Small Poppy Card

Welcome to Kristie Kreates!

Today I have a little card to show you.  I made it

with a poppy that I had stamped and colored, but never

 used.

I fussy cut the image and used foam tape

to give a little dimension to the card.

I mounted the poppy onto light green card stock

then onto a white card base.
This is a small card that could be used as a gift enclosure,

or it could be sent through the mail as long as it's in

an envelope that is large enough.
This is one of my favorite stamps and is 

from Stacy Stamps, but apparently she has gone

out of business, as her website no longer seems to exist.

Thanks for spending some time with me today,

come again soon.

Until then,

use some favorite stamps and supplies.

 

Birthday Cards from Self Challenge

Hello everyone!

My last post was about a self challenge,

this is a continuation of that challenge.

I had these poppy images colored and just

waiting for the right time to use them.

And I found it.

I fussy cut this image with a small white boarder and

adhered it to a blue card base.  

The sentiment was heat embossed with white

embossing powder.

This Happy Birthday sentiment is from a 
Kelly Creates set

The card didn't look complete until I used a 

Uni-ball signo broad white pen 

to add the dash lines around the card.

For the sentiment I used this one from 
Impression Obsession Stamps, but 
I couldn't find it sold anywhere online.

Next I fussy cut this image and made a card with it.

I love the colors on this card and poppies are one of 

my favorite flowers.

Again I use a Happy Birthday sentiment for this card

and the same sentiment inside the card.

I think these were the two easiest cards that I made

while doing this challenge.  What could be easier than 

using a beautiful image that I had already colored?

Thanks for coming by today, I hope you have been 

inspired in some way and will come again soon.

Until then,

use your stash!

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.

 

Wedding Card

Hello!

Welcome to Kristie Kreates.

Today I have a special wedding card to show you.

I have known Brian since he and my son, Jaryd,

were 3 yrs old and met in nursery school.

Our families have been close ever since and

Jaryd and Brian have been best friends since.

They were best man in each others weddings and

Brian is my #2 son.

He recently got married to a lovely young lady.

  I wanted to make a special card for them

and this is what I came up with.

I cut the 

"wedding couple and arch"

was cut on my Silhouette Cameo with a file

I bought from the Silhouette Design Store.

I then stamped the Poppies from Stacy Stamps

 onto terracotta colored

card stock with VersaFine Onyx Black ink.  

I shaded the images with Arteza colored pencils

and fussy cut them.

Their wedding colors were olive and terracotta, so

this combination worked our perfectly for their

card.

I used foam tape and 3 in 1 glue to adhere the flowers

to the card to give it some dimension.

For the inside of the card I wrote a personal note.

I absolutely LOVE how this card turned out

and I hope they did too.

Thanks for stopping by today.

I hope you like this card as much as I do

and have been inspired in some way.

Come again soon.

Until then,

create something outside your box.

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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,

I am in no way promoting any particular site.

 

Happy Birthday Aunt Marilyn

Hello!  I hope you're having a wonderful day.

Today I have a birthday card to show you.

My Aunt Marilyn turned 98 today (Sept. 29th)

She lives in North Carolina and I haven't seen her

for quite some time now.
Covid has changed so much!

I wanted to make her something beautiful

so I used one of my favorite stamp sets.

I stamped "Poppies" from Stacy Stamps

onto white card stock with VersaFine Onyx Black

ink and colored them with my Arteza colored pencils.

I fussy cut them and adhered them to a card base.

The happy birthday sentiment is from 
Lawn Fawn Scripty Words set

also stamped with VersaFine ink.

Since this card was an odd size, I made

an envelope to send it in.
I think she'll be happy to receive a pretty 

card for her birthday.

Thanks for stopping in today,

I hope you'll come again soon.

Until then,

make someone smile.

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.

 

Birthday Card and Envelope

Hello everyone and welcome!

Today I have a card and envelope to share with you.

I needed a birthday card for a friend and chose this one

from my stash.  I'm sure I have shared this one with you before.

I was inspired by Cee Cee who is one of my favorite watercolor

artists.  I follow her on YouTube and Instagram
Creationsceecee

She has very calming videos and her work is beautiful.

I wanted to make this special, so decided to make a

mail art envelope for the card.
The card itself is an uncommon size, so I made an envelope for

it with my 

We R Memory Keepers Envelope Punch Board

I used 1070AA ZINNIAS

from Stacy Stamps

and colored them with my 

Arteza colored pencils.

I think it will make her smile when she receives it.

Thanks for stopping by today to see what I've been creating

lately.  Hope you'll come again soon.

You never know what you'll see on 
Kristie Kreates.

Challenge Swap #2

Hello crafty people!

I'm in an online group of friends and crafters

and we're doing a monthly challenge swap.

Today I'm showing you the card I did for the 2nd 

challenge.  It was my turn to choose the theme

and I chose "friendship"

I got to send my project to one of my closest friends,

so this was perfect for me.

I started by playing with some alcohol inks on

Yupo. I can't tell you which colors I used,

I just chose them and got to work playing.

This is how my first piece turned out and I loved

the color combination.

I made a couple more pieces with the same colors,

but blended them a little bit more.

I then used Alcohol Lift Ink to lift the Poppies image from

the ink on the Yupo.

I stamped what I picked up onto a piece of white card

stock, you'll see that later.

I loved the colors with this stamped image, 

so I started stamping on vellum and loved the results.

I cut a couple masks and stamped over this sheet of vellum.

I then laid it over the bright colored piece that

was my original creation.

I trimmed it down and adhered the vellum by 

folding it over the sides of the base piece,

using ATG tape on the back to hold it in place, then 

mounted it onto a white card stock base.

I use my computer to print the sentiment and adhered the

pieces to the front of the card.

I then took the pieces that I lifted the ink from and

played with them a little more, by adding some 

alcohol to them and this is what I got.

I love that you can just add more alcohol, and ink

if you want, and get more use out of the pieces.

I used the 2 pieces inside the card with the rest of the 

sentiment.

The flower in the bottom corner is the original

one that I stamped from lifting the ink.

I stamped it and fussy cut it, then added it

to the inside of the card.

The card was an odd size, so I made my own envelope

with my Envelope Punch Board.

I lifted another bit of ink and stamped the envelope with 

a matching flower.

I loved making this card and sending it to one of

my closest friends.

I think she loved receiving it too.

Thanks for stopping by today,

I hope you learned something and/or have been

inspired in some way.

I hope to see you again soon.

Until then,

make something for someone you love.

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.

Birthdays

Hello!

I hope you are having a good day.

Today I'm showing you a few birthday cards that I made.

These 2 were made with one of my favorite stamps.

I used 3101AA POPPIES from Stacy Stamps.

Stamped them onto white card stock with 

Onyx Black Versa Fine Ink and colored them

with my Fantasia Colored Pencils.

The sentiment is 

(43844) Happy Birthday Unmounted Stamp

from Biblical Impressions, sold through

Stamp On It

This is a Stampendous stamp, but I can't find

anywhere to link it.

I stamped it onto white card stock with 

Color Box Fluid Chalk Ink

 and colored it with my 

colored pencils.

I hope the people I send them to

enjoy them as much as I enjoyed 

making them.

Thanks for stopping by today,

Come again soon,

until then

create something beautiful!

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.

pastel smooching

Hello!

I hope your day is going well.

The card I'm showing you today is one I made

to have on hand for when I need a birthday card.

I used this piece for the background from my stash.

I again used the smooching method to make this background.

I smooched Distress Inks onto a piece of acetate, added water 

then smooched it onto a piece of water color paper, 

to get a beautiful background.

I thought these flowers from 

The Floral Minis Stamp Set

from 

Stacy Stamps

were perfect to go with this background.

I stamped them with VersaFine Onyx Black Ink

colored them with colored pencils and fussy cut them.

They are adhered to the card with different thicknesses 

of foam tape.  The Happy Birthday is from

Stamp On It

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.

Mother's Day Card #6

Today I have #6 and the last in my 

Mother's Day Card Series.

I enjoyed making these cards and coming 

up with different looks for each one.

I hope you have enjoyed them and as

I have said before, just change that sentiment

and they can be used for almost any occasion.

Today's card was again inspired by 

Jennifer McGuire

and her video on using scraps.

For this card I chose 2 colors that I thought

went well with the flower I had colored.

I used the single flower from

 "Poppies" from Stacy Stamps,

stamped it onto water color paper

with Versafine Onyx Black Ink

and colored it with 

Neocolor II watercolor crayons.

I fussy cut the poppy and backed it with

craft foam.  I also used craft foam on the back

of the sentiment strip. That little bit of 

dimension makes a big difference.

The sentiment is from the 

Happy Anniversary Stamp Set

from QKR Stampede.

Thanks for popping in today to see

what I've been creating lately.

I hope you've been inspired in some way 

and will come again soon.

Until next time,

Happy 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.

Mother's Day Card #5

Hi crafty friends!

Now you are probably wondering why I have 

made so many Mother's Day cards.

Earlier this year I decided that I wanted to make

a point of sending out more cards to my family,

so that's what I've been trying to do for 

holidays.  I'm lucky enough to still have my

Mom, she is 92 yrs old and going strong.

But I also have a few sisters in law that I'll be

sending them too.

Just because they are not MY mother

doesn't mean they don't deserve a card, right?

Today I have card #5 in my series.

This poppy stamp is one of my favorites.

It is "Poppies" from Stacy Stamps

I stamped it with Versafine Onyx Black Ink

onto water color paper.

I colored it with 

Neocolor II water color crayons,

and fussy cut it.

The black background is from a piece I had

in my stash.  I made this using Perfect Pearls

and black card stock.

It's hard to capture the shimmer in a photograph, 

but in real life it's just beautiful.

The larger background was also in my stash,

it was made using

 deli paper and alcohol inks.

I simply wrapped it around a piece of white

card stock to give it stability,

then adhered it to the card base.

I love having these handmade background

pieces in my stash to choose from.

I used some craft foam on the back of the 

black piece to give a little dimension.

The sentiment is from 

The Happy Anniversary Stamp Set

from QKR Stampede.

I hope you are enjoying these cards,

I sure did enjoy making them.

Come again soon for card #6 and the

last in the Mother's Day Card Series.

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.

2 Cards Same Stamp

Hello crafty people!

Today I'm going to show you 2 very different cards

made with the same stamp, which happens to be

one of my favorites.

This poppy image is 

3101AA POPPIES

from

Stacy Stamps

This first one I stamped onto watercolor paper

with VersaFine Onyx Black Ink

then colored it with my 

Lyra Watercolor Crayons and

Neocolor II Crayons

I stamped this poppy again with VersaFine Onyx Black,

but colored it with my 

Fantasia Colored Pencils

I used a mask to cover the poppy and stamped 

with VersaMark Watermark Ink using

a polka dot background stamp.

I'm not sure which polka dot stamp I used,

but there are many available.

Both sentiments are from the 

Lovely Greetings Stamp Set from

Cas-ual Fridays Stamps.

I love how these 2 cards turned out,

of course, like I said, it IS one of my favorite

stamps.  So how could I go wrong?

Thanks for stopping by today.

I hope you're having a lovely day and

you'll take time to create something

beautiful.

Until next time,

Happy 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.

Sympathy cards

Sadly, I have needed some sympathy cards recently.

I didn't have a sentiment that was exactly what I wanted and

decided on "Just a note..." from Eureka Stamps

This way I could write my message inside the card.

These cards could easily be used for any type of note.

I stamped the poppy image from

Stacy Stamps

onto watercolor paper and used my watercolor

crayons to color them.

I have both Lyra and Neo Color water color crayons 

and love them both.

The difference doesn't show up a great deal

in the pictures, but I tried using different combinations

of reds, oranges and purple to color the flower

and a few greens for the rest.

I fussy cut the flowers and adhered them to 

a blue background paper,

then onto the white note card.

I varied the size of the card a little bit

and I like how they both turned out.

Sometimes simple is best.

Thanks for stopping by today,

Until next time, make something beautiful.

Poppy Card

Hi crafty friends!

When I visit my friend, Mary, in Toledo

 if it's a Tuesday we go to "stamp demo" in the evening at

The Pampered Stamper.

When I visited in April, I got a real treat.

Stacy Rich from Stacy Stamps was there.

What a talent!

She brought along lots of stamps for a trunk sale

 and when I saw

Poppies

I couldn't resist it.

Ever since my hubby and I went to Italy in 2004,

I have been totally in love with poppies.

This was the first chance I had to work with this stamp

and here is the card I made with the Poppy image.

I stamped it with Memento Tuxedo Black ink

and colored it with FlexMarkers then fussy cut it.

The sentiment is from a set that I have no idea where it came from,

it is embossed with white embossing powder.

 

Thanks for stopping by today.

Leave a comment if you will and go check out

Stacy Stamps

I think you'll be impressed. 

They are wonderful quality and beautiful images.

I have no affiliation with Stacy Stamps,

I just think they have wonderful stamps

and wanted to share with y'all.

 

Until next time, Happy Crafting!

Embossed Poinsettia

Today I have a quick and easy card that looks like a lot more work than it is. 

I used a piece of red card stock and a beautiful corner stamp of poinsettias, made by Stacy Stamps.  I stamped the image with VersaMark and embossed it with gold embossing powder.  I layered it onto a base card of white card stock and trimmed it to size.  The ribbon is some that I got as a gift at the 12 Days of Christmas Crop that I attended at My Happy Place.  It fit perfectly with the colors!  The 'Merry Christmas' is a clear sticker that I got at the Christmas Tree Shop. I really need to go see if they have any of them left, I love those stickers!

Thanks for stopping by today, leave me a comment and let me know what you think.

Have a wonderful Christmas!

Until next time, Happy Crafting!