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.

An Order

I received an order on Friday and unpacked it today. It's always exciting to see what is in the box. I know that I should know what is in it since I ordered it, but it's still fun to see new product up close and personal. It's hard, sometimes, to see what something is really like from a small picture online.

I thought I'd give a small peek of a few things that were in my box.

Here it is all laid out. It wasn't a terribly big order, so not a lot of stuff.

I have a bunch of new Shimmer Sheets in stock now. I love the new iridescent colours (purple, dark and light pink, blue and light green). I also have red and green metallic.


I love these new embellishments by 7 Gypsies and Making Memories. I really like the Tim Holtz embellishements and 7 Gypsies has similar gears, except theirs have little gems on them for some extra bling. Then the Making Memories brads are just so sparkly. They're very cool.

I've started making my own glimmer mists. Tim Holtz posted directions on his blog. You put a dropperful of Distress Ink refill in a mini mister, fill it most of the way (leaving some room at the top though) with water and then put some Perfect Pearls in it. Put the top on and shake it up. I have tons of Tattered Angels and Smooch Spritzes, but I like these homemade ones too because they match the Distress Inks. I decided that I would bring in the mini misters in bulk so people could buy however many they wanted. I also got myself a couple more of the Mini Mister blocks so I can house all my new Glimmer Mists.


The new Spellbinders dies are out now too. I had some customers order the Half Moon Circles and Squares and the Beaded Ovals. They're very pretty.


Lastly, I ordered one of the new Tim Holtz Texture Fade sets. It looks like they've changed the packaging which I quite like. The old packaging had a long, tall package which was hard to fit in a box to transport. I like the new pillow pack.
I have some more stuff, but I'll leave it at that for now. I'll be putting a new order in soon and if there is anything you want, just let me know. Hopefully, I can get back to creating tomorrow after I do some invoicing and order stuff. I'm almost caught up to Eric's 4th birthday and I'm feeling motivated. I can see the end of his book in the near distance and I'm gearing up to reach it.