The Sweetest Little Town - Purple Onion Designs

The Sweetest Little Town Collection illustrated by Stacey Yacula for Purple Onion Designs has been a big favourite of mine and so I thought I'd make another Christmas card using it.   You can find this image by searching for the collection.

To start this card I first created the foggy wintery pastel scene in the background using Copic markers and just drawing and colouring freehand.   I used white acrylic paint and a stylus to dot in the snow and set that aside to dry for a few minutes.

On Copic friendly cardstock I stamped my image from the collecting in a light grey ink and I used Copic markers in a limited colour palette to colour the image.   A white gel pen highlighted a few areas and the image was fussy cut, backed with foam tape and applied to the now dry, background panel.

To complete the card I used a frame die from Avery Elle to die cut the white frame which I applied with more foam tape.

I embellished the card by stamping and heat embossing the sentiment in a gold to go with the other tones in the card.  I added star accents in pearlescent creamy tones and finally in the top left corner I added a little flourish of fir and a bow by die cutting elements from 'Pine Boughs' by Hello Bluebird Stamps.

I attached the card panel to a sturdy white card base and paired the card with a luxurious gold envelope.

Happy crafting!

Sweet Snow Friends - Purple Onion Designs

I have a new card for Purple Onion Designs today featuring the image 'Sweet Snow Friends' from 'The Sweetest Little Town' collection illustrated by Stacey Yacula.

To create this vintage feeling card I grabbed a panel of kraft cardstock.  I stamped the image using Memento Ink and for the sky I used a couple of toning green Copic markers and I used a combination of Prismacolor pencils and Copics to colour the images and snowy ground.

I used a white gel pen to highlight a few points on the main image.

I took my embossing buddy and thoroughly brushed the panel of cardstock and began using a snowfall image from the 'A Charming Winter' collection and using Versamark Ink I stamped and turned and stamped and turned this way and that way until I had gone over the entire panel. I then used superfine white embossing powder and heat set the pretty snowfall.

When I was stamping the snowfall I made sure to avoid the characters and chose to add snow using a white gel pen over them so that I had full control of where it 'fell'.   Make sure to nick the lines of the image you are covering with snow for a more realistic look.

I stamped and embossed the sentiment to a strip of kraft cardstock and added this with foam tape to this otherwise one layer card with no other embellishment.

I trimmed the panel slightly and layered it over a white panel which in turn was applied to a card base.  Card complete!

Happy crafting!

The Sweetest Little Town Collection by Stacey Yacula for Purple Onion Designs

Hello!  My card today uses images from the new The Sweetest Little Town collection illustrated by Stacey Yacula for Purple Onion Designs.

I started by stamping the Christmas tree image once on to Masking Paper, fussy cutting that image and after stamping the image again to the centre of my A2 card panel I then used the masking image to cover the first image as I worked to the sides and repeat stamped so those trees appear to be behind the centre one.   I used Nuvo Drops and Stickles glitter to add the baubles to the trees and the sky was Copic coloured.  This was set aside to dry in front of a mini desk fan to speed up the process.

On Copic friendly paper I stamped the images from left to right that is Poinsettia, Wallace (the mailman), Mailbox and thats Hank on the right there!  I used Memento Ink in Rich Cocoa for stamping the images and I Copic coloured them all.   Blues are B91, B41, B93.  Cheeks R20, the yellows are Y21 and Y0000. Oranges Y17, Y38 and YR09 and finally Hank is coloured using E70, E71 and E74.   They were all fussy cut and points were highlighted with white gel pen.

Wallace and the Mailbox were backed with a single layer of foam tape and applied and the other two characters with a double layer for a super dimension card.  I used the Postage Stamp Die by Avery Elle to die cut white glitter paper for the frame which was also applied with foam tape.

Finally the sentiment was stamped and applied at playful jaunty angles and the panel attached to a sturdy card base.

Another completed Christmas card - happy crafting!

The Sweetest Little Town Collection by Stacey Yacula for Purple Onion Designs

Hi and welcome to my blog.  Today I have a new card to share with you that was created using the brand new release of a collection illustrated by Stacey Yacula for Purple Onion Designs called The Sweetest Little Town.

To create this card I took an A2 panel of white cardstock and stamped it using the image called 'Church' using pale grey ink to form a distant horizon.  I then ink blended the panel making a subtle/paler focal point in the centre using Distress Oxide Ink in Peacock Feathers .... I know it doesn't look like Peacock Feathers but it is, I just worked off most that picked up on my blending brush before using it and I love the cool minty green that I'm left with. 

I used the Cloud 9 die by Mama Elephant to give the wonky stitched border and I stamped and heat embossed the sentiment in silver.  This was then applied to a card base, the trees were lightly glittered with Stickles and set aside to dry in front of a mini desk fan to speed up the process.

On Copic friendly cardstock my images were stamped using Memento Ink in Rich Cocoa.    I coloured them with Copic markers.  I chose the W family for 'Flannel' (that's his name) and for many aspects of his sled and the 'Pavilion'.   I love my beigey greys!

Points were highlighted with a white gel pen and I fussy cut the images.

I backed the Pavilion image with regular foam tape and Flannel was backed with a thicker foam tape that I have which makes them pop off the card beautifully.

Lastly I adhered some cute dimensional snowflakes from my embellies stash into the sky and I added more Stickles glitter to the ties on the packages - I can never resist!

Happy crafting!

The Sweetest Little Town Collection by Stacey Yacula for Purple Onion Designs

There's a new winter collection illustrated by Stacey Yacula for Purple Onion Designs called The Sweetest Little Town and it is being released today!

My card today features the image called 'Sweet Snow Friends' and in the bottom right hand corner that is 'Miles and Beth' and the stack of gifts is cut from an image called 'Flannel' which is actually a Raccoon pulling a sled with the packages on it!

To make the card I started with an ink blended panel of Distress Inks in Lucky Clover and Black Soot to deepen the edges.  I then used Dr. Ph. Martin's Bleed Proof White paint to splatter on the snow.  I like this stuff because unlike some white acrylic paints you don't need to water it down to splatter it and it dries with some pretty dimension which is nice.

I die cut some snowy 'hills' using dies in my stash and adhered them to the panel and attached all of it to the card base and set it to one side.

Inspired by the deep green background I stamped and Copic coloured the new images and kept to a limited palette of reds, whites and greens with natural beige/greys for the animals.   Images were fussy cut, points were highlighted with a gel pen and they were backed with foam tape and applied to the scene.

Last but not least I selected a sentiment from the big new selection that accompanies the release stamping it to a piece of white cardstock that was also attached with foam tape.  I resisted all temptation to add some sparkle to this card (you have no idea of the battle in my mind lol) and with that the card was complete!

Many thanks for stopping by my blog today, I'll be back very soon with new inspiration.  Happy crafting!

The Sweetest Little Town Collection by Stacey Yacula for Purple Onion Designs

There's a brand new winter/Christmas collection by Stacey Yacula for Purple Onion Designs called The Sweetest Little Town and my horizontal slimline card today features several stamp images from this collection.  Read on for all the details.

To create this card I first stamped the background.   I started by stamping the 'Covered Bridge' image on the right hand side using Memento Ink in London Fog.  I masked off portions of the bridge so that I could then using the same ink to stamp the 'Church' scene and I used that stamp again to add the trees to the right of the bridge to fill out the horizon.

I used super pastel shades of Copic markers to add a hint of colour to the snowy background scene I'd created including V0000 and V000 for the sky.  On another piece of cardstock I stamped the other images which from the left are 'Woodstock', 'Mailbox' and 'Timothy'.  I also stamped the little wreath image from the Twas the Night Before Christmas collection.

All images were coloured with Copic, fussy cut and attached with foam tape to the scene to add dimension.  Points were highlighted with a white gel pen.   I die cut a couple of little snow berms and stamped the sentiment to one of them and adhered those inside the double die cut frame which is the Gallery Frame #5 die by Hello Bluebird.   The whole panel was then adhered to the card base.

Glitter time!   In this sweet little town the snow falls in silver glitter form, which I dotted in using Stickles giving it a lovely vintage look that also worked with the outer frame and I used Nuvo drops to add toning baubles to the wreath that hangs from the covered bridge.

Happy crafting, I'll be back soon with a new project!

The Sweetest Little Town Collection by Stacey Yacula for Purple Onion Designs

This is the brand new 'The Sweetest Little Town' collection by Stacey Yacula for Purple Onion Designs. For this card I've used the 'Cozy Home' stamp image and those three carol singing cuties are called 'Snow Crooners'.   Read on for how this came together.

To create this card I stamped the Cozy Home image to some super smooth/Copic friendly cardstock using Memento Ink in Rich Cocoa.  I used Copic markers to colour the image and added a hint of tint for the sky using BG0000 because I wanted to give the feeling that it was icy cold.

I also stamped the crooners and coloured them and fussy cut.   I used a white gel pen  to add some interest and highlights and glittered every third stripe on the bunny's scarf using Stickles.

The background panel was die cut to give it the simple faux stitched edge and applied to the card base, the crooners were backed with foam tape and applied and the sentiment was stamped beneath them (so now we know what they are singing)!!!

I added a few more subtle touches of Stickles to the trees and house where frost would settle and lastly I use Copics to add a little smoke billowing out of the chimney.

Could these images be more adorable?   Seriously doubt it!  Enjoy some happy crafting time and I hope you'll come back to visit the blog soon.