Sneak Peek

A sneak peek into what's coming next:

I also sketched this while watching Adventure Time the other day. Thought it would be fun to share!

SPRING - New clipart set

Spring is here and with it comes a new Purple Frog clipart set!

I sure am inspired by all the flowers and awakening trees around here! There is freshness all around!

As always, the set is also available as black outline digital stamps + photoshop brushes here.

Proudly Presenting Purple Frog Cliparts - a shop on Etsy

So this is what I've been up to.
I'm proud to present my own little shop on Etsy: Purple Frog Cliparts.

After many years of dreaming and thinking about opening a shop with my art and/or crafts, I decided that selling clipart is the best choice for me at this moment.
If you are not familiar with clipart, they are simply drawings in digital format that you can use for various purposes, like cards and invitations, scrapbooking, home decor, party printables, webdesign, graphic design, the list goes on and on. You can either print each clipart as it comes, cut it and glue as a paper craft element, or add them to digital projects, like picture albums that will be published online, facebook covers, websites. I am also offering digital stamps/brushes versions of each clipart set. These are black outline drawings, that you can color yourself digitally or traditionally with colored pencils, copic markers, etc. Or use them in black and white as embroidery patterns, for coloring pages or specific effects. The stamp sets also come as Adobe Photoshop brushes, very handy for graphic designers. Here are some samples, you can see all that is available in the shop itself.

So come on and take a look, what do you think? All feedback is appreciated as I'm just getting started.
I also have a Facebook page now, you can follow the shop's and blog's activity over there. I plan on adding new products regularly, so be sure to check back if you enjoy what you see.

You can keep in touch with me also on Pinterest and Flickr if you use those.

I'm very excited to finally share this news! =)
To celebrate the launch, I am offering 20% off anything until 31st of March! To get it, enter the promo code GIVEME20 at the checkout.

Shaking the Dust

Long time no post.
Just passing to shake the dust a little and say that I have been busy working on something pretty exciting, and that is why the blog is so abandoned. I will be back soon with the news!

Meanwhile, have a belated Happy New Year poster - made by Something Charming.

3 Simple Washi Tape Ideas

Finally got my hands on some washi tape! (Where I live they are not so easy to find).
In case you are not aware of washi tape, take a look here, there are thousands of cute things you can do with them!
Here are some ideas I came up with.

- Wrap a Pen

Super easy, go over one side of the pen with tape, then do the other side. You usually can match the pattern with the next row of tape, like this:

 Cut the extra at the ends and you´re done. The tape was peeling off a bit on mine, a little dab of glue here and there will help to keep it in place.

- Mark a noteboook

Stick some tape on a page, then fold it over itself. You can even do this on books since washi tape peels off easily.

If you are marking more pages, try to match the position of the previous tape with the new one. 

 - Wrap a tealight candle

 This was a bigger tealight, so i used 2 pieces of tape, matching the design like with the pen.

If you have extra tape hanging, make little cuts all around and stick them to the bottom of the candle.

Enjoy your "washified" objects!

Pufuleţi

This packaging makes me happy! :)

Purple Frog Recommends - A Redtail's Dream

It always amazes me to find such beautiful, original and well written online graphic novels, many of which can be read completely free of charge.
One such marvelous webcomic is A Redtail's Dream, written and illustrated by Finnish/Swedish artist Minna Sundberg.

 
The story takes place in a dream world, and is infused with surrealism and Finnish mythology. We follow characters Hannu Viitanen and his faithful dog Ville in a captivating journey to escape the realm of dreams, while rescuing their fellow villagers from the machinations of a mischievous fox. 

Minna is having a crowd-funding campaign to have the comic published in printed format. It is already (not surprisingly) fully funded and has reached many of the stretch goals, but you still have about a week to grab a copy of the book, along with many other related goodies. This will probably be the only print run for the story, but the comic will stay available online. It is a great chance to support the artist and show appreciation for all the effort put into it (and, of course, then you will have the beautiful book if you choose to buy it). Head on over to the campaign page to see all the details.

Thank you Minna for sharing your art with the world so generously, and best of luck with your campaign!