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Wishing you a super chill day {Purple Onion Designs}

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Hi, crafty friends! Summer’s just around the corner and with it comes ice cream!! These dragons from the Ice Cream Time stamp from Purple Onion Designs are certainly enjoying theirs.

I stamped my dragons onto cold pressed Fabriano Artístico Extra White watercolor paper using Altenew Obsidian ink and used Zig Clean color real brush markers with a brush and some water to watercolor them. I used the Watercolor Rectangle stencil from My Favorite Things to help me create a frame to color inside of.

I added some tufts of grass to my coloring. The markers make it super easy because of their actual brush.

Once all my coloring was dry, I stamped a sentiment from the Friendly Warm Wishes sentiment set from Purple Onion Designs using Obsidian ink from Altenew once again.

I adhered my panel to a card base and finished off with the Melon embellishment mix from Little Things from Lucy’s Cards.

Zig markers used for coloring:

214 Cyclamen pink

064 Oatmeal

702 Mandarin Orange

705 Peach Orange

502 Mimosa

307 Aqua Blue

406 Sage Green

411 Cactus Green

Get happy! {Purple Onion Designs}

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Hi, crafty friends! I have a fun card to share today with some cuties from Purple Onion Designs. I colored this up for the rainbow theme for last month’s Coloring Club Challenge over on Instagram. Polly the hedgehog is so cute with her buckets of paint, and I had her paint a stone wall this time.

In addition to Polly and the stone wall, I also used Hazel and the countryside horizon background. I die cut a panel of X-Press It blending card using the Postage Collage die set from Waffle Flower. I then used the coordinating coloring stencil to mask off the edges, so I could stamp in the “windows” only and keep the outside white. I used a 0.03 Copic multiliner to add a very thin frame around each part of the scene to contain my coloring inside.

Once my coloring was complete I stamped a sentiment from the Journey sentiment set from Purple Onion Designs using Altenew Obsidian ink.

I stacked cardstock scraps behind each of the postage stamps for dimension and adhered everything to a card base I created from Rustic Cream cardstock from Papertrey Ink. I love this cardstock, I need to break it out more!!

To finish off the card I embellished with iridescent flowers from the Spring Leaves mix from Little Things from Lucy’s Cards.

Lots of Copics for this one.

Wish you were here! {Purple Onion Designs}

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Hi, crafty friends. Have you checked out Alberto Gava’s Coloring Club challenge over on Instagram yet? There is a total of 10 challenges running in April, each one with a different theme lasting 3 days. I’m kind of late with this “Water” themed one, but better late than never?

I combined Sapphire, Steel & Cobalt with Skip and the Rainbow Falls background. They’re all from last year’s summer’s Amongst the Pines collection from Purple Onion Designs. I stamped the images in Altenew Obsidian ink onto Fabriano Artístico Extra White Cold pressed watercolor paper.

I didn’t want color on the entire piece and decided on coloring a strip that includes the largest part of the waterfall, the beaver and part of the mama swan. I used Zig clean color real brush markers to color, using the blender for some of it, but a size 4 round watercolor brush from Princeton, along with water, for most of it. The Zig colors I used are the following: 068 Deep Brown, 816 Soft Violet, 028 Pale Pink, 705 Peach Orange, 505 Yellow Ochre, 407 Grass Green, 406 Sage Green, 411 Cactus Green, 307 Aqua Blue, 315 Ultramarine and 910 Warm Gray 6.

Once my coloring was complete, I cut the colored section apart from the rest. I adhered the uncolored sections onto a black mat I created from Black cardstock from Concord & 9th. Behind the colored panel, I stacked a few layers of cardstock for dimension and adhered it in between the other two pieces. I adhered my finished piece onto a card base that I created from Blue Beyond cardstock from My Favorite Things.

I stamped and white heat embossed a sentiment from the Sweet Summer sentiment set from Purple Onion Designs onto a scrap piece of black cardstock. I added a few cardstock layers behind it and adhered it to the card, before finishing off with a few blue enamel dots from Papirdesign.

Make a wish! {Purple Onion Designs}

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Hi, crafty friends! Yesterday was the start of the Coloring Club Challenge over on Instagram. Alberto Gava of alcohol marker fame is organizing it, and all throughout April there are different themes to follow for a total of ten challenges, each lasting three days. There are some great sponsors with prizes up for grabs and the first theme is monochrome. I shared the coloring of this cute mouse yesterday, and today, I have the finished card to show you.

I used grays for my coloring of this Wishing stamp from Purple Onion Designs. I love this large illustration from Stacey Yacula – it’s actually the first Purple Onion Designs image I ever colored, and as such, it holds a special place in my heart.

I used the Watercolor Wash Free Form die and the largest die in the A2 Stitched Rectangles STAX 1 set from My Favorite Things to cut a window opening and create the faux stitching on the edges of a piece of Dove cardstock from Concord & 9th. I used the Watercolor die to cut a few more layers from white cardstock to glue behind the grey for dimension.

I scribbled a bit of N5 Copic marker on a scrap of Dove cardstock to make it a little darker, let it dry, then stamped and white heat embossed a sentiment from the A Beautiful Day Sentiment Set from Purple Onion Designs (unfortunately, I think the set’s discontinued, I couldn’t find it when searching the POD store). I then used one of the dies in the Essential Stitched Sentiment Strips die set from MFT to carry on the faux stitching look that I already had going. I added a few strips of cardstock behind it for even more dimension and adhered it in the bottom left of the card.

To finish off the card. I adhered a few Dew Drops from Concord & 9th. With greyscale coloring, grey cardstock, white heat embossing and clear dew drops, it looks like I took black and white photos of this card, but I promise I didn’t.

I don’t think I’ve ever colored an image with less markers.

Season’s greetings {Purple Onion Designs}

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Hi, crafty friends! I’m sharing a sweet holiday card today, made with images from the Whispering Pines collection from Purple Onion Designs, illustrated beautifully by Stacey Yacula.

I started by stamping Murphy (squirrel), put a mask on top, then Frosty & Sweet Pea, put another mask on top, then the little deer from the Doe & Hart set, placed a third mask and stamped the Little Pines at the very back. I did all the stamping with Extreme Black in from My Favorite Things onto X-Press It blending card, which is what I pretty much always use for Copic coloring.

Once I removed the masks, I could color in my scene. I always start with the background elements before coloring in the focal point. I wanted a very wintery card, so I kept the trees pretty much white, only adding a little bit of the blues I used for the rest of the snow to make them look less flat.

I stamped a sentiment from the Classic Holiday Trio stamp set using Grapefruit ink from Concord & 9th, which  perfectly matches the peach tones in my coloring.

I cut my panel down to 4 1/2 x 5 3/8″, which gave me an even 1/16″ border around the edge when I adhered it to my A2 card base. I love a think border like this. I also love a very chunky border, usually when I mount my panels with foam tape. To me, it seems silly to add foam tape to a panel that goes close to the edge of the card, but with a wide border, it really makes an impact. I finished off the card by drawing in the Big Dipper stars using an extra fine point Sharpie paint marker.

Not a whole lot of markers used for this one, actually. Although I see that I missed the colors I used (BV29, 25, 23) for the sky in this graphic.

Baby, it’s cold outside {Purple Onion Designs}

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Hi, crafty friends! It’s never to early for holiday cards, right? Although, I did technically create this back in the first half of December. Things just got so hectic before Christmas I never found the time to share. That time is now, apparently! 🙂

These images in this scene are all from the Winterwood collection from Purple Onion Designs, illustrated by Holly Mabutas. We have Frosty, Finn (with his tophat), Blossom the bunny and Will, who’s giggling next to Frosty. I stamped the Winter Neighborhood in fadeout ink for a no line effect in the background. Except for the holly on the tophat, there’s really nothing that screams holiday on this card, so it could easily work throughout the winter season and in my neck of the woods through the majority of spring, too, actually. Most of the snow is usually gone by mid May.

I colored the scene with Copics, then stamped the critters and the snowman again, this time using Obsidian ink from Altenew to get crisp black lines. This is a pigment ink, which doesn’t play nice with Copics, but as long as the coloring’s already complete, using this ink is totally fine. I sprinkled on Chunky White embossing enamel from Stampendous, melted the granules from the back of the paper and finished off the card with a sentiment from the Holiday Blurbs I stamp set that I stamped in Jalapeño Popper ink from My Favorite Things. I added some foam tape on the back of the speech bubble for a tiny bit of dimension on the card. This is an A6 size card, measuring 6 1/4 x 4 5/8″.

Not a whole lot of colors used given the large scene, but I did use 7 for the fox alone. But he came out so cute, it was totally worth it!

Here come the holidays! {Purple Onion Designs}

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Hi, crafty friends! We’ve got ONE WEEK to go until the big night. I have another holiday card to share, I’m still making them. This time, I’m featuring Rusty & Piper, Crimson, Boots and Holiday Brownstone, all from the Merriest Little City collection from Purple Onion Designs, illustrated by Stacey Yacula.

I love Stacey’s images, they all work so well together to tell stories. I colored my scene with Copics and cut my panel down ever so slightly.

I stamped a sentiment from the Holiday Time Sentiment set using Eiffel Tower ink from My Favorite Things. I tend to opt for a colored ink to match the card whenever I stamp my sentiment, and I’m not sure how I feel about this grey. It might have been better in green, who knows? I adhered my panel to a top fold card base I created from Stamper’s Select White cardstock from Papertrey Ink and decided not to embellish at all. Sometimes simple is all you need.

Even with a fairly limited color palette on the card, I used quite a few Copics.

Winter Greetings {Purple Onion Designs}

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Hi, crafty friends. I’m sharing a fun winter card today featuring Tofu, Flappy & Mousy Fun in the Snow, which is a stamp from last year’s holiday collection of Pei’s images from Purple Onion Designs.

This is one of those super simple cards. I stamped the image using Extreme Black ink from My Favorite Things and masked it before stamping the Winter Trees background in Fadeout ink from Inkon3 for a no line look in the background. I colored in my scene using Copics, before using one of the dies in the Additional A2 Layers die set from Waffle Flower to cut it down slightly.

I stamped a sentiment from the Holiday Time Sentiment Set using Autumn Rose ink from Papertrey Ink, mounted my panel in the center of a top fold card base using foam tape and finished off with a few snowdrift sprinkles from Little Things from Lucy’s Cards. I love these sprinkles!!

I stuck to a pretty limited color palette, I feel, but there’s still a lot of markers.

Today’s the last day of the annual holiday sale over at Purple Onion Designs, so this is a gentle reminder to head over there, fill your cart with stamps at 25 % off, and check out.

We wish you a merry Christmas! {Purple Onion Designs}

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Hi, crafty friends! Another day, another holiday card. This time it’s a big one, it measures 5 1/2 x 7 1/4″. I tend not to worry about card sizes when I create scenes with Purple Onion images, and for this card, this size just worked.

This scene is created entirely with images from last years holiday collection from Stacey Yacula. Hannah & Finn, City Christmas Tree, Gift Car and City Skyline Background are all from The Merriest Little City collection and I used a combination of no line coloring and black stamped line coloring. Hannah & Finn and the tree are stamped in black, the others in paler inks for a softer looking background.

I colored the entire scene with Copics, stamped the sentiment from the Holiday Time Sentiment Set using Harbor ink from Concord & 9th, before sprinkling on chunky white embossing enamel from Stampendous, which I melted from the back of the panel. Once that was done, I adhered it to a card base I created from Stamper’s Select White cardstock from Papertrey Ink.

I used lots of Copics for this, and all the different gray families, actually.

This is a gentle reminder that he annual holiday sale is underway at Purple Onion Designs. Everything (with some exclusions) is at 25 % off. The sale ends on Sunday, so there’s still time to fill up your cart with goodies!

Happy mail {Purple Onion Designs}

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Hi, crafty friends. I have a fun card to share today, featuring Happy Mail from Purple Onion Designs, illustrated by Pei. This image is from this year’s Season’s Greetings collection from Pei. I love her illustration style, and whenever there’s a penguin, I’m sold. Speaking of sold, the annual holiday sale is underway at Purple Onion Designs. Pretty much everything (with a few exceptions) is at 25 % off. The offer ends this Sunday (December 8th, 2024), so there’s plenty of time to browse the Purple Onion website and pick up favorites!

I suggest you put this image in your cart, it’s so awesome. I colored it with my Copics, adding an actual no line horizon behind my critters to complete the wintry scene, before using a die from the Nesting Postage Stamps infinity die set from Hero Arts to turn it into a huge postage stamp. I then used the Vintage Holiday Postmark Set along with the wavy lines from the Vintage PostCARD set to add to the postage feel. I used Lazy Day ink from My Favorite Things, which matches the blue in my coloring pretty nicely.

I created a top fold card base from Pure Poppy cardstock from Papertrey Ink, mounted my large postage stamp using lots of foam tape and adhered a few Snowdrift sprinkles from Little Things from Lucy’s Cards to finish.

I actually used red markers for red this time, with a little bit of B14 where I wanted it to be darker than R29 can create on its own. I usually use earth tones for red, this was a fun change.