Masculine Card

Hello creative people!

Today I have a masculine card to show you.

I recently got these little gears from Temu

and thought it was time to use some of them.

I love how this card turned out.

I have this wonderful burlap "paper" in my stash and wanted 

to use some of it.  It has a paper lining on the back,

so I frayed the edges and cut the edges of the paper off.

I then glued it to the card base with 3 in 1 glue.

3 in 1 glue is one of my favorites and holds just 

about anything.
I then arranged the gears and used the 3 in 1 to adhere

them also.
The "thinking of you" sentiment was stamped onto a 

scrap of kraft card stock, trimmed down and inked around

the edges, then adhered to the front of the card.
I'm very happy with how it turned out and next time I

need a masculine card, I'll have one at the ready.

Thanks for stopping in today to see what I've been up to.

I hope you have been inspired in some way

and will come back soon.

Until then.

use your stash!

 

Father's Day or Any Time Cards

Hello crafty people!

Today I'm showing you the cards I made for Father's Day.

I think they would work for any occasion, just change

the sentiment and you'll have the card you need.

I used a die that I have in my stash for this card.

I cut the hexagon shapes in a few different papers.

I then glued the outline to a piece of burlap paper,

I used different sizes and patterns to fill in some of

the spaces and glued them down.
Added the sentiment and glued the whole thing

to a kraft card base.

I really love how this turned out.

Great masculine card.

This die was one I bought from Temu.

My friend Judy gave me the die to cut this one

out.  I used a blue piece for the outline and a piece of

the Disney paper for all the inside pieces.
Now I also have the outline and blue pieces for another card.
My grandchildren gave this one to their Daddy for Father's day.

This die is great for all kind of cards.

This die is from Kokorosa but I wasn't able to find

it on their site.  Maybe it's just me, or they have discontinued it.

Thanks for stopping by to check out what I've been up to.

I hope you've been inspired in some way and will come

again soon.

Until then,

play with some dies.

 

Congrats Card with Mulberry Paper

Hello!

Today I have a very simple, but beautiful card to show you.

I love the look of torn mulberry paper.

To tear mulberry paper, use your wet finger or a

wet paint brush and run it along where you want to

tear it.  Once it's wet just pull it apart,

this will give it the feathery edges like on this card.

The 'congrats' was heat embossed with white 

embossing powder onto gold metallic card stock.

I simply layered the mulberry paper onto some metallic

gold card stock, added the greeting and adhered it to

a card base and the card was done.

So quick and easy and any greeting could be used

on this type of card.
You can make it masculine or feminine, whatever

you are in need of.

Thanks for stopping by today and checking what I've

been up to lately.

I hope you will come again soon.

Until then,

experiment with different kinds of paper.

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.

 

Hand made paper card

Hi all!

Here's another card from my "make it from my stash" 

cards.  For this card, I used a water color paper background.

I used water color paints to make the panel and the piece with

the sentiment on it.  This was originally for part of a Christmas 

gift and was left over, so it went into my background papers stash.

Finally I pulled it out and decided to use it.

I combined it with a piece of handmade paper.

My hubby is a photographer and does Art Festivals with his work.

A few year ago I went to a show in Pennsylvania with him and the

woman across from him was selling artwork made from 

handmade paper.  She also was selling pieces of her paper.

Well, I couldn't go home without some of it. This piece

has some shimmery paint on it in gold and copper and it 

is just beautiful.

I used a fairly fine paint brush to brush on some water

in a line where I wanted to tear it, then simply pulled along that

wet line, the paper tears and leaves this very organic edge.

The Happy Birthday sentiment is from 

Stamp On It

Using Brown StazOn ink, I stamped the sentiment

onto a piece of that water colored paper,

trimmed it out, adhered it to a piece of white card stock,

the onto the front of the card.

I think this makes a nice masculine card, although it could

be used for anyone.

Thanks for stopping by today,

I hope you will return soon.

You never know what you'll find on

Kristie Kreates!

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.

Cork

Hello crafty friends!

Today I have a card to show you that I mad for no

other reason than that I wanted to use this really cool

cork that I have.

My friend, Marie, saw a 12x12 stack of cork "paper" on

clearance and thought of me and picked it up for me.

How nice was that?!?!

I started by stamping

"Buck in the Forest"

from Stamp On It

onto a manilla tag with brown 

StazOn ink.

I then used water color crayons to add 

a little green to the leaves.

I used Distress ink and a blending tool to color the top of the 

tag and added the sentiment with the same brown ink.

The cork is self adhesive, so it was easy to adhere to 

a white card base.  A little twine, added the tag to the cork

front with ATG tape and called it done.

I like the way this card turned out and can't wait to

try more cards and maybe a layout with that cork.

Thanks for stopping by today, I hope you've been 

inspired to try some new supplies.  If you see something

different, especially on clearance, pick it up and give it a try.

You never know what new favorites you might discover.

Come again soon.

You never know what you'll find on 

Kristie Kreates!