Jan 06 2009
A Violet Purse
I just love this purse! It’s one of my favorites to play with. What I love most about the purse stamp is how versatile it is. I can design any purse I want. This week I’m going to be featuring four purses that I have made and, you guessed it, these purses are going to CHA with me so that all of you who attend can see them in person.
This is my violet purse. It consists of four stamps, three of which are shown in this picture. I’m featuring it first because my grandmother’s name was Violet and while I didn’t appreciate such a beautiful name when I was a child, I’m now crazy about it. The two flower clasps were stamped from the stamp used along the bottom of the purse shown in the picture at the bottom of this post, they were water colored, cut out and left to dry over night. The following morning I applied Crystal Effects and let that dry for a couple of hours. I did that three times to build depth without it getting cloudy. The tip is to apply Crystal Effects in thin layers several times allowing it to dry thoroughly between each layer. The mesh you see in the middle of the purse is a mesh background stamp, shown below. The purse stamp itself is the outline of the purse, also shown below. Isn’t the background so lovely in this picture, it’s almost like a water color itself!
This photograph is a picture of the upper portion of the inside of the purse, I wanted to give you a shot with a little more detail. The butterfly is the fourth stamp used in the design. I water colored it, cut it out, and adhered it to the inside of the purse. To make the purse I first stamped the purse outline on water color paper and embossed it, I then cut a piece of white mulberry paper for the lining to be placed on the inside of the purse. I used the stamp that I used on the lower side of the front of the purse to stamp the violets on the Mulberry paper. Mulberry paper is sheer, like a very thin cotton and so beautiful. I used it on the inside of the purse to give the appearance of a sheer cotton lining like you would see in a formal clutch purse. I stamped the Mulberry paper with Versamark, embossed it and then water colored it.
This photograph is a picture of the upper and lower portions of the inside of the purse. I apologize for the darkness of it, I didn’t have the benefit of sunlight and my OTT light wasn’t strong enough to function as a flash . . . LOL. Looking at this picture, I now see that I actually used five stamps. A stamp from Stampin’ Up!’s Elegant Inspirations was used for the verse. Do you see the gold outline going around the edge of the purse? I used a Versapen to draw that line and then sprinkled embossing powder on the outer edge and embossed it, being careful not to overheat and burn the embossing previously done on the flowers.
If you like this design, you’ll want to check back tomorrow for the next design in this series.
- Stamps: Stampin’ Up!
- Paper: Canson 140 lbs. cold-pressed water color paper, White Mulberry Paper
- Ink: Versamark; Versapen
- Accessories: Tombow markers, heating tool, watercolor brush, blending pen, Ranger gold/gold tinsel EP, Crystal Effects; pearl beads, dimensionals, Pearl Ex Pearl White Powder, Gum Arabic, craft knife, self-healing cutting mat
Love this gorgeous purse Jerri! Your coloring always amazes me. Can’t wait to see you color in person at CHA!! WOOT!!
These are gorgeous! Where can we buy the stamps?
Just beautiful Jerri! I love this. I so wish I was going to CHA to meet you and all of our stamping friends. Hugs,
WOW- This is AMAZING! You are gonna be such a hit at CHA….can’t wait for the tutorial
What a beautiful purse. I can’t wait for the tutorial on the purses and the step-by-step on how you do your wonderful painting. Thank you for bringing back the MCL stamps. Please hurry with the online store!
My Goodness the Purse is just Stunning…So Beautiful!!
I can’t wait for each day to unfold the next Creation…
I Am So Looking forward to the Online Store Starting Up.
Your so Generous to show us Step by Step Jerri….Can’t Wait
The purse looked like porcelain. You should start stamping and painting on porcelain. Your work is stunning.
Ohhhh. All I can sayn is Ohhhhhhh. This is just breathtaking! I can’t wait to see the rest!
And thanks SO MUCH for giving the catalogue numbers of the stamps too! That will make it so much easier to order them!
Jerri, you inspire me in ways I never dreamed!
Cathy
Jerri, I can truly say you never cease to amaze me. This is just fabulous - no one can color like you do! Beautiful, gorgeous, fantastic!
Beautiful card, Jerri.
Fabulous, Jerri! Only you can paint like this.
Wonderful creation Jerri….please tell the MCL team to rush, rush rush. Now, how many hours until tomorrow’s creation…..?
Jerri - OMG - this is out of this world!!! Fantastic crafted purse - so elegant!!!
I’m so looking forward meeting you this weekend!!! Hugs ~Silke~
where can we order these…. This is magnificent
What a gorgeous purse and I enjoyed seeing the actual stamps! Can’t wait to see the rest as well as the tutorial you will be preparing!!! Thanks so much!!!
Oh my! That is just beautiful, Jeri
Sheri
I just recently found your blog and your talents are amazing. I am fairly new to stamping and just signed up with Stampin Up and I am trying to learn as much as I can.
It takes me so long to learn something but with your generosity and the help of all the other talented people in blog land I am learning faster than I could on my own.
I am so grateful to have all of this talent right at my fingertips.
Bless you,
Donna Coffman
Jerri, this is stunning! I love it and cannot wait to see your tutorial on making one of these. This looks like a real vintage purse and what a lucky person to receive such a work of art…have fun at CHA and wishing I could go there as well.
Pinky
Beautiful!
It is one of my favourite stamps too! And while I have
done something that I am very proud of with pansies,
it doesn’t come close to your amazing violet purse.
Stunning! Exquisite!
p.s. Think I will pull out my stamp!
Wow! This is absolutely stunning! I love the pearl strap, the gold embossing, and all the gorgeous detail. Great job!
Your purse is gorgeous!
Your card is stunning and I just can’t wait for the tutorial. Words cannot describe how much I enjoy each post. I spend so much time just staring at your work. Thank you for your inspiration.
This is absolutely beautiful! I can’t believe how you watercolor and layer images to make such stunning cards. Truly one-of-a-kind.
This is so beautiful!
Is there a place where we can see all the me and carrie lou images so we can purchase them? I have e-mailed violets twice with no responce. The last time being yesterday. Need to give them time on that one. LOL.
Blessings,
Pam
Love your work and these stamps. I have tried to find an online store to purchase them but haven’t been successful. Where do you buy yours????
Jerri,
Your purse is so beautiful. I just love this line of stamps. I am saving my money for the day the on-line store opens. Thank you for sharing your work.
Debbie
For all of you folk who are wondering where to get the stamps….Jerri told me some time ago that Me and Carrie Lou are in transition and are preparing a new on-line site. Jerri will tell us when that is and then we can indulge ourselves with these beautiful stamps.
The purse is beautiful. I’m looking forward to seeing the other ones as well. Is there any update on the progress of the internet store for Me & Carrie Lou?
Stunning! Absolutely stunning. I really need to get some of these stamps. Your work with them is marvellous. You are the gold detail embossing Queen. Thanks so much for the future tutorial.
Hugs
Heather
**THUD**
Every creation you make always takes my breath away, Jerri. Your purse is incredible.
Wow, another beautiful creation! This is a fabulous card!
How lovely Jerri!
Take care and STAY POSITIVE!
Another awesome beauty…words can’t express how gorgeous this really is….I am in awe of your talents!!!
Stunning Jerri! Beautiful work and an amazing creation! Love that little purse stamp!
This is so beautiful and I’m thrilled that you are going to a tutorial for us. You are so talented - I can only dream of being a fraction of the artist that you are. I’m grateful for your willingness to share. I can’t wait to see the rest of the purses (I just saw the 2nd one). I think I’ll be spending a lot of money at that online store when it opens.
This one is just gorgeous as well!! Beautiful images, details, and coloring!!!
These violets are so delicate! The purses all appear to be made of gold, jewels and mother of pearl. Fabulous!
So beautiful, Jerri! I applaud you! (Standing ovation.)
Stunning Jerri, you do such beautiful work!!
Over the top spectacular! You are one talented lady!!! The Lord has blessed you in this regard! (and I’m sure in so, so many other ways!)
This is the Best Purse Card I have ever seen…!!!!
I can’t wait for the tutorial!
Hope you have FUN at CHA.