Purple Onion Designs New Release Continues!

These two friends know what it's all about (hint: it's not the hokey pokey)!

This stamp is called Elliot & Marcel - Hugs.  It was illustrated by Julian Charlton for Purple Onion Designs and is part of his new spring release.  Head on over to the Purple Onion Designs blog to see all the new stamps and wonderful inspiration by the design team!

These friends were colored with Copic Markers.  Marcel was a combination of E10s, and Elliot was BV00s and 20s.  C0,1,3 for the ground shadows.  I cut the image out using a Lawn Fawn Outside/In Stitched Scalloped Square Stackable, and placed in on some MFT Bundles of Blossoms Brights patterned paper.  The sentiment is from the same POD set.  Please consider this a jumbo hug today from me!

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May the Lord bless you today!

Kara

Year Ten! Lawn Fawn April Inspiration

This little cactus and his friend are ready for the party going on over at Lawn Fawn's blog!  April Inspiration Week is here and today's feature is Year Ten! 

Lawn Fawn Supplies:
Stamps:  Year Ten, Party Animal
Dies:  Outside/In Stitched Scalloped Square Stackables, Outside/In Stitched Rectangle Stackables, Year Ten, Party Animal, Flippin' Awesome (stitched square)
Ink: Jet Black
Paper: Hello Sunshine 6x5 paper pad
Other: Brusho, Copics

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May the Lord bless you today!

Kara

New Purple Onion Designs Stamps Illustrated by Julian Charlton!

If you're feeling down today, I hope these two will help you smile:

We're celebrating a new spring release of stamps with Julian Charlton's illustrations at Purple Onion Designs!  This is one of three stamps featuring Elliot & Marcel, the elephant and monkey.  Check out the blog to see all of the new images!  I will have another card featuring Elliot & Marcel early next week.

I love the size of this elephant!  It gives plenty of room to paper piece fun patterns.  I used some older paper from Basic Grey: Hipster.  He was shaded with Copic markers BG70,72, C0,1,3.  The monkey was stamped, colored with E70,71,74,50,51,53, and cut from white cardstock and glued back on the elephant.  The sentiment is also a new one from Julian Charlton, and there are several that work perfectly with this image.  I white heat embossed it, added some Distress ink over that, and added some shadow under the words with a C3 and C1 Copic marker.

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May the Lord bless you today!

Kara

Twofer Card Challenge #26: Rain/Umbrella

Are you ready for a new Twofer Challenge?!  Our theme this month is rain/umbrella.  My image of choice is this puppy, Buddy, from Penny Black's Buddy and Duck stamp set.

Buddy looked like he could walk a tight rope with the way he was holding that umbrella, so I let him try it out on this birthday card.  I was going to stamp water and a shark fin under him, but decided to give him a break since he's working without a net.

Buddy and Duck are fast friends in this next card.  I paper pieced their umbrellas and ink blended the sky with a cloud stencil.

I hope you will join us for this fun challenge!  Please head on over to the Twofer Card Challenge blog to get some wonderful inspiration from our guest designers, TK and Rosi, and the team!

 

Supplies:
Stamps:  Penny Black Buddy and Duck, LF You are Sublime, Coaster Critters, W+9 Sending Sunshine
Dies: LF Stitched Rectangle Frame Stackables, MFT Grassy Hills, Puffy Clouds
Paper:  Doodle Bug Love Birds (umbrellas)
Stencils:  MFT Mini Cloud Edges
Ink:  DI Stormy Sky, Memento Tuxedo Black, LF Clear
Copics: C00,0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7, E31,33,35,37,49, YR14,16,68, Y13,15,17,35
Other: Black Twine, LF white embossing powder

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May the Lord bless you today!

Kara

Say it with Flowers

There are some gorgeous sprays of flowers by Stacey Yacula for Purple Onion Designs.  I just touched the surface today with one simple way of framing a sentiment:

Purple Onion Designs Stamps:  Floral Corners, Kindness Sentiment Set
Copics:  YR61,65,68, R20,21,22,24, G20,21, YG61,63,67

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May the Lord bless you today!

Kara

Blowing Birthday Wishes with Lawn Fawn | Video!

Recently, I shared a card featuring Lawn Fawn's new Dandy Day and Oliver's Stitched ABCs.  I decided to recreate it in a video, and this time I am using regular Distress Inks and Lawn Fawn's Liquid Stardust to make the inky background:

You can watch the video here, on the Lawn Fawn YouTube Channel, or on my YouTube Channel:

 Thanks for watching!

Lawn Fawn Supplies:
Stamps:  Dandy Day, Offset Sayings:Birthday
Dies:  Oliver's Stitched ABCs, Stitched Rectangle Frames
Paper:  Sugar Plum, Bristol Smooth
Ink: Jet Black, Clear
Other:  White Embossing Powder, Liquid Stardust, Glue Tube, Stamp Shammy, Shammy Case, 1/4" Double Sided Tape

Also: 
Distress Ink:  Picked Raspberry, Wilted Violet, Faded Jeans
Copics:  BV01,02,31, V04, G12

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May the Lord bless you today!

Kara

Mix It Up Challenge #66 - Thanks A Bunch

It's time to begin a new Mix It Up Challenge over at SugarPea Designs!  So fun to work with spring time inspiration and a wonderful sketch too!  I was inspired by the colors, the fluffiness of the bunny, the out-of-doors, and the sketch:

SugarPea Designs Supplies:

Stamps:  Gnome for Christmas

Dies:  Envelope Liner

Stencils:  Geo Tri Hex

Also: DI Mustard Seed and Fossilized Amber, Copics BG02,05,07, Y15,35,38, YG05,07, G24, W00,1,2

How will you be inspired?  I hope you will join us during this month for March's Mix It Up Challenge!

 

Thanks for coming over to visit!

May the Lord bless you today!

Kara