Time

Where has the time gone? I can't believe I haven't blogged in a long time. I guess I've been paying more attention to Facebook. I'm busy now creating Christmas presents and cards, so I don't have anything that I can post yet.

Tiggy's cousin spotted on hiking trail

Kirk saw Tiggy's cousin on the hiking trail at Rancho San Antonio this morning...a mountain lion. The mountain lion was about 75 feet ahead of them on the trail. Of course he didn't get a picture. Kirk and his hiking buddy were a little scared to even think about getting a picture.

Quickutz Epic vs the Big Shot

Well, I used the Epic with the clear cutting mat it came with and a clear XL Big Shot cutting mat. They are very similar in height. I was cutting a Bigz XL Sizzix die. It was a little hard to get it started, but once I did it worked fine. I'm not too thrilled with the handle. A little flimsy for such a big die. I still like my Big Shot more.

I'll give an update once I use a Quickutz die in it.

I can update my blog from my cell phone now!

got my Quickutz Epic today!

upgraded my mobile phone

Kirk's LiveSTRONG bike ride pics

LiveSTRONG San Jose

Kirk completed his 50 mile bike ride around San Jose today. I'll be posting a picture of him finishing by tomorrow.

Altered Book entries

I've been a creating fool. An altered book page swap I'm in is almost done. Well, my entries at least. I only have 4 more to do. Here is the latest pages I've turned in.

Update...Moms visit

My mother came to visit for 2.5 weeks. We had a good time...a lot of shopping and day trips to Napa, Gilroy and the beach.

Altered Page 4 Shoes

I am very proud of how this one turned out. I saw this in the Marie Antoinette issue of Somerset and just had to make it. I used wallpaper to make the shoe cone. The background is an embossed napkin that I painted with Making Memories Glaze paint.

Altered Page 3 Through the Window

I had a lot of fun creating this page. I used the Stampington window stamp and cut it out to place woman image behind it. The flowers are created with Flower Soft. The background is blue acrylic paint. When dried, I sponge white acrylic paint to look like clouds.

Altered Page 2 Birds

Pretty basic. I used Hero Art wood stamp for the background. The bird cage is Basic Grey. I also used my Versamark Dazzle pad to put a sparkle on the acrylic painted items.

Haven't posted much in April

I was sick for 5 days, started to feel better for a day and then had a sinus infection that put me down for 5 days...the day I started to feel normal I sprained my ankle. It's 8 days later and I'm starting to feel normal. The ankle is still really bruised and still hurts a lot, but I can get around much better now. Drove for the first time yesterday. This was the same ankle I sprained in 2002/2003 and that took 2 years to heal so who knows.

That was my month of April 2009, fun huh?

Clubscrap Pro Scrapbookers/Cardmakers League

This is why I haven't posted much on my blog. I joined a weekly card making contest that lasted 8 weeks. Our team, the Penguins had to make more cards then the Gazelle's every week. If your team won you got a project and shopping discount. We won 4 times! This picture has over 470 cards in it.

GAB2009 Page 1

GAB means Girls Altering Books. This is our third round. Here is my entry:

Busy, Busy, Busy

CHA stuff keeps coming into ScrapLovers and Scrapbook Island. Tim Holtz stamps, Brights & Lights Alcohol Inks, Inkadinkado stamps, etc etc

I'm also participating in a Clubscrap 8 week long PSL (Pro Scrapbooker League) making cards every week for points towards the prize. I'll have pics to post eventually.

I also found some of Tim's monthly tag ideas I completed but didn't post yet.

What Tracy is Buying...final post

Ok, I lasted a month, the last couple of days I shopped at Michaels, Scraplovers & Scrapbook Island. I also received an order from Flourishes in the mail.

I'm bored of this blogging project, so I'm going to stop at the end of the month. However, I will post when I think I received something super cool that I'm really excited about :-)

What Tracy is Buying?

My Quickutz order came today: 4x4 storage sheets, cupcake, laterns & cake

What Tracy is Buying?

Monday, January 26, 2009: My Artchix order arrived via the mail. Some cool playing cards that give you ideas on what techniques to use in your art. An ATC kit and some crowns.