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Showing posts with label heat transfer vinyl. Show all posts
Showing posts with label heat transfer vinyl. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 19, 2025

Family Tee Shirts #2

Hello!
I hope you are having a lovely day.
Today I'm showing you some more of the shirts
I made for my family for Christmas 2024.
This shirt was for my son in law,
the grand kids love their Uncle Brad and
he is definitely a "funkle"
I made this one for my daughter in law, Sara.
She is a big Buffalo Bills fan and of course, 
Josh Allen is a favorite of ours.
I'm pretty proud of this one, as it was
quite a project to get the jumping Josh
just right.
This one was for my daughter, Kelsie.
She laughed when she saw it and loves it.
It's soooo her!
These are couple more 
Just Joshin' 
shirts I made after Christmas for Sara's Moms.
When they saw hers, they wanted their own,
so Sara had me make them for them.

Thanks for stopping in today,
I hope you enjoy what I have shown you
and are inspired in some way.
Come again soon,
you never know what you'll see on
Kristie Kreates.





 

Thursday, March 13, 2025

Book Box for Danielle

Good day!
Today I'm showing you a project I made for a friend
for Christmas.  She is my partner at My Happy Place
and I wanted to make something for her home library.
I had this shadow box frame and came up with this idea.
You can see that there is glass on the front of it.
There is a cushioned fabric piece in the frame/box.
I designed all the pieces and cut them with my 
I used my tiny craft iron to iron on all the
pieces.
I put names onto the books.
Trixie Belden is the author that started her love of reading.
Trixie is also her puppy's name.
A Prayer for Owen Meany is her favorite book
and Janet Evanovich is one of her favorite authors
She is a big Buffalo Bills fan,
so I added Go Bills to the tea cup.
I'm really proud of how this project turned out
and she loved it too.
This is something she can hang on a wall or set on
a shelf or table.









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.





 

Saturday, March 1, 2025

Family Tee Shirts

Hello and welcome!
Today I have a few shirts to show you.
Every Christmas for the past few years, I've made
some shirts for my family.
These are 3 of the ones I made this past Christmas.
When I saw this idea, I had to make it for my son.
He has quite a beard and I knew he'd love it.
This is one I made for my grandson, Asher.
He is definitely "Seriously Handsome and Awesome"
I made this one for my husband, Dave.
He loves it and has worn it many times.
All these shirts were designed on my 
Shilhouette Design Studio program on my computer
and cut with my Silhouette Cameo from
I pressed the HTV onto the shirts with an iron.
I have a heat press, but have found that an iron 
works just as well and is much easier and more
convenient.

Thanks for stopping by today to check out what I've
been creating.
I hope you will come again soon.
Until then,
create something fun!








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.




 

Wednesday, February 19, 2025

Special Order Shirts

Good day!
When my cousin's wife messaged me and asked if
I could make some special order shirts for them
for Christmas, I was up for the job.
They needed 13 shirts all with different images
and names on them.
Each person has a nickname and that was to be
on the back of the shirt and on the front an image
to represent their name.
She gave me permission to create them with 
whatever I thought up, although they did give me
some ideas.
Here are a few of those shirts
This was for Sarah, whose nick name is 
below.
I love how it turned out.
The color is actually the color in the first picture,
don't know why it looks so different.
I don't really know if Babeless Chaps is some 
character or what, but these chaps was
the best I could do for this name.
They did turn out good though.

My cousin's name is Carla and we used to call her
Car all the time when we were young.
Her nickname is Car-Car.
She used to own a white Mustang convertible, so I found
one that I could create for her shirt and put
2 of them on the front of the shirt.

Shantelle  is called Shani.
They suggested this pop for her shirt.
I had never heard of it, but found pictures online.
It's a berry flavored pop that isn't sold in the US.

Another character I'd never heard of is 
Doop, but there were plenty of pictures online.
Apparently this character has to do with with
Marvel comics.

Sofia is called Soap,
so a bar of soap it was.
Thanks for stopping by today,
I'll have another post soon, showing
the rest of the shirts.
I hope you'll come back to see what else
I've been up to.
Until then,
have fun crafting, no matter what kind
of crafts you do.



 

Saturday, January 25, 2025

Grand Kids Shirts

Welcome!
If you have followed me for a while, you might know
that I love to make tee shirts with HTV
(heat transfer vinyl) for my family for Christmas.
Today I'm sharing a couple of the shirts I made
for my grandkids.
Our granddaughter Marie is 5 yrs old.
She is pretty small and last year, in pre K she
was bullied because of her size.
I always tell her she is perfectly petite and
I thought this shirt would be perfect for her.
I love the saying and hope she will feel this way
about herself.
Asher loves Sonic, so I decided that
he should have a shirt with Sonic on it.
I think this will be a favorite to wear when he
visits Auntie Kelsie and Uncle Brad, as Sonic
is Uncle Brad's favorite character.  In fact he has
a Sonic tattoo on his leg.

Thanks for stopping in today, I hope you
are inspired in some way and will stop by again soon.
Until then,
enjoy crafting!



 

Thursday, January 18, 2024

Crafty Girl Shirt

Hello everyone!
I hope 2024 is starting out well for y'all.
I'm sorry it's been so long since I've posted anything.
It was a crazy couple of months here with holidays
and such.  Then covid hit the family again.  Once that
was over we went on to something flu-like.
Hopefully, now I'm back again.
I have a little catching up to do, so some of these posts
might be a little out of season.
Today I'm showing you a shirt I made for Marie.
I got a larger sized tee shirt and made it into a crafting
shirt for her.  She loves her crafts and the shirt we have
has gotten a little small on her, so she was in need of
something new, to go along with the craft supplies 
we were giving her.
I created the design with my 
Silhouette Studio Designer Edition software and 
cut it with my Silhouette Cameo from 
Heat Transfer Vinyl.
The really fun thing is that the font I used is one that
Marie created herself.
Kelsie and Sara have started their own business,
with resin and hope to eventually have other
items to sell.  One of them is fonts for 
use with Silhouettes, Cricuts and such.
Marie made her own font and it's called
"Scribbles"
I love how this turned out and Marie loves it too.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you'll come again soon.
Until then,
have fun crafting.

 

Tuesday, November 21, 2023

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 
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.







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.



 

Monday, August 8, 2022

Shirts for Pirate Night on Disney Cruise

Good day matey!
I hope you're having a great day.
I have a couple friends that are going on a
Disney Cruise this month and they asked me
if I could help them with a couple shirts for 
the pirate night party.
We had done some together before for a different
event, and I was glad to help them out.
This time I asked if they would be okay with
me doing heat transfer vinyl.
They were happy with that idea and gave me
full reign over the designs.
Here is what I came up with. 
I found some ideas online and went with them
and put my own spin on them.
As I always say, "inspiration, not imitation"
I'm sorry the pictures aren't the greatest,
I had a very difficult time getting decent pictures,
no matter where I took the them.
I think this came out great.
I'm particularly happy with this shirt.
I think Captain Jack came out great.
I googled quotes by Capt. Jack and found
this one and thought it was perfect for my
friend. 
"Not all treasure is silver and gold mate!"
Here's another picture of  Capt. Jack
It looks a little skewed, because it was hanging when I 
took the picture, but you get the idea.
My friends loved the shirts and I'm so glad
they did, because I loved making them.

Thanks for stopping by today.
I hope you'll come again soon,
until then,
happy crafting!
  

 

Sunday, January 9, 2022

D&D Bag

Good day!
My son, Jaryd, is into Dungeons and Dragons
and plays with his group of friends on a regular
basis. For Christmas my daughter, Kelsie, got him
some D&D items.  She wanted to have a storage bag 
to put all the items into for him to keep them together.
I, being the saver that I am, have many canvas bags of the
type she wanted.  I had several sizes, luckily, the blue one 
was just the right size and what she needed.
I hope no one is offended by the language on this bag,
but this was the order that I received from her.
software and cut it from silver heat transfer vinyl 
I used a Harry Potter font, as this has a D&D kind of feel to it.
I applied the vinyl to the bag with my heat press
and it was done.
Kelsie and Jaryd were both thrilled with how it turned
out.  I'm sure he'll be using it for years to come.

Thanks for stopping by today,
I hope you have learned something and/or somehow
been inspired.
Come again soon,
until then,
play a fun game.






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.



 

Monday, July 12, 2021

Choose Your Weapon D&D Shirt

Hello crafty people!
Welcome to Kristie Kreates!
Today I have a tee shirt to show you.
Jaryd and Sara asked me to make this shirt
for my #2 son, Jaryd's best friend, Brian.
How could I turn them down, Brian is my #2 after all?!?!
Jaryd and his group of friend play Dungeons and Dragons
on a regular basis and have for quite some time.
They gave me the design and I cut the 
then applied it to a black tee shirt with 
my heat press.
They gave it to Brian for his birthday and he loved it,
wore it the next time the got together to play.
It's hard to see in the pictures, but the htv is metallic silver.
I'm glad it turned out so nice and that Brian
liked it.

Thanks for stopping by for a visit,
I hope you enjoyed your time here and maybe
were in inspired in some way.
Come again soon, until then,
make something fun 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.

Wednesday, February 10, 2021

Tee shirts

Hello!
Today I have some tee shirts that I made 
as gifts for Christmas.
I created these with my 
Silhouette Studio Designer Edition software
and cut them with my Silhouette Cameo.
I created this for my husband.
He is a photographer and sells his work
at art shows.
I created this one myself using 
a picture that I traced for the photographer
and a background that is in my library.
I overlapped the background in a couple layers
to create something new.
The HTV (heat transfer vinyl) that I used is
that Sara bought for me to play with.
It's hard to see in the pictures, but 
this HTV changes color with light
and movement.  You can see the two pictures
look like different colors, but are actually the same,
just from a different angle.
This HTV is a lot of fun to work with.
I used the same kind on the
"Yoda-Potter" shirts that I made for
Jaryd, Sara and Marie,
just with a different color.
This is the one I made for my daughter,
Kelsie.  She has an instagram  called
clumsy_girl_makeup
and thought this would be perfect for her.
She is very talented, if you are interested in
make up at all, check her out on Instagram.
These images were from files that I purchased through
The Design Store from Silhouette
Lots of layering on this one, but it turned out great.
Kelsie's boyfriend, Brad, loves his
Marvel and superheroes.
His favorite it The Hulk, so I 
made this for him.
The green HTV is also the Cameleon HTV
I even made one for myself,
couldn't not have one in my stocking!
The words are done with the 
Cameleon HTV.
All other HTV on this and the other shirts are just 
plain old HTV that I have in many colors in my stash.
I love how my shirt turned out,
I seldom make something for myself and I'm so glad I made this.


Thanks for coming by today,
I hope you have found something that inspires you.
Come again soon and see what else I've been up to.
Until then,
create something for yourself!







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.







 

Tuesday, February 2, 2021

Auntie and Cat Mom

Hello crafty people!
Are you the family craft person?
Well, I am.  If there is something that 
the family wants or needs to make, they come
to me.  Especially when it comes to HTV
(heat transfer vinyl)
At Christmas time I had a few requests and
these are a couple of them.
Our granddaughter's name is Marie, so
Marie from Aristocats is a favorite.
Jaryd asked me if I could make this shirt for
Sara, so of course, I said yes.
I already had the files for Marie, so it was
easy peasy.
They also have 2 cats which made this perfect
for Sara.
This one was a request from Sara for Marie
to give our daughter, her Auntie Kelsie.
Marie and Kelsie have a wonderful relationship
that I'm sure will keep growing over time.
Both of the girls loved their shirts.

Thanks for stopping by today, I'll be posting some 
more of the shirts that I made for Christmas soon.
We each got one in our Christmas stocking this year.
Even me!
Come again soon and see what else I created in the last
few months.
Until then,
have fun creating!