You are Amazing!

It was my friend Jill's birthday last week. She's the dog rescuer in NC that is BEYOND AMAZING for what she does for animals - so I created this card for her using a Stamping Bella image:

I love how this card came out!


Thanks for your visit!

The beginning of the end.........

So..........I think I'm going to give up the blog for a bit.  There are a couple of reasons to do so and I'm not finding the time and energy to do it much anymore........so......I think at the end of the week Crafty Cre8tions blog will go dark for a bit.  I might pop in here and there (and I'll still be creating) but my postings and blog visits will be dropping off.

I think I'll probably post some pictures on my Crafty Cre8tions Facebook page because it will be easier and faster - so if you're on FB and want to 'like' the page.........feel free!

These last few posts will be super quick too:

Here's a card I made for Cindy's birthday two week's ago:

Have a great day!!!!!!!

Thanks for your visit!

Thank You for being so thoughtful!

I had an extra grey polka dot base (and had no more elephants completed) - so I decided to create another CAS card to say Thanks for the donations I received for my 1/2 Marathon.

This one uses a Papertrey Ink sentiment and then There She Goes paw prints and heart.  I was really happy with this one layer card!

Hope you have a great Sunday!!!

Thanks for your visit!

Thank you so very much!

More Thank You cards!!!

For these cards, I used a couple different stencils and Distress Inks. Then added a Hero Arts sentiment and There She Goes paw print.  These took little time and made me happy!

Thanks for your visit!

Thank You (straw spray)

If my memory serves me right, I believe Shari Carroll did a tutorial on straw spraying ink on the Simon Says Blog (or could of been Hero Arts).  Sadly - I'm just not 100% sure - but it was a technique I wanted to try and boy - did my lungs get a workout!!!

Using watercolor paper - I used my reinkers (some were Distress Inks and some were Dylusion sprays) and put a small puddle onto the paper.  Then using a straw - I blew air onto the puddle to move the ink around. Some were guided slowly around the paper and some were just sprayed using a blast of air.  I used my heat gun in between each color so they didn't get too muddy.

I really liked this technique.  One change would of been to use WHITE embossing powder instead of clear. Oh - and not making like 12 of these would of been the other change. LOL

Thanks for your visit!

Jumbo Thanks!

Being a 'planner' that I am......before leaving for Sonoma - I tried to make ALL my Thank You cards for the friends and family who donated to Running for Rescues!  So - for the next few days - I'll be posting them.

They are on the CAS side seeing as I had to make over 40 of them! (gulp!)

I embossed a Studio G elephant in black and then colored them in with my Inktense pencils.  I layered that on a scallop circle punch.  For the base I used a PTI polka dot stamp in grey and then the sentiment that came with the elephant!

Thanks for your visit!

Life's A Ball!

Hi Friends!

First off - a bloggy friend of mine said that my feeds weren't showing up in her reader :(   I'm not sure how to correct this.  I'm on both Bloglovin' and Feedly.  Any help out there?

Here's a MM canvas I made before I left for California.  I'll bring it up to a charity dog event in October:

This was a fun one to work on. I've got to get a few more done before the October event, so I think my hands will be quite inky until then!!

Before I go - I want to wish my BFF a very Happy Birthday today!  Happy Birthday Cindy!!

Thanks for your visit!

Sonoma/Napa Flowers

Wow - the flowers out there were just gorgeous! I kept snapping away!  Mind you - these are all from my iPhone!

And of course - I needed to post these two sunset shots!!

And I just wanted to share one final picture of CT Winers that my friend just sent me. This was the evening of the 1/2 Marathon and we gathered at the house that some of them rented together:

Have a great day!!!!!!!

Thanks for your visit!