Yes I'm Still Here LOL

Just went up to visit a friend for a few nights. She has moved away from the hustle and bustle of city life and retired to a lovely area up at Port Stephens. Very pretty!! You'll probably see some of it shortly as I took 75 photos, it was just so beautiful and the beach just 5 minutes walk away from her place!! Oh well One day it will be us I guess!!

Anyway, I also got a new toy!! I know, you're all thinking, "She's always getting new toys!!" But this one I am using to enable everything to run smoother!! The computer scrapping side of things I mean. I got a 500 Gig external Hard Drive!!! Woo Hoo. I have put a hell of a lot of stuff over onto it from the laptop as well as my CD's and DVD's and I haven't even touched the sides of it, it's massive!! So there is nothing on my 2nd Drive on the laptop accept my Photoshop CS2 and plugins so that is running really fast, for now anyway LOL!!

I did some scrapping too, quite a few over the last week actually. Terrell has a new set of 4 Fairytale Kits and also a 4th July freebie running on her blog so if you want that you better keep an eye on her blog for when each part comes up.

Doreen is finally the proud parent of her Scooter that she has been coveting for ages. She just has to wait for her Hubby to come home and attach all the bits so she can start riding it!! So exciting to see her so enthusiastic and happy about life at the moment.

Michael has been off with only one night overtime shift so he is off back to work tomorrow. Ironing is done, and the roast is baking away in the oven, with Hassel Back Potatoes, Baked Onion, Brussell Sprouts, Carrots, and Broccolini and corn on the cob. LOL I think I might have gone overboard with the vegies but what the hey!! It's gonna be so yummy.

Okay here are some layouts.

This one I did with Terrell Sanzone's Posting Bonus, isn't Chris funny the way he poses.

The layout below I did for a challenge where you had to use this layout with the circles etc. The flowers and butterflies are from Booland Designs, pretty huh!!
Ah Summertime, the kit by Terrell Sanzone, I just love playing with that kit.
This one I did for a challenge where you had to scrap a favourite flower from your childhood, bet you can't guess what mine was LOL. The Dandelion Brush I used on this layout is from Obsidian Dawn, lots of neat stuff on her site!!
This one is a mash of lots of Terrell's Kits. I had fun doing this pic of Mum and Gabriella at Bonorong Park.

This is My American Boy, used the lyrics from the song that's pretty big at the moment

The kit is the freebie that is available now on Terrell Sanzone's blog. So Run don't walk over and grab it while it's up. Oh and don't forget to say thanks and leave her some love.
LOL, did this one cause Michael took this pic of an ambulance outside and with him doing what he does I just couldn't resist. Gave me the oportunity to use Ambulance Shotgun Font and my blood spatter font LOL. Oh and the kit is Scarlet Letter by......Me
Here's another with the freebie from Terrell called Happy Birthday America. This is one for my Mum!!
Me and My big brother Steven. This is using Summertime, gotta love that kit, can't you tell LOL.
Here's my cousin. This one is for a challenge over at Rakscraps. The flowers in this layout are by bunchie!!

Here it is the new kits from Terrell, well two of the sets at least. And it just screamed for me to make someone a fairy and who better than my niece!! This is set 2 from the Fairytale kits and the pixie and dust are brushes I used from Obsidian Dawn. Oh and that's us on the dancefloor with Nick Cave's Into My Arms playing with Michael singing it to me!! So Romantic, sigh!!
This is set one. I did a funny layout with it. Can you spot anyone. Bit of a where's wally isn't it LOL.

Ahh, another with Summertime. Look at that love sick groom blowing in my ear!!! surrounded by my family no less!!!
Okay well I am sure you are worn out from all the layouts, I really must blog more frequently LOL. Have to take a hint from Michael and get on daily Hee Hee!! By the way if you visit Michael's blog http://taztheambo.blogspot.com/ leave him some love, he's not getting any feedback on his blog and feeling a little deflated by the big numbers of visitors not leaving comments.

Okay off to check the dinner, hmmm smelling delish!!!

Hope you're having a great weekend!!

Hugs

Tracy

Hey All

Sorry it's been a while, I've been scrapping away and trying to do some designing too. Amazing how much more enthusiastic I am about designing with the new eyecandy plugin LOL. Makes life a lot easier, well a bit anyway. Michael has been working lots of overtime but we did manage one ride when he was off last week. I managed to fall off again LOL. There's no hope for me!!


Okay so onto some layouts and Just a heads up. If you'd like to see some cool stuff and great layouts plus shop for some super commercial use stuff head over to Monica Larsen's blog at http://www.monica-larsen.net/ I worked through a cool tutorial of hers and it was so easy and so much fun!!

This is the resulting layout...
My Mum walking her dog when we were on a road trip around tasmania last time I was down there. Most of the papers and elements in this are Terrell Sanzone Designs but the papers I blended together with some photos of mum's flowers in her garden.
This is Danielle My friend who lives up north in Queensland, you remember the one I drove up to visit last year around this time. I came up with this layout from my kit "Scarlet Letter"
Me and Mum in 1974 at Warragamba Dam in Sydney. The kit here is Summer Time by Terrell Sanzone
Did this one for a colour challenge over at Rackscraps so I thought I'd do one that shows the difference in me since I lost the weight. Although I obviously have a way to go, Michael is keeping track of what I eat I think. Well let's put it this way, he notices if I eat anything fattening, sigh!!

This one is photos from St Kilda in Melbourne when I went down in September. The kit is Summer Time again by Terrell Sanzone.
Layout of Chris using my stuff. Had a play at making some dog tag type elements. Template isn't mine though
My Grandmother in Scotland with some of the grandaughters on her birthday. This is all my stuff too. Just playing around at making stuff.
Another layout using Terrell Sanzone's Summer Time Kit. This one was for her Impromptu Challenge over at SAS, you had to quote something someone said as a child, out of the mouths of babes you know!!
And lastly this is Jo my pal in Tassie with Kate Cebrano at her concert. Doesn't Jo look pleased as punch!!

Okay well that's it for now. Michael is up out of bed for a while so I guess I better talk to him LOL. Have a great day and say hi in my shout box if you feel like it!!
Hugs
Tracy

Look at this!!

First of all if you want an awesome freebie head over to TerrellS blog for this one it really is beee-utiful. Here is my first layout with this freebie.

And here are two layouts I did with some of Shannon Fahrnbach's new Commercial Use kits. She has some super cool stuff including paper curl tears and shells and overlays plus some doodles too with an ocean wave theme. So refreshing.

Okay well that was quick wasn't it LOL. But I really have to get to bed I have to be up to go and clean, sigh. Oh and another 0.3kg lost today at weigh in so I am 79.5kg now. Slow and steady wins the race LOL.
Alrighty have a great day and I'll catch up with you tomorrow, hopefully LOL.
Hugs
Tracy

This week's freebie

is the mini I made for the member's mega kit challenge over at rackscraps. So here is the preview and the link. If you do grab this freebie please leave me some love, it's only fair. I always try to leave love whenever I download someone's freebie. While you're in the freebie mood you should head over to the challenge and look at some of the awesome stuff the members have created, puts mine to shame , seriously LOL!!! I love Christeph's dragonflies, gotta go grab them!!

Okay enough stalling LOL. Here is your download and a preview, just click on the image to be taken to the download, it's about 15mb or so

okay so We were due to start another IVF cycle on last Wednesday cause that's when I was due to start my "you know" time of the month, (ikky ikky too much information for some, sorry) Anyway, there is no sign of it at all and I am now on day 36, a week late, sooo cross your fingers!!

Have a good one!!

Tracy

SAS Colour Challenge Freebie

Okay so here's my June SAS Colour Challenge Freebie. Papers 1

Papers 2

Papers 3

Elements

So a little love please when you download and enjoy using this kit. :)

Okay onto news....

Chris is back home and has moved into his house with his mate, and another mate will possibly be moving in soon. They had a bit of trouble getting their electricity on but it's all set no. Also he is adoring his new job so all seems to be going very well. I still don't have any photos of the house yet though sigh!!

I have almost totally recovered from my bike crash and will start back up with the riding once the weather allows. We took the opportunity of the bad weather to get both of our bikes serviced and I got a new bell to replace the one I broke off LOL.

Michael is fine and we are just waiting for my cycle to start so that I can get back on an IVF cycle, so once again, fingers crossed.

Well that's about it for now, have a great day and enjoy your freebie!!

Hugs

Tracy