Love You & Me mini album

I have been enjoying the summer at camp!

Our summers are short here in Canada (Northern Ontario) so I make the most of them by being outside as much as I can....which means my craft suffers.

But we have a very long cold winter here...so outside I will stay until I hibernate for the winter.

With that being said, I am going to share with you a project I made in February.

I have a yearly subscription with Scrapbook & Cards Today for their SCT Sampler.

I have been getting them since they started in January 2018...but I really haven't been using them.

This year my friend Deborah and I made a pact with each other to use each Sample as they came...we are a few months behind 😳

We made a mini album with the February's sampler.

Here is the one I made.

I made it for my youngest daughter Kristy and her boyfriend.

I also did a video explaining (not very good I might add) on how I constructed this mini.

I have been getting requests to do a tutorial on this mini....so that is in the far off future, lol

I hope you enjoyed my mini album.

Tracy ❤️❤️❤️

Winnings from the Scrapbook Cottage

Last month I joined a virtual event put on by The Scrapbook Cottage.

I has so much fun and completed 6 double page scrapbooking spreads and 2 single page layout.

I also completed 8 cards.

Not only that, but I had such a fun time using my supplies.

And for an incentive, The Scrapbook Cottage gave anyone who completed their challenges a piece of 12x12 pattern paper and 12x12 cardstock to match.

 

If you completed any of their card challenges we received a 6x8 piece of pattern paper and a piece of 8.5x11 matching cardstock.

I had so much fun and the papers were just an added bonus...I was just happy to be able to join in and get so many layouts completed!

I posted a video with more details as well as the prize I won for getting my name drawn for participating.

I am having issues with YouTube and this blog tonight...it is not uploading photos...so frustrating.

Thank you for visiting me today.

I hope you are all safe healthy and are having a creative day 💕💕

Tracy❤️❤️❤️

# Love You Layout

  I don't post for months and then "Bam" a post every day for like a week, lol.

If you have read my posts from this week and last week, then you know that I attended a virtual Creative Gathering put on by The Scrapbook Cottage.

They had 7 sketches for cards and 7 sketches for scrapbook layouts (which I completed thank you very much, teehee)....But they also had classes!

Because they are located in Winnipeg and Steinbeck and I am from Ontario, I wasn't able to pick up the kits for these Class kits. Sharon would have mailed them out, but I was a bit late in hearing about this, and the kits wouldn't have got to me in time.

So what is a crafty girl to do....but make up her own kits with her supplies.

Sharon and Kathy shared what was in their kits, so I just tried my best to make them work.

I was only able to do 2 of the classes as this event was jammed packed!

I still have my makeshift kits put aside to work on these classes at a later date, as the classes are still up on their Facebook page .

Here is my take on Sharon's Class

What I loved about this one is the heart shape with the 2x2 papers.

Sharon used a cut apart paper, where I had this stack of 2x2's.

Another difference is that Sharon had a pattern paper for her background where I used white cardstock and added paint splatters.

And one last change I made was that she had cut her photos in 2x2 sizes and added them to the 2x2 squares.

This was a really fun take on a layout! 

Then I did one of Kathy's classes.

I was shocked that Kathy coloured and cut all of the tiny images in her kits....not only that but there were 4 cards in each kit!

I found some cute images that were coloured and some I had to colour that night to put on my card.

Even though our images are different I used the same concept as Kathy for my cards.

I only got 1 out of the 4 cards completed.

I also did a video on these 2 projects.

I would love if you visited my YouTube channel and send me some love...If you have a channel, I will return the love right back to you ❤️

Thank you all so much for visiting me today 

I hope you are all well, safe and are having a creative day.

Tracy 💗💗💗

The Scrapbook Cottage's Challenge #7 "Mission Marsh Walk"

 This is the last challenge that The Scrapbook Cottage put on. 

They had quite a few classes as well, but I only had time to complete 2 of them.....which I’ll show in another post.  

This was the hardest challenge for me...not the challenge itself, but these papers.

There is a cluster I made with some of the pattern papers and a punch.

I just love this deer head punch!

I was really undecided about if I should add this deer head border to the top and bottom of my photos.

At first I thought the photos didn't stand out from the background paper, so added these deer head boarders to the top and bottom of my photos.

But then I thought the boarders took away from the photos even more so.

What do you think?

Here is the card I made with the left over papers.

This is the last sketch from these challenges!

I had such a great time coming up with my layouts from these sketches.

I did a video of all of my layouts from all 7 of the challenges.

I would love if you visited me at my YouTube channel and gave me a thumbs up on my video.

Here is a link to my channel "Tracy's Treasures24", if you would like to see more of my videos of my completed projects, tutorials and organizing videos ❤️ 

Again I want to thank Sharon, Kathy and their team at The Scrapbook Cottage for such a great event and I can't wait until you do it again!!!

I hope you are all well, safe and have a very creative day. 

Tracy 💗💗💗

Week #2...Defunkifying my paper scraps

 We all have them, we all love them and we can't part with them...yup, I'm taking about our paper scraps.

I have a few ways of dealing with my scraps and how I store them.

First off I share them!

When I have my Friday Night Scrapbooking nights...I would encourage my friends to use my scraps. I would even keep pieces of white and black cardstock on my large table for my friends to grab easily.

But sadly we haven't been able to get together since last March, so my scraps have been accumulating.

My scraps are actually spilling out of my holder.

I use coloured  hanging file folders, each colour of paper has its own file.

Once I took out the file folders the bottom of the holder was also full of papers.  

While I was on our virtual Friday Night Scrapbooking, I asked my friends if they wanted my scraps. My friend Lynne was up to taking them...so bonus, here comes a curbside drop off to you soon Lynne, teehee.

Now how pretty and organized does this look 💕

I have a few other ways I keep my scraps organized.

I like to keep the scraps with the paper pads if possible.

So I keep them in a bag with the paper pack...both 6x6 and 12x12 papers.

I have also added envelopes on the back of the paper pads to put the scraps in there.

I also do this with my 12x12 paper packs.

But now that I have a lot of the bigger clear bags, I like the bags even more so than the envelope method.

I just had to share my nicely organized files again...it just makes me happy.

I have been storing my scraps like this for many years and it works perfectly for me.

I do go through them at the beginning of each year and give away or recycle my older scraps.

But the best way to organize our scraps is by using them up 😁

I will post a video I did a few years ago on organizing my scraps for more detail...just click on the link.

Defunkifying my paper scraps.

I hope you all have a very safe and creative day.

Tracy

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Pyramid Mini Album Tutorial

I have been having fun making these Pyramid Mini Albums.
They are quick and so much fun. 


























Every Friday Night, I have my friends over for Scrapbooking.
With Social Distancing we have been posting a lot on our private FaceBook group (we started our own group a while ago, as not everyone gets our humour, lol). 
Because we couldn't get together, I decided to make a video tutorial on how I made these Pyramid Mini Albums. This way we could all craft on the same project, even though we can't create together.

I am so happy and excited that some of my friends have made them!!

I am going to share the tutorial here as well, so you can make them too.


If you do I would love to see them.
Post them on your blog and then let me know on here or on my YouTube channel, so I can see what you did!

I hope you all are safe and have a creative day 💕
Tracy❤️❤️❤️

Heathers Gorjuss Birthday Card 2020

Its me!!
Really its me!!
So much for my goal to blog once a week!
And here I used to blog everyday....what?!!?

Every year for my daughter Heather's birthday I make her a card with a Gorjuss girl on it.
She actually loved these images before I even knew about them.
After ordering some of the Gorjuss Girl stamps I noticed that she had an image on her computer screen. So every year since then I made her a card with one of these images.

This year I kind of cheated...
I usually colour my images on her card, but this year I ran out of time, so I photocopied my stamp package cover.
I felt like I slacked...but it still is a cute card, right?!
I just adore these images so so much.

I hope everyone is staying safe with this virus
I'm going to try and be a little more creative with most places being closed and having to stay at home.
I hope you all have a very creative day 💗💗💗

Tracy  

Judy's Card

Isn't this such a pretty card?

I was at a small scrapbooking crop with my friend Debbie and this card was the Make N Take.
My favourite Stampin' Up demonstrator Judy walked us through this card.
We water coloured the the flowers in with re-inkers.

I love to decorate the inside of my cards and this is stamp was perfect for this
I just think this is such a beautiful card and can be changed up depending on which sentiment you use or the colours you choose.

I even completed a few layouts at this crop....and I taught a little unexpected mini album class at my table, lol.

Thank you all for visiting me today
I hope you all have a very Creative Day

Tracy 💗💗💗

Gingerbread House Mini Album

I can't believe it has almost been a YEAR since I last posted!!
WOW!
But I am back!!

I have been creating still, just haven't really been sharing on my social media sites.
2020 has me making creative goals and getting back to my blog and Youtube are part of that!

To start off the New Year I have a fun little project to share with you all.
A Gingerbread House Mini Album.

The papers and embellishments are from my December SCT Sampler Kit.
The album base was inspired by a kit a friend purchased from The Scrapbook Cottage when we were at the Crop & Create event.

I love flips and little tucks in mini albums...so interactive!

These papers are so cute and they are a perfect fit with my 2 adorable grandsons 💕

I love this photo of the boys with Santa...the little one (Dawson) was not happy when his daddy walked away, lol.

The "doors" as my grandson Sawyer calls them, opens up to reveal another cute photo of them 💕

I love how Sawyer is so overly happy and Dawson is looking at him like give it a break big brother, teehee.

I left this one blank to add a big photo or a few smaller ones.

And the pocket has tags that were in the SCT Sampler, I just added the twine.

I know, I know, I haven't put all of the photos in this mini...but if I waited until I did to post it, you may never see it, lol.

I also did a flip through video of this mini.
I plan to do a tutorial on how to make this type of mini very soon.


I wish you all the best in 2020 with lots of family time, love and creating.

Thank you all for visiting me today.
I hope you all have a very Creative Day

Tracy 💗💗💗

Happy New Year Layout

I wasn't really sure about this layout at first, but I am pleasantly surprised on how it turned out.
My daughter Ashley took these photos of Sawyer and Dawson on New Years Day.

The cream coloured paper in the middle and around the outer edge of this layout is very old paper of mine (like over 10 yrs) it is hand made paper and very fiberous, almost like a fabric. It is also very thin, so I had to adhere it to some cardstock to make it more stiff.
I just had to use this paper as it has gold flecks in a fireworks pattern, how could I not!
If you saw the back of this paper, you would see that I cut out the center of this paper and adhered it to the middle of the layout....I am so so thrifty with papers!

I wanted to make a banner, but I wanted it to be different then my last one......so I used stars!
I thought this was fitting for a New Years banner with the little ones :)

What is fun about the confetti paper is that some of the dots are glossy.
I wanted to add even more sparkle to this layout, so I used these sparkly enamel dots scattered around the whole layout.

I also made a video on this layout.
If you would like to check out more of my video on my YouTube channel, just click on the link "Tracy's Treasures 24"

Thank you so much for visiting me today
I hope you all have a very Creative Day

Tracy 💗💗💗

Christmas mini album 2018

I made this mini album/journal with my SCT Sampler kit from December.
Can you believe this is only the second project I have made with my Samplers from 2018, and I have been receiving them for a full year already!
But I have plans for them all for this year!!

Now onto my project.
Because the SCT Sampler is just that..a sample of products, the size of the papers is 6x6.
My album is 5"x 6.5" so I used cardstock to construct my mini book and decorated with the pattern papers and embellishments.

It has taken me awhile to share this project because I was hoping to put photos in it before sharing...but that didn't happen so I figured I should share it now instead of in July, teehee

This is the cover of my mini album.
Every month there is a inspiring card and this was the card from the December kit.
I added the strip tree sticker to the bottom of it and the banner at the top.

I added a pocket to this page and left the second page blank for a nice big photo.

I added a tuck and a PL card.
The facing page is a smaller size with a small pocket with mini tags that I punched out of pattern paper.

This page I made a side pocket with a couple of tags. The pink tag is an extra one I had made for the Christmas Tag exchange I did with my friends.
The facing page is a flip up....I used a PL card for the flip up.

The next page I left just the pretty paper showing so I can add a photo or two. I did add a wood veneer snowflake with a sparkle snowflake on top of it.
The following page is a smaller page (which is also a large flip out pages) I just added a PL card and some more of the sparkly snowflakes to it.

This is the inside of the big flip out page.

Big Flip Out Page!!!!
Isn't this just so much fun!!
I have a photo page with washi tape on the botom, then a pocket with a couple of tags, a double flip with PL cards as the flip cards and lastly another full page for photos.

This is the other side of the Big Flip Out Page!
It has a tuck page with a PL card tucked into it, a plain page for bigger photos, another tuck page (to keep it symmetrical teehee) and another full page with a banner and a resin deer sticker that matches that adorable deer paper.

Here is the pages with the "Big Flip Out Page" closed.

I left another pattern page for a bigger photo (now to add those photos) as well as a bit smaller page for interest.
The tree paper is actually a pocket, but I forgot to add the tags, lol.

This cute penguin card was left over from a Scrapbook and Cards Today Christmas album kit, as is the Christmas countdown card with I added a tab and made it into a flip page.

My last page is mostly just for photos and the next page I put a side pocket for some journaling cards.

I also made a video walk through of my completed album.
If you would like to check out my other videos, just check out my YouTube channel Tracy's Treasures 24.


I hope you all enjoyed my mini album/journal....now to go and print up some photos!!
Enjoy a creative day

Tracy 💗💗💗