Purple Onion Designs: "B" is for Beach, BBQ & Bees

Thanks to everyone who played along guessing the theme of the new stamps over the past few days. It was fun reading the guesses.

The first two stamp sets I have to share are from Michelle Clement. Michelle designed a beach chair & bag set. We paired the chair and bag with 3 sentiments that were written by DT member Jennifer Holmes. Everyone loved Jennifer's handwriting in the Handwritten Holiday set so much that we asked her to pen a few more sentiments for us.

I love how the above card from Jenn Biederman looks like a framed piece of artwork. Jenn used a cardstock frame from My Mind's Eye to create her card. I am always in awe of Jenn's coloring. She does an amazing job with a set of colored pencils.

This next card is from Alice Wertz. When I was working on the design of this set with Michelle, I immediately pictured this image stamped on watercolor paper and colored with watercolors. This is exactly what Alice has done. I believe she used Distress Inks for her watercolors. The texture of the paper and the softness of Alice's painting compliments this stamp set so well.

The last card using this set is from Donna Mikasa. Donna has a similar yet very different twist on using this set. Donna also used watercolor paper for the image and painted it with watercolors but chose to use a light wash over the entire image. It is a quick way to add color to an image. My favorite part is how she turned it into a Polaroid. How fitting!

The next set from Michelle is a fun BBQ set filled with over 20 images and sentiments. Here is a peek of the set in a few cards from the design team.

This is another card from Alice. You had to know that this set would include a grill. Alice used the steak stamp on the grill. One of the other sentiments in the set is "Oh, for goodness steak!" There is also a cute little shish-kabob stamp you can use.

The final card to share today is from Jennifer Roach. I consider Jennifer the Queen of Embossing Plates/Folders. She seems to have quite an extensive collection. I had to laugh when she sent me this card...

Of course there is a citrus slice embossing plate out there and Jennifer owns it...lol. Isn't it perfect with the lemonade stamp?! I also think the glittery ice cubes are a great touch.

The last "B" stamp to share today is this bee set. The set contains two different sized bees that will be a perfect accompaniment to those floral stamps you have in your stash.

Now to announce the winners of the stamp sets!

Beach Chair & Bag Set - There were only 6 guesses for a "beach" themed stamp set. The winner of the set goes to Sandy J!

BBQ Set - I didn't have a single person who guessed BBQ. So, I decided to randomly choose one person from everyone who played along. The winner of the BBQ set goes to Angie!

Bee Set - The winner of the bee set is Yuzz Yusof!

Congratulations to today's 3 winners! Make sure you stop back tomorrow to see peeks of the remaining release. All the stamp sets will be on the website and available for sale this Wednesday, August 10th.