Happy Thanksgiving!

What a wonderful holiday. Who doesn't love a day dedicated purely to the idea of being thankful?

We crafters are a particularly appreciative bunch, and don't we just love to show our gratitude in crafty ways? We'll take any occasion to put our creativity on display :)

This year, my guests will be greeted at the door with this cute little "Thanksgiving" sign, and it was so fast and inexpensive to make that I wanted to share it with you.



I purchased an unfinished wooden sign from my local dollar store and picked out paper in elegant fall colors. I cut one piece of wood grained patterned paper and glued it to the surface of my sign.

Next, I cut 4 squares of paper in 3x3", then glued them down, leaving a space of about 1/2" all the way around them. I outlined each square with gold stickles and then set it aside to dry.

While it was drying, I got out my Slice machine and cut out some leaf shapes in a 3" size. I used Helmar Liquid Scrapdots to attach them to my sign and give them the dimension.

Finally, I attached a cardstock sticker to a scrap of the woodgrained paper, attached it with Scrapdots and then outlined the word "Thanksgiving" using the gold Stickles again. Attach a piece of coordinating ribbon as a finishing touch and you're done!

From everyone at Scraptacular, we wish you a safe, happy and healthy Thanksgiving day.

Fall Fest Crop Winners!

Thanks to everyone who came by the message board to participate in our Fall Fest Crop!

Here are the winners:
Challenge #1--asarasota
Challenge #2--scrapbookingsmiles
Challenge #3--BarbP
Challenge #4--Rebecca in MI
Challenge #5--Cher K
Challenge #6--raysmommy
Challenge #7--scraplady
Challenge #8--scrapbookingsmiles
Challenge #9--raysmommy
Challenge #10--my2xys
Challenge #11--datatar
Challenge #12--raysmommy
Challenge #14--scraplady
Challenge #15--Bibi
Challenge #16--scraplady
Challenge #17--amgrassi

Game Winners:
Eye Spy--amgrassi
Scrappy Concentration--my2sxys
Fall Word Scramble--scrapbookingsmiles
Pick a Card--Cher K
Scraptacular Trivia--raysmommy

Make and Takes:
Altered Clipboard--Cher K
Product Packaging--Rebecca in MI

And last but not least, the Grand Prize Winner is:
RAYSMOMMY!!!

And a close second is Cher K!

Congrats to the winners!

The Crop Is On!

It is not too late to join in the fun over here...



the designers have outdone themselves with fun challenges, games and make and takes, but the members are WOWing me, as well... here are just a few of the pages and cards you can find being made for the challenges!

This one was so unique and i was drawn to it right away! Barb has used a doll house template for the border and it just looks like it fit there perfectly! the page is just stunning! Join her in Challenge #1 using a non-scrappy item on a page!



Heather has made this fun card using packaging for the Make and Take using recycled packaging. what a creative idea!



This page is so inspiring to me. Judi has made it for the Thankful Challenge #2 and it blew me away when i saw it!



Cher has done a beautiful job with the Card Challenge #5. She mentioned she was a card maker and i can tell... these are wonderful!



and look at this lo by Julie! it is so soft and pretty! i love how she choose a lo and created something so special and unique from it in the Gallery Challenge #17!


please come and join us and if nothing else stop by and be inspired by all the talent these ladies have!

Fall Fest Crop underway!!!

So the online Fall Fest Crop at It's Scraptacular is well under way in the Forum. The Design Team has concocted LOADS of challenges, make-n-takes, and games! There are TONS of prizes to be won. Every layout submitted earns you a point towards the TWO GRAND PRIZES!!!

What's been going on so far??? We've got a Bingo game of Scrapbooking Manufacturers being played all week, a Posting contest, wonderful ideas for Fall-themed layouts, and CHALLENGES (with prizes attached to EACH one)!

The Challenges are great ways to get started on those layouts. We've got a Bingo Challenge:



and checkout what our member "datatar" created using the diagonal with brown cardstock, ink, free space, 3 pieces of patterned paper, and something red:



There's a Scrapbook Play challenge where you can create a layout using something that's "nontraditional". Dana used a pine cone...



Barb used a template from a dollhouse she's making...



And Heather used a bumblebee made out of Perler Beads....



There are challenges and games being added everyday...and lots of fun conversations...come over and join in the scraptivity!!! It's going on until Sunday, November 15th, at 12 a.m. EST.

Trick or Treat!

Happy Halloween friends. Were you one of the lucky ones to get this months Scraptacular kit? Or, have you purchased the Pink Paislee "Twilight" papers? If so, here's a quick little project for you...



My children think its fun to "trick or treat" at our house. At the end of the night, they come strolling up the walkway, ring the bell and say "Trick or Treat Mommy!". I always try to have something a little special for them as a reward.

Each year, I make up a little goodie bag for each of them, and this time around I used the Pink Paislee "Twilight" papers as goodie bag "toppers". All I did was cut the patterned paper into 4x8 pieces, then fold it over like a greeting card. I decorated each topper using coordinated Pink Paislee Stamps. I pulled out my "Slice" die cutter and made that cute little pumpkin and attached it to the card with Helmar Liquid Scrapdots for some fun dimension.





Bag toppers are a great way to use up those left over scraps, and you can easily make them in just a matter of minutes. Suprise your little treat or treaters with something extra special tonight ;)

Basic Grey Love

i have been having so much fun working with new Basic Grey! before you know it the snow will be falling and the holidays will be here, so make sure to run over to the store and grab some of these new papers (and some of those "delightful" thickers why your at it!!)....
here is one of my dt pages...





look for all the design team pages in the DT Gallery and Monthly Kit Gallery soon :)

Silhouette

Do you ever Silhouette your pictures for your los? You know, just grab a pair of scissors & cut out the person or image in your picture. I know, I know, who wants to cut up their wonderful picture that they have taken. But, I think it creates a fun effect. I do not do it very often, but I do it from time to time. So far, I've liked the way they have turned out. Here are a few los that I have done over the years of cutting up my pictures & using silhouettes:



The firetruck in the center. I didn't like all the background that was in the picture. There were houses & cars & some people I didn't know. So, I just cut them all out.



I cut my girls out for the back of mini albums that I did for my mom & mother in law. I drew a flower in between them for a fun added effect.



Here I cut out my parents fishing & their huge catches. I didn't want all the other stuff in the pics, I just wanted the focus to be on the fish that they had caught.



On this one, I cut out the butterfly up in the right corner. It is my daughter poking her head out of one of those wooden figures at the zoo. I actually popped it with foam adhesive & it kind of flutters. It doubled as an embellishment.

So, that is my tip or suggestion. Why don't you give it a try & see what you can come up with. Post here or in the forums or gallery so we can see your creation!

Thanks for reading! Have a wonderful weekend!
Anneliese, October GDT