Milk and Turtles now that sounds just about right

Today was a turtle day :)
Myra and I made 312 chocolate turtles.
Yes we could have just bought them, but honestly our turtles are so much better then the bought ones.
Plus we have been making these for about 17 yrs now.
Here is the post on how I make them from last year. Click here --- Turtles

Yes the milk is in a Coca-Cola glass.....told you I love my coke, lol.

Onto My Day:
Spent most of the day making these goodies and also some Pecan bark :)
Watched Survivor and working on my He-art Journal Challenge.
Now Hubby and I are watching The Lincoln Lawyer.

Hope you had a creative Wednesday :)

Tracy :)

A beautiful Surprise and some Christmas cards

Well my day didn't go as planned....but then again it never does.
If you remember my plan, it was to have a Christmas Card making Marathon all day.
Sadly that didn't happen :(

But I did get a few cards completed :)
It takes me forever to make a card.
I had these images coloured already and used some pre-made card bases from Michael's from the cheapy bins.

I usually don't make cute cards for Christmas....but this one turned out cute (well at least I think so ).
I thought this paper was a fun one to use, especially since little reindeer here was stringing some lights :) This paper is probably at least 10 years old :0

Here is the inside of the card.
I got this idea to stamp the inside from Kim of Prairiepaperandink...another crafty Canadian girl :)
I embossed the sentiment.

Here is the inside of the second card.
I added sparkle to the lights and again embossed the sentiment.

Now this card was easy as I had this front done from last year, lol.
It may have been easy, but still not fast....what is wrong with me?
I embossed the angel in gold embossing powder.
Masked the moon off and inked the paper in blue.
I just had to add something, so I added the sparkle twine. I am loving this twine.


Look what I got in the mail today. It came in a huge box.
It didn't have a return address on the box, or a card inside it.
So after I admired this beautiful wreath, I checked the postage label.
It came from Whitehorse, Yukon.
I have a high school friend that lives there. I remember on Face book, we were going to do the hand made Pay It Forward that was going around on there. So I am thinking that is who made it.
I tried to contact her but haven't been able to yet.
Isn't it so pretty :)  So sparkly.

Onto My Day:
I received a few business calls this morning, so I worked all morning.
At lunch I picked up Kristy and her boyfriend Blake. I needed Kristy to help me with a gift for her daddy :)   Then I treated them for lunch.
Ashley came home for lunch. So as we chatted as I wrapped gifts.
I was in the swing of it, so I didn't stop until I was finished.
I didn't get to making cards until after supper.

Proud Tuesday:
Made a young girl happy with some goodies I sent her :)
Spending time with my daughters.
Completed wrapping the gifts that I have so far.
Made 3 cards, I guess I am proud of that ;)

What have you done today to make you feel proud?

Tracy :)

He-Art Journal Challenge week 20, and a run for the border.

I forgot to post my Challenge pages for the Greeting Farms He-Art Challenge

WEEK 20 - I Have a Dream

Assignment: Create a spread or a page that is based on a dream, goals, wish, etc. Not necessary to use any TGF stamps, this is YOUR journal, do what you want cuz you rule that journal!

I am really happy with how these pages turned out

I wanted to do something "pretty" as I have been doing a lot of projects in grungy or vintage and needed to do something different.
I used glimmer mists for the background paper.
I wanted them to look dreamy, and I think I accomplished that

 I had used some of my older stamps...some never even touched an ink pad before, tsk, tsk.

 I was thinking of doing one page about my nightmares and the second about my dreams.
But I thought everyone might be getting tired of my zombies, teehee.

Onto My Day:
My SIL, Sharon, Heather and I all went across the border. I had some packages to pick up...and...some to mail away. When we go over the border we always go for lunch :)
It was pretty nice out today and was able to kick the pumpkins free of our steps, teehee.

I also found out today that Marlene from Disgused as a GrownUp ( see yesterdays post on the card I made with her image) is retiring from the blogging world. I am so sad. I love Marlene! Her humour always puts a smile on my face....guess I will just have to stalk her by email ;)

I started wrapping Christmas gifts. Boy I got my daughters a lot of gifts ;)
I still need to work on my Christmas cards.
Tomorrow is going to be an all day Christmas Card Making Marathon :)  Wish me luck.

I sent my daughters out to grocery shop while I was wrapping gifts. I think they made wise choices....I haven't checked.
Come to think of it, I haven't got my change back...I am sure they didn't buy $200.00 worth of groceries, lol.

Hope you had a creative Monday :)

Tracy :)

Cutie Kid Christmas Card and teasing the girls....but whats new ;)

Here is card #4.
This image is Marlene's from Disguised as a Grownup.
I coloured the image with my Copics on Cryogen paper. It has a slight sparkle in the paper, so I thought it was fitting for a Christmas card :)

I know Marlene drew the image, but I kind of think of this one as mine ;)

The reason why is because Marlene was taking requests and I asked her to make one of her cutesy kids (she calls them her nerdy kids) into a Christmas theme.
So in all honesty she really did make it for me, teehee.

I used some puffy paint on the white parts of her hat. You can't really tell on these photos, but it really puffed up nicely :)

Onto My Day:
We put up our Christmas Tree today :)
I put it up and Kristy decorated it :)
Kristy was the only one who helped so when I hung up the stockings these are the ones I put out.
The huge one, that I could fit in, is Kristy's.
The next 2 are Wayne's and mine.
The last two, just big enough to fit a gift card, are Heather's and Ashley's. LOL
Oh ya and Rose's is on the corner ;)


Missing Walking Dead, but we are watching "Bag of Bones" tonight.
I read this book years ago, as I love Stephen King's writing. He has a way of sucking you into his stories and not putting them down until you are done :)

Hope you all had a great weekend, and were all able to create.

Tracy

Snowman Soup Confusion

I thought I should clear up the "snowman soup" confusion.
It is not soup, but hot chocolate :)
So they could be considered one of the same...
They are both hot,
both taste delish
and both comforting ;)

This is how I put them together this year.
I give them to everyone who visits us during the holiday's :)
Plus I add them to the gifts I give.

Very easy to put together.
I put the powder of the hot chocolate mix in the disposable icing bag.
Then add some chocolate chips and mini marshmallows.
Tie it up with a ribbon and add a candy cane and the verse.

Here is how I put them together last Christmas


Onto My Day:
I didn't make one card today :(
I ended up doing a video on Becky's mini album that I made for my Appreciation Draw.
I will post it once she receives the mini album.
Chatted on the phone with a friend for a couple of hours :)
Reviewed my Christmas list :)
Put together the parcels I want to mail out on Monday.

Hope you all had a creative Saturday :)

Tracy :)

Colouring fun on my Friday Scrapbooking Night

 Friday Night Scrap booking :)
Sharon and Debbie came tonight :)
I coloured some more images, and am hoping to make some Christmas cards tomorrow :)
I borrowed this stamp from Debbie :)
Isn't she adorable.
You can't tell, but I added some sparkle to her ear muffs and skate blades with my Spica pen.

I should have taken a photo of one of the reindeer that didn't have a stamp smudge :(
No worries it will be hidden when I make the card :)
Again I used the Spica pen for some sparkle on the bulbs :) 

Thought I would share the colours I used on the reindeer.
Deer-E35, E39. Antlers-E33, E35. Hooves-N1, N6. Reds-R37, R39. Blues-B60, B97.Green-YG63, YG93. Orange-YR04, YR07.
Yup I only used 2 colours of each colour combo. The image was pretty tiny, so no need to use more than that.
Here are all the images I coloured.
I didn't get to the last girl...too busy chatting :)

Onto My Day:
Drove all over town this morning looking for disposable icing bags.
Went to the Bulk Food store (where I always have bought them from), nope they don't carry them anymore.
Michael's wanted $29.99 for a box of 100, nope I don't think so.
Thought I would check out the dollar store, nope they don't carry them.
I even went to the Persian Man (a local pastry shop). Nope.
Only to find out when Ashley came home for lunch, that she had some.
So made snowman soup for friends and family that come and visit us during the holidays :)

Kristy went to her friends house to exchange gifts with them :)
She wanted to bring the snowman soup for them.

Today we had to to the accountant.
Then out for our yearly company dinner :)
We went to The Keg.
I think everyone ordered steak and lobster but me. I ordered chicken and ribs,with some shrimp, sooo yummy :)
Came home just in time for Friday night Scrap booking.

Hope you all had a creative Friday :)

Tracy :)

Card #3 and a text meal

Woohoo card #3
I coloured her up with my Stampin' Up markers.
Added gloss to the ornament she is holding.
I had made a ribbon and bow out of paper and put it on the package but took it off.
Wayne asked me what she was sitting on? He said it looked obscene :0  
And after he said that. I couldn't look at this little elf girl the same way again, lol.

I text Wayne asking him what he wanted for dinner tonight.
He answered the same way he always does..."Food".
So I said he can't complain with whatever I make then.
So here are the texts he then sent me.
"Real pasgetti & meatballs (real). Hunts thick & rich sauce"
Next text read
"Nice Italian bread"
"And dirt cake for dessert"
"A nice red wine slightly chilled"
"Cloth napkins"
"And fine china and silverware"
"Candles"

Funny thing is neither one of us drink wine, lol.
So I altered his request a bit.
Spaghetti, frozen meatballs (cooked of course), served on our wedding china, and slightly chilled Coke for me and diet Pepsi for him.
And for dessert I bought a cake from Safeway and some ice-cream.
He was very surprised.
We enjoyed our dinner in the dinning room and the girls ate in the kitchen.
Look at the portion sizes, lol. Can you guess who's is who's.


Thankful Thursday
Having a meal with my hubby.
A warm home (cause baby its cold out there)
Hubby and Ashley going shopping, just the two of them :)
Getting my He-art Journal Challenge pages complete, but forgot to post them on here....tomorrow.
Chatting with my girlfriend for a bit tonight :)
And as Becky would say...its Friday eve ;)

What are you thankful for today?

Tracy :)