New Class! Copics, Stencils and Distress Inks - May 1st, 2018 at the Queen's Ink

I'm returning to the The Queen's Ink on Tuesday, May 1st to teach a Copic marker class featuring stamps from Stampers Anonymous / Tim Holtz. In this class, the emphasis will be on creating simple backgrounds to compliment your Copic coloring. Details are below. All necessary techniques are taught in class. Seats are limited, so sign up today! CLASS FEE: $25

The Queen’s Ink

Savage Mill Box 2048 | 8600 Foundry Street | Savage, Maryland 20763

phone: (301) 497-9449 | website: https://queensink.com

Tuesday, May 1, 2018, 1:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Tuesday, May 1, 2018, 6:00 PM - 8:30 PM

To register, call the Queen's Ink at (301) 497-9449

BRING TO CLASS: The list below reflects the Copic markers that I will use in class. You can follow along using the same colors OR substitute colors based upon your personal Copic collection. Please bring all your markers to class and make sure your Copics are marked with Washi tape or some other means of identification. Markers are available for purchase at The Queen’s Ink. Students will receive a 10% discount on Copic markers. I will be available prior to class to help with selection.

PLEASE NOTE: You must bring your own markers to participate in class. If you need markers, please contact The Queen's Ink in advance of class. If you wait until class time, you may not be able to purchase the markers you need.

• Y02: Canary Yellow
• Y32: Cashmere
• Y35: Maize
• Y38: Honey
• R32: Peach
• R35: Coral
• B32: Pale Blue
  
• B34: Manganese Blue
• BG000: Pale Aqua
• E21: Soft Sun
• E25: Caribe Cocoa
• 0: Colorless Blender

OTHER SUPPLIES: Please bring 2-3 ink blending tools and clean foam refills (such as Ranger Mini Ink Blending Tools / Foam Refills), liquid glue that dries clear (such as Ranger Multi Medium Matte), scissors suitable for fussy cutting, foam adhesive squares, and a tape runner adhesive or double-sided tape.

Red Castle Stamps Project by Nancy Sheads for the Queen's Ink

Welcome back to the Queen's Inkling!

Nancy here today on behalf of The Queen to announce that all remaining sheets of rubber stamps from Red Castle Stamps are now exclusively available at The Queen's Ink. There are sixty individual collections and only 2 or 3 sheets left for many of them. They will be sold first-come, first-served. These stamps are deeply etched and create a clear, crisp impression. Subject matter ranging from antique images of cats, leaves, and vases to classic art, the Gibson Girls, canaries, alphabets, snowflakes, dominoes, textures, prayerful expressions, and more.

To inspire you, I've put together a simple, but elegant card featuring an image from Red Castle's Leaves Plate 4. I used the new Tim Holtz Stamping Platform to stamp the image on watercolor paper with Versamark ink. Since the stamps are unmounted, I set up the stamping plate as if I were using a clear stamp and adhered the stamp to the plate with a low-tack double-sided tape. 

I recently acquired a set of the Nuvo Aqua Flow pens and decided that this would be the perfect opportunity to try them out. I dabbed a little color along the vein lines of the leaf and blended it out with a damp watercolor brush. Once the ink dried, I fussy cut the leaf and mounted it to the card with foam tape for added dimension.

The design papers are from the Bountiful Collection by Authentique, available from the Queen's Ink. I selected a sentiment from Penny Black's Heartfelt stamp set and used Versafine ink in Vintage Sepia to coordinate with the autumn tones of the card.

Hope my project has inspired you! Be sure to stop by the Queen's Ink to check out the new products available in the store. And remember - these Red Castle Stamps are only available in limited quantities. Once they're gone, they're gone! So don't miss out on this unique opportunity to stock up on a high quality stamp.

Supplies

Paper: Neenah Solar White 110#; Watercolor Paper by Strathmore; Bountiful One and Bountiful Six by Authentique
Stamps: 42031 - Leaves Plate 4 by Red Castle Stamps, available exclusively at The Queen's Ink; Heartfelt by Penny Black
Dies: A2 Matting Basics A & B by Spellbinders
Embellishments: Gold Fine Detail Embossing Powder by Ranger
Inks: Versafine in Vintage Sepia by Tsukineko; Versamark by Tsukineko; Nuvo Aqua Flow Pens by Tonic Studios in Red Apple, Fresh Green, Lemon Zest, Spiced Ginger

What's New?

The September/October issue of Cloth Paper Scissors is in.

More of Tim Holtz's Tattered Florals dies are in...

along with Sizzix's Big Shot.

What a difference a day makes...

okay - it was more like ten days.

A lot of hard work went into getting the store back in shape. We have been restocking old favorites and ordering new stamps, papers and embellishments for the holidays. We moved stuff all round the store.



A shout-out for their many hours of hard work goes to Jeanne, Nancy, Claudia, Laura, Terri, Chrissie and Patti's sister Kathi.



A shout-out to vendors Ten Seconds Studio, Outlines, Graphic Products and Alvin for rushing out new products to replace our damaged merchandise.



Our remnants table is overflowing with loads of stamps and embellishments that we even forgot we had! Because we need help to make way for new stuff from Tim Holtz, Ten Second Studio and Graphic 45 (just to name a few) that will be shipping starting the first week in August, all remnants table items will be 60% off until the end of July!


I was going to show more photos of the newly revamped store but you really need to come in and see it for yourself.

God save the Queen

Remember last year...

all the problems we had with leaks in the studio space. The roof would leak while it stormed - hours after and even days after a storm.

Well this time it wasn't the roof...
What you are looking at is what happened sometime before 8:30 a.m. last Friday morning. We heard some drip drip drip when we were leaving the store Thursday night. All the appropriate people were alerted and some even came running. We left a couple of hours later thinking things were stable.

The drip pan underneath the air conditioning unit was full of rust and water and the chains that held it in place failed.

Pretty, isn't it!

We are still cleaning. All the merchandise in this area has to be inspected, cleaned and either inventoried for damage, put on our sale table or relocated to a different area.

We have a load of stuff on sale as we continue to clean and move things around. Tim Holtz signature products and Jenni Bowlin paper goods are still on sale through Saturday.

Stay cool (yes, the air is on here!)

Tim's new stuff just keeps coming in

Here are some of his new embellishments:

Locket Keys, Adornments, Timepieces

Alphabet Soup Grungeboard


Accoutrements (9 beautiful buttons)



Three, 1/4 dies (can be used to put holes anywhere on any other die cut shapes)

Elegant Flourishes

12 x 12 papers (there are other sets on their way)

We have gotten in cutting pads for the On The Edge dies as well as packs of 6 x 12 grunge paper (perfect fit for the new dies in the Big Shot!)

This is no April's Fool joke...

The Tim Holtz line of Sizzix dies are in the shop!!!!!!!!!!!!

These are the Movers & Shapers Dies:

Ornamental and Keyholes (a Magnetic Die that you place exactly where you might want it,

like on one of the Ornamental Die Cuts!)

These are the Sizzlets:

Filmstrip Frames, Vintage Market Alphabet, Ticket Strip

The Bigz Dies are so lovely...

Fanciful Flight, Heart Wings

Regal Crest, Gadget Gears



Hanging Signs, Tattered Florals

Hardware Findings, Caged Bird

These are the "On the Edge" dies. You can use them to cut card stock and book board.

Scrollwork, File Tabs, Ornate

The Black & Pink Big Shot is also in stock.

Come on by!