Pink Persimmon

National Scrapbook Day

Tomorrow is National Scrapbook Day!  If you are anywhere online this weekend, you will find a ton of challenges, giveaways and online parties going on.  Well, we are having a big party, but it is not online.  WE are out of town celebrating our mom's 80th birthday today with a special party for her friends and family.  We'll be back next week with some fun sneak peeks of NEW stamp sets and maybe a giveaway or two.

Our Creative Team members are mainly cardmakers, but Samantha Sibbet has sent us a few layouts to share.  We thought we would celebrate by showcasing some of her adorable layouts today and a cute mini book tomorrow.  (click on the images to view larger).

Sam used a sepia toned photo of her daughter that goes perfectly with the vintage Little Red Wagon set. 

We are currently out of stock of the Wagon set, but new sets should be arriving within a few weeks.  (If you want to be notified by email when they arrive, just send me your email address:  darcy@pinkpersimmon.com)

Sam used the Dutch Journal Circle to complement the other circles on her layout and used this for her journaling.  So cute! 

More Scrapbook Fun:  We are sponsoring a giveaway to the participants of Lain Ehman's LOAD (Layout A Day) that starts tomorrow!  Still time to join if you want.  www.LayoutADay.com.  Meet me there? 
 

Ribbon Embellishments

Several of our Creative Team members have a real flair with using Ribbon on their cards.  I noticed that two of them used a gathering technique on the ribbon that really gives their cards a ton of dimension. 

 

Notice that Samantha used her sewing machine and made a quick and casual gather for her ribbon (which is actually a strip of fabric).  Samantha also frayed the edges slightly for a distressed look.

Here is a closer view of the fabric strip.

Kristie Larsen took another approach for a similar look of the gathered ribbon.  She used Zots Dots (glue dots).  Just gather and stick and repeat! No sewing necessary.  Very cute. 

Mini Card Mania!

Today we are celebrating the mini card!  Small "mini" 3x3 cards are perfect to have on hand as gift cards or quick thank you notes.  A set of cards together in a small gift box makes the perfect gift for a friend.  Kristie Larsen used several of our smaller stamps to create this sweet and simple set of cards.  Kristie used the small mini sentiments from Ric Rac Circle for each card along with a image from another set. 

 

Here are close ups of each card along with the stamp set used.

Cute as a Button Stamp set, along with sentiment "baby" from Ric Rac Circle

Balloons from Vintage Cupcake and sentiment from Ric Rac Circle.  A little Divine Twine adds just the right touch.

Wedding couple from Vintage Cupcake and sentiment from Ric Rac Circle.

Snail from Flower Garden and sentiment from Ric Rac Circle.  

Another by Kristie with a slightly different outline edge using the You're a Jewel stamp set. 

Our last card by Kristie uses the Scottie Dog set along with the circle and sentiment from Ric Rac Circle.

Linda Beeson made this little 3x3 mini card with the Small Banner set. 

This little set is from a previous post here back in Feb 2009.  I used the Oh Dear stamp set to create 4 cards with envelopes and a coordinating gift box for the set.  In that post you'll find a link to the Splitcoast Stampers tutorial for the gift box, and measurements to make the coordinating envelopes. 

Since the end of the school year is fast approaching, I am going to try to make set of cards in a coordinating box for each of my kids teachers as a thank you.  I think they will appreciate a handmade and useful gift.  What other ideas do you have for card sets?  How do you package a little set of cards when you are giving them as a gift?

For He has risen...

By Kelly Schirmer

Wishing you all a very Happy Easter!