Happy Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving has arrived and the weatherman is predicting a glorious one.  If you can this weekend, spend a few minutes outdoors enjoying the change of seasons that make this country so amazing. 

The store will be open Sunday from 12- 4 but closed Monday.  Tuesday we will be hard at work getting packed up for Scrapfest Oshawa. 

The Big Day is nearly here.

On Saturday, Oct 1,  Tom and Rose-Marie's daughter will be getting married.  Jennifer has grown into a lovely woman who I am sure will be a beautiful bride.  I will be bringing my camera and will have a few pictures to share next week.

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Since both Donna and I have been invited to the ceremony, the store will be closed Saturday for the day.    We will be open on Sunday, 12:00 - 4:00.  And then back to regular hours on Monday.  When we will busy preparing for Scrapfest Oshawa.

Jump Start to Christmas

We want to help you get started on your Christmas card making.  Beginning today, Sept 15 and running until Sat. Sept 17 all Christmas themed stamps will be 15% off.  This sale applies to on line and in stores sales.  For website customers, the discount will be applied to your purchases when we process your purchase at time of shipping.  Sale applies to all Rosewood and Stamp Barn Christmas images.  If you are able to stop into the store, there will be many other sales offered.  Remaining JustRite stamps and mounts from our purchase of the Stamp Barn will be marked down to clear at 50% off.  Discount bins will offer 40% off savings. 

Holiday Monday - Store Closed

Another summer is drawing to a close, although I think someone forgot to tell the weather man.  The warm, humid weather of the summer has been lingering here in Ontario but it is hard to complain knowing that soon the weather will change again.

The store will be closed on Monday, Sept.  5 for Labour Day.  We wish you all a safe and relaxing holiday weekend. 

Random thoughts alert!!!  I hope to be able to start bringing you more card related posts.  I need to have a talk with the bosses about the direction they would like to see the blog go.  Our purchase of The Stamp Barn has expanded our line of images substantially and I think we should be showcasing more of the great images now available to us while still including the fun stuff we have in the store.   This fall could signal a change of direction, but you will have to wait and see what comes along.

Where has time gone?

Summers are so busy for everyone, but oh what a summer we are having here in Southern Ontario.  And although I am not a huge fan of humidity I can manage well enough.  My Mom just got back from a trip to Eastern Canada, where it rained most days and a warm day of her 3 week stay was a balmy 16 degrees Celsius!  Now that is a bit chilly for summer time temps. 

We have just received a small order of House Mouse stamps and the new cutting dies are here as well.  These are some of the nicest dies we have seen in awhile.  They look rather flimsy in the package but don't let that fool you.  They are good and sturdy.

 Although it is an extra expense, the optional metal cutting plate adapter is well worth the money.  Some of the most intricate dies that were difficult to remove, popped right out when we used the plate.  I will be trying it with my Spellbinder Fleur de Lis that gave me fits when I was using it.

Lily Pad Challenge & Interview

Our sponsor challenge on the Lily Pad website has been posted.  It has been so much fun to see what those talented ladies have done with our stamps.  Be sure to click on the links to see the "how tos" on each of the cards presented.  I must admit I love seeing Rosewood stamps being used by artists in Sweden and Greece. 

Rose-Marie provided Lily Pad with an interview of sorts as well.  For those of you who don't know much about us, it was a great interview that will offer a bit of insight on how Frog's Whiskers Ink came to be the store you know and love.

Check out the Lily Pad website.  Have a look around while you are there.  They have a great website full of inspiration.

Check them out

Frog`s Whiskers Ink will be sponsoring a challenge on the Lily Pad Cards website, beginning next week. We can`t wait to see what this talented group of designers are going to make with our stamps. Since their official spokesman is Frederick DuPonde, shown below,

you can see why it was an easy decision for us to sign up to sponsor this challenge. Somethings are just meant to be.

Beyond that bit of publicity, those gals have some really great stuff on their blog. Be sure to check them out.


If for some computer generated problem the above link won`t take you to the Lily Pad website try this one . Hopefully this one will get you there.