Purple Onion Designs Holiday Stamp Sale

Purple Onion Designs is having a holiday sale on their entire inventory 

of stamps! Starting today thru December 7th, all stamps are 25% off, and 

discounted stamps in the "sale" section receive an additional 25% discount!

Included in the sale are Stacey Yacula's adorable images, including her
newest release, Snow Day.

Flurry, Handwritten Holiday (sentiment)
 
For those of you who are unfamiliar with Purple Onion Designs, their 
stamps are unmounted, deeply etched red rubber, giving you beautiful 
details with every impression. 

Visit the Purple Onion Designs store and grab your stamps before
the sale ends on Wednesday, December 7th. Happy shopping! 

Happy New Year

If you follow me on Instagram, you might have caught a glimpse of my Top 9
pics for 2015, which is based on the number of "likes". It's no surprise that
cards and crafts rounded out the top pics that my followers liked.

These pics tell me that I've rediscovered my Prismacolor pencils, and that
I've grown quite fond of watercoloring now that my Copics are drying out.

I'd like to take this time to thank you all for visiting my blog this year
and for your kind comments. Crafty friends are the best!

Wishing you a Happy, Crafty, Inky New Year!

Snowflake Grove

Just in time for the holidays, Stacey Yacula presents Snowflake Grove, a new

collection of adorable images you've come to know and love.

I created a couple of tags with a cute little guy named Snow and the new
Holiday Marquee Sentiments. The sentiments were white embossed on
watercolor card stock and colored over with Zig markers and a waterbrush.

Snow was stamped with permanent ink and the images were die cut with a tag die.

Ribbon was threaded through the tag and a few clear sequins finished them off.

Snowflake Grove goes on sale today exclusively at Purple Onion Designs,
and for a limited time, the ENTIRE collection of 30 unmounted images 
is on sale for $100.00. You can find all new stamps here.

Visit Purple Onion Designs for more inspiration from the design team
and guest designers. There's so much to see and love!

Purple Onion Designs Holiday Sale

You have a few more days to take advantage of PURPLE ONION DESIGNS Holiday Sale!

All stamps in stock are 25% off through Wednesday, December 10th.

I've made some fun tags using Walter, a skating penguin by Stacey Yacula.

He was colored with Copics, fussy cut and attached to a tag die cut from kraft layering paper.

I embossed all of the tags with a snow embossing folder, then used a sanding block

to take away the color, giving him a snowy background. 

All sentiments are by Purple Onion Designs, too.

The sale ends on Wednesday, December 10th, so head over to the store
and grab your favorites!

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Merry & Bright

Today I'm sharing a card using an image from Stacey Yacula for Purple Onion Designs.
Stacey's images are so adorable, I couldn't resist picking up a few critters and sentiments.

Meet Walter, a skating penguin who seems to be taking a little break--or he fell on his bum.

I colored him with Copics and used non traditional colors on the card.
 

I'm linking up my card to The Challenge #19. I chose to work with just the sketch
and what a great sketch it is! Think I'll be using it to crank out a few more cards.

And a heads up that Purple Onion Designs is having their annual holiday sale.
All stamps are 25% off between November 28th thru December 10th, plus
there are several pages of Black Friday-Cyber Monday specials that will also receive
the 25% discount! It's a great time to stock up on some stamps you've been wishing for.

Thanks for stopping by, and happy shopping!

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Purple Onion Designs' Holiday Design Team Call

  Phew! That was a mouthful! I thought I'd help Michele spread the word

about a holiday (short term) design team call for Purple Onion Designs.

She's looking for both cardmakers and scrapbookers and the call is open
until Sunday, October 20th.

Go here for all the details and application form, and you can let Michele know

if you are interested in a long term spot as well.

Sadly, I am stepping down from the team. It's been a great two and a half years

and Michele has been the best "boss" anyone could hope to design for.

I loved that I got to share stamps from some very talented artists--
Stephanie Ackerman, Stacey Yacula, Carolyn Draws, and Michele Connolly herself.
Yep, it's been a great ride!

I encourage you to apply for Purple Onion Designs.
You won't be disappointed if you join the team!

Thank you, Michele, for the honor and experience of being an Onion.♥

Purple Onion Designs Anniversary Sale!

To celebrate Purple Onion Designs' 10 Year Anniversary, Michele is having a huge sale

on all stamps in stock. Receive 25% off when you enter the code Happy10 upon checkout.

I'd like to share a couple of cards using the new Traveler stamp set from Carolyn Draws.
I love her whimsical images--perfect for Project Life, journaling, or card making.
 

My second card is dedicated to families who are still traveling on vacation
and the imminent four-word phrase they will dread to hear...

There are also three pages of SALE stamps which will be further discounted
with the 25% discount. How awesome is that?

Remember to use the code Happy10 and hurry, because the sale ends on August 25th!

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Free Shipping, Sale Updates & Welcome, Therese!

Michele is continuing FREE SHIPPING at Purple Onion Designs

on all domestic orders $15 and over, and international orders $15 and over

receive a 15% discount.

Also, the SALE page has been updated and includes lots of great markdowns.

Go here to see all the specials.

And a big welcome to Therese Calvird, the newest member of Purple Onion Designs!
We are so lucky to have her on board. She has mad coloring skills--
take a look at her video here as she colors Freckles with awesome results!

Lastly, here's a card that I made with the Envies stamp set.
I paper pieced the envelope using scraps of patterned paper
and popped up some of them on dimensional adhesive for a bit of interest.
I added the sentiment from the Happy Mail set and the heart is from Avery Elle.

Take advantage of the FREE SHIPPING and stock up
on some Christmas images...because Christmas is only 7 months away.

Thanks for stoppin' by!

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Free Shipping and National Scrapbooking Day Sale

To celebrate National Scrapbooking Day, Michele has updated

her SPECIALS page with tremendous savings on selected stamps, perfect for

scrapbooking, journaling, Project Life, or even card making.

Also, all domestic orders $15 and over will receive FREE shipping,

while international orders will receive a 15% discount.

Please remember when placing an international order to choose
"check" or "money order" as your form of payment.
A separate PayPal invoice will be sent to you with the correct total.

I'm not a scrapbooker, so I made this quick card using Photographer
by Liz Tamanaha for Paislee Press Designs.
The camera was paper pieced and I added various washi tapes
along with the sentiment that comes in the set.

Take advantage of this great sale, along with FREE shipping
with a qualifying purchase. And help spread the word to your crafty friends!

Thanks so much for visiting today!

My 5 minute card

When my Purple Onion Designs stamps arrived, I started trimming them apart.

The set is called Happy Mail and some of the images look like washi tape.

 

I randomly stamped some images on a scrap piece of card stock,

including the little replacement chick (thank you, Kelly!)

and when I finished, I was pleasantly surprised with the outcome.

I colored the chick with some Copics, colored in the heart, trimmed the piece
and mounted it to a notecard. Done!

I was especially pleased with how the colors overlapped

purely by accident. And I didn't even use a stamp positioner!
Isn't that a happy chick? I know I was.

Please stop by tomorrow for Avery Elle's May Release blog hop.
Jamie has been showing sneak peeks of the new stamps and dies over at Avery Elle.
It's an awesome release you won't want to miss!

Thanks for stopping by!

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