Thanks to all

Our sale on the weekend was a big success. We moved out a lot of product and now we will begin stocking up with more great tools & "things" to help you with your paper crafting projects.

Congratulations to Patricia H. of Trenton who was the winner of our draw.

Instructions and supplies need for this gorgeous card are on the Frog's Whiskers Ink website

Summer Hours

Effective immediately the store will open Sundays for the summer months. We will however be closed all Holiday Mondays.

Summer Store Hours

Monday to Friday 9:30 - 5:30

Saturday 9:30 - 5:00

Sundays 12:00 - 4:00

Closed all Holiday Mondays

My apologies I typed up this post and completely forgot to re-post. I hope everyone had a great Victoria Day weekend. The weather was excellent in my part of the country.

Our Biggest Sale Ever

Our recent purchase of The Stamp Barn required us to make some changes to the store. One of these changes has required us to give up display space in a store that was hardly big enough to begin with. Anyone who has visited knows we make the most of every bit of display space. Now we have a problem, a good problem, but still a problem and this is where we need your help. We need to clear out to make room for the new.

Join us on

Friday, May 27 & Saturday, May 28

when our doors open at 9:30 a.m.

for the best sale Frog's Whiskers Ink has ever offered.

Just LOOK at what we have for you! Spellbinders dies and Cuttlebug folder - buy 3 get 1 free (lowest priced item is free). Clearance stamps 50% to 75% off. All in-stock Rosewood & Stamp Barn stamps will be 25% off. Flower Soft will by buy 2 get on 1 free (lowest priced item is free). All in-stock tools, papers, stickers, inks and bling will be marked down. End of line products will priced to clear. Plus many more incredible deals. We want you to discover the joys of Letraset markers. All Letraset marker packs will be tax free for this weekend only.

Due to the size and nature of this sale, this will be an in-store and in-stock sale ONLY.

Hope to see you there.

Watercolouring

I got some time last weekend to do some playing with Letraset AquaMarkers. Rose-Marie gave me 3 different papers to use as well; 2 different weights watercolour papers and the 130lb paper we use for Letraset alcohol markers.




These markers are very easy to use either directly on paper or blended on a palette. The fine tip give you great control for adding shadows and the broad tip is fabulous for scribbling on your palette.

I discovered something important about myself. I am not much of a water colourist. I guess that is why I have hated colouring images so much. (Well until I discovered the joys of Copics and Letrasets.) They aren't bad really but I love colour. Beautiful, bold colour!! I think I will add a bit of shine to the butterflies with Sakura Gelly Rolls and Flower Soft to the flower centres. Of note, the 130 lb paper was my personal favourite paper to use with the AquaMarkers. I haven't mentioned it yet but the image is from The Stamp Barn (NAT019), sorry I'm not sure of the name of this stamp.

I will share the completed card soon and I may practice water colouring a bit more. There are so many images which are so well suited to water colouring, I feel I should maybe give it a second chance.

One more thought, the 6 markers shown with the coloured images were all the markers I used to colour each of these images. In fact I think I may have photographed one more marker than I actually used. Creating depth is so easy with the AquaMarkers, I think I could even master the technique. Well almost :)

Country Stamp & Scrap Getaway Cancelled

We were so close to making this weekend happen but the stars just didn't align. People who had signed up cancelled for a variety of reasons. It became obvious that there just wasn't enough time left to fill the cancelled places and still give Cathie time to cancel her flight. We truly regret having to cancel since we had such great projects ready for you to enjoy and we were all looking forward to meeting Cathie Allen.

Anyone who has prepaid for this event will be reimbursed immediately. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Happy Birthday Donna

Donna's birthday was last week. We had cake and flowers and of course cards. I made this card to celebrate her special day.

The flower stamp is from Inkadinkdoo that I stamped with Memento Black and coloured with 2 Tria Markers. I added the shadow behind the flowers with Copic Cool Shadow. The sentiment is from a clear Hero Arts set. I'm not sure if you can really see it (I hate scans for poor photos!) but the brown is a new paper to our store. It comes in a variety of colours and adds a beautiful shimmer to any card. Coincidently it is called Shimmer paper. Call us if you are interested. The layers were cut with Label 17, I think.

I didn't get a photo of the inside but I stamped a Whipper Snapper Chicken holding presents that I coloured with my beautiful markers. The base card was stamped repeatedly with Vintage photo and a gift box stamp from Rosewood. I created a pop-card with the chicken stamp that a scan would not have done justice. I was trying for a bit of humour. The outside of the card looked so prim and proper but the inside was meant to be fun. Not at all like Donna herself, she is all fun all the time. One of the kindest people I know.

This and That

I have checked with Rose-Marie and yes she will be at the Memory Keepers CreativFestival booth from 1 until 4 on Sat. April 16. The spring show is still at the International Centre near Pearson airport and will be open to the public Friday and Saturday. Rose-Marie will be creating flowering gardens that will be sure to brighten what is forecast to be a dull weekend. Unfortunately the proprietor at Old Tyme Country Crafts has had to cancel the classes she had scheduled with Rose-Marie for Sunday, April 17. We will try to reschedule for another date. Easter weekend is fast approaching and the store will be closed Good Friday. Remember to sign up for the Country Getaway. The deadline is fast approaching and you don't want to miss out.