Gift box with the gift box punch board

Today I wrapped the rest of our Christmas gifts :)
I also got a chance to play with my Gift Box Punch Board.
Isn't' this little gift box cute :)
I just used a dimensional Santa sticker and added a gift tag that I stamped.

I used a 6x6 piece of pattern cardstock.
I put a teardrop ink pad beside the gift box so you can see the size of the box.

Here is how the box closes.
It has 4 flaps, and the two opposite ends hook into each other.

I used really thick paper and the inside flaps still ripped when I had to struggle to hook them together.
I should have shared the inside of the box as the 4 inner corners stick out.
I am sure you can just leave them as is, but I adhered them together and then adhered them to the inner sides of the box.

I decided to order Chinese food for supper tonight :)
Wayne grabbed a heart shaped chicken ball and gave it to me ;)
Such a sweetie :)

Day 19 of Heidi Swapp's photo a day challenge.
"Candy Cane"
Kristy requested that we not get candy canes for the Christmas tree this year as we kind of go overboard and purchase about 6 boxes, lol.
So because we didn't buy any candy canes, I used this mini ornament for the challenge.

Day 19 for Canadian Scrapbooker magazine's photo a day challenge.
"Quiet"
There is nothing like a quiet candlelit tub with a good magazine or book.
I just picked up my new issue and can't wait to crack it open :)

I hope you all had a creative Thursday :)

Tracy :)

Copic Lover

I got to colour :)
I love my Copics. Sadly I haven't been colouring all that much lately….maybe its time for me to go on another Design Team ;)
This image is perfect for all of my Copic loving friends :)
The image is from Saturated Canary called Traveling Colours.
I coloured the image and paper pieced her apron and shoes :)






















Here is the full project.
I love that she looks a bit like Pippi Longstocking :)

I am a glass is half full kind of person…well actually my husband likes to tell the girls that "Your mom's glass was full, but she gave me half of her's"
So I really like this sentiment.
The sentiment flag was white, but I inked it up to match the background paper.

I have been hoarding this doily die cut for quite a while. It was gifted to me by my friend Dena.
I tell you, I really had to talk myself into using this, lol.
But I think it was a perfect background for this layered flower.

Now you may be wondering, what the heck is this project.
If you know me, then you know I like to pretty ordinary stuff up ;)
So I prettied up this regular plain ol' stamp scrubber. It is used to clean your stamps on :)
I just inked some pretty paper and adhered it to the front, and added some pretties :)
I am really happy with how it turned out :)
It is a gift for a friend :)

Heidi Swapp's photo challenge was "Gold"
So I took a photo of one of our Gold shiny ornaments on our Christmas tree.

Canadian Scrapbooker Magazine's photo challenge prompt is
"Wrapping"
So I took a photo of my wrapping supplies.
Yes that green tape is still on my table, teehee.
I leave it on, I just cover it up with my table cloth.
Notice, I like to cover up unsightly messes with table cloths, lol.

Onto My Day:
Wayne took the day off of work today.
He wanted to go shopping, but had to go to the doctor first, as he has been a bit dizzy for the last week or two…or three.
He knew what the problem was and knew he needed some antibiotics, so he was off early this morning to see the doctor on call.
Then we went to mail out some parcels.
Then shopped the rest of the day.
Before bringing Heather to a dentist appointment.
Then back home to watch the last of the Mentalist…now we are up to date :)

I hope you all had a creative Wednesday :)

Tracy :)

Pressies, I got some pressies :)

I thought I would start my post with the photo challenges.
Heidi Swapp's prompt is "decoration"
Canadian Scrapbooker Magazine's prompt is "ornament".
So I can use the same photo for both challenges :)

So I thought I would share with you an ornament I had made a few years ago.
I had made one for almost everyone I knew :)
I used alcohol ink for the red colour and cut some sticky shelf liner in my Cricut for the letter .
These are my favourite ornaments. I love how they turned out.

Today I went for a run to the border.
I had a couple of parcels to pick up and one to mail away.
About 20 minutes into the drive the roads got bad.
We had quite a bit of snow yesterday, but I thought the highway would have been cleared by now….guess not. I couldn't even see where the lines on the highway were.
But I drove on.
On the way home, when we got to the border crossing, we were asked to pull over.
They do this every once in awhile, but I have never had to pull over.
Guess I looked like a bad ass today, lol.

I wasn't going to open my present until Christmas, but because the border officers had to open everything, I figured what the heck, I might as well check everything out.
I received these goodies from Pea :)
Thank you Phillane, I love the hot chocolate holder and the ornament, and the magazine, and the gorguss girl stamp…oh who am I kidding I love everything.
Thank you so much my friend :)

















Here is the card Phillane made me.
Isn't it adorable.
This image is so cute and beautifully coloured.

I hope you all had a creative Tuesday :)

Tracy :)

Too much Silver?

Here is the second file folder card I made.
I love how it turned out.
I love the blue and silver paper.
I forgot to share with you where I found the tutorials for them.
I took 2 tutorials and combined them :)
Dawns Stampin' Thoughts and My Chic"n Scratch
I love these Stampin' Up ladies, they have such great projects.

Here is another very dimensional snowflakes.
I used Tim Holtz snowflake die as well as the white sparkly snowflake and a snowflake brad.

I had a couple of questions about these file folder cards.
Becky's question was, are the sides sealed?
The ribbon goes all around the card and that is what holds the card in place, so it can either stay in the card, or it can slide out :)
You could also add washi tape to the edges if you want.
In Angie's video she attached the card to the inside. To read it, it would just flip open the folder.

Tip: I used one of Becky Higgins grid cards for the inside of the card. The envelope pouch board's corner rounder is an exact match to the grid cards rounded edges.

We received a bit of snow today. I love when it snows.
I don't like to shovel it, but I love to watch it from the inside of my home ;)
I didn't get to stay inside though, I had some running around to do.
The roads were really slippery. I have a 4x4 so driving wasn't bad for me, but I did see quite a bit of cars slipping' and sliding.
I love the silver colour in the sky and in the snow on the trees.

Talk about silver.
As much as I love the colour during this time of the year….I don't like it in my hair ;)
So one of my stops was to the hair salon to cover up the silver ;)

Day 16 of Canadian Scrapbookers photo challenge.
"Santa"
This Santa is from Mall of America.
I took a photo of the Santa at our mall her in my city today, but the photo turned out blurry. I was a bit sad, as our Santa was smiling at me as he knew I snuck his photo :)






















I didn't get my photo for Heidi Swapps photo challenge as it was Nativity. I don't have a nativity scene, so I will have to come up with something else, or skip this one.

I hope you all had a great creative Monday :)

Tracy :)

File Folder Card

Today was an excellent day!!
For one, I didn't have to leave the house :)
I created all day.
Wayne and I watched the Mentalist all day.
Plus Wayne made supper, so I didn't have to cook.
See, told you it was an excellent day :)

I saw a couple of tutorials on YouTube from a couple of my Stampin Up ladies I follow.
I merged the tutorials (as they were pretty similar) and made a couple of file folder cards with my envelope punch board.

I used one of the Snowflake Rosettes that I had made yesterday.

I put a file inside for the message.
I love this pattern paper as it has lines on it, and I need my lines.
I stamped the sentiment and the tree with some $1.00 stamps. I really do get a lot of use out of those cheapy stamps.
I made a few more projects, but I will save those for another day ;)
I even got to colour in an image :)

Day 15 of Heidi Swapp's challenge.
"Sparkle"
I love looking at our Christmas tree.
I love turning off all of the house lights and just sit in front of the tree and enjoy the lights and how they sparkle off of the glittery Christmas baubles.
It is just so calming to me.

Day 15 of Canadian Scrapbooker Magazine's photo challenge.
"Nice"
Took this photo from my photo for Heidi's "naughty/nice" challenge.
I just cropped it.

Tonight is the finale of Survivor.
So you know what I'll be doing tonight ;)

I hope you all had a very creative Sunday :)

Tracy :)

Snowflakes inside and out

 Today I played with my new (to me) Tim Holtz Snowflake Rosette die.
I made about 12 of them.
I have a Cuttlebug but only have the regular sized plates.
I am sure it would have worked better if I had the larger cutting plates, but it still works. I just had to run them through, move the plates and run them through the rest of the way.
In order for the paper not to move on the die, I just used some washi tape to keep everything in place.
They turned out so pretty, I wish the photos would show the pretty sparkle I had added.

This one is my favourite.
I used some Tim Holtz papers for this one. It is showing up more green in the photo, but it is actually more blue.
I first put together the snowflake, then added a sparkly plastic white snowflake, then the top of the rosette and lastly a snowflake brad.
I just love the layers to this one and the colours.

I placed them under the tree and took a photo hoping the Christmas tree lights would show the sparkle more.
But not so much.
I know there are only 11 snowflakes here and I said I had made 12…well the 12th one is on a fun card I had made…still adding the finishing touches on it though ;)

Day 14 of Heidi Swapp's photo challenge. The prompt is…
"Gift"
I have to say these daughters of mine are a gift.
I know I gush over them a lot on my blog, but they truly make being a mom my greatest gift in the world.
Not only are they awesome daughters, they are also a joy to be around.

Day 14 of Canadian Scrapbooker Magazine's photo Challenge. The prompt is…
"Naughty"
As much fun as I am having with these 2 photo challenges, they do repeat each other every once in awhile. And how can they not, how many prompts can you have for this month ;)
I just cropped this photo from the other day….ya I flaked out on this one, lol.

Onto My Day:
Besides making pretty snowflakes all evening, Wayne and I are catching up on the tv show, the Mentalist.
But before that we all went to see Ashley, as she is sick.
She texted me to tell me she was sick.
I asked if she wanted to come home.
She informed me that she was at home….but we all know, her home will always be here ;)  I don't care that she owns her own home.
She told me she doesn't have a bed here…I told her there are 3 beds here, just take your pick, lol.
As it turned out, we ran to Superstore to pick her up some chicken noodle soup, vicks and a few other items for her, before we went to check on her.
Kristy brought Ashley her baby blanket…how sweet was that.
Heather told us to pick her up some Vitamin C.
And I brought home her dirty laundry to wash ;)

The rest of the day Wayne and I watched television and pigged out on junk food….and I am paying for it now, lol.

Hope you all had a creative Saturday :)
It has warmed up a bit here today. It was -19C when we did our running around this afternoon :)

Tracy :)

Creating and some photo prompts

It was another freezing day out today, but I was lucky enough not to have to go out in it :)
But because of the weather, Friday Night Scrapbooking was at a minimum, lol.
My die hard SIL/friend Sharon was the only one who braved the cold…and she doesn't even have a  car starter, lol.
I had so many things to work on tonight, but just didn't have the umph to do them.
So I pulled out that pillow box punch board and played.
I also played with the envelope punch board but didn't finish my project, so I will share that another day ;)
Again I used a cupcake wrapper for the accordion piece and a dimensional sticker of that bird for the centre.

Day 13 of Canadian Scrapbookers Magazine.
"Gifts"
I did some wrapping today :)

Day 13 of Heidi Swapp's photo a day challenge.
"Ugly Sweater"
Honestly I don't have any ugly sweaters…actually I am not a big sweater person.
Except for this one.
I LOVE this sweater.
My daughters call it my Ol' Lady Sweater.
I have no idea on how old it is…lets just say, I may have bought it before I had children, lol.
But why I put it with this photo prompt, is because there are holes where buttons used to be. I can't even sew a button back on, as there are big gapping holes where buttons once were.
There is paint on it. I wear this in my craft room as I create, as my craft room is in the basement in a corner room, and it gets chilly in there.
The cuffs are starting to unravel. I just keep rolling up the sleeves. See the long thread on the left, yup that is from the cuff unraveling, lol.
What I love about this sweater is that it is light, warm and has pockets to keep my cell phone and treasures I pick up in.
Plus it bugs my girls that I still wear it ;)

I hope you all had a warm and creative Friday :)

Tracy :)