Mommy & Me - by Debbie

Hi everyone!  I'm back with my second post as a designer for Purple Pumpkin and have a layout to share with you that I completed for a challenge at The Studio Challenge Blog.

I'm still waiting for delivery of my Purple Pumpkin DT goodies.  It takes time to travel from Australia to the US, but in the meantime I have my Purple Pumpkin stash to use.

The fabric buttons, white doily and satin flower are all Purple Pumpkin!

 I did a little masking on my layout using a rose stencil and modeling paste.  This technique is new to me and I will definitely continue to use it on more of my layouts.

Thanks for stopping by!

. . . Debbie

Hi from Sarah G :)

 I wanted to share this page with you today. My little girl turned 8 this weekend and amongst the heap of photos that I took of her special day were these three shots that my husband took of Sophie having a birthday cuddle with me (I especially love the one where she is kissing me - so cute!)
I masked and sprayed my background and added the inked flowers by punching flower shapes out of a sheet of plain paper then using the negative shape as a stencil and simply rubbing my ink pad over the top. My papers are from MME and October Afternoon.
Now for the Purple Pumpkin goodness. Check out the green doily that forms the base for my big flower element and ofcourse those gorgeous butterfly buttons that really do add the perfect finishing touch to my page.

 

Check out the PP shop because there are a lot of gorgeous goodies to be had - including the  biggest variety of buttons, washi tapes and bakers twine!
Have a great week wherever you are - I hope you find time for a little crafting in your day :)

Sarah G xx

Helen here - Lovely to Meet You {and Look what I made!}

Hi there everyone!  Helen here.  I am so pleased to be

designing for Purple Pumpkin now & thought you may

be interested in finding out a little more about me.

Hi there,  my name is Helen Tilbury and I live in Durban,

South Africa, with my hubby, 4 kids and 3 kitties & I’ve 

been papercrafting for 9 years now.  I consider myself a 

scrapbooker first and foremost although I do dabble in 

cards, tags, mini-albums and canvases from time to time!

I have a teeny studio {we converted our entrance hall}

 & you can find me in it a LOT of the time, surrounded by 

floor to ceiling stash! {my heaven on earth!!}

I’ve been blogging at http://helentilbury.blogspot.com

for over 4 years now & worked at many different challenge 

sites, sketch blogs & kit clubs.

Currently I’m designing for Les Papiers de Pandore 

in France, Berry71Bleu on Etsy, Creative Scrappers 

& My Creative Scrapbook Kit Club as a Mixed Media 

Educator & of course here at Purple Pumpkin too!

My style is detailed, clustered and layered up without

 being overly busy – Modern Shabby is the term I’ve 

coined for it and I see that others are using that

 terminology now too which is really cool!

I love strong, saturated colour and pale backgrounds 

& enjoy techniques such as misting, masking, painting 

& stamping to add depth and detail to my pages. I don’t

 like flat, clean and simple pages – for me the whole process

 needs to  be tactile and fun to be therapeutic and satisfying.

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Well I think that's enough reading for one day don't you?!
Now for another Purple Pumpkin layout!

On this layout, which you can read more about on my

blog HERE - I've used Purple Pumpkin fabric & wooden buttons.

You can find these patterned buttons in sets from the

Purple Pumpkin shop HERE.

The heart buttons you see here are also from Purple 

Pumpkin & they are printed, but I turned mine over

& inked them up instead.  You can view all the wooden

buttons in stock HERE.

If you love layers, like I do, then Purple Pumpkin buttons

are for you!  They are perfect for tucking under flowers

& creating interesting clusters when mixed with other

embellishments too.  Have a great Sunday!

Let's play by Judith

Welcome to the weekend.

If you're anything like me you'll be hoping to get some scrapping in this weekend. If you haven't done so already why don't you give the Purple Pumpkin October sketch challenge a whirl. There's a $25 voucher to spend on goodies for the winner chosen by the design team and a random draw winner of a $15 voucher. Entries need to be in by the end of October.

Here is my take on the sketch (you can find the original in the side bar) :

I decided to stay pretty close to the original but just tilted the papers a bit. Instead of using paper for the two horizontal strips I used a piece of yellow spotty ribbon and a line of red tickets.

Here are a couple of close ups of my clusters.

In this one I used a PP red bookpaper round, a small PP green truck button, half a blue vinyl cog which I tucked under the button and a made a couple of flags out of yellow starry and red heart washi tape.

My other cluster includes a PP yellow spotty denim lollipop flower, a red crocheted doily and a tiny green spotty button with another bit of blue vinyl cog tucked under the button.

Well that's it from me for today. Hoping you will join us in this month's sketch challenge.

Have a great weekend and happy scrapping!!

"Happy Halloween" - by Debbie

Hi Everyone! 
 I'm so excited to be sharing my first layout with you as a new member of the Purple Pumpkin Design Team!  I decided to work with this month's sketch, which I rotated. 

 

I splattered a little paint on my layout, did a little stamping and 

added some texture with machine stitching.

I dug into my Purple Pumpkin stash, as I am anxiously awaiting the arrival of my DT goodies!

Here I used a vampire button from my stash:

and here I used a black spotty button which I added some colored flat black pearls and a Purple Pumpkin green doily. 

Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to join in on our sketch challenge!

 . . . Debbie