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!

New Winter Holiday Stamp Release ~ Pine Cone Trail

Hello!  Happy news to share today!  Pine Cone Trail, the new winter holiday stamps collection illustrated by Stacey Yacula is now available!

Pine Cone Trail consists of 19 stamps / stamp set (25 individual stamps).  The collection can be purchased individually or as a complete bundled set for a limited time only.  The entire collection can be purchased here for $85.00, which is a savings of 30%.  This offer is only available until Friday, November 8, 2019.  After which the stamps will only be available to purchased individually.  More details can be found here.

Pine Cone Trail is a collection of signature cute critters from Stacey Yacula and this time round, the critters are featured having fun in the snow with lots of outdoor activities!  Just like the previous collections, all the new stamps can be easily coordinate with the stamps from prior collections therefore we can always create new scenes again with the stamps that we always loved. 

The possibilities are endless (:

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

Stamps used:  Douglas, Front Door, Winter Wishes Sentiment Set

For this card, I've used a background stamp (Front Door) from previous winter's collection ~ 'Twas the night before Christmas.  And to make it the card more vibrant, I decided to colour it mainly in red, to have a more Christmas~y feel.  

Douglas the raccoon is having a great time in the snow celebrating the Christmas season!  

All images are stamped using my favourite Copic friendly ink pad, Memento in Tuxedo Black and coloured with Copic markers.  The snow is created using Ranger Enamel Accent in Glacier white.  You can always use Sakura Gelly roll gel pen in white, but I prefer the enamel accents as it gives a little pop-up 3D effect after it dries.  

Douglas is one of my fave critter from the Pine Cone Trail, I love how he lifts up his hands to embrace the occasion!

I hope you like what I've shared today.  I'm sure you'll like to see more inspiring projects feature the new Pine Cone Trail so head on over here and see what the design team has in store for more!

Check back in a few days' time and I'll be sharing a couple of more projects using stamps from the new Pine Cone Trail!

Have a great weekend!

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!

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!

Spread Kindness ~ Have A Magical Birthday

Hello!  Today I'll be sharing another card that I've made using the 3 images from the new Spread Kindness collection from Stacey Yacula, which is now available at Purple Onion Designs.

Have you seen the new collection already?  If not, it's time to hop over to the blog and website to take a look! (:  Spread Kindness collection is a tad different from the past collections as it offers traditional images and florals plus the usual lovable critters.  The traditional images can be used on it's own and also can be pair up together with the lovable critters.

And here is my card for today's blog post (:

Have A Magical Birthday

Stamps used: Flynt (boy fairy),  Goldie (girl fairy), Essential Thoughts Sentiment set.

I stamped Flynt and Goldie with Memento ink in Black Tuxedo and coloured them with my favourite Copic markers.  The background, with the dreamy colours of bubbles, is created using various colours of distress inks and the stencil, basic shapes - Circles from My Favorite Things.  I recently discovered how versatile and easy it is to use stencils to create a background, it's really fun!

I wanted a whimsical feel to the card and so I added some puffy clouds using the Puffy Clouds border from Lawn Fawn to the top and bottom of the card to also give it a bit of dimension.

Lastly, I picked some sequins of my favourite colours and added them near the corners of the card.

I hope you like this fun, magical and fairly easy-to-make card that I've shared today!  Remember, the bundle sales is still on till Friday 22 June.  Be sure to check here for more details of the offers and savings!

Remember to spread some kindness today and I wish you a great week ahead! (;

Spread Kindness

Hello!  I have great news to share!

Today is the day of the spring stamp release ~ Spread Kindness, illustrated by the very talented Stacey Yacula.  They are now available at Purple Onion Designs!

Spread Kindness consists of two distinctive stamp styles that work perfectly when mixed together.  The larger sized stamps are also ideal to be used on their own.  It's an amazing collection that you can come up with many varieties of cards and projects!  

There are also two new sets of sentiments that coordinates with Spread Kindness collection.  Essential Thoughts, which is a new addition to the Essential sentiments series and Kindness sentiment set (which I really love!) consisting of 17 large sized sentiments in two different fonts. 

And here is a card I made using some of the new from Spread Kindness.

May All Your Dreams Come True

Stamps used: Eve, Twinkling Stars, Essential Thoughts Sentiment set

Eve is one my favourite stamp from the Spread Kindness collection as she makes me think of sweet dreams in a good night's sleep.  Therefore, I matched the sentiment of "May All Your Dreams Come True" for the card.

The dreamy night clouds background was created using the Mini Cloud stencil from My Favorite Things and a light blend of distress ink in Chipped Sapphire with the ink blender.  I coloured Eve and Twinkling Stars with Copic markers.

To replicate the stars in the night sky, I added some clear and blue sequins, and blue stars for that extra shine.

From today until Friday, 22 June 2018, you will be able to purchase the Spread Kindness collection, with an option of 3 different bundles to choose from.

• Bundle 1 ~Purchase the entire Spread Kindness collection (26 stamps) at $105.00, which is a savings of 30%.
• Bundle 2 ~ Purchase the critters and coordinating stamps (18 stamps) at $71.00, which is a savings of 20%.
• Bundle 3 ~ Purchase the traditional images and florals (8 stamps) at $48.00, which is a savings of 20%.

I hope you like the card I've shared today and I hope you can check back in a couple of days' time as I'll be sharing another card created using another few stamps from Spread Kindness.

Please remember to head over to Purple Onion Designs blog to check out more details of the Spread Kindness bundles options and also to be inspired by all the gorgeous cards created by the talented group of ladies from the design team!

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope to see you back here again soon!  Happy crafting and go Spread Kindness today! (:

New Collection ~ Happy Trails!

Hello everyone!

It's been a long while since my last post!  Well, I'm glad to be back sharing a piece of great news!  If you haven't know by now, Stacey Yacula has launched a new stamp collection ~ Happy Trails!

In fact, there are 2 new collections available right now at Purple Onion Designs ~  Happy Trails and Once Upon a Time!  It can't get any better than this!

Happy Trails consist of 33 individual cute stamps that are related to travelling and vacation theme stamps.  As for Once Upon a Time, it consist of 4 reading related stamps.

For a limited period only, you will be able to purchase both new collections at a discounted price of more than 30% off!  The Happy Trails set is priced at USD120.00 and Once Upon A Time is at USD15.00.  Offer ends at 11 June so be sure to grab the 2 new collections if you really really like them like I do! Both sets are now available at Purple Onion Designs!

Along with the 2 new collections, there are also the perfect sets of sentiments that goes well with the new stamps!  The Journey Sentiment set simply works well with the Happy Trails.  As for the Great News Sentiment set, it goes hand in hand with Once Upon A Time!.  Both sets of sentiments are really versatile enough to be used for any other stamps that you might have!

Sharing with you today are 2 projects that I've done using some of the stamps with the new Happy Trails!

Stamps used :   VW Bus, Country road background, Journey sentiment set.

I decided to keep the VW Bus as the main focus of the card and so I coloured it with Copic markers, the Country road background is coloured using a very light wash of water colours.

 

Stamps used: Julia, luggage set, On The Go, Journey Sentiment set.

Stamps doesn't just have to be used on cards! It can be used on 3D projects, mini boxes etc etc... the possibilities are endless!

I really like how the luggage set matches the little luggage box that I have cut out using my Silhouette Cameo machine.   The little luggage box can be used for keeping stationary, knick-knacks and more :)

If you like to see more wonderful projects done using Happy Trails and Once Upon A Time, please head straight over to Purple Onion Designs blog!  I'm sure you will be truly inspired by projects of the Design Team!

Come back again soon and I'll be sharing a few more projects from the new collections!

Stay calm and craft on!