Antiqued Jewels Tutorial

Today I’m sharing the tutorial I wrote for Pink Persimmon’s free holiday craft ebook. You can download the entire e-book full of craft ideas here, all you have to do is sign up for Pink Persimmon’s email newsletter. This Antiqued Jewel technique creates a ghosted image inside a colored jewel. It takes some practice, but using Alcohol Inks allows you …

New Toy Tuesday: Metallic Distress Stains

I don’t think I even knew these things existed until last week. Apparently they were released at Winter CHA this past year, but I was kinda busy having a baby right around then. It’s a shame I didn’t discover them sooner, because I kindof love them. Much like regular Distress Stains, these are water-based fluid inks that are great for …

Fall Tag with Embossing Folders and Paint Dabbers

I have a love-hate relationship with tags. On the one hand, they’re a great medium for small projects that showcase one or two unique inking/stamping techniques, which makes them perfect for make-and-takes. On the other hand, WTF do you do with them? Tell me. I keep hearing they’re great for gifts, or for placecards, or whatever. I’d believe that if …

Post Card Card

Is there anything better than getting a package in the mail? I do more and more of my shopping online these days, and it’s always so much fun to come home to see a brown box on the doorstep. That was the inspiration for this card. I used two stamp sets from Pink Persimmon’s latest release: Parcel Post and Special …

Happy Fall with Pink Persimmon

Today marks the official transition from pumpkins and ghosts and costumes to…pumpkins and turkey and pie. The weather here in the SF Bay is finally turning a little colder, and if you look really hard you may even find a deciduous tree with colored foliage. So, happy Fall! I don’t know about you, but to me, nothing says fall like …

Product Review: Sew-Sew

So (sew?) We R Memory Keepers has this line of tools that allows you to add stitching to your cards and layouts. They’re kinda cool. They started with the Sew Easy, which is a handle with interchangeable rollers that pierced various stitch patterns into your paper. The idea was to pierce, then hand-sew through the holes. Great idea if you …