I'm bananas 4 you

Hello Everyone,
    Happy New Year! I hope to do more blogging this year. I am sorry about 2011. When Bob went into the hospital it just seems my whole world was turned up-side down.  I can"t seem to get back into the groove of things.  I hope 2012 will be much better. I will try to post cards or 12x12s at least once a week. (no promises, but that is the goal)

Here is a card I did few weeks ago and never got posted. I have a card I made for the children in my Sunday School class.

Front

Inside

As you can see this could be used for any number of reasons. Birthday, thinking of you, get well. just about anything.  I love this little monkey. I am sure this is not the last you will see of him. (tee hee hee)

I have to cut this short b/c I have to run but I will try to post more soon!

~~Tracy (cardmakerMOM)

Where does time go?

Hello Everyone,
     I can't believe it is December already. Actually it is 1/3 gone. I have been so busy catching up from being gone while Bobby was in the hospital. I lost most of October and little of November. Next I was getting ready for Thanksgiving. All the kids were here and we had a great time. We had Turkey dinner with all the trimmings. Since Amber is working I made the noodles this year as well as a lot of the baking. We had pies, cookies and fudge. Of course now it is time for Christmas, I am done with my Christmas shopping except for a few things to go into the stockings. I have some holiday baking left to do but it takes me longer than it used to. I can't do it all in a day or two like I used to. I have made a few cards which I will try and get up later. (it may not be today, it might be this week.) I want to blog daily but that is just too taxing for me so I have decided I will try and blog at least once a week, then if I can I will do more and if not you will not be disappointed. I want to thank all of my followers, I hope you understand with my health issues sometimes I am unable to blog. (I won't go into all the different thing things that I deal with on daily basis) I am thankful for what I am able to do. So I will go now, Happy Crafting.
~~Tracy (cardmakerMOM)

Thanksgiving Card

Hello Everyone,
     First I want to apologize for not blogging during the month of November. (Most of you know the family emergency I went through in October, if not check out my last two blog entries)  This is the card I made for my class for Thanksgiving. They are just rubber stamped images on plain white card stock.  These are super easy & cute.

First I cut the card stock into quarters. (5.5 x 4.25) I then folded each sheet into a card. Finished size is 4.25 x 2.75. I just stamped the cornucopia in brown and "thanks" in orange on front and inside I stamped "happy thanksgiving". (Leaving room for my own message and signature.)

To Make this page you will need the following:

• plain white card stock (beige wuld look good too) 1 sheet per 4 cards
• cornucopia & "thanks" rubber stamps by Inkadinkado (99619 clear stamps)
• Happy Thanksgiving stamp by studio G (97cents from Wal-mart)
• Brown Ink pad by Studio G (97 cents from Wal-mart)
• Orange Ink pad by Studio G (97 cents from Wal-mart)
• corner rounder punch

~~Tracy (cardmakerMOM)

Home-Going of Bob Fuqua

Hello Everyone,
     First I want to apologize  for not blogging this month. November is half over and this is my first post for the month.  Most of you know, Bob Fuqua went to be with the Lord on October 28, 2011.  This is quick "short" version of what happened in the month of  October. He went in to hospital on Oct 11. He was having mini strokes. He was told he needed to have surgery to open the blocked carotid artery. He had surgery Monday, October 17. He was not as alert as they would like Tuesday (10-18) morning. Tuesday evening he ate dinner with Brenda and they watched a movie on television together. Around 11 to 11:30 she kissed him good-night and told him that she was going home to shower. She would see him in the morning. The hospital called around 2- 2:30 a.m. Bob had suffered a major stroke. Wednesday Amber and I went to hospital to see him. He was in a coma. They put him on a vent to keep his airway open.  Thursday they took him off of medicine so he would wake up (off of twilight sleep) He did not come out of the coma. Friday evening they life lined him to Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis. Amber & I drove to Indy on Saturday morning. We stayed at hospital with the family. They did an EEG and Bob was not brain dead. They did say however that he would not be able to breath on his own, feed himself or even open his eyes. The neurologist could not even tell if he was conscience or not. The family decided to take Bob off the vent on Thursday, Oct 27. All of the family was there to support Brenda and the children during this terribly tough decision. Bob went to be with the Lord on Friday evening about 5:50 p.m. The visitation was at the Mattox-Wood funeral home from 2-7 (actually from 3-7 family viewing was from 2-3) The funeral was Thursday at the church with a meal following the grave-side services. 

~~ Tracy (cardmakermom)

UPDATE

Hi Everyone,
     Sorry I have not posted anything recently. I had a family emergency and I am at Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis. I will be back home soon. I will need to make several new pages & cards to keep my mind busy.
~~Tracy (cardmakerMOM)

Gone Fishing Page 2

I said I might turn the "gone fishing" 12x12 into a double page and I did. I also said if I did I would post pictures for you (so I am) I had four photos of Jordan and Amber fishing that I really liked. I just got those photos printed. I have been busy working on my daughter's "save-the-dates" for her upcoming wedding.  The "save-the-dates" are to go out on Nov 1st. They were almost finished all but the photos. She just got her engagement photos last week. We went to print some of her photos to finish the save-the-dates so I printed the four photos for the "gone fishing' pages. Anyway, Here is the second page of the "gone fishing". I think it turned out really well.

This page was very easy to finish. I just cut the green photo mats 4.5 x 6.5. I cut the black gone fishing from the billionaire (font) cricut lite cartridge. I cut the letters 2" on shadow feature (I plan on getting another page of the green and cutting the regular letters out of green) The letters will then be green with the black shadow.  The two fish (cut at 5") are from the everyday paper dolls (fisherman pg 70). I inked around the fish with TH distress ink, vintage photo.

~~Tracy (cardmakerMOM)  

Another 12x12 "Gone Fishing" (Thanks Vicki)

Hi Everyone, 
   I know, I know, I know ...I'm cardmakerMOM ...why the 12x12s well, I guess you can thank my YT friend Vicki over at melovebono (her YT channel). She makes some really cute double 12x12s. She has been a huge inspiration to me!!! Thanks Vicki!!! My last scrap-book LO was inspired by a Halloween sticker and this one by the "fishing" paper. My son Jordan loves to fish so I just had to get this paper and make him a page (this may turn into a double LO and if it does I will post more photos)  Right now I am not sure what to put up in the Left hand corner of my page but I have learned just leave it alone and I will come up with an idea to finish this page. (or what I consider finished)  I may put another photo mat up there but I do not have any more of that color green card stock. I will pick up another piece  and see what 3 mats looks like. I have another idea or two and if I change this page then I will upload addition photos.


To make this page you will need the following for this page:

1- 12" x 12" Gone Fishing patterned paper (I will have to let you know which paper co.)
2- 4" x 6." pieces of green card-stock (for photo mats) in photo they looks like two different sizes but they are not.
Adhesive to glue down all your elements, black maker, and white pen for fisherman's face. 
(I also used distressing ink around the edges of all paper elements )  colors of paper for fisherman you will need

• flesh (body)
• blue (shirt)
• green (waders)
• cream (vest, hat, 3 fish, circle from 3/8" hole punch)
• brown (hair, rod and reel)
• yellow (fish bag)

1-Fisherman cut from cricut everyday paper dolls cut at 5" (Everything was cut at 5")

• cut body page 28 (I cut on black out so I could draw the face or you could use peachy   keen face stamps if you have them)
• waders page 70
• shirt page 70 (shift)
• hair page 70 (Feature 1)
• hat page 70 (shift Feature 1)
• vest page 70 (Feature 2)
• fish bag page 70 (shift Feature 2)
• rod and reel page 70 (Feature 3)
• fish (for end of rod) (shift Feature 3)
• fish page 70 (Feature 4)
• fish page 70 (shift Feature 4)

Ink around the edges of all your cut outs.
Glue layers of fisherman together.
Glue fish to rod and reel.
Glue the circle cut from hole punch onto fish bag (I use cream card stock then inked brown)

*Place the fish on the photo mats where you would like (if you place them on corner only glue down the part of fish that is off the photo mat this way you can tuck your photo under the fish)  

 ~~Tracy (cardmakerMOM & 12x12s maker LOL)