Pink Persimmon

Baby Week - Day 5

Here's our last day of Baby Week at Pink Persimmon.  Andrea Budjack created this amazingly layered banner with our Big Banner with Rosettes Stamp set.

Can't you just see this adorable banner hanging in a baby's room?   What a great gift for a new mom to add to the decor of a baby room.

Look at the cute little angel wings under the button!  Andrea alway has a great way of using fabric in her designs.  Notice how there is just a little bit of fraying on the edges of the fabric rosette.  Adds to the vintage softness of the banner. 

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This is our last day of Baby Week.  We hope you have some great card and gift ideas for your next baby shower! Join us next week as we go Back to School with some fun cards and teacher gifts.

You're such a "Deer"

Kristii Lockhart created these two beautiful cards using the Oh Dear Outline and Silhouette stamps.  Both cards used the Outline stamp set for the deer images, but Kristii used two different color techniques for the images.  The deer images below are colored with Copic Markers, which allows for beautiful shading and dimension.  Kristii also used the tree image from the Silhouette Set to create the background flower pattern behind the deer images. 

The deer in the second card are stamped on a very pale patterned paper, a very creative way to give some texture to the deer. 

Same stamp set, but two very different card styles.  Great designs Kristii! 

A Girl and Her Dad by Laura Achilles

So special to capture a daughter with her father and the special relationship that they share.  I love how Laura chose a neutral color for the background that is pulled from the shirt colors in the photo.  The pale greens and yellows make a nice contrast for the patterned paper and keeps the layout from being too "girly" or too "masculine".  (click on the image to view larger). 

Laura created the tags by misting with her favorite spray color and then randomly stamping letters and numbers from the Soda Pop Alpha stamp set. 

Material List:
Ric Rac Circle
Soda Pop Alpha Small
PP – Cosmo Cricket and Basic Grey
Letters – American Crafts
Mist – Studio Calico
Tags – Avery

 

Look Who's One by Melisa Waldorf

Text and Layout by Melisa Waldorf

Who's this sweet little guy???  This is my son Travis 22 years ago, sitting in his grandmother's lap.  Look at those smiles!  It makes me smile just to look at them.  And look at Namaw, encouraging him to be bad and stick his hand in the cake.  I have to say, he never needed much encouragement.  He was my little stinker!
 
I don't know if you can tell, but there is a clown on the cake.  So I just new that my Pink Persimmon stamps would be sooooo cute on this layout, and I think I was right.  And these images would be perfect for birthday cards as well.  I used Vintage Cupcake and Small Banner set.  The cupcake set has lots of other cute toppers you could use and an adorable scalloped border.  This is the 3rd time I have used the small banner set and I can't wait to use it again.  There are several banner patterns to choose from and 2 other sentiments in addition to happy birthday.  Now I need the large banner set!
 
The Pink Persimmon website has a great gallery to inspire you.  But you can view the latest projects designed by the new design team by subscribing to the blog, just enter your email address in the box on the left sidebar.  You'll get an email everytime there is a post, so you won't miss a single project.  To sign up for their newsletter click the grey border across the bottom of the home page HERE.
 
Thanks for stopping by and letting me share a little bit of my history with you.
hugs, Melisa

Project Details
 Trim red cardstock 9 x 9" and ink edges with black ink.   Trim white cardstock 8 1/2" x 8 1/2" and ink both sides with black ink.  Adhere to red cardstock. Trim striped paper 8 1/2" x 3/4" and ink edges.  Create blue scalloped border with Fiskars border punch and adhere to underside of striped border.  Ink edges of scallops then adhere to bottom border of white cardstock.  Years ago when chipboard was so popular, I purchased a pack of 12" chipboard shaped borders and the scallop was one of them.  I never used the actual chipboard scallop because I wanted to use it as a pattern.  That is how I created the scalloped border along the top. Stamp cupcakes on white cardstock and on colored cardstock or patterned paper.  Color cupcake with Copics.  Trim liners from colored paper and adhere to front of cupcakes.  Normally I use Liquid Applique to add dimension for icing, snow etc.  But I'm out, so I decided to try something new.  I used my Aleene's Tacky Glue.  It's so thick allowing me to build up the icing.  If I got in on the line, I used a toothpick to remove it.  Sprinkle with glitter.  Stamp cupcake toppers, color with Copics and adhere.  Set aside to let icing dry.  Stamp banner, trim, and punch mini holes in eash corner.  String with floss.  Paint chipboard letters for the "one".  Arrange / adhere photo's and decorative elements.  Stamp "look who's with SodaPop Alpha set".

Layered Thank You Card by Andrea

Andrea Budjack is back with lots of layers on an adorable bird cage card. Using the bird from Flower Garden, some rosettes from Big Banner with Rosettes, and the Thank You stamp from Flower Greetings, Andrea combined stamp sets together in a fun and eclectic style. 

Flower Greetings Box

Cindy Coutts created this sweet and simple set of cards.  A perfect gift for the hostess, teacher, or a friend's birthday.

Cindy created the notecard tote following this tutorial on Splitcoast stampers:  3x3 notecard tote  She made 4 cards with a variety of sentiments to go inside the card tote.  Each card is a 3x3 size and perfect to have on hand for times when you need to send a quick note or attach a card to a gift.  

Stamps: Pink Persimmon Flower Greetings
Card Stock: Papertrey Ink Stamper’s Select White, Stampin' Up! Poppy Parade
Designer Paper: Die Cuts With a View The Green Stack
Ink Pads: Stampin' Up! Calypso Coral, Daffodil Delight, Island Indigo, Kiwi Kiss, Lucky Limeade, Old Olive, Pear Pizzaz, Poppy Parade, Wisteria Wonder
Punches: EK Success Corner Rounder, Stampin' Up! 1-3/8” Circle, 1-1/2” Circle, Scallop Circle
Buttons/Gemstones: Stampin' Up! Ice Cream Parlor
Stickers/Stick Pins: Jillibean Soup Sugar Picks (Orange/Turquoise)
Brads: Stampin' Up! Flower Brights Collection (Daffodil Delight)
Ribbon/Twine: Papertrey Ink Rustic Jute Button Twine, Stampin' Up! Pear Pizzaz Poly Stitched Ribbon, Stampin' Up! Daffodil Delight, Marina Mist, Pretty in Pink, Pumpkin Pie 1/8” Taffeta Ribbon

Time for Tea? or time for A-Tea-C's?

By Melisa Waldorf

I've been busy making ATC's again. Ready to trade??  Artist Trading Cards are fun to make and at 2.5" x 3.5", don't require a lot of resources or time.  If you are new to Artist Trading Cards, you learn more about them and see a list of resources on one of my older posts HERE and HERE.   If you would like to trade for these ATC's, please email me at luv_2_stamp@yahoo.com

I used images from two Pink Persimmon stamp sets for these ATC's.  "Tea and Cake"  is so sweet, and girly, and vintage!  I LOVE it.  It comes with 2 different tea pots, tea cups, and a cake stand.  I used the tea cup images and stacked them on ATC #1.  My daughter had a tea party as a child for one of her birthdays, so I'm thinking this set would be just perfect for a future layout as well.
 


 
"Singing Birds"  comes with an arch / frame image and of course, some singing birds.  Oh the possibilities for adding things in the center  ...  big bird's nest,  a tree.  I thought there should be a little bird house dangling from the center so  I created my own for ATC #2.  What would you embellish or add to this image to finish it off ??
 
 

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Project Details
 
Stamp Sets : Pink Persimmon "Tea and Cake" and "Singing Birds"
Copic Markers
Spray Ink : Tattered Angels Pink Taffy

Trim black cardstock 2.5" x 3.5" twice.  Trim lined pattern paper slightly smaller.
 
ATC #1 - Adhere lined paper to black card base.  Spritz doily with pink spray ink, adhere to front of card and trim along edges.  Tie green seam binding and tie bow.  Doodle around edges.  Stamp bottom tea cup on white cardstock.  Stamp tea cup on Eclipse Masking Tape and trim.  Lay tea cup mask over bottom tea cup and stamp tea cup #2 with the bottom of the cup over lapping the top of the bottom tea cup, giving the appearence that is is sitting down in the bottom tea cup.  Remove mask from bottom tea cup and cover tea cup #2.  Stamp tea cup #3 the same way, creating a stack of tea cups.  Remove tea cup mask and color.  Trim image and use raffia to build a little nest by adhering it to the back of the top cup.  Stamp a singing bird, color, and trim.  Adhere tea cup stack and singing bird to front of card.  Print this phrase or one of your own, trim, adhere and doodle around edges.
 
ATC #2 - Stamp part of the tree frame on the lined paper and color with markers.  Adhere to front of card.  Tie ribbon around bottom border and tie a bow.  Create you own bird house by cutting a square and triangle and adhere to front of card as if it is dangling from a hook in the center.  Doodle around the edges and embellish with rub-ons.  Stamp tea cup and singing bird on white cardstock and color with markers.  Adhere raffia to back of cup to create a nest, then adhere to front of card.  Print this phrase or one of your own, trim, adhere, and doodle around the edges.
  

Classic Beauty Scrapbook Layout

Laura Achilles has such a talent with adding stamped elements to her scrapbook pages. This layout is titled "Classic Beauty".  I love how she picked up the red from her daughter's dress and made smaller red accents on the page, but kept most of the background soft and warm with creme tones.  It's hard to see the all the beautiful details in this full image photo, but keep reading below for some close-ups and see how Laura made the banner embellishment for this layout. 

Material List:
Big Banner with Rosettes
Ric Rac Circle
PP – October Afternoon, MME, Making Memories, Crate Paper
Chipboard- American Crafts
Letters – American Crafts & Basic Grey
Embellishments – Prima 

To create the banner, use the rosette images from Big Banner with Rosettes stamp set and stamp two different images multiple times.

Use two different punches to punch out alternating circles.  I used a circle and a scalloped circle punch to alternate.

Fold over the circles in half.
For dimension and depth use pop dots to secure the ends together.  I used Zap Dots by Helmar USA.

Adhere your banner to your project.

To finish it off stamp smaller rosette circles, punch them out and adhere them between each half circle.

 

Simple Cupcake Card

Nancy Grant made this quick and simple Happy Birthday card.  She combined small images from several of our stamp sets, but kept it really simple with the black and red ink matching the black and red of the paper and ribbon. 

Front View:

Inside View:

 

Stamp sets used:  Little Cuties (cupcake),  Mini Banner Greetings ("Happy"), Flower Greetings (Flower circle on front of card, plus "birthday" on the inside)

Layered card by Andrea Budjack

Andrea is back with another one of her layered beauties.  So cute with the little dog from Little Cuties right in the center!

Andrea used the flower outlines from Flower Garden to add some edge layers around her scalloped border at the bottom of the card. A great way to create decorative borders when you don't have a selection of punches.  Andrea's choice of ink colors for the border edge coordinates perfectly with her  patterned paper and fabric ruffle.