In from the Cold

Hi blog fans!

Today I have a card I made with

"Shelf" (#33203) from Biblical Impressions

I colored the "Shelf" image with FlexMarkers and cut it with a Spellbinders die and the Cuttlebug.

I inked the edges with Distress Ink (Worn Lipstick)

For the card base, I cut 2 of the same size shapes

with the Spellbinders dies,

the back one I scored about 3/4" from the end.

I adhered the 2 white pieces together

at the top with ATG tape above the score line.

Folding back the card on the score line allows it to open clean and easy.

Biblical Impressions

has lots of really lovely images

that come in unmounted red rubber.

Stop in and see what they have to offer.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Leave a comment if you will and come again soon.

I'd love it if you would stop by my blog

Kristie Kreates

to see what other projects I've been working on.

A tweet little card

I know, pretty corny.

I couldn't resist titling this

"A tweet little card"

I made this card with

"Full Nest" (#37313) from Biblical Impressions

The image is colored with FlexMarkers and the sky is inked with Distress inks.

Are these little birdies cute or what?

I thought this would make a very cute card for someone moving into a new house or apartment.

I just happen to know someone who will be moving into his first apartment soon, so maybe this will go with the little 'house warming' gift I have picked out for him. He won't have a "full nest" but that's okay, he will one day.

So glad you stopped by today and I hope you will stop again soon.

Leave a comment if you will, we always like to hear what y'all have to say.

Give Thanks

Hello! Welcome!

Kristie here,

today I have a card that I made with

"Pumpkin Vine" (#18802) from QKR Stampede and

"Give Thanks" (#34109) from Biblical Impressions

QKR Stampede and Biblical Impressions are sister companies and they both have tons of fabulous images. QKR Stampede offers their images in both unmounted red rubber as well as in digital format.

At this time Biblical Impressions does not offer digital format.

All my stamping has been done with rubber stamps.

I stamped Pumpkin Vine onto the gold card stock and colored it with FlexMarkers. I stamped the image again and colored the leaves and fussy cut 3 of them. I used foam tape to add them to the bottom of the card.

For the base card, I used white card stock and inked it with some distress inks. I also used some distress ink on the gold piece on the torn edge.

The Give thanks sentiment is only part of the sentiment.

The entire sentiment is "Give thanks to the Lord"

I masked off the "to the Lord" with a post it note, inked up the stamp, then removed the post it before stamping.

I do sometimes cut my sentiment stamps apart to use them like this, but this particular sentiment is simple to mask.

I hope you have enjoyed today's card and that you will come back soon.

Please leave a comment and let me know what you think.

It's about birthdays today.

Hello and welcome to the Biblical Impressions Blog!

Kristie here and

it's about birthday cards today!

I have 2 birthday cards that I want to show you.

The first one is made with

"Sm Basket Weave" (#90402)

"Happy Birthday" (#36314)

from Biblical Impressions

When I found this little brown 'bag' in my supplies, I decided that I wanted to make a card with it. I stamped it using VersaMark ink and the

"Sm Basket Weave" stamp.

I used a ruler and tore the edges of the kraft cardstock.

I adhered the red cardstock to the kraft and stamped the
"Happy Birthday" sentiment onto it with Color Box Fluid Chalk Ink.

The bag was adhered to the card with ATG tape.

The pull out tag is just the right size to hold a gift card, stamp a sentiment, or just sign your name.

This second card is made with the same "Happy Birthday" stamp as the first. I really love the font and the size of this stamp.

Perfect for a standard A2 card.

I cut coordinating pieces of patterned paper in varying sized strips and adhered them to some white cardstock. This is a great way to use up some of those scraps you've been saving.

I then ran this through the Cuttlebug in an embossing folder.

(sorry I don't have a clue what the name of that folder is.)

The fiber I tied around it is from my stash, as is the "screw top" brad.

I usually have a tough time with masculine cards, but I think these 2

turned out very nice. They were both quick and easy to make.

Thanks for stopping by today, leave comment if you will.

Come again soon.

I'd be glad to have you stop by my blog

Kristie Kreates

and see what else I've been working on lately.

I (heart) U

Hello blog fans! Kristie sharing today.

Today's card was inspired by one I saw on Pinterest.

Unfortunately, I don't know whose blog it came from,

so I can't give credit where credit is due.

If you recognize it, let me know and I will give credit.

Pop up cards are always fun and not nearly as hard to make as you'd think.

This one is a little tougher to figure out a template for, but it's really just a matter of cutting and folding.

On the front of the card I used

"I am Blessed" (#36313) and

"Swirl Heart" (#32402)

both from Biblical Impressions

They are both stamped onto white cardstock, then I added some little self stick bling to the heart.

I used stones from a bling word that I found at one of the big box craft stores for a 50 cents. You know how they have them marked down sometimes, because they are names or words that no one buys?

I buy them and just use the individual pieces, they cut apart easily with a craft knife or scissors. So don't pass them up because your name isn't Yolanda, find the longest name or word you can find in the bin and pick them up cheap.

And here is the pop up inside of my card.

Isn't is cool?

Thanks for stopping by today, leave me a comment and let me know what you think of my card.

I'd love for you to stop at my blog, Kristie Kreates, and see what else I've been working on.

Then why not stop in to the Biblical Impressions online store

and see what great stamps you can find to go with a cool pop up card of your own?!?!