Pink Persimmon

Party Invitation

Melisa Waldorf created this cute party invite with the Wise Old Owl stamp set.  See her instructions below. 

Project Details
Stamps : "Wise Old Owl" by Pink Persimmon
Patterned Paper : Teresa Collins "Celebrate" line (back side of "Stars" for the verbage paper)
Cut out 3 stars from one side and then use the verbage side for your background
Ink : Distress Ink Broken China, VersaFine Crimson Red
Border Punch : Fiskars
Deckled Scissors : Fiskars
From Melisa:  "I stamped the body first, then the wings, on white cardstock. I had to practice a couple of times to get used to how to line the wings up with the body. Then I added the head, paper peiced the eyes and hat. You have to stamp the branch on the patterned paper first, then the owl body with branch on white cardstock, then trim the owl body and line it up over the branch you stamped on the patterned paper." 

What A Dear!

This "What a Dear" card by Kristii Lockart features Emma's Shoppe papers by Crate Paper.  She stamped the leaves from tree an colored them with Copic Markers to match the background paper.  Some serious "fussy cutting" on the dear images, which she also colored with Copics.  Special vintage hymnal paper on the bottom edge with a pretty lace ribbon detail.  So pretty. 

Stamp set:  Oh Dear! (Outline)

Stamping on Canvas

Laura Achilles made this layout and wanted to have a special banner embelishment.  She says "Stamping is fun and it's even more fun when you find other surfaces to stamp on."  She stamped a simple banner border on canvas using the Pink Persimmon Small Banner Set.  She then cut them out, fringed the edges a bit and adhered them using Zap Dots by Helmar USA. 

Home Sweet Home

Denise used one of our Christmas stamps, but put a non-christmas spin on it. 

The Little Christmas Cottage stamp can certainly be used anytime you need a cottage or house for a card.  I love the word HOME, made with the Carnival Alpha small stamp set and a heart for the "O".  Vintage book paper for the roof and accents on the card go perfectly with the woodgrain paper.

Message in a Bottle

Andrea Budjack combined her recycling and her creativity to create this adorable gift that includes a special message inside the bottle. 



Andrea says "Why write your message when you can stamp it on fabric to keep and treasure forever?" Andrea cut two strips of fabric, stitched them together, and stamped the top layer with a message. (You can't see the full message, but it says "Live each day knowing you are loved".)  She then applied beads, stitching, buttons and glimmer mist.  Fold up the message and insert inside the bottle, then decorate the outside of the bottle with paper, ribbon and stamps. 

My daughter would love to have something like this sitting on her nightstand that she could pull out and look at on occassion.  What a fun gift to send to a new college student, or an old friend that lives far away. What kind of message would you send in the bottle? 

Supplies:
Pink Persimmon Stamps:  You're A Jewel, Swirl Journal, Flower Greetings, Carnival Alpha (large), Soda Pop Small, Flower Garden
Spice Jar (cleaned)
Webster's Pages paper
Bazzill Cardstock
Really Reasonable Ribbon - satin ribbon and lace trim
Maya Road Stick Pin
Fabric
glass pearl beads
buttons
ink
sewing machine
thread
glimmer mist

Create your own patterned paper

Laura Achilles used the rosette from the Big Banner stamp set and stamped on white cardstock in alternating colors of orange and yellow.  She used a masking technique to give her the ability to overlap the rosettes.  The colors coordinate perfectly with the other papers by Cosmo Cricket.  A great solution when you don't have the right background paper for your project.