Rainy yet creative day

I was a mostly rainy day.

But no worries, with a view like this out the window, we still enjoyed our day.

And if you know me, then you know I brought plenty of creative projects to work on. 

With my crafts in front of me (that's my washi tape, I have been keeping my container in that bag for easier transport to camp) the view of the lake to my right and the television ahead of me. The rain didn't bother me a bit ;) 

In between the rain, we did do some outside jobs and took a burn in Ray's (Wayne's dad) new toy. 

He had bought one similar to this one a couple of years ago... But he upgraded. This one has air conditioning ;)

We have the windows open as I love the sound of rain and the fresh air that it brings with it. 

I hope you all had a creative Saturday :)

Tracy :)

Licence and May's 2014 Tag

First off I have to give a big congrats to my daughter Heather.
She passed her G2 today.
She said she was so nervous that her leg was shaking as she was driving.
Yes that is my brand new jeep that she has been driving.

I finally got around to making May's tag for Tim Holtz' 12 tags of 2014.
I am not sure how I feel about this tag?
Things weren't going right in the ol' craft room today, not sure if it is because I have a bit of a cold, or because I (again) left it till the last minute.

I did a video on the tag, but my camera filled up and I didn't realize it until I went to edit the video and not all of the video was there…I will re-do it on Monday.
But because I have to post it today, I just have photos.

I wanted to keep with the spring colours, as where I live, Spring is just showing itself.
I see a few buds on the trees and the weather is warming up :)

With this month's tag, Tim was focusing on his new embossing folders and playing around with the tag to look like one of his configuration boxes. He also wanted us to actually use some of our treasured embellishments ;)
I love these lightbulbs, so cool. And of course I love this one being it says "Treasures" it has 2 meanings for this tag.
1. Part of my blog name ;)
2. I used some of my treasured embellishments on this tag :)

I also love these pen nibs.
I do (used to) calligraphy, and these nibs are so real looking.
I also popped up the birdcage with the heart on it with some foam tape. I did this because I couldn't get the birdcage and the heart in the oval frame to both fit. And I wanted to use them both. I love hearts :)

Here is the bottom of the tag.
I love that metal heart I adhered inside of that oval frame.
I also love keys. Not sure why?
I know it is all the rage in crafting for the last couple of years, but I have always liked hearts, keys and birdcages.

Here is one last look at the completed tag.
Now the more that I look at it the more that I like it, lol.

Here is a link to Tim's challenge tag on blog :)

I hope you all had a very creative Friday :)

Tracy :)

ATC's from Jeremy

I was in a couple of ATC swaps and was so excited to receive a set from Jeremy in the mail :)
I had never swapped them before, so it was so nice that Jeremy (Jeremoose80 on YouTube) offered to do a swap with me.
He gave me a long list of themes and asked me to pick three of them.

I picked
Steampunk, Fairytale and one of our choice.
Here are Jeremy's take on the 3 themes :)

I love anything Steampunk…well except for the mechanical legs, but most everything else. So of course I really like the steampunk ATC.
The Fairytale is Rapunzel, which turned out so cool. He said he got his inspiration from Tangled, such a sweet movie.
I love his take on the "one of his choice." How cool to come up with a  Nerd theme ;)
Thank you so much Jeremy for making these wonderful ATC's for me and taking a chance on this ATC newbie ;)

Here is a video I did with a better look at Jeremy's ATC's when I received them :)
If you would rather watch it on my YouTube channel, just click my link :)
"Tracy's Treasures24"



I will share with you the ATC's that I had made for Jeremy once he receives them :)

I hope you all had a very creative Thursday :)

Tracy :)

Treat Cups

Kristy loves to give her friends candies of some type for their birthdays.
And for every birthday we try to come up with a fun and creative way to present them.
I had seen this idea from Beth of "Under a Pile of Scraps" blog and couldn't wait to use it.
Kristy's friend Julia, just celebrated her birthday and all the girls went out for dinner, and this was part of Julia's gift.
How cut is this :)
Kristy doesn't seem to go all out on the decorating, so she just filled the insulated drink cup with 6 packs of Skiddles and called it good ;)






















I hope you all had a creative Wednesday :)

Tracy :)

Walk in the Park

It was a beautiful day here today, so Kristy, Heather and I went for a nice walk in the neighbourhood.
We walked through the park and enjoyed some time on the swings :)
We tried to swing across the monkey bars, but Heather was the only one who succeeded ;)

After a nice long walk, I decided to have a bit of ice-cream.
But what do you do when all of your spoons are getting washed in the dishwasher…use a fork of course ;)

I am in the process of re-thinking my craft room set up.
My craft room has worked perfectly for me, but lately it is more of a mess then it is clean.
I am wondering if it is because I need to re-configure my supplies.
I went down to reassess the room and figured it is going to be a long daunting task.
So today was list making day, lol.

Tracy :)

Decorating up my planner :)

I am working on my planner tonight.

I haven't decorated it so much lately and when I look at my past pages that are decorated, I just love to look at them.

So I thought, get your butt in gear and start decorating them lady ;)

I brought my washi tape up to the cottage and worked on my Month on 2 pages for the rest of the year.

So tonight I thought I will put in the details…like everyone's birthdays.

I have shared this before, but what I do is stamp cupcakes out on Avery sticky labels, colour them in and then fussy cut or detail cut the cupcakes out to use as stickers.

So I will hopefully get the birthday's complete for the whole year :)

We had stir fry for supper tonight and we made way to much rice.
So what do you do when that happens?
Make rice pudding of course :)
I love when it is warm..yumm.

I spent quite a bit of the day in my jeep.
Heather and Kristy have been practicing driving to get their second part to their licence.
They are pretty good, but we have been at it for a while now…but at the beginning, I know why parents put their kids in driving school…lol.

I hope you all had a creative Monday :)

Tracy :)

Looking Forward to Next Weekend

Thought I would share an evening photo of the lake.
So beautiful. I love the reflection of the trees on the water.

I guess we must have been in a rush to close up the cottage last year, as these were sitting on the counter when we arrived Friday night.
They were dry by the way, teehee.

The water was really cold.
I just put my tootsies in. Wayne's dad told us that there was still ice on the lake last weekend.
I saw this crayfish in the water. I think he was hiding, as the otter may be around ;)
This crayfish, was huge!

Enjoyed Wayne's delicious burger for lunch..mind you I think I only ate about half of it.

Wayne wasn't feeling well all weekend.
We didn't get as much completed as we usually do, but I had to keep reminding him that we have all summer and to take it easy.
Wayne suffers from allergies and asthma. And he was really suffering this weekend. He even had a fever last night.
So we came home early and he has been resting on the couch….poor guy.

I have to mention that I am pretty proud of myself.
I am kicking my Coca-Cola habit again…but I am allowing myself to have 2 pop during the weekends.
But I didn't have a pop all weekend.
I haven't enjoyed a nice cold can of Coke since last Tuesday.
I am not giving it up all together, as I love it so much.
Go Me!

I hope you all had a very creative Sunday :)

Tracy :)