January's monthly Tag

I finally did the monthly Tim Holtz tag.
I know I my goal was to make them by the 15th of the month, but at least I finished it before the last day of the month ;)
Here is a link to Tim Holtz January Tag.

Here is my tag :)
I like the contrast between the light background and the dark numbers and clock face.
I like that I put the year on the tag.
I also like the gear embossed-foil inside with the gear embellishments.

Actually I am really happy with how my tag turned out.

My lonely tag, waiting for its friends ;)
As much as I am looking forward to making the next months tags, I hope the year goes by slowly so I can enjoy every second of this year.

I made a video of my tag in more detail and how I made it :)
Here is a link to this video if you want to watch it on my YouTube channel.
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I was so proud of myself, I actually cleaned up my room after making this tag, teehee.

I hope you all had a very creative Tuesday :)

Tracy :)

Challenge card received and December Daily video

Today I received Phillane's challenge card.
I love this image..even though it isn't a CC Designs image she said we needed to use, lol.
Challenge failed my friend, lol.
Just kidding, this card is stunning.
I love that she used this corrugated card and that she turned the file folder card on its side.
Also the image is adorable, and beautifully coloured.
Thank you so much :)

Our internet has been so slow lately. It reminds me of when we had dial up. The page actually loads slowly in layers.
I put up a video of my December Daily. I started at 9:00pm and it finished 6:00am.
That is 9 hours for a 25 minute video.
I am also wondering if I am uploading to big of a file….so this time around I used a smaller file.
I haven't watched it on YouTube yet to see if there is a difference in quality.
But here is my December Daily in more detail :)
Tracy's Treasures24 YouTube channel
I hope you all had a creative Monday :)

Tracy :)

January Card Challenge

My friend Phillane wanted to us to do a monthly card challenge.
What we do is every month, we are going to come up with about 5 things we should do on a card and then mail each other our cards that we had made.

For January:
File Folder Card
CC Design image to colour
Use Sparkle
Use our stash.
It is Phillane's Birthday this month, so I made mine into a Birthday card for her.

As you can see I have followed our challenge prompts to a tee…I am a stickler for the rules ;)

Here is this little cutie in a bit more detail :)
Look I even added lace to mimic snow…I hardly ever use lace on my paper crafts.

I made a video if you want to hear more about our challenge and see this card in more detail :)
I still can't get my videos in screen, so here is the link to my YouTube channel.
Tracy's Treasures 24

Today I told Wayne that he should have is Black & Tan that he has once a year.
He usually has it on New Years, but because he was so sick, he never got to have it.
So as he enjoyed his drink, I enjoyed mine….a frosty glass of Coca-Cola :)
This can of coke was in the back of the fridge for a whole week and it was partly frozen ;)
Wayne was so looking forward to his drink, he couldn't wait for the photo shoot to be complete before grabbing his drink, lol.

Just in case you are wondering, Black & Tan is Harp Ale and Guinness beer. The reason for the name, is when you slowly pour the darker beer in, if you are good, it will float on the lighter coloured beer.

I spent the day doing a bit of writing and organizing my flair buttons :) I will share that in another post though.
I hope you all had a creative Sunday :)
If you want to join me with these card challenges, I would love to see what you come up with :)

Tracy :)

Working with my New Planner Pages

I am still getting the feel for my new planner pages.
One thing I do like about these pages are that the spaces for each day on either side of the washi tape seem to be wider.
I add washi tape to where the time schedule is. I don't use this, so it is a great place to add washi to, to decorate it up :)
On these new pages the time schedule is almost in the middle of that page, last years pager were closer to one side or the other.
So I seem to be able to write more in these spaces.
I added this quote from a 4x6 Sn@p Card that I cut down, backed with card stock and then used washi tape.
I covered up the December days that carried over to this week.

One thing I don't like about these pages is that instead of all the English written first, they broke it up to English, French, English, French.
So when I add my Washi tape to separate the days, I have to cover up the numbers and parts of the English dates :(
So I guess I have to hand write my day numbers again this year.

Another reason I do like these pages is because it has a "Notes and Memos" for the month that ended and also "A Diary Record" on one page and the next is "To Be Done in..." for that month.
I really like these features. As you know I love to write, and here I have a lot of room to both make plans and to write.

I hope you all had a very creative Saturday :)

Tracy :)

Playing with papers

Tonight during Friday Night Scrapbooking (which I thought no one was coming to) Myra was going through her papers and wanting to get rid of so much of it.
Now if you know me, I have a bit of anxiety of anyone getting rid of papers ….and most things to do with creating.
Myra was going to throw away a whole paper pack!
I told her to donate it.
She didn't think anyone would want it.
So I took her paper and made a layout for her.

I have to tell you it was so much fun.
No pressure.
Usually it takes me hours, if not days to make a 2 page layout. I critique everything.
This one was so fast and fun.
One - it wasn't for me.
Two - there were no photos to match the papers to.
Three - She was going to get rid of the papers anyway, so if I screwed up it didn't matter.
I isn't my best layout by far…..but it was fun :)

Myra has one of these Fiskar paper trimmers with the wire.
She couldn't figure out why her paper was rough and tearing.
I remember reading on 2peas about this so I figured out what the problem was.
What we did was just cut the wire off. Hope it works better for her when she replaces the blade, so she doesn't throw it away.

Wayne took today off of work today.
He wanted to find a new end table, as I broke ours a couple of years ago when I stood on it to dust the floor lamp.
Word of advice…don't stand on a pedestal table that has a mirror top, to dust. You will stand on the edge and tip the table and fall in-between the table and couch and have trouble getting up.

Oh yes back to the shopping story.
We did find a nice solid wooden end table. I think I can even stand on it to dust the lamp :)
While we were at the store, Wayne noticed a very large dining table.
He thought it would be perfect for my crafting friends as it is big enough to hold 8 people.
I guess he really doesn't want me to cover his pool table.
We had to come back home to measure our dining room to make sure it will fit as our room isn't that big.
It does fit, so we ordered it.
I guess he enjoys listening to my friends and my complaining, laughter and chatter :)

I hope you all had a creative Friday :)

Tracy :)

Problems?

You ever have one of those days….you know the one….Its not a bad day, just a day when things don't go the way they should?
I'm sure we all have.
Well here is mine.

The plan today was to make a video of my Project for the class I am teaching.
To then drop off the sample to the organizer of the crop.
Bring Heather and Kristy for a sleep over at Ashley's as they don't have to work tomorrow.
And have a nice dinner with Wayne when he got home from work.

This is how my day really went:

Started to do a video and my video camera started flashing. Because I didn't have my cheater glasses, I had no idea what it was, so assumed it was that the battery was low.

Run upstairs to get my power cord and recharge it as I am taping.

Still it is flashing. Get the cheaters and read that my camera is full. I have never had that happen.

Delete some old video bits and start to re-tape.

As I am taping the phone rings. Its our insurance guy asking questions about our home.

I guess after dishing out money to the flood victims and hail victims, they are raising rates and want to know about any updates to our house.

As I check out the year of the furnace for him…I start to get a bit excited as hot water is running out of our water tank and making its way to the wall.

So get off the phone with him to call the repair guy.

As I turn off the water tank….no water for us until he comes to fix it.

I get ahold of Ashley to let her know I can't bring the girls to her house.

Plus I can't bring in my sample for my class. Luckily that isn't due until tomorrow.

Ashley tells me she will pick up the girls after she is done work, if the repair guy isn't there.

He doesn't come for 4 hours, so Ashley comes by to pick up Heather and Kristy.

Thankfully the repair guy shows up and fixes the problem just as Wayne comes home from work, so at least Wayne gets a hot shower.

Kristy made pizza dough and I was going to pick up the toppings after I brought the girls to Ashley's.

Because that didn't happen and I didn't have water (well I did in the fridge, but good excuse not to cook ;)  we didn't have the healthy pizza for supper.

But I did have a nice healthy, yummy salad from Wendy's. It tasted healthy anyway ;)

I did get to be creative though.

I did finish my taping and edited it.

Our basement didn't flood.

The girls still get to spend time together.

Wayne and I still enjoyed a nice dinner tonight.

I'm just a "glass if half full" type of gal ;)

I hope you all had a creative Thursday :)

Tracy :)

Book for my Monthly Tim Holtz tags.

I put all of my Tim Holtz monthly tags in this book that I altered.
When I was at Scrapfest last year (family vacation, not there for the event) I watched Tim Holtz demonstrate.
He had his tags in this little tag book.

Unbeknownst to me, it was his product. And here I was thinking the whole way home on how I was going to make my own.
When we stopped off at Pine City Scrapbooking I saw this book cover..and I think I might have squealed a bit ;)
The page protectors have to be purchased separately and also the binding, which I had.
I added the washi tape and the key hole charm to the book.

Here is a closer look at the book and how I put it together with the tags :)
Here is a link to my YouTube channel ;)
Tracy's Treasures


Today was spent working on my description and instructions for my class I am teaching in February.
The description and project are to be sent in on Friday.
I am working on my procrastination, so am handing everything in tomorrow ;)

We are having a windchill advisory today.
I had to run to Safeway for a few groceries and it was crazy windy.
Sounds like someone is banging on the house at times.
I love it….as long as I am cozy in my home that is ;)

I hope you all had a creative Wednesday :)

Tracy :)