Anniversary and Birthday Cards

Hi everyone!

I hope you're having a beautiful day.
As I write this we are having a warm, but

rainy day here in Western NY.

Hopefully, these cards might brighten your day.

This is an Anniversary card I made for my hubby.

I got the die from Temu and just love it.

The yellow background was embossed with a 

folder from my stash with little hearts on it.

It was a fun card to make and inside I wrote a

personal message.

This card I used the same die and made a card for my

daughter, Kelsie, for her birthday.

Inside, I stamped a birthday sentiment and 

wrote a personal message.

I totally loved making both these cards and will

be using that die for more.

Thanks for stopping by today,

I hope you'll come again soon.

Until then,

have fun being creative.

 

Whimsical Card

Hello crafty people!

Today I have a simple card to show you.

I embossed a piece of white card stock with an embossing

folder and my Cuttlebug for the background.

"Smile" was stamped onto a piece of water colored

card stock from my stash and adhered to the background then

adhered to the front of a card base.

Inside I stamped this whimsical greeting and

added a strip of the water colored card stock at the 

bottom.

And Done!

Easy Peasy!

Thanks for stopping in today,

come again soon.

You never know what you'll find at
Kristie Kreates.

 

Embossing 2 ways

Hello and welcome!

Today I have a couple cards to show you.

They were both made with the same embossing folder

using 2 different techniques.

This first one, I simply embossed a piece of 

white card stock with the embossing folder,

added a little bird that I cut out free hand

and layered it onto black card stock.

Then added it to a white card base.

Very clean and simple.

For this second card, I used the same folder.

I inked up the raised side of the folder and

ran it through my Cuttlebug with white card stock.

By inking up the raised design, you get a letterpress look

with the ink going into the embossed areas.
If you want the background to be colored and the impression

white, do the opposite and ink up the smooth side

where there is an impression in the folder.
I again made this a very clean and simple card.

I do love experimenting with embossing folders

and different inks and colors.  Sometimes to get a subtle

look you need to run it through with one piece of card stock

then again with another piece without reinking the folder.

Play with it and see what you can come up with.

Thanks for stopping by today.

 I hope you have been inspired in some way.

Come again soon,

until then,

play with ink.

 

Heat and Dry Embossed Card

Hello everyone!
A couple posts ago I showed you a couple cards

that I made with embossing folders and the

letterpress technique.  Today I have another 

card to show using an embossing folder.

For this card, I rubbed a VersaMark Ink pad

over one side of the inside of the embossing folder.

I used a heavier hand and the ink got the raised areas

as well as the lower areas.
I added a piece of white card stock and ran it through

my Cuttlebug.
I then added silver embossing powder and heated

it until it was melted.

I think it gives this a look of night time

in a forest and I love how it turned out.

I added that little bird and that finished off the

card.  This could be used for any occasion.

I really need to try some of my other embossing

folders with this technique.

Thanks for stopping by today, I hope you 

have been inspired in some way.

Come again soon,

until then,

emboss something!

 

Embossed Christmas Cards

Hello and Welcome!

It's that time of year to think about getting those

Holiday cards started.

Today I have a couple very simple cards to show you.

Embossing folders are simple to use and often don't need

much in the way of embellishment.

You can see how simple it is to make a quick card using 

and embossed piece of card stock.

With the trees at the bottom, it was easy to stamp 

Santa's sleigh and the sentiment to finish off

the front panel.

Inside I stamped a sentiment and my card was done.

Here is another embossed card that is quick and easy.

Again, stamped an image and sentiment for the front of the

card and done.

Inside, another sentiment and the card is finished.

I think both of these cards turned out beautiful and

were quick and easy to put together.

Look through your stash and see what you have that

would make it quick to make your Christmas cards.

These aren't the ones I'll be making to send out to my 

family and friends, but I love how they turned out and they will

be put into an auction basket of handmade cards.

Thanks for stopping by today!

I hope you have been inspired in some way

and will come again soon.

Until then,

get started on those Holiday cards.

 

Halloween Cards 2

Hello!

My last post I showed you a couple Halloween cards.

Today I have the other 2 that I made to share with you.

I started with this background piece that I had in my stash.

I used alcohol inks on a coffee filter, then cut the filter

to size and adhered it to a piece of card stock.
When I was ready to use it, I ran it through my Cuttlebug

in an embossing folder to get some texture.

I stamped the witch with black ink and colored in the

other areas with colored pencils.
Once it was fussy cut, it was adhered to the card.

For the sentiment, I stamped the spider web, then

the greeting and fussy cut around some of the web.

I used the same web stamp for the BOO greeting

for the inside sentiment.

Used the same witch stamp for this card and adhered it

to an alcohol inked background along with the sentiment.

Inside I used the same stamps and added some other 

spider webs in the corners.

I loved making these cards, my biggest problem

is deciding which kids get which cards.

I'm glad you stopped by today and hope you have 

enjoyed it and have been inspired in some way.

Hope you'll come again soon.

Until then,

enjoy the season!

 

Small Journal with Leather

Hello everyone!

I hope you're having a crafty day.

Today I'm sharing a little journal I made

with y'all.

This little gem measures 3.5"x5.5"

and I'm just loving it.

I have some pieces of leather in my stash and

thought I'd give embossing them a try.
I ran the leather through my Cuttlebug

in an embossing folder and it worked

beautifully.  I will be doing more of this

for future projects.  I love this technique.

All the signatures are hand sewn and

then glued into the cover, which is also 

hand made.

For the pages, I have a file that I created

that prints lines on paper, I used different

colors of paper, printed them and cut them

to the size I needed.

The leather piece was glued to the front

of the journal with 

Beacon 3 in 1 glue.

Here is the back of the journal.

This coloring is actually closest to the 

real color of the paper I used.

I'm very pleased with how this journal

turned out.  Now my only problem is,

who will I gift it to?

 

Thanks for stopping by today,

I hope you have been inspired in some way.

Come again soon,

until then,

try a new technique. 

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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.

 

My Christmas Cards

Hello everyone!

Today I'd like to show you my Christmas cards.

I was having a difficult time figuring out what to 

do for my Christmas cards this year.

Nothing seemed to be clicking,

then, as often happens, an idea struck.

And what a messy idea it was!

I had seen the Altenew Burlap Texture Die on

several videos and finally picked it up.

I decided on a design and got to work.

What a mess I made, but it was so worth it!

I used an embossing folder from my stash

and embossed the backgrounds.

Then I found a tree in my library of my 

Silhouette Design Studio software and

cut them out with my Silhouette Cameo.

I used glitter card stock for the trees, but the glitter

doesn't show up well in the pictures.

Once I had all the pieces ready, I 

assembled the cards.
Gluing down that burlap piece was a little

tricky, then I got the idea to brush the back

with glue and a foam brush and it worked

like a charm.

I used the scraps of the gold vellum from the

burlap pieces to punch out the stars, glued them

on and the card fronts were done.

Inside I stamped this sentiment

from the
Faith Peace Love Stamp set from Stampendous

Now my cards were finished!
I love how they turned out, 

a little different than anything I've done 

before, yet they are still 
"really me"

Thanks for stopping in today.

I hope you have your cards all made and mailed out.

By the time this is posted hopefully mine will be too.

Please come to visit again,

until then

make your holiday season a happy one.

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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.

Little Fox Card

Hello blog friends!

I hope you're having a warm and cozy day.
It's cold here in my neck of the woods, so I'm 

bundled up in a nice warm sweater.
Today I have a card to show you.

I made this for my granddaughter's 2nd 

birthday.  She loves animals and I thought this

guy was very cute.

The background was embossed with an

embossing folder from my stash and then

inked with brown ink and a make up brush

to bring out a bit of detail.

I colored the fox with colored pencils, cut him 

out with the matching die and added some 

googly eyes, which I think made him even cuter.

I stamped and fussy cut the sentiment and added the

little heart and was done.

As usual, on the inside I added my own

personal note.

Thanks for stopping by today,

I hope you'll come again.

Until then

keep warm and snuggle with someone.

 

Birthday Card

Hello!

It looks like fall is here, at least in our area it is.

How about in your area?

Today I'm showing you a card I made for my daughter's 

boyfriend for his birthday.

I started by embossing a piece of brown card stock

with an embossing folder.  I don't know who made it

as it was just in my stash waiting to be used.

Here are a few embossing folders with a similar

theme.

After it was embossed, I used a sanding block over

the trees to give them a bit more detail and dimension.

I cut the Happy Birthday! with my 

Silhouette Cameo and punched the leaves with 

a punch from my stash,

using pieces from my recycle box.

Great way to use up some little scraps.

On the inside I wrote a personal note 

to him.

I, like many, struggle with masculine cards in general.

I'm not totally crazy about this card, but I think it

turned out nice and I think he appreciated it.

Thanks for visiting!

I hope you'll come again soon.

Until then,

use some scraps.

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.

 

3rd Anniversary

Hello blog fans!

My son and daughter in law celebrated their

3rd anniversary on September 29th and

Sara asked me to help her with a card for Jaryd.

Since they don't have a printer, she asked if I could

whip up a card for her.
She sent me this info and I happily made the card for her.

I printed the front panel in purple onto white card stock.

I used an embossing folder with little hearts to

emboss the purple mat for the sentiment.

Then adhered both pieces to a piece of silver

vellum.

Since purple and gray were the colors for their

wedding I thought this was perfect for this card.
The card was just a little too big for an A2 envelope, 

so I made one for the card with a gray card stock.

I think this card turned out very nice and I hope

they both like it too.

Thanks for stopping in today to see what I've been doing.
I hope you have been inspired in some way and enjoyed

your time here.

Come again soon,

Until then,

make something for someone.

 

Sara's Birthday Card

Good Day!

My daughter in law, Sara, just celebrated her birthday.

Today I'm showing you the card I made for her.

This card had quite the evolution.

I started by finding a purple background in

my stash, as her favorite color is purple.

At that point I had no idea what I was going to

do with it.  Then I decided that I wanted to emboss

a piece of acrylic and see what I could come up with.

I used an embossing folder with tiny hearts on it.
I can't find a link to this particular folder, but there

are several varieties of this online.

I had a bit of vellum with music on it and

added that to the background.

I then used scotch tape to hold the background

and acrylic together, then had to figure out how to cover

that tape up.  I scored a piece of card stock and folded

it over the top to cover the tape and make it into an 

actual card.  This worked out great for a unique card.

I cut the words out of a scrap from the same background

piece, using my 

Silhouette Cameo

 and adhered them to the acrylic piece with

Scotch Quick Dry Adhesive.

The last thing I did was add some of that 

glue behind the letters so the acrylic would 

adhere to the background, this worked perfectly.

Sara loved the card and how unique it is.

I was pretty happy with it myself.

Sometimes flying by the seat of my pants works

out great.

I'm so thankful to have a wonderful daughter in law

like Sara!

Thanks for stopping for a visit today,

come again soon.

Until then,

fly by the seat of your pants and see what

you can create.

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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.

Embossed cards

Hi Everyone!

Today I have a few cards to show you.

I made these cards using an embossing folder.

I inked the one side of the inside of an embossing folder,

put card stock into the folder and ran it through

my Cuttlebug.
By inking one side of the folder, when it is run

through the Cuttlebug, it presses the ink into the 

embossed area, coloring it.

This image was inked and embossed with 

yellow Color Theory ink

creating a nice crisp image.

After doing the first image, I did a second

generation print for this card.

I ran the folder through the Cuttlebug

again with a piece of card stock,

but did not reink the folder,

giving a much softer look.

This card was done with the same 

technique using an 

Orange Color Theory Inkpad

second generation  printing.

The embossing folder I used was

Rose Mosaic from Darice

Thanks for spending time with me today.

I hope you have learned something and/or been

inspired in some way.

See you next time, until then;

Get inky!

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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.

Using Embossing Folder with Ink

Hi All!

Welcome to my blog.

Today I have a card to show you that I absolutely

love.

I used an embossing folder, sorry I can't give you the name

of it, as I don't have the packaging for it.

I inked the inside of the folder with 

VersaFine Onyx Black Ink

then ran it through the Cuttlebug.

This embossed it and left the ink 

 around the embossed areas.

I cut the birds with a set of dies that I have,

added that one to the card and made an envelope

for the card and used the others on that.

I used a silver mat, then adhered the panel to a

white card base.

I love how this card turned out.

Very clean and simple.

Thanks for stopping by today.

I hope you'll try inking up your embossing

folders and see what kind of impression you get.

Just remember to clean them after inking them, 

so you don't ruin the next piece you emboss.

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.

Our Challenge Swap

Hello and welcome to 

Kristie Kreates!

I'm way behind in posting this Challenge Swap.

The theme for this one was 

Hearts, Hugs and Happiness

I made this shaker card to go along with the

projects that I made.

I ran a piece of acrylic through the Cuttlebug

with an embossing folder to emboss hearts onto

the acrylic for the window.

I made this little "brag book"

The tin is intended to be for a gift card, but I 

put a fold out "album" inside.

The gal that received it, is a proud Grandma,

so I knew she's have pictures for it.

Here it shows it partially unfolded,

I believe there is space for 15 pictures.

I also made this little tic tac toe game for her to 

play with the grandchildren.

She loved everything I sent and I'm sure she'll 

find some great pictures to put into her 

"album"

Thanks for stopping by today,

come back again soon.

You never know what you'll find on

Kristie Kreates!

Engagement Card

Hello Friends!

Many of you know that my son, Jaryd, recently got engaged.

He and Sara will be getting married September 29, 2018.

I made this card for them to celebrate their engagement.

The image is

Lg. Knot Heart

from Eureka Stamps now sold by

Stamp On It

I stamped the heart design onto white 

card stock with VersaMark Ink and 

heat embossed it with silver embossing powder.

I then used Distress Ink and an ink blending tool

to cover the entire image with ink.

Once that was done I buffed off any ink that was 

on the silver embossing.

I fussy cut the image leaving a small border 

around the image.

For the background panel, I used a piece of

silver card stock and ran it through the 

Cuttlebug in a heart embossing folder.

I adhered the panel to a white card base and

used foam tape to adhere the Knot Heart to 

the panel.

I love the way the card turned out,

it is perfect for Jaryd and Sara,

as Sara is Irish and Jaryd is part Irish and has

visited Ireland a couple times.

Purple and gray will be their wedding colors.

I think they will like it.

Thanks for stopping by today,

I hope you're having a creative day.

See you next time.

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.

Anniversary cards

Hello blog fans!

Today I have a couple Anniversary cards to show you.

My friend Emma and her husband just celebrated their

50th wedding anniversary.

I was invited to a party for them, but I couldn't attend.

I couldn't let their party go by without making a card for them.

I made 2 cards and now have one in reserve for the next time

I need one.

This is the card I sent them.

The background was made by smooshing Distress Inks

onto watercolor paper using a piece of acrylic.

I'm sorry it doesn't show up better, but it turned out 

really pretty.  For the hearts I cut out a heart shape from a piece 

of card stock, placed it onto white card stock and smooched

over it with VersaMark ink, covered it with silver embossing powder

and heated it with my heat gun until melted.  I made 2 hearts this way

and fussy cut them and adhered them to the background with foam tape.

The Happy Anniversary sentiment is from Eureka Stamps.

I stamped it onto silver vellum and heat embossed it with 

silver embossing powder.

After wrapping it around the background panel, I adhered the panel 

to a white card base.

Inside I wrote a personal note to Emma and Charles.

This is the other card that I made.

I ran a piece of white card stock through my Cuttlebug

in an embossing folder and embossed tiny hearts covering the 

panel.  I cut out a heart from a piece of card stock and used it as 

a stencil and "colored" the heart using Nuvo Mousse in gold.

To see this technique watch this video that my friend

Marleen made.

The sentiment strip was made the same way as the one above,

but I used white embossing powder.

I added strips of silver vellum at the top and bottom of the

embossed panel and adhered it to the white card base with

foam tape.

Thanks for stopping in 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.