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Thank you all for your concern for our Rose.
I woke up earlier than usual worried about her. Then we couldn't find her.
She sleeps with my daughter Heather every night.
It turns out she was under her bed.
Rose crawls out from under the bed and didn't limp at all. Its like nothing was ever wrong with her.
So happy she is fine :)

I made this banner today.
I was planning on making it a lot earlier, but I haven't kicked my procrastination habit yet ;)
I am a very committed person, really I am. I have been married to the same man for 24 yrs dated him for 4 yrs before that. But when it comes to picking papers I have trouble committing to my 1st few picks.I kept changing my mind.
I think picking papers is the hardest thing for me....maybe I have too much....Nah.
This is not how I am going to hang it. I needed to take a photo of it and, well....I love the wall colour in my scrap/craft room :)

Cut the letters with my cricut, the Storybook cartridge.
The accordion flower is made with cupcake wrappers.
The other flowers are hand made. 

I stamped this with a $1.50 stamp from Michael's and made a ticket.
Inked around everything with Brick Red.

I thought I could keep this up longer then just for Valentines day as I made a ticket with the word "Family" on it.
What do you think?
I glimmer misted the ribbon that I used to tie the hearts together.

Another accordion flower made with cupcake wrappers.

Handmade flowers.
The middle larger flower was white and I used the glimmer mist to colour it up :)
The banner hearts are from the blank chipboard shaped album from Michael's $1.50 bin.

Close up of the sparkle heart on the flower :)
Love the dollar store ;)

Onto My Day:
Ran to the vet to pick up Rose's medicine. It is actually Omega 3. Chatted with the vet about our kitty.
Hubby and I went out for lunch.
We are not into the whole "show her that you care, buy her lots of expensive jewels" part of Valentines day. So we went for lunch. I like this as it isn't busy, and we like to eat, lol.
 Chatted to my girlfriend Debbie tonight. We are going on a little creative getaway this weekend and had to plan our junk food meals ;)
So looking forward to this weekend, jammies all day long, except when we are in the hot tub :)

Hope you all had a creative Tuesday :)

Tracy :)

Thinking of you card and our poor kitty

I made this card for a family friend who is fighting cancer.
I hate cancer.
I just want her to know that she is in our thoughts.

I coloured the image with my Stampin' Up markers.
I inked around everything.
I cut the border with decorative scissors. Yup I still use them at times ;)

The sentiment is a $1.50 stamp from Michaels.
I  then punched out the sentiment and wanted a backing for it.
I punched out some card stock with the same punch and then sliced it down the middle and edged the sentiment with the card stock.

Here is the inside of the card.

Our kitty, Rose, has a hurt paw.
Wayne and I were out most of the day and Heather said that Rose was up on her bed most of the day.
It's not unusual for Rose to sleep a lot, she is over 14 yrs old.
But when she walks, she doesn't put any pressure on her right front leg.
So first thing in the morning I am taking our baby to the vet. I really hope it isn't broken.
Heather and Kristy have been bringing her water and food so she doesn't have to get up and walk around on it.

Onto My Day:
Wayne and I took Kristy to school, then I got a hot chocolate :)
Ran to pick up this beaut.
I bought my old mixer when I lived on my own. So lets say, it has paid its dues ;)

Ran into Michael's. Came out with nothing.
We did see Wayne's uncle and aunt there in the parking lot. We had a chat, until we got to cold and had to part ways.
Bought a few groceries.
I spent the rest of the day organizing my blog and YouTube files.
Then spent the evening helping Ashley put together her Valentine's Day gift for her boyfriend Tyler.

I hope you all had a creative Monday :)

Tracy :)

Tri-Heart card and a day full of walkers ;)

Today was another Walking Dead marathon :)
Plus the new episode!!!!
I just saw the previews for next week...it looks sooooooo good. 
Now I know why I would rather watch marathons on DVD then on regular television.
Commercials.
I don't like them very much.

I am going to share a card I made at Scrapbook for Heart.
I saw this idea at Pine City Scrapbooking.
It is not exactly the same of course, but pretty dang close :)
I coloured the image in with my Stampin' Up markers.
And some of my sparkle twine ;) And some sparkle on the flowers.

Today's television craft, was organizing my blog and YouTube addresses.
I like to keep track of who sent me happy mail and what I had sent back.
I haven't been the best at keeping up and am probably a few months (at least) in sending out "Thank Yous" So that is the reason why I came up with a system.
Lets hope it helps. Because I need all the help I can get.

Funny Story:
The other day, Ashley wanted me to do something for her, like sew a button on her jacket or something.
She could tell I really didn't want to do it, so she told me she would do something for me.
Me: "And what could you possibly do for me"?
Ashley: "Dye your hair".
Me: "What, you don't like my hair, you don't like the grey in it".
Ashley: "No mom, its pretty. It looks like strands of tinsel in your hair".

I love how quick witted she is. I wish I was like that.
I think of something clever to say in the middle of the night, a little to late, lol.

I hope you all had a creative Sunday :)

Tracy:)

I Smashed with the Walking Dead

Today hubby and I watched the whole Season 1 of the Walking Dead.
I am so pumped that tomorrow is the start of the new episodes.
So in order to completely get prepared for it, we decided to have a Walking Dead marathon this weekend :)
So we made a huge taco dip, the layered one with lettuce, cheese, tomatoes, salsa and lots of other goodies in it. Plus I bought a 2 liter of Coca-Cola. Yup went over my quota for the day, lol.

Not sure if you are like me, but I can't watch television without a project or two in front of me.
Grabbed my Copics and put some pretty tape around each marker to identify which Copics are mine.
I am not worried about someone taking them, as the tape is easy to take off, but just so it is easier when to know which ones are mine during a crop.
 That took a few hours to do.

Then I worked on my Smash book.
I have seen some beautiful smash books and the ladies have added photos to their pages. I think theirs are done more on a daily basis though.
I use my smash book for our mini family trips. I wasn't going to put photos in it. I was just going to use it for memorabilia that I pick up.
Well I changed my mind and put in some smaller photos.
I added the blue paper as I didn't like the paper in the book.

When we went to MOA, there is a magic store there, the guy called Kristy and I over to help him with some tricks. And of course I had my camera with me ;)
Had to get the yummy food that we love to eat every time we go there ;)

This was Wayne's birthday, hence the birthday tag :)
Humm a picture of the crepe place, you think I like these, lol.

Wayne is having a bit of a nap on the couch right now.....oh joy, I get to hear him snore at night and during the evening, how lucky am I?
We are going to watch a few more movies, drink plenty of pop and I am going to do a few more "TV crafts".

Hope you all are having a wonderful, creative Saturday :)

Tracy :)

A Heart Tree card

Today was a good day.
I got my baby back. That's right my jeep is now back in my driveway, where it belongs :)
They showed me the bill to get the dents out and the new hood from the hail damage.
It was $6548.00, luckily with the insurance we only had to pay $300.00

I thought I would share another card I made at Scrapbook for Heart.
I used one of my new stamps :)
I coloured this one with my Stampin' Up markers. Added sparkle to some of the hearts.
Leslie ( a lady sitting beside me at scrapbook for heart) gave me her Smooch to try. I think it is called smooch. It looked like nail polish.
I like the pearl look it gave. What I didn't like was it took away from the colour I coloured the image with.

I made this accordion flower with a cupcake wrapper.
I wanted it even so tried to do a running stitch with a thread and needle. I tore the paper, lol.
So I just scrunched it as evenly as I could.
Put some twine in the button and slapped that puppy on there :)





















Here is the inside of the card.
Surprise, surprise a recipe card.






















Onto My Day:
Tonight was Scrapbooking Night.
Sharon came by and we each made a card. I also worked on my Smash book from when we went to Minneapolis. I left some space for a few photos. I wasn't going to add photos to this book. I was just going to put memorabilia in it, but I changed my mind ;)

Tomorrow, Wayne and I are going to have a Walking Dead marathon....okay, for the next 2 days we are going to have a Walking Dead marathon :)
We plan on making a taco dip and I bought a 2 liter bottle of Coca-Cola. Man I am going to enjoy this weekend, lol.

Hope you all had a creative Friday :0

Tracy :)

Santa mini and hubby is scrappin'

I have finally finished, and did a video of the Santa Mini Album from my Design Team Package.
It is a very simple mini, but as it is going to a friend of mine that doesn't scrapbook, I needed it to be as easy as possible.
Plus she live in Whitehorse, so I can't visit her to show her how it all works.



Yesterday Wayne was on his laptop working on a book to get printed.
It was photos from our Montana trip. He was playing around with the layouts and doing some journaling.
 I had said to him "You know what your doing don't you?" ..... "Your scrapbooking".
His reply "Am I?"
Love that my hubby is joining me in my craft, even if he doesn't realize it, lol.

Onto My Day:
Wayne got a call from the dentist as they had a cancellation. He paid when he left this time, lol.
I went out for lunch with Ashley and we did some running around.
Tidied up my scrap/craft room.
Caught up on my e-mails.
Made this video.

I hope you all had a creative Thursday :)

Tracy :)

20 or my favourite crafty things for 2011

I was tagged to do a video on 20 of my favourite or must have items for 2011.
All the way home from Minneapolis I kept thinking of what to pick.
Would you believe I only came up with 8 items.
I am a simple crafter and a lot of the things I use are free or I make myself.
But in the end I did come up with 20 things :)
And Here They Are





Onto My Day:
I had a dentist appointment today.
Happy I didn't have any cavities, wasn't happy about the bill though.
I was a bit shocked when they gave me the bill, then noticed Wayne didn't pay for his last visit, lol.
I cleaned the house a bit today.
And cleaned my scrap/craft room a bit.  My desk is all nice a neat again. I love a neat and organized desk :)

Hope you had a creative Wednesday :)

Tracy :)