~More Avocado Arts Stamping Fun!~

Good morning and welcome to the 30th reveal with 

your very own PINKY and Avocado Arts!

 I am really having some fun with this stamp set, I have to say~ :)
Special Delivery- LOVES it. 

I used the digital dies along with this set to create the sweet delivery bird. 

I love them! Thanks Avocado Arts!

Now head over to the other lovely and talented ladies to see what they have created! :)
Ashley Harris
Vera Ling
⇓⇓⇓⇓⇓ That's me! :) 
Cristal "Pinky" Hobbs
Avocado Arts

~Blast From The Past BLOG HOP!~

Welcome to the Viva Las VegaStamps Blast From The Past BLOG HOP!

We have some oldies but goodies to share today, and you could

WIN a great prize if you comment on ALL the blogs! :) 

My stamps was a Leaping & Yelling Woman...I totally felt her pain LOL

I mean seriously if you have boys you know why this sign happened in my house.

When I saw her I knew I needed to make this and YES it is 

hanging in the boys bathroom right now.

I used some older Basic Grey papers and a NEW Clear Scraps

Build It Your Way album page to create this wall hanging.

This is the stamp I used:

Leaping & Yelling Stamp Item 4272 Plate 54 & 149
Be sure to comment on all the blogs and have some fun! :) 

~Think Happy Thoughts-Acrylic & Crystal Sun Catcher!~

Happy Friday to my amazing crafty friends,

I created a fun new project to share because I have the privilege

of working with Connie Crystals and amazing crystal company.

And Clear Scraps, a great acrylic company, and of course

The Scraptastic Kit Club (which provided the paper and embellishments)

June 2012 PB&J Kit + Add On

I decided to combine to three for a beautiful sun catcher wall hanging. 

 I started out with the Clear Scraps Scalloped Square Album, I took 

a page from it. Then I scored and cut, and cut...and CUT the middle out! 

LOL It was alot harder them I anticipated, these things are sturdy!

I stapled the Connie Crystal Sun Catcher into place, 

(Mixed Media Octagon Sun Catcher Green- CC Art 1120)

then I added the paper frame from the PB&J kit. 

I also dug out my add-on from last month's kit the Ruby Red 

Liquid Pearls and dotted all over. 

I cannot wait to hang this on my wall, I love the fresh look for summer!

Don't forget to "Like" Connie Crystal on Facebook. 

They will have a new website up soon with full instructions too.
Plus the amazing Scraptastic Kit Club and Clear Scraps, they all are
wonderful companies with purpose.

Happy Friday! :) 

~Express Yourself Layout- Scraptastic Club~

Good morning my friends, 

I have a layout to share today (no it's not digi!) LOL It's 100% paper.

It's a layout about my new tattoo using the Scraptastic Club June 2012

PB&J Kit and the PB&J Add-on I LOVE them! You need to check them out!

Ok so on a side note, when I decided this year was my tattoo year

I thought nothing of it. I just thought I was almost 40 and I had wanted these

tattoos for 20+ years, so I was just going to do it. 

They all mean something special, it's like a little journal of my life.

I never even thought anyone would care if my arm was all tatted up.

In fact I thought no one would care. That's exactly what I thought about my

pink hair!! LOL Silly me...people really are either very pro or very con

and they do say things quite a bit about it. 

Bt it's all good I am old enough to handle it *wink*

But it is funny to look at it from my point of view...one of these days I will

stop being so naive...or maybe I just don't think about it because at the

end of the day I just don't care what anyone thinks except my hubs and I. 

But I LOVED the "Please don't rain on my parade" sticker, really that is

why I scrapbooked this entire layout! LOL Perfect! 

Oh and the photo is my new tattoo, my 3 little tikis, that stand for my 3 boys.

Ok that's it for me today...

Don't forget the Clear Scraps Acrylic Card class....sign ups are now! :) 

http://www.clearscraps.com/

http://www.mycreativeclassroom.com/course/info.php?id=606

Sign Up NOW! :)
Ok off to play ball again today, this is our last week, it's tournament week!!!

~Favorite 2010 Altered Projects + Fun News & New Class~

Good morning my scrappy-rific friends ♥

I decided to post my top 4 favorite altered projects from 2010.

I realized I REALLY altered alot LOL 2-3 items a month!

Now I had a few more BUT they are in the Cricut Circle Magazine so I

cannot share them with you! :(

So here are the ones I chose...

And my favorite altered projects...not including publications...

My very original idea of and altered rolling pin kitchen sign :) Love this~

I had this idea back in January and hunted all over online to find

one and I never found even one, so it was a fun project!!

My Basic Grey Curio/Clear Scraps mini albums

The recycled book print bows :) Loves♥

My fun and functional Imaginisce Cocktail ring!

I really had fun looking through old projects♥

Did you go through yours and make a trip down memory lane??

Couple of fun things today...first of all I am going to be teaching an

online class in February I believe...*I will double check* It will have FULL

video tutorials and you can use all your own stash or purchase the kit.

Guess how much it is?? ONLY 5.00 a month plus they have contests

so you can WIN the subscription too!

The host is Stash To Treasure, go check it out♥

...secondly the new Cricut Stampede~

You know I design for the Cricut Circle, if you are a member you see my work

in the magazine every single month. Anyways they are hosting a STAMPEDE!

I think that is all for me today, sorry but my children went

back to school yesterday for the first time in over 14 days and guess

what? My youngest was sick LOL I am running behind with the

kiddos at home and being sick so much! Mom needs a quiet day♥

~Happy Thursday~

~Pinky~

~Sunday is here, what a great weekend!~

Good morning my crafty friends.

This weekend has been an amazing weekend for our family.

I began the weekend Friday night, it was Becca's

birthday bash so we all met in town and went out for the evening.

Can you believe this is the first time in over 4 years

hubs and I have been out alone? Crazy huh?

It was so fun to dress up and go out for a bit.

We had to dash out early because the next morning we

had a commitment to meet up and help to make 500 pillowcases

for Conkerr Cancer. What an amazing day that was.

It was so wonderful to see everyone work together to

make all these pillowcases for the children.

Here is a list of companies who donated

to the cause by donating food.

Demo's Restaurant in Hendersonville

Chick-Fil-A

Kroger

Publix

and Starbucks

if you know these companies please frequent them

and thank them for donating food to all the hard workers

who spent 10 hours making pillowcases.

*Especially the Middle TN area*

Sadly I took my boys home after 8 hours,

but they were so amazing, they ran fabric back and forth

cut, ironed and all the good stuff :)

On to scrappy schtuff!

Have you been to Dirty Scraps this weekend?

Here is my Layout for the challenge.

I used the Steam Punk Graphic45 papers, and

let me say I am IN LOVE! I also used my PLAID paint

and some Basic Grey.

I will definitely be finding the entire

Steam Punk line and buying it!!!!!!

If you want to find out more about the amazing

emotional challenges on Dirty Scraps

please do visit and play along.

http://dirtyscraps.blogspot.com/2010/09/challenge-18.html

Now I am off to finish up preparing for 2 birthday parties

we are having at our home today! I now am a mom to

an 8 yr old, 7 yr old and 15 yr old....oh how time flies :)

~Happy Sunday y'all!~

~ Thanks for stopping by and sharing in our lives~
~Pinky~

~Labor Day, First Unibind Book, Chicken Butts, & A New Reveal~

Good morning my crafty friends....

are you ready for a creative day??
First the crafty stuff then the chicken updates *wink*

I received my Unibind Photobook Creator last week

and could not wait to get started!! I had a couple of

others projects to finish first then I got right to work!

Now my ideas are not the traditional photobook ideas.

I love them but I wanted to get artsy and funky!

This is an art journal book I created for me and all my crafty

friends to play with! I am going to take it to crops

and with me everywhere, allowing my friends and family

to create pages in their own personal style.

It will be a wonderful memory for this time in my life

and something I can go back years from now and look

at, remembering all those amazing friends I have!

I started the first page with stamping and I am going to

write instructions inside for my "artist" friends to begin creating.

I used Jenni Bowlin, MOD PODGE, Tim Holtz, Basic Grey, Smooch Spritz,

Chatterbox, Hambly, even Ruby Rock It rub-ons! :)

So what do you think?? Ready to make your own

Art Journal?? Come on make one! Let me see it!

It's perfect for other scrapbookers!!!

I had to share a few pictures of my chickens

because this week they are finally old enough to be "free range"

we let them out now to hunt and peck, it's so cute!

Aren't their little chicken butts cute?!! hehehe

"psstt did you see that pink haired chick who keeps taking our pictures?"

hehehe the hens cackling.

This is the one who has taken over the "momma" roll

she calls them all back in and calls them when I come out

to feed them, it's SO cute and fun! I loves her!

Let's not forget it is SFTIO reveal week on Pinky's Blog!

Look at these amazing papers! This kit is STUNNING!

It feels so tropical/India/Morocco to me.

I just loved working with it! The layouts design

just flowed like hot chocolate syrup! :)

More of the "Enlightenment" journaling.

I have to say this kit got me thinking for sure!

It was thought provoking and pushed me to really study

my inner thoughts. I love that.

OK we are off to the movies today I think....depends on how

it goes with the kids :) We might have to stay home and do

yard work...now what fun is that?! LOL

~Happy Labor Day~

~Thanks for stopping by and saying hi~

~Love to hear from y'all!~

~Pinky~

~Fancy Free Tuesday!~

Morning!
Well, it felt like I was never going to be
finished with this mini album but I am!
*This is day 2 of the school year and momma is going to
take a girly day!*

I think it took me longer to photograph
it then make the darn thing LOL

The album is a Clear Scraps mini album

On the cover I used my French Manor Cartridge
and my Cricut Expression.
See the cute gingham under the "in time"?
It is FABRIC TAPE from Love my Tapes and I am officially
"IN LOVE" I love that stuff!

Through the album I used Basic Grey papers.
And you can see the Monarch Butterfly Punch
from Martha Stewart, I love her punches!

Here I used a really old Daisy D Rub-on
and a leftover cloth brad from the August Kit from SFTIO

On this page I also used more from the SFTIO kit,
including the brown stamp *see I do stamp! LOL*
The alphas were also from the kit.

Using the theme from the cover I used more sewing
patterns to create this flower. Also another fabric
brad from SFTIO kit. I threw in some vintage lace.

This is all Basic Grey, their stickers were so yummy!

Some twill I had and another Basic Grey sticker

Another fabric brad and flower from SFTIO kit, also
some very OLD 7Gypsies rub-ons, I have been
hoarding them! :)

More sewing patterned paper, crinkled and ruffled.
Oh and on the lower edged some VIVA Paint pen!\
My FAVORITE product!

Here on the back
I used wide vintage lace to make the flower
and my Imaginisce i-top to make the center
with the Medium Brads. Also I used tulle that
I sprayed with Tattered Angels Coral Glimmer Mist
and I am out :( I need to find a sale I guess.

OK I am off to play my friends...
I have the winner of the Gypsy DVD drawn but
I am going to make y'all wait until tomorrow! :P

~Have a great day y'all!~
~Thanks for stopping by and saying hello,
every night I read the comments smiling and laughing~
~Pinky~