Christmas Decor ?

So for all you out there that think I am soooooo organized, I just had to share this with you.
My pumpkins are still on the front step, lol
The real funny thing is, They are frozen to the concrete.
I kicked the sh1t out of them and still they will not move.

My next move is to get some hot water to melt them off.
Then I have to salt the stepss so the mailman (yes we have a mail Man) doesn't slip on the ice that the hot water will make once it freezes.
See the dilemmas I have in my life, lol.

Hey I could put a tiny pine tree in this one and call it Christmas decor.
What do you think?

Onto My Day:
I spent quite a bit of the day doing book work.
I am cleaning everything up so hopefully my year end will go smoothly next month.
Ashley and I went out shopping on her lunch break.
The sneaky snake ate something at work before I picked her up.
I wondered why she kept putting off eating...as I was starving.
So I picked up something for Heather and I ;)
I worked on my He-Art Journal Challenge pages.

Hope you all had a creative Wednesday :)

Tracy :)

Give Away Winners :)

I drew for my Give Away!
And one of you won one of them :)
I know I got a little excited with the last draw, but it was someone I actually knew from here :) , lol.


Today Ashley and I went shopping on her lunch hour.
I bought quite a few gift for the family today.
We are going again tomorrow on her lunch. The stores aren't busy then and I get to mark some gifts off my girls' lists.
I also worked on my mini album. Well not MY mini album ;)

Proud Tuesday:
Got some gifts for Christmas.
Spent time with my daughter Ashley.
I put a smile on Kristy's face with a new Christmas CD :)
I got to create.

What have you done today to make you feel proud?

Tracy

Christmas Card #2, I'm on a roll, lol

*** Don't forget to enter my GIVE AWAY***  click on the highlighted word to see what its all about :)
Second Christmas card of the Season :)
Ya, I really need to get my butt in gear, lol.
Isn't this image so cute. It is one that I bought at that scrap sale on our trip :)
Not sure if I am 100% happy with this card, but its done.

 Yup, just for you Becky, the money shot, lol.
I picked up this twine in Aug and am just using it now. Love the sparkle to it :)

I put an OTT light bulb in my chicken light (over head light that they use for chicks when they hatch....nothing but the best for me, teehee). I think the colours on my photos and projects are better, they don't seem to have a yellowish tinge to them.
Mind you $12.99 for one light bulb is a bit pricey...and that is with a 50% off coupon!!

My day was perfect.
Comfy clothes and I got to spend most of my time in my scrap/craft room :)
How can it get any better then that...oh I know chocolate....Ohhh yeah I had some of that today as well. See a perfect day :)

Hope you all had a creative Monday :)

Tracy

A Give Away :)

Hope everyone had an enjoyable weekend.
I mentioned yesterday that I had a surprise to share with you.
Well here it is :)



I worked all day, but I did finish up my book work and balanced month end :)
The whole family kind of vegged today.
Spend all of the day watching television and stayed warm in the house :)

I have to say I am very sad today. No Walking Dead on tonight. I have to wait until Feb. for the new ones to start :(

Hope you all had a creative Sunday :)

Tracy :)

1st Christmas Card of the year

Like I had mentioned in some of my previous posts, I try to keep things Christmas-free until December ;)
Well here you go, my 1st Christmas card :)
Funny thing is, I made this card back in August when my girlfriend, Debbie and I went for our girls getaway. Man that was a fun few days :)

You know I didn't really like this paper until Debbie made a card with it. Funny how that happens eh?
The image was coloured in my Sharpie markers. I had coloured this image before I had Copics or my Stammpin" Up markers. And I have to say I do like it :)
I added the "Do not Open" as a tag.


Onto My Day:
I worked most of the day.
Wayne and I did have a short visit with his brother as he is putting a sauna in his basement. Wayne would love one as well I am sure....but he will just have to wait until summer to have one at camp :)

We saw a bit of the Parade of Lights. It is when local business' deck out their big trucks and trailers with lights and cruise the strip....what we call the strip here anyway.
Their trucks are just covered in them. There was also fire trucks and buses. They blew their horns and some sounded like they had musical horns as well.
There was a city bus that was so covered you couldn't even see the outside of it, and it had a huge red lit up crown on the top of it. Now that was cool.

So we have been watching Body of Proof and I have been doing my book work.
When did my kids become my parents?
Kristy was going to her boyfriends house. So I whispered to Wayne, "Kristy won't be here, so lets get some munchies and watch TV".
Kristy comes rushing into the living room. "What was that, what did you say!"
She is making hubby and I eat better if we like it or not.
I seriously felt like I was a kid getting in trouble, lol.
Got to love her though ;)

Hope you all had a creative Saturday :)
Come back tomorrow as I have a little surprise to share :)

Tracy :)

So much Yumminess

Look what I found today :)
My Favourite Scrapbooking magazine :)

I worked all day again today.
My SIL, Val, had to come by and drop off some book work for me. She also brought some yummy cinnamon buns she made. Val is an awesome cook. My girls and I have often thought she should have had her own catering business. She always comes up with great appetisers.

 Tonight was scrap booking night.
I need to get some of my Christmas cards done.
I usually make everyone a completely different card. I even go into detail on who should get which card. Yes I put a lot of thought into them :)  my SIL, Sharon, thinks I put to much thought into them ;)
Well time is running short, so I stamped the same image and coloured them tonight.
I switched some of the colours though ;)
This photo has a yellowish tinge to it doesn't it.

I was going to share a Christmas card that I made back in August (I have 2 so far ;)   But I guess I didn't transfer my "Cards" file to this new laptop. I swear I did, but nope.

Hope you all had a creative Friday and an excellent weekend :)

Tracy

He-Art Journal Challenge week 19 and a Thankful Thursday

WEEK 19 - Chaos.
Yup another week of the Greeting Farms He-Art Journal Challenge.


Assignment: Create a spread or a page that is out of control! Neatness not allowed. LOL. Actually there is such a thing as 'controlled' chaos. :) Feel free to mess it up and mix it up. Not necessary to use any TGF stamps, this is YOUR journal, do what you want cuz you rule that journal!

I was worried about this one, as I have trouble with chaos. I like my pages to be neat and symmetrical.
So when I re-read the challenge I saw "Controlled Chaos", now that, I think I could do.
Then I thought of those "Eye Spy" books, where you have to find the hidden objects. Bingo :)
What I did was grab some scrap papers and some images that I had stamped for other projects that just didn't make the cut at the time.

I started with the larger pieces and then filled in the spaces with the smaller ones.
I even used some scraps of paper that I tried some shimmer sprays on.

The tape measure around the edge is from a large paper tape measure from a furniture store. I cut it down and used alcohol inks to colour it up. It had a glossy surface so distress inks wouldn't work, that is why I used the alcohol inks.

Onto My Day:
I worked all day, even though I was on the phone for almost 4 hours with my blogging friend :)
I know it is December 1st, but when I work I am always billing for the last month, so I am still in November. Once I am finished with month end, I have to get back to reality and get my butt moving with the holiday preparations.

Thankful Thursday:
I chatted the day away with a good friend.
My book work is going smoothly:)
Didn't have to make supper.....yup I ordered out. Hard to make supper when your on the phone all day, lol.

Hope you had a creative Thursday :)

Tracy :)