Winner Mother’s Day Contest

It’s pretty hard not to like your Mom…. she helped you with your homework, baked you cookies when you were hungry and kept an eye out for you, no matter what stupid thing you did…. that’s what Moms are for. Using a sunflower stamp for a Mother’s Day card would not have been my first choice but then again, sunflowers are bright and cheerful, they make you smile, and they turn there heads to the sunshine everyday…. To all the amazing Mom’s…     here is a Card for you.

Congratulations this month, goes to Maria of Peterborough for making the best use of Sunflowers and layering for the Mother’s Day Card Challenge. Maria used stamps J636 Sunflower Field & N691 Lots of Squares. in a delightful combination of colouring, layering and masking. Well done Maria

Send us your card creation for our monthly card contests. The winner gets a $20.00 store/show/online credit. Not every fancy card wins, not every dazzling card wins…. the Card that wins is the one that feels right for the occasion. Please note that your Card…. must incorporate one or more of Frog’s Whiskers Ink or Rosewood stamps or products in the design of the card.

In our next Card Challenge…..  for June …. Lets have a “Father’s Day“ Card contest.   Father’s Day is a celebration honoring fathers and celebrating fatherhood, paternal bonds, and the influence of fathers in society. We’re not just talking about drinking beer and eating cold pizza

Let’s see what you can do. It doesn’t matter if it is a “Your a Great Dad” or a “Thank You” one, it must express the essence of the Card Contest theme

Looking Forward to seeing Your Cards

Paper Dolls

Cards come in many shapes and sizes and are made using a wide variety of different methods. None method is more popular to enhance Cards than Die Cuts..… be they Spellbinder, Memory Box, Frantic Stamper and more.

Run paper through two rollers on a Big Shot and that piece of paper is instantly transformed. You go from okay to Olay with a few easy cranks. Then top it off with a stamped saying or even accent it with a branch or two, or maybe a background with  hills, a mountain side or a whispering pond….. a Card is born

Wherever your creativity takes you, the adventure creates the smile and here at Frog`s Whiskers Ink we go on lots of adventures…….

Pearlescent Leaves of Autumn

I don’t know if it is too early to talk about the Leaves of Autumn or ….. judging by the weather,  we might be right on time! Weather or Not….This card has captured the swirl and magic of what comes with Autumn.

To get the shimmering colour to this Card we looked to our best selling product at Creative Festival this past week….  “Pearlescent Watercolors” This is a set of 21 marvelous watercolours and the sky, trees even the land & sea are not the limit when it comes to adding dimension, sparkle or pizazz to any Card.

To see this and other Card samples (Click Here)

 

Thank you ….. CreativFestival 17

What a SHOW !!!
What  a BIG Thank You !! …  we wish to give to everyone. To all the people that came to our booth at the CreativFestival, you are the GREATEST . We met lots of new people and hugs & Hi’s to many others.

Congratulations go to Becky & Lynne the CreativFestival (Fri & Sat) draw winners. They picked up lots of “loot” with their winners coupon…..  It is always hard to decide what to pickup at a show and we try to bring you a good selection of all we have to offer here at the store.

Many customers called/emailed ahead and had their shopping list requests set aside, we also want to thank you too. This works out very well. We do not like to say….. “yes we have what your looking for but…. its back at the store”

Our booth was set up a little differently this year with the open end and it really had a “more room” feel.

Sandy held down the “make & take” booth, with Betty on the floor looking after everyone and filling in for breaks. Rose-Marie taught in the show classroom each morning and then demonstrated and answered “How to??” questions, all day long . 

Several people made mention of all the wonderful cards on display on the top of the spinners and down the sides…. if there was a card that you wanted another look at, get back to us and we will try to post it on the website under [Samples]

Don’t forget to come and visit us over the summer or go online anytime
Cheers from Rose-Marie & Tom

Reminder – ScrapFest in Kitchener

Rose-Marie is getting ready to pack the trailer and headout to Scrapfest Kitchener for the spring edition of this great Paper Arts Show…. this year celebrating 10 years of Crop/Scrap & Stamping…. but she needed a break. She started playing around with some of the products she would be bringing to the show….

This Happy Birthday Card is simply done to show you you don’t have to go to a lot of work to get stunning results. Stamp B1128 Happy Birthday goes well with the results of a Precision Cutting Die… FRA-DIE-09939 Stitched Daisy Pair.

but she didn’t stop there….. when she grabbed another Precision Cutting Die this time FRA-DIE-10067 Kokeshi Japanese Paper Doll. (and we are bringing lots of these to the show) used stamp H654 Rocky Mountains to set the background and A965 Sending Hugs SM in the front with one of the One Liner Stamps A965 Sending Hugs SM … she has created a “WOW !!” Card.
You can too with these and other stamps & supplies from Frog’s Whiskers Ink.
See you at the Show…….. PS if you miss Kitchener then don’t forget the Creativ Festival   April 28-29, 2017 at the International Centre Entrance 1

 

And the Daylight Savings Card Contest Winners is ….

Spring has sprung and so has the clock…. (that hour we have lost never seems to come back no matter how many Falls we have). Congratulations this month, goes out to Christine of Belleville for making the best “time” card for the March Card Challenge. Christine has been a regular contributor to our monthly card challenges and has earned 1’st place with this marvelous entry.

Christine has used H685 Oak Branch as the background, with the popular  L737 Birch Trees and K19036 Summer Meadow stamp to enhance the forest.  With a mixture of butterflies and birds dotting the branches, a time piece rules over all. Yes all things happen with “time” and this card has put “time” forever out of place with the “wacky” clock.
Congratulations Christine… your cards are well done. Keep them coming.

Send us your card creation for our monthly card contests. The winner gets a $20.00 store/show/online credit. Not every fancy card wins, not every dazzling card wins…. the Card that wins is the one that feels right for the occasion. Please note that your Card…. must incorporate one or more of Frog’s Whiskers Ink or Rosewood stamps or products in the design of the card.

In our next Card Challenge…..  for April…. Lets have a “Earth Day Card Contest“.   Earth Day is an annual event, celebrated on April 22, on which day events worldwide are held to demonstrate support for environmental protection

Let’s see what you can do. It doesn’t matter if it is a “Save our Planet” or a “Don’t Spoil the Rock” one, it must express the essence of the Card Contest theme

Looking Forward to seeing Your Cards

Make Fabulous Cards the Easy Way

Make fabulous cards the easy way with two new templates from Frog’s Whiskers Ink.

Just line the template on the page of the paper of your desire…. trace & cut out. Then all you need to do is accessorize…. with stamps, colour and imagination.
These template will be available  at Scrapfest Kitchener & Creative Festival Toronto