"Enjoy the ride" by Vicky

Hello Purple Pumpkin friends!

I loved the color combination over at the color room and I decided to give it a go!

Orange is one of my favorite colors and also perfect for my wedding photos as my bouquet had orange roses!!!

This is a lovely ID frame that can be used anywhere and the gorgeous vinyl & wooden hearts from Purple Pumpkin!!

Here is another vinyl heart and a beautiful grey/brown fabric button by PP.

These wooden PP buttons are fantastic!!!

Thank you for visiting!

 The shop is always open for anything you need--->HERE

Have a nice creative day!!!

xxx

NEW PRODUCTS - Available 21st September

Good morning! If you've been checking out our Facebook Page, you would have seen some sneak peeks of our latest products, which will be available in the Purple Pumpkin shop from 7pm this Friday, 21st of September.

We've got some new varieties of Flair Buttons (as well as restocks of our sold out lines)...

Do you like Flowers? We have a HUGE assortment of NEW FLOWERS, which will be loaded into the shop on Friday...

We've also got NEW Fabric Covered Buttons and wooden buttons too, so make sure you keep checking the Purple Pumpkin Facebook Page for the latest updates, and don't forget to check out the shop on Friday Night!

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Would you like to be part of our Design Team? You can find all the details of our DESIGN TEAM CALL HERE.

Hard at Work...

Don't we all think this most of the time!!!

Like we don't stop and are chasing our tails and not getting anywhere. With school holidays around the corner, this may change for me...as i stay home wherever possible!! Love to have a break from outside school activities and sport.

Today i would like to share a layout based on the Scrap the Girls challenge for Sept.

Kayley is up there with some of the Riverina talent for swimming...even though she tells us she "hates"it....LOL But she is just a natural in the water.Unlike her parents whom could sink after 1 lap..lol!!!

I love my spotty buttons and they are just perfect for any project.

And i love the Rounds. This one was perfect with the star...we think our daughter is a star and always tries to do her best!

Thanks for stopping by Purple Pumpkin. Have you checked out this months sketch?? THERE IS STILl plenty of time to enter.

Design Team Call!

It's that time again - time for our next DESIGN TEAM CALL! Our current design team have done a fabulous job for the last 6 months, and have created some beautiful projects. We think you'll agree that they have been AMAZING!! We'll be sad to see some of our fabulous designers go, but at the same time we're excited to see who'll apply to be part of our next Design Team!

We are looking for 3 new Design Team Members!

Do you love scrapbooking? Do you love blogging? Do you love PURPLE PUMPKIN EMBELLISHMENTS? If you answered YES, then we'd love to hear from you!

Here's what you need to do...

Email the following to purplepumpkincrafts@hotmail.com

* A brief paragraph about yourself, including your name and address, details of any design teams you are on (or have previously been on) and a link to your blog.

* 3 of your favourite layouts, cards or off the page projects, which show how you use our products.

**If you haven't had a chance to use Purple Pumpkin embellishments before, you can still apply. Make sure you check out our shop HERE to see what sort of products we offer**

Design team members will be appointed for a period of 6 months, and in that time you will receive PLENTY OF PRODUCT to work with as well as a DT Discount on all purchases during your dt term. As a design team member you will be required to

* Incorporate Purple Pumpkin embellishments on your projects where ever you can, and promote them on your blog.

* You will also be required to write 3-4 blog posts per month on the PP blog to showcase your work.

* Promote sales/giveaways etc.

* Provide a sample layout for our Monthly Sketch Challenge, and visit and comment on linked entries.

This Design Team Call is open to anyone, anywhere - International applicants are welcome to apply.

Applications need to be in by the midnight on 28th of September,and our new design team will be announced on the 1st of October.

Good Luck!

He's got the Island Spirit - Sarah G

Hi there from rainy NZ. I am going to share with you today a page that reminds me of tropical sunshine and cloudless skies (can you tell I am a summer person??).

 

I really love these photos of Benji at 2 in Fiji. I can't believe how much he has changed in barely a year. Look at those cute baby cheeks and his adorable curls :) I remember taking these photos after he got a new Fiji-style shirt. He really thought he was the bees knees!

I used a chipboard shape as a mask to spray the music notes onto the background. My papers are Amy Tangerine with a little OA (Woodland Park) in the mix.

Now for the Purple Pumpkin goodies. Check out the buttons that I arranged in a visual triangle around my page. I especially love the frog one. One of Benji's favourite memories of Fiji is of all the 'froggies' in the grass around our hotel so it was especially appropriate for this page about him.

 

 

 

The PP twine is one of my favourite products - I use it on almost every page I make. There are so many colours available that you can find one to co-ordinate with almost any colour scheme that you can dream up. Here I wound it around my buttons, used it as a tie for my tag and tied it into a bow for a bit of added interest :)

 

Oh, and don't forget to check out the Washi tape now available from PP - its another current obsession for me :) Its so versatile and adds a splash of colour to any page!

Have a great weekend everyone - and try to find some time for a little crafting.

 

 

Fun Friday! Chantal with you today...

Hello there!  Yay for Friday, hey?

Now today I'm taking a leaf out of one of the big department stores over here in Australia, David Jones' book, and putting up a Christmas layout in September!  LOL!  

Actually I noticed near the end of August all the Christmas stuff up at the above mentioned store and it actually inspired me to finally scrap this photo before this year's one gets done!  This year's been a bit like that!

So here's my layout called "Santa" and it is based on Creative Scrappers sketch #222...

I have used paint, gesso and a paper towel over my embossed cardstock for the background. :)

You can see my paper towel here in this close-up shot.  I think Santa's beard inspired me to use it... ha ha ha! ;)

I've done some fun and funky stitching on here using some red thread.  Just mixing it up a bit!  I haven't used that colour before - which is a bit weird as it's my favourite colour. :)

  

I've adhered a super cute fabric Christmas button from Purple Pumpkin's Store on the top of a cool 2 Crafty chipboard flourish that I painted to match my layout.  That gorgeous deer button is also from Purple Pumpkin's fantastic range of fabric covered buttons - you can check out the goods on offer at the moment right here right now!

I've also used a pink crochet doily on my layout cut up in such a way that I've managed to use it four times on my layout!

Firstly, I cut around the doily, to create a long line of crochet trim - which has been adhered to the bottom of the photograph.  I've cut the left-over middle circle in half and that's been tucked underneath the chipboard flourish and button.  The other half has been halved again and these two quarter circles are on the top right and bottom left of my layout - acting a little like photo corners. :)

I just love finding new ways to cut up dollies!  :D

Well that's all from me for today, thanks so much for visiting and have a great weekend!!!

Cheers,

Chantal

STACEY WITH YOU TODAY

Hi ladies, How are we all. Todays page i have to share  with you is of my youngest daughter Hayley.
She loves playing with my sunglasses, normally she wear them upside down as she doesnt like the arms around her ears, but i took a photo of her with them on the right way.

After taking a couple of photos, she snaped one of the arms off.

I love the bird button, which i got in my mixed lucky dip.

         The white doily i cut in half, then i placed the little yellow one on top.

         And the heart buttons are one of my favourite, they go with anything.

Just a reminder that you all have plenty of time left to enter our sketch comp.