I need to stay home ;)

Today was a pretty busy day.
I had some errands to run, then Heather, Kristy and I went shopping.
Then I dropped them off at Ashley's house as they are sleeping over there tonight.

I had a lot of alone time on my hands as Wayne worked late tonight, he didn't get home until after 9:30.
So with so much time on my hands, whats a crafty girl to do.
I know what I should have been doing….crafting ;)
But I decided to wander through Michael's.
I took my time and went down every aisle.
I found these goodies in the clearance area :)
The 12x12 papers are some resist papers from Heidi Swapp.
I had my eye on these Recollections frames a while back, but way to pricey for my liking.
I thought that these chipboard speech bubbles looked like fun :)

They had one last package of this other set of the Heidi Swapp PL cards.
I felt pressured to pick them up, teehee.
They have a gold foil on the cards.
I am thinking I may be able to change the colours of the backgrounds with either mists or inks.

Here are all the 4x6 cards.
There are 3 cards in each design.
I personally would have preferred more designs instead of 3 of the same cards.

Here are the 3x4 cards.
Again there are 3 cards in each design.
But if I ink or spray the backgrounds, it will give the cards a different look.
The package in the top left are all the chipboard pieces.

When I did get home, I wasn't going to eat supper alone, so I waited for Wayne.
So I decided to check out the internet and watch a video or two.
Then our cute little Luna decided to snuggle on my lap and go for a nap….a long nap.
It was so cute that I didn't want to disturb her, even though I really had to go pee.
Let just say when she finally woke up, I had to move very carefully to the washroom ;)

Hope you all had a Creative Day :)

Tracy :)

Project Life Heidi Swapp style

Because I didn't make my card for the wedding yesterday, I had a few of my creative club members tease me.
A couple of the ladies on my Facebook Page "Tracy's Treasures" told me I should be punished by having a time out in my craft room, or should have to create all day….I think I can live with that punishment, lol.

I didn't have a chance to create yet today, but what I did do, was go to Michael's ;)
I had seen a video on FB of Heidi Swapp and Becky Higgins collaborating on a project for PL.
Now if you follow my blog you know I don't do PL.
I do "Project 365" in a regular run of the mill, ol' fashion photo album.
But what got my attention with this set is, well for one, I love Heidi Swapp's style.
I thought it was fun that these cards have a resist for the sprays :)

So lets take a closer look at what we get in the kit.
2 each of the sticky back canvas's and one each of these wooden words.
I am having a bit of a problem with the dots on the i's not there…but that is one of my many quirks ;)

Here are the resist cards.
I love the heart one that says "Love you" on it :)
There are 2 cards per style.

These cards are also resist cards.
This will be fun to change up the colours and play around with them.
Again there are 2 cards per style.

These cards here are water paper cards.
I love the cut outs, but again I am working with my issue of the empty spaces with the letters.

The package price was $24.99 a bit steep in my opinion, but I did have a 40% off coupon which brought it down to $14.99 before our 13% tax was added.
I am a collector, so of course I want them all. Even the core kits (I think that is what they are called)
It may be time for a trip to the good ol' US of A. I think the price I paid with my coupon, is the regular price I would pay there ;)

I hope you all had a Creative Day :)

Tracy :)

Kitting up the Kit….and a few thankfulness's ;)

Last night was Friday Night Scrapbooking and I had 4 ladies as well as myself here and we had a wonderful time :)
I really need to take over the rec-room pool table as we need more room.
I have to research how to (safely) cover a pool table ;)

So last night I worked on another kit I bought at the Crop & Create event I went to last month.
The kits show you what your pages will look like, but you have to cut the papers based on their cutting instructions.
I have to say, I did make an error or two in the cutting department.
I am more of a visual person, not a "follow instructions" type of person , lol.

This kit makes 3 different (one page) layouts.
As you know, I am a two page layout scrapper.
What I did was cut all the papers for each layout and put them each in their own bag.
I have all the left over paper in another bag.
What I am going to do is match up, or use my own card stock for the background and then use the leftover pieces for the second page.
I have been pretty impressed with the extras in these kits :)

Yesterday I forgot to share my Day 22 of 30 Days of Thankfulness.
Yesterday I was thankful for a nice warm/hot candlelit bath.
After working in Ashley's unheated garage all day yesterday and the day before, I was soooo cold, I needed to get my core temperature back to normal ;)
Mind you my nose and toes were still freezing to the touch when I went to bed.

Day 23 of 30 Days of Thankfulness.
Today I am thankful for my favourite beverage.
I have almost quit my pop habit, but I will not say, I will never drink this sweet nectar again ;)
I have quit drinking pop for a year or so in the past, but why deny myself of something I like so much So today I am thankful that I can still drink my pop and then go back to water for the rest of the week, or month..or for however long I want ;)






















I have another thing that I am thankful for today.
Becky Higgins has a class going on at Creative Live called Scrapbooking with Project Life.
It was a 3 day free course. It started on Wednesday till Friday and ran for, I think, 7 hours each day.
As I was busy with Ashley I didn't get to see most of it.
But this weekend they are re-airing it.
Even though I don't do Project life ( I do Project 365, with my own supplies). It was very educational and I am sure many will start up with her kits…hey, you never know, I may as well ;)
One of my favourite parts (that I had seen) was the segment with her brother, talking about photo organizing and backup.
I took screen shots and notes as I really need this.
Here is the link if you want to tune in..Becky Higgins.

That is all for me for tonight.
Wayne and I spent the day with Ashley.
Ashley and I are so so close to being finished with her project :) :) :)
Because it was -26C, I told her and her boyfriend to bring the project into her spare room last night, as the wood filler wouldn't dry in this cold.
So today I sanded and then Ashley and I prepped the wood and put one coat of paint on it.
She had to go out tonight, so we weren't able to finish it.
I was going to stay and work on it, until it was finished. But I promised Wayne we could go home during Half time of the foot ball game.
He said we could stay, but we needed to do a bit of errands before heading home and it was after 5:00pm.
Hopefully it will be completed tomorrow and I can finally share it with you :)

I hope you all had a very creative Saturday :)

Tracy :)