Pink Persimmon

More Fun from CHA - Lisa Pace's New Book

Lisa Pace used our Carnival Alpha in one of her online classes back in 2008 and really introduced her readers to Pink Persimmon stamps. (If you haven't taken one of Lisa's classes, they are a lot of fun.  You can find more info at her Blog here.)  When she told us that she used Little Red Wagon on one of the projects for her new book, we were thrilled!  That was probably over a year ago!  We found out that it takes a LONG time for a book to come to print.  It is finally here, and Lisa showcased her book and a fun project at her Workshop at CHA.  Judi and I were in the front row, excited to finally meet Lisa in person and learn some fun techniques.  

Lisa Pace has been doing "vintage" long before it became the trend that it is today.   Her book is really all about techniques for embellishments, but each mini tutorial is part of a beautiful project that she shares with her readers.  The eye candy in this book is amazing!  It is truly a high quality book and will give you lots of great ideas and techniques. (p.s.  Pink Persimmon's girl from Little Red Wagon is on page 66!)

Lisa had a banner project in her CHA workshop using some Jenni Bowlin papers and Maya Road products that really turned out cute. 

 

I can't wait to try more of the techniques in the book.  Just be forewarned - if you start reading Lisa's book, you'll be tempted to add velvet flowers and Stickle's glitter to all your projects! 

Darcy, Lisa and Judi

 We of course took a picture with Lisa, but be kind, this was taken at 7AM (yes, her class was at 7am before the show floor opened up at 9am).  Everyone was a bit sleepy, but it was completely worth getting up early for the class!  

You can get an autographed copy of the book at Lisa's Blog, and you can order directly from Amazon as well.  I promise that you will LOVE this new book and it will become something that you refer back to often. 

Back home from CHA

We are back home from the Craft & Hobby Association show in Anaheim.  Had a blast!  Took some amazing classes (we'll share more in days to come) and met some online friends in person!  We were so excited to run into Vicki Chrisman at the Crafty Secrets Booth.  She was a guest designer for us back in 2009 and has helped us get our stamps into some well known publications.  Vicki has some exciting news too!  She is pretty much about everything vintage and created a new die shape that mimics an antique photo holder.  You can read more about the actual product here on her blog.  The die will be sold with Accucut, but Crafty Secrets will also be selling already cut kits for you to use.  Here's one of the samples from the Crafty Secrets booth that uses the shadow box landscape die.

 

Here's Vicki doing make and takes at the Crafty Secrets booth.

 

Here's Judi on the left, Vicki and then me (Darcy) on the right.  Bear in mind that we have been walking the floor for the whole day when this photo was taken! It was almost 6pm and we all look pretty tired.

 

AND then who else did we run into at the booth, but Julie Campbell! She was helping at the Crafty Secrets booth and Julie has been a big fan of Pink Persimmon stamps, creating some really cute things for our challenges.  Her blog is full of amazing ideas and creative projects.  Be sure to check it out, but I am warning you, get some coffee and food because you won't leave your computer for a while.  avintagechic.blogspot.com

 

We had so much fun finally meeting these people in person that we have had online conversations with.  It's like finding old friends.  :)

More fun ideas coming up.  Here's a hint:  Judi has been bit by the jewelry bug! 

Bakery Box Bonanza - Day 6

This is the last day of our Bakery Box Bonanza!  Today's box is created by Kimberly Crawford using Sweet Greetings and Key to My Heart, two stamp sets that are perfect for Valentine's Day.  Kim also used Swirl Journal to create a tone-on-tone pattern in pink ink on the bakery box.  This really dresses up the simple bakery box (click on the image to see the detail in a larger image).  Divine Twine in orange and some eyelet lace finish up the outer edge of the box. 

 

More cards to come in a few days.  In the meantime, we are off to CHA (Craft & Hobby Association Conference).  Hopefully we'll come back with some fun ideas to share with you! 

Bakery Box Bonanza - Day 5

This bakery box has become the pedestal for the sweet little Melissa France Colonial House.  Samantha Sibbet created this adorable little house for the ballerina in our Vintage Cupcake stamp set.

 

The skirt of the box is pleated crepe paper, wrapped with the scalloped edge from Vintage Cupcake.  The base of the Colonial house is covered in glitter.  The Colonial house is covered in Melissa Frances papers.  Add buttons for the fence and roof and the textures of this project are just amazing. 

 

No ballerina house would be complete without some vintage music inside and a bit of glitter edging the windows. 

What a special gift this would be for Valentine's Day!

Bakery Box Bonanza - Day 4

Kelly managed to incorporate a bit of recycling in this project!  Take a close look at the circle in box and you'll see that it goes all the way thru to the bottom where a special "Birthday wishes" message is hidden.  Kelly filled her box with chocolate kisses, but how did she keep them from covering the message at the bottom of the box? 

 

The secret is a straight cylinder that keeps the chocolate kisses held in place.  The cylinder is cut from a Pepsi bottle! 

 

I had to also include a close-up of Kelly's fairy from the Fairy Kisses stamp set.  Love how she added flowers to her "wings".

Bakery Box Bonanza - Day 3

Today's project is from Julie Detlef.  Julie made this project together with both of her daughters.  One of their favorite cookie recipes is "Thumbprint Cookies", so how perfect to use her daughter's thumb prints as the "hearts" on the box.  Each thumbprint heart is inside a Flower Greetings stamp outline.  The top of the box is decorated with the Ric Rac Circle stamp set and another thumbprint.  Julie also used the Divine Twine in licorice & white to wrap the box. 

 

Julie includes the recipe inside each box using the Ric Rac Rectangle stamp set.  

 

Here's a close-up of Julie's recipe in case you would like to try to make these yummy cookies yourself! (click on the image to view larger). 

Bakery Box Bonanza - Day 2

Today's project is by Linda Beeson and uses the Scottie Dog and Dutch Journal stamp sets.  Linda used a circle cutter to make a circle in the top of the box and a slightly smaller circle in the center of the Dutch Journal image. Linda used Divine Twine in licorice to finish the box and match the black & white paper band.

 

The circle in the box is covered with a clear acetate sheet and the Scottie Dog was adhered with foam tape.

 

What would you put inside this adorable gift box?  Perhaps some home baked Scottie Dog shortbread cookies would be perfect for a special friend!

Bakery Box Bonanza - Day 1

Just in time for Valentine's Day, the Creative Team has used our cute little pink Bakery Boxes and made some delicious and fun Valentine's gifts.  Our first gift is by Kristie Larsen and includes cupcakes... but wait, those are not REAL cupcakes!  They are socks rolled up to look like cupcakes. 

Kristie used pink cardstock to make an insert that would hold the sock "cupcakes" in place.

Then she rolled the socks to look like cupcakes using Lauren Meader's technique for creating these cuties.  See Lauren's blog post here for instructions on how to do this. 

Kristie decorated the outside of the box, cut a rectangle from the lid and placed clear film inside to create the "window".  Add a ribbon and fun little tag and see if your friends are surprised when they open this "low calorie" treat! 

Divine Twine

Whitney Beard is the owner and creative mind of Divine Twine.  Did you ever wish you could have bakers twine in different colors?  Wait till you see the beautiful colors that Whitney developed for her line of bakers twine.  She was generous enough to share some of the twine with the design team and you will see it pop up on their designs over the next month. 

Here's an adorable card created by Samantha Sibbet that uses the Aqua twine. 

 

Take a closer look at Sam's scottie dog.  She shares a simple tip for getting a nice clean edge on your embossed images this month on the website. 

Valentine's Day is coming soon

Time to start thinking about those Valentine's Cards and projects!  This sweet and simple card by Kristie Larsen has several great ideas:  1) Keep it simple with just two colors, black & red, 2) Use a word stamp to create your own patterned paper, but stamp one word in red, and 3) Embellish with just two simple buttons.  Great idea to get things started. 

Valentine's Day sale starts now with 4 of our favorite Love Themed stamps on sale.  See the sale stamps here: www.pinkpersimmon.com.  These prices are good until January 31st.