Almost caught up

Isn't this such a beautiful image!
It is one from Angie Blom, she is such an amazing artist :)
I love when Crop & Create comes to my city and I get to chat with Angie.

I am still working in my journal or my Fauxbonichi.
When I get behind, I usually work from the most current date back.
I am almost caught up :)
Both of these gorgeous images are from Angie.
I started with some distress inks for my backgrounds and then stamped on my images.
I knew I didn't have much to journal about, so wanted to add some colour to my pages.
Even though my stamping wasn't perfect, I have learned to let it go....but only in this journal, lol.

Hope you all have a very Creative Day :)

Tracy :)

Journal catch up.

I have been playing catch up...yet again.

I seem to always be working backwards instead of forward.
Some may think I have to much on my plate and that is why I feel like I am behind...but nope.
I just seem to be a big time waster...yup, I waste my time.

Today Wayne took the day off of work.
We did a few errands, went out for an early lunch, this was not a waste of time

then watched movies the rest of the day.
I worked on some pages in my journal while we watched tv, but also spent a lot of time on the computer checking out Pinterest.

I was going to edit and upload some of my videos to YouTube, but sadly I can't find them.
Wayne updated my laptop as my iPhoto wasn't working.
He fixed my iPhoto, but now with the updated version of iMovie, I have lost all of my movies..edited and non-edited.
I had over 25 videos that needed editing and to be uploaded to YouTube.
See what my procrastination brings me...sadness, lol.

We will keep trying to figure out my iMovie troubles.
And I will keep working on my procrastination as well :)
I really don't like change...especially technical change.

Hope you all have a creative day :)

Tracy :)

Fauxbonichi journal flip for December 2015

A whole year documented in my journal.
Every day I wrote in this journal and played with stamps, inks, stickers and who can forget my much loved washi tape :)

Looking back on my goals for December, I did awesome on getting over 10,000 steps a day...but majorly failed on my 1 can of Coke a weekend...you win some, you lose some.

I did a video sharing each day of December.
How I decorated my pages, what me and my family were up to and some art as well :)

If you would like to watch my video from my YouTube channel, just click on the link "Tracy's Treasures24"
It is so fun to go back on and read some of my enteries and look at photos, drawings or doodles I did on those days.
I am so happy that I kept up with it....even on those days or weeks that I was behind and had to play catch up.
So if you are wondering....yup, I am doing it again this year.

I hope you all have a very Creative Day :)

Tracy :)

Fauxbonichi Journal Oct. 15 & 16th 2015

More Fauxbonichi pages :)

I dug out these stamps I purchased 4 yrs ago and this is the first time I have used them.
I know for a fact I bought them 4 yrs ago, as I purchased them when we went to Montana Aug 22, 2011…oh my.
This looks like a black and white photo…but its not ;)

I used my Chameleon markers to colour these images.
I have been asked my opinion on these markers…and will do a review of them soon…I want to get a better feel for them first.

Here are the semi completed pages :)
I didn't get a photo with my journaling, but believe me, it wasn't all that exciting, lol.

As I had mentioned yesterday, November is my month to catch up.
So with that in mind….here is my Fauxbonichi Flip for May :)
If you would rather watch it on my YouTube channel…just click the link Tracy's Treasures24

I hope you all have a very creative day :)

Tracy :)

Fauxbonichi Journal..days 11 & 12

More Fauxbonichi journal pages :)
I like to tie in my 2 pages together….it has something to do with me being a double page scrapbooker.
Because it was the new season of the Walking Dead, I thought the drippy goo punch was perfect for this page instead of using washi tape.
But didn't think it was perfect for the second page…mind you Wayne did get his deer…soooooo.

See how detailed that drippy goo punch is :)
And of course how perfect is Daryl Dixon ;)

The 12th was our Thanksgiving, so found some stickers for that.
And blood splatter along the bottom of the pages. Which were left over from my zombie scrapbooking pages.

Onto My Day:
My day consisted of staying awake by tidying up my craft supplies.
I put away all of my purchases and organized an area downstairs for a gift wrapping centre.
I just need to put a peg board wall up and actually organize my wrapping supplies.
Tomorrow I am going to (hopefully) tackle my craft room.

I hope you all had a very Creative Day :)

Tracy :)

Fauxbonichi journal days 9 &10

Here are some more pages in my Fauxbonichi journal :)
I will eventually be up to date with my pages on here, lol.
I don't want to bombard my blog posts with all of my pages, so I am going to post 2 pages everyday, until I am caught up, then only post every second day :)

I went with a gold sparkle and deer theme for these days

Isn't this washi tape so fun!!
I love that it has so much sparkle to it.
It is more of a copper colour than a gold, but it goes well even so :)
If you are wondering what FNS stand for it is Friday Night Scrapbooking.
Every Friday Night (during the colder months) I invite my friend over so we can all create together.
I love these nights and look so forward to them :)

Another reason I used the deer theme, is it was opening weekend for deer hunting and my Honey is a hunter.
I received this gold shiny deer cut out in a kit.
I honestly didn't think I would ever use it…surprise :)
That my friends is why I am a hoarder, lol.

Today was a no energy, computer kind of day.
I started to unpack and put away my craft supplies I had purchased on our weekend get away…but didn't get very far.

I hope you all have a very Creative Day today :)

Tracy :)

Journal pages..Last weekend at the cottage.

Another couple of pages from my fauxbonichi journal :)
These pages were from our last weekend at the cottage.
Every weekend when we are at the cottage I usually added some type of trees to my pages.
We are surrounded by the forest and our lake out there.
I have also created a few pages on our weekends out there, with a lake scene :)
But enough about me missing our cottage….

I added wood grain washi to the top of my page and grass washi tape to the bottom….then the tree stickers on both pages.

I also stamped maple leaves for the background in different fall ink colours :)
Lastly I wrote about our weekend on some journal cards :)

I hadn't wrote about the things that made me smile for those days. I took the photo before I added them to my pages.

I hope you all had a very creative day today :)

Tracy :)

October Fauxbonichi's monthly pages

Ok, Ok, I know I said I was caught up…but in my procrastinating life, I was ;)
I am now finally into October in my Fauxbonichi :)
Here is my monthly page :)
I love the colour combination I used here, and had fun playing with my washi tape :)
I just have to write my goals on the left hand side of the page and I'm good to start living in October, teehee.

Here are my 1st couple of days :)
Don't you just love the look and feel of a crisp clean page :)
I added my header, dates and washi tape to all of this month's pages.
I added sticker numbers, instead of my stamps, and I really like the boldness to them :)
Now to decorate and journal.

One of my goals this year was to try not to be such a procrastinator…..as you can see, totally failed at that goal, lol.

When I did Book-keeping, I was always working in the month that just passed, so that is what I am blaming my being behind on….at least thats my story and I'm stickin' to it, lol.

I hope you all had a very creative day :)

Tracy :)

All Caught Up

I am caught up in my Fauxbonichi Journal!!!!!
Actually I have completed the book, as in no more pages left to write in :)

I wanted to add some colour on some pages so I decided to use some inks.
I got this idea when I tried my hand at recreating some bokah, back in February….boy, I am a procrastinator, lol.

Oops forgot to show my templates ;)
I had already had the fun polk a dot washi tape on this page and I just happen to try it on here….coincidence or artsy genius, lol.
I punched circles with 4 different sized circle punches and then just kept inking and layering them.
I used some make up pads to apply the ink…I was at camp so used what I had….odd that I would have make up pads there as I don't wear make up when we are there, lol.

I think this page turned out so pretty :)

I hope you all had a very Creative Day :)

Tracy :)

Move along.

Playing catch up, when I'm so far behind, isn't always easy.

Some days I had no idea what I did, or had no idea what to put on the page. 

This was one of those days.

Thought we could use a little giggle, lol. 

I hope you had a creative day :)

Tracy :) 

Still playing catch up in my Journal

I am still catching up in my Fauxbonichi journal.
Yes, this is the month of May.

I had seen this layout in a magazine when I was on my trip.
I loved it…as I am a lover of hearts :)
I really like how this page turned out.
I liked it late last night when I completed it…I still loved it in the morning…so it must be good, lol.

Here is how it looked before I added colour.
I was going to first draw this in pencil, but then changed my mind because I didn't want to draw it twice.
So I couldn't change anything even if I wanted to.

I had no idea what I had done on Thursday of that day, but I did know what I did on the Friday…..even though I didn't have a lot to write about.
Because I am so far behind….and I wanted to fill in those blank days….I had to improvise on how to fill up those days.

I only have a few more days to complete (May was totally blank) before I can work in my new journal :)

I hope you all had a very creative day :)

Tracy :)

Some Goals Met…others, not so much

I thought I should post my end of July calendar from my Fauxbonichi before the month gets away from me.

I am so happy with the steps I did this month :)

I gave myself 2 hearts on the days that I walked over 20,000 steps…why, because I deserved it, teehee.

I am happy with my pop (soda) intake for the month as well.

I also was able to squeeze in 3 books this month…go me!!!

But for the layouts, smash book pages, mailing out happy mail and organizing, really took a nose dive, lol.

I was creative all month…but it was all wedding related.

Now onto Augusts pages in my Fauxbonichi.

I have picked orange for Augusts pages.

The reason…August is usually our hottest month, and orange is the colour of the sun.

But you would never know it was our hottest month today.

It felt like a cool fall day.

The high was 14 C/57 F…..crazy…I had on 2 jackets sitting on the deck at camp.

I hope you all had a very creative and warmer day than I did :)

Tracy :)

Fauxbonichi Daily Set Up

Not only have I been getting requests to share my monthly layout in my Fauxbonichi, but I have been getting even more requests to share my daily layout.
Now don't those pages look like they are yearning to have some memories written in them….nothing like a crisp decorated page :)

I did a video on my spacing of my header and art block, and how I decorate my pages.
If you would rather watch my video on my YouTube channel, just click the link "Tracy's Treasures24".
Onto my day…weekend ;)
I had my daughters and their boyfriends over for a turkey dinner on Saturday…that in itself is a story, oh my.
We played a few games after dinner, we all had a wonderful time.

On Sunday we did a little (Easter cream) egg hunt for Heather and Kristy…you are never too old for an egg hunt.
My day was going to be replying to all of my comments on here and my YouTube channel, catching up on my YouTube watching and checking out blogs.
Sadly we lost our internet.
I tried to go on my phone, but I was starting to get a headache…I have no idea how so many can live on their phones for everything…I sure couldn't.
Turned out our modem was really old (the tech support guy was a bit shocked we still had it), but the problem was our router had probably quit working.
Being it was Easter Sunday all of the stores were closed for the holiday (which I love…I love that the stores close so families can be together for the holidays)

So I went to our internet provider and picked up a router/modem all in one today.
Heather and I (along with the tech support dude) got us back on-line.
I know I am addicted to the computer, but wow….I kept checking and re-checking my laptop to see if it had miraculously came back on-line, lol.

I had mentioned to Heather that my Macbook Pro laptop is getting to be pretty slow.
She checked it out for me and came to find out, that my space is almost all used up…oops.
I very rarely delete or back up anything.
Guess I need to pull out my external hard-drive (which I have never used, and it is a few years old) and start saving files (mostly videos) and defunkifying my laptop ;)

How often do you back up your files and photos?

I hope you all have a very Creative Day today :)

Tracy

Fauxbonichi Calendar Set Up

Here is my monthly calendar that I made for my Fauxbonichi :)
I realize I am not really into the colour purple, I know this by the lack purple washi tape in my collection ;)
I like how it turned out though.

I have been asked by many Fauxbonichiers….I just came up with that, lol.
They have requested I share my monthly and my daily layouts and the spacing I use for my layouts.
I have replied to a few…but figured a video was in order :)
So here it is

If you would rather watch my video on my YouTube channel, just click the link "Tracy's Treasures24"
I have been lacking in checking all of my favourite blogs out….doing videos really takes up my time and computer use.
But I am hoping to come and visit you all soon :)

I hope you all had a very Creative Day :)

Tracy :)

March Fauxbonichi Flip

I thought I would be more on the ball this month, and share my flip right away :)
Look at all of those Red hearts..those are my 10,000 steps a day :)
If you look closely, on the 25th I got over 20,000 steps in…..go me!
But then again I did drink over my quota of pop on the last weekend as well…oops.

Here is my video with the full flip for the whole month.
I was asked to share more of my daily life in my flips, but it sure made for a long video.
But it even made for a longer YouTube upload.
For a 1/2 hour video, it took over 7 hours to upload!!!

If you would rather watch my video on my YouTube channel, just click the link "Tracy's Treasures24"

I hope you all have a very Creative Day :)

Tracy :)

February Fauxbonichi Flip

I have been working hard on my fauxbonichi the last week or so.
As I have shared before, I was behind in my "Art Blocks" in my pages.
I am pretty good with keeping up with my journaling…or else Kristy gets on my case, teehee.
But my art blocks seem to be lacking….wait until I tell you what I had to do for March ;)

Look…see all of those red hearts….they are the days that I did over 10,000 steps in one day :)
I do notice that the days Wayne is home, I don't seem to get as many steps in….I guess those are my rest days, lol.

I did a flip of my journal for February…nothing like being behind.
If you would rather watch my video on my YouTube channel just click on the link "Tracy's Treasures24"
I hope you all had a very Creative Day.
I am enjoying my Walking Dead marathon :)

Tracy :)

To Art Block, or Not to Art Block…that is the question.

As much as I love to journal in my Fauxbonichi, I may need to change up my layout.
As you can see, I either need a bigger "Art Block", or don't have one at all.
So what I think I may do is add the Art block as I do each day instead of at the beginning of the month. This way I can make it whichever size I need.
If I have a lot to write about, then the art blocks are perfect.
But if I don't have a lot to write, I would rather use a big stamp, like these, to take up more room on my page.

These stamps are from Unity Stamps and the sentiments that come with them, are geared towards Friends..
But when I look at these stamps they make me think of sisters.
The one with the 3 girls remind me of my 3 daughters and the one on the right reminds me of my sister and I.
Either way I adore these stamps.
Now to colour them up and write about my day :)

I hope you all had a very Creative Tuesday :)

Tracy :)

Fauxbonichi pages

On yesterday's post, I shared with you my "Month Page" for my "Fauxbonichi Journal".
Today I will share my daily pages :)
I attached 2 pages together at the edges with washi tape.
I don't like marker bleed through, so this was my way of fixing this.
I then added a header.
On my header I wanted to add the day, the week and the month.
I was also hoping to add the weather and how many steps I take in a day.
I was worried I wouldn't have room to do that in this new Miquelrius journal, as it is much smaller than the Moleskine grid notebook I was using last year.
But I just put the week and month in the same block, and it all fit!!!

The dates are done with some stamp sets that I have.
I then added some washi tape to the top and bottom to decorate it up, because you can never have too much washi on a page, right ;)
The large blocked areas are going to be used for drawing, stamping, colouring, photos or just to add a piece of memorabilia that I pick up here and there.
The bottom long block will be used for something I am grateful for.
I have been adding something I am Grateful for, to my journals for many many years (like 10+). I used to add 3 things that I was grateful for, but now I am just documenting one. Not that I can't think of 3 things though :)

These pages are all filled in now, but it is my journal, so I won't be sharing my writings.
Most of my days are pretty boring, but I still want to keep them to myself.
I will do a month end video showing my pages, but it will be for showing what I have done or put in the art/decorative blocks.
If you want to see how my last journal looked all filled in, I shared that on my "Fauxbonichi Journal" post.

Are you keeping a journal/diary this year?
Do you or did you ever keep a diary/journal?
I would love to know :)

Hope you all had a very Creative Friday :)
I keep thinking it is Sunday today, I know my Honey is happy it's not, lol

Tracy :)

Fauxbonichi: New month New Year :)

Remember my "Fauxbonichi" from the other day?
I am finished with that journal and started my new one.
I have seen so many using this grid journal made by Miquelrius from Barns and Noble.
I picked 2 up on our last trip.

Well today being the first of the month, I got to work on mine.
Believe me when I tell you how much I was over thinking this, lol.
This book has 300 pages (yes I counted them), so that means 600 sides.
But I like to washi tape 2 pages together, so that equals 150 pages, or 300 sides.
Which also means not enough for the full year…plus my monthly calendar pages.
I really don't need a calendar page…but I want one, teehee.
So after hours of over-thinking and whining to my friends, I think I may have figured it out :)
I am going to adhere my pages together with the washi tape, but for some months I will put pattern paper on one side (as I don't really care for bleed through and don't like to worry about which markers I can use) I will also add washi tape to the edges of those pages so they all look cohesive from the edge.

Now that wasn't my only problem…
I had to figure out the spacing for the blocks, as this is a different size than my Moleskine journal.
After I was happy with the spacing of the blocks and added my (overpriced) week day stickers, I grabbed a calendar to get the numbers on the blocks correctly.
Well look at this….Yup, I got distracted and just started add the Heidi Swapp rub-on numbers.
Now these suckers are here to stay.
I tried to scrape them off with the tip of my scissors…nope they are stuck good.
But how to fix them?

There is a blank page in the front of this book.
I added some personal information, so if anyone finds this in 200 years they will know who's journal this was ;)
On the back side of that page I added some pattern paper and this quote I printed up.
I love this statement.
It had 2014 for the year, but I just covered it up and used my label maker to write out this year :)

Now lets take a closer look at these over-priced stickers I purchased at Typo.
I think they do work perfectly for this space though ;)

I just used my stamps for the Date at the top.
See how I corrected my rub-on error.
I used another set of rub-ons and adhered them to some snowflakes on some pattern paper.
I then punched out the snowflakes with my Martha Stewart snowflake corner punch.
I really like how they look :)
A mistake isn't always a mistake, it is just a way to be more creative ;)

I have done a bit more stamping on my days, but I will share that on a video come month end.
I will also add my goals to the left of the page :)

Are you keeping a journal this year?
I have really enjoyed writing in my Fauxbonichi these last 2 months.

I hope you all had a very Creative 1st day of the year :)
I did, I have all my supplies scattered around me and on the couch to prove it, teehee.

Tracy :)

My Fauxbonichi

I am finally ready to share my new way of journaling :)
There is a Japanese way of planning or journaling called Hobonichi.
In order to purchase one of these planners, you need to order it from Japan.
But there are many clever and creative people on YouTube who have come up with a way to do this type of journaling by creating your own journal/planner.
And wait for it…they call it a Fauxbonichi…..how clever :)

One of the main components of this type of journal is to use a journal with grid paper.
Another component is to have a header.
Lets start with the grid paper.
I was gifted this journal a couple of years ago and thought it would be perfect, as I wanted do a trial run.
It is a Moleskine grid journal.
Some of the pages were removed, but I still got 2 months in here to try it out.
See the washi tape on the edges?
I taped two pages together as I was tired of trying to figure out which pens or markers wouldn't bleed through.

The header usually has the date, month, day of the week and the moon phase.
I didn't put in the moon phase because 1, the moon phase doesn't really interest me, and 2 I know if I didn't keep up with the moon phases, I wouldn't journal, as I would feel the need to have that part documented before journaling.
I may add the weather or temperature or my steps I took for that day…not exactly sure.
Plus now that my trial journal is almost complete…I can use the journal that most of the Fauxbonichi people have been using.
I am a bit nervous for using the new journal as it is smaller than the one I am using now. I have big primary writing, so we will see how it goes.

I have always journaled and share a few of them in my video.
Thats right, I made a video for your pleasure ;)
If you would rather watch my video on my YouTube channel, click on the link "Tracy's Treasures"
I am really enjoying this journal.
Most not only journal but also draw about their day.
Me, I tried the drawing, I am more into using stamps and photos :)
There is so much more I could share about this journal, but my video explains so much more.

I hope you all had a Creative Tuesday :)

Tracy :)