My Week in Photos

Lets start with today :)
As you can see we are at our Lake...so nice to be back here for the season.
Such a gorgeous view.

Last weekend was the May Long weekend, we celebrate it by crafting at my SIL's camp :)
Her camp is close to the US border and my daughter asked us if we could pick up a parcel for her she had there.
So we decided to make the most of this little excursion and went to the casino for dinner.
While there, Sharon had to play a few slots....she even won a bit of cash :)

This is what happens when my girls get a hold of my phone...silly girls :)

Another beautiful view.
This is from my SIL's deck...beautiful Lake Superior.

When we came home from Sharon's camp, I had noticed these pretty bugs on my lilies.
Come to find out that the multiply like crazy and are destroying my plants.
So I picked them off of my plants...there were over 20 of these guys and I keep checking for more every day.

Ashley and Tyler needed a pet sitter, so I went over to check on Oscar and Sebastian.
For some odd reason, Oscar was very calm and sat beside me most of the time I was there.
Usually he is all jumpy....but he was a good doggy :)

Can't forget about Sebastian :)
The good child of the two.

Today Luna surprised us by jumping on top of the cupboards.
She used to do this all of the time when she was a kitty, but not so much lately.
She was up there watching Heather cut up some chicken.
She was happy when Heather gave her some.

I hope you all have a great creative weekend :)

Tracy :)

Zombie Cat.

You all know what I will be doing tonight, teehee.

Yes friends, I will not talk to you or text you during this hour…..but call me later and we can discuss the show ;)

Oh look a zombie kitty trying to get in our window, lol.

Kristy was washing her bedding, and when my girls wash their bedding they keep the door closed as they don't want Luna on the bed.
Our Luna is an open door type of cat.
What I mean by that, is if a door is closed, that is the room she wants to be in.
Kristy had forgot her door open during dinner, so Luna snuck in.
I see she tried to hide behind the blinds….not only is she obviously visible by her shadow, but her tail is hanging below the blind as well, lol.

I hope you all have a creative day today….I did :)

Tracy :)

Luna….before and now

Awwww such a cutie, isn't she :)

This is our cat Luna.
We adopted her last August.
The photo on the left is when we first got her….the second photo is from the other day.
Kristy took these photos of her.
I love that she is in the same position…she is behind a chair at the front window.
She is a bit chubbier in her Now photo…..It may be time to cut down on her treats, lol.

Just thought I would give you a smile this Friday :)

I hope you all have a very Creative Day :)

Tracy

Luna Love

I started this layout at Scrap for Heart back in February.
I was wanting to work on my layering and my friend Lesli (Vintage Scraps) came over to help me out.
She shared a layout/sketch with me…she has a ton of them saved on her iPad.
I didn't follow it exactly, but it gave me a good starting off point.

Lesli let me use her home made mist…it smelled soooo good, every time I look at this layout I can still remember the smell of her mists.
Sharon thought I was odd, as I kept smelling my layout…..it doesn't smell like the mists anymore, but I kept smelling it, lol.

I purchased these papers at a craft garage sale that someone had here in town..I really liked the ombre paper in the background….but as you can see, a lot of it is covered up….isn't that how it goes.

This "Love" tag was the finishing touches that I did the other day, I really like how I layered it on my hand cut banner.
Wow, this layout only took 3 months to complete, lol.

Isn't Luna adorable :)
I don't really need an answer….I know you agree ;)

These jumbo letters are so fun.
Not only are they humungous, but some of them have touches of velour on them.

I cut apart a doily here and layered a paper heart I cut out and a button and brad…..it seems like forever ago that I have used a brad.
And how purrrfect is that Love washi tape for this layout ;)

When I showed my layout to Heather, she said "It is nice…..but a lot of pink, don't you think".
Heather does not care for the colour pink, lol.

As much as I love this layout….the only problem I have with it, is that it is only a 1 page layout.
I am a 2 page layout kind of girl…..so we will see what goes on the other page once I put it in my album :)

I hope you all had a very Creative day :)

Tracy :)

Dentists Love Me

Busy day today.
1st stop was to the dentist for me….I had a cavity.
Seriously, a cavity at my age!!!
But the dentist said good news for me my gums are healthy and I shouldn't have any teeth fall out, lol.
My kind of guy…glass half full ;)
When I finally got home and my freezing was all out…I did enjoy a chocolate egg…hmmmm I wonder why I have had so many cavities, lol.

I didn't eat all day and I was starving.  I happen to drive by Ashley's house, I noticed that she was home for lunch.
Perfect…so she made me lunch and we had a nice visit :)

Kristy dumped her clean laundry on her bed as she was in a rush to go out.
As you can see, Luna appreciated it, teehee.

Its not clean anymore, lol.
Look at how sweet and comfy she looks :)
Our Rose never did this, so I am still surprised when I see Luna under the covers or snuggled in the blankets.

So after all of my errands today, I still had time to complete a pocket letter and to do a video of the ones I have completed :)
I just have to wait for the recipients to receive them (and for me to transfer and delete my old videos) to upload them :)

I hope you all had a very Creative Wednesday :)

Tracy :)

Hide N Seek

Luna is playing Hide N Seek with me.
This is her hiding ;)

Found her :)
Yes another crazy cat lady post, lol.

Hoping to upload a video tonight….but I have to edit it first.
Hopefully I can share it with you tomorrow :)

Hope you all had a very Creative Day :)

Tracy :)

Happy Mail

Look even Luna is excited that I received my Scrapbook & Cards Today magazine.

Now doesn't Luna look adorable….even though she tests our nerves at times.
I thought I was going to have to take her to the vet, as Kristy seen Luna eat a hair tie and was starting on a second one.
Kristy was able to get one out of her mouth, but the first one was long gone.
I told the girls that they had to check in her litter box, if no hair tie was found…then we would need to take her to the vet.
Thankfully Heather found a upchucked hairball with a hair tie in it….so no vet visit for her :)

Now aren't you happy you came to my blog today to hear this wonderful story, teehee.

Hope you all had a very Creative Friday :)
I am, as I am spending it with my friends for Friday Night Scrapbooking :)

Tracy:)

Luna post ;)

I am officially one of those crazy cat ladies….because here is another post about our Luna ;)
Doesn't she look like she just got caught for doing something naughty, lol.

She thinks she is hiding, lol.
Hide and Seek is not her best game ;)

Heather took my tapestry/wall hanging down when we first adopted Luna.
Luna enjoyed climbing up my beautiful wall hanging.
Heather knew that was one of the biggest no, no's so she just removed it.
So this wall has been blank since then…I was so happy get it hung back up today.
Luna seemed to be happy as well….but this time she couldn't climb it.

I have mentioned before that Luna enjoys watching us at the kitchen table, from the top cabinets.
Her new trick has been chewing on the corner trim…actually she is gnawing on them.
If you remember we have tried sprinting her with water, using tinfoil to deter her, balloons and even sticky tape…nothing works.
So I told Wayne to add some cooking oil, maybe she wouldn't like the taste…boy was I wrong she started licking it.
Wayne wanted to try tabasco sauce, but I said no, I thought that was mean.
So he added some cayenne pepper to the very corner…it worked!!!
Well so far it has worked.
Ashley was over and we were all in the kitchen while Kristy decorated Heather's birthday cake for tomorrow.
Luna slept up there the whole time.
Luna is all rested up, ready to play tonight…when we are all asleep, lol.

I hope you all had a very Creative Thursday :)

Tracy :)

Pen love.

When I was writing in my Fauxbonichi yesterday, I used a few different pens.

A couple of them would skip. 

The pens would write nicely on a index card, but not on the smooth paper in my journal.

So I went and found my fountain pen I purchased when I was in grade 5…so about 35+ yrs ago.

I also had an ink cartridge (not from 35 yrs ago, maybe 20).

So I have used it in my Fauxbonichi and it writes so nicely….until I dropped it and got some ink splotches on my paper.

Ashley has wanted us to bring Luna over to her house so Luna could meet Sebastian.
Lets just say, Luna is a domineering little girl.
At first it looked good, they even got nose to nose checking each other out.
Then we heard some hissing, it was from Luna.
We even heard her growl a few times.
Sebastian would just make his quiet "talking" noises.
Funny thing is, they never left each others sides. They were very curious of each other.
But Luna has never been at Ashley's house before, so everything was new to her.

On the drive home, Heather opened Luna's carrier door a tad, so she could pet her.
Luna pushed her way out of her carrier and onto Heather's lap and enjoyed looking out of the window.
I don't like pets loose in a vehicle (one of my pet peeves….see what I did there) so she was put back into her carrier.

I am curious.

I know most of you are stationary lovers, So I was wondering if you have any stationary supplies from 25 yrs ago…if you are even that old, lol. If you do, I would love to know what they are.  I have some writing pads that old, lol.  I sound like a hoarder.

Actually I sound like my dad telling me that his lunch box was older than I was ;)

I hope you all had a very Creative Sunday :)

Tracy :)

Mini "Love" card

I went down into my craft room to make a few Valentines cards for my family.
But after looking in my card stash…I see I have more than enough for this year.
And with my goal to send the cards that I already have, I didn't need to make any.

When I make my cards, I usually make them 5.5x5.5, which leaves me with a 3x11 piece of card stock left over from my base, perfect for a 3x3 card.
I made this card awhile ago but it needed a little something.
So I used my new Teresa Collin's "Love" punch, to spruce my card up a bit.
I punched "Love" 3 times and layered them for a thick-chipboard look to it and then adhered it on my card.
These small 3x3 cards are so fun to make….and a perfect way to use up some of those tiny scraps :)
My oldest daughter Ashley has a love with journals, notebooks and her new love of planners, just like me :)
She sent me a link to a mint coloured KikiK with gold details.
Ashley was trying to figure out a way to justify purchasing this planner ;)
I had asked her at Christmas if she would use a planner, and she didn't think she would.
She really likes how I decorate my planner pages and my fauxbonichi, but she said her note book for work is functional, but boring.
I told her we couldn't have that, and to bring it over next time she comes over.
Which was tonight ;)

She writes a lot in her book for work, so I needed to keep the writing area clear.
So I used washi tape to decorate the top of each page.

Isn't this such pretty washi :)

I also did a bit of stamping.
Because the ink shadowed through to the next page, I would add washi on the next 2 pages.
I hope this makes her smile when she opens this book in the morning at work.

Our cat Luna loves to be around us, especially when we are in the kitchen.
When we are in the kitchen, she is either at her food dish, on a chair pawing at us as we walk by, or on the top of the cupboards watching us eat our dinner.
But tonight, she enjoyed watching Heather wash the dishes, teehee, she is so cute.

I hope you all had a very Creative Monday.

Tracy :)

Such a smart kitty

I watched a few YouTube videos today and Luna thought she should join me.
She also enjoyed walking on the keyboard and pausing the videos, lol.

We have such a smart kitty….she is so technical, lol.
Kristy took this photo of Luna.
Luna was actually typing and backspacing….I guess she made a few spelling mistakes, teehee.
I love her face here, it looks like she is saying "Don't disturb me, I'm working", lol.

I opened up a new ink today.
As you can see, the ink spilled over to the edges.
It was like this when I opened it….I hope I can clean the ridge as I don't like the mess of it.
When I used it though, it seemed nice and juicy.

I hope you all had a very creative Friday…I did as my friends came over for Friday Night Scrapbooking :)

Tracy :)

New Washi Tape Storage :)

I will let you have a break from my journals and go onto my other obsession…Washi Tape!!

If you have been following my blog for any amount of time, then you know I really like Washi Tape or decorative tape.
I like it so much, that my collection keeps growing.
Growing so much so, that I have gone through 5 different container to accommodate them.
I have a few blog posts and a video that shares my growth.
Here is my first post with a video :) "Washi Storage with Video"
And another one "Yup, Another Washi post" I share a few uses, besides crafting, on this one.
Oh and I will throw in my video on how I make my washi tape thinner "Washi on a Diet"

Now onto todays post :)
This is my latest storage for my washi tape.
It is a  H=10 3/4xW=13.5xD=13  Sterilite 3 drawer container.
It is a bit bulky to carry around, but I am working on a solution for that ;)
I use to foam core board to separate the rows. The problem with that is that they would fall over when I moved it around.
Aslo when opening the drawers, I couldn't reach the back washi as the drawers don't come out without force.

I was thinking of using empty kitchen wrap containers to put the rows of washi in…but how long would that take to collect enough for my needs.
And here I thought I was a patient person, lol.
Well, look at what I found at the dollar store…they are perfect…well pretty much perfect ;)

I can fit 4 of these trays in one drawer.
Where I could fit 5 rows with the foam core board.
But with the foam core board I still couldn't reach the back washi tapes and they still got mixed up.
I picked up 3 of these trays yesterday to see if they would work.
Then picked up 9 more when I drove Kristy to work.
When I got home I got straight to work.
But then realized that I had more washi tape than trays…so I braved the -40c weather and picked up 4 more.

Here it is all nice and organized.
Oh about reaching the back trays…..I will just have to pull out the front tray and pull the others forward to reach the back one :)
I bet you noticed the trays of washi tape on the top of the drawer container….This container sits upon another drawer container just like this one, so I will just move these 4 into the top drawer of that container.
It is so much smoother to open the drawers now as tape doesn't get stick, and so much easier to see what I have :)
Ohhh this makes me so Happy :)

I think I should have been dusting instead of organizing my washi tape, as this is Luna playing with the dust particles in the sun beams, lol.
But this put a smile on mine and Heather's faces and organizing my washi tape was so much more fun than dusting :)

I hope you all had a very Creative Monday :)

Tracy :)

Peek A Boo

She is thinking "What, I'm not ON the table", teehee.
My goodness she is just so adorable, isn't she ;)
See the chocolate bar house in the background.
My husband has made this with the girls for as long as I can remember.
So much easier and tastier than gingerbread houses.

I went out looking for my month on 2 pages page inserts.
Unless I purchase the whole monthly planner pages, I can't find them in my town, or even on line.
So I am going to check and see if I can find some free printables, as I need my 2 page monthly calendar pages.

I also make a video on my newest journal that I have been working on the last 2 months.
It took 3 hours to save the video to my laptop and I have no idea how long it will take to upload it to YouTube. I'm thinking 5-7 hours.
But I will upload that when everyone is in bed. Especially since the girls are playing video games on-line at the moment ;)

I hope you all have a very Creative Monday :)

Tracy :)

A Sneak Peek at my Journal

I love adding washi tape to the edges of my pages.
I know you want to see the journal I am working in.
I am not quite ready to share the inside of it yet…but soon, I promise :)

But what I will tell you is that I needed a journal to hold at least a whole year.
I usually jump right in to something and then later, let it slide.
So this time I decided to give it a trial run.
I had this planner already and it fit 2 months.
Perfect…..I can start the brand new journal in the new year :)

I was at the vet a bit earlier to pick up Luna.
But they let me take her anyway :)
Heather and I stayed home all day to keep an eye on Luna.
I brought up her litter box and shut the door going downstairs.
Not only was she spayed, she was also de-clawed.
Now before you all go judging, and telling me what an awful pet owner I am for getting this done.
If we didn't get her de-clawed, we wouldn't have adopted her.
So (even the vet agreed) give her a loving home or not….Give her a loving home was the winner.

Luna loves to go on the top of the cupboards during dinner to be with us.
Whenever we are in the kitchen this is where she goes.
I was scared she would try today and I didn't want her to hurt herself.
So I gave her some soft food (a treat for her) as we ate, hoping to deter her from going up there.
It didn't work.
When she was ready to come down, I tried to help her, as I was scared she would rip a stitch.
Well she wouldn't have none of that and got down just fine on her own.
I guess the stairs won't be a problem for her :)

I hope you all had a very Creative Thursday :)
Oh by the way, I found my mini inks.
They were on the converted pool table, front and centre.
I looked there twice yesterday, lol

Tracy :)

Early Morning with Luna

My day started out early…too early.
Of course the early morning snow plow was out, so Wayne shovelled for me..but I have a 4x4, so I would have just rammed it over that little snow bank ;)
The reason for the early morning outing……our Luna had to get spayed today :(
She is an indoor cat, but the agreement we signed in order to adopt her, was that we had to agree to get her spayed.
Mind you, we would have got her spayed even without the agreement.

When I got back home went home for a nap…I am not a morning person.
I later brought Kristy to work and had some mail to drop off at Ashley's.
Ashley was at work, so I made myself at home when I got to her place.
I enjoyed my lunch and  drank her one and only can of Coke, teehee.
I also enjoyed some loving from her kitty, Sebastian  :)

Kristy got off work at supper.
Even though I had dinner cooking in the oven, when I saw a sign for Deep Fried Pickles at Pizza Pizza…I just had to try them.
I honestly tried to talk myself out of getting them, especially since I had dinner at home.
But I was still waiting for Kristy and I had a great parking spot right beside Pizza Pizza…and well, I already ruined my healthy day with a Coke, so what the heck, right ;).
I have to say they were flippin delicious!!!

The vets office said they were going to phone me with how Luna was doing.
I couldn't wait any longer and phoned them.
They told me she is doing well, and I can pick her up at 1:00 tomorrow.
When I told them that I missed her and want her home now, they told me I could come and get her at noon tomorrow….I think I may go even earlier than that ;)

I hope you all have had a Creative Day :)
I was hoping to work in my journal tonight, but I have been searching for my mini inks.
I have looked everywhere…but I bet they are right in front of me.

Tracy :)

Paper Snowflakes

Look at all the pretty snowflakes :)
I punched all of these out last night during Friday Night Scrapbooking.
I wanted to use them on my gift card holders.

When I made my Christmas cards, I used Stampin' Up's texture paper…which I love, and used my Cricut to cut out a sheet of snowflakes.
I had a lot of good paper left in between the snowflakes made by my Cricut, and I just couldn't throw it away.
So I got out my Martha Stewart snowflake punch and went to town ;)
The results in the photo above.

My plan was to have red gift card holders and have the snowflakes sprinkled around the GC holder.
As you can see, my orderly personality wouldn't allow for that, lol.
So then I thought….okay, I will still use the snowflakes on some of the GC holders, but I can only use papers from my scrap folders.
Success :)

I usually take my crafty photos in my craft room with the door closed…bet you can't imagine why, lol.

I can not tell you how many times I had to re-set up these Gift card holders.
I think after the 10th plus time, I moved into my craft room and shut the door.
Luna looks like she is really enjoying herself doesn't she?

And then she looks up at me with this adorable face as if to say…Am I disturbing you?

Onto My Day:
Al of my daughters had today off, so they wanted to spend the day together.
So Wayne and I drove Heather and Kristy to Ashley's house, then we picked up a bit of lunch for ourselves and a little treat for later on ;)

Wayne bought himself an XBox One. I was going to get that for him for Christmas.
I swear he always buys himself something before Christmas.
It took over 18 hours for his game system to load up.
So just a tip, if you got one of these game systems for your children, as Wayne is one at heart.
Maybe start it up before Christmas, then wrap it, or prepare the little tykes for a long wait before they get to actually play a game.

I spent most of my day working in my journal…and checking out the internet.
Actually I think I spent more time running downstairs to get supplies I wanted for my journal, lol.

I hope you all had a wonderful and Creative Saturday :)

Tracy :)