Pink Persimmon

Special 50% off sale on selected stamp sets

So here's the scoop, we have some stamp sets that are packaged with our old logo and packaging style, (Did you notice that our logo changed last year?) and we can't sell these stamps to our wholesale distributor. Keeping two sets of inventory is driving us crazy!  So crazy that we decided to give YOU the WHOLESALE price!   Some of the sets are really limited in quantity (others have more than enough - yes, predicting inventory and sales is a tricky business).  But my inexperience is your gain!  : )

 

Click on the SALE link on the home page to see all the stamp sets on sale.  Some are available in very limited quantities, so shop soon!   Have fun!  Sale ends on Sunday Feb. 23rd at midnight. 

 

 

Using Copic Markers with the Sassy Girl Stamp Set

Kristii loves working with our new Sassy Girl stamp set.  She is perfect for all occasion cards and come with 3 different sentiments.  You might have your own "sassy" sentiment that you might want to include...  just sayin' this girl is open to all kinds of attitude. 

Kristii is a master with her Copic markers.  Here are the markers that she used to color in our beautiful girl: 
R81, R83, R85, Y17, Y32, E11, E33, E50, 100, 0

Not familiar with Copic Markers?  These are alcohol based dye ink markers that allow for beautiful blending of colors and allow the artist to incorporate shading and highlighting for a realistic look.  Lots of tutorials online and a quick google search of Copic Marker Tutorial will give you lots of options. 

If you look closely, Kristii did a base color on our Sassy Girl's dress and then added shading in with a slightly darker pink color along the edge and anywhere that a fold might occur.  Same process with the skin shading.  Because of the alcohol in these markers, the blending of the two colors makes a smooth color transition.   

One thing to remember when using Copics is the type of ink that you will use to stamp your image (the black or brown outline).  Tsukineko Memento or Brilliance Ink, Ranger Distress Inks, A Muse Dye, or Stewart Superior Palette Noire all are brands of ink that work well with Copic Markers. Be sure to allow the image to dry completely before starting the coloring process. 

Highly recommend that you do a few tutorials and get a little base knowledge of how Copics work before purchasing (they are a bit pricey).  But I promise you'll absolutely love coloring once you learn how! 

Bluebird Button stamp project

The Bluebird Button stamp set is based on a vintage button card.  Melisa did a little research on the origin of the button card and found some very interesting facts about what buttons were originally made from. 

This stamp is the latest in our button card series of ATC sized stamps.  If you enjoy this stamp, you will also like Baby Pearls, Mermaid Pearls, Men's Buttons, and Happy Girl. 

Melisa made this beautiful shadow box and added such beautiful embellishments to the stamp image. 

Melisa gives the full details on her project at her blog:  Paperlicious Designs

Classic Pattern Tag by Melisa

Melisa gives lots of details about how she made this tag with our new Classic Pattern stamp.  Check out her blog post here for more info and images. 

 

New stamp release: Classic Pattern, Sewing Notions and Bluebird Buttons

New stamps just released in our online store: 

Classic Pattern, 4"x6" set, CS050

Sewing Notions, 4"x6" set, CS051

Bluebird Buttons, 3"x4" set, CS132

Melisa Waldorf has been making some beautiful samples.  We'll be sharing more during the week, but here is one of my favorites:

Visit her blog for more details and instructions:  Paperlicious Designs

This Girl has Style!

Please welcome the latest addition to the Pink Persimmon family:  Style Girl.  She is a sister to our very fun "Hello Vintage Girl" and the two of them make quite a scene on Girl's Night Out! 

Lindsay Weirich used our beautiful girl here in this card.  I love how she stamped the dress in a patterned paper and then added that on top of the original stamped figure.  So stylish! 

New Stamps! Vintage Button & Silk Card Stamps.

We just released these adorable little 3x4 size stamps.  These are based on vintage button cards, a silk mending card, and a cute little mini bingo card too.  We can think of lots of projects to use these stamps with, and hope you do too!

Visit our online shop to order these new stamps. 

Antiquated Collection stamps now available

We are so excited to finally show you Pink Persimmon's latest release:  The Antiquated Collection by Lisa M. Pace. 

These stamps are now available in the Pink Persimmon online store.  We have had very creative designers working with the stamp sets.  Here are just a few designs, you can see a few more at our special Antiquated Collection Gallery!  We'll be sharing new project samples here on our blog all week. 

Card designed by Kristii Lockart using Society Lady.

Card designed by Ronda Palazarri using Fine and Dandy

Tag designed by Karin Aguirre using Stylish and Fashionable and Fine and Dandy

Lisa will be at A Cherry On Top today (11/19) for an online chat.  Chat begins at 4pm Eastern (that's 1pm for those West Coasters)

We want to give some stamps away!  All you have to do comment below about which stamp sets you like the best.  If you post about the Antiquated Collection on your blog, comment below with a link to your post and we'll give you 3 extra entries in the drawing!!  We'll draw 3 names that will each receive 3 stamp sets from the Collection.  Entries close on Monday 11/21 at 5pm Pacific Time. 

We have something fun for you!!!

We are so excited to finally announce our new stamp collection:

We have been working with Lisa Pace (www.lisapace.com), a very talented mixed-media and scrapbooking artist to create this new vintage inspired stamp collection.  For those of you who know Lisa, this will be  something that is true to her style.  She is just bursting at the seams with excitement to share these new stamps with her friends and fellow crafters.  Lisa hand selected her favorite images and then Judi crafted them into adorable stamp sets that will be a must-have for all you vintage-lovers out there! 

You can see sneak peeks all week at Lisa's blog, then we'll unveil the first release of six new stamp sets at our online store PinkPersimmon.com.  Join us on Saturday here at the blog for a special giveaway.  You can also meet Lisa in an online chat at A Cherry On Top at 4pm Eastern on Sat. 11/19. 

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.