TPC Studio

I found these awesome stamps a couple of weeks ago and just fell in love. They are cling mount, which I really like and the images look just stunning!! They are just $10/set which I think is a good deal. Let me know if you are interested in any of them.

Ancestral Collage


Bon Voyage


Flower Collage


Summer Collage



Travel Collage

Sneak Peak

Here is a sneak peak for the May technique for my Kayric Club. It's a very simple technique using stuff that most of us already have. The scan does not do the shimmer justice.

I'm off to a retreat this weekend and I'm sure I will have lots of cool stuff to share when it's done. I am really looking forward to going away for a couple of days.

I'm Still Alive

It's been forever since I posted. I am still alive although some days I wonder. I have been very preoccupied this month. They are planning on building these huge powerlines near my home and I have been spending more time lately fighting them. I had to do a presentation to the Alberta Utilities Commission last week and I spent a ton of time beforehand preparing. Now we are in the middle of an election and I have been campaigning. The good news is that the bulk of stuff should be done by this time next week and I can have my hobby back.

I did have a really fun demo day last week. It was the only stamping I had done all month, so it was very nice to get back into it. Of course, as soon as it was done, I got busy again, but I stamped tonight and worked on samples for my May Kayric Club. Although it's stressful, sometimes, to come up with something, it's great that I'm forced to do it. I made 4 sample cards and so I'm happy with that.

I am going to a retreat tomorrow and I am not ready at all. I hadn't cleaned up my craft room from my demo day last weekend and then Kayla's been in there a few times so it's a real mess. I shoved everything aside to play tonight and so now it's into disaster territory. I need to get it organized so I can pack for my retreat, but that will be tomorrow.

I'm going to challenge myself to post something every day in May. I always start out great, so we'll see how it goes.

Here is another Aged Metal card. I can't remember if I ever did come back and explain how to do this technique, but if I didn't, then it's very simple. You will need a Shimmer Sheet, embossing folder and Staz On ink pad. Run your Shimmer Sheet through your embossing folder and then ink the raised edges with your Staz On. You will need to give it a few minutes to dry or heat set it. It's so simple, yet such a pretty effect.

CASE'd Flower

Kayla had a birthday party to go to yesterday and so she needed to make a card. She wanted to cut some flowers out with the Cricut and layer them onto her card. So, we grabbed the Accent Essentials cartridge and started cutting. When it was all done, I was very impressed with how it turned out.

Fast forward to today and I needed to make a card, so I case'd my daughter's flower card. I made a few changes, but for the most part, the design was hers. She thought it was very cool that I copied one of her cards.

I cut out three flowers; one at 4" one at 3.5" and one at 3". They were kind of plain, so I stamped the background stamp from Tim Holtz' "I See Paris" set (I use this background all the time). Then I inked the edges of each flower using my little dauber and it helped differentiate the layers. Then I used pop dots to adhere the different flowers and added a brad in the middle. I wanted to add a little bit more, so I used some of my little Dazzles to go around the center and I loved it. I added the leaves and I was done.

Another Aged Metal

Just a quick post from me today as I have a really busy day. I wanted to share another card I did with the Aged Metal Technique which is the Featured Kayric Club Technique for April.

I don't have a lot of time to write, but sometimes it's nice to just look at the card and not have to read my ramblings!

Product Focus: Tim Holtz Gridblocks

Sometimes I feel like I have nothing to say and share and other times, I feel like I could post multiple times a day.

Lately, it's been feeling like multiple times. I have been trying to refrain from talking that much though, less people get sick of me.

My last order had these Gridblocks by Tim Holtz that my friend Jackie told me to try out. Well, I opened them yesterday and am in love. I know I shouldn't be shocked since I seem to like just about anything Tim Holtz puts his name on. It is a set of 9 acrylic blocks, but they are very thin (1/8"). I was worried when I first opened them since they seemed so thin and I was concerned that they wouldn't be sturdy enough. I don't know why I even let that thought flitter through my head since they are awesome. They are so lightweight. They are going to be so great for traveling too and they take up a fraction of the space all my old blocks did.

The set includes 9 blocks:
8x4"
3x4"
6x4"
6.5x5"
2x2"
3x2"
2x7"
1x5"
1x2"

Each block has a light grid printed on so you can make sure your stamps are straight. And even though they're thin, they are so easy to use and hold.

I actually took all my old, gross, cracked and dirty acrylic blocks and threw them out yesterday because these will be my go to ones for now on.

And the best part?? The set of 9 is only $22! That is such a great deal for 9 acrylic blocks. I'm going to order some more since I know people will love them too. Let me know if you want me to hold a set for you.


This picture makes them a bit hard to see, but I wanted to try to show you all the blocks you get. I spread them out on a 12x12 sheet and I still had to put some on top of others. I just thought it might be helpful to see them all laid out. The gridlines are at 1/2" intervals I believe so you can see the different sizes. I'm actually missing one block in the photo because I was using it last night and didn't put it back (oops).

More New Stuff

I went through a box with a bunch of new product. Some of it is brand new and some I just decided I wanted so I could play with.

There are 4 new sets of embossing folders by Sizzix. They are $12.00 each.

Flowers, Stars & Swirl

Dots, Flowers & Swirl
Birds & Flowers
Birds & Wreath

I also have Lumiere paint in stock now too (white, gold & silver) for making gorgeous metallic backgrounds. Check out the old blog posts for instructions or just ask if you want more information!

Happy Spring

It's such a glorious Spring Day here today. I love Spring. The snow is starting to disappear (although this will take a long time this year), but the grass is starting to show and I think I even saw some buds starting to grow on the trees.

I have a box of product sitting in my craft room just waiting to be opened. I am hoping to do that shortly!!

In the meantime, here is a card done with the Aged Metal technique from Technique Junkies which I have used for the Kayric Club this month. For those who have signed up, I sent an email with information and an electronic sample. The real life ones are coming shortly! For anyone who isn't a TJ subscriber, I totally recommend it!

Tim Holtz Time

I had a crazy weekend and so didn't get to post, but I have a couple Tim Holtz products in stock now too. I have another box full of stuff (Melanie - your stuff is in it) which I am hoping to go through today or tomorrow. In the meantime, here are 2 Tim Holtz Dies and 1 Embossing Folder Set.

The dies are part of the Movers & Shakers series. I think they are supposed to fit into one of the metallic bases for cutting, but I made it work without that by adding an extra shim. They're small, but very cute and appropriate for the front of the card. I used the butterfly one for the card I posted last time.

Hearts - $16


Butterflies - $16


I also have this embossing folder set which I thought looked cool. It's a sewing theme and comes with one regular sized one and three borders. Cost is $11.

Let me know if you are interested in any of these.

Razzle Dazzle Colleen

It was my friend Colleen's birthday a few weeks ago and I was a bad friend and hadn't made her card. After I unpacked all my new product the other day, I was totally motivated to use some of it.

Here is her card:


The butterflies are made out of modeling film which I had never heard of. I saw it as a new product, so I added it to my order and I LOVE it. It is really so cool! I have it in a clear and black. You cut it (I used the Tim Holtz Butterflies die) and then I stamped in Silver Staz On and heat set it a bit. Then you heat the film (it's actually quite thick) with a heat gun and manipulate and mold it until it cools. If it isn't what you want, heat it again and move it some more. When it cools, it holds its shape. I was very happy with how the butterflies turned out. The saying is from the new Tim Holtz set: Stuff to Say.


Another new product I ordered were Dazzles. They're kind of like the jewels that are so popular, but they're more of a flat sticker. Each sheet has 3 different sizes and I think 540 Dazzles. You peel of the negative and save it for some future use and then you can use the little metallic dots for embellishing. I used the mini ones to create a trail behind the butterflies. They look very cool in person.

Here is what the sheets look like with the negative peeled off (sorry the picture isn't very good; they're so shiny it's hard to get a good photo).


I ordered several colours: Silver, Gold, Blue, Purple, Red & Green. Here are what some of the other colours look like:
They're very economical too at $2.25/sheet. I only have a few sheets right now since I wasn't sure what they were and if people would be interested in them. If there is enough interest, I'll stock more of them.