Back to summer!

 Summer is back on Kristie Kreates!

The last couple posts have been Christmas in July posts, but now I'm back to summer!

I love summer!  It's my favorite season of the year.

I love the hot weather, the sun, the flowers, summer fun and summer clothes,

no coats - yippee!

I have a tag to show you today.

I used "Shell Pattern" (#29001)

one of the wonderful Pattern/3-D stamps from Eureka! Stamps

Each pattern/3-D stamp comes with directions on how to use these stamps and make your 3-D piece.

I simply stamped the image onto card stock, shaded it a bit with some chalks, cut it out, scored it, used a little bit of glue to put it together and that was it.  Easy peasy!

For the tag, I used blue Distress Inks, applied with foam pad applicators.  I used a Mini Mister to give it a little spritz of water.  This gives it a little bit of texture and more of a 'watery' look.

The 'sand' at the bottom of the tag was done by tearing strips of kraft card stock, distressing them with my fingernail and layering them on top of one another.

The "Summer" is from my stash and and is part of a set from We R Memory Keepers.

Tags are great to use on scrapbook layouts, on gifts or just as a little greeting to someone.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Feel free to leave a comment and become a follower.  I'd love to hear what you think.

And hop on over to the Eureka! Stamps site and check out those pattern/3-D stamps, they really are pretty cool.

Until next time, Happy crafting!

Christmas in July with Eureka! Stamps design team

It's Christmas in July with the Eureka! Stamps design team!

If you have happened upon the hop because you stopped by my blog, you can start right here, as I'm the first of the design team on the hop.

The Eureka! Stamps Blog is the official starting point and has a list of all the blogs to visit. If you have a problem, you can always hop on back to the

Eureka! blog and get back on track. 

Be sure to comment on the blogs as you go, to give youself as many chances as possible to win a free stamp of your choice from Eureka! Stamps.

You also will have a chance by following the Eureka! Stamps Blog and following QKR Stampede on Facebook. 

The official start is at 8a.m. so if all the links aren't functioning, please be patient, they will be soon.

You don't want to miss any of the wonderful inspiration

the design team has to offer so be sure to hop through all the blogs.

If you have come from Eureka's blog you are on the right track.

Today I'm sharing a scrapbook layout that I made with pictures from my family Christmas tree hunt 2010.  While the guys were doing the tree cutting, Kelsie and I were getting silly and modeling for one another.

The poinsettia was made using Eureka! Stamps

"Poinsettia Pattern" (#30401)

This is one of the wonderful 3-D stamps that Eureka! offers.

You stamp the image, cut it out, score on the lines indicated and piece the flower together.  It really is quite simple.  Each 3-D stamp comes with directions on how to make these lovely pieces.

Here is a close up of the poinsettia.  It does come with leaves also, but I chose not to use them for on this layout.  This flower can be made to have even more dimension, but for this layout I didn't want too much bulk as it could get smootched (that's a technical scrapping term, LOL) in my scrapbook. 

It's all up to you, when you use these stamps.  Lots of dimension, or a little.  Either way they turn out beautiful.

I hope you will pop on over to the Eureka! Stamps shop and check out all the beautiful Christmas and pattern/3-D stamps that are offered.

It's a great time to get started on your Christmas cards, or maybe use some stamps on your scrapbook layouts like I did.

Now it's time to hop on and see what the talented Holly has to show you.  I'm sure it will be something wonderful.  

Thanks for stopping by, be sure to leave me a comment and become a follower.

 Until next time, Happy Crafting! 

Not too early......

Hello!  Hope you are all enjoying beautiful summer weather.

Why? 

Because I'm going to throw you a curve ball by saying

It's not too early to be thinking about Christmas.

I know, it's only July and the weather is hot and beautiful,

we don't want to think about snow and cold!

But, if you are going to make your Christmas cards,

this is a great time to get started.

Today I am showing you a Christmas card I made with 2 images from

QKR Stampede.

I used "Tree" (#14501) and "Sleigh & Reindeer" ( #15705)

I heat embossed "Sleigh & Reindeer" onto blue card stock with silver embossing powder. 

At the bottom of the blue, I swiped the VersaMark pad across the bottom and embossed with puffy white embossing powder to make the snow mounds.

I dotted VersaMark and embossed the 'snowflakes' also.

"Tree" was stamped onto green card stock with Versa Mark ink and heat embossed with white puffy embossing powder.  Then I fussy cut and layered it onto the card with foam tape.

I layered this scene onto red card stock and adhered it to a white card stock base to finish off the card.

You can find these and so many more wonderful images that you can use to get your Christmas cards started at

QKR Stampede. 

Pop on over to the store and have a look around, there is sure to be something you'll love.

Thanks for stopping by! 

Leave a comment, become a follower.

Until next time, Happy Crafting!

Wedding Scrapbook continued

Hello!  Hope you are having some beautiful weather where you are.  We are here in the Buffalo, NY area.  Let's hope it continues!

Today I thought I'd share a few more of the layouts from the Wedding Scrapbook.

I hope you enjoy seeing them.

Renee, getting ready for the wedding.

Some of my family. 

Sorry for the poor photos of the layout!

More family.

Family and friends waiting for the ceremony.

Parents of the bride and groom.  My brother is the handsome guy with the darker suit and my sister in law is the pretty gal in the upper right hand corner.

Happy parents on both sides.

That's it for today, quick and easy.  Hope you enjoyed them.

Leave me a comment and let me know and like I said above, sorry for the horrible photos, but it's all I have.

Until next time, Happy Crafting!



Same stamp different looks

Hello! 

Tonight I was straightening my craft room and found these 3 cards on my table and realized I'd never shared them with y'all.

All 3 are made with the same stamp, but colored differently and made into different layouts. They are made with the "Butterfly and Sunflower" stamp (#20801)  from Eureka! Stamps.

I stamped them all onto watercolor paper and colored them with watercolor crayons.

My favorite crafting motto is "There are no mistakes, just opportunities to be creative."  This card is a perfect example of that motto.  I had the front of the card all done, had put some "Liquid Pearls" on the lower corner and put it aside to dry.  If you have ever worked with them, you know that Liquid Pearls take a while to dry.  I set them aside and went on to work on something else.  About 15 minutes later, I realized that I had put something right on top of that card.  What a mess, so I cut the bottom of the front off. 

Now I had a card front that was short.  My solution?  I punched out the swirls and flowers with an edge punch and added them to the bottom of the inside.  I like how it turned out.  Sometimes 'goofs' are a good thing.

I have been wanting to make some cards with lace on them and I was pleased with the way this one turned out.  I love the look of lace and think this is going to be used a bit more from now on.

This third card doesn't show in the picture as well as I would like it to, that blue layer is actually glitter card stock.  I got some wonderful colors of glitter card stock when I visited my friend, Mary and we went to Crafts 2000 in Michigan.  I haven't used much of that glitter card stock, but it's another supply I think I will be using more.

I hope you have enjoyed my cards today.  Leave me a comment and let me know what you think of them, become a follower if you like.

And be sure to stop in to the Eureka! Stamps shop and see all the fabulous images they have to offer. 

Until next time, Happy Crafting!

Wedding pages

Hi everybody! 

 I just realized that I haven't been posting any pictures from the Wedding Scrapbook, so I thought I'd put up a few.

First let me apologize for the poor quality of the photos, I was having a very tough time with reflections and lighting.  I didn't want to remove all the pages from the protective covers, so sorry, you'll have to suffer with the reflections.  LOL!

These first 3 layouts are of the bachlorette party.  Unfortunately, I wasn't there, but Renee had plenty of pictures posted on her facebook page the I could lift.

In the first LO in the upper left is the invitation to the bachlorette, Renee ask me to make the invitations for here and I loved doing it.  I thought I had posted them at the time, but I don't see the post anywhere.

This layout shows the "older generations"  Pictures with Renee's Mom and Aunt and my Mom and Sister in Law, Joel's Mom, and a group picture.

I lifted all these pictures from her facebook of Renee with her friends.

Now on to the wedding.  This page is the beginning of the wedding section of the book.

This has an invitation, directions to the location and a recipe request card that was sent with the invites.  (I designed and printed the recipe cards for her too)

They used peacock feathers in the wedding, so I tried to get them into the book too.  The peacock feathers on the right side are stamped with a stamp from Eureka! Stamps.

Below you can see a close up of the stamped feather.

I hope you have enjoyed these pages of the Wedding Scrapbook.  I'll post more soon, well that is if I don't forget again.

There are a lot more to see!

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you enjoyed this post, leave me a comment and let me know what you think.

Until next time, Happy Crafting.

Beautiful Butterfly card

Hello all you beautiful people!

It wasn't hard for me to decide that I wanted this beautiful

"Butterfly Background" (#58501) from Eureka! Stamps.

I knew I would love using it and once I had stamped it onto watercolor paper and started to color it with my watercolor crayons, I loved it even more.

Inside I used:

"Happiness Like a Butterfly" (#40403) also from Eureka! Stamps

I love this beautiful sentiment.

Eureka! has many wonderful sentiments, if you are like me, and are short on sentiment stamps, Eureka! is the place to go!

To add the butterfly at the bottom of the inside, I stamped it with VersaFine Black Onyx ink onto white paper and fussy cut it.  Then adhered it with Tombow Mono Multi Glue.

Thanks for stopping by today.  I hope you enjoy my Beautiful Butterfly card as much as I enjoyed making it.

I'd love to hear what you think, so leave me a comment.

Until next time, Happy Crafting!