Purple Onion Designs

Simply Séverine

I have another talented artist whose work you have to check out if you haven't already.  Here name is Séverine Di Giacomo.  I am always in awe of Séverine's clean and simple style.  It is something I don't think  know I couldn't pull off myself.  I would always feel like something was missing.  Now do you understand why I couldn't pull off simple?  Lol.  Lucky for me that Séverine includes my stamps in the handful of items she carefully chooses to use on her projects.  I am always amazed at how she incorporates the stamps into her work.

Admit One ticket from the Carnival Set, Journal Box and Small Deco Brackets.

Vintage Ledger Label & Small Deco Brackets

Scallop Ledger Labels

Blossom Set 

Notice how she uses the different journaling stamps as more of a background to her journaling and that she uses flowers on a layout of her son.  It is very cool when someone makes you look at a stamp differently and Séverine usually does that for me.  You can see more of Séverine's work here.

Happy Birthday to Me!

   

                                                                                     A little cupcake I made for me!  I hadn't even had a chance to use this stamp before and I thought it would be fun to use with my new Copics.  It is really grey here today so the colors are a bit off.  Needless to say it looks better irl.  I coated the frosting with some Stardust Stickles.  It really does look yummy.

They say that today is...

the most depressing day of the year.  I thought it was because I am turning 41 tomorrow.  Ugggghhhhhh.  I am still trying to figure out how that happened. 

Love {sigh}

Happy New Year everyone!  I planned on posting sooner but I was trying to get through some work and have some quality blogging time.  I finally just gave up because it hasn't gotten any quieter around here.  I am not complaining by any means.  I thought it would be slow after the holidays and it would give me some creative time.  No such luck. :(

However, I had to play with some new goodies last night.  I bought myself a birthday present and it arrived in yesterday's mail.  I technically should have waited a few days to play with them but I couldn't resist.  I am entitled, right?  Take a look and tell me what you think.

I used one of the hearts from the Doodle Heart Set and the new "Love" stamp.  They are stamped in black Archival Ink and then colored with my birthday present.  Copic Markers!  After much contemplating I finally decided on which Copic markers I really wanted to invest in.  Linda over at Amuse is selling the original Copic markers and I decided these were the ones that would best suit my needs.  I also loved her color selection.  They are lighter shades that will not cover up the lines of stamped image.  There are soooo many colors to choose from that it helped having someone else make the first decision for you.

I really enjoyed playing with the markers last night and can feel another purchase happening.  I bought a good majority of the colors that Linda carries.  Now that I know I want the Copics over the Sketch I can go back and buy some more.  :)  I'll babble a bit more about the markers and my decision in the upcoming days.  It will give me something to blog about. 

Here is one other card I did.  The Doodle Flower and "Happy Birthday" were embossed on this one.  The Copic markers are alcohol markers but it didn't break down the embossing on the flower.  I figured I would try it and see if it would work.  There were some other images (using different embossing powders) that it didn't work on.