Love Always Snow day Layout

I am following a on-line course I purchased from SCT 365 2019 .
I wouldn't call it a class or a course..but instructional share, lol.
They send you a scrapbook sketch as well as a look at the completed page (pages) that the artist  created.
You also get detailed instructions on how they created the layout.
A bonus to signing up for this is they have a FB page where, all who are signed up, can access to share their work.
I love looking at everyone's pages to see how their layouts came together..they are all so different

So today I am sharing my 2 page spread on this challenge.

Of course it is of my adorable grandsons.
I'm thinking there will be many a layouts on these two cuties 💗
This layout is about the boys enjoying a beautiful day out in the snow after one of our snowstorms.

Look how cute they are 💗
I printed the smaller photos on my Canon Selphy CP910 and I love how they turn out.
For the 5x7 photo I used my Canon MX420 printer, which also prints photos.
I noticed that the 5x7 photo turned out to have a bit of a negative effect when tilted. It could be because I may need more ink, but I'm thinking I will re-print them at a professional photo lab.

The boys dog, Oscar, even made the page.
That dog is like a kangaroo, lol. He loves to jump.
Don't The boys look so cuddly warming up from playing outside.

The title words are white chipboard that I coloured with distress inks to match the colours in the papers.
You can see here how this paper has a touch of foil in the snowflakes.

For the banner I used a Stampin' Up banner punch.
I inked, then added some stickles to the wood veneer snowflakes. The next snowflake I just punched with a snowflake punch out of the pattern paper.

Here are the completed pages!
I feel so accomplished to have not only completed a scrapbook layout..but with pictures too!!!!

I also made a video of this layout in more detail in my video below.
If you would like to check out my other YouTube videos, just click on the link "Tracy's Treasures24".

Thank you all for visiting me and all of your sweet comments.

Hope you all have a Creative Day.
Tracy 💗💗💗

SCT Sampler for Jan 2019

I know I have been posting a lot about Scrapbook & Cards Today, but seriously that seems to be what I have been working on lately.

Last year I subscribed for a full year to SCT Sampler.
What the sampler is, is it is a package that is mailed to me once a month with sample sized goodies.
I am really not much of an on-line shopper, but now I know why so many are, because I look forward to that package and am so excited when it comes to my door.

As much as I love to receive it, I haven't been using it.
I open it, ohhh and awwww over the contents, then package it back up and stick it in my drawer that I designated to them.

But this year my goal is to use each and every one before the next one comes.
I may even combine last years month Sampler with the same month I get this year.

I have to say SCT hit it out of the park with this one...they rang in the New Year and the new Sampler with a Bang!!
The big goodie was a Websters Pages travelers mini notebook a pocket notebook!!!
As well as papers from one of their collections.
Photo Play Paper gave some pretty papers and American Crafts and their slick writer :)
So much yumminess right here.

I also did a video to share more in detail what I received.
If you would like to check out my other videos on my YouTube channel, just click on the link and it will take you to my channel "Tracy's Treasures24"



Oh right and those Samplers from last year.......they will be getting used this year!!!

Hope you all have a very Creative Day

Tracy 💗💗💗

Christmas Scrapbooking Crop and Tag Exchange 2018

Every Friday Night I have a night of scrapbooking and invite my friends to join me.

I also love to host a 12 hour scrapbook get together every so often.

So I hosted a 12 hour Christmas Party/Crop.

This was also a great time to swap our tags in our annual Christmas gift tag swap.

We have to make 3 tags for each person that wants to swap.

Here are my tags.

I made mine super super easy this year.
I wanted to use a stamp set that I don't think I had used yet (I purchased it a year or 2 ago!)
It is a Stampin' Up stamp set and I really like it, so not sure why it took me so long to use it.
I used manila tags and stamped the image with a dark brown ink.
I then stamped the sentiment with the same dark brown in and then popped it up with foam adhesive.

I added some colour to this one.
I also cut this one down as it was going to have a lot of white space.
I used the pieces I cut off for the sentiment on the above tags.

I added some pop to this on as the red ornaments on the tree are red half back pearls.

Party time.
I had 10 friends come to my party as well as myself..that makes 11.
I converted my husband's pool table into a large craft table years ago and it works awesome, but this year I had to add another table and a little area for me to accommodate everyone.

Oh and we love to take selfies, teehee.

Even though it was a 12 hour crop, everyone left  with an hour to go...so I was by myself at 10:00pm...but I wasn't ready to quit, lol.

See how I made this work area for myself...I loved it!!

I made a video on my tags and my Christmas cards...I used the tags I received and forgot to share them.

I hope you all have a very Creative Day.

Tracy 💗💗💗

Crop & Create Kit Haul TBay 2018

I thought I would share the kits I purchased at the Crop & Create event.

I have mentioned this before on my blog here and also on my YouTube channel.

I love all types of crafts and paper crafting is one of my long time loves.

I used to think that when making my scrapbook layouts, I needed to be original.

I used to think, kits were not creative, they were taking someone else's ideas and just adding my own  photos to them.

Then I went to a Crop & Create event and received an Attendee kit and also purchased a kit or two.

Wow, that sure changed my mind...it also got me back into scrapbooking!!

I have to admit I don't follow the kits exactly.

I usually use the other side of the paper, or add a my own cardstock to stretch the kit..but with all that come in these kits you have the creative freedom to use the kit as is, or to make it your own.

With that being said...I went light on my purchases on kits at this event and only picked up 6.

But I do have a bundle of them from the Winnipeg event!

I think these will keep me busy until March when the Crop & Create event goes to Winnipeg and my friends and I do a road trip out there :)

I did a video on the kits I purchased with a bit of a closer look at them.

I hope you all have a very Creative Day 

Tracy 💗💗💗

Crop & Create Make N Takes & Goodies

Hi...Its me Tracy.

I haven't posted in so long, that I feel as though I should reintroduce myself.

My goal in the New Year is to get back to posting on my blog and doing more YouTube videos.

The last video I did was about 6 months ago...but I sure have been doing a few of them since coming back from the Crop & Create event.

Here are a few Goodies we received from the Event.

Stampin' Up was very generous and gifted us all with this stocking kit.
So easy and fun to put together....I completed mine while watching a movie and made them into a banner.

Another generous contributor to the Crop & Create Event was from Pink Fresh Studio.
I love the heart die and the tag stamps.

Can you believe My Favorite Things not only gave us all a stamp set, but also the matching die set!!!

Again, good ol' Stampin' Up couldn't be outdone and gifted everyone not 1 but 2 stamp sets!!

And who doesn't love Lawn Fawn!

These cute owls are just so adorable and they also gifted us each this die cut.

So much more was given to us at this fun event, so I made a video to share in more detail what we all received from Crop & Create.

If you ever get a chance to attend one of these fun events, jump on it and go!!

Here is my video I hope you enjoy!

Tracy 💗💗💗

Casino Friends

Still working on catching up.
I thought I had posted this as I made it a long while ago....but nope

Every year my friend Sharon and I go to Hinckley for a little getaway.
Sharon goes to gamble, and I go to craft and shop.
One day we travel to Crafts Direct to do some (lots) crafty shopping as well as to Pine City Scrapbooking...love those stores!!!

I am not sure how much I love this layout as I don't care for the green background I used.
I was thinking of actually cutting the green away and mounting the layout on a white piece of cardstock.
I added a pocked with more information on our trip and what we did.
But there are so many more layouts I want to do that it isn't a priority at the moment.
When I am all caught up on my layouts, hahahaha, I may go back and touch up my not so loved ones.

I made a video of this layout in more detail.
If you would like to watch it on my YouTube channel, just click the link "Tracy's Treasures24"


Thank you so much for visiting me :)
I hope you all have a very creative day

Tracy 💗💗💗

Happy Winter Art Journal

I wanted to play with lots of texture on one of my art journal pages, and here it is.
I adhered laces and chipboard pieces, some gauze and different types of texture pastes.
After adhering all my goodies on my page.....boy was it ugly, lol.
But I knew that was going to happen and was planning on covering it all up with gesso.
After my gesso dried, I added a bit of colour here and there :)

I love these Julie Nutting images, so stamped her on a seperate piece of paper and coloured her up with my water colour pencils.

Here is all the texture close up.
I had fun putting this page together, but so much drying time.

I have a process video on how I made this page.
If you would like to watch the video on my YouTube channel "Tracy's Treasures24"
Thank you all so much for visiting me and I hope you all have a very creative day :)

Tracy 💗💗💗

Art Journal Flip

To continue on with my catching up on my social sites, I realized I haven't shared my art journal pages.
Sure I have done some process videos on some of my pages, but other pages, I have just created without videos or photos.

This page was a fun one as I played with Dylusions paints and different techniques.
I actually did a video process on this one...you can check it out here "Live Carefree"

I love how this page turned out.
Those little rain drops were a lot of work, but well worth it.
I also have a process video on this page "Dance in the Rain"

Now for the flip through of all of my pages.
I have really enjoyed art journaling and I have also enjoyed meeting and doing challenges with those that enjoy art journaling as much as I do.
If you would rather watch the video on my YouTube channel, just click on the link "Tracy's Treasures24"

Thank you so much for visiting me today and I hope you all have a very creative day :)

Tracy💗💗💗

Embrace Life

Guess what I have been up to ........playing catch up again.

I have a note book where I post my YouTube, Blog, Facebook and Pinterest posts and if I posted to them all.
Well, I took a good look at it yesterday and noticed that I had a lot of unchecked boxes.
For the next week or so, I am going to check those boxes off...cause now that I know, I need to check them off, lol.
I noticed that this layout was checked off and I posted a video of it to my YouTube channel, but not here on my blog!?!?
I even checked back and couldn't find it...so here it is :)

I made this layout to document my friend and I in our 1st (and probably last) 1/2 marathon!!
I was so proud of myself and Deborah for not only doing this, but for completing it and for coming in 2nd and 3rd!!

Look at the medal we received for completing the marathon!!
We wanted to finish the race at the same time, so we put our arms around each other and crossed the finish line together.
It was a bit emotional.
When Debbie asked me if I would do this with her, there was no other answer except....yes!!!
I am game for almost anything.
And I am so happy that I was the one she thought to ask to join her on this journey 💗

Like I mentioned above, I have a video on this page.
If you would like to watch it on my YouTube channel, just click the link "Tracy's Treasures24"


Thank you all so much for joining me today and I hope you all have a very creative day.

Tracy 💗💗💗

Sprinkle Love-Art Journal page

Can you believe another art journal page!!!
This one was a challenge that my friend Stephanie put out for her and I.
It was actually for last month....but we were both a little busy, so neither one of us got it done.

The challenge theme was "Spread a little Glitter Wherever you Go"
I love hearts and because this was suppose to be for February, I had this idea of sprinkling hearts on the page.
I used a few products that I had in my stash that I had never used before.
These letter stamps is one of them...I have had these in my stash for probably over 20 yrs and have not yet used them.

This Angiegirl stamp from Angie Blom called Nancy Girl is another supple I had in my stash for a year or so, and this was the first time she saw some ink.

I started by enlarging this image to better fit my page and coloured her up with my Inktense coloured pencils adding water to blend.
I spritzed the background with my sprays (which most were clogged, as I haven't used them for awhile) and did a bit of stenciling with some distress inks.
I then punched a lot of tiny hearts and adhered them to the page and then added glitter and sparkle to them with my Wink of Stella glitter pens and some Stickles.

I am really liking how this page turned out....not quite how I had imagined, but that seems to happen when I art journal.
I also did a process video on how I made this page...so if you wan to see it you can watch the video below or click on my YouTube link to watch it :)
"Tracy's Treasures24"

I am posting a challenge on my "Tracy's Treasures" Shares facebook group..if you want to join in on this challenge, go there and join in :)

Have a Creative Day :)

Tracy💗

"Night Ice" art journal page

An art journal page...I know right?!!!

It seem like forever since I did an art journal page.

I was inspired to create this page from a tag I had created for a tag swap that my friend Stephanie hosted.

I really liked how the tag turned out and how much it reminded me of how I would love to skate and spent many hours a night skating on our neighbours rink.

I was so inspired by this challenge and memory, that I wrote a little poem about my memories.

I have been known to write a poem or two, but usually keep them to myself.

I used one of Angie Blom's images from her Angiegirl collection from Untiy.
I wanted my girl a bit bigger then the actual stamp, so I just enlarged my coloured image on the photo printer.

I used distress inks and a stencil to make the background and added some glass bead gel for the snowflakes.
I also coloured the ice with my Copic marker and then added some Wink of Stella glitter pen to it for a bit of sparkle.

Here is my poem.😓

I also did a process video on my YouTube channel "Tracy's Treasures24"
Here is the link to my tag...I think it is more in depth on the process.
"Winter Fun Tag"

I hope you enjoyed my art journal page :)

Have a Creative Day

Tracy 💗

XOXO Heart Girl.

Yup...still sharing my Valentines Day cards 😮
I used this cute Penny Black image...isn't she cute?!

Here are the Copic marker colours I used to colour her up.
I used the Spica sparkle pens to add to the red and blue dots on her headband and heart.

I taught a class at the Scrap for Heart crop that I go to every year.
I have a video on how I made the paper flowers.
Just click on the link "Photo Frame tutorial"

I added some pattern paper behind the photo frame before popping up my girl image.

I hope you all have a very Creative Day :)

Tracy 💗

Happy Mail from Beauty & Brains Girls

I received some happy mail!!!
Not only was it happy mail, it was handmade happy mail 💗
Flo from Beauty and Brains Girls on YouTube.

Flo works with digital papers and makes travellers notebooks with them.

This one is so personal  💗
I was so excited to see that she made me one of her bottle cap charms!!

I make a video which shows the inside papers of these journals.
If you would rather watch it on my YouTube, just click the link "Tracy's Treasures24".
 I am so excited to start filling these journals in.
I hope you all have a very Creative Day :)

Tracy💗

Tracy's Tips...How to make Multi-coloured images.

Lately I have noticed that when I make seasonal cards, I make them in bulk.
I have also noticed even though I love to colour, I don't care to colour the same images in the same colours over and over again.
I came up with this idea quite a few years ago.
Photo copy my original images :)

*Note, these photos were taken from my video, so not the most clear.

After I stamp and colour my images (usually with my Copics) I then run them through the photo copier in the fine or best setting.
I am so impressed with how well they come out.
If anything the colours may turn out a tad lighter.
This time my photo printer was running very low on ink, so the colours were more light than usual.
But what I did do with these ones, was just take my lightest colour marker that I had used and go over that area with it :)

I am all about giving credit where credit is due, I am also all about following the rules.
I went to each Stamps Angel Policy to see if this is okay to do.
And because I purchased these stamps for my personal use and I am not selling these images then I am good :)

I did a video about this with a bit more information :)
If you want to watch it on my YouTube channel, just click on the link "Tracy's Treasures24"
I hope my tip helped you out if you plan on colouring the same image over and over :)

Tracy 💗

Celia's Crochet Baby Afghans

Here is the baby afghan I made for Baby Celia 💗
This is my 5th baby afghan I have made in a year.

This is the first time I used this pattern....every other one I had made, the pattern was a shell pattern and I wanted to change it up this time.
I just love love love the scallop edge on this one with the grey trim on the pink scallops.

Just look at that edge!!!!
I just think it looks so pretty.

I saw this type of afghan on Pinterest and loved how it looked, but when I clicked on the link, it was for the completed afghan, not the pattern.
I really wanted to make this pattern, so I figured out the pattern by looking at the photo.
I can't say if this is exactly as the one on Pinterest, but it doesn't matter, I love how it turned out....so much so that I am making one for a baby boy now.

The pattern is a granny square in a row, so all double crochets.
I was jotting down on scraps of paper what I was doing for this pattern.... on many different pieces of paper, lol
I finally put them all together and wrote down the pattern.

I did a video showing the 2 different types of baby afghans I have made.
If you would like to watch it on my YouTube channel, just click the link "Tracy's Treasures24"
Thank you all so much for visiting me today :)

I started up a new FaceBook group 💗
I wanted a group where we all could share what we are creating.
So after a year or more of thinking about it...I finally did it!!!
Here is the link and I hope you all join me and share your projects and share your love to other on theirs💗
Here is the Link to my new group "Tracy's Treasures Shares"
I hope to see you there :)

Tracy 💗

My Christmas Planner

I know Christmas is over, but it is never to late to plan for next year :)
I received this beautiful DayTimer planner from my daughters last year as a Christmas gift.
I knew exactly what I was going to do with it too.
A Christmas Planner!!!
I didn't need the date inserts, but I did want to use the monthly dividers.
But before we get into the details....lets talk about how I plan for the holidays.

I love notebooks and have many.
But noticed to get ready for the holiday's I had to get these and other books together.
I had a journal for my gift lists.
I had a book for keep a record or Christmas cards I send and received.
I had my recipes in my recipe books.
I had lists and revised lists and revised lists of the revised lists...well, you get the idea.
I really needed to fine stream my organizing method and the Christmas planner was the answer and oh so pretty.

Remember I mentioned that I kept the 12 monthly dividers?
I covered them with my hoarded pretty Christmas papers and made some new divider tabs.
Here is how I labeled each tab and what it consists of.
1. Schedule: My Todo's for the days in December.
2. Winter Wonderland: Outside Decorating
3. Deck the Halls: Inside Decorating
4. Holiday Traditions: What we do every December to enjoy the season more.
5. Card Addresses: Page above with my Addresses and who I send Christmas cards to.
6. Movies: Christmas movies we have and enjoy watching.
7. Feast: Prepping for a Turkey meal. What I need and how I do it. I also use this section for anytime we have a turkey meal.
8. Novels: Every December I read a sappy Christmas novel...it's just one of my traditions :) So I list the books I have to read and check them off when I do.
9. New Years: We host a New Years party (drop in). So what my plans are for that day.
10. Clean Up: Lists of what is packed where.
11. Gift List: My gift lists and stocking stuffers
12. So far 12 is blank.

I then added notes for each section.
I like that is it a ring binder, because then I can add pages as I need them.

This section is for addresses for my  Christmas cards and who I sent to and who I received from.
I used the lists from the book I had, but redrew the lines and used my lable maker for the titles.
I am sure anyone can do this with any knowledge of the computer...me, I find it easier to just draw it and use the photo copier to make multiple copies.

I found this cute gift list HERE.
I just played with it so I could have the lists on both sides of the paper and room for the binder holes.

This planner has pockets and zippers and places for notepads.
Now all of my bit and pieces fit into this Christmas planner :)
I love how it turned out and it really helped with my planning this past Christmas!!

You know I just had to go into more detail than a blog post could fit, so I made a video so you can see it in more detail :)
If you would like to watch the video on my Youtube channel, just click on the link "Tracy's Treasures24"

I hope you enjoyed taking a peek into my Christmas Planner :)
I have been working in my other planners, yes I have more...I think I may have a bit of an addiction to them, lol.

Have a very Creative Day :)

Tracy 💗