Hello again

Hello everyone.
I wanted to give you an update on what I have been doing. Well first of all I am working on a mini for a friend of mine her name is Karin. Her and her husband (Mac) have 2 beautiful daughters Madeline and Presley. Maddie's birthday is on the 4th of July so I will give this to her for Maddie's b-day. My cousin Brooke is expecting her first baby soon. It is a boy (Mason) so I will be doing a mini for her. Then I am a volunteer at life on the scrap beach. If someone signs up for a swap and their partner fails to swap with them I volunteered to step in and finish the swap. It can be a mini swap, paper swap or a kit swap. There are several volunteers and my name was next in line. So I am doing a mini for a wonderful lady named Shanta. Yep I have a lot going right now but that is alright I like it that way. I am also doing a paper swap and a kit swap. But I have most of the supplies for these.
Anyway that is what is on craft plate. Tonight is the all night crop at the beach. I will be attending that and submitting a few pages for the challenges. Yeah. I love the all night crop. So what are you up to?
I would love to hear from you.
Finally I want to let you know I will be doing a rak of some sort very soon. I have quite a few subscriptions on my youtube channel that I feel it is about time to do a rak. I am also going to be adding more pictures and info on this blog. I think it is important that I promote my blog a little more. I want you all to know I will be selling mini album kits. I am really going to pursue this beginning next month. I think that with all the paper and goodies I have collected over the past few months that I start making kits. I am going to keep the cost down but provide as much of the items that I like to use in my minis as possible. Tons of prima, laces, fibers, ribbon maybe an ink pad, or glimmer mist or some sort of coloring agent. And I feel I should give back to those that follow me so I may even give a kit away every now and than to some lucky person that purchases a kit from me. Anyway I have some great ideas so please keep following me to see if you are one of the lucky ones.
Hugs and best wishes Tracy

What I have been up to

Hello everyone,
I hope you are all having a great day. The weather has been so beautiful here in northwest Indiana and I am loving it. Last week my 2 boys had spring break. They were happy to be out of school. Unfortunately on Monday march 15,2010 at 8:20pm my soon to be father-in-law passed away at Saint Anthony Memorial Hospital in Michigan City Indiana. He had an Aneurysm on his abdomen in the aorta. The doctors refer to it as a triple a. (AAA) We found out about it 4 years ago and they could not operate then because he would not have survived the surgery. Well they had no choice but to operate and he did make it through the surgery but died 20 minutes later. Michelle (his daughter), Chris ( his son &my fiancee) and I were there to let him know we loved him. Than he passed away.I do not believe he was in any pain. He will always be remembered. So my kids had to take a day out their spring break to go to the funeral. That was a very sad day for all of us. We are now getting trough it. Everyday gets a little easier. I did take my younger son to go see Alice in Wonderland. That movie was great. I really had a great time with him.
Now they are back in school. Ready to finish the school year and enjoy their summer vacation. For my older son,Mathew, he will be graduating high school and starting his new life as an adult. Wow how fast they grow up. I am currently working on making some satin flowers and working on a mini album for a friend of mine. I am about half way done. I am also involved in a paper swap, a kit swap, and a personal swap with a friend of mine in the UK. SO as always I am keeping busy.
Well I would like to thank you for stopping by and please leave a comment or ask a question Hugs and best wishes Tracy

Just a quick update

Hello everyone
I hope you are all having a great day. Last night I attended an all night crop at thescrapbeach.ning. It was so much fun. The theme for the evening was the 80's. I have completed a few pages for the challenges and I will be posting them here soon. I am also involved in several swaps. I am in 2 tag swaps. One tag swap is almost complete and the other is the begining stages. I was also in a kit swap wich I jsut got my package of goodies and my partner got hers. Next is a paper swap that I am involved in. Me and my partner Vangie agreed to swap 12x12 papers. I bought her the new Tim holtz paper pack and Webster pages paper. I am also including a bottle of glimmer mist, journaling cards, some prima flowers and lace. We are both a little late on the swap because the tim holtz paper I ordered was not in stock. Finally I am involved in a rak swap with Michelle Roman. I just recieved her goodies Websters 6X6 lullaby and life's portrait papers along with journaling spots, glimmer mist and a few sheets of cardstock that I will make diecuts with from my cricut and sizzix dies. So as you can I am going full speed ahead. I like it that way. My plate full with plenty to keep me occupied.
Next month will be the same way I am sure. I love swaps and challenges.
Well that is what I am up to, I would love to hear what you have been doing lately. Thank you for stopping by. Hugs and best wishes
Tracy S

Paper swap with Sandra Perdomo.MP4

This is a swap I did with Sandr Perdomo. I met her on the scrapbeach. She had this paper pack. I had a few loos sheet from the pack and needed the rest to finish a page kit. When I asked her the name of the collections she offered to send the me rest of this paper pad. In return I bought her 2 prima paper collections: Strawberry kisses and watercolor rainbow.
I am so grateful for the paper collection. It is an old paper pack and I may not have been able to find it.

Scrapbooking haul 3-12-10.MP4

These are my latest goodies. I got a few packages and went to Joann's. I hope you enjoy the video. Please feel free to leave a comment or ask a question. Thank you so much for watching

Catching up

Hi everyone
I hope you are all having a great evening. I am right in the middle of watching my favorite show The Good Wife. I love this show. Not only is it filmed in Chicago, which is 45 mins from my front door but it is a lawyer show which I love.
I want you to know that I have been watching so many videos lately. I love ozegran. Her videos show her making her mini's and then she shows the final completed mini. Her work is very good. I also like marion at apieceofcraft. Again she goes in to detail how she makes her minis and then she shows the completed mini. However, she does not have a lot of minis on video. I also really love Sandra Perdomo she is sandraperdomo79 on youtube. She is fabulous. You must check out these very talented ladies. There are a few more that I watch Arlene and Bona at deuxshabbychic.blogspot.com and Kathryn at thescrapbeach.ning.com All are very good. I also am involved in two tag swaps, a rak swap, and a paper swap this month. So I am very busy but that is how I live my life. Full sped ahead.
I also want to mention thescrapbeach.ning hosts a crop once a month. It is an all nighter and I love it. The do contests and it is a lot of fun. Lots of women scrapping and hourly challenges. Check it out if you have a chance. I went to my first one about 3 months ago and I have yet to miss one. I love it. The beach is a fun and very friendly community.Check it out.
Well that is about it. I hope everyone has a wonderful evening. I will be posting more soon. So stay tuned.
Thanks for stopping by.Tracy

How I store it Acrylic stamps.MP4

This is how I store my acrylic stamps. I hope you enjoy the video and maybe it gives you an idea of how to organize your stamps. Thank you so much for watching. Please feel free to comment or ask a question