I am a planner nut, love them, have always used them, and even in retirement I still love and use them. This year's new Stampin' Up! planner is lovely. Its colors are Basic Gray, Calypso Coral, Gray Granite, Petal Pink, Pineapple Punch, white with silver accents. I have had this in hand for over a week and finally made time to unbox and set it up today. Video length 11 min 38 sec.
As a...
I managed to finish up another color challenge early in the week... Hooray! This weeks colors are: So Saffron, Daffodil Delight, Smoky Slate, Basic Black and Whisper White. Here is the inspiration image: 
I mixed up three stamp sets with a bunch of die cuts to...
I bought the Graceful Glass DSP to color using the Blends markers. I have not used the Blends on vellum and anticipating documenting the challenges I encounteres and the workarounds as well as tips on giving the best faux stained glass look possible. I wanted the look of sunlight coming in through a stained glass window and the best way I can think to state that is I was after a bit of a glow...
This week's color challenge colors are: peaches, grays, gold and white and here is the inspiration image: 
I've been suffering from what I call "sunday night syndrome" where I wait until the very last minute to finish this challenge each week. Finally it bit...
Thank you for joining me for this month's Stampin' Dreams blog hop. My name is Tracy Marie Lewis and I reside in the U.S.A, travelling full time with my husband. We are sharing birthday theme projects from the new catalog. Prepare to be Wow'ed!
I decided to go big. An opportunity presented itself on one of the Facebook groups I belong to. It was a twenty card mail swap. I calculated the...
Below is a bonus alternative from my team leader Libby Foreman, Thanks Libby! Here's the June Paper Pumpkin video, Enjoy! Length 30 min. 5 sec.
As a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator, I am here for you. I would love to be your demonstrator if you do not have one. I have an extensive channel on YouTube with a large mix...
We've been in our trailer for over two weeks now. I feel pretty spoiled in it. So far the most exciting event was discovering a mole had made a mound around our electrical connection when we broke down our first camp. We can handle this kind of stress, in fact we laughed at it. Now we are already camped at home number two. It felt so good to break down camp, move and set back up. In all our...
Welcome to the June Colour Combo hop. My name is Tracy Marie and I travel full time in the U.S.A with my husband. Currently we are staying at a beautiful campground in the Pacific Northwest. I am amazed at the lush greenery at this campground. Someone forged trails up the hillside that are so lush and green I feel like I am in the Amazon as I walk them.
Ironically, this month doesn't...
Today is the June Kre8tors blog hop. We are sharing our favorites from the new catalog. My name is Tracy Marie Lewis and I hope you will join us today to see all of the great projects along the hop. This year's catalog is packed with a wide variety of papercrafting projects. You can download all 240 pages in PDF format by clicking the catalog image in the right column.
Everyone needs...
For this weeks Creative Cat Crew color challenge #61, I went with something fun and just a little bit messy. I tend to avoid messy when crafting in my home because it is so new but I was brave and broke out the inks, markers and texture paste. I was determined to get inky fingers!
Here is the inspiration image: ...