We went Shopping

Get ready for some shopping goodness. 

I am in Hinckley right now, but before coming here my friend/SIL Sharon and I did a bit of shopping in Duluth. 

First stop Michaels....

I kept playing with this squishy brain, so Sharon snuck it in her cart...I guess she figured I needed a brain lol 

Next stop was Hobby Lobby. 

I know, I need more paper like I need another hole in my head....maybe that's why Sharon thought I needed a brain. 

But they keep making such pretty paper. 

And washi tape ;)

Good thing Sharon came back in the store as she reminded me to use my  gift card she gave me for my birthday. 

Next on our adventure was Target. 

Seriously...how gorgeous is this journal!!! 

I also found these fun cardboard pens in the dollar section!! 

Needed a straightener as I left mine at home for Kristy and my spare is at camp. So picked up the cheapest one I could find. 

Lastly was Barnes & Noble for some notebooks as I wanted to play along with "Listers want to list" last year....yes I'm late to the party ;). 

After all that shopping we needed to get our strength up for the drive to Hinckley, so we went out for dinner....bet you can't guess where, lol. 

Lastly a trip to the casino here to watch Sharon lose her money. 

Or as she likes to say "donate it".

I lost $5.00 that was my limit, lol. 

Off to sleep as we are heading to Crafters Direct. 

Hope you all had a very Creative Day. 

Tracy :) 

Crop & Create and my Treat Bags

I am back from the Crop & Create event, put on by Scrapbook & Cards Today:)
It was a blast…my friends are hilarious and we seem to be the loudest (and I am sure most annoying) table to the others attending the event but whatever…we have a great time, lol.

Here is my friend Debbie and I eating our snack.
Notice the difference in snacks, teehee.
Not sure what is up with my eye there, lol.

You know I always like to make little treat bags for my friends.
I think they turned out cute!

I have used these treat bags many times, and had to come up with a new way to decorate them :)
So I decided to use a mask and spritz them.
I was going to use water colour markers to spritz them with, but the tool wasn't working nicely…and I was in a rush, as it was a couple of hours until the event, lol.

I covered the bottom and the handles of the bags as I didn't want them done.

See how nice and crisp the spritzing turned out.

There is always so much ink left over on the stencils, that I hate to waste it.

So instead of cleaning it off with a paper towel, I just flip[ed the stencil over and pressed it on the bags for reverse inking.

Pretty cool eh…not as crisp but cool.

Here are the finished treat bags…aren't those butterfly sticks so fun.
I figured that they could be taken off of the sticks and used on a card or scrapbook layout.

I am heading to the States with my friend/SIL Sharon for our yearly girls getaway :)
I am sooo excited.
I packed a few (ya, right…a lot) of scrapbooking project to work on in the hotel room while she is gambling.
Wish her luck ;)

Sharon and I usually go on 2 trips a year …one with my daughters and one with just her and I.
The exchange rate is crazy, as it cost me about $1.34 CND, to purchase $1.00 US
Ouch.
So this year my daughters opted not to go, as well as that is a they would have to take 4 days off of work.
They will come with Wayne and I when we do our family trip/getaway in Nov or Dec.

I hope you all had a very Creative Day :)
I did as I have been at the Crop & Create event for the last 3 wonderful days.
More on that in the next few days :)

Tracy :)

I am off to the Crop & Create event and am sooooo excited.
It is a 3 day crop this time!!!!

And yes that is me and my friend Denise in their header…I feel so special ;)

I thought I would share the video I made on all of the layouts that I completed with Crop & Create's Goody/Thank you kit from last year :)
Hope you enjoy :)

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

I hope you all have a very Creative Day :)

Tracy :)

Be Happy Layout

Here is another layout I made with the Goody/Thank You kit I received last year from the Crop & Create event.
These photos are when my friend Debbie and I went to Mink Mountain last month.

I used my own card stock for the background to make my kit stretch.
The first layout is what I made out of the left over papers

If you look at the second page to this layout, I cut a big chunk of pattern paper out, to use on the above layout.
I love the banner embellishment that came in the kit so much, that I made one.

Here is the banner embellishment I made to mimic the one from the kit.
I also added gold embossing to the one fish tail, but not noticeable in this photo.
The original banner had gold foil on it.

The instructions called for me to fussy cut some butterflies out of some  gorgeous butterfly paper…I just couldn't do it.
So what I did was add these adhesive butterflies. I think I purchased them from the dollar store.

I really like how these turned out and I think it is fun to go through some pre-made layouts and just add photos :)

I hope you all had a very Creative Day :)

Tracy :)

Crop & Create Layout

Another 2 page layout from the Crop & Create Goody/Thank You kit :)
Ironically enough, these photos are from that same event.
This first layout was from the kit, the second layout I made with the extra papers….or the paper I cut the centres from.

These layouts were made just before Summer when I had my friend Lynne over to create with me.
She and I worked on these layouts together :)
To make my kits stretch, I used my own card stock for the background paper.
I also cut the centre out of the 1st layout and used it on the 2nd layout so they would tie in with each other.
I also added my hexagon die to both layouts as well…isn't this such a fun die cut…plus it goes nicely with the hexagon background paper :)

I had mentioned that Lynne and I worked on these together…..I shared with her how I make my kits stretch, and she joined in :)
Here are both of our layouts together to see the difference.
Mine is on the top….which I see I had changed up a bit, teehee.
Lynne's is on the bottom….She used the side of the paper that the kit called for….I just had to change mine up a bit, teehee.
As you can see, Lynne used her chevron punch as it matched her papers nicely :)

Hope you all had a very creative day :)

Tracy :)

You are my Fav….layout.

I should be packing up for the Crop & Create event that I am attending this weekend.
But instead, I am completing some layouts from their kits I purchased last year.
This layout is from last years Goody/Thank You kit :)

 These layouts were designed by Vicki Boutin.
I followed her design pretty much exact :)
I did add some spray mists to the yellow card stock for some added interest and well….yellow is not one of my first picks in colour ;)

I didn't have the envelop/bag that was supplied in the kit.
But I had one similar :)
I just added some wood veneer hearts that I had painted red and the heart shaped paper clip.
Don't you just love this layered embellishment under the envelope :)

As well as this fun cluster of embellishments :)
I may have shared this layout before, but I had just added photos to it.
That is one benefit of having some pre-made pages done :)

I hope you all have a very creative day :)

Tracy :)

Fauxbonichi Catch Up.

I seem to be so behind with everything these last few months.
So here is my September calendar in my Fauxbonichi….finally.

Talk about being behind…I made a video on just how far behind I am in my journal.
I still plan on catching up before I start my next month.
September is the last month I can fit in this book.
I am excited to start my new one :)

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


I hope you all have a very creative day :)

Tracy :)