Been a Bad Blogger

I know, it's been ages since I posted so here I am with all the news about us :)

Firstly the biggest news is my Car died, yes broke down and had total cardiac arrest that not even my Paramedic hubby could revive it!! LOL. But yes, that meant a new set of wheels. Luckily Michael's Dad was here and being a former mechanic and salesman himself he got us a great deal on a second hand Tiida, it's lovely to look at and lovely to drive, perfect for me, small but not too small and well all it needs is Ambowife Numberplates LOL. I blurred out the plates for obvious reasons and I also blurred out the neighbours' house, I'm sure they don't want you looking in their windows hee hee. Okay so here she is... more news after the pics of our new little car...





So what else have we been up to, well Michael has applied to Tassie again but we're not holding our breath. Just waiting to see what happens so we can then get on with life not being in any kind of Limbo. Here's a pic of him relaxing in front of the TV with Shona, who is loving it obviously rofl, can't believe the positions this dog gets herself into and still seems quite comfortable.



As for other stuff, Over at the Studio we are talking a bit about Hybrid and mixing both Digital and Paper scrapping and off the page stuff. Well I didn't know a great deal about this side of Scrapbooking so I went googling and searching on Youtube, well didn't I fall into the quicksand as it were. There is a vertual mountain of videos showing you how to do this stuff. So I did some paper flowers just to see what all the fuss was about and wow I think I am hooked. What's another addiction between friends LOL

Here's some shots of the current work in progress, trying out some shimmer stuff and different techniques

Okay so we don't have a dining room where we are living, this is the front spare bedroom, and where our dining table resides. So it's where hubby makes his books he sells and where I play, if I am not cluttering up the lounge room LOL. Just ask Michael!!  Sorry hun!



This is the top layer of my latest flower, I used some distress inks and some shimmer to give it this look, embossing powder around the edges of the petals, (where it is darker) and then put a fake gem in some transparent glue to highlight the centre, then shaped the petals how I like.



This is the bottom layer and it's the same shape as the top, only I pinched the petals after distressing it and adding some shimmer to it, this one is inked slightly around the edges of the petals.



Not glued together yet but this is what it will look like when it's all finished, what do you think,nice and shiny isn't it!!



Here is a photo of the shimmer on another flower I made and put in my latest digital CU Kit. doesn't it just sparkle so pretty!!?



Okay so this is the latest offerings in my store, I know I know I am not pumping out kits like I used to but I have a lot to do at the Studio behind the scenes and it doesn't always leave a lot of time for playing. Plus I am cleaning during the week.

This is my CU Vintage Paper Flowers set, yes like the ones I just showed you. They are 50% off till the 4th July then full price

As you can imagine they did take a while and some cost to create and then extract so they aren't as cheap as most of my kits but so worth it I think.











Thanks for reading my lengthy post and I hope to see you over at the Studio for some fun in the Chat Room, this Monday 4 or 8 pm est (USA time) For you Aussies that is Tuesday Morning :)

You never know what I may be giving away as a treat for coming along

Hugs and be safe

Tracy

Chinese Whispers chat tonight at 8pm est (USA)

I have a chat every Monday at 8pm est (in the usa time frame that is)

This is what I am giving away this week to all attendees. If you want to come and chat and scrap with us you can log in at the Studio and then head to the chat room in about another half an hour from now to join in.

It's a lot of fun :)

In Other News...

My little green daewoo finally died and we had to get me a new car on the weekend. I picked it up yesterday and it's a dream so far.

We got a Nissan Tiida in gunmetal grey and it's quite a change having power steering and reverse sensors and lots of other gizmos in my car. I am taking a little while to get used to all the features and driving and parking it but I am sure it will all come the more I drive it :)

It did sap a lot of our savings though so Hubby will be working overtime to try and get us back up in our savings. Poor Sweetness!!

But he does have a super happy and grateful wife :)

Okay off to get ready for my chat

Have a great week all

Hugs

Tracy

Happy Mother's Day

Well it was a very quiet one for me, I spent the day doing some paperwork for the Studio and catching up in the forum. Then I cleaned the house (exciting eh) and made some chocolate Bundt Cakes, that actually turned out, fabulous. We'll have one each for desert tonight and then I will send the rest to work with Michael. Too much Chocolate Temptation is a bad thing for me rofl. Christopher did ring at around 2pm so I had a lovely chat to him and I spoke to my Mum at about 9am to wish her a happy day. So all is quiet here in our household but content :)

I hope everyone else had a lovely Mother's Day too.

We had a great NSD at the Studio with a scrap-a-thon, I was up at 4am to take part and I managed to get a heap of layouts done, well for me it is a heap LOL.

2 pm chat with Piggyscraps

3pm chat with Amber of RubyLane Designs

4pm chat with Michelle of shelly Marie Scraps

5pm chat with ME

6pm chat with Jeanette of mITSYBELLE Designs

7pm chat with Janice of JWDigiscraps

And I love all the pages I made Yay!!

I have been playing around with my blog as you might have guessed. I downloaded a free wp layout after struggling to edit one I had bought. I am finding the free ones are more user friendly if you want to make it look more your own style with custom header and background. I guess you can't have everything, sigh.

Well that's me for now, not a lot of stuff to talk about of late, Michael has an interview with Tas Ambulance so crossing some fingers that we get a good result there, if not we will finally be able to make a move to settle properly in Sydney for good.

That's that for now, take care and Happy Scrapping

Hugs

Tracy

Anzac Day 2010

Yesterday was our 6th Wedding Anniversary.



It was a quiet day, Michael had worked the night before so slept most of  it and in the evening we ended up not going out for dinner even, he looked just way too tired for an outing. So we had bacon, eggs and chips for dinner LOL. Not real romantic but quite yummy.

Happy Anniversary My Sweetness.  Can't believe it's already been 6 years, where do the years go?

I made the Card I gave Michael with some pics from the ceremony on our big day

This is the Photoshop file

And Here is the created card

My photo was a bit dark as it is quite miserable here today so I had to lighten it, that's the only reason the color of the paper isn't quite right.

I may have to visit my friend "The Gamut warning tool" with the paper I used  :)

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It's ANZAC day here in Australia, this is our Memorial Day for those who have defended our country in Action. Most of you will know my father was an Army Warrant Officer and I am very proud of all he did while he was in the British and Australian Defence Forces.

As I do each year since I created this mini for the SAS Next SAS-y Lady Designer Competition, here is the remembrance kit I created. It's more Americana than Australian but I am sure a lot of American Scrappers could put it to good use :)

Download 1

Download 2

Here's a few pages I did with pics of my Dad using this kit, they are from a few years ago. When I made the kit

Thanks for reading and have a great weekend :)

Hugs

Tracy

A New Kit - Eternal Love Collab with Mitsybelle Designs

My great friend Jeanette of Mitsybelle Designs collaborated with me to bring you this lovely kit for Mother's Day which is just around the corner.

With 60 elements and 18 papers you are sure to create some gorgeous pages, cards and hybrid items with this beauty. But it isn't limited to just Mother's Day items so you can use it all year round!

Eternal Love

available only at The Studio

Keep your eyes peeled for some freebies here on my blog and on Jeanette's Blog as well as in the Studio Newsletters and Jeanette's Newsletter which you can sign up for on her blog

If you are quick you can grab this kit for 25% off, one week only so by midnight next sunday it will be full price again.

Here's a page I did with it today for Carmen's Speed Scrap

And for good measure here's Jeanette's too :)

Here's a cluster frame for you all

Download Here

Have a great day everyone :)

Hugs

Tracy