Poppy Card

Hello from gloomy Western NY!

It's a typical January here as far as the sun.

It is out there every day, but we don't have any

real sunshine, lots of cloud cover and gloomy weather

lately.  But, it has been fairly warm for our area.

We did have a huge blizzard at Christmas, but a couple

days after Christmas it was in the upper 40s and into the 50s.

Thus is the crazy weather of the Buffalo, NY area.

I hope you are having nice weather in your area.

I thought I'd inject a little bit of summer and brightness

into everyone's day with this card that I made.

This is one of my favorite stamps.  It is from Stacy Stamps,

but I believe she is no longer in business, so I don't have a link

to this set.

The poppy stamp I used for this card is a single poppy.

I made a few masks, so I could layer the poppies.

I then stamped them with VersaFine onyx black ink,

and colored them with colored pencils.

Once I was happy with the coloring, I fussy cut

the image and adhered it to a blue card base.

I love the colors on this card, so bright and cheerful.

Inside I stamped this sentiment, sorry, I don't know 

what set or company this is from.

I love how this card turned out and hope it brings a little

summer brightness to your day.

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

up to lately.  I hope you will come again soon.

Until then:

bring some brightness to someone.

 

2 for 1 Birthday cards

Good day!

Today I'm showing you how I did a 2 for 1 set

of birthday cards.

I started by wetting a piece of watercolor paper

and adding watercolors at one side and let them 

run down the card.  I sprayed a little bit of water onto

the paper to encourage the colors to run down the

paper.

Once I had the background piece, I stamped

Penny Black's Slapstick/cling Stamp Delight

onto the painted paper with 

VersaFine Onyx Black Ink

I cut the image down to the size I wanted

for my card and adhered it to a card base.

I stamped the greeting  and the card was done.

I still had a piece of the original panel left

and used that to make another card.

You can see here how the 2 pieces fit together.

This card would probably be considered a 

mini slimline card.

I love how they both turned out.

I tried something a little different this time

and I like how it worked.

Thanks for stopping in today,

I hope you have enjoyed your time here and

were inspired in some way.

Come again soon,

until then,

try something new and different

for you.

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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.

 

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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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.

 

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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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 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.

 

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.

 

Baby Animals

Good day my friends!

I'm glad you stopped by for a visit.

Today I'm showing you what I made for my

daughter, Kelsie, for her birthday.

I was talking to Sara asking if she had any ideas

for her and she suggested I make a book for her

to have at her house for when Marie visited.

This is what I decided on.

The cover is covered with a piece of paper that I

had made with some of my ink sprays.

I used a stencil to add the elephant and a 

stamp to add the bird.

For the elephant I used 
Color Theory Clean Slate Ink

for the bird I used

Versafine Onyx Black Ink

This is the inside of the cover.

Here are a few of the pages.

I put the name of the animal and what they are

called when they are babies on each page.

I used my 
Brothers P-Touch Label Maker

to add the names to the pages.

Baby animals are so darn cute.

I learned a few things while doing this book.

Did you know that a baby platypus is called a puggle?

Each of these pages is laminated and then are on

a big ring, the pages can be taken off and rearranged

in any order they want.  I'm pretty sure Kelsie will love

it, she loves little animals, especially if they are babies.

Pretty sure Marie is going to love it too.

Thanks so much for coming by today,

I hope you like my little baby animal book.

Come again soon.

Until then,

create, create, 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.

 

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.

 

Birthday Card For Jaryd

Hello, I hope you're having a good day!

My son recently had his birthday and I needed 

a card for him.  I had been doing some gelli plate

prints and had used a piece of card stock to

roll the excess paint off my brayer.

I loved the look of this piece, so I used it to make

his card.

I happened to have a couple strips of 

card stock that matched the colors nicely,

so I used those along the edges.

Then I stamped the happy birthday with

VersaFine Onyx Black Ink.

I love how his card turned out.

I wrote a personal message inside.

I think he liked the card too.

Thanks for stopping by today to see

what I've been up to, I hope you like what you 

found here and will come again soon.

Until then:
use something unexpected.

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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.

 

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.

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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.

 

Giraffe Cards

Hi All!

The other day I decided I wanted to play with some 

embossing folders, so I pulled them out and started embossing.

Once they were done I made a bunch of cards.

I'm sorry I don't have the names of the folder or the 

stamp set I used for these cards.

I used Vintage Photo and Walnut Stain Distress Inks

and a blending tool to go over the embossed piece very lightly to 

color the embossed panel.

The giraffe and sentiment were stamped onto kraft card stock

with brown Color Theory ink.

I used the same distress inks to color the edges of them.

For this card, I had some scraps of animal print papers and used them on

the white card base and stamped the giraffe with 

VersaFine Onyx Black ink and the sentiment

with brown Color Theory ink.

I haven't used this stamp set before and I don't know why, because

I love it and I love how these two cards turned out.

Thanks for stopping by today,

come again soon.

Until then: 

use something from your stash that you

haven't used before!

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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.

 

Card/Photo Carrier

Hello and welcome to 
Kristie Kreates.

Today I'm showing you a card/photo carrier that I made

for my sweet Aunt Marilyn.

Aunt Marilyn lives in North Carolina and I haven't been able to 

see her due to COVID.
I hope this will cheer her up and give her some smiles.

I wrote a letter to put into it and enclosed some pictures of

our family.  She has never met my daughter in law or granddaughter,

so I thought some pictures would be very welcome.

I stamped the

Penny Black Timeless Stamp

 onto white card stock with 

VersaFine Onyx Black ink

then colored it with colored pencils.

The "card" itself is made from 2 envelopes.

The flap of one envelope was glued into the other envelope,

then the outside was covered with  the green paper

and the flower image was adhered on top.

I chose some colorful paper from my handmade background stash for the

inside.  Here you can see where the envelopes open in the center to put 

the pictures inside.

I'm sure that Aunt Marilyn will keep this right next to her chair and look 

at the pictures often.  I know they will make her smile.

Thanks for stopping by today,

I hope you have been inspired in some way.

Come again soon,

until then:
Make something pretty for someone.

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.

 

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.

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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.

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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.

Dorky Bird Card and Cool Cat Envelope

Hello and welcome back!

My last post was a card I made for a little guy

turning 6.  Today I have the card I made for his twin 

sister.

I again used an alcohol ink background.

I stamped "Dorky Bird" with 

VersaFine Onyx Black Ink

and colored it with colored pencils and 

fussy cut the image.

I stamped the Hello and cut it into a banner

and adhered the images with foam tape.

For the envelope I stamped
"Cool Cat" 

and colored him with colored pencils also.

I love how this card and envelope turned out

and I think the little gal they are going to will

like them too.

Thanks for stopping by,

I hope you have been inspired in some way.

Hope to see you again soon,

until then,

Happy 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.

Party Poopers Birthday Card adn a Fishy Envelope

Hi Everyone!

Today I have a card to show you.

Recently a mom in a group I'm in on Facebook

posted that he twins are turning 6 yrs old and that they

love opening mail.  She asked if anyone would be

willing to send them cards for their birthday, just so they

would have them to open from the mail.

Being a card maker, I was happy to help out.

This is the card I made for her little guy.

The background piece was made with alcohol inks 

on Yupo paper.

I thought it was a great background for a celebration.

The dogs are Party Poopers

I stamped the image with 

VersaFine Onyx Black Ink

and colored them with colored pencils.

I fussy cut the image and adhered it to the background

with foam tape to give it a little dimension.

I stamped the Celebrate with an alpha stamp set

from my stash, I have no idea what company they are from.

I then fussy cut around it to make a banner shape.

The whole thing was then adhered to a white card base.

Inside I simply stamped "Happy Birthday"

I made the envelope with my

We R Memory Keepers Envelope Punch Board

and decided to decorate it.

I stamped the fish onto the envelope, then stamped them 

onto scrap paper and fussy cut them to make a mask.

I put the mask over the fish (Sm Fat Fish & Lg Fat Fish)

and used Distress Inks to 

apply the 'water' to the envelope.

After taking the masks off the fish I colored them with 

colored pencils.

I covered the colored areas with 

Distress Micro Glaze 

which is a glaze that makes it water resistant, 

so the inks and coloring won't be ruined if they get wet.

I think the little guy will get a kick out of receiving 

this in the mail.

Thanks for spending time with me today,

I hope you have enjoyed it here at

Kristie Kreates 

and will come again soon.

Next up, the card I made for the other twin.

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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.