Steampunk Inspired

I have had this gorgeous steampunk clock scrapbook paper for awhile now.

I wasn't sure exactly what to do with it, or what to accent it with.

I recently got a pack of tags that had some in it with a little stopwatch on it.

I knew they would match perfectly!

I started looking through my scrapbooking supplies, gathering materials to match.

I came up with some lace like ribbon, washi tape with old clocks on it, tan flowers, half back pearls, and clock hand charms.

The first card I put a Happy Birthday sentiment on and put it for sale in my Etsy shop.

The last two cards I left blank and put them in my stash for cards to have when I need them to give.

They will either be happy birthday cards or thank you cards.

Cards such as these and more are available in my Etsy shop

http://www.CreationsByKT.etsy.com

Thanks for looking!

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

Felt Bookmarks

What goes great with a book club?

How about cute handmade bookmarks?!

I made these for the ladies that are starting a book club with me!

I hand drew a pattern for the lips.

I used a mustache pattern from Scraptastical Kreations' KISS This and That set

(www.scraptasticalkreations.com)

I traced each pattern onto felt.

I then simply cut the felt out.

Using permanent makers, I drew a few accents on each bookmark.

I then cut coordinating ribbon.

Using my sewing machine, I sewed the ribbon into place on the bookmarks.

Can't wait to give these out at book club!

A Gift for my Sweetheart Blog Hop

Welcome to “A gift for my Sweetheart” blog hop.

Sit back and relax while you browse through 17 unique handmade gift ideas to give a loved one on Valentine’s Day. Each stop along the way has a gift they poured their heart into but that doesn’t mean the project contains the traditional Valentine heart theme.

The hop started at Christine’s blog http://hotberrydesigns.blogspot.com/ if you didn’t come from Http://papershenaniganz.blogspot.com

 be sure to start at the beginning so you don’t miss out on the inspiring ideas.

For this hop we have 2 sponsors, in order to be entered in the drawing for the 2 prizes you must comment and follow each blog.

Hot Berry Designs

$10 gift certificate

Scraptastical Kreations

$15 gift certificate

You have Saturday and Sunday to hop and leave a comment at all the blogs for your chance to win. The winners will be randomly chosen Monday Jan 4^th  and will be announced on Christine’s blog http://hotberrydesigns.blogspot.com/

Robert and I like to keep a weekly menu.

We are trying to eat healthier and this helps us stay on track.

It also helps us with planning grocery shopping trips and staying within budget.

So, for my project, I created something for the both of us for Valentine's Day.

I created a Valentine's theme background for our menu.

The menu is made from a 12x12 frame.

Glass works great with dry erase markers, so this works great as a menu that you can change the background on!

I started with a fun, vintage Valentine's paper for the background.

I then placed a red square of cardstock in the center to have a solid section.

This solid section really helps when writing on the menu, making it a lot easier to read.

I had love themed alphabet stickers that I used to created the titling "Menu".

I stamped kissing deer onto a tag.

I colored the little hearts on the back with a red marker.

I tied the tag with white and gold twine.

Vintage looking cardstock adorns the lower left corner.

Cardstock sticker punch out reads "LOVE".

Gold sequins ribbons runs to the right and above of the sentiment.

Vintage little Valentines girls are decorating the sentiment "LOVE".

Thank you for stopping by the next stop is Claire at http://threewaterscreations.blogspot.com/

Christine- http://hotberrydesigns.blogspot.com/

Elecia - http://creationsby-kahaulani.blogspot.com/

Suzanne - http://www.zannieberry.blogspot.com/

Melissa- Http://papershenaniganz.blogspot.com

Katie - http://ktscreativeinsights.blogspot.com/

ClaireR http://threewaterscreations.blogspot.com/

Shawnee - http://quiverofangels.blogspot.com

Beth ~http://motherandaughterdesigns.blogspot.com

Ashley - http://thebloghopprincess.blogspot.com

Jamie - http://www.jamielindstromdesigns.com

Lissa Marie  www.somanycrafts.com

Mary - http://irongatestamps.blogspot.com/

Angela- www.3crazymonkeys.com  

Sarah - http://itswhatkeepsmesane.blogspot.com/

Miranda-  http://www.nanasscrapspot.com/

Lucy - http://love2createitall.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

More Mustaches Please!

Mustaches seem to be quite the rage lately.

It is easy to see why though, something so simple can look so cute on different objects!

I recently shared with you a heart with a mustache card that I made.

I have made a handful more!

I kept with a red and black theme for all of them.

The red heart really made the mustaches "pop" versus a pink heart.

I really had fun making these and coming up with different types of eyes to draw!

I hope you enjoy these as much as I do!

These cards and more are available in my Etsy shop

http://www.CreationsByKT.etsy.com

Lime Green Love Bird

My focus today was to try and create some Valentine's cards that were of

untraditional Valentine's colors (red and pink).

I had a cute felt lime green bird that I based this card on.

The background is a blue, green, and brown floral pattern.

Green polka dot ribbons runs horizontally across the card, with a tan colored ribbon with love sentiments on top of that.

Pretty paper flowers with pearls decorate the lower corner.

A large green felt bird is the main focus of the card.It has a pearl eye.

A 3dimensional sticker that says "Be My Love" is located next to the bird.

This card is great for Valentine's day, a wedding, an anniversary, or just to show someone that you love them!

This card and many more are available in my Etsy shop

http://www.CreationsByKT.etsy.com

Anything Goes January Challenge

This month over at Scraptastical Kreations, they are doing an Anything Goes challenge.

The project is your choice, you just have to include one of their patterns in your project!

I have been working on Valentine's projects today, so I browsed through

the Scraptastical Kreations patterns that I had.

I settled on a flower from there "Garden Splendor" collection.

I chose this flower because the petals looked like hearts!

I started out with an ATC card that I covered in pink heart patterned scrapbook paper.

Then I (hand) cut the flower from "Garden Splendor".

I did one layer in hot pink cardstock and the second layer in

scrapbook paper with the sentiment "I love you".

I adhered pink ribbon with pink hearts running vertically on the ATC card.

I then used 3D dots to adhere the flower with dimension.

I then attached a pink rhinestone heart to the center of the card.

I covered the card a different pink heart patterned scrapbook paper.

I adhered pink glitter table horizontally on the card.

I then glued the ATC card onto another piece of the "I love you"

sentiment paper and then glued it onto the card.

I used pink chipboard stickers to decorate the corners.

To join in the fun, visit:

http://www.https://www.facebook.com/pages/Scraptastical-Kreations/120204111343309

To find great paper piecing patterns, visit

http://scraptasticalkreations.com

To purchase cute Valentine's cards like the ones above, visit my Etsy shop

http://www.CreationsByKT.etsy.com

Secret Sister Day 5

I am participating in a Secret Sister/Secret Santa swap over at Scraptastical Kreations, among the design team ladies. We sent a box of 25 small gifts to our Secret Sister and we open one gift each day.

Day 5 of Secret Santa

I got some gorgeous glitter ribbon in pink and gold that is adhesive!! Pretty excited about how pretty the are AND that they are adhesive.. so much easy to apply!

I also got a tube of craft glue. I have never used this particular kind so can't wait to try it out!

Thanks SS! :-)