My Man's a Star

Yup if you think you saw Taz on "BondiRescue" on Tuesday night, you were right, episode 12, my hubby treating a kid David who had fractured his arm at the skatepark there. He's about half way through the episode. So go check it out if you didn't see it. He's the Ambulance Officer with the long plaited hair. Just click on BondiRescue to be taken to their rerun sight.

Alright onto the scrapping here are this weeks layouts.

I have discovered Artist's Trading Cards and I have done a few for challenges over at rakscraps

I think I have found a new challenge and addiction LOL.

Okay so the Australian Animal ones are a little sneak preview of things to come in my designs. and the one with the beautiful Collie is of Liza Jane, a friend of mine's dog who is now over the rainbow bridge and hopefully having fun with our Hope playing all eternity.

This one with the red is of Me and Dani and Her mum Gai, who is like my second mum LOL. I basically lived at their place for a lot of my childhood weekends LOL.

This one is of my Mum and Jack at her farewell in Hobart. I love these pics, and the kit is Signs of Spring from Terrell Sanzone.
Another layout using Terrell Sanzone's Signs of Spring. This is my Auntie Helen at my parent's Wedding in Glasgow Scotland, 30th March 1968. She was about 16 in this pic. Love the beehive!!
Here is Lachlan with a kit by Shannon Fahrnbach called Egg me On. Isn't he a cutie pie!??

And yes that's Christopher when he was a wee boy!! What a gorgeous child, LOL, can you tell this one is our son who is now 20 years old, I feel like I'm an old woman LOL.

Oh and did I mention that the Koala Trading card made Layout of the Day at Divine Digital!!! Click here to see the post!! Woo Hoo.

Okay off to do some scanning now since Michael is at work and I can use the study for a while LOL. Or at least before I have to tape Numbers. Have a great day, Or night depending where you are LOL
Hugs
Tracy

So I won an award!!! YAY!! One of my best friends, Terrell awarded me this for my blog and it was a real mood lifter after the last few days with losing hope and feeling a bit down. I recieved it via terrell's blog "http://waititgetsbetter.blogspot.com/" she has heaps going on and it is always an interesting read with the freebies she offers up on her blog too, sometimes you'll get a little surprise for visiting!!
For those of you receiving the Award, here are the rules:
1) You have to pick 5 blogs that you consider deserve this award for their creativity, design, interesting material, and also for contributing to the blogging community, no matter what language.
2) Each award has to have the name of the author and also a link to his or her blog to be visited by everyone.
3) Each award winner has to show the award and put the name and link to the blog that has given her or him the award itself.
4) Award-winner and the one who has given the prize have to show the link of "Arte y Pico" blog, so everyone will know the origin of this award. http://arteypico.blogspot.com/
Make sure you visit the link above. There are crafts of all kinds shown; you are bound to come away inspired!
5) Show these rules.
Here are my 5 picks:

TerrellS - http://waititgetsbetter.blogspot.com/ Don't know if it's permitted to give this award to someone who already has it but "what the hay", she deserves it!! Love ya to bits Terrell!! Check out her awesome blog, so much going on!!

Doreen - Beachnut999 http://beachnutscreations.blogspot.com/ one of my fellow CT members for Terrell and just an awesome lady and an awesome friend too!! She has some fab journalling on her blog, I always enjoy catching up with Doreen and her Hubby and furbaby kitties' lives on her blog.

ShannonFahrnbach - http://shansscrappingblog.blogspot.com/ Another fabulous designer that I CT for and she has such a beautiful family head over to her blog for her designs, daily ramblings and freebies.

Sarah172 - http://sarah172.blogspot.com/ - Sarah is also on Shannon's CT and has lots of layouts and some freebies on her blog too.

Gloria Val Verde - http://gloriavalverde.blogspot.com/ - Gloria's Retreat - Gloria does an awesome job on Mootwodesigns and has lots on her blog including personal and Commercial Use Freebies and she is always one of the first members to comment on my layouts which I just appreciate so much, thanks Hun!!

Okay so leave these ladies some love if you visit their blogs and have a great day all!!

Hugs

Tracy

The Saddest News

...is that we lost our oldest Pet "Hope" last night. We had to have her put down. She had a suspected twisted stomach and at 17 years of age the Vet didn't think she would survive the ordeal of surgery and probably wouldn't recover from the effects, so it was necessary.

I have to say that she was the longest standing friend Michael has had, she was adopted from the Dogs Home in Hobart by Michael's first wife and so predates our relationship and she has been there through it all for Michael.

It was very hard on us both but mercifully it was all within the space of an hour from when she acquired the injury till she was over the rainbow chasing slow running rabbits and living her daydreams. Well that's how Michael told me it would be and I am quite happy to think of it that way.

At least she is out of pain and not suffering anymore, it was just so hard to watch her in pain when she was never a sooky dog, very tollerant and too happy to please, just a lovely big puppydog.

So we are getting her cremated so that she will always be with the family and in our thoughts. The thought of her being buried in a mass grave with so many others was too aweful to think about and it is the least we can do for a dog that until the last few years hasn't cost us much at all and gave so much love back. Here's to you "Hope", our fur-angelbaby.

Rest in peace, we love you and miss you so much.

Mummy and Daddy

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IVF & A FREEBIE KIT

Okay so it's been a while LOL. We have one embryo in and now it's just a matter of waiting and seeing if it sticks!! So I have been doing a challenge over at Rakscraps and made a freebie kit so I thought I would offer it here too!!

Here's the preview...

And here are the links

File 1 Download

File 2 Download

I hope you all like it and will leave me a little love when you download. I had fun doing the challenge.

Okay well it is our Wedding Anniversay on Thursday 24th so I may not post for a few days until after that. My weight watchers is going okay but I did lose 300g so I guess that's better than nothing, oh and I scored a bargain at KMart today, a SIZE 14 Polar Fleece Jumber for under $9.

I also got some new 3/4 bike pants in a 14 too, woo hoo. I am still 81kg but it is reshaping and I am thrilled that I am finally getting somewhere with it all.

Okay, gotta run and do some stuff before Biggest Loser comes on LOL. Sad I know!!

Hugs

Tracy

One in the Oven

Well one embryo anyway, now it is up to nature to do it's thing and let my little visitor stay there in my uterus to grow. We got 4 Eggs in the Retrieval and only 2 were good enough to inseminate and then only one of those worked but it was at the 5 cell stage on day two so that was good news. Otherwise I am trying to take it easy for now until it has had a chance to take root as it were, so no riding for at least a couple of days for me and then only mild endurance, can't overheat my body apparantly.

Okay so here are a few layouts,

using TerrellS new Remember When Kit. Another heritage kit and lovely papers and elements as always!!

So did I tell you I have a new mobile phone??

Well it is a lot better than the old one, a lot

clearer when I am talking to someone and takes better pics. It's a Samsung flip phone and nice and light too!!

I will add a few pics I took with it of Shona, when she would stand still long enough for me to get a decent shot of her LOL.

Okay well that's it for now must

dash and get some things done. Have a great weekend all!!

Isn't Shona Cute?!
Have to get some of Hope next post for you!!

The Miranda LO is of my SIL using TerrellS Signs Of Spring Kit

Terrell Is Home & All Is Right With The World

Now I can breath again and blog again LOL. I didn't want to post anything here until I knew she was okay and out of the woods. Thus keeping the previous post at the top until now.

If you want to know all the details of her last week in hospital you can head here to her blog for her post. She'll be posting more once she is a bit more recovered.

Okay so while she was away I did these layouts.

This first one is created with TerrellS Easter Freebie, which is available on her blog (you may have to look into previous posts to find it - if it is still on offer) And the pic is of Hayley at her 30th Birthday party which we attended on the weekend. The next one is with TerrellS Burnt Orange Freebie, still available on her blog. The pics are of my brother, and taken by my niece.

























And above is Kianna, Hayley's niece, what a cutie eh!? Did this one with TerrellS Signs of Spring, such a lovely soft collection of papers and elements. And here in the next layout is Michael,(Taz) in his new cycling gersey that he bought for riding to work in winter and wore to the party as the Tour De France. The party was a "come as a country" party cause of all the international travel Hayley has done in the last 10 years. Oh and he won a bottle of plonk for best costume. We even rode to the party on our bikes so it was quite good LOL. The kit here is TerrellS Apple Cart kit.

Okay so we are well apart from being over bloated with the huge doses of drugs I have had to have for IVF. I am suffering from really sore boobs and aches pretty much everywhere. We go in on Friday to have the egg retrieval and it is at a different hospital so it will be interesting - if I can remember any of it sometimes I lose it later on LOL, anaesthetic I guess LOL.
So we have been riding and I have been watching what I eat but I am still not losing any weight, I think it must be the drugs sigh!!!

Michael is on the second week of his holidays and after relaxing totally in the first week this second one is dedicated to getting his assignment done for Uni. Then on the 24th April it is our Anniversary and who knows what we will be doing. Not a lot I don't think since we have already spent out on the trip to Hayley's place and the motel there and we are just on the basic income without the overtime bits and all that we are used to. I will probably be a bit ikk for a while anyway until after the surgery.
Okay I am off to do some house work yuck.
To Terrell!!!! I am so glad you are okay Hun!! Had me really worried there for a while and I was so frustrated cause there was nothing I could do from way over here!! Love You !!
Tracy XXX

Keep Terrell In Your Prayers!

That's right, My friend Terrell is very ill at the moment and although I won't go into details, it would be really sweet if you would all think of her at this difficult time and keep her in your prayers. She has been a great Inspiration and Mentor to me and I pray that this health issue will pass soon for her and her family! Love Ya girl!! Get Better Soon!!

Shannon Fahrnbach - Designs by Shannon

Time Passages Layouts

The following are links to my layouts using Terrell Sanzone's "Time Passages" Kit.

Rundle Street

Mooooving Present 4 You

Shannon Fahrnbach

Terrell Sanzone

Here are some links to Terrell Sanzone's Kits Layouts by me

TerrellS New Kit
CT Layouts
Time Passages
Easter Freebie
Apple Cart

Creative Teams News and Layouts

These are the two Designers I create layouts for, and they inspire me so much, great Mentors!!

To see A List of the Layouts I have created with their Kits click on the designer's photo.

Terrell Shannon
Sanzone Fahrnbach

In the pages that each photo links to you will see layouts I have created with their kits as well as news and updates on their sales and new kits!!

These ladies are wonderful designers and awesome people!!

Designs

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Tutorials

Freebies

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Life

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Family

Layouts & Galleries

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SAS Color Challenge Freebie

Okay so I did the colour Challenge over at Stone Accents Studio and it is posted in the thread there as are the links. So I thought I would offer it here on the blog too!!

Hope you all like it and if you're interested you might want to head over to the Colour Challenge and grab some great kit freebies and participate in the challenge yourself. You don't have to design a kit you can use the freebie ones to just do a layout and post it in the Colour Challenge Gallery. Come on over it's so much fun!!

Okay here is a preview of the freebie I have over there and the links following it!! The password, you know I always put one on my freebies now LOL. Well this one is spring

Elements

Papers 1

Papers 2

Oh and here's a layout I did with my kit, this is a frien and her new baby, he's growing so fast!!!

I really have to say that I have just so much fun doing these challenges and love how much I learn while creating for them. But that said I do have to thank Terrell Sanzone, Shannon Fahrnbach and Donna Wheway whose Commercial Use products were also used in the creation of this kit!!

Have a great day and enjoy your download!!

Tracy