Your Friendship Warms My Heart

Hello!

Sharing another new card today and all stamps are from the new Pine Cone Trail collection!

Stamps used:  Iclyn, Storm, Frozen Pond, 

Warming Winter Thoughts Sentiment Set

All images are stamped with my favourite Copic friendly Mememto Ink in Black Tuxedo.  I've blended some distress ink in Salty Ocean for a blue sky and Cracked Pistachio for the icy green pond.  And lastly, I stamped on the sentiment using Versafine ink pad in colour Crimson Red.  

I hope you like the card I've shared today.  I had lots of fun colouring Iclyn and Storm and I love how well the sentiment goes on the card.

The bundle set of Pine Cone Trail is now available to purchase for a special price of $85.00 with a total of 30% savings.  Offer is till 8 November Friday, so be sure to grab the bundle before that (:  More details can be found here.

Stay calm and make more cards!

Sun Filled Wishes From Shelly And Sandy

Hello!  It didn't take too long for me to make another card from my last one!  Yay (:

Today I'm sharing another card that I've made from the charity bundle stamp set that Purple Onion Designs have put up for sale for the Bahamas Hurricane Dorian Disaster Relief.

And by the way, did you participate in my first giveaway at my Instagram page?  Never mind if you  haven't, just look out for the next one then, which I hope will be soon!

Stamps used: Sand Dunes, Tide, Beach Toy Set, Beach Umbrella, Shelly (Bathing Mouse), 

Sandy (Bathing Bear)

I created the sunny background using Sunrise radiating rays stencil from My Favourite Things and blended with Distress oxide ink in Squeezed Lemonade and Wild Honey.  I love how the vibrant orange that the oxide inks give and how smooth they go on the cardstock.

Again I created the sandy beach using the same method as I did for the last card and for this time I added in the blue sea using the sea Tide stamp, blending Distress oxide ink in colour Salty Ocean.

All images are coloured using Copic markers and then I fussy cut the images using my favourite EK Success Cutter Bee precision scissors.  And as usual, I added some little 'dots' just at the sentiment to make them look like the little air bubbles for the added fun!  Just got to use my bottles of Nuvo Drops!

Hope you like the card that I've shared today!  And congratulations to Mimi Zitrone for you have won the giveaway!  Thank you and enjoy the stamp set!

Stay calm and make more cards!

For The Bahamas Hurricane Dorian Disaster Relief

Hello!

I've been a little under the weather a couple of weeks back and also I guess I've kind of lost my crafting mojo for a bit!  I haven't been doing any crafting for more than 3 weeks!

But the card that I'll be sharing today, it took me less than 4 hours to create!  Not that it's impossible to make a card in 4 hours but I usually take a day or two to make one that I'm happy with.  But to make it in 4 hours, all it took was a bit of motivation, for a great cause.

Now for a limited time only, till 15 September 2019, this Sunday to be exact, Purple Onion Designs has put up a stamp bundle of 13 stamps with 15 individual images will be going at USD35.00.  This set of stamps has been discounted almost 50% with all proceeds going to charities helping in the relief effort.  Exact details can be found at IG page of Purple Onion Designs.

In support of the generous contribution from Purple Onion Designs and to do my part, I will be purchasing a set too and host a GIVEAWAY at my Instagram page for officially reaching 2,000 followers, to thank all my friends for supporting my Instagram page.

And here is the card that I've put up in less than 4 hours (:

Stamps used: Palm Tree, Beach Chair, Beach Toy set, Buddy, Smokey, Sand Dunes.

All the 6 stamps that I've used for this card are from the bundle stamp set.  You can create cards of different occasions for friends of all ages with all the stamps in the bundle.  Who doesn't like beach, palm tree and some cute critters? 

The scene of this card is a reminiscent of the beautiful sandy beaches and clear blue sky of the Bahamas coastline.  I created the sandy beach by using Distress Oxide ink in Wild Honey, Squeezed Lemonade and Distress Ink in Frayed Burlap.  I added some random dark brown and black 'dots' with some of my Copic markers and added some white ones with my white gel marker, to make it look like a real sandy beach.  A few small little sequins added a little 'bling' as seashells :)

I also blended some Distress Ink in Tumbled Glass to create the blue sky.

To make Smokey and Buddy look a little more fun, I added some stripes on Smokey and some patches on Buddy.  All images are coloured using Copic markers.

Again, this set can be purchased until this Sunday 9/15/19, by clicking on the link here and then found in several spots on the home page of the website. .

Even if you own any of the stamps in the set, it is still a great deal for a very important cause. I’m sure you could gift any duplicates to stamping friends.  So get a set now!

That's all for now.  Going to work on my next card now and I hope it will not take another couple of weeks to complete!

Have A Blooming Good Day

Hello Friends (:

Time really flies and we are already into the end of July of 2019!  

Have you already shop at Purple Onion Designs for your favourite stamps?  If you have not done so, you still have time as the sales will end today!  Be sure to check out the cart of yours!  And today, I have a new card to share!

Stamps used:  Tucker, Sunflowers, Have a Blooming good day!

I initially wanted the card to have more of a subtle colours but I went overboard with the blending of the distress inks on the background of the card.  With the bright yellow sunflowers, I guess the card turned out quite alright!

All the images are stamped with my favourite Memento Ink in black tuxedo and digitally cut out using my Silhouette Cameo.  To add a little more fun details, I used a embossing folder for the frame to create the little polka dots and also added some sequins to the card.

To make Tucker the main attraction of the card, I put a piece of foam tape and adhere the cute little snail right in the middle of all the bright cheery sunflowers. 

I hope you like what I've shared today.  All the cute images and sentiment used on this card can be found on Purple Onion Designs.  Please remember to check out the sale if you have not done so.  You still have time!

That's all for today and I hope to see you back here real soon!

A brand new look, a new card and some good news!

Hello Friends (:

You might have realized that I have a new theme for my blog!  I hope you like the new theme.  

The last time when I logged in to my blog I realized the Photobucket logo was all over my page.  Being technically challenged I didn't know what just happened but I did know how to google and look for answers.  The google results didn't yield much information but I gather it must be due to some image hosting rights and stuff and so I had to do something about it.

So, to cut the story short.  I decided to change the theme of my blog as it seems to be the easy way out.  After searching the web for some free themes, nothing really caught my fancy.  And then I venture into Etsy and found some affordable themes and so I picked this one that's colourful and feminine!  Colourful to suit the title of my blog ~ Me and my colours.

And to celebrate the new look, I'm sharing a piece of good news and a new card!

Yes!  The anniversary sale of Purple Onion Design is here again!  To celebrate their 16th anniversary (wow! 16 years!), all stamps will be 25% off!  No discount code is needed as discounted prices will be reflected in the shopping cart. 

And I here is the card that I'll be sharing today!

Stamps used: Bursting with pride (bears with flag), clouds, 

Hello friend sentiment from Post office set,  and Tree Line

I blended distress ink in tumbled glass and peacock feathers for the ombré effect of blue sky and instead of green grass I used distress oxide squeezed lemonade and spiced marmalade to have a yellowish gold grass patch.

All the images are coloured with Copic markers and images are cut out using Silhouette Cameo electronic cutting machine.

I hope you like and here's wishing you a day full of joy!

Oh Happy Day From The Sunny Meadow Fair

Hello friends!

Have you check out the new collection illustrated by Stacey Yacula already?

The Sunny Meadow Fair is now available at Purple Onion Designs and right now there's a bundle sale for the whole collection!  Check out the details here (:

And today I have another card to share!  

Sending Sun-filled Wishes!

stamps used: Scarecrow, 2 Cornfields,  Carnival/Fair Blurbs, Sweet Summer Sentiment set

I love how this card turned out with the sun rays shining on Scarecrow's happy face (:  The sun rays from the stencil really lit up his face and the corn stalks at the background just added a little more fun to card.  The little birdie on Scarecrow seems to be shutting its eyes to the overwhelming sunrays (hahaha!) 

All images are stamped with my fave Memento Black Tuxedo and as usual, I used my Silhouette Cameo PixScan function to have Scarecrow cut out.  All the stamped images are coloured with Copic makers.

I then used Sunrise Radiating Rays stencil from My Favorite Things and blended distress inks in Scattered Straws and Dried Marigold to create the sun and the sun rays.  Lastly, I stamped on the cornstalks at the background.

To add some greens to the card, I blended a multimedia card stock with some green distress ink and then I used my Fiskar grass puncher to create the grassy border at the bottom.  I then stamped the sentiment ~ sending sun-filled wishes in Versafine Pigment ink in Onxy Black.  I like how crisp and detailed the sentiment turned out.  To make it stand out a little more, I poured some clear embossing powder over the sentiment and heat set it with my heat embossing tool gun to give the sentiment an extra shine.

To complete the card, I put some foam adhesive and adhere Scarecrow to it.  And not forgetting that I added a few drops of Gloss Nuvo Drops in Ripened Pumpkin for the extra fun element!  Ok to be honest, I have LOTS of bottles of the Nuvo Drops so I have to find ways to use them! :P  Somehow the drops reminds me of orange flavoured candy drops!

I hope you like the card that I've shared today.   Please come back in a few day's time as I have more cards to share!

Keep calm and shine on! 

Sunny Meadow Fair

Hello friends (:

Good news to share!  The new stamp collection illustrated by Stacey Yacula has just been launched!  Sunny Meadow Fair is now available at Purple Onion Designs (: 

All I can say about this new collection is fun, fun, fun!  Lots of fun!  It reminds me of the days when the UK funfair came to Singapore many years back with the scary but fun rides, the game booths and all the funfair food treats stalls!

Sunny Meadow Fair features images of rides, treats, games and endearing little animals having a fun day at the fair.  Together with the past collections, Sunny Meadow Fair will just work wonderfully to create perfect cards and projects for any occasion!

For a limited time the entire Sunny Meadow Fair stamp collection is available for $108.00, which is at a discounted price of over 30% off.  This special bundle set includes all 24 stamps (30 individual images) and is available until Wednesday, May 15, 2019.

There is also 3 new sentiment sets that coordinate with Sunny Meadow Fair and the other past collections.

Sharing my first project using Sunny Meadow Fair.

Have a Little Fun On Your Birthday

Stamps used:  Dusty, Game booth, Fair accessories, Fairgrounds background, Carnival/Fair Blurbs and Carnival/Fair Marquee set.

For this card, I wanted to make the Game booth the main attraction so I kept the colours of the Fairgrounds background a little more subtle.  Firstly, I stamped Game booth on my fave mixed media paper from Daler Rowney and then masked it with Inkadinkado Stamping mask paper and then I stamped on the Fairgrounds background.

I gave the black ink to some time to sink into the mixed media paper before I start to blend in some distress ink for the blue sky of Fairgrounds background.  Using Neenah Classic solar white paper, I stamped the little barrel from Fair accessories and also Dusty (the cute little mouse holding the ball) and used my Silhouette Cameo PixScan function to have them electronically cut out.  Alternatively, you can also fussy cut the images.  I coloured all images using Copic markers.

For the final touch, I used one of the sentiment from the Carnival/Fair Marquee set that is just perfect for the scene.  

I hope you like the card that I've made using these new images from Sunny Meadow Fair.  For  more amazing cards, please head over here to see what the design team has put up and I'm sure you will be truly inspired!

Do check back in a day or two and I'll have more cards to share (:

Keep calm and craft on!

Warmest Wishes from Curly

Christmas is near, counting down to 23 days to be precise!

This would probably be my last post for the year as we prepare for Christmas holidays and celebrations! 

Before I go off for the celebration, here is one last card I would like to share on my blog today.

And here is Warmest Wishes from Curly.

Stamps used: Curly, Cocoa Stand, Sweetest Season sentiment set

I blended some distress inks for the background to create a night sky and the greenish ground with some of my favourite distress ink blending.  And I added (again) the enamel dots from Ranger accents to create the falling snow.  There are many ways to mimic the snowy sky of winter but I particularly love how the enamel dots will give a slight 3D effects to the card.

You may ponder why the Cocoa Stand image has such a detail cut with the inside of the stamped image.  I used the PixScan function from Silhouette Cameo software to help with the cutting and I particularly love this function as it gives a more detailed cutting that the Brother ScanNCut machine. 

I coloured Curly and the Cocoa Stand with my Copic markers and adhere to the card base with some foam dots.  And to finish off the card, I added a very apt sentiment from the Sweetest Season sentiment set ~ Warmest Wishes!  With every cup of hot cocoa served from the Cocoa Stand, it comes with the warmest wishes from Curly!

In case you didn't know, all stamps featured on this card is from Purple Onion Designs and right now the holiday day sales is still on till 7 December, with all stamps at 25% off!  You won't want to miss it (:

That is all for now! Have a merry Christmas and a very happy new year!!!

The Sale Is On!

The sale is ON!

From today till 5 December, all stamps at Purple Onion Designs are at 25% off!  Now it's just the right time to get all the stamps that you've been eyeing on!

And here are some shaker Christmas tags I've made using some of my favourite Purple Onion Designs stamps.

And here are some close-up pictures of the individual tags.

Stamps used: Curly, Holly branch, Winter wishes sentiment set

Stamps used: Birch,  Holly branch, Sweetest season sentiment set

Stamps used: Ella, Holly branch, Winter wishes sentiment set

Stamps used: Snowball, Holly branch, Sweetest season sentiment set

Stamps used: Snowy trees, Holly branch, Winter wishes sentiment set

I coloured all the images with Copic markers and I blended some distress inks on the card stocks for the background of the shaker tags.  The most fun part of making shaker tags is choosing the colours of "shaking ingredients" meaning the beads, sequins and glittering stuff for the tags (:  

Using My Favorite Things Die-namics Tag Builder Blueprint 6, it's really easy to put the tags together.  They even come with the right circle shaker pouches that is hassle-free!

To add more colours to the shaker tags, I coloured some branches from Holly branch and I cut the portion of the image that I want to attach to each tag.

Adding these shaker tags to your Christmas gift wrappings will definitely bring joy to the receiver with the added fun element!

I hope you like what I've shared today.  Don't forget to start shopping for your favourite stamps at Purple Onion Designs before the sales end!

Hope to see you again real soon!  Stay calm and carrying on shopping! (:

Snowflake Shaker Card

Hello!

Sharing with you today is a shaker card I made using a new stamp from the Mistletoe Farm collection illustrated by Stacey Yacula, currently available on sale at Purple Onion Designs.

Today will be the last day for the bundle sale of the full collection, sales is good till end of the day so go grab the collection before the offer is gone!

Stamps used: Snowflake, Farm horizon, Snowy trees

It's been awhile since I last made a shaker card and it's always nice to make one for Christmas season.  I picked sequins and beads with colours that resembles the snow so that it compliments the scene.  So now you know why it's always fun to make shaker cards for Christmas!

I stamped the images of Snowflake, and that one tree from snowy tree stamp, and farm horizon with my favourite Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colour them with my Copic markers.  I also blended lightly some distress ink on the background of the farm horizon to have a nice blue winter sky.

For the base card stock, if you can see at the bottom left corner, there's a tint of light orange and some specks of gold glitter just to make the whole card look a little more colourful and Christmas~y feel (:

Instead of a rectangular normal frame, I used scallop frame from Avery Elle Wonky Scalloped frames elle-ments.

I hope you like what I've shared today (:  The sale will be ending in a couple of times so be sure to grab the collection before the offer ends!

Happy paper crafting!

Have A Magical Holiday Season with Mistletoe Farm

Happy Monday!

I'm back to share another card using some of the stamps from the new Mistletoe Farm collection illustrated by Stacey Yacula that was launch just last Friday at Purple Onion Designs!  

Have you check out the collection already?  Hurry over and take a look now if you haven't as a sale is now going on for the complete set of Mistletoe farm.  Selling at the discounted price of $107.00, it's a savings of 30% .  More details here!  

Here is the card that I'll be sharing today!

Have a magical holiday season

Stamps used: Ace, Pepper, Farm Horizon, Snowflake Grove sentiment set.

To create the snowy farm scene, I stamped Farm Horizon with my favourite black ink, Memento in Tuxedo black.  I blended some distress ink to create the blue dark sky resembling nightfall and I coloured the rest of the images with my Copic markers.  Again I used Ranger enamel accent in white glacier to add the random dots to create the falling snow.

Notice how the little bumps formed by the Ranger enamel accents really added some dimensional details to the card, making it a little more interesting!  

Again I used Memento ink in Tuxedo Black and stamped Ace and Pepper on some Copic friendly cardstock and then I used the PixScan function from my Silhouette Cameo to have them cut out nicely and have them coloured with my Copic markers.

Next, I cut the top and bottom panels with some cardstocks and added some dotted details at the edge using Lawn Fawn's Border die for the added details, stamped the sentiment on the lower panel and the card the almost done!

Lastly, I adhere the top and lower panels for the card with Kokuyo Dot liner, and Ace and Pepper with some foam dots.

I hope you like the card that I've shared today.  If you like to see more inspiring projects using the stamps from the new Mistletoe Farm collection, just head over to the Purple Onion Design blog and I'm sure you will love what the Design team has to show!

That's all for now!  See you again in a couple of day's time!

New Collection ~ Mistletoe Farm

Hello!

If you have been following my Instagram account, you would have seen the "coming soon" graphic that the new winter collection of stamps will be available from Purple Onion Designs that is illustrated by Stacey Yacula. Well, the wait is over!

The new Mistletoe Farm collection is now available and for a limited period of time only, the whole collection will be sold at a $107.00 (at a 30% discount!).  The collection consist of 26 stamps and offer ends on 31 October 2018.  

Mistletoe Farm collection, as usual, consists lots of new cute critters and this time round, it has lots of farm animals too!  If you are a fan of Stacey Yacula, you wouldn't want to miss having this collection!

And here is my first card using a couple of stamps from Mistletoe Farm (:

Celebrate the season!

Stamps used: Maggie, Hay bale, farm horizon, winter wishes sentiments set.

The idea of Maggie sitting on top of the stack of hay bale was from a random stamping fun (what I usually do when I explore new stamps) and when I saw how cute it was for her to be sitting on the top on the stack of hay bale, with her arms wide open embracing the falling snow, I really love how the whole scene look!  Perfect expression for celebrating the season!

I stamped a couple of hay bale on Inkadinkado stamping mask paper and then cut them out for the mask stamping technique to achieve the whole image.  Here is a tutorial for the mask stamping to share.

For the scene of the snowing farm, I stamped farm horizon on a water colour cardstock with my favourite ink, Black Tuxedo from Memento.  I did some light blending using distress inks in chipped sapphire (for the sky) and iced spruce (for the snowy ground).  I wanted the image of Maggie and the hay bale to pop so I keep the rest of the colouring subtle except for the barn house.  Somehow the barn house looks prettier in red!  

To create the scene of the falling snow, I added little dots of Ranger enamel accents in Glacier white.  I simply love how it gives the dimensional look when it dries, making the snow fall looking more realistic.

No card is complete without sentiment and I find "Celebrate the season" is just the right one for this card.

I really hope you like what I've shared today!  To see more amazing projects from the design team of Purple Onion Designs featuring the new Mistletoe Farm collection, just head over to the blog and take a look!  I'm sure you will be inspired (:

Remember to check back here in a couple of days as I will be sharing more projects using the new Mistletoe Collection.

Have a great day!

Happy Birthday with Rosie

Sometimes a treat bag or a gift box just look a little to simple?  That's how I feel when I wanted to pack a gift for a friend on her birthday.... and so I decided to make it look a little more fancy!

Happy Birthday Treat Bag with Rosie

Stamps used: Rosie, Wildflowers, (on the tag) floral end notes

The kraft paper treat bag is being cut out using my Silhouette Cameo.  I then stamped the images with Versafine Onyx Black ink and colour them with Fabre Castell polychromo colour pencils.  I stamped the image of Rosie first, and then cover it up securely with some mask stamping paper.  Then I stamped the image of the wildflowers in the background all round the treat bag.  

If you have doubts on the masked stamping, just do a search on YouTube and you will find lots of tutorials to guide you on it.

I also made a small tag to go along with the bag so that I can write a short message and also to add on a sentiment to make it look a little more fun (:

Colouring with the polychromo colour pencils didn't start off well for me, but it definitely got better after watching some very informative tutorials on the YouTube!  My colouring is far from perfect but practice definitely helps loads!

Even if it's just a normal plain paper bag,  all these stamping and colouring can even be done.  Just add a touch of stamping and colouring, or perhaps, if you have a little more time, make a gift tag and attach along, and the treat bag will look so much more interesting and lovely for a special occasion!

Hope you like what I've shared today!

Pick up your stamps and start stamping today (:

Happy Birthday With Tiered Cake

Happy weekend!

The sales is still on going at Purple Onion Design,  just another 2 days left for 25% off all stamps!  So hop over to check out the stamps if you have not do so (:

And today I have another card to share with you (:

Stamps used:  Tiered cake, Kindness Sentiment set.

The background with the Happy Birthday sentiment was created by blending distress inks with the distress ink blender and a random splats of glitter inks from the Finetec pearl colors ink palette.  This technique was used in one of my previous card ~ Birthday Wishes, which was posted earlier.

I wanted to keep the tiered cake as the main focus so I kept everything else simple and clean.  I stamped the image with my favourite Memento ink in black tuxedo and  coloured it with Copic markers.  I also added some Nuvo glitter drops in Silver Moondust to give more dimension and fun to the cake.  I really love how the Nuvo drop hold its shape after it's dried!  It really gives the card lots of bling!

Next, I die cut a dainty scallop lace border from Spellbinders borderabilities A2 scallop border die templates and adhered it at the bottom of the card to make it look more dainty.

And the card is complete!

I hope you like the card I've shared today (:  The sales will end on 22 July so be sure to get your favourite stamps from Purple Onion Designs before the sales end to enjoy the saving of 25% savings!

That's all for now.  Keep calm and happy shopping!

Keep In Touch

Hello!

Today I'm sharing another card using stamps from Purple Onion Designs.  The 15th anniversary sale is still on till 22 July and all stamps are 25% off.  It's a great time now to purchase all the stamps that you have been eyeing on!  Don't wait too long as some of the items are already sold out.

And here is the card that I'll be sharing today (:

Stamps used: Paislee Press Envies, sentiment from SA Hometown Post office.

I randomly stamped different images of the envelopes with Ranger archival ink pad in jet black over my favourite mixed media paper from Daler Rowney and coloured them with Zig colour real brush.  The sentiment was stamped in Versamark embossing ink and heat set with embossing powder from WOW embossing powder in white on a black card stock.

The images were coloured unevenly on purpose as I was trying to achieve an abstract and artistic look :P And I also wanted to give the card a more modern feel, something different from what I would usually do.  Lastly, I fussy cut out a little envelop to adhere just next to the sentiment to add on a little cuteness to the card.  We all like a little cuteness don't we? :D

I hope you like what I've shared today.  Please hop back in a couple of days as I'll be sharing another card using Purple Onion Designs stamps.  For more inspiration, you can always head over here to see what the design team members have created, loads of awesome projects and great ideas!

Stay calm and colour more envelopes! (:

15th Anniversary Sale at Purple Onion Design!

Yay!  It's time of the year again for the anniversary sale at Purple Onion Designs!

It's already 15 years since Purple Onion Designs begin and I'm very glad  to be a part of the design team, having the privilege to work with all the beautiful stamps available.

The sale begins today and will end at 22 July 2018 with 25% off for all stamps including the ones at the sales category.  If there's any stamps that you have been eyeing on for some time now is the best chance to make purchase!

And to start off the celebration, here is birthday card I made with one the stamps from the latest collection ~ Spread Kindness.

Stamps used: Floral spray, Kindness sentiment.

I was totally excited to work with Floral spray as I've never made any projects with floral stamps. The floral spray has to be the main focus of the card and so I try my best to keep the rest of the design on the card to be subtle and simple.

I'm lucky to own a Brother ScanNcut machine so I let the machine do the "fussy" cutting part. 

I coloured floral spray with Copic markers.  For the background, I blended some distress inks in mustard seed, squeezed lemon and dried marigold with a ink blender.  I also did some random ink splats using a small hard brush with some shimmer ink from the Finetec pearl colours ink palette.

To give it an extra shine, I picked some gold sequins and place them at each side of the card and the card is complete!

I hope you like what I have shared (:  I used to have fears working with floral themed stamps so most of the time I'll just stick to what I'm most comfortable with.  However I really love how this birthday card turned out :)   One lesson I've learnt from crafting is ~ if you don't try you'll never know!

Alright that's all for today!  Don't forget to check out Purple Onion Designs blog for more details of the sales and be inspired by all the beautiful projects created by the design team!

Be sure to check back again in a few day's time as I'll be sharing another card soon!

Have a great weekend!