{After Christmas} Organization Tips!!

With Christmas over…. now begins the daunting task of putting all of those decorations away.  urgh.  I hate un-decorating.  This year I've decided to help myself out a little by organizing my christmas decor when I put it up so that next year I will be more organized.  Wish me luck!  I first saw this post over here which led me to the website offering fabulous organizational printables.  Score!……….click the {read more link below}….


Pin It

T.G.I.F. Linky Party #38 - 12/30/11

Welcome to this week's T.G.I.F. Linky Party ~ 

WISHING EVERYONE a WONDERFUL and SAFE NEW YEAR!!


 Are you ready to show off your wonderful stuff??  
We can't wait to see it!  
…………………………………………….

Pin It

Country Christmas at Craft Junkie Too!!

Hi everyone!  I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas -- we sure did.  Lots of family time and lots of yummy food, entertainment, and all around good times.  Its great to get together and have fun!


I wanted to share a few pictures of my Country Christmas decor with you.  I'm a true country crafter through and through and it works for me!


My tree has tons of ornaments…..I actually put on ornaments for days - literally….I'd do a few, quit and return later or the next day.  It was so fun.  I have a EZ Rotating Tree stand (got mine at Garden Ridge Pottery about 5 years ago and paid 89.00 -- they've come down about 20 bucks since then) and my whole tree rotates -- I love sitting on my sofa watching my tree and admiring all of my special ornaments.  It's definitely one of my essential Christmas decorating items I must have!  Most of these ornaments were given to me, handmade by friends, a few are purchased but not many.  



Pin It

Merry Christmas from Craft Junkie Too's family!

Wishing you and your loved ones a
 joyous season!

Pin It

T.G.I.F. Linky Party #37

Welcome to this week's T.G.I.F. Linky Party ~  I'm putting the party up a day early and extending through Monday so you can enjoy your family time this week-end!  
*MERRY CHRISTMAS*

Pin It

CJToo Crafty Designers Design Team Day! Last Minute Christmas Gift Ideas!!

Last minutes Christmas Gift Ideas

 What a wonderful and talented group of ladies I have on my Design Team!! 
The Design Team assignment this week is

This week we are presenting projects that would make last minute gifts.

Pin It

{Holiday Pretzel Kisses} - Last Minute Gift Idea or Party Snack!!

I was totally inspired to make these {Holiday Pretzel Kisses} when I spotted this adorable cello goodie bag on Pinterest which led me to the fantabulous blog Little Birdie Secrets.  Of course I had to find out how to make these because I knew they would be a hit for my crew!  I have several office parties as well as family gatherings coming up this week so I bought the ingredients and this is my take on this super easy treat. Here is the goodie bag from Little Birdie Secrets.  



Pin It

Santa Face Box (Recycled Cricut Cartridge Box)

Robyn at My Pink Stamper is celebrating 12 Days of Christmas with featuring fun video projects by the My Pink Designers Team, challenges and tons of give-aways including a brand spankin' new Cricut Mini.  How fun!

  I'm super excited to be celebrating on this 6th day of Christmas with my project video and you can join in my challenge at Robyn's blog here.

::Santa Face Gift Box Project::

Pin It

T.G.I.F. Linky Party #36 ~ 12.16.11

Welcome to this week's T.G.I.F. Linky Party ~  are you ready to show off your wonderful stuff??  We can't wait to see it!  
…………………………………………….
HAVE FUN!!

Pin It

T.G.I.F. Linky Party #35 - 12.9.11

Welcome to this week's T.G.I.F. Linky Party ~  are you ready to show off your wonderful stuff??  We can't wait to see it!  
…………………………………………….
HAVE FUN!!

Pin It

CJToo Crafty Designers Design Team Day!

Christmas Cards!

 What a wonderful and talented group of ladies I have on my Design Team!! 
The Design Team assignment this week is

Christmas Cards!!

To see more about their fabulous creations - you can visit their blogs by clicking on their names or on the photo of their project. Let's get the creativity rolling shall we??

~~~~~~

Kadie at Kards by Kadie created a Arizona Christmas card.  You really HAVE to hop over to her blog to see this wonderful card!

~~~~~

Cheryl at CardsbyCG.blogspot.com is presenting her cards for this year. With all that sparkle and twine, what's not to love?!? 

~~~~~~

Kristy  at Craftin-on-my-Door created this fun Christmas tree card. Hop over to her blog to see more of this great card.

~~~~~ 

Shelley at Carleys-Closet gave me this terrific sneak peek of her shaker card!! Talk about a tease! :) I can't wait to hop over to her blog to see the rest!

~~~~~~

I hope you enjoy these wonderful projects. Please head over to give my wonderful designers some comment LOVE! I know they appreciate it as much as I do.

Crafty HUGS!!  
Tracy

Pin It

T.G.I.F. LInky Party #34 - 11.24.11

Welcome to this week's T.G.I.F. Linky Party ~  are you ready to show off your wonderful stuff??  We can't wait to see it!  
…………………………………………….


Happy Thanksgiving from our family to yours!!!!  


Thank you so much for sharing your wonderful ideas with me and my viewers.  I am thankful for each and every one of you.  

Pin It

CJToo Crafty Designers Design Team Day!

Kicking off the Holidays

 What a wonderful and talented group of ladies I have on my Design Team!! 
The Design Team assignment this week is

This week we are presenting projects to kick off the winter holidays, decorate the home, start a family tradition, etc.

To see more about their fabulous creations - you can visit their blogs by clicking on their names or on the photo of their project. Let's get the creativity rolling shall we??

~~~~~~

Kadie at Kards by Kadie created a wonderful banner for her craft space. Jump over to her blog to see more pictures!

~~~~~

Cheryl at CardsbyCG.blogspot.com is sharing her "The Elf of the Shelf" project... complete with FREE printables. You don't want to miss this on if you have little kiddos in your life. 

~~~~~~

Shawn at Shawn's Fireside Crafting Room created this super fun snowman ornament. It looks super fun... I can't wait to hop over to her blog to get more details!

~~~~~~

Kristy  at Craftin-on-my-Door gave us this wonderful sneek peak of her project. She created a wonderful ornament inspired by her friends wedding.

~~~~~ 

Shelley at Carleys-Closet made this terrific trio of ornaments. I can't wait to get all the details on her blog.

~~~~~~

I hope you enjoy these wonderful projects. Please head over to give my wonderful designers some comment LOVE! I know they appreciate it as much as I do.

Crafty HUGS!!  
Tracy

Pin It

My Pink Stamper Design Team Day!

Welcome everyone to the My Pink Stamper Design Team day post!  

As a team we continue to spotlight stamps from Robyn's latest release.  I'm using More Fabulous Phrases on my Easel Card today.  

Pin It

T.G.I.F. Linky Party #33 ~ 11.17.11

Welcome to this week's T.G.I.F. Linky Party ~  are you ready to show off your wonderful stuff??  We can't wait to see it!  
…………………………………………….


I can' believe that Thanksgiving is in one week -- wow!  I can't wait!!  

Pin It

An Update & Christmas Craft Show

Hi everyone ~ I hope you are all doing well!  Just a quick update on me and my world.  Spencer is doing well and adjusting to his meds to treat his ADHD as well as can be expected.  We continue to see improvements in his behavior at school and home because he isn't always getting into trouble….It's definitely building his self-esteem and self-confidence.  We had a fall parent/teacher conference last week and his teacher had the best things to say about his attitude, behavior and interaction with other kids.  She actually called him a "star student", fast worker and is ready for kindergarten.  whoooo momma -- never thought I'd hear that…. We are truly blessed.  We continue to work on good choices and not pushing the boundaries quite as much.  Thank you to everyone who sent me messages, commented, and for your unspoken thoughts and prayers.  I am truly grateful for each and every one of you.



Pin It

Fun Fall and Thanksgiving Ideas!!

Fun fall and Thanksgiving things I've found to share!!

Click on the links below the picture to go to the website listed.  

1.  Thanksgiving Subway Art
2.  Thanksgiving Turkey Pop
3.  Pilgrim Candy Wrapper
4.  27 Gobbelicious Turkey Cupcake Ideas

5.  Turkey Bow
6.  THANKS Jars Home Decor 
7.  Turkey Treats
8.  M&M Turkey Treats

9.  Gratitude Turkey Jar
10.  Easy Pumpkin Cupcake
11.  Thankful Wreath
12.  Thanksgiving Centerpiece Pin It

Pinkalicious Blog Hop - November

Welcome to the November edition of the Pinkalicious Blog Hop hosted by Robyn, My Pink Stamper.  If you're following the hop you should have arrived from Sharon's blog.  


For my project I chose to make a 12 x 12 scrapbook layout featuring sentiments from the new set More Fabulous Phrases (see photo below) and the adorable elephant from Birthday Bash by Cricut.

This sentiment is from the new set "That's Punnylicious" set that Robyn also released recently -- I just cut the stamp so I could use it the way I wanted.

Now it's time to continue the hop over the ROBERTA'S blog to see what my sweet friend created.  

Blog Hop Order

Robyn (My Pink Stamper)

Michelle (Meesh's Pieces)

Agnes (Flowerdisco)

Renee (RockinRenee) 

Angela (Simple Creations)

Cristi

Julie (readysetstamp)

Carissa (Sprinkled with Glitter)

June

Shelley

Helen

Edna (Create With Expression)

Andrea

Chelle (Paper Krate)

Missy

Kassidy

Courtney (Court's Crafts)

Sharon

Tracy (CraftJunkieToo) <-- ME!

Roberta

Karlee

Maria

Pin It

T.G.I.F. Linky Party #32

Welcome to this week's T.G.I.F. Linky Party ~  are you ready to show off your wonderful stuff??  We can't wait to see it!  
…………………………………………….


Happy Fall Y'all!!

Pin It

Using those Scrap Cuts!

We all have them; lots of them….don't we?? Well at least I do.  Lots of "extra cuts" from paper that I cut on my cricut machine of projects that were never completed, images cut too big or too small, or I "changed my mind" cuts.  
So I have a big ole drawer that I throw all of those cuts into to use "later"….maybe….  or to keep things straight…. if it's a project with a specific theme I will use plastic ziploc bags to keep matching pieces together for a later date.  I then put the bags in the drawer, write on them with a black marker what they are, cartridge, size, etc.    


Now….onto today's project….last week, one of Spencer's school projects included a homework assignment to "Disguise Tom Turkey so he doesn't get picked for Thanksgiving Dinner" --  some examples included a dog, cat, sheep, barbie, super hero…. let your imagination sore……so the first thing I did was go to my "extra scrap cuts" drawer and let Spencer pick out a few "extra" cuts to "disquise" his paper turkey.  Now….let's get started…..it should be no surprise though -- he picked all cowboy cuts…. and these were left over from some of his birthday party invitations from several years ago.  Plain paper turkey was going to become "Cowboy Tom" by adding boots, pants, chaps, shirt, bandana, hat and some jute rope -- hoping not to get picked for Thanksgiving dinner.  YEE HAW!  
He colored all of the feathers and mom added a few doodles to complete his project.  


So fun!  


Just an idea that those extra cuts can come in handy when we least expect it.  

Crafty Hugs!
TracyPin It

CJToo Crafty Designers Design Team Day! Thanksgiving Projects!!

Thanksgiving

 What a wonderful and talented group of ladies I have on my Design Team!! 
The Design Team assignment this week is

Thanksgiving!

To see more about their fabulous creations - you can visit their blogs by clicking on their names or on the photo of their project. Let's get the creativity rolling shall we??

~~~~~~

Shawn at Shawn's Fireside Crafting Room has this wonderful napkin ring to share. I don't know about you, but I'll have to add some of these to my holiday table!

~~~~~~

Cheryl at CardsbyCG.blogspot.com created this window shaker card. She even has a video of her fun card to show more of this fun project.

~~~~~~

Kristy  at Craftin-on-my-Door gave us this wonderful pic of her project. She made some of the best apple cider sliders I've ever seen!

~~~~~~

Tanya over at Tanyaisis Creations created this fun puppy card. I love the fall colors she chose.

~~~~~~

Kadie at Kards by Kadie created these FANTASTIC turkeys... hop on over to her blog to see what she made with them!!

~~~~~

Shelley at Carleys-Closet made this terrific altered canvas. You really need to hop over to her blog to see the entire project.

~~~~~~



Roberta  at TX Scrapper Mom created this wonderful slice of Thanksgiving pie. What a great hostess gift or it could become terrific a table decoration too. 

~~~~~~

I hope you enjoy these wonderful projects. Please head over to give my wonderful designers some comment LOVE! I know they appreciate it as much as I do.

Crafty HUGS!!  
Tracy

Pin It

Clay Pot Table Top Trees and Potpourri Holder

I had a viewer request to show a closer view of the fall lighted tree I had in my craft show display here.  Thanks for your feedback on my hand painted crafts.  :) 

During my craft show days I made many of these clay pot table top trees in lots of color, themes, seasons and used many materials to embellish these fun decorations.  I hope they may inspire you to create one too.  

Pin It

"That's Punnylicious" Animal Cards!!

I'm super excited to show you these fun animal cards I created using the brand new stamp set by My Pink Stamper, "That's Punnylicious"!  This set is packed full of fun "puns" that can be used for many occasions including birthday, get well, friendship, encouragement, admiration, love, good luck and many many more.  Kids and adults alike -- love getting funny cards or gifts so this set is perfect to add to your stamp collection.  

I pulled out an oldie but goodie Cricut cartridge -- "Animal Kingdom" to create these fun cards.  On each animal there is a button that has just the "head" of the animal.  Our Cricut cartridges have so many "hidden" treasures on them.  

Each card is about 2.75" x 4.25" which makes them perfect for bag toppers or to slip in a gift bag.

The cow is on page 85 of Animal Kingdom. For her mouth I used my copic markers in flesh colors.  I used rose chalk for her cheeks and the inside of her ears.  My black & white markers are the finishing touches for doodling.  "Thank Moo" is the perfect sentiment for this sweet cow.  

…………..

"Feeling Trunky" is one of my favorite sentiments on this stamp set.  I just knew I had to make an elephant card showing off this special sentiment.  The elephant head is on page 102 of Animal Kingdom.  

…………...

"Hog Tied" cracks me up because we just spent several months raising pigs to show in the county fair this past September.  It was so fun to see those pigs grow from a feisty little piglet into a full grown pig.  It took lots of work on my hub's and son's part and I bet they felt hog tied many times!!  The pig head can be found on page 83 in Animal Kingdom. 

…………...

Last but not least ….how sweet is this little sheep -- she just wants to let someone know how much "Ewe are loved".  The Sheep's head is on page 88 of Animal Kingdom.  I used the "Herringbone" cuttlebug folder on her hair and a pink marker for her nose.  I also used rose chalk for her cheeks and inside of her ears.  

Here is a closer look at this stamp set -- I see more fun projects coming soon!

Big Hugs,
TracyPin It