Purple Onion Designs - Cozy Christmas

 Brand new release today from Purple Onion Designs!  Read on!

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Today I'm revealing my first card as a guest designer for Purple Onion Designs brand new Christmas release.   This absolutely adorable stamp image is called 'Cozy Christmas' and it was illustrated by Pei of Chilliezgraphy.  I have also used the 'Vintage Postcard Set' which is perfect for all of us who love the postcard look to our projects.  It is hard to explain the appeal but for me it always lends a beautiful charm.

To create this card I started by using the Postcard Details Die by The Greetery, together with their Postal Modern stamp set.  I used the die to die cut an A2 white cardstock panel.  I used some of the stamp images from the stamp set to add some details.  All stamping on this card was done using Memento Ink in Rich Cocoa.  I then stamped using images from the Vintage Postcard Set and I used a couple of older sentiments from Purple Onion to form the HAPPY HOLIDAY Celebrate the season message.

I took a stencil from my stash that would give me a snow line.  I placed it at the bottom of the postcard and above it I softly ink blended using Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide Ink.

I stamped and Copic coloured the Cozy Christmas image, here are the colours used:-

Logs - E31, W3, W1, W0

Fire - YR04,  Y38, Y000

Pup - T6, T5, T4, T2, C3, C1, C0

Bear - E77, E44, E43, E42, E41

Kitty - E31, C3, C1, C0

Fire glow on bodies - Y21, Y000

Blushes - R22, R21, R20, R00

Robin - E44, E43, e42, R05, R22

Mouse - C3, C1

Blue Clothing - B00, BG000, C3, C1, C0

Pink Scarf - R81, RV000, C3, C1, C0

I fussy cut the image, backed it with dimensional foam tape and applied it to the background.

I added a little pink Copic to the stamp image and added a little W1, W0 under the main scene for shadow and to finish thinks off I added snow in a controlled manner by dipping a stylus into Dr. Ph.Martin's Bleed Proof White acrylic paint and the dotting it exactly where I wanted.

Once dry, I attached the postcard scene to my card base and then it was complete!