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! (:

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!

It's A Special Day Just For You

Sharing with you today is a another card I've created with stamps from Purple Onion Designs.

It's A Special Day Just For You

Stamps used: 

Smokey (Running cat), Buddy (Running dog), Pearl (Pig with backpack), Bunting, Tree Line Horizon, Clouds and A Beautiful Day sentiment set.

It's a special day for Pearl!  And Smokey and Buddy is here to celebrate the special day with her!  

Smokey, Buddy and Pearl are all coloured using Copic markers, whereas the background with Bunting, Tree Horizon and clouds are coloured with distress markers.  At the base of the card, I've adhered a die cut stitched cloud.

A Beautiful Day sentiment set is becoming of my favourite set of sentiments as it has all the happy wishes that I want to put on a happy card!

Just a gentle reminder that the anniversary sale at Purple Onion Designs is coming to an end soon, on 16 August, all stamps are currently on 25% off so be sure to grab them before the sale ends!

I hope you like what I've shared today and if you need more inspirations, just head over to Purple Onion Designs blog for more fabulous creations from the project team! (:

Happy shopping!

Anniversary Sale

The Purple Onion Designs Anniversary Sale is here again!  If you are eyeing on any of the stamps for the longest time, now it's the chance for you to grab it all! 

Starting from today till 16 August 11.59pm, all stamps are 25% off!

To celebrate the start of the sale, I've created a birthday card with some of the cute critters from Stacey Yacula's collection.

Stamps used: Bobby (striped shirt beaver), Elm (puppy) and Wagon.

For this card, I've used my Silhouette Cameo to cut a star banner template and I blended some distress inks for the base card for the contrast look with the template.  All the cute little critters are coloured with Copic markers.  

These little critters stamps are just sooo cute and versatile that they can be used for many occasions!  Be sure to check out Purple Onion Designs blog for more inspiration from the design team with many beautiful creations!  Sale ends on 16 August!

Stay calm and shop for more stamps!

Last Day

Today will be the last day that you will be able to purchase the new collection from Stacey Yacula ~ Happy Trails and Once Upon A Time at a discounted price of over 30% off.  So if you have been pondering, maybe today is just the day to make the purchase!

 

Just to share with you another project that I've done using the new some of the stamps from the new collection ~ Happy Trails.

 

The sky's THE LIMIT

stamps used : Up and Away (Hot air balloon), Mountain, Journey sentiment set.



I coloured the Mountain background with some light wash of watercolours and blended the grassland with a distress ink.  As the hot air balloon is the main focus of the card, I chose brighter colours from my Copic markers to give it a more vibrant look.

 

Another project that I've done up just a few days back is a bookmark using Once Upon A Time collection.

 

a new chapter awaits

stamps used: Mia (mouse reading), Book template

 

 

For this bookmark, I used just half of the stamped image from the Book template to create the background and I also blended it with a light touch of distress ink.  I know bookmark is supposed to be flat so that it fits nicely in between the pages of the book but I just can't help but want to give it a popped up effect and so I stick on a little foam dot just to make Mia stand out in the bookmark!

 

I hope you like the projects that I've shared today and if you would like to see more wonderful works with the new collections, just head over to here! Last reminder! ~ today will be the last day to grab both collections at a Puple Onion Designs with discounted price of a slight more than 30% off so don't wait too long :)

See you again real soon!

 

Are You Ready For Holiday Sale?

Did you missed getting the new Winter collection Snow Day, during the recent launch?  If yes, fret not!  You can get them this time round, along with any other Purple Onion Design stamps that you have been eyeing on!

The sales will end on 7 December so make your choices quickly before your favourite stamps go out of stock.

 

And here is a special card I've made sometime back using Forrest and Meadow from last winter collection, Snowflake Grove.

For the background, I blended some distress ink in Faded Jeans and Crack Pistachio with the blending tool to get a smooth colour.  To get a nice gradual dark to light effect, I went a little heavy handed on Faded Jeans just on  the top of the white water colour cardstock.

 

The birch trees is a cut file from the Silhouette Design Store called Birch Love Forest by Sophia Gallo (Design ID# 74354).  There's plenty of birch tree dies that you can use too if you do not have a Silhouette Cameo cutting machine.

 

Just in case you wonder where is the stamp for the tree stump that Forrest was standing on come from?  It's actually from Flora (owl on tree stump)!  I've replaced Flora with Forrest! (Sorry Flora!)

 

And here is what happens when you give a gentle press on the "Noel" tab on the card.  Yes, Forrest's lamp lights up with Chibitronics Chibi lights circuit stickers!

 

Here is a close up .

 

 

I went out of my comfort zone to add on a little 'electronic' element for this card.  I'm usually very frightful of handling anything that's got to do wires, circuits and stuff.  And after watching numerous YouTube videos on how to use Chibitronics I managed to make it work on my second attempt!

 

If you have been toying with the idea of adding these little Chibi lights to your paper projects, I urge you to give it a try!  Just search on the YouTube and there's plenty of tutorial on Chibitronics Chibi circuit lights :)

 

I'll be sharing another new project very soon so please do swing by my blog again if you wish to see my next project using Purple Onion Design stamps!  Don't forget to check out the Design Team's works for loads of inspiration!

Happy crafting!

Snow Day!

I have great news to share and I can't wait!

The new winter /holiday collection from Stacey Yacula ~ Snow Day, is now available! 

From now till 10 November the complete collection of Snow Day (22 stamps altogether) will be on a sale price of USD90.00 and that's a whopping savings of more than 30%! 

 

To celebrate the release of the new collection, I'm sharing with you a new card I made using 4 stamps from the Snow Day!

Celebrate the Season!

 

Stamps used : Rupert (Fox with Snowball), Wilson (Bear with Snowball), Snow Fort, Snowballs

 

The sentiment ~ Celebrate the Season! is from the previous collection, Winter Wishes Sentiments set.

 

I have used Copic markers for Rupert, Wilson and Snowballs.  The background with Snow Fort scene was finished off with a light wash of watercolours.

 

 For this card, I tried to keep the colours light and Christmas~y.  It was real fun and joy to colour all the new images, especially Rupert!  I had a lot of fun blending the orange tones to his fur. 

 

I hope you like the card that I've shared today!  In fact this is the first Christmas card I made for this year!  More to come, I promise!

 

Please do check all the super adorable images from the new collection Snow Day from Purple Onion Designs website and blog for more inspiration and awesome creations from the Design Team.

 

I'll be sharing a couple of new cards using stamps from Snow Day the next few days so please do swing by if you like what to see more!

 

Stay calm and make more cards! 

For You

Happy Friday!  Are you looking forward to the weekend?  I am!  It's going to be a fun-packed one for us. My 10 year old has 2 football matches lined up on Sunday and we are looking forward to it!

 

Today, I'm sharing with you a 3D gift box with easel that I've created with my Silhouette Cameo, decorated with one of my favorite Purple Onion Designs stamp.

On the easel, I stamped Summer Girl with my favourite Memento Tuxedo Black ink pad and coloured her with Copic markers.  I blended the background with distress ink Spun Sugar and added the sentiment "For You" on a floral die cut.  Little flowers are added just to give it a more sweet feminie touch (:  It's hard not to love Summer Girl, she's smiley, sweet and always so welcoming with open arms! 

 

 

In the gift box comes a little surprise!  A set of dainty earring on a earring holder randomly stamped with a heart wreath image from the Garden Set.  Look how versatile the stamps can be!  Stamps can be used on just many type of products and on many occassions!

 

 

I hope you like what I've shared today.  The anniversary sale at the Purple Onion Designs will be ending in 2 days' time so if you have not check out your shopping cart you better hurry!  Sale ends at 31 July!

Happy shopping and have a great weekend!