Monday, November 29, 2021

To You and Yours {Annual Holiday Sale @Purple Onion Designs}



The annual 
Purple Onion Designs Holiday sale is going on now. All stamps are 25% off  through December 5. 

My card features images illustrated by one of the newer artists Shari Bresciani. After stamping the Duo Snow-Capped Trees and Peter (penguin), I colored with Copics and fussy cut out. I then created the background by blending tumbling glass distress ink over a stencil and created a "snow bank" from linen cardstock. The images were then attached with foam dimensionals. I added a sentiment banner across the two trees and a few snowflake shaped sentiments for a bit more color.

Products: Purple Onion Designs stamps, The Greetery sentiment stamp and die, PTI cs, Signo Uni-Ball Pen, Sugar Pea Designs stencil, The Greetery sequins and die, Altenew and The Stamp Market ink, Copic Markers
Copics: Penguin-W00, E81, BV11, BV23, BV25, BV29, YR31, YR23; Hat/Scarf/Boots-W00, E81, BG0000, BG000, BG01, BG02; Goggles-T1, T3, T5, R22, R24; Skis/Pole-R22, R24, C3; Trees-C00, C1, YG41, YG45

Have a great week!

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Friday, November 26, 2021

A Polar Bear Christmas {Annual Holiday Sale @Purple Onion Designs}



Welcome to the annual Purple Onion Designs Holiday sale. All stamps are 25% off starting today through December 5. The discounted price will show when added to your cart. 


Today's card features images from the 
Happy Winter Forest Friends set illustrated by @julianharlton which were all stamped onto Copic friendly cardstock, colored with Copic markers, then fussy cut out. I added a bit of sparkle to the star using a clear gelly roll pen. The background consists of a piece of dry embossed vellum with a border consisting of a strip of cardstock and patterned paper attached to the card front. After attaching all the images with either glue or foam dimensionals I attached the matted sentiment also using a layer of craft foam. 

Products: Purple Onion Designs stamps, MFT dp, MFT and PTI cs, Darice embossing folder, Altnew and WPlus9 ink, Copic Markers
Copics: Bird-R22, R24, YG01, YG03; Bunny-W00, E81, R01, R02, R2, R22, R24, BG01, BG02; Bear-W00, E81, R00, R02, R05; Bear Clothing-BG000, BG01, BG02, YG01, YG03, R20, R22, R27; Tree-G000, G00, G02, G07, E33, E35, Ornaments/Star-R22, R24, R27, Y000, Y13, Y17

Have fun shopping!

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Wednesday, November 24, 2021

Snow Happy

I had a head start on today's cards because I created the tags during the 25 Days of Tags Challenge last year. Both were in my snippets folder which seemed perfect for the current Christmas Kickstart Challenge #56 with a theme of "Christmas Snippets". 



Both tag bases were cut from cardstock and patterned paper using dies from the Sunny Studio Build-a-Tag #1 set. I then stamped and cut the snow people and tree using the Feeling Frosty stamps and dies. I added them to card bases using strips of patterned paper. 

Products: Sunny Studio stamps and dies, MFT dp, PTI cs, Divine Twine, Darice Embossing Folder, PTI and Atenew ink, Copic Markers
Copics: Snow People: G0000, W00, E81, YG01, YG03, R20, R22, R24, R81, RV11, RV13; Tree-YG01, YG03, YG13, YG17


I hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday filled with family and good food!

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Monday, November 22, 2021

Silent Night, Holy Night

I am just getting this under the wire for the current Color Throwdown Challenge #669 featuring colors of navy, white and gold. 


I used the Spellbinders Shapeabilities Nativity Layering die set to cut from navy and gold metallic cardstock once and from white three times. I layered them together achieving some separation from the gold with the three layers of white. For the background, I splattered some gold watercolor all over the front and stamped the sentiment from the Papertrey Ink Star of Wonder set using blueberry ink. I added a strip of the same gold metallic cardstock, then layered the diecut image onto it. 

Products: Papertrey Ink sentiment, Spellbinders dies, PTI and Michael's cs, Kuretake Gansai Tambi watercolor, MFT ink


This one was pretty darn easy to put together. I need easy right now. How about you? 

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Saturday, November 20, 2021

Comfort and Joy

I am still furiously working on Christmas cards. 


For what is basically a clean and simple card I managed to combine several Reverse Confetti stamp and die sets including Joyous Holiday stamps and dies for the cute angel, Triangle Trees stamp and die for the graphic trees, Joys of the Season for the holly cluster and Seasonal Say It All for the sentiment all anchored by the strip of patterned paper. 

Products: Reverse Confetti stamps and dies, Avery Elle dp, PTI cs, Sakura Gold Gel Pen, Altenew and PTI ink, Copic Markers
Copics: Holly Leaves-YG01, YG03, YG06; Berries-R21, R24, R27; Angel-Skin-E000, E00, E02; Hair-E50, E31, E35; Dress-W00, E81; Wings-BG0000, BG000; Halo-YR30, YR31

I am submitting this to the current Fusion Card Challenge



I hope you are having a great weekend. It's 60 degrees here and beautiful.

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Tuesday, November 16, 2021

Let There Be Peace

 This was created for the Peace On Earth Christmas Challenge (#3) using their mood board for inspiration. 


I used several either under used or never used Memory Box/Poppy Stamps products to create a simple and peaceful scene. I cut the Stitched Pine Trees from patterned paper and used the Stick Pine Trees to cut from white cardstock, then layered together. To prepared the background I cut a stitched rectangle from white woodgrain embossed cardstock then added a patterned paper border at the bottom. After cutting a small "snow bank" from white cardstock using a stitched snow drift die, I stamped the sentiment with Christmas kisses ink for a single splash of red.  The smallest star from the Traditional Stars die set and the Tiny Fawns were cut from gold metallic cardstock. 

Products: Memory Box/Poppy Stamps dies, MFT sentiment stamp, Memory Box dp, Ellen Hutson and PTI cs, Hemptique cord, MFT dies, The Stamp Market ink


Thank you for stopping by. I'll be back soon. 

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Sunday, November 14, 2021

O Christmas Tree

I took a break from design team projects to create some Christmas cards for challenges this weekend.

This one was a breeze to put together since I already had the trees from the Reverse Confetti Triangle Trees set stamped and cut out with the matching die. And I had the holly image from the Joys of the Season set stamped, cut with the matching die and colored during the August #thedailymarker30day challenge. I spied the scalloped circle frame in my extra pieces bag and it provided an anchor for the other pieces. The sentiment was stamped directly onto the panel and I added a trio of tiny red jewels to add a bit of sparkle.

Products: Reverse Confetti stamps and dies, PTI cs, The Cat's Pajamas die, Oriental Trading Co. jewels, Altenew, Concord & 9th and PTI ink, Copic Markers
 Copics: Holly Leaves-YG01, YG03, YG06; Berries-R21, R24, R27

I am submitting this to the November Stock Your Stash Challenge


Have a blessed Sunday. 

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Saturday, November 13, 2021

Festive Mugs (2021 Fall/Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop)

I have a Christmas card for the 2021 Fall/Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop using some stamps and dies from Papertrey Ink. 

I used the Papertrey Ink Festive Mugs Stamp and Die set that I purchased last year and never actually got around to using to create the two mugs, greenery, flowers and candy canes, all stamped using sweet blush, simply chartreuse and Christmas kisses ink. The snowflake cutout on the top mug came from the Starflakes die set. I arranged the images onto a white panel cut with two of the dies from the Mix & Mat: Snowflakes set, then backed with a second layer of red cut with the largest die from the set. I love pink and red for Christmas. 

Products: Papertrey Ink stamps and dies, The Stamp Market and PTI cs, The Stamp Market and PTI ink


Thanks for stopping by! I hope you are having a nice relaxing weekend. 

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Friday, November 12, 2021

Big Hugs {Purple Onion Designs}

My card today features one of my favorite images from the new I'll Be Home for the Holidays Collection illustrated by Stacey Yacula for Purple Onion Designs.

I stamped Sweet Hug (foxes) onto Copic friendly cardstock, cut out with a pierced die and colored with Copic markers. I centered the image onto the oceanside cardstock diecut which I used as the title. I added a trio of layered snowflakes cut from white linen and stardust cardstock for a wintery card. 


Products: Purple Onion Designs stamp, PTI and Concord&9th cs, MFT dies, Altenew ink, Copic Markers
Copics: W00, E81, E11, E13, E97, E99

Today is the last day for special priced bundles at 30% off:

I'll Be Home For The Holidays (Stacey Yacula) - 21 stamps & The Home For
the Holidays Stamp Set - $128.00

Snow Much Fun (Shari Bresciani) - 19 stamps & the Snow Much Fun
Sentiment Set - $90.00

It's Snowing Cats & Dogs (Shari Bresciani) - 16 stamps & Furry Friends
Sentiment Set - $82.00

It's Snowing Dogs (Shari Bresicani) - 8 Dog stamps, Dog House &
Christmas Tree - $46.00

It's Snowing Cats  (Shari Bresciani) - 6 Cat stamps & Christmas Tree -
$33.00

Have a great weekend! 



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Wednesday, November 10, 2021

Not a Creature was Stirring {Purple Onion Designs}

I combined some previously released stamps with an image from the new I'll Be Home for the Holidays Collection all illustrated by Stacey Yacula for Purple Onion Designs.


I stamped Joyce (mouse) onto Copic friendly cardstock, colored with Copic Markers, then fussy cut out eliminating the tiny stocking at the end of the bed because she has big dreams of lots of cheesy treats so she needed a bigger stocking. Next I cut out a rounded rectangle piece and stamped and colored the stocking from the Fireplace Decor set from a previous release and also the tree from the also previously released Door Decor #1 set. After partially stamping the Not a Creature was Stirring sentiment, I attached the mouse image to it using foam dimensionals. For the background, I used a stencil and tumbled glass distress ink, plus a few matted stencils randomly applied. 



Products: Purple Onion Designs stamps, PTI cs, Sugar Peas Designs stencil, MFT and Reverse Confetti dies, Altenew and Ranger Distress ink, Copic Markers
Copics: Mouse-C00, C1, C3, R02, R05, W00, E81; Pillow-W00, E81, B41, B32; Blanket-R21, R24, R27; Crate-E31, E33, E35, W1; Tree-N1, N3, E31, E33 W1; Stocking-R21, R24, W00, E81

There are special priced bundles at 30% off through November 12: 

I'll Be Home For The Holidays (Stacey Yacula) - 21 stamps & The Home For
the Holidays Stamp Set - $128.00

Snow Much Fun (Shari Bresciani) - 19 stamps & the Snow Much Fun
Sentiment Set - $90.00

It's Snowing Cats & Dogs (Shari Bresciani) - 16 stamps & Furry Friends
Sentiment Set - $82.00

It's Snowing Dogs (Shari Bresicani) - 8 Dog stamps, Dog House &
Christmas Tree - $46.00

It's Snowing Cats  (Shari Bresciani) - 6 Cat stamps & Christmas Tree -
$33.00

We are creeping up on the last day of the bundles so hurry, hurry! 


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Tuesday, November 9, 2021

Deck the Hall With Treats {Purple Onion Designs}

Today's card features two of the new images illustrated by Shari Bresciani from the new It's Snowing Cats and Dogs collection. 


I stamped Hazel (cat) and the Christmas Tree, colored with Copic Markers,then fussy cut out. I used a clear gelly roll pen on the star on the tree for a bit of shine. I then lightly stamped the tree onto the card front as a guide then stamped a fish from the Tropical Fish Set and another from the Coral & Neptune set underneath the tree and also colored with Copics. After attaching the two images to the card front with foam dimensionals, I white heat embossed the sentiment from the new Furry Friends Sentiment set onto green parakeet cardstock, cut out with a stitched die and glued to the card. A few clear rainstones added some sparkle. I grounded the images with a bit of Copic pen work and markers. 


Products: Purple Onion Designs stamps, PTI cs, PTI Rainstones, Sakura Gelly Roll Pen, Mama Elephant die, Altenew and Versamark ink, Copic Markers
Copics: Cat-C00, C1, C3, C5, W00, E81, R05, YG01, YG03; Tree-W00, E81, YG01, YG03, YG13, E31, E35, E37, YR30, YR31, Y35; Fish-YG91, YG95

There are special priced bundles at 30% off through November 12: 

I'll Be Home For The Holidays (Stacey Yacula) - 21 stamps & The Home For
the Holidays Stamp Set - $128.00

Snow Much Fun (Shari Bresciani) - 19 stamps & the Snow Much Fun
Sentiment Set - $90.00

It's Snowing Cats & Dogs (Shari Bresciani) - 16 stamps & Furry Friends
Sentiment Set - $82.00

It's Snowing Dogs (Shari Bresicani) - 8 Dog stamps, Dog House &
Christmas Tree - $46.00

It's Snowing Cats  (Shari Bresciani) - 6 Cat stamps & Christmas Tree -
$33.00

I hope you are having a good week. Until next time.....


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Monday, November 8, 2021

Story Time {Purple Onion Designs}

My card for the day features the oh so sweet Story Time image from the new Home for the Holidays Collection illustrated by Stacey Yacula for Purple Onion Designs


After stamping, coloring and fussy cutting out the image, I set it aside to create the card background and shaker. I first cut the main background piece from white linen cardstock with a stitched die, then used a small window cutout die to create the window and the sashing. I backed the window with oceanside cardstock which I also blended with evergreen bough distress ink to make it darker, then filled with a sequin mix. The sentiment from the Home for the Holidays Sentiment set was white heat embossed onto a strip of oceanside cardstock. The garland from the previously released Fireplace Decor set was stamped using oceanside ink, then anchored with tiny red jewels. The image was attached with a layer of craft foam for added dimension.



Products: Purple Onion Designs stamps, PTI andConcord &9th cs, Oriental Trading Co. jewels, Honey Bee sequin mix, MFT and Poppy Stamps dies, Altenew, Versamark, Ranger Distress and Concord &9th ink, Copic Markers
Copics: Bears-E50, E51, E53, E42, E44; Book-W00, E81, R30, R32, R35; Stuffed Bunny-R81, R83; Sofa-BG13, BG72, BG75; Pillows-W00, E81

There are special priced bundles at 30% off through November 12: 

I'll Be Home For The Holidays (Stacey Yacula) - 21 stamps & The Home For
the Holidays Stamp Set - $128.00

Snow Much Fun (Shari Bresciani) - 19 stamps & the Snow Much Fun
Sentiment Set - $90.00

It's Snowing Cats & Dogs (Shari Bresciani) - 16 stamps & Furry Friends
Sentiment Set - $82.00

It's Snowing Dogs (Shari Bresicani) - 8 Dog stamps, Dog House &
Christmas Tree - $46.00

It's Snowing Cats  (Shari Bresciani) - 6 Cat stamps & Christmas Tree -
$33.00

As always, thank you for stopping by. 


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Friday, November 5, 2021

Merry & Bright

I have another Christmas card using a stamp and die set I purchased last year but never got around to using.


I stamped the lanterns, candles and floral spray from the Reverse Confetti Lanterns set, cut out with the matching dies and colored with Copic markers. The bow image came from the Lantern Additions set and was also cut out with the matching dieTo prepare the background I stamped the Papertrey Ink Rustic Brick Background onto a linen cardstock rectangle using with rocky slope ink. I added a frame cut from patterned paper using a die from the Stitched Note & Frames set and adhered to the card base. After adhering the two lanterned inside the frame, I added the floral spray and bow using foam dimensionals. The sentiment from the  Lantern Additions set was stamped with vermillion ink. 

Products: Reverse Confetti stamps and dies, Papertrey Ink stamp, Sunny Studios dp, PTI cs, Altenew, Pinkfresh Studio and Ranger Archival ink, Copic Markers
Copics: Lanterns-T0, T1, T3, T5, T7; Candles-W00, E81, YR30, YR31; Leaves-YG11, YG13, YG17; Holly-YG61, YG63, YG67; Bells-Y21, Y23, Y26; Ribbons-R32, R35, R37

I am submitting this to the November Stock Your Stash Challenge


Have a great weekend! 

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Thursday, November 4, 2021

*New* Holiday House {Purple Onion Designs}

I have another Christmas card using another Stacey Yacula illustrated image from the new I'll Be Home for the Holidays Collection by Purple Onion Designs

I first stamped Peppermint (puppy) from a previous release onto Copic friendly cardstock, masked the image then stamped the Holiday House Background. I colored with Copic markers, then cut out the panel with a stitched die. Before adhering to the card base, I splattered with acrylic paint for snow. Lastly, I cut a separate snow bank, then stamped the sentiment from the Home for the Holidays Sentiment set using cherry kisses ink.


Products: Purple Onion Designs stamps, PTI cs, MFT dies, Altenew and The Stamp Market ink, Copic Markers
Copics: Roof-C00, C1, C3, C5; Siding-W00, E81; Door/Window Casings-T0, T1, T3, T5, T7; Porch-N1, N3, N5; Doormat-G12 G14, G17; Inside Lights-Y00, Y11, Y17, YR31; Christmas Lights-R27; Tree-G00, G02, G07, G12, R27; Snow-G00000, G000; Sky-BG70, BG0000, BG000; Dog-R02, R05, E40, E41, E42, E44, R22, R24

There are special priced bundles at 30% off through November 12: 

I'll Be Home For The Holidays (Stacey Yacula) - 21 stamps & The Home For
the Holidays Stamp Set - $128.00

Snow Much Fun (Shari Bresciani) - 19 stamps & the Snow Much Fun
Sentiment Set - $90.00

It's Snowing Cats & Dogs (Shari Bresciani) - 16 stamps & Furry Friends
Sentiment Set - $82.00

It's Snowing Dogs (Shari Bresicani) - 8 Dog stamps, Dog House &
Christmas Tree - $46.00

It's Snowing Cats  (Shari Bresciani) - 6 Cat stamps & Christmas Tree -
$33.00

Thank you for visiting. I hope to see you back here soon.



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Monday, November 1, 2021

*New* It's Snowing Cats and Dogs {Purple Onion Designs}

New Purple Onion Designs in da house! Today I am sharing a card featuring images from the It's Snowing Cats and Dogs collection, one of two collections illustrated by Shari Bresciani


After stamping Lucy, Fido's House, Pierre and the Christmas Tree, I colored all with Copic Markers then fussy cut out. For the background, I blended tumbled glass and broken china distress ink onto the card front, then splattered white acrylic paint  to represent snow. I cut a border from white linen cardstock using a stitched slimline snowdrift die and adhered to the bottom of the card front. I glued the tree and dog house to the card front, then added the two dogs using foam dimensionals. The sentiment from the Furry Friends Sentiment Set was stamped using berrylicous ink onto a stitched rectangle piece. A fun card for one of my dog loving friends!

Products: Purple Onion Designs stamps, PTI cs, MFT die, Altenew, Versamark, Pinkfresh Studio and Ranger Distress ink, Copic Markers
Copics: Dog (Lucy)-W00, E81, N1, N3, N5, R02, R05; Dog (Pierre)-T1, T1, T3, T5, T7, R02, R05, BG000, BG01, R30, R32, R35, YG01, YG03, YG06, Y17; Dog House-C00, C1, YG01, YG03, YG06, G0000, G000, W00, E81; Tree-YG01, YG03, YG06, G0000. G000, YR30, YR31, Y35; Decorations-BG000, BG01, R30, R32, R35, YG01, YG03, YG06, Y11, Y17

There are special priced bundles at 30% off through November 12: 

I'll Be Home For The Holidays (Stacey Yacula) - 21 stamps & The Home For
the Holidays Stamp Set - $128.00

Snow Much Fun (Shari Bresciani) - 19 stamps & the Snow Much Fun
Sentiment Set - $90.00

It's Snowing Cats & Dogs (Shari Bresciani) - 16 stamps & Furry Friends
Sentiment Set - $82.00

It's Snowing Dogs (Shari Bresicani) - 8 Dog stamps, Dog House &
Christmas Tree - $46.00

It's Snowing Cats  (Shari Bresciani) - 6 Cat stamps & Christmas Tree -
$33.00

Have a wonderful week! As always, thank you for stopping by. 


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