Purple Onion Designs

New Stamps: Winter Wishes!

 

Stacey Yacula's new stamp collection Winter Wishes! is now on the website.

For one week only you can purchase the entire collection and save 25%.  This special offer ends on Thursday, November 7, 2013. 

I have to say, the cards that the design teams have been creating with these stamps are absolutely wonderful.  Want to take a look?  Of course you do!

Kay Miller

stamps used:  Icicle, Sweetest Season Sentiment Set (believe) & 2 Forests

 

Karin Akesdotter

stamps used: Snowy Home, Starry Night, Winter Wishes! Sentiment Set & Sweet Offerings

 

Kelly Booth

stamps used:  Birch, Snowy, Snowy Fence & Winter Wishes! Sentiment Set

 

Jenn Biederman

stamps used:  Snowy Trio & Winter Wishes! Sentiment Set

 

Paula Williamson 

stamps used:  Wreath, Winter Adornments & Sweetest Season Sentiment Set

 

Jennifer Roach 

stamps used:  Winterberry & Instant Film Frame

 

Kathy Racoosin 

stamps used:  Snowy, Snowy Fence & Sweetest Season Sentiment Set

 

Linda McClain

stamps used:  Silver, Juniper, Winter Bough & Winter Adornments 

 

Alice Wertz

stamps used:  Winterberry, Snowy Fence, Winter Wishes! Sentiment Set & Wishing Stars

 Piali Biswas

stamps used:  Cedar, Sled & Handwritten Holiday

 

So, what do you all think?  Do you have any favorite stamps or cards from the collection?

***Giveaway Winners***

As I mentioned the other day, I am doing a few additional giveaways.  The grand prize of the entire Winter Wishes! collection was randomly drawn from all the comments received.  The smaller prize packages which consist of several of the new Winter Wishes! stamps were randomly chosen from all the other categories.  Congratulations to the following winners!

• Grand Prize - Di Ayers (entire Winter Wishes! stamp collection)
• Twitter Follower - Dawn (Winter Wishes! prize package)
• Tweeter - Lynn Reloza (Winter Wishes! prize package)
• Blog Subscriber - Sandi Pressley (Winter Wishes! prize package)
• Newsletter Subscriber - Miriam Pranter (Winter Wishes! prize package)

 

New Stamps & A Giveaway!

Remember how I mentioned the other day that there would be more exciting news this week?

Well, here it is...Stacey Yacula's 2013 winter stamp collection will be released this Friday, November 1st!  The new collection is called Winter Wishes! and it is as adorable as ever!

The stamps will be on the website for you to order on Friday 11/1.  There will be lots of samples coming your way from all the design team members.  They will be shared here and on their personal blogs. 

 

In anticipation of this A-D-O-R-A-B-L-E collection we have decided to do a giveaway!  Actually 2 giveaways!!  Read on my friends...

 

There will be a giveaway of the entire Winter Wishes! stamp collection by myself and Stacey.  The collection contains 26 individual super cute unmounted stamps!  I will hold a giveaway on my blog and Stacey is holding one on her blog here.  Make sure you pop over there for another chance to win this collection.

Here is how you could win:

1.  Follow Purple Onion Designs on Twitter (there is a link in the upper left hand column).  The Twitter account is @PurpleOnionRS.  *(No blog comment needed)

2.  Tweet about the giveaway or Purple Onion Designs in general.  Make sure you include @PurpleOnionRS in the tweet so I can see it. *(No blog comment needed) 

3.  Leave a comment on today's blog post telling me how you found out about the giveaway and share what project(s) you have planned to create for the upcoming holiday season. (This is the only one that requires a blog comment).

4.  Subscribe to this blog (there is a sign up in the left hand column). *(No blog comment needed)

5.  Sign up for the Purple Onion Designs Newsletter (sign up along the left hand column). *(No blog comment needed)

*You do not need to leave a separate comment on today's blog post for each of the above.  You only need to leave one comment for #3.  I receive notifications of all new Twitter followers and can check my mentions for your tweets.  I am also able to check my new blog subscribers and newsletter sign ups.

Now you don't have to do all of these to win.  The winner will be randomly chosen but your odds are greater by doing as many of these as possible.  I am sure I will be feeling generous and will do some smaller prizes for a winner in each category.

The giveaway runs from now till midnight est on Thursday, October 31st.  I will announce the winner(s) on my blog Friday morning.  Good luck!

 

 

2013 Holiday Design Team

I would like to welcome all the new members of this year's holiday design team!

• Andrea Ockey Parr - US
• Emily Keaton - US
• Helen Cryer - England
• Judith Gowdy - Australia
• Karin Akesdotter - Sweden
• Kay Miller - US
• Kelly Xenos - US
• Lesley Croghan - Canada
• Linda McClain - US
• Lorraine Marasigan - US
• Marilyn Scheller - Canada
• Piali Biswas - US

I am really looking forward to seeing all the wonderful projects these girls create and sharing them with you.  I hope the team has a combination of a few favorites as well as some new faces.

Stay tuned this week for some more exciting news!

 

Holiday Team Submissions

A big thank you to everyone that sent in a submission for the Holiday Design Team.  I haven't done an open call in over 5 years.  All additions have been made by invitation only.  I have been online less these days and I knew I was missing out on some great talent.  I figured an open call was long overdue.  I am just about done with the final selections.  I should be announcing the new holiday team over the weekend.  It has been a tough decision and I definitely have chosen more people than I had planned.  

Now to leave you with a little eye candy.  This pop-up card was created by Kelly Booth.  I haven't done a pop-up card in ages.  I had done a few when I first started stamping over 10 years ago.  I had purchased this book called Perfect Pop Up by Tom Nelson.  The book had several templates made from cardstock that you would use.  How antiquated does that sound!  Now we have the luxury of dies which makes it a whole lot easier.  I know Kelly is a fan of the 3-D Pop Up dies that Karen Burniston designs for Sizzix.

Kelly Booth

stamps used (card front) - Shadow & Sweet Summer Sentiment Set

 

stamps used (inside card) - Rayne, Buttercup, Timber & Sweet Summer Sentiment Set

Holiday Design Team Call

Purple Onion Designs is looking for designers for a holiday design team!  If you enjoy stamping and incorporating stamps into your cards & scrapbooks then read on...

I am looking for designers with varying styles that are able to creatively showcase our stamps within their holiday projects.  This is a great opportunity for those that like to get crafty during the holiday season.  It is also nice for those that are unable to commit to a long term design team position.  If you are interested in a permanent position please let me know.  International designers may apply but the requirements will be modified due to the short window and international shipping times to receive your stamps.  This will be handled on a case to case basis.

I am specifically looking for the following types of stamped holiday themed projects: 

• Cards
• Scrapbooking (Project Life, December Daily, etc.) 
• Gifts
• Home Decor

Holiday Team Requirements:

Team members will choose a selection of stamps from the current line and the new (soon to be released) 2013 holiday collection to use on their projects.  The stamps are yours to keep after you are done creating the projects. 

There is a minimum requirement of 8 projects.  The first 4 projects are due by 11/15/13.  The second 4 projects are due by 12/4/13.  A specific type of project might be requested (e.g. holiday decoration, gift packaging) as a team challenge.

Projects are to be submitted via email. They will be used for the Purple Onion Designs blog. You are also asked to further promote the stamp line by posting projects on personal blogs, galleries and other online forums.  Active personal blogs are not mandatory but highly recommended.

Submissions:

There is a two part submission process. A designer application that is to be filled out and emailed back along with links to 4-6 projects from your blog or online gallery that show your best stamping skills.  If you do not have a blog or online gallery you may submit .jpg or .pdf files of your work.  Further instructions on submissions and the application can be downloaded here:

Download Holiday 2013 Design Team Application

The deadline for all submissions is Sunday October 20, 2013.  Feel free to submit asap since I will be choosing team members on a rolling basis.

If you have any general questions I encourage you to leave a comment on this post in case others are wondering the same thing.  I will reply to the comments.  You can also send all email inquiries to:

designteam@purpleoniondesigns.com

I look forward to seeing all the wonderful submissions!

 

Sale on Autumn & Winter Themed Stamps

 

I have updated the Sale pages on the website with some autumn and winter themed stamps.  This includes Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas images.  The stamps are mostly 30% - 50% off.  Please note that there are some images with very limited quantities and they will be discountinued once they have sold out.

Here are a few of my favorite projects using some of the sale stamps. 

stamps used:  Halloween Noteblock

Joy Taylor

stamps used:  Halloween Flight & Halloween Border Tapes

 

Donna Mikasa

stamps used:  Caution Labels

 

Jenn Biederman

stamps used:  Myles & Thanksgiving Feast Sentiment Set

Alice Wertz

stamps used:  Pumpkins

 

stamps used:  Frankie Frankenstein & Sentiment Bubbles

 

Joy Taylor

stamps used:  Toy Soliders, Early 1900's Music Background & Handwritten Holiday

 

stamps used: Ginger & Happy Holidays

 

Jill Foster

stamps used:  Dasher's Delivery, Vintage Snowflake & Handwritten Holiday

 

Jenn Biederman

stamps used:  Large Pine Tree & Holiday Postmark Set

There are many more wonderful samples using these stamps that you can find in the galleries found along the right hand side of the page.