Thanksgiving Turkey Card

Hello everyone!

I hope you are having a wonderful day.

Do you send out Thanksgiving cards?  
Sometimes I do and some times I don't.

I happened to find this turkey all colored and 

ready to go, in my stash.

I fussy cut him and added him to a

pieced panel that I had just made.

I thought the colors were perfect for a 

fall/Thanksgiving themed card.

On the inside I used a small strip of the 

front panel that I had cut off, just to

give it a little more interest.

I think I'll be sending this card to my

100 yr old Aunt in North Carolina.

Who doesn't love to receive a card in the mail?

If you send out cards for Thanksgiving, have

you made them yet?

Thanks for coming to spend a little time

here, I hope you have been inspired in some way.

Come again soon.

Until then,

get those cards made and 

ready to go.

 

Inspire Card

Good day everyone!

A couple posts ago I shared a 

herringbone background like this one.

Here is another card I made with the pieces

I made in my play session

I used some left over pieces from my stash

to make this background, so it was a good 

'use your stash' project.

I happened to have a scrap of card stock sitting

on my work area with butterflies on it.

So I fussy cut one of them and added it to

the card.

The sentiment was from an old set from my

stash.

When you have some scraps on hand, or a background

piece that you have made and put into your stash,

it's easy and fast to get a card together.

Thanks for spending some time with me today.

I hope you'll come again soon.

Until then,

use your stash.

 

Halloween Card

Hello!  Happy fall.

Since it's now officially fall, I'm showing you

a little Halloween card that I made.

I had seen this technique for the background and

had made a few pieces to try it out.

I then found some images that I had colored and 

had been in my stash for a while.

I thought one of my grand children would love it,

so I fussy cut it and added it to the front of the card.

I used foam tape to adhere the image to the 

card to give it some dimension.

I think this turned out very cute.

Do you send out Halloween cards?

Thanks for stopping by today, I hope

you have been inspired in some way.

Come again soon.

Until then,

embrace the season.

 

Alcohol Ink Stash Card

Good day to you all!

Today I have a card that I made when I decided to 

just use papers from my stash of  background papers 

that I made in the past.

I challenged myself to use this background piece that

I wasn't all that crazy about.

I decided to embrace the circles, so I punched out

the scalloped circles from another piece from my stash,

then the small circles from a scrap of the orange piece.

I layered them up and adhered it to a scrap of yellow card stock.

I stamped the sentiment on another scrap of yellow card stock.

Added onto a white card base and it was done.

This is a little different than my usual style,

but I think I did pretty good with a piece I didn't care for.

Thanks for coming by to check out what I've been creating.

I hope you'll come again soon.

Until then,

try working with something different and out of your

comfort zone.

 

Spin Painting Clean Up #2

Hello and welcome!

Today I have a couple more cards that I made

with the clean up from doing spin painting with 

Marie.
This is the paint that was dried onto the inside

of the salad spinner after making some 

spin painting prints.
I simply peeled it off and glued it to 

pieces of card stock.

I wanted to do something a little different for this

card, so I adhered the piece with the paint onto 

a piece of white card stock.
I folded that and adhered it to a piece of

heavy weight hand made paper.
The hand made paper was torn to A2 size.

Inside I stamped this sentiment from my stash.

I love how this card turned out, it's a little outside

the box for me and I love it.

I had this small piece of "paint clean up" on an odd

sized piece of card stock, so I cut it down to add

to the side of a card.

I then added the sentiment onto black card stock and

onto a piece of mulberry paper.  
I left the inside blank on this one.

So glad you stopped by today,

I hope you have been inspired in some way

and will come again.

Until then,

use something that is usually thrown away

to make something creative.

 

For Journal, Layout, or Card

Good day crafters!

Today I have a simple little piece to show you.

A couple posts ago, I showed you a card that I

made using an embossed background.
I only used part of the background for that card and

wanted to do something with the other half.
This is what I made.  Quick, simple and it can

be used in several different ways.

I simply punched out a star from a scrap piece of

corrugated card, adhered it to the background 

piece and stamped 'Shine' onto the piece.

Done!
This can be used to add to the front of a card base,

as a journalling card for a scrapbook layout,

or for a tag or card in a junk journal.
It could even be used on the front of a

journal or note book/pad.

I think I will probably use it in one

of the junk journals that I'm making.

This is just another way to make use of your scraps,

this piece measures approximately 3x4"

Thanks to coming by to see what I've been

 working on lately.

I hope you have found some inspiration here and

will come again soon.

Until then,  

use your scraps!

 

"Mickey" Cards

Hello creative people!

Today I have a couple cards to show you.

I decided that I wanted to send a card to my

2 great nephews, they are going to Disney for

a vacation, so I thought something Mickey themed would

be perfect.

It's hard to see the background paper under the

patterned vellum, but it is a piece that I created

with alcohol inks.  The blue and green were a great

match for that piece.  I adhered the vellum piece to the

inked piece with Bearly Arts Glue, I love that glue,

it is great for vellum and barely shows on the 'clear' 

spots, and doesn't show at all in the areas that are printed,

even though they are translucent.

I decided to use some corrugated paper that I had in my

stash as a mat on the card and I love the look.

I then made this card with the same technique, but

with different colors.  I decided to add the Mickey head,

but it needed something to make it stand out on the card.
I punched a circle from the corrugated paper and 

mounted the Mickey head and that did the trick.

This is the card I sent to the boys, hopefully they will

like it as much as I do.

I've been challenging myself to use up scraps and 

to think outside the box lately and I'm having a 

great time doing that.  These cards are very different

than what I usually create and I love them.

Thanks for stopping by today, I'm always

glad to have you check out what I've been up to.

I hope you'll come again soon.

Until then,

use those scraps!

 

Post It Notes Holders

Hello everyone!
My last post showed a few cards I found while

reorganizing my craft room.

Today I'm showing you some Post It Note holders 

that I also found.

These are very simple to make. 
I'm thinking I need to use them as little stocking stuffers,

or perhaps as part of goodie bags at our next crop.

My husband always has scrap matting, so I have plenty to

use in my crafting.  You could use any kind of chip board

or even cereal boxes, which you may have to glue 2 together, so 

they would be strong enough.  Use what you have.

I cut the mats into 4"x4" pieces and rounded the corners.

You don't have to round the corners, but I just like the look.

One piece was covered with scrapbook paper.
The other I cut 2 sides of a triangle, as shown above,

and bent it back to make a stand.

The cut across the bottom is 1.5" across.
I measured up from the end of that cut, about 3" and cut

diagonally from the other end of the cut up to the 3" mark.

This worked out perfectly.

Before adhering the 2 pieces together I added some ribbon across 

the top of the front piece, about 1" down from the top,

gluing it only on the back of the piece.

I also added some embellishments to the upper right corner.

Then I glued the 2 pieces together.
The Post It Note pad easily slips over the ribbon and this 

can sit on a desk or counter and have notes handy at any time.

Here are a few of the other holders that I found.

I think they are pretty cute and are great for using up some of

your scraps.  They make a nice little gift and are very

inexpensive to make.

I'm glad you stopped in today,

and I hope you have been inspired in some way.

Maybe you'll use some of your scraps to make 

some of these, they are easy peasy.

Come again soon,

until then

find a use for some of you scraps!

Guardian Angel

Hi!

It's getting to be that time of year again.

Time to work on Christmas decorations and

gifts.

Last year our granddaughter, Marie, was 1 yr old.

It was her 2nd Christmas, but the first year that she

had a clue about what was going on.

Marie has a "Guardian Angel" that

she will receive a little gift from each

Christmas.  Her angel has decided that she

will always receive an angel of some kind from her.

In 2020 she received this little angel ornament.

Here is a tutorial on how to make this

angel ornament.

Thanks for stopping in today,

I hope you'll give these little ornaments a try.

They are really very easy to make and look lovely

on a tree.

Come again soon,

you never know what you'll find on 

Kristie Kreates!

 

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.

 

Painting With Leaves

Hello blog friends!

Welcome back, I'm glad you've stopped in today.

Today I'm showing you a card I made with some scraps

from a background that I made.

I gathered some leaves and used them like stamps with 

paints.  I simply painted the leaves, then pressed them onto some

white card stock, then lifted the leaves.

The background turned out beautifully, I used it for a larger

project that I will show in a future post.

I'm so glad I kept the scrap pieces, as they really made a 

beautiful card.

I used metallic gold card stock to accent the gold in the

leaf prints and I love the effect.

The metallic look of the gold paint and card stock

doesn't show up in the pictures, but in real life it's beautiful.

I hope you have been inspired in some way today,

maybe to use something different or out of the ordinary 

as a stamp, or maybe just to use your scraps.
Come again soon,

until then: 

Try something new and different!

 

Flowers and Hearts

Hello crafters!

Today I have some cards and book marks to show you.

I recently saw a video, I'm sorry I don't know whose 

it was, and she made flowers with hearts.

I took the idea and went with it and here's what I 

came up with.

I used scrap pieces of backgrounds that I made with

alcohol inks.

Some hearts I punched, but most of the large ones

I cut freehand.

Thanks for coming by today.

I hope y'all are doing well and keeping

yourselves busy during this health crisis.

Maybe you can use up some of your scraps

to make some cards or book marks like these.

You can use any kind of paper and they 

will turn out cute.

Until next time,

stay safe, stay healthy and stay busy.