Its been a while....

Well it has been a while since i posted on here.  Things have just been crazy with family, work and life in general.  I have decided that I need to start using this blog to help with my creative outlet.  In the last few years I have closed my scrapbook store we had for 10 years, had lots of stress with my oldest son and his mental health.  The things that have kept me going have been the love of my family, friends and the inspiration from the crafting world.

My New Favourite Thing

So I was lucky to be able to attend the Teresa Collins Vegas event in September 2017.  I had for a long time lost my mojo for scrapping photos.  We did an amazing class with Teresa and I found exactly what I was looking for.

These notebooks allow you to put in so many photos.  They are so much fun to make and very interactive.  The best part is I am actually using all my project life cards and get to go shopping for lots of new stationery.

I am now looking at my stash in a very different and exciting way.  I love that I am able to take stash with me even when we are camping.  You can do so much with such a little amount of supplies.

I just love my Happy Planner storage case.  It is amazing just how much you can fit in this one little carry bag.


Thanks for stopping by

Tracey
xoxo

Long time no post

Well it has been an eternity since I have blogged.  I decided today that I wanted to share more of my art journal love with everyone.  I will be posting about my journal and hope to inspire.

Here are a few things I have done lately.

This is a work in progress.  I started this page in a Dyan Reaveley ink spray class.  I just love the colours of this page. Dyan is the most awesome teacher and I cannot wait to have her back at Pages 2 Scrap.

This is a page using all Dylusions products. Inks, stamps and stencils.

I did this page at Pages 2 Scrap retreat.  I have used Kinder Kreations chipboard and Dylusions paints and stamps.

This was a fun page. I used an animal calendar as inspiration for this one. It is done using Dylusions paints.

This is one of my fav pages that I did years ago.  It is done using all Dylusions inks, stencils and stamps.   There are several torn pages and washi to stick the pieces back in.


Hope you have enjoyed the pages.

Miss T

Camping...

Who said camping was no fun???

We have just come back from a long weekend of camping.  It was a fantastic weekend away with the family.  What a place for inspiration!!

The view from our campsite was just amazing.  It was a tad chilly but once the sun came out it was just amazing.  But I did still find time to do some work in my art journal

I have been trying to finish off some pages that were just backgrounds.  I love to make borders out of parts of stamps and then change the colours around so that it is not what you expect.

This page I have had the background down for a few weeks and just did not know what I wanted to do with it.  I never worry about leaving a page as just a background as I know that I will eventually find the right finish to the page.  I really love how this page mixes the colours and shapes.  Have to say it is a fav of mine right now.

It is also fun to play around with mixing up the stamps too.  I have used border stamps all the way down the page like hanging vines.  It is such a cool effect.

Thanks for stopping by...

Tracey
xoxo

The Eyes Have It...

This page is all about a bit of fun.  Using different stamp sets and altering stamps to give different effects is what this is all about.

Stamping the eyeballs at the end of the branches gives such a cool result.  Also there appears to be a head at the food of the tree!!

Oh there's the body!  See all just a little bit of fun.

Thanks for stopping by...

Tracey
xoxo

Dina Wakley Visit to Pages 2 Scrap...

The best part of being an owner of a scrapbook store is getting the most amazing opportunities.  April 2013 I was able to share a very special opportunity with the store.  We had the amazing Dina Wakley at Pages 2 Scrap to teach for 5 amazing classes.

This picture was taken after the Sunday 5 hour class.  It was great to have staff and our design team members there to share the day.

Here are a couple of the pages that I did during the 5 classes.

Thanks for stopping by...

Tracey
xoxo

Girls with Hearts...

So I think the silhouette masks and stencils are going to be a favourite of mine.  I am just going to have so much fun with them.  I find this page so floaty and happy.  The red hearts are from the Dylusions Inbetweenies stamp set.

I also added a little flower at the end of the heart border stamp.  I have also used white ink to add to the dimension of the silhouettes.

This is a favourite saying of mine (from Dylusions The Right Words stamp set).

Thanks for stopping by...

Tracey
xoxo