Woo Hoo I won Layout of the Week at MOOTWO

And it was for the layout I did with my Kit!! Awesome!!

Anyway I was very happy and it cheered me up no end LOL. I was so surprised to have won cause the layouts chosen for layout of the day are always such awesome pages done by all the fabulous scrappers there at Mootwodesigns and so it's no easy feat LOL. I love this photo of me getting out of the car, with my bouquet and my Lamont Tartan shawl that belonged to my Grandmother and my Pearls that were a loan from my Mum. So for the OLD, NEW, BORROWED, BLUE

thing, the old is the Ring I am wearing that was my Gran Conroy's pearl ring! The New was My Garter that I made for the wedding and the Borrowed are the Pearls and the Blue is the Shawl, so I was totally covered for Wedding superstitions LOL!!

Well yesterday was Australia Day here down under but I didn't do much apart from scrapping Heath and I did another layout with some of my stuff.

It's another wedding layout, I don't think I have scrapped these photos though so always something new LOL. The kit I made here I am calling Precious Paisley. I think I will start on some of the guest photos soon and that will be something different LOL.

Okay so Michael is working tonight and I am wondering what to cook him for dinner, although I can't give him a lot as it makes it harder for him on his ride to work LOL!! I know how it is, when I ride I have to have an empty

stomach or I get aweful cramping, and that's not good!!! LOL.

Well I have been sussing out the route we should take to Brisbane and I am in two minds about taking the Inland or Coast. Actually there are two inland roads too so I am just trying to take the one that has the least mountains etc. I don't want to be climbing hills and windy roads all the way. I guess with us getting in at 6pm and then by the time we get the car off and get on our way it will be 7pm so we might make it to Albury if we are lucky and then have to stop for the night! I am thinking we will manage it in two days, that would be great cause then I can have a day there before flying home on the 21st.

Okay well I am off to check out what everyone else has been up to, have a great day everybody!!

Tracy

MooTwoDesigns Layout of the Day & Divine Diva of the Day

Well I had a lovely surprise email to tell me I had been chosen for Layout of the Day at Mootwodesigns on January 15th.

There are some super talented scrappers over at mootwodesigns and if you go here you can see the other Layouts chosen this week and at the end of the week you can even vote for one of them to become Layout of the Week.

They also have Layout of the month which will be up for voting, you guessed it, at the end of January LOL.

Here is the layout that got it. I was so pleased that I got such great feedback for the new kit Dear Diary. It always makes my day when I get such great feedback LOL.

But wait there's more, on 12th January I was chosen as Divine Diva of the day for my layout "Gran and Pappa" which was created using Terrell Sanzone's kits. I had so much fun doing this layout of my Grandparents' wedding photo and it was such a surprise to be chosen.

They have a thread where they put up a scrapper's layout every day and members leave you love, which is always nice LOL.
So things have gone quiet here over the last few days, we have been having early nights with Michael back at work and I guess tomorrow night when he is working night shift I might do ome scrapping and pull an alnighter, we'll see LOL.

Above is a calendar I did with Gloria Val Verde's Template for the paint the Barn Challenge at MooTwoDesigns.

Oh I almost forgot to tell you about the FREEBIE over at Terrell Sanzone's Blog she has her Artsy Kit up for her readers so if you want a fabulous layout head on over there after you've finished here at my place, LOL. There are some really cool elements in it and the papers rock too!!

Also if you go to Stone Accents Studio and check out the Designer Give Away Challenge you can get TerrellS' Twilight Dance Kit at 50% off and when you do a layout with it and post it in the gallery then post the link in the Challenge thread you'll get a really cool add-on to complete this awesome kit!!

Okay, gotta run and get some housework done and work out what I'm going to do for dinner, maybe pitta pizza and salad, hmm, yeah that sounds good!! Have a great day!!

Tracy

Well I am officially hitting a goal!!! I have lost over 10% of my Bodyweight, Woo Hoo!! I only lost 200g on tuesday but hey after 2 big weeks of losses (1kg and 1.3kg the next week) I am still happy enough!! I have been riding my bike and have decided I should do the shorter route but do it every day so that I keep up the condition, otherwise when you do the long one after a break it kills you LOL. We are thinking of extending our long route which is currently 26km round trip, to Kurnell, which is the same distance again so all up a round trip of over 50km, wow, don't know how I'll go with that, will definitely need a rest in the middle of it LOL. At least I have a more reliable bike LOL.

Thanks to all the people who left me some love for the Sea Breeze Freebie!! There have been 46 downloads and about 1/3 of the people who downloaded the kit left me some love, so can't complain too much about that.
Have you joined mootwodesigns and got the newsletter in the last few days, I got mine yesterday and I am the Featured Scrapper, woo hoo!! How exciting, I did ramble on a bit in the interview and there are a few typos (on my part LOL) Also over at Mootwodesigns, TerrellS' Alex's Asian

Kit is on special and so is Tracy's Love,

the kit she made for me (Gotta love

that Gal!) so go grab some Beautiful

kits of hers while they are reduced in price!!

The layouts to the right, the ones with red in them LOL, are all done with Alex's Asian Kit by TerrellS. Very versatile and so rich in colour! I really love it!!

Also over on TerrellS' Blog she has an Artsy Freebie, 80meg of gorgeousness!! This was a freebie at one of the sites but now she is offering it up on her blog so get in while it is there!! Don't forget to leave her some love!! And don't share her files, just send people who want the freebie to her blog to get it themselves, you know the drill LOL!!

The layout to the right here I made with Shannon Fahrnbach's Winter Kit which she had up on her blog as a freebie in 3 parts. If you're lucky it will still be on offer over there!!

The photo is from our wedding in 2004. This is us with my Family. From left along the front there is Steven (My brother) Mandy (his Partner) Auntie Frances, Auntie Mary, Me (In the White Meringue) My Mum, My Auntie Hellen, giggling on the end there, the back row is My Auntie Betty (also My Godmother) My uncle Bobby, Chris is poking up behind Mary, Auntie Joan from Italy, Michael blowing in my ear LOL, My cousin Linda and her mum and my

autie, Charlotte! The littlies at the

front are My Niece and flower girl

Gabriella and Linda's daughter and

my second cousing Melissa, phew!!!

Okay this next one is of me being a Bride!! We were just going to use our own cars and not bother hiring any but Michael's Mum and Dad booked us two Statesmans, very nice, leather interior and with the ribbon and Tracy Doll on the hood of the car, as you do LOL!!! I love this pic of me getting out of the car, I had to tell Chris to help me out and instead of taking his mother by the hand he grabbed my wrist, so dainty LOL!! I had to be so careful that I didn't catch the dress on my heels LOL. So glad I had it altered and the train taken off. Sue came to the rescue at the last minute and fixed my sleeves too!! Thanks Sue!!! That's my Auntie Sue

on Michael's side of the family,

I love her to bits!!

Okay here's another one, this is me and michael in 1996 or 1997. Ah when we were younger LOL. He had a bit of a Shakespearean thing going on with the hair and goatie then LOL. He was also drum-majoring for Derwent Valley Marching Band and went to Canada that year with them to the Calgary Stampede!! This is also the last time I was really thin, although I was a bit too thin in the face at times and, wouldn't you know it, I still had a big bum and thighs, only answer to that is amputation LOL!!

The kit, I hear you ask!?? Well this is the second kit I have made. I am trying to get the colours to be a bit more subdued than the blues were in the last kit. I even made the feathers, which I was quite chuffed with. And there are some Bookmarks and a pencil and heaps of papers, it's called Dear Diary, by Ambowife aka Tracy Rundle. It does go quite well with that photo, hmmm!!

Alright so now that I am getting into the designing side of digi, I thought I better make a No Piracy sign for the files, LOL. I thought, I can't use anything then I remembered old George (Michael's Recent Skeleton Purchase, LOL) and I went off into the study and took some snapshots of him, extracted the skull and two ulnas (I think that's what they're called, you know the upper arm bone) and made a skull and cross bones. Then I thought, he looked too white and new, so I started to grunge him

up with some over laid texture and used to burn tool then took some teeth out and deepened the eye sockets and voila, much more Piratey!! I just was so pleased with the result and Michael was amazed, LOL. Oh and I did the cutout and burn thing on the paper like a treasure map thingy LOL.

Finally, but most importantly, check out this awesome layout by Doreen aka Beachnut999. Thank for doing wonders with Sea Breeze Doreen, you Rock Girl!!! I love this picture of you!!

Okay I've chewed your ears off enough for one day LOL. I hope all is well on your side of the world or where ever when ever you are.

Have a great Day!!!

Tracy