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Hi There!!!  My name is Tracy and I have been married to my wonderful husband Anthony for nearly 26 years.  He is my crafting enabler and #1 crafting assistant, being part of nearly every project I create, so my crafting is really a joint effort.

After being literally struck down with Rheumatoid Arthritis, crafting has proven both a distraction from my aches and pains and an exciting creative interest.  I have always enjoyed crafting, having tried many different things over the years, with photography staying a constant joy.  RA and Fiskars gave me the opportunity to learn new crafts and so I entered the world of scrapbooking and card making.  I have enough photos from over the years to keep a team of scrapbookers busy creating layouts.  My time crafting is limited to when my body lets me, so most of my time is spent just keeping up with making cards for family and friends.  One day I hope to start catching up on my layouts too.

I confess that I am a keen fan of Fiskars punches, especially squeeze punches and tend to use lots of them in my projects, always looking for new ways to use them.  Of course Fiskars get a workout in our garden too!

I am a member of the Fiskateers, an international online group of crafters who share their love of Fiskars tools, whether it is for paper crafts, quilting, sewing, gardening ... the list of crafts is long but this gives you the idea.  They have a wonderful site like our Aussie Fiskars site here which provides lots of creative inspiration.  Here is the link to the Fiskateer site - hope you have a chance to visit and maybe get inspired to join too.

I am Fiskateer #6773
 

My name tag uses lots of Fiskars tools, including the exciting new 3-in-1 Summer Fun  corner squeeze punch!!!

I am looking forward to being Guest Blogger this month and hope you drop by and visit.
Happy Crafting,
TracyM #6773

Comments

[Debbie B]

Hi Tracy!

[doverdi]

Congrats on being Guest Blogger this month. It's great to see your work being showcased.

I know how it is to be struck down by RA & have it tell you when you can craft. I also have RA & started scrapping as a distraction from it. Seems now days the cardmaking has taken over & my scrapping has taken a back burner to it. I have a big scrap project I plan on doing - a b'day album for my BIL from his surprise 60th party. Maybe that'll motivate me in getting back into it. lol

Once again congrats. I'll be watching for your projects this month.

Diane aka doverdi #1329

[Marianne (Fiskateer 6701)]

Tracy,

Thank you for the invitation to come over to the Aussie blog! I thought I had signed up to get the emails, but maybe I just read a post on the message board that it is something I can do. So, I will do that before I leave.

Since you are the one who reminded me to come over to the Aussie Fiskars site, I thought I would leave a comment on your post! It is exciting that you get to be a guest blogger for the month! This blog is a busy one and it is great that those of you Down Under can have a place to keep in touch and see posts about things happening in your area!

Your name tag is great and I can't wait to see everything else you post this month! I always love seeing all of the creative ways you use your punches. I think you are the best at looking outside of the box for different ways to use them!

Hugs,
Marianne #6701

[Cindy deRosier]

Love your nametag! Congrats on your guest blogger gig- well deserved!

[Lesa #5200]

Hi, Tracy! Fabulous name tag and congrats on guest blogging!