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Hello friends,

Hope you're having a good Sunday and aren't too badly affected by the terrible weather!  It is still lashing it down and howling a gale in Gloucestershire!

I have been having so much fun colouring with pencils recently, and I really enjoyed making these three sweet cards.

I am trying to be a lot more organised around my card making this year and really concentrate on doing what makes me completely happy - including batch making some cards so I have a few 'up my sleeve'!

These beautiful stamps from 

Purple Onion Designs

are perfect for rustling up some cute quick cards.

Stacey Yacula Studio - Star and Sky Rubber Stamp

Stacey Yacula Studio - Sign (A Sweet Summer Collection)
Stacey Yacula Studio Sweet Occasions Sentiment Set

Stacey Yacula Studio - Dolly (Mouse First Prize)
Stacey Yacula Studio - Milk Set (Mistletoe Farm Collection)
Purple Onion Designs - Everyday Blurbs

Stacy Yacula Studio - Eve (Sleeping Mouse)
Stacey Yacula Studio - Mushroom Trio (Garden Blooms Collection)
Stacey Yacula Studio Sweet Occasions Sentiment Set

To make these cards I first stamped the cute creatures onto Bockingford card, masked them and stamped the backgrounds - being the sign, stool and mushrooms.

I then coloured the designs with Faber Castell Polychromos and Caran D'Ache Pablo's and finished the backgrounds with Distress Oxide Inks (Tumbled Glass and Mowed lawn).

I created the card designs with die cuts of Design Paper (Lawn Fawn Spring Fling - Dies To Die For), Kraft card and a paper doily - (which I hardly ever use but they just seemed to suit these cards)!

Finally I added the sentiments and some Star Dust Stickles Glitter.

Please have a good look around the 

Purple Onion Designs Blog

At the gorgeous cards by the Design Team – and then follow that with a trip to 

 Purple Onion Designs

store for some essential retail therapy!

Happy Crafting

From Sue…xxx

Pencil Colours Used - 
Dolly Mouse - Polychromos Light Flesh, Cinnamon, Black, Warm Grey VI, Warm Grey III, Warm Grey II, Rosette - Deep Scarlet Red, Cadmium Yellow, Stool - Burnt Umber, Dark Sepia.

Star and Sky - Pablo's Gentian Blue, Sky Blue, Dark Grey, Steel Grey Sign - Sepia, Chestnut, Brown Ochre, 

Eve - Granite Rose, Black, Brownish Beige, Sepia, Ash Grey. Mushrooms - Burnt Sienna, Scarlet, Reddish Orange, Sepia, Brownish Beige, Cream, Ground - Khaki Green, Spring Green, Sky - Sky Blue