Chevron Craze

I have been working on painting ornaments.

They are glass ornaments that I have been painting with acrylics and then sealing with a gloss clear coat.

I decided to try a chevron pattern since it is so popular.

I used a green and white to make the chevron pattern.

On top of the chevron pattern I drew a silhouette of a reindeer and painted it in with red.

The result is a fun, modern Christmas ornament!

Dragon's Baseball Game

Yes, I know, this Layout says Ohio 2010!

I am a bit behind in some of my scrapbooking!

But it is okay, because I am catching up and have lots of supplies to do so!

I have family that lives in Ohio that we go to visit every summer.

The pictures were taken at a Dragon's baseball game that our cousins took my brother and I to.

This is a fun and simple layout.

I started with a striped scrapbook paper and then matted my pictures on an orange-yellow cardstock.

I then added three rhinestones on each.

I added a cardstock flower in the middle of the page.

One side is accented with patterned orange and green buttons,

the other with a tag.

Thanks for stopping by!

Springy Thank You ATCs

I made myself a set of Thank You ATCs awhile back to include with my customer orders.

I thought, why not make a set to sell on Etsy too?

So here is the fun Thank You set of ATCs that I made for Etsy!

There will definitely be more to come!

These are so fun and easy to make, yet they include enough time to let the person you are giving them to know that somebody cared enough to sit down and make them!

http://www.CreationsByKT.etsy.com

Grunge Green

Without having much St. Patrick's Day themed items in my craft stash,

I had to get creative.

This time I wanted to use some of my green paper flowers.

I choose a paper that I thought would make them pop and went from there!

Bright, striped grunge background of greens, blues, and browns.

Green, Blue, and tan flowers decorate most of the card.

A few chipboard arrows, circles, and squares decorate around the flowers.

There is a small rectangle that reads "for you".

I love how this card turned out with a grunge look,

but yet still very bright and fun!

This card and many more are available in my Etsy shop

http://www.CreationsByKT.etsy.com

Enchanted Forest

St. Patrick's Day is right around the corner!

Although I love the holiday, I do not have many crafting items relating to it!

I had to get creative to create a card for St. Patrick's Day!

When I think of St. Patrick's Day,

I think of little Leprechauns running through a magical forest,

chasing fairies and finding gold.

I had some pretty forest paper in my stash, so I used that to build off of...

The background is a forest scene.

The bottom right corner is adorned with green and yellow flowers, half-back pearls, and a decorated button.

There is a green flower with a half-back pearl in the upper lefthand corner.

Three half-back pearls descend down from there.

Three playful birds are stamped and colored then decorated with glitter beside the tree.

This card and many more are available in my Etsy shop

http://www.CreationsByKT.etsy.com

Baby Crib

I found a very cute set of baby stickers.

The sheet consisted of a crib, a mobile, and several other small accents.

I bought it with the thought to make a card with them.

This is what I came up with:

I based all my embellishments off of the colors in the crib sticker.

I picked a striped paper that had blues, greens, and yellows in it.

I cut two strips of it and glued them on either side of the card.

I then centered the crib at the bottom of the card,

placing the mobile sticker above it.

I used adhered plaid bows to the bumper of the crib.

I placed yellow pearl stars on top of the bows.

On the mobile, I adhered several pearl stars to make it more three-diminsional.

Cards such as this one are available in my Etsy shop

http://www.CreationsByKT.etsy.com

Fun Purse Cards

I have had some blank cards in the shape of purses that I bought a while back.

I have been wanting to use them to make some cute cards but

was having a hard time finding inspiration.

Then it struck me, these would be cute for something like a bridal shower or a wedding!

So I began creating!

The main part of each card is decorated with paper that has love and wedding sentiments.

One has a light pink polka dot top with pink rhinestone hearts and has pink heart ribbon running down the center.

One is hot pink with light pink lacey ribbon tied in a bow with clear rhinestones and a rhinestone heart.

One is teal with blue ribbon tied in a bow and clear rhinestones.

One has purple polka dots with light purple shimmery ribbon and a purple rhinestone.

The fifth one has green gingham with pretty green ribbon with green half back pearls.

These were easy and a lot of fun to make!

These and many more cards are available in my Etsy shop

http://www.CreationsByKT.etsy.com

The Secret Garden

As you all know, I am pursuing my Bachelor's Degree in Graphic Design through The Art Institute. One of my current classes in Contemporary Typography. The ongoing assignment for this course has been a very fun project of designing our own font. The font had to be inspired by a movie or a book, one that is not currently "trending".

I always enjoyed reading The Secret Garden when I was younger and enjoyed the movie as well. The Secret Garden is what inspired my grass growing font. Here is an example of it on a book cover I created using a photograph that I personally took with my camera and then edited in Photoshop.

Beginning to Look Like Christmas

Hello! Hope everyone is having a good Sunday and staying safe in anticipation of the storm.

I have began to add Christmas items to my Etsy shop!

I found these really cute Christmas light charms and cookie cutter charms in Hobby Lobby a couple of weeks ago. I bought them with the anticipation of making wine glass charms!

Here are the results:

They are all available in my Etsy shop 

http://www.CreationsbyKT.etsy.com