May…nope...December Daily

I know what you are thinking…
What!!!!
Tracy is sharing a December Daily in May….she has lost her mind, lol.

And you may be correct….I am never this organized or ahead of the game.
But it did snow the other day, so I may have lost it, lol.

I have a ton of kits.
I wanted to get through some of them this past Girls May Long Weekend.
I wasn't planning to work on this one yet, but Sharon had the same kit and was overwhelmed by the instructions.
So I figured that we should make them together.
She didn't think that we would complete it, as we didn't start until after 9:00 pm, but I was determined to get'er done.
And we did….at 2:00 am.

This kit was actually designed to be a 12 Day's of Christmas album, but I stretched it to be for the whole month of December.
Most of our visiting during the season, is between the 24th to New Year's Eve.
So I wanted it to last for the whole month.
I am so happy with how it turned out.

I will post more photos and a video closer to December…..I haven't totally lost it ;)

I hope you all have a very Creative Day :)

Tracy :)

Very Creative Weekend

Who wants to help me unpack?!

I had a wonderful (extra) long weekend with my friend/SIL, Sharon at her camp.
Every May long weekend my 3 daughters and I go to her camp for a weekend of creating.
Not only did I make a few 6 scrapbook layouts, a whole mini album, figured out the spacing for my 5 yr journal and caught up on decorating my fauxbonichi…I also started a couple Pocket letters.
In between all this creating, my girls and I also went for quite a few nice walks :)

We had a wonderful time.
My daughters even did a couple of photo shoots….perfect, more photos for me to scrapbook :)

Now…..about helping me with my unpacking….any takers ;)

I hope you all had a very Creative Day :)
Thank you Sharon, for the great weekend and opening your camp to us.

Tracy :)

Creative girls weekend.

We are at my SIL camp.

Bad selfie. Lol. 

Sharon and I came out Thursday after my doctor's appointment at 7:30 pm

I haven't done much scrapbooking, but have been enjoying some walks    

No Internet or cell service at her camp, so we walked up the road to post this :).

I'm hoping to get my scrappi'n on in full gear when I get back to the camp.

I hope you all have a creative day  

Tracy :) 

Tim Holtz themed Pocket Letter

Yup another Pocket Letter :)
I was asked by Melinda, if I would like to do a Tim Holtz themed Pocket Letter.
I am game for most anything, and you all know I love Tim Holtz's style.

All of the background pattern papers are all scraps that were in my scrap folder…and bonus, they are all from Tim Holtz :)

Because the pattern paper was all so very dark, I needed a way to brighten the Pocket letter up.
So I took some white card stock, trimmed it a bit smaller than the background paper and inked that baby up.
I used 3 different colours of distress inks for this.

I then used a lot of Tim's stamps and stamped some backgrounds on the card stock and decorated each card.
I also used his mini dies to cut out elements for each card.
Each pocket or card has a different theme.

I had received Melinda's pocket before I was able to send mine out…so here is hers :)
I like that she added ribbon to the binder holes.
She also used one main piece of paper and then cut it apart to fit the protector pockets :)

Here is how I mailed my Pocket Letter.
I misted the doily to give it a vintage look to go with the theme of the letter :)

Oh look, I did a video on my Pocket Letter and a bit of a tip on how I made the banner :)
If you would rather watch it on my YouTube channel….to get the whole project in the screen, just click on the link "Tracy's Treasures24"
I don't know why YouTube isn't putting (or letting me put) a thumbnail on my videos lately :(

I hope you all have a very Creative Weekend.
Not sure how much I can get on the internet this long weekend, as I am off to our yearly "Girls Weekend" at my SIL's camp and will be crafting the nights away.
She doesn't get internet up there…or every once in a while we may get a weak signal.
So we will see….just know I will be having a blast :)

Tracy :)

Vintage Pocket Letter Heading out the door.

My pocket letter is ready to be put in the mail :)
I sprayed the doily with some mists to match the vintage theme of the pocket letter.

I am uploading a video on this pocket letter, so I will post it, along with photos in tomorrows post :)

I hope you all had a very Creative Day :)

Tracy :)

Working on a Pocket Letter

I have been creating the last couple of days :)
I have been making some more Pocket Letters.

As fun as these are…this one seemed to take me forever.
I am doing a Tim Holtz style swap.
Now you all know I adore his style and I enjoy making his tags…but for some reason, this one took me forever.
I used 3 different colours of ink to distress these papers….they started off being white.
See what a bit of ink can do to a white piece of card stock :)

I may be sluggish because of the weather we have been having lately.
It has been drab and all I want to do is curl up in some warm blankets and nap.
Actually when I woke up to it snowing this morning….I just wanted to go back to bed, lol.
The temperature was only 4c here today…it was a bit warmer than yesterday…good nap weather in my opinion, lol.

I hope you all had a very Creative Day today :)

Tracy

My Mother's Day in Photos

First off, Happy Mother's Day to all of the women out there that have contributed in one way or another to making a child's life it better. Today is for you :)

My day was perfect….just as any day is that I get to spend it with these wonderful ladies.
My 3 beautiful, loving daughters Heather, Kristy and Ashley

My day started with Kristy telling me that she was making me breakfast.

French toast with banana and my hand picked blueberries….yumm.
Kristy then had to go to work, but her boss was sweet enough to let her leave a couple of hours early so she could spend more time with me.

Our plan was to do yard work….we usually all get the yard ready for summer on Mother's Day.
I love spending the day outside with my girls.
But it was cold out there today.
It was 11c which should have been plenty warm, but there was a cool breeze.
We did put up the gazebo, then I called it a day.
The girls were more than willing to do what ever needed done, but I was chilled, so we went inside and chatted most of the day.

I have been wanting an antique/vintage typewriter for a while now.
But am to cheap to pay the price for one, lol.
So my girls and Wayne picked up this beauty for my gift.
This and this pretty plant with the hand made planter pick :)
They also all typed me a letter, which was both sweet and had some humour to it….that is definitely  going onto a scrapbook page ;)

Wayne BBQ'd some ribs and potatoes on our new BBQ we purchased yesterday :)
We were all hungry, so we ate dessert first, lol.

My day ended with us all going for a nice long walk around the neighbourhood.
I had the best day :)

I hope you all had a very Creative and wonderful Mother's Day :)

Tracy :)