Purple Onion Designs – Sproatmeyer

What this card? Dibs it! Read below for details below and it could be on it’s way to you! Welcome back crafty friends – today I have a fun reading card that I created that combines a few different companies for this story time mash-up. Continue reading for more details on how this card was created using these featured products:

Kelly Book by Stamp Anniething
August, Zoey and Mia from Purple Onion Designs
Polka Dot Pals Eileen, Polka Dot Pals Colton and Atlas Jar from Whimsy Stamps

Want this card? Dibs it in the comments below!! Be sure to add “DIBS” to be eligible in the random drawing and I will announce the winner with my next post on October 20. Then you’ll have another chance to dibs and both lucky winners will receive a happy smile in their mailbox. Goodluck!

The star of this project is Kelly Book by Stamp Anniething and she’s surrounded by a bunch of her animal friends featuring stamps from Purple Onion Designs. These images were stamped with a light brown or gray ink for a softer no-lines look and then colored with Copic markers. I’ve received some requests on how to color her eyes so I’ll work on that this season. What do you like about this card and what would you like to see me do next? Thanks for stopping by and have a great week.

List of Common Supplies
Miss Caroline paper by My Mind’s Eye

Kelly Book by Stamp Anniething
August, Zoey and Mia from Purple Onion Designs
Polka Dot Pals Eileen, Polka Dot Pals Colton and Atlas Jar from Whimsy Stamps

Copic Markers:
BG11, 13, 18 (shirt)
E07, 18, 49, YR14, 27 (hair)
100, T0, 2, 3, 4, 10
E0000, 30, 31, 35, R12 (skin)
R30, 32, 35 (skirt, books)
YG21, 23, 67, 99 (eyes, turtle shell)
BV23 (shadows)
E71, 74, 77 (mouse)
B00

I was inspired by the Loads of Fun washing machine set and thought it would be funny to have a spinning load of socks – all of them mismatched, of course. So when I spotted the Reveal Wheel, I knew that was the combination I needed. The trick was to combine the shaker card idea with the wheel. What I thought was going to be easy ended up taking forever. But it worked and it’s so fun to play with.

Loads of Fun
Reveal Wheel
Card Builder Windows

To make this a shaker card, I used the spinning wheel die to cut the top and bottom layers from white card stock. Then a third time from thin double-stick foam. The top cardstock layer was cut with a circle die that I also used on the washing machine. This allowed me to assemble a wheel part just like any other shaker. However, don’t forget to add the brad into the bottom layer before sealing it up.

Once the shaker wheel was figured out, I put the rest of the card together with foam tape and arranged my colored images to top. I made sure I used lots of socks. This was also my the debut of my first Purple Onion Designs stamp – that turtle reading was the perfect little critter to wait for the laundry to finish.

List of Common Supplies

Lawn Fawn Stuff:
Loads of Fun
Reveal Wheel
Everyday Sentiment Banners

Whimsy Stamps
Card Builder Windows
Shaker Maker Foam Tape – White

August by Purple Onion Designs
My Mind’s Eye Out of the Blue paper

Copic Markers:
BG11, 13, 57, 10
C2, 4, 6
BV23, 25
R05, 27, 29
YG21, 23, 17, 67
Y28, YR30, 31
T2, 4, 6