Hello friends and Happy New Year! We hope you were able to enjoy time with family and friends this past holiday season. It was definitely a very busy time for us. In addition, our family has several birthdays to celebrate the first week of January. One of those is half of this Kreative Kinship team (Happy Birthday Michele!). So, when it’s your sister’s birthday and she happens to…
One of our favorite paper crafting techniques is die cutting. We simply find the process of cutting and gluing small pieces of paper together to create something beautiful so relaxing and enjoyable. Our card project today was created mostly with die cuts – there was very little stamping involved. We are pleased with how it turned out and hope you think so too! Focal Point: The deer was…
We think flowers go with any occasion, wouldn’t you agree? Seriously, do you know anyone who hates flowers?? We wanted to send a card to congratulate a fabulous couple on their recent engagement, and decided that flowers were best. We selected a floral stamp set that had a more playful feel and went with a gray monochromatic color scheme to take some of the femininity out of them.…
Welcome crafty friend! Today we are participating in an Instagram Hop to celebrate the famous Swiss tradition Alpabzug. In the Autumn, the cows who reside in the mountains are brought down to their lowland farms wearing beautiful floral wreaths. There are prizes for participating in the hop, so be sure to stop by our Instagram account and leave a comment. Photo Courtesy of Patrick Aegerter Focal Point: A…
Hello friends! What is your favorite color? Although we agree on many things and have similar tastes and styles, naming a favorite color is not one of them. Michele loves all things Teal but Maureen is fond of the warmth and happiness emitted by Yellow. Either way, we are in 100% agreement that both colors can be used to generate pretty cards. Today we are sharing a card…
Welcome friends! What is your favorite season? For us, it is definitely Summer and we think our card today captures it’s essence perfectly. We used the Small Butterflies product bundle (stamps, stencils, dies and hot foil plates) for the first time and we love all the options it provides! Floral Wreath: We started by using all stencil layers to create the wreath using a pair of blue inks…
Hello friends! We are thrilled and honored to be guest designing for Dare 2B Artzy this month! Today we are featuring our first of two cards using the “Friends” stamp set. This set includes two large leafy floral lemon tree branches, as well as a single blossom and five versatile friendship sentiments. We started by stamping out both large leafy branch images as well as four single blossoms…
Hello and welcome! We are so happy that you dropped by today. Today we are sharing another project that features the stunning “Christmas Wishes” digital stamp set from Graciellie Design. We were feeling inspired to create something a bit different and decided that the beautiful poinsettia image would look wonderful as the backdrop in a shaker tag. Here’s the steps we followed to create our striking and elegant Holiday…
Hello and welcome! We are happy you stopped by. Today’s card was created with the new Gratitude digital stamp set that is part of Rachel Vass Designs‘ November release. We think it is a beautiful image with the versatility to work with any card theme. Focal Point: The floral image was printed on watercolor paper with a laser printer The sentiment was printed onto vellum with a laser…
Hello and welcome friends! Thank you so much for visiting today. Today we are sharing a wedding card that features the gorgeous “In Love Rose” digital stamp set from Rachel Vass Designs. We have been a bit obsessed with Neutrals lately, and LOVE this combination of gray, white and ivory together. We think it is such an elegant combination, and lends itself beautifully for a wedding or anniversary…
