Sara.

She just celebrated her birthday at the first of the month

and I made this card for her.

I knew I wanted to use that kitty stamp for her card,

as she is a cat lover and I knew she'd love it.

I stamped "Crazy Kitty Set" sold through

Stamp On It onto white card stock with 

VersaFine Onyx Black Ink.

I then used washi tape to make stripes on the card stock,

and inked the card stock with Distress Ink, carefully removed the

washi tape and had a striped background,

Purple is Sara's favorite color, so this was perfect for her.

The "Peeking in to say" was stamped with a 

Dyan Reaveley Alpha Stamp Set and the 

"Happy Birthday" is also from 

Stamp On It.

Thanks for stopping by today,

come again soon, you never know

what you'll find on 

Kristie Kreates!

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.

Halloween Cards

Hello crafters!

It's October, so time to get those Halloween cards ready.

I usually don't send Halloween cards, but

as I've said before, this year I'm trying to send more

cards.  So I decided to make and send some Halloween cards.

Not only to a couple kids, but to adults too.

Here is what I made.

I heat embossed this Sm. Witch 

by Eureka Stamps, sold through 

Stamp On It

For the moons, I punched a circle out of card stock

laid it over the black card stock,

smushed the VersaMark Ink pad over the circle hole,

then added gold embossing glitter and heat set it.

On some of the cards I stamped and heat embossed

"Flying by" on the outside,

inside I stamped "to say" with the same silver 

embossing powder and
"Happy Halloween"

in Onyx Black VersaFine Ink

For this card I added some 

Ghosts also from Eureka sold through 

Stamp On It.

I attached the witch with an Action Wobble

For this card I used the same Ghost stamp

and Halloween Border Stamp

I used Black Soot Distress Ink

for the night sky and added some water droplets

to give it a little texture.

I cut the curve on the bottom of the front of the card

with a Curved Edge Die

For this card I used

Autumn Friends Stamp

from QKR Stampede

sold through 

Stamp On It.

All coloring was done with my 

Fantasia Colored Pencils

I'm pretty happy with how these cards all 

turned out and I hope the recipients like them too.

Thanks for stopping by today

I hope you'll come again soon.

My next post, I'll show you the envelopes
I made for these cards to be sent in.

Until then,

Have fun crafting!

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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.

Cork

Hello crafty friends!

Today I have a card to show you that I mad for no

other reason than that I wanted to use this really cool

cork that I have.

My friend, Marie, saw a 12x12 stack of cork "paper" on

clearance and thought of me and picked it up for me.

How nice was that?!?!

I started by stamping

"Buck in the Forest"

from Stamp On It

onto a manilla tag with brown 

StazOn ink.

I then used water color crayons to add 

a little green to the leaves.

I used Distress ink and a blending tool to color the top of the 

tag and added the sentiment with the same brown ink.

The cork is self adhesive, so it was easy to adhere to 

a white card base.  A little twine, added the tag to the cork

front with ATG tape and called it done.

I like the way this card turned out and can't wait to

try more cards and maybe a layout with that cork.

Thanks for stopping by today, I hope you've been 

inspired to try some new supplies.  If you see something

different, especially on clearance, pick it up and give it a try.

You never know what new favorites you might discover.

Come again soon.

You never know what you'll find on 

Kristie Kreates!

With Sympathy

Hello crafting friends!

I recently had to make another sympathy card.

Here is the card I made,

simple and elegant.

The image was stamped with 

Crushed Olive Distress Ink

onto white card stock.

I then cut it to size and sponged it with

Faded Jeans Distress Ink

The image and the sentiments are from the 

Casual Comfort stamp set

from Cas-ual Friday Stamps.

The embossed piece was made using

a damask embossing folder and my Cuttlebug

I borrowed the folder from a friend and don't know

which company it was from.

There are many available online or in stores.

I also sponges Faded Jeans ink onto the

card base before adhering the front panel.

The ribbon and the pearl accents pull the card 

together nicely.

I kept the inside simple also and created this

sentiment with the Casual Comfort set.

Thank you for stopping by today,

I hope you will come again soon.

Until then,

enjoy spring.

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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.

Somebunny Loves You

Easter is on it's way!

Hi all!

Do you make and send Easter cards?

I haven't really in the past, but this year I'm

trying to send out more cards and thought

Easter cards were in order.

Here are a few that I made that are similar.

This one is a shaker card and I think it turned out cute.

This is "Daydreaming Bunny" from 

QKR Stampede.

Another shaker card with the same bunny.

The grass under him is
"Field Grass Right"  from 

Biblical Impressions

For this card, I used Distress Inks to make the 

background inside that oval cut out.

I have stamped
Somebunny Loves You

 from QKR Stampede inside these cards.

And last, I made this card.

The sky and ground were sponged with 

Distress Inks

and I used the Field Grass stamp again to 

stamp the grass, also with Distress Inks.

The bunnies were all stamped

with VersaFine Onyx Black ink, 

colored with colored pencils and fussy cut.

The sentiments were also stamped with 

VersaFine Onyx Black Ink.

I hope you enjoy my cards and will 

think about making some yourself.

Come again soon and see some

more of the Easter cards I have ready to 

send to some family and friends.

Until next time:

Get Creative!

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see what the products are.
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except where specified,

and you may find better prices elsewhere,

I am in no way promoting any particular site.

Autumn Greetings

Happy Autumn!

I'm not crazy about the fall time,

I don't like the cooler weather,

but I do love the colors of fall.

The trees are so beautiful and the leaves on the

ground are so pretty.

The card I have today is kind of a mash up of a

 cards that I saw on blogs.

This is kind of how inspiration works for me.

I see different techniques and designs and end up 

combining them into something that I like.

For this card, I started with a piece of white card 

stock.  I used different colors of Distress Inks to 

cover the front of the card stock.

I then found all the leaf stamps that I had,

 and stamped them onto the 

colored card with brown Color Box Chalk Ink.

I used 2 rectangle layering dies to cut the

 window in the card.

The outside was adhered to the card base.

The frame was layered with craft foam and card stock

 cut with the same dies to give dimension to the frame

around the window.

I used the frame as a guide to adhere the inside piece

to the back of the window.

I used a piece of acetate that was from some packaging

that I saved to cover the frame and adhered the 

colored frame piece on top of it.

I used a variety of sequins in the shaker window

as well as a few acorns and leaves that I stamped and fussy

cut.  I then stamped the sentiment and fussy cut that

and adhered it to the front of the shaker area.

For the sentiment inside I used a stamp that I borrowed 

from a friend.  Sorry there was no company name anywhere

on the stamp.

Thanks for stopping by today,

I hope you are enjoying the beauty of autumn.

See you again soon.

The supplies I used are:

Darice Embossing Essentials Nesting Rectangles

Inkadinkado Autumn Foliage Stamp Set

Large Skeleton Leaf (#90312) Biblical Impressions

Leaf (#3901)  QKR Stampede

Open Maple Leaf (#10501) and

Lg Open Oak Leaf (#10402) from

Eureka Stamps

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.