Welcome to the Creatin' With Kirsteen stop on the February Stampin Friends Blog Hop!

This month the theme is Thanks!

You can navigate back to Katja's blog or forwards to Pia's blog by clicking on the previous or next name at the bottom of this post (you are currently at Number 2).

I have to admit when I saw this months theme was 'Thanks' I thought it was a bitty weird - we usually do 'Thanks' in October or November...but then I got to looking at some stamp sets and realised it would be nice to make some Spring coloured Thanks cards rather than Fall looking ones!

So, my card has butterflies - something I always consider spring-like even though here in Houston butterflies tend to emerge more in early fall - we just don't have 'Spring' here!!

My project uses the exact same product along with some Girl Scout Cookies!! :)
​These Thanks-a-lot cookies are perfect for this theme!!!

I hope you liked my projects....'Thanks' for stopping by. Click on the next name in the list to hop on for more ideas!
​K :)

Katja
​Kirsteen - (you are here)
Pia
Jo
Maureen
Raquelle

Welcome to the February 2019 Kre8tors Blog Hop!
If you have hopped on over from Sandra's Blog - thanks for hopping along!

This month's theme is Love or Valentine's. I had created an easy replicable 'LOVE' card for a swap some time ago - but the Postal Service didn't deliver them on time to be swapped so they were all returned to me - which has turned out as a good thing because I can use them all for the Residents at Magnolia Evergreen Cottage where I now work.

The Residents of the Assisted Living/Memory Care cottage that I am Manager at have made little Valentines mail boxes and those are waiting to be filled....so if you would like to send anything  (cards or treat boxes) to help me fill them - the address is Kirsteen Gill ED, Magnolia Evergreen Cottage, 21605 Provincial Blvd, Katy TX 77450. It would mean SO MUCH to these residents and would brighten their day!

​Anyway - this simple card uses the 'All my love' Designer Paper and Ribbon Combo Pack as well as the 'Heart Epoxy Droplets'

Melissa Tennison
Su Mohr
Tricia Butts
Kathy Maurer
Janey Backer
Ilonka Schneider
Jacqui Lawrence
Sandra Roberts
Kirsteen Gill
Pia Gerhardt
Jacqueline Schilder
Tracy Marie Lewis
Linda Handford
Sue McDonald
Alexandra Rauf
Anastasia Radloff
Jo Blackman
Laura Kate Mackie
Cheryl Hamilton
Deb Naylor
Rebecca-Jo Unwin
Ximena Morales
Cheryl Taylor
Dorothee Buhn
Eva Potts
Jan Musselman
Annette Elias

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I have to admit this challenge really had me scuppered at first - but I REALLY enjoyed making this project once I got started. Maybe it's because it is spring-like colours and a nice change from all the Christmas and Holiday items of late.

I used the cardstock colours in the ribbon and sequin packs and then twisted and rolled the ribbon into circles to create 'flowers' and folded the green to make 'leaves'.

Thanks for stopping by. You can click on the next button to hop on over to Deb's blog or click on any of the names below. ​

Welcome to the Creatin' With Kirsteen stop on the November Stampin Friends Blog Hop!

This month we are highlighting Happy Holidays!

Weren't Anastasia''s projects awesome? You can navigate back to her blog, or forward to Pia's...by clicking on the previous or next name at the bottom of this post (you are currently at #1).

Christmas is always a Holiday that makes me happy and recently the little elves in the Signs of Santa bundle make me just want to wrap presents, get the tree decorated and cook a turkey!

When I purchased the Santa's Workshop Memories and More Card Pack I really thought it would be like most of the card packs I've purchased and sit in my stash untouched - but I took it with me to retreat and made LOADS of cards with it using 2 of the packs of Santa's Workshop Cards and Envelopes.

​Here are a few of my favorite....and as you can see they have a common theme - they all have those CUTE little elves on them :)

I am so in love with those wee elves that I used them as inspiration for my bag design - here I made a simple small gift bag from a piece of Crumb Cake Card stock and then added clothing to look like the little elves in the card pack...

To make those little curly tip boots I used heart framelits cutting a smaller one out of a larger one, then trimmed the smaller top piece off (that gives the sole of the shoe) and then cut 2 of the ghost framelit from the cauldron bubble bundle...and trimmed the 'head' off the ghost and used the 'tails' as the trims for the boots.

I hope you liked my projects....Thanks for stopping by. Click on #2 to hop on for more Happy Holiday ideas!
​K :)

Here is a wee video of the movement...

Here is what you need to make this Gift Card Holder:

Thanks for stopping by - I hope you get lots of Birthday inspiration on this hop! Now hop on over to Jan's Blog by clicking on the next arrow or on her name below to see what she has created.

Welcome to the Creatin' With Kirsteen stop on the September Stampin Friends Blog Hop!

This month we are highlighting Halloween themed projects.

Weren't Sandra's projects awesome? You can navigate back to her blog, or forward to Katja's...by clicking on the previous or next name at the bottom of this post (you are at #1).

When I made the green treat box in the Holiday Catalog for out KILTS Team meeting my great friend Leslie mentioned it would be cute as a 'Frankie'. So, with her permission I ran with that idea, taking inspiration from the pillow boxes and I have to admit he's so darn cute! Thank you for the idea Leslie!

There is a list of what I used for this project at the bottom of this post, but to make this treat box I cut one full box from the Takeout Thinlet Dies in Granny Apple Green and trimmed the top tabs off.
Then I cut another box in Black and using scissors I cut a jagged edge around the top making sure I was always about 1/4" from the top.
I then ran a thin line of adhesive around the top of the 'hair' that I had created and glued the black 'top' to the Granny Apple Green 'box base'.
I then punched a couple of circles in white and black and added those for eyes, punched another in Granny Apple Green and sponged the edge then adhered that with a Stampin' Dimensional.
I added the mouth freehand with a Grey Marker.

I used the 'mummy' from the pillow boxes as inspiration for my card - it's basic but I think cute - and EASY to replicate! Tear strips of Very Vanilla and sponge the edges with Sahara Sand then glue one layer over another. Punch 2 circles in White, 2 in Vanilla and 2 in Black. Tear the Vanilla ones in half and sponge then glue on top of one another.

I hope you liked my projects....Thanks for stopping by. Click on #2 to hop on for more Holloween ideas!
​K :)