The Sweetest Day! (a new stamp artist, a give away & sunburst freebies)

edited to add: the give-away is closed now.
Congrats to Marilyn!



Boy oh boy, have I missed You!
It's been an odd couple of weeks with migraines, the flu,
and a cut up thumb (clumsy me!)

but enough of the whinging...

I'm all better & thrilled to be back with a card
a giveaway, and some new news!

1... a brand new artist's collection from Purple Onion Designs
2... a stamp giveaway
3... cheap tricks - using a printable sunburst image for a speedy card
4... free customizable sunburst overlays
5... inspiration from fab designers

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It's a new collection from
Purple Onion Designs!

This butterfly little butterfly pair
is a new set called "Flit & Flutter"



The sky is a chipboard circle, done with emboss resist & Purple Onion Designs' Paisley Elements. The clouds are just doodles on cardstock that I swiped roughly with white acrylic paint, then cut out & stitched.)

The butterflies were stamped in black Archival ink, clear embossed, then coloured with Copic markers, and cut & layered.

These 'Flit & Flutter' butterflies
are part of a whole new stamp collection called
"The Sweetest Day!"

It's illustrated by an amazing artist Stacey Yacula
(who is brand new to the stamp designing world!)

It will be available next Tuesday (April 17th).

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a stamp giveaway from Michele
at Purple Onion:

Want to win the
butterfly stamp pair?

Just leave your name and email in the comments
& I'll draw a random winner by Sunday April 15th
(which is coincidentally my almost 40 years old b-day) :-)

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A printable sunburst pattern is a
fun cheat for a super speedy card:

You could use the printable as is
(simply print and use- maybe add something)

or you could
just snip between the lines ...

and stick it on a piece of cardstock:

I swiped it with Picket Fence Distress Stain (to soften it)
and then stitched it:

If you like the patterns I used on this card,
here's a printable version for you:




To save these files:
Firefox/Chrome: right click on the image & choose "save link as"
Explorer: right click on the image & choose "save target as"

6x6 inch size:
(or to trim for square cards)

or you can find it here on flickr

A2 size:

or here on flickr

....And....
I also made plain overlay templates in case you
wanted fill them with whatever patterns you like:

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(overlays/templates)

Note: these may look invisible or strange in flickr,
but they are overlays with transparent backgrounds
(that you use as PNGs to fill with pattern or lay over digital papers)
There's a tutorial on filling in Photoshop here:

Sunburst overlays
square (6" x 6")

To save these files:
Firefox/Chrome: right click on the image & choose "save link as"
Explorer: right click on the image & choose "save target as"

black sunburst 6" x 6" sized overlay:

or here on flickr

white sunburst 6" x 6" sized overlay:

or here on flickr



Sunburst overlays
A2 size (5.5" x 4.25")

To save these files:
Firefox/Chrome: right click on the image & choose "save link as"
Explorer: right click on the image & choose "save target as"

black sunburst A2 sized overlay:

or here on flickr

white sunburst A2 sized overlay:

or here on flickr

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You can see more sneak peeks
(and read about Stacey & the new collection)
on the purple Onion Designs blog here:



Where you'll see more examples by some fab designers
(and some using the sweetest 'Rosie' rabbit stamp)
and more chances to win stamps as well!

Thank You ever so much for checking this out.
I'll be back on Sunday with another sneaky peek,