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.

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Journal for Watercolor Practicing.

Hello crafty people!

I wanted to show y'all another journal I made.

Yes, I've been obsessed with making journals lately.

This one I specifically made for myself and put watercolor

pages into it.  I need a place where I can do some

practicing with my watercolors and this will be perfect

for that. 

For the front I used this alcohol ink flower piece that I

had in my stash.

For the binding, I used a piece of goldish fabric.

I love how it turned out and I'm sure I'll love 

doing some practicing in this journal.

Hopefully I'll see some progress through out the book.

Thanks for stopping by today.

I hope you have been inspired in some way.

Come again soon, until then:
give something new a try!

Stenciled Flower Card

Good day to y'all!

Today I have a card that I made just for the

heck of it.  I wanted to play around in my 

craft room so made this card.

This is made with one of my favorite stencils.

I'm sorry I can't tell you anything about it,

except that I picked it up at 

Tuesday morning quite a while ago

and I love it.

I used some metallic paint from Art C,

which I can't find a link to anywhere,

I got it on clearance a while ago at 

one of the craft stores.

I matted the print with some gold card stock,

then a piece of heavy mulberry paper, then

adhered it to a card base.

I think it's a lovely card that can be used for

any occasion.

I'm glad you stopped by today and I hope

you were inspired in some way.

Come again soon,

until then: 

craft for the fun of it!