T.G.I.F. Linky Party #51

Welcome to this week's T.G.I.F. {Thank Goodness It's Friday} Link-up Party here at Craft Junkie Too
I invite you to link up your latest and greatest projects to share with us all.....its a great way to share your projects and get more blog exposure/visitors.  


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 My party button goes up every Thursday evening and you can link up your projects through Sunday 11:59 pm -- so you have the entire week-end to come back and enjoy all of these fabulous projects.
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....Simplify & Organize.....

I know it’s almost April -- but I don't really stick to any of the New Year’s resolutions I make so I didn’t make any at the beginning of 2012.  ....BUT I did make a couple of goals for this coming year.

These goals include .....

Simplify my life and Organize my life.

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Happy Easter Scrapbook Pages

Hello and welcome to the March 2012 edition of the Design Team projects hosted by My Pink Stamper.  I hope you enjoy our projects, tips, tricks and techniques we have for you!    

Each month the entire receives the same assignment which may include theme, type of project, color combo etc. and this month our assignment was to incorporate the colors green, yellow and blue into any project type.  


For my project….I chose to complete a scrapbook page(s) because I REALLY want to get more into scrapbooking my family…..for my pages below….you may notice the simplicity of my pages because I've made the decision that "less is better" -- meaning I don't need to spend hours making one page that I lose interest.  Simple pages with a simple theme to enhance my pictures on the pages.  I'm giving this approach a try -- so you may see more scrapbook pages here.  :)

Supplies:

Happy Easter sentiment - Happiest Moments collection by My Pink Stamper Easter bunnies & grass - Easter 2010 by Cricut embossing folder on grass - Swirls by Cuttlebug Spring border punch - Martha Stewart Copic markers for doodling on eggs, grass and bunnies

Click here to view the entire Design Team post.....:)



If you like my little simple scrapbook page -- feel free to pin it for future reference…..


~Tracy




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Guest Designer at My Pink Stamper

Hi everyone -- I'm happy to be a guest designer at My Pink Stamper today! 


Come on over and check out my You're my Favorite PEEP! Easter Treat…..and enter to win an Everyday Life collection stamp set…..

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T.G.I.F. Linky Party #50

Welcome to this week's T.G.I.F. {Thank Goodness It's Friday} Link-up Party here at Craft Junkie Too

I invite you to link up your latest and greatest projects to share with us all.....its a great way to share your projects and get more blog exposure/visitors.

 


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CJToo Crafty Designers Design Team Day!

Easter

 What a wonderful and talented group of ladies I have on my Design Team!! 
The Design Team assignment this week is
Theme challenge : create a 3-D Easter Project

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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Cheryl at CardsbyCG is sharing these cute little carrot boxes. How cute would these be out among the Easter Bunny's eggs?

and her bucket full of peppermint bunnies is adorable too!

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Kristy at Craftin-on-my-Door made this oh-so cute and quick home decor piece! I don't know about you but I just LOVE it! :)

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Kadie over at  Kards by Kadie made this wonderful basket full of bunnies!! Absolutely ADORABLE!

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Shelley at Carley's Closet is sharing these wonderful Easter treats.  All the layers are so cute!

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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!!  

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Easter Goodies Re-Visited

Hi everyone.....I am totally in the mood to make Easter goodies -- how about you? From year to year...one thing I love to do is go back through my projects from year's past and remind myself what I created...this is very inspiring for me and I thought you may enjoy it too....:)

To see project supply list and post -- click on the link under the picture.  :)




Simple Easter Goodies



Eggs-tra Special Card



Bunny Fell into Jelly Beans Pot



He has Risen Goodie Bags



Bunny Lollipop Treats

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10 Minute Spring Arrangement

Hi everyone -- I hope you are enjoying your week-end….
I wanted to share my 10 minute Spring Arrangement that I made for myself -- yes, it only took me about 10 minutes to do (once I gathered my supplies)…

Here is what I did -- and you can too!

These are the supplies I used:glass vaseglass beads (floral section)bushes of silk flowers in spring colors(Joanne's had a great sale on silks this week)
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I started with….a large mouth glass vase

then I filled vase 3/4 full of glass beads

A few tips on flower choices:When I pick out bushes of flowers for arrangements I most always go with a color family, as you can see here in the picture….I look for flowers that have the same coordinating colors, or blending colors.  For instance I knew I wanted pink as my main color in this arrangement so I chose flowers that had lots of shades of pink, mixing in lighter and darker tones.  I also look for a bush that has the color I am blending in as well as texture to it (not all the same design, kind of flower or dimension).  You will be amazed at the beautiful arrangements you can create by matching and mixing tones, textures and coordinating colors.

Start with one bush of flowers right in the center -- yes just pushing it right on down there in the center of those beads

As you begin to add and build your arrangement…. add the next few bushes and begin to pull and shape the branches (some up and some down over side) - silks are very forgiving….

Continue to add your bushes, pulling, shaping and form until you get the appearance you like.  Sometimes it takes just a little "tweaking" here and there to get the look  you want.  If you have a "hole" -- fill it in with greenery, ivy, or another flower bush.  The possibilities are endless!  
A few more tips…..

• I almost never cut apart my flower bushes when arranging ….I simply stick them in and shape them where I want them to be. The glass beads work great!
• I browse around for about 4 or 5 different flower bushes that I want to arrange together.
• I almost always purchase 2 of the same bush that way my arrangement is more full.
• I always look for sales -- silk flowers can be very expensive.  Check the craft stores for sales.
• I love to change from year to year so when I am tired of looking at this arrangement I will pull it apart, using the flowers in another project, the glass beads go back with the others I'm not using and my vase gets put up for another day!  It works for me!  

If you like my floral idea -- feel free to pin it!


 I'd love to hear your floral decor tips and helpful hints too!
 Linking up to these great parties this week!




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T.G.I.F. Linky Party #49

Welcome to this week's T.G.I.F. {Thank Goodness It's Friday} Link-up Party here at Craft Junkie Too

I invite you to link up your latest and greatest projects to share with us all.....its a great way to share your projects and get more blog exposure/visitors.

 






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My party button goes up every Thursday evening and you can link up your projects through Sunday 11:59 pm -- so you have the entire week-end to come back and enjoy all of these fabulous projects.

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Name Badge Tags for Stamp Storage Crates

Hi everyone --


I'm {always} looking for an easier, more fun and creative ways to store my crafting supplies and I wanted to share with you how I store my package stamps (i.e. My Pink Stamper, Peachy Keen Stamps, Alphabets, craft store stamps & other crafty stamps) - yes, I have lots :)  I also wanted a way to identify what was inside…..so I made some cute little tags to quickly spot what is in each crate….and wanted to share with you.


I bought some clear horizontal badge holders a while back and knew I'd find a use for them -- I hope you find my crafty tip enjoyable.  

I started with these clear crates from Wal-Mart (I paid around a buck for each). 

If you like my storage idea -- feel free to pin it :)  

Thanks!

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Beautiful Rain!

  I couldn't think of a more fitting blog post than to share these awesome pictures with you of my front year this morning….


   Some of you may remember my request to Pray for Texas last Summer when our state was plagued by drought, 100+ degree temperatures for days ….if not months in a row - it was miserable and totally heartbreaking to hear and see all of the wildfires that took thousands of homes, scorched property and ruined our beautiful state, dying trees and farmland.  The Texas Drought of 2011 is one for the record books…..our children and grandchildren will be learning about this in their 7th grade Texas History class in years to come, my husband and I will be talking about this when we are in our 70's -- to our grandkids as a reminder of Mother Nature's brutalness and how we should take nothing for granted.


Bring us forward to today….my area of Texas has had more rain in the January, February and March 2012 than we had in the entire year of 2011.  Ponds and lakes are filling up {if not full to the brim}, the grass is green, livestock are more healthy and our entire land is recovering.  Praise God for his blessings!


These are pictures of my front yard this morning….

Rain puddles means that our ground has soaked up previous days/week's rain and it then sits on top until it can soak more in the ground -- Hallelujah!  

RAIN PUDDLES -- {{{love}}}

Last summer this grass was "dead" looking - brown and ugly --
it is now green and pretty ready for spring!  

Thank you for letting me share this with you -- I believe all things are possible through Jesus!  Thank you for the prayers.  






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St. Patrick's Day Ghirardelli Treats

Welcome to this month's Pink-alicous Blog hop hosted by Robyn at My Pink Stamper.  This month is so super fun as we show you our "green -- St. Patrick's Day" projects…..

Now anyone who follows me knows that I LOVE treat holders, goodie bags and everything in between so when I saw this fabulous tutorial by Kerry's Paper Crafts I knew I had to give these sweet treats a try.

Here is a video tutorial of all supplies and measurements


Watch on YouTube

Stamps used in this project:

Happiest Moments by My Pink Stamper

Friendtastic by My Pink Stamper

 Next -- head over to Shelley's blog to see her fabulous creation for this month's hop….. -- but remember once you've gone through everyone's blog-- jump back over to Robyn's blog to enter in this month's challenge.  

Have a great week-end everyone!


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Linking up at these great parties this week!

Robyn {<----start here}

Tracy (CraftJunkieToo) {<----- you are here}

Shelley (Cricut Cuteness) {<----go here next}

Roberta (TX Scrapper Mom)

Renee (I Came, I Saw, I Created)

Missy (Quick Chick Designs)

Michelle (Meesh's Pieces)

June (Simply Elegant Paper Crafts)

Helen (Crafting Cricut Mom)

Edna (Create With Expression)

Cristi (Scrappin 5 Little Cupcakes)

Courtney (Court's Crafts)

Chelle (Paper Krate)

Carissa (Sprinkled with Glitter)

Angela (Simple Creations)

Andrea (Divine Domesticity)

Alex (You Had Me At Craft)

Maria

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