Hi, crafty friends. It’s time to party, because Purple Onion Designs has a brand winter holiday collection illustrated by Stacey Yacula. “The Merriest Little City” is a collection with 30 stamps/stamp sets in Stacey’s signature style. We have buildings to create backgrounds, there’s a park, some other elements and of course a whole bunch of adorable critters! I had to start with one of the penguins in the release. There are so many cute images to choose from, but you can’t go wrong with a penguin.

Meet Penelope. She’s standing on her tippy toes hanging a wreath on the Double Street Light, while Butterscotch & Doxie are out for a walk in the snow. I used the park background and the city skyline background, and stamped the latter in Fadeout ink from Inkon3 for a soft far away look. I rarely make slimline cards, but I had a vision for this card and love how it turned out. I stamped a sentiment from the Classic Holiday Trio sentiment set using Memento Bamboo Leaves ink and loaded my scene with snow using Chunky White embossing enamel from Stampendous, which I sprinkled on and melted from the back.

I used a whole heap of colors for this card.

For a limited time, this entire collection is available as a bundle (30 stamps/stamp sets and the coordinating “The Merriest City” sentiment set (6 sentiments)) at a 30 % discount. The offer’s valid through Wednesday, November 15, 2023. There are sooo many good stamps in this release, and I urge you to take a look at the Purple Onion website to see it all.