Pink Persimmon

Vintage Sampler

Visit Lisa's blog It's In The Details, to see more images and read about her sampler project above.  This will be displayed in the Maya Road booth at CHA and showcases all their amazing new trinkets that are to be released this Spring.  Lisa's stamped images are perfect in this project. 

Bracelet made with vintage trinkets

Lisa Pace is also on the design team for Maya Road, so she has been busy making samples for CHA (Craft & Hobby Association Conference) that takes place next week.  Lisa is having so much fun incorporating her new Antiquated Collection stamps with the Maya Road items. 

Lisa used new Maya Road products that will introduced next week to make the bracelet, along with a stamped image from the Antiquated Collection (Society Lady) on a chandelier bead.  I asked Lisa how she got the image on the glass bead:   "I stamped it onto vintage ledger paper using Archival Ink Jet Black, then applied Diamond Glaze to the back of a flat Maya Road Chandelier Bead, pressed the chandelier bead on top of the paper to remove air bubbles and set it aside to let it dry. Once dry I trimmed the excess paper from around the edges of the bead then attached a jump ring.  Super easy!" 

And super pretty too!

 

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!