Flower Soft

Flower Soft has arrived in the store. If you haven't tried this stuff, it is just so much fun. It makes Teddies fuzzy, flower gardens and bouquets come to life. The colours are fully blendable and easily applied with your favourite adhesive. Sorry again for the fuzzy picture. I am trying to do better.



It was a good day to go to work ...just like Christmas

Teddy Bear Blue

This cute little card, created by Donna is sweet birthday card. It would be the perfect for a baby shower card or even a get well soon card. That Teddy is just so cute. The pale blue ink was difficult to scan well enough for you to really see how well Donna co-ordinated the whole card.

Supplies:

background Hero Arts - Woordprints; Happy Birthday - Rosewood; Bear - Little Suzy's Zoo

New Tool

I love my Cuttlebug but the Big Shot goes where the Cuttlebug can't. It easily accomodates most dies including Original Sizzix and the instructions for using the Big Shot are illustrated on the base plate. It is heavier. It doesn't slide on the table and it doesn't make that disturbing cracking sound when you pass something a little thicker through the machine.

Rose-Marie signed up to become a retailer for Sizzix products. Our new supplier gives us the opportunity to purchase promotion items with deep savings that we can pass onto our customers. One of those promotions was a Big Shot bundle. The photo shows all of the goodies that were included in the bundle. This bundle was available for limited time however the supplier has a new promotion that has recently started. Contact the store if you would like to order one or would like more information. The contact info for the store is located here at the bottom of the home page for Frog's Whiskers Ink. The promotions do change often and are available for a limited time only.

Happy Valentine's Day

Rose-Marie taught a beginners class last week and this is the card she created for demonstration.

Stamp and emboss with Red Tinsel embossing powder. Fold paper so that top of heart is just at the fold. Trim around heart through both layers. Stamp Valentine's greeting inside. Stamp heart a second time; cut out centre section and pass through a Cuttlebug embossing folder. Rose-Marie used the Baroque Cuttlebug folder for this particular card. Distress heart centre with red ink. Attach to centre of stamped heart; add ribbon. The piece of white cardstock for layering can be run through Cuttlebug folder if desired.



Supplies:

Rosewood stamps (available here)
Red Tinsel Embossing powder

Sunflower Wishes

Sorry about the lousy scan. Not sure what happened :)

Nestibilities are so much fun. I created this card to go with a shower gift for a friend who was having a fall wedding. The Sunflower Shapeablity seemed like such a good fit and Curved Rectangle Nestibility makes a great tag. This was my first real attempt to use the dies (Donna gave me great instructions) and I was surprised at just how easy it is to use the Spellbinders with my Cuttlebug. The paper was from my extensive stash but looks so much like hand made paper.


Sorry I can't remember where the stamp is from at the moment.

Big & Bold

I had the opportunity to drag my family to Heather's Stamping Haven in Ottawa this weekend. Nice store and great people in the cutest little strip mall. I didn't have much time but I did manage to find a few things to bring home for my stash.



Jess got to stamp first and she created this card with our latest treasures. She stamped it twice. Once on black with Brilliance Moonlight White and a second time on grey cardstock with black ink. The sentiment from Impression Obsession was stamped in black and embossed with Rainbow Sparkle. She did decide to distress the base card with black to tone down the white. She also popped the grey squares and the pink sentiment square.

Supplies:

Outline Rubber Stamp Co. Inc.
Impression Obsession Inc

Winnie the Pooh

Donna is our Cuttlebug queen. She (and I) love tools and the Cuttlebug has become our staple of our cardmaking. Pooh Bear is a Cuttlebug die. It has really nice deeply defined lines.

Supplies
Cuttlebug Winnie the Pooh diecut
Rosewood stamp "Friends"
Michaels discount stamp