Purple Pumpkin

Tuesday, October 29, 2013

"Surprise" by Karen Grose

Hi PP followers. Another month is almost at an end, who can believe how fast this year is going?? I'm sharing with you my latest creation using plenty of PP goodness on this. This is a LO of my family at my dad's surprise 60th birthday a couple of years ago.

"SURPRISE"

On here I've used a YoYo flower, a fabric flower and a script flair button

And here is a close up of the gorgeous flowers

You can see more close ups and background details on my blog HERE.

Don't forget you still have time to enter in our sketch challenge. Loving all the entries so far.

Hope you have a great week, and thanks for stopping by :)

Monday, October 28, 2013

So loved by Judith

Good morning Purple Pumpkin fans. This morning I have a very girly layout to share with you. I have teamed up some Kaisercraft True Romance pp with some Purple Pumpkin embellies for the current Frosted Designs challenge using tags.

I just rediscovered this photo last week, when I took a photo out of a frame to scan. This was behind it. This was taken of my daughter 15 years ago.

Now for some close ups of my Purple Pumpkin embellies.

Here I have used a sweet floral fabric button

A cute little fawn fabric button.

A vintage rocking horse flair button, a pink fabric flower and dotted around I have some light pink twine bows.

A pink crocheted doily peaking out.

Hope I've inspired you to pull out some girly embellishments.

Thanks for looking

Judith xx

Sunday, October 27, 2013

I heart vintage books by Jess Mackenzie

Heya gorgeous people!

Today I have another CSI challenge (S365-2) to share with you.

Once again I have dug into my purple pumpkin stash for the PERFECT embellishments!!

Here is my layout:

Here I have used a gorgeous flair button:

Here I have used a cute spotty button flower round:

I hope you are inspired to start creating with Purple Pumpkin goodies :)

Love and Peace xox

Jess

Saturday, October 26, 2013

"Happy birthday" - card by Arnlaug Koppang

Today I'm going to show you something I almost never make - a card! I'm really trying to make more to give to my friends and family:-)

A while back I participated in a class of Yasmin. We made a steampunk style canvas.

My card is not in the steampunk style, but I've used the same technique. All you have to do is layer lots of different paper scraps, lace, doilies etc., I've used a doilie and some washi tape from the Purple Pumpkin shop. It's not easy to see but it's there making a nice base for my card.

Then you put on LOTS of different embellishments and junk. It don't have to look pretty together but it looks nicer if you have some kind of "order" in your mess;-) Like gluing strips of paper in the same direction.

When this is dry you paint everything with gesso and dry it of. And now it's time for the real fun part! Get your mist and choose a few colors and start spraying. this is like magic I think:-)

I love to see something boring or even ugly, get so beautiful in just a few seconds. It's nice to add some black for shade and gold to top it of. I also highlight some parts with gesso. I like to add some stamping and maybe a frame around the card.

To finish my card up I've printed out "Happy birthday" and glued it on using 3D dots. I've put on a piece of unpainted wood veneer and last but not least this adorable owl button:-)

Thanks:-)