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On the tenth day of Christmas my crafty friends gave to me…

G.E. Designs Fast & Furious Holiday Book!

The Fast & Furious Holiday Book has 16 projects that include table runners, placemats, wall quilts, stockings, a tree skirt, fun decorations, ornaments, and even candy/treat bags for any occasions. Seasons and holidays included Winter, Valentine’s Day, Easter, 4th of July, Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas.

Every day until Christmas, we’ll post a new giveaway on Think Crafts.  To enter to win, simply comment on the blog post with the word of the day. We’ll pick the winner randomly and contact them via email. Deadline is midnight tonight and the winner will be announced the next day on Facebook. One entry per person please.

Word of the Day: Candy Cane

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By Cardmaking & Scrapbook Layout Contributor, Peg from the blog Peg’s Crafting Corner.

In all of the craziness of the holiday don’t forget to help Santa out and let him know what you would like for Christmas.  He reads a lot of letters so make yours into a layout with pictures from your favorite craft store like CreateForLess so he knows just what to get you and where to get it. 

Santa Claus is going to make an extra delivery to one lucky CreateForLess customer this holiday season! Enter our Dear Santa Sweepstakes and you could win up to $100 of what you’ve been wishing for this holiday season! Simply pick out your wish list at CreateForLess and enter HERE!

Supplies Needed:

• Corner Rounder
• Christmas Tree Punch
• Graphic 45 Christmas Emporium Paper Pad
• Red Stickles
• Yellow Stickles
• Fired Brick Distress Ink
• Vintage Photo Distress Ink
• Heritage Cricut Cartridge
• Cricut Machine
• 3-d Adhesive
• Green Cardstock
• Smooth White Cardstock
• Smooth Beige Cardstock that works in your printer
• Black Marker
• Your favorite tape runner

The first thing you will want to do is to punch the Christmas trees using the tree punch and green cardstock  and then put the red and yellow Stickles dots on them.  Set them aside to dry.  Next, go to your favorite online craft store like CreateForLess and find some things on your wish list.  Copy and paste them into a document and print them off on the Smooth Beige Cardstock.  Keep in mind to size your photos so they will fit onto the 8 x 8 patterned paper once they are cut out.  After cutting around each photo, round the corners with the corner rounder and ink the edges using the Fired Brick Distress Ink.    Also, round the corners of the “Toyland” patterned paper from the Graphic 45 Christmas Emporium Paper Pad.  Attach the pictures with the tape runner to the patterned paper making sure to tilt some of the photos to add attention to the layout. 

Using your Cricut machine set the size to cut to 3 ¾” and cut the scroll from the Heritage cart.  Ink the edges using the Vintage Photo Distress Ink to give it an old world paper look and adhere it to your layout.    Write your letter to Santa with the black marker on the scroll and add the trees to the layout using the 3-d adhesive so they pop off the page. 

You now have your letter to Santa finished and can help cut his work time down by showing him where he can find the tools on your Christmas wish list!

Congratulations to Olga who was randomly selected as our Free Stuff Friday winner and will receive  “The Complete Book of Polymer Clay” by Taunton Press! This book includes step-by-step instructions, original projects, and an inspirational gallery, written by Lisa Pavelka.

If crafts are big, then clay is colossal. From pins and pendants to bracelets, buttons, and embellishments, crafters of all ages are embracing the creativity that polymer clay inspires. This encyclopedic book by renowned expert Lisa Pavelka includes the latest techniques, handy tips, and trade secrets.

Olga’s winning answer to “What was the last thing you purchased?” was…

“Well I did a little Christmas shopping yesterday. Sooo…of if I say, I may let the cat out of the bag ”

Congratulations to Stephanie who was randomly selected as our Free Stuff Friday winner and will receive an assorted pack of sizes and colors of Bazzill Cardstock!

Bazzill Cardstock is here to help you create beautifully colored cards, invitations, scrapbook pages, memory albums, journals, and more. Each sheet is acid-free.

Stephanie’s winning answer to “Did you wake up early for Black Friday shopping?” was…

“Nope, I Wish I Would Have Slept. But Have Been Up All Day Waiting For These Sales! But Its A Mad House!”

Congratulations to Julie R who was randomly selected as our Free Stuff Friday winner and will receive a prize pack containing an Olfa Rotary Cutter, Clover bamboo circular knitting needles, Blue Moon Beads & chains, DieCuts Box of Cards, Tim Holtz products and more!

Clover Bamboo Circular Knitting Needles have the perfect needle point with a tapered, round shape that never splits yarn and makes for smooth knitting from the start. The circular needles work just as well for straight knitting as they do for circular. Olfa Rotary Cutter 45 mm allows you to cut in any direction, backward or forward, straight or curved. You can cut many materials, cloth, leather, paper, vinyl, film and much more, thin or thick, soft or hard. Right or left handed. DieCuts Box of Cards let you create a handmade designer look with printed textured cards and envelopes. Package contains 4 each of 10 different color cards, all with White envelopes and card size is 4 1/4″x 5 1/2″.

Additional prizes: Aleene’s Tacky Glue, Bazzill Paper Flowers, Susan Bates Crystalites Knitting Needles, Therm O Web glue, Bone folder, Dara mixed buttons, Simplicity Studio Rulers, Blue Moon Beads earring findings, & Sweet Beads.

Julie R.’s winning answer to “What is your favorite post on Think Crafts?” was…

“My favorite post right now is one that was just posted yesterday: the felt Thanksgiving Table Runner. I love felt! I liked the idea of using a cookie cutter for a template. I usually just cut felt out free form, but sometimes I want to reproduce a shape exactly, and I’d never thought of using a cookie cutter. Tips like this are ones where I think, “Now, why didn’t I think of that?!” I didn’t, so Thank You!”

Congratulations to Chris S. who was randomly selected as our Free Stuff Friday winner and will receive a Life Drawing Satchel Set! Comes with everything you need to start sketching.

The Life Drawing Satchel Set comes with a drawing sketchbook, carrying case, 1 charcoal pencil, 3 graphite pencils, 2 pastel pencils, 3 charcoal sticks and 3 graphite sticks.

Chris’ winning answer to “What’s on your feet right now?” was…

 ”I’m wearing my TOMS shoes.”

Enter to win a Life Drawing Satchel Set! Comes with everything you need to start sketching.

The Life Drawing Satchel Set comes with a drawing sketchbook, carrying case, 1 charcoal pencil, 3 graphite pencils, 2 pastel pencils, 3 charcoal sticks and 3 graphite sticks.

Every Friday we’ll post a giveaway on Think Crafts and all you have to do is comment on the blog post answering the question of the week. We’ll pick the winner and contact them via email. Deadline is midnight tonight and the winner will be announced Monday. One entry per person please.

Question of week: What’s on your feet right now? Slippers, socks, shoes, heels….

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