Silhouettes - Purple Onion Designs

Hello, welcome to my blog and thank you for stopping by to read about this card for Purple Onion Designs that features the new Silhouette stamps illustrated by Julian Charlton.  You can find Julian's collection HERE including the stamps that I've used in this project of course.



I wanted a slightly masculine feel to this card (it's all relative compared to my other cards lol).  To that end I took a panel of super smooth white cardstock and ink blended using Distress Oxides and Inks in Peacock Feathers, Chipped Sapphire and Black Soot.



I popped the panel in my Misti and inked up the rooftop stamp with Ranger Archival Ink in Black.  I repeat stamped for the perfect solid image and used my heat tool to speed up the drying process.  I snipped apart the stamp of Santa in his sleigh with one reindeer.  Using a stamp positioner (so that I could both see where I was stamping and could repeat stamp) I stamped the reindeer making sure I left room for Santa in his sleigh.  Each image was stamped twice for the solid black silhouette I was looking for.



I used a fine tipped white gel pen to dot in the stars (or is that snowfall .... you decide) and to highlight their fun eyes.  I even applied the tiniest amount of white gel to the cat's eyes.

The panel was adhered to a black cardstock base and I made a nice writing insert inside using quality 80lb weight paper and I also stamped a sentiment in there.

I hope you have fun creating with these fun Silhouette stamps, happy crafting!

Nicky x

Silhouette - Julian Charlton Collection - Purple Onion Designs

Hello!  Kind of a fun day for the Design Team at Purple Onion Designs as we preview a brand new 'Silhouette' collection of stamps from illustrator Julian Charlton.  This card features solid silhouette images for something completely different.  Imagine the possibilities!!!!



Featured in this card are Frances the Deer, Claude the Hedgehog, Sam the Snowman, Frederick the Fox and Toby the Bear.  The collection will be available for purchase Friday, November 29th.  Tomorrow the Design Team will be previewing the open images that you can colour from the same new illustrator Julian Charlton.  But first for THIS card .........

I created a slimline card base and panel with finished dimensions of 8 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches.   I ink blended the panel using Distress Ink in Stormy Sky.  I applied this to the card base and using a white gel pen I added the snow.  I used a simple hill die to create the little snow hills and adhered these to the background.



On white cardstock I stamped the new images using die inks by Simon Says Stamp.   I was going for a soft and retro look and I used Cloudy Sky, Pale Blush Pink, Barely Beige and Cobblestone.   I used my Misti so that I could repeat stamp to get the perfect coverage necessary.  Images were then fussy cut, backed with foam tape and applied.



The sentiment was stamped in the same way and can be found here in Holiday Blurbs and applied and finally I found some pretty soft white snowflake embellishments in my collection and I glued these into the scene.

I hope you are as delighted and intrigued by these new images from Julian Charlton and are excited for the new possibilities they offer.   There are open images for you to colour in the new release too and I will show you in future projects how to mix the open and closed images together or use them independently.

Happy crafting!

Nicky x