Tikki Shirt for Marie

Hello and welcome!

Our granddaughter, Marie, turned 4 last week.

Sara asked me if I could make a shirt for her for 

her party.  The party theme was Miraculous Ladybug and

other super heroes. 
I chose to make her shirt with Tikki, from Miraculous

Ladybug, on it.

I found a picture of Tikki and traced it with my 

Silhouette Designer Studio software, then cut it

with heat transfer vinyl.

It then was pressed onto the shirt with an

iron.  I usually use my heat press, but I 

was out at a crop and used the iron that was

available.  It worked great.

Here is Marie in her shirt. 

She loved it.

She is such a cutie and the shirt was 

adorable for her.

Thanks for stopping in to see what I've been up to.

I hope you have been inspired in some way,

and will come again soon.

Until then,

make a child smile with something you 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,

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Key Lime Pie

Hello creative people!

Today I'm showing you my creative side in the kitchen.
I've never even tasted Key Lime pie before, no less 

made one.  But it was my son in laws birthday and I 

know he loves it, so I dove right in.

I found the recipe on one of my favorite chef's websites.

If you are interested, you can find it here.

It was really quite easy to make and the filling 

sure tasted good when I was making it.
Who doesn't need to clean out the bowl in the end?

Here is the pie after baking, cooling and garnishing.

No, it doesn't look like Billy Parisi's, but 

I think I did pretty good for a first try.

And Brad loved it!

Happy Birthday Brad!

Thanks for stopping in today,

I hope you were inspired in some way.

Come again soon,

until then,

try something you've never tried before.

 

Sweet To Be One

Hello blog friends!

My granddaughter turned on last November, but since 

it was Covid, there was only a very small party for just a few

family members, but none the less it was wonderful.

Here are a few layouts I did to commemorate her 

first birthday.

One of her favorite foods at the time was strawberries,

so that was the theme.
She wore a onesie I made, with
Sweet To Be One on it.

She also had on a tulle tutu in red and green that 

I made, but we didn't get any pictures of her with it on.

They had such cute decorations for her party.

And of course there was a "Smash Cake"
This is when she had her onsie and tutu on.

She had such fun with her cake.

Only got a few pictures with her opening her gifts.

The only picture with her "smash outfit" on is the one

here with her Godfather, Brian.

Here is a picture of the onesie that I made for her

to wear.

Thanks for stopping by today,

I hope you have enjoyed your time at

Kristie Kreates and have been 

inspired in some way.

Come again soon.

Until then

Happy Birthday!

 

Place Cards

Hi!
Hope y'all are having a wonderful day.
We've been having some crazy weather around here.
One day it was -8* with a wind chill of -20*
Then we got about a foot of snow and the next day
it was 45* and raining.
Hope y'all are doing well with the cold and snow if you
are having it too.
Today I have some place cards to share with you.
My niece messaged me and asked if I could make them
for my God daughters birthday party.
She is having a spa day theme and they will be doing
their nails.  The decorations have a lot of hearts since it is
right before Valentine's Day. 
Had to include a unicorn too, since that is her
major love right now.
Tammy said "surprise us"

This is what I came up with and I'm pretty sure they will
love them.
I thought she could write the girls names in the big heart.
Most of these images are from
my Silhouette library and I just printed
them instead of cutting them out.
I love being able to help with things like this.
Now on to making her's and her brother's birthday cards,
that's what I have planned for this weekend.

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you are inspired in
some way. 
Until next time
Happy Crafting!

Princess Card

Hello crafty people.
Today I'm showing you a card that is totally
different than what I usually make.
I needed a card for a 4 year old's birthday party.
I found some paper in my stash that was definitely
perfect "princess" paper.
I cut out the different elements,
used some of the paper for the front panel of the
card and adhered the different elements onto
the card. I used foam adhesive to give the flags
and the bird a little dimension.

There was this cute frog on the paper,
so I fussy cut him also for the inside of the card.
Since it was a fairly light weight paper,
I glued the piece with the frog to a piece of
white card stock before I fussy cut him.
I used an action wobbler to adhere the frog to the
card so it would wiggle when Gwen opened
the card.

The card did not disappoint, Gwen giggled when
she opened it and the frog was wiggling.
She loved it.

Thanks for stopping by to see what I've been up to.
Come again soon,
the next post will show you the gift I made for
Gwen for her birthday.
Until then, try something that is a little
different than what you usually make.
See you soon!

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.

Gift for Lennon

Hi!  Hope you're having a great day.

Today I'm showing you a gift I made for a little guy.

He turned 5 and absolutely loves dinosaurs.

This wasn't an easy and smooth process and I'll try to tell 

about my mistakes, so you don't also make them.

I started with a blank canvas, acrylic paints and Chap Stick.

Yes, I know that sounds strange, but I couldn't find my Microglaze and

thought I'd give the Chap Stick a try.

And I have to say it did work to a degree, but not as easily as

the Microglaze would have.

Here is a link to what I wanted to do with it.

I ended up not using it for the gift piece, but 

not because it wasn't working at all, I just didn't

have the time to play with it.

And of course guess what I found a couple days later?!?!

I know this might be hard to see, but it sure is hard to

photograph something that is clear.

I cut out a dinosaur design with Lennon's name on it

using my Silhouette Cameo and The Dinosaur Border Set

from the Silhouette Design Store.

I used a piece of acetate to make the stencil and mask.

I ran the stencil and mask through my large Xyron machine

and stuck the mask down onto the canvas.

I started painting with the lightest color that I had, which

was a pink.  I was going for a sunset/universe look.

I continued to add colors, one by one, lightest to darkest.

I also added the red to his name.

Then came the darker colors, blues and purples.

And BOOM that's when things went awry. 

It all looked fine, until I took the mask off and the paint

had bled under the mask and made a total mess.

So I began again.

I used a little different strategy for the second attempt.

I used a bit less paint, less water on my brush when cleaning

it between colors and was more careful about how I applied the 

paint, trying to brush out from the mask at all times.

This time the dinosaurs came out much better, but there was

still some bleeding, but no where near as bad this time

Then I laid the stencil part of the acetate over the painted

canvas to see exactly where the dinosaurs were and painted his name in

more carefully.

Once that was done, I took the stencil off and began 

painting all the white parts with black paint.

After a couple coats of black and some more red....

it was almost finished.

For a finishing touch, I used some white paint,

added a little water and used my paint brush to flick

spatters onto the sky.  

I did lay the mask over the dinosaurs before

flicking the white paint.

I also gave the dinosaurs red eyes and I was done.

Then I was on to the card.

I decided to make a card to match the gift.

I cut the dinosaurs and the 

Happy Birthday! 

from black card stock.

I used a star stamp and stamped the card with 

VersaMark Ink and heat embossed them with silver

embossing powder.

Here is a picture of the gift and card together.

The day of his party, I think Lennon was so overwhelmed

that he didn't really know all the gifts he got,

but his parents did and they both loved this gift.

I think it turned out pretty cool too.

Thanks for popping in to see what I've been creating.

Glad to have you here, come again soon.

Until next time,

have fun 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.

Baby Boy and B-day love

Hello Everyone!

Today I have a few cards to share with you.

A few weeks ago I shared this card and this one

using the same style and techniques that I used for these cards.

I needed a baby shower card and thought this would be perfect 

for it.

So I made this Baby Boy card.

I was playing with the colors and blending them

and had made 2 more heart panels and made them into 

birthday cards.

These are not standard sized cards, so I used my

We R Memory Keepers Envelope Punch Board

to make envelopes for them.

If you are interested in how I made this watercolor piece, 

you can see this video on Kristina Werner's Blog.

I get so much inspiration from her!

Thanks for stopping in today!

I've been away for a bit on a little vacation

and crafting weekend.

I'll be posting what I made on my weekend away

soon.

Until then, enjoy some creative 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.

2 Layouts

Hello crafty friends!

Today I have 2 layouts to show you.

On Christmas Eve my daughter, Kelsie, and I got a

little silly taking selfies together.

This layout is the result of that.

I love the relationship that I have with her,

mother, daughter and best friends.

Having an adult daughter is absolutely wonderful!

I'm so glad I have these pictures that show our

 silly side.

This layout is from Kelsie's 27th birthday.

We were out to dinner for her birthday, my hubby's birthday

and our anniversary.

Kelsie took a selfie with each of us.

The Mickey bracelet was a gift from her boyfriends

parents.

This page is about her birthday with her boyfriend,

Jason.  He made it very special for her.

I used their posts from Facebook for the journaling.

I love how this layout turned out,

I think it was her best birthday ever.

Thanks for stopping by today,

I hope you'll stop by again soon.

Until then,

Happy Crafting!

I pick you

Recently there was a local story about a

young boy that has cancer, the Mom was asking

for birthday cards for him as he was supposed to have

a birthday party, but because of the cancer and treatment

it had to be cancelled.

She said the cornier the better.

Here is what I came up with for him.

The background paper is some I made with 

alcohol inks and THIS technique.

The stamp is "Picking" from 

QKR Stampede,

I colored it with colored pencils,

and fussy cut it.

Here is the inside of the card.

I think this is something that will make a 

young boy laugh,

I sure hope so.

Thanks for stopping by today,

hope you have a fabulous day!

Come again soon,

until then have some fun crafting!

Dress Card

Hello blog friends!

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

Godchild, Andrea.

Andrea turned 4 the other day and there was a 

party on Sunday.

She is a very girlie girl and loves her dress up 

clothes and her Barbies.

I thought this card turned out perfect for her.

I already had a pattern that I had created for 

another project for the bodice of the dress,

so I traced that onto some card stock and cut it out.

For the skirt, I used a coffee filter.

I simply folded it a few times until it was the

size I needed, folded over the point 

that was the center of the filter,

wrapped it around the bodice and 

used ATG tape to adhere it.

I cut a scallop along the bottom and used

a gold pen to make dashes around the skirt to 

finish it off.

The 'belt' is some twisted cording/beading that

I had in my stash.

I had picked up a paper stack around Christmas

time for a very reasonably price, that was all 

gold foiled papers, the background paper is from that

stack, I don't remember the company name on it, but I 

picked it up at Michael's

The "Happy Birthday" is 

heat embossed with WOW

gold glitter embossing powder.

I think the card was a big hit,

I love how it turned out.

My niece said it was perfect for Andrea.

Thanks for stopping by today,

hope you will come again soon.

Until then, Happy Crafting!

Birthday box

Hello bloggy friends!

I recently bought a
We R Memory Keepers Envelope Punch Board

and I've been having a ball with it!

I've learned that there is more to be made with it

than just envelopes.

Today I'm showing you a little box that I created with it.

How fun is this?

I made the 'base' box with card stock and decorated it with

some shocking yellow card stock and patterned paper.

It doesn't look it in these pictures, but believe me that yellow card stock is so bright it hurts the eyes.

 

To get that patterned paper measured just right onto the yellow,

I used my Perfect Layers tools.

Cutting the mats just perfect with out measuring is so easy with

Perfect Layers.

Follow the link to find out more about these wonderful tools

and you will also see that you will receive a discount

with a special discount code provided for any purchase through my blog.

This discount is good for any of the items sold by

Perfect Paper Crafting

 

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

come again soon.

 

Until next time, Happy Crafting!

 

Floating by......

Hi stampers,  and everyone else too!

Today I'd like to show you a cute little "turtle" card.

I used "Floating Away" (#8201)

and "Cattails" (#11602)

Both these images are from QKR Stampede.

I used my trusty water color crayons to color the images as well as the background on this card.

The "Floating Away" image was fussy cut and adhered with foam tape to the background.

On the inside of the card I stamped a the "Cattails" again and thought the saying "Floating by to wish you a happy birthday" would be cute.

I left it blank so if I change my mind I can still write something else, perhaps

"Sorry I'm so slow in wishing you a happy birthday." if I need a belated birthday card.

I think he turned out pretty cute.  Let me know what you think by leaving me a comment.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Be sure to pop into the QKR Stampede shop where you will find lots of adorable turtle images, as well as many that can be used for birthdays or any occasion.

Until next time, Happy Crafting!