a new layout Yeah

Ok so I have kinda lost my mojo for a month or so. I do believe I have found it. It starts with this layout about a few simple pleasures. If Chris and I go out it is usually on a Saturday night. When we go out he grabs a tall miller lite and I grab a fruits not so alcoholic beverage and a shrimp cocktail. It is a way for us to unwind after a long week. It starts our 38 hours of just being Chris and Tracy. I love it. here is my layout celebrating this ritual.

I used October Afternoon Studio Calico, Texture paste, Mr Hueys and Chalkboard glimmer mist. I really appreciate you looking at my life on pretty paper.

Mother nature

Hello everyone
So Mother Nature came a calling this past weekend. In fact she came a pounding. With over 16"inches of snow in LaPorte county and 12" of snow in Chesterton area. On top of that sub degree temperatures that make it feel like 40 below zero. That is colder than the temperature on Mars. I also wanted to post this picture that was sent to me by my father from Facebook. It says it all. I may just have to scrap this.

I hope everyone is warm and safe. Thanks for taking a look at my life on pretty paper. Hugs Tracy

Merry Christmas

Hello Everyone
I hope you are having a pheeeenominal Christmas. I know I sure did. I got lots of goodies from my family. I am glad that it is over though. Now I can concentrate on the New Year. I am thrilled to say I am scrapping now more than ever before. I am actually using and loving what I am buying. I went through a long phase of buying everything I see someone else using and being disappointed when I cannot recreate their beautiful work. No more I am making sure I am using the products I am buying. I am developing my own style. Scrapbooking is more fun than ever before. I am even getting out and doing more with my family. 2014 will have more adventures and fun than any other year. I am focusing on having adventures with my boys and Chris. I am also more focused at work. What about you? How are you chaining up 2014? I will be blogging more and posting more photos. I want to make sure I am on blog a couple times a week. I also want to enter more contests and hopeful win some goodies. Maybe even get brave enough to enter a few design team calls. But first and foremost get this blog up and running and looking presentable. So I hope you follow me and read about my life on pretty paper.

Baby it is cold outside

Yes it is very cold outside. I looked at the temperature setting in my car and it said 17 degrees. Boy is that cold. Northwest Indiana is not very Tracy friendly this time of year.  I am more of a fun in the sun and 80 degree kinda gal. over the past couple of day I created a few layouts. I also plan on posting some of my older layouts so you can look at what I have been up to. I really appreciate you stopping by and reading about my life on pretty paper.

Yoshi special day layout

I cannot believe it is already the middle of November. Where does the time go. I want to post a few layouts I have done. I hope you enjoy.

I love this layout of my guys. It is a layout of my son Yoshi, on the left, birthday. On the right is Chris and Mathew. Yoshi decided he wanted his birthday dinner at a Japanese Restaurant cal House of Kobe. It is a family favorite. They cook the food right in front of you so it is a lot fun to go there.
The green background paper is Bo Bunny Kiwi paper. There is Oxford Lane by My mind's Eye,Bo Bunny Garden Stripe paper and Country Garden Dot paper ,  Irish Farm Label stickers by Jillibean Soup and an ek success starburst punch and the little camera's are by studio calico, I painted them with twinkling H20's to give them an ombre effect. I hope you enjoy the layout.

It has been a touch month. Losing my Uncle Dale two weeks ago was tough for my Aunt Sue and Cousins Lynn and Brian. My dad took is pretty hard as well. He will never be the same. I am not saying he is totally changed but I already see a little change in him. He has yet to find another RV to take on the road. My Uncle Dale and Aunt Sue along with my parents traveled a lot over the past several years in their RV's. Now that Dale is not around my dad has lost a piece of that want. He is waiting until spring to decide if he wants another RV or maybe a new vehicle and travel the open road with mom and Aunt sue and stay in Cabins and hotels.
      Last week it actually snowed in LaPorte. Two days in a row while I was driving snow fell from the sky and it is not even Halloween yet. The snow did not stick around thank goodness.

I am looking forward to the new year and coming up with a new word for the year as well as a few personal goals.
thank you for reading about my life on pretty paper.

Oct 1st

Well today is October 1st and it is a dreary, overcast day. Not really rainy just a blah kinda day. I feel like fall is now settling in and letting me know those wonderfully happy sunny summer days are gone. Mother Nature is telling me to prepare for the winter. The leaves are changing and time is going by so fast. I will not have much of a chance to scrap today as I am working and then right after work the whole family is going out for Mathews 22nd birthday. It will be a fun time getting together with the boys. I love times like this.