Let Them Eat Cake!

Hey there! Just wanted to stop in real quick tonight and post a card I made a little bit ago. The lovely ladies over at Pink Persimmon sent me some seriously fun sets to play with (Thanks Darcy and Judi!) :

I felt inspired to pair this sentiment with a frog. I do not know why, but I kinda like it. I used a line ric rac from Ric Rac Rectangle to make my background. I just stamped it on the diagonal with versamark. I love how it turned out and actually wish I could see more of it!
I colored in the cake from Tea and Cake with Copics and added diamond stickles to the scallops. I also used the frog from Ribbit and sentiment from Sweet Greetings.  I added gold glitter to the frogs little crown. This crown was what started all the "marie antoinette" thoughts running through my head. I love these colors together. It really makes me want to eat frosting!

Well, thats all for tonight. I must go to bed. Really. Sleep rocks! I hope to get some more cards up this weekend. My camera is traveling with the hubs right now but will be back soon so I can take photos of the stuff I have been creating to share with you. 

Thanks to you for stopping by....

k

Sweet Cherry

Pink Persimmon has this card up on their blog. The blog post is all about how to ruffle ribbon! You can see this card and another card by fellow PP creative member Samantha

I used the cherry image from Vintage Cupcake and colored them in with Copics. Added a simple sentiment and some ribbon:

To add ribbon like this to your card, just stock up on your glue dots! I put glue dots down and then ruffle the ribbon and stick it down. I kinda like it cause it reminds me of curtain ruffles. 
I added three rhinestones that I colored with a Copic to make them the right color. Pretty easy. Be sure to stop by the Pink Persimmon blog to see other post of cards and projects from all of the Creative Team! There is a lot of inspiration over there. 

Hope you have a great week! Thanks for stopping by!

k

Pink Persimmon Bitty Cards!

Hello and what a fabulous Saturday evening it is! Hope all is well with you and your weekend thus far. We have some wonderful company in town this weekend. It's been so fun. Especially with the two babies cooing and laughing all around. (ok, kai doesn't quite laugh yet, but does giggle when he sleeps).

I wanted to share with you some cards I made up this week. I LOVE little cards. They can be so versatile and handy to add to flowers, small gifts and bags. Just perfect for a few nice words to a loved one. Well, I pulled out some Pink Persimmon stamps and wanted to make them focal points on my bitty cards. 

Here's the set of all four cards together:

I cut my white card base to 3x3. Then cut the center square to 1.5 square. I stamped my main image in the square, and colored it. Using a little tape I temporarily glued down the center square  so I could draw in the outlined frame and stamp the sentiment at the bottom and then I added some pop dots to finally adhere them to the card base. And here they are in no particular order...

Celebrate:
I used the balloon set from Vintage Cupcake and colored it with Copics. I then punched two small holes on either side of the balloon string and thread it with Divine Twine. The sentiment is from Ric Rac Circle.

Cute as a Button:
I used two sentiments for this one. The baby is from Ric Rac Circle and the other sentiment plus button image is from Cute As A Button set. A vintage button and thread is added to the middle.

Love:
I 'love' this image! It's also from Vintage Cupcake and very vintage! I added just a little color to the suit, flowers and brides hair. Very simple with the frame and "Love" sentiment from Ric Rac Circle.

Hello:
I love this little snail from the Flower Garden set. There are a lot of small simple images in this set that could be used for a whole slew of cards! The fun is endless, really! I colored him up and popped him on. I loved making these cards because they really are so simple but FUN FUN to make!  I think having a lot of these on hand will be so useful. 

So! What are you doing this weekend?? We are eating, playing and spending some wonderful time together as a family. It's been really peaceful and I really don't want the work week to start. One more day of bliss! The kids did easter eggs and baskets today since tomorrow we wanted to focus on more spiritual things. They have been eating candy ALL day. In fact I don't think they ate any real food so I am sure they will not sleep well. Or maybe if I am lucky the sugar crash will last until the morning ; )

Anyway. Hope all is well with you. Happy Easter and Happy Spring!!

loves~

k

Deets: All Stamps Pink Persimmon

Stamps: Vintage Cupcake, Ric Rac Circle, Cute As A Button, Flower Garden

Ink: Graphite Black (Brilliance)

Paper: Stampers Select White (Pink Persimmon)

Accessories: Copic Markers, Pop Dots, Divine Twine, Black Marker (SU!)

Pink Persimmon Stool Stamping!

Hey there all. WOAH! It's been over a week since I have posted. So sorry about that! It's not that I haven't been crafting. I have done a little bit but can't post anything yet. And in the process I didn't get a chance to do the extra crafting just for fun that I usually post on regular days. My DH was out of town so I spent a lot of time holding dear baby (um, I'm not complaining!) and then I came down with strep throat! It's still going, but I hope in another day I will feel back on my feet. What a painful thing it is. It reminds me of being sick when I was a kid, which is the last time I ever had this wretched illness. But back then I got to lay on the couch all day and watch movies while my mother doted on me and brought me ice cream shakes and popsicles. But I am the mother now, which means no one is doting! (Well, actually DH took two days off and its a good thing cause I really couldn't get out of bed.) And I have sworn off dairy since it really causes tummy trouble for the little newborn, so I had to say goodbye to milk shakes... boo. 

So now that I am kind of up and functioning a bit I thought I would share with you a little Pink Persimmon project I did for this fabulous month of March. For my project I really wanted to stamp on wood. I made an interesting discovery and revamped my process. Which you might be interested in reading about.

Here is the completed stool:

I picked this up from Michael's for about 6$. I had some paint that we had used for the kids room and put down an orange coat to start. Be sure to sand it well first. Using a sponge brush I added the white edging. A sponge brush really helps you control the paint to keep the edges crisp and clean. I really wanted to stamp right on the stool, but you really need a hybrid ink in order for it to stay on the paint (or even bare wood) and the orange ink I had for the mushroom wasn't hybrid. And all the other colors I had just couldn't stand up to the bright orange. Plus I get a bit stamp-shy when I know something is going to be permanent! So I decided to try something a bit different.

Here is a supply list:
I measured the top and cut it out of tissue paper. I stamped on the paper and then decoupaged it onto the stool. It does a couple of things. First it gives it this cool texture, which is something I love, but also it makes it so you can change the image on the stool. You just sand it off and put something else on when you want. No more being stamp-shy for me! I used the Large Soda Pop stamp set for the name. 

Here is a close up:
I also pulled out some nestibilities and traced around it to give me a stronger focal point. One thing you need to keep in mind is a top coat. Since I used dye based ink on the tissue paper, leaving it unfinished will cause smearing and wear. Especially for this particular stool which lives in the bathroom so little Cache can reach the sink. Any amount of water on it will cause a problem. So a light coat of varnish over the top will keep it protected. 

Here is side view:
Cache was so excited to have his own little step stool. It really helps make potty time fun!

So thats all for my tutorial and stamping project. You can check out the Pink Persimmon stamp sets I used. HERE and HERE. Plus you can see the blog post over at Pink Persimmon as well and if you sign up for their newsletter you will receive in your inbox every month a new stamping project put together by one of the creative team members which is always a lot of fun.

I hope to see you soon. Getting well and having my DH in town to shuffle kids will ensure more crafting time so I am really looking forward to next week!

Thanks for stopping by.

k