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!  
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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.  

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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??

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

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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. 

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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!

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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.

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

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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

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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.  

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

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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.



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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
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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

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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!  
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Happy Fall Y'all!!

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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!
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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??

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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!

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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.

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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!

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

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

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

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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. 

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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

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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.  

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"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.  

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"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.  

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"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. 

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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

Fall Wood Pumpkins

Here is some wood pumpkins I created several years ago and thought it would be fun to share with you.  Pumpkins are not very hard to draw out -- they are basically an oval, round, or oblong shape.  I love to use 1" pine boards for my wood crafts with accents of 1/4" thin ply board.  I'm so lucky to have a handy hubby to cut all of my wood for me.  :)


Lots of shading, doodling, accents and more make the pumpkins look very realistic.  On this set I used ivy garland, wrapped it around various areas and secured with my staple gun.  Spanish moss adds the extra touches at the bases of the pumpkins as well as covers up some of base for a decorative effect.  

As a wood crafter there are always scraps, left overs and odds n ends that don't get used in the project -- so my hubby will cut them into blocks for me to paint on.  I used a checkerboard stencil on the ends.  "Pumpkin Patch" was handwritten with my paintbrush.  It took many years of practice to learn to write with my brushes and as you can see I was a little off center -- no problem, I added a little rusty heart to the end and waaa laaaa…..you have a cute and adorable little board/block.  


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T.G.I.F. Linky Party #31

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!  
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Happy Fall Y'all!!

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Winner of My Pink Stamper stamp set….

Thanks to everyone for hopping along with me and my CJToo Crafty Designers this past week-end as we celebrated with some Halloween goodness on the Crafty Halloween Blog Hop.  We truly enjoyed sharing all of our projects with you.   Special thanks for all of your sweet comments on my FALL Blocks repurposed from Cricut cartridge boxes…. they were so fun to make.  


We have a winner of "one stamp set of your choice" by My Pink Stamper ….. picked via random.org.

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MizMaryAnn said...

What a fun project. You can unwrap them after the holiday and rewrap them in the next holiday wrap. Great use of our many Cricut boxes.

October 29, 2011 10:31 PM 

You have mail Ms. Mary Ann…..

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