First Layout of the Year

It should actually read "My 1st Layout IN a Year"
I know, how bad eh?
I haven't done a layout in one whole year.
But I love how this one turned out.
It took me all evening to do, and I even worked off a layout I had seen in a magazine.
I don't know which magazine, as I cut them up and put them in a note books over the years.

 I used white card stock and stamped the swirls in red and the sentiment in black.
Inked the edges of everything...but I am sure you already knew that, lol.
The orb above the girls heads are from my chicken light above my desk, its not in the actual photo.
Those photo corners are velour :)  My SIL Sharon bought me a kit that had them included.

 These strips of paper I cut to varying widths and inked them with black ink.
I really wish the photos turned out better as it looks so much better in person.
So happy with how it turned out.

This was so new to me as I always scrapbook double page layouts.
I am going to have a matching page to this one though.
I was going to do our Christmas photo shoot, but all the photos look a bit yellowy.
Funny as hubby used his big boy camera and the photo in this layout was taken with my tiny point a shoot camera :)
See you don't need a big expensive camera to play with the big boys, lol.

Onto My Day:
Went to see my Cardiologist today.
I have a 40% injection fraction to the left part of my heart.....I had 30% back in 2004, so that is an improvement anyway :)
Iron is non-existent...that's nothing new, lol.
I was so nervous to see him, but now I feel so relieved that I did.

Hubby and I did some errands.
Then we went to Boston Pizza for lunch. We had some coupons for a free lunch.
So Wayne got a personal pizza and I got Chicken Alfredo.
Funny thing was the coupons were for us to have a free lunch each, but we still had to pay $11.00 for our pops and my meal was a bit more then the average lunch meal.
LOL, I guess its true, nothing if life is free ;)
Sharon came by for scrapbooking tonight :)

Hope you all had a creative Friday.......tomorrow is sleep in day :)

Tracy :)

Thank You...its more than a Card.

Yup this sentiment says it all...
I have to send Many Thank You cards out.
This card came together surprisingly quick. Nothing I make comes out quickly, lol.
This stamp is from the $1.50 bin. I bought it a while ago.
Used my distress ink to stamp it and lightly changed the colour of the paper with the same ink.
Backed it with some cardstock, cut with my Nesties.
Pattern paper to the base and called it a day.

 Oh ya and I used this tape for a embellishment.
Not sure where I got this from..it may have even been from the dollar store?

 The inside of my card.
Are you getting tired of me using recipe cards for the inside of my cards?
Ya, well to bad, lol. I love them, teehee.

I have been getting a lot of questions lately from young or newer women asking me questions about this craft we love so much.
Hubby calls me the Ann Landers of the crafting world, lol.
I love to answer their questions...even though I don't know all the answers.
But the question I get the most is how expensive this craft is.
But honestly it doesn't have to be. Plus most of the ones they are watching have been crafting for years, they have built up their supplies.

I have always created. But when I  started scrapbooking (in the way it is know today), I had a plastic template I bought when I was in public school. I made the rest myself with what ever I could find.
Trace shapes by using dishes or against the window....free.
Use what you have, reuse mailings that come in the mail...free.
Use envelopes that you get at the bank....free.
Use pop tabs, milk tabs....free
Cut out your Christmas cards you received from Christmas....free
Left over wrapping paper./..free.
Colour string with markers.
These are just ones that I came up with in a mere few seconds.
Sure it can be expensive, but it doesn't have to be.
We don't need all the latest and greatest of supplies...in 5 or 10 yrs no one is going to know what was "in" at the time. Nor will they care.
Just do what you love.

Thankful Thursday:
Hubby bought me a teeny tiny photo printer for my P365 for this year.
Made a Thank You card
Didn't have to cook supper again ;)  Thanks Wayne ;)
I did get a good night sleep last night :)
Sticking to my one pop a day for this week
Good blogging friends who leave me sweet messages that bring tears to my eyes. Thank you so much, I wish nothing but the best for you kind hearted ladies.

Hope you all had a creative Thursday :)

Tracy :)

By George I think I got it ;)

Guess what I did?
Made another book mark.
I am on a mission to find the perfect book mark that suits Heathers specific needs, lol.
I think I did it :)

I used the graphic 45 paper.
Cut a piece at 9"x 1.5" and scored it in the middle.
Added very thin magnets on the ends and voila......time to embellish.

 Then you sandwich the page in between the pattern paper with the magnets.
The embellishments that I added where just papers that I cut out and glued flat...remember to keep it as flat as possible, no matter how much you want to add flowers to it ;)


Here is where I got the idea for this book mark.
Lynne and I went to the Heart & Stroke foundation to pick up our tickets for the Scrap for Heart Crop.
I asked for some information and she gave us all kinds of brochures and these cool book marks (shown below).
When I saw them I got excited and told them, I can make these.
The lady said...why would you make them you can take as many as you want.
Lynne and I looked at each other then turned to her and said...We are scrapbookers that's why, lol.


Onto My Day:
Drove Kristy to school.
Took a shower. I still like my hair, you know how sometimes you don't like it as much the next day ;)  Lynne and I went to pick up our tickets and our friends tickets.
Washed laundry....lots of laundry.
I was so tired I was almost walking into walls, so went into Kristy's bed for a nap as my sheets to my bed were in the wash :)
Then Kristy texted me as I was almost asleep. Then she did it again.
Then Ashley came home a bit early for lunch.
Finally when I did get to sleep, I was down and out for the count for about an hour and a half.
I had a crappy sleep last night..my stomach hurt and hubby snored, so I think I only slept for a couple of hours at a time.
Hubby didn't cook supper, so I ran to Subway to pick up supper....its the healthiest of the take outs :)

Off to bed soon, as even though I had a massive nap today, I could hit the hay at any moment.

Hope you all had a creative Wednesday :)

I was checking out some blogs tonight and blogger won't let me leave comments. the screen is blank when I go to comment....so if you don't hear from me I will check you all out tomorrow.

Tracy :)

An envelope? And a Pity party

I was planning to make one of these for my daughter Heather....do you know what it is?

 I embossed the outline of the image and coloured it in with my Copics.

 It is a book mark...a corner book mark to be exact.
I have been thinking of a way to make a book mark for my daughter Heather.
She is very particular in how she picks out her books and how she handles them.
I don't know how she does it, but after she has finished reading a book you can't even tell she had read it.
She has scolded me a few times for using the wrong type of book mark or putting it deep into the book to close to the spine.....yup she is worse then me, lol.

So I checked YouTube and found some cool origami style ones.
But I thought they would be to bulky for Heather's taste.
So I made this out of an envelope, yup you guessed it, the same ones you get in the mail to mail your payments in.
I was all pleased with myself, only for her to tell me its still to thick.
So she will continue to use the ghost cut out that I had laminated.
I will save this one for me....but not when I borrow one of her books ;)

LOL, I just read this book page, maybe I should have picked a different page, lol.
It is from the last book in the series of the Hunger Games....it really is a great series.


If you were here for the crafts you may want to skip this next part and ignore the rest of this post.
I have been feeling not myself for a couple of years.
Some say its from my dads passing, but I really don't think so.
For one thing some of my health issues are in full force and it is getting me angry.

I am not one to roll over and take it as it comes, I am one to put on the gloves and go in fighting.
But right now, I am feeling fightless. Tomorrow may be a different day.
So I thought I will change the things that I can.
So today Heather and I went for a hair cut. I haven't cut my hair in 2 years......hey, maybe that was my problem, lol.
I got about 8.5 inches cut off my hair and also some bangs.
Of course when I woke up this morning I had a great hair day, lol.
My new cut ;)

I am planning on getting some new clothes that are comfy, yet stylish.
And lastly I am starting my walking again, eating healthier and quitting my Coca-cola.
I know these things are not going to cure me, but hopefully it will help with my funked-up state of mind and body.
One thing I am happy about....my cardiologist is back to practicing. He is only taking a limited amount of patients and is taking it slow. I have a appointment with him this Friday.
So I had the joy of sitting, waiting (for over an hour) to get my blood work done this morning. Of course I forgot to bring a book to read.

Proud Tuesday:
Got a new Do that I am liking so far.
That I didn't have to make supper again today :)
Filled up Ashley's washer fluid in the jeep

What did you do to make you feel proud?

Hope you all had a creative Tuesday :)

Tracy :)

Bunny Book Mark

I made this quick book mark for a very nice lady.
Just before Christmas I unexpectedly received a book mark from Cathy, 55Catty :)
Wasn't that so sweet of her.
So I decided to make her one.

 I had this sticker and thought it was perfect for a book mark :)
Then I added a charm to the chenille fiber.

 I coloured this little cutie.

 On the back of the book mark I added (you guessed it) a recipe card, I thought she could record the books she had read or books she wants to read.

Onto My Day:
Mailed some parcels.
Picked up Kristy's ring. I made Wayne park at the far end of the mall, so I could get in a little walk to pick up Kristy's ring on the other side. Ya, Wayne waited for me in the jeep....slacker.
Then came home and spent most of the day looking for a book. I was really getting frustrated as I had just seen it.
I finally did find it. But I really do need to have a place for everything and put it in its place when I am done ;)
Oh ya, I spent the rest of my day looking through Pinterest...thank you Ashley, teehee.

Hope you had a creative Monday :)

Tracy :)

Pinterest...I caved

My daughter talked me into opening Pinterest account.



I have been toying with the idea of opening an account, but I already spend to much time on the Internet.
I love to check out every ones boards.
But never wanted to start one up as it was just something else for me to organize, lol.
I do love to organize though.

I do check the pages like I said, and love seeing what everyone is creating and I enjoy reading the quotes and laughing at the funny ones.
So I took the plunge and started my own.

Onto My Day:
Wayne woke up early and made pancakes for the family breakfast.
Lazed around most of the day....I didn't even do any colouring today :(
I did do a tad of crafting though :)
Girls ran to Subway and picked us up some supper....its the healthier take out :)

I will share it on here, once I get the hang of it and pin some more :)
I won't leave you hanging her is my daughter Ashley's Pinterest account (she just started hers today). I love how she personalized her boards with her  "A" symbol she designed for herself.
If you have a Pinterest I would love if you would share it in the comments so I can check you out ;)

Hope you all had a creative Sunday :)

Tracy

Thank you card

One image closer to getting some new stamps ;)
I have so many "Thank You" cards to make and this image is perfect. It had the sentiment with the image.
This is a deep purple colour, but its not showing up as deep on the photo.
I coloured the image with Copics.


I was planning on doing more colouring today (actually I was planning on doing a lot of crafty things today) but I couldn't find my Memento ink.
But I finally found it tonight.
I was in a rush to clean up my scrap/craft room last night when Sharon was coming over, so I put it in a basket and put it else where. Isn't it frustrating when you can't find what you are looking for.

Onto My Day:
Ashley and I went out this afternoon.
We had to return a gift that didn't work how she thought it would.
When we were in the store the clerk was showing a new nail polish. You applied it, then the cap of the bottle has a magnet in it. So you would hold the cap above your nail for 5 seconds and then the polish would seperate and it looked like stripes. It was so cool.

Blake and Tyler were over for supper tonight. I made supper tonight ;)
I took down the tree and I think I put away all the decorations. I always find something I forgot to put away :)

I hope you all had a creative Saturday :)


Tracy :)