Welcome to the Kre8tors March 2020 Hop in which we are participating in a Green Monochromatic Colour Challenge.

I am so happy to be back after another visit to Scotland to get ready to Register as a Nurse in Texas! Now I just face a couple of exams and the looooong process will be done! But for now I am enjoying some time in my craft room - which is still all a bit new and exciting after it's post Hurricane Harvey refurb!

Anyway - enough of my waffling :) and on to todays project. 

When I'm faced with the challenge of creating a Monochromatic card I have a wee panic.  So, I thought I would go down the 'green' and 'March' route and create a St. Patrick's Day project. But, as I was tidying up card kits from my card buffet I wondered if I could recreate a few of those cards in greens.

Here are the results....

​This card was initially a 'Happy Easter' card on this week's card buffet...I didn't think I could use green for the bunny or the chick in the 'Welcome Easter' stamp set, so I used the lamb and changed the card a little into a baby card.

​I added a little Wink of Stella to the sheep to give it a little something - but you can't quite see it in the photo.

The next card began on the buffet with a Calypso Coral colour palette (and CASE'd from Windy Ellard), but I changed it to Pear Pizzazz. I used the Noble Peacock Foil Paper and the Layered Leaves Embossing Folder for the background layer - it turned out really pretty - it was almost sad to cover it up (but it's an idea I'll keep in my head for another time).

The next card on card buffet this week was inspired by a card created by Monika Davis and was originally in So Saffron and Sahara Sand. I used the original leaf colour of Mossy Meadow as the base for the green version, stamping off the smaller flowers before stamping on to the image...so this card only uses Mossy Meadow, although the layer of Vellum and the stamping off create some lighter green tones :)

Thanks for stopping by on the Green Monochromatic Challenge Blog Hop - click on the next button to hop on to Rebecca-Jo :)

Melissa Tennison (USA)
Su Mohr
Tricia Butts
Dana Sullivan - USA
Libby Fens
Angie McKenzie
Laura Mackie (UK)
Sue McDonald
Tracie St-Louis - Canada
Margriet Siekman (NL)
Alexandra Rauf
Sue Allen -Australia
Kristie Wilson
Kirsteen Gill - YOU ARE HERE
Rebecca-Jo Unwin- Australia
Cheryl Taylor (UK)
Jan Musselman - USA
Jacqui Lawrence UK
Sandra Roberts (UK)
Janey Backer (USA)
Jo Blackman
Annette Ball -Canada
Ann Krucek
Michelle Bryant
Annette Elias-De Kijkkast
Anastasia Radloff
Rochelle Laird-Smith (Australia)
Cheryl Hamilton

This Pumpkin Pie placemat is very easy to recreate - and would be a fun activity to do with children or Grandchildren! 

The 3D Thursday group have free 3D project tutorials each week...you can find the tutorial for my project on their Facebook page as well as many others. Click on the button below to hop on over.
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In the end I had so much fun creating this project. I hope you like it too and get the chance to make a few Pumpkin Pie Place settings
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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.