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DIY Coffee GC holder

I LOVE this Coffee Keeper stamp from Art Impressions

I made a step by step guide how to create a quick

gift card holder using this stamp

But first you'll need 3 pieces of paper cut in to these sizes

1 white cardstock in 6" x 3.50" and scored at 1"

 brown cardstock 5" x 3.50"

and another brown piece cut by 1" x 3.50"

just put that aside for now... :)

1. Stamp the cup (or just the lid) on a piece of white cardstock

2. Stamp the cup on a piece of patterned paper

3. Cut out just the cup part from the patterned paper

4. Stamp the sentiment/"cozy" on green cardstock

5. Cut out the sentiment & adhered on top of the patterned paper

6. Now you can adhere the cut out piece on top of your

brown 5" x 3.5" piece. Use your white card as a guide as to where

to place your card so when the 1" piece is folded the lid will line up.

6. Use an exacto knife and cut right above the end of your cup

(this is where you'll insert your gift card)

7. Run adhesive on the white piece of cardstock with your stamped lid

and cut it out

8. adhere the brown 1" x 3.50" on top of the 1" white  cardstock 

9. Adhere the lid on the brown cardstock lining it up with your cup

10. Insert your gift card and embellish :)

I just added a ribbon, some dew drops, and shaded the lid on my card

 Voila! the cutest lil gc holder :)

Wouldn't this be a fab surprise if you are giving a coffee gift card?!?!

Hope you liked todays DIY

 

Have a fabulous day

xoxo ivyPINK

Fun Crop

This weekend I went to one of  the most

amazing scrapbooking crops I've ever been to!

It's called Crop for a cause

Profits from the crop benefit the MS foundation

My friend Krista accompanied me to the event

and we when we walked in these huge bags filled with goodies

was placed on our table!

This crop had non stop food/treat action

throughout the whole crop (2:30-10:30)

coffee,cookies,dilly bars,chocolates,cake

including dinner pasta,chicken parm,salad,garlic bread

and there was a bargain bin, multiple auctions

(for amazing things like a private cubs day, hawks game,

a whole house for a weekend get away & of course scrapbooking stuff!)

I found out about this event from Simone

and also all thanks to her for my ticket!

I'm definitely looking to attending this event again next year ;)

Laura already has a date for next year so please check her

website for more info :)

 

In other news it's my grandmothers birthday is on Wednesday

and at the crop there was a "bargain bin" section

& I found a set of Material Girl papers by Cosmo cricket

I was inspired to make her a birthday card

from this set because my grandmothers profession

was a seamstress :)

I thought she'd love the "sew" themed card

Here's the card I made

 

I used my favorite birthday sentiment stamp set

from Stampin Up called Bring on the cake

 I hope you guys also had a great weekend!

xoxo ivyPINK

Marvy Adventures

For those of you who thought Dave was on "crafting retirement"

You'll be happy to know that..........

HE's B A C K ! lol

But, these apperances are limited and you

can most likely spot him hangin' out at Marvy Uchida

We recently went to Anaheim, CA

to help Dave teach a class for Marvy

 

The classroom was about 6 times the size

of the classroom we were normally accustomed to :)

Before.....

 

After....

Filled with about 100 ready to craft ladies

 

Look how proud they are of their masterpiece!

 

 

It was wonderful having all these ladies come to class!

Afterwards everyone recieved a Le Plume Certified Certificate

and a lil LOVE from Dave :)

 

The last day before everyone left

The sweetest "BIG Boss Man" at Marvy (Steve)

to us all out for a treat at Buca di Beppo

Everyone left very happy & about 10 lbs. heavier!

Thats all for our Marvy Adventure!

 

Thank You Steve & Rick & the Marvy team

for the wonderful winter CHA experience :)

and thank you to all the LOVELY crafty ladies that attended class from all over the world.

xoxo

ivyPINK

 

 

 

 

 

In Anaheim

Hola fr Anaheim
What a crazy week it's been ;)
Today we taught a stamp class for Marvy Uchida for about 100 stamping ladies
So much FUN!
I'll have to post a pic of the cards we made when I get back I forgot to take a pic with my phone
I'll be posting pix of my faves fr CHA on twitter so follow me on twitter for updates
@ivyPINK
Time for bed ;) It was a long day!
good night
xoxo ivyPINK

Flashback Friday Challenge

My friend Amy who hosts the

Flashback Friday Challenge Blog

asked me to be this months sponsor :)

I'm so excited!

I told her I'd love to join the challenge as well

& then she told me the theme is CLEAN & SIMPLE

YIKES! Both those words are foreign to me lol

So this theme was definitely a "challenge" hahaha

BUT here's my card

I dug up my heat gun to EMBOSS!

I cant even remember the last time I embossed

A N Y T H I N G !

I also dug up my favorite paint pan

which is the Talens Angora Watercolor

to create some "splatters"

Go over to the Flashback Friday Blog & join the challenge

you could win this ivyPINK prize pack

which includes the new shop addition

 ivyPINK exclusive PINK acrylic block

I am ALSO giving you guys another opportunity

to win an acrylic block if you don't want to do the challenge

all you have to do is "LIKE" the ivyPINK Facebook page

and leave an answer on FB for this question

What is your 2012 CRAFTY resolution?

*If you are already a fan, just leave your answer*

You can list 1 or as many  resolutions as you want :)

Here's my resolutions:

#1 reorganizemy crazy scraproom!

#2 FINISH projects & just focus on 1 project at a time 

#3 create MORE cards so I'm not always creating the HOUR

before I need the card (story of my life)

Good Luck & HAPPY FRIDAY!!!!!!

xoxo ivyPINK

Sassy Card

I'm FINALLY making some dent from this Sassafrass stash

 
I made this cute birthday card for a couple August celebrations :)

This Happy Birthday stamp from SU is my favorite!!!!

I don't have any planned posts I will try to post while on the road

but I'm off (again)..... to TEXAS!!!

I'm not sure I'm ready for the 100 degrees weather

good thing I'm gonna be a stone throw away from a pool :)

tootles for now!

Happy F R I D A Y ! ! !

xoxo ivyPINK 
 

Have You Heard? Gallery Idol 2011

The Papercrafts Gallery Idol 2011

 
 Opened this past Monday and already

the Flickr gallery has over 400 submissions!

Its because these great prizes are at stake :)

Gallery Idol 2011 Prize Packages:

• Round 1: Twenty winners will take home American Crafts’ Margarita collection and a free copy of a current issue from Paper Crafts magazine.
• Round 2: Fifteen winners will take home Crate Paper’s Portrait collection and a free special issue from Paper Crafts magazine.
• Round 3: Ten winners will take home Pink Paislee’s Daily Junque collection, a free special issue and a free 1-year subscription from Paper Crafts magazine.
• Round 4: Five winners will take home a Spellbinders’ Grand Calibur and die template package, plus free copies of The Best of Paper Crafts, The Best of Card Creations, The Best of Stamp It! Cards, In Love with Paper Crafts and The Big Book of Holiday Paper Crafts.
• Grand Prize: One winner will receive a free Paper Crafts Cruise aboard Carnival’s Liberty ($661 shared ocean cabin, $295 conference fee and up to a $300 airfare credit), winning project(s) published in Paper Crafts magazine, name added to the exclusive Paper Crafts designer list, free collection of special issues and an official grand prize winner certificate.

The word CRUISE invited me to join lol :)

 
 Here's one of my submissions :)

The theme is CONGRATULATIONS

I've been in to a lot of multi colored things lately

Supplies: Cardstock: Prisma & Cranes   Stamp: Stampin' Up

Patterned paper: October Afternoon, My Minds Eye & Cosmo Cricket

Flowers: Sassafrass Lass   Pearls: K&CO    Bling: Hero Arts

 I Love how all the layers look :)

I'm planning to submit a couple more after I get back from vaca

I'm so glad the gallery is open til Monday July 4

I hope you guys had a great weekend :)

Happy Monday!

xoxo, ivyPINK

 

Spring & Birthday

It's M's 28th Birthday today!!!

This morning I drove to his work to drop off

Birthday treats, bballoons & office decor :) 

I made him a banner from my Cricut

I don't really have a good pic of it though :(

For his birthday treats I ordered brownies from Fairytale Brownies

and I made a band to wrap them with :)

 
M's fave color is lime green the brighter the better! (yuck)

ANYWAY.....I'm in LOVE with this stamp from the SU Piece of Cake stamp

It's so versitile  :) I colored the number 2 & 8 with copic

and the other numbers with a clear stardust pen

 
I really don't make a whole lot of "masculine" looking cards

so I had a bit of trouble coming up with something

But tying in that brown with the green made it look more masculine...(i think) :)

I also wanted to share Day 2's Sketch card

also in lots of greens I was thinking SPRING

 
This weekend I bought some ranunculus its my FAVE flowers, along with peonies

usually it's hard to find a ranunculus this late in April but they must've bloomed late this year!

The ones I planted last year didn't grow :(

I'm not surprised though with my very un-green thumb & this crazy chicago weather

those flowers didn't have a chance lol :)

One last thing I wanted to share is this GREAT deal through Snapfish

It ends today so HURRY!!!

  You can get 365 – 4×6 prints for only $15 Plus there is Free Shipping! 

 That comes out to $0.04 per print :) Use coupon code: SPRING365.  
Have a fantabulous day!

xoxo ivyPINK 

SU get together

This past friday I had a Stampin Up crafty get together at my house :)

Which is always a nice way to spend a Friday night!

 
and I wanted to share the cards we made

My friend Jen & SU demonstrator made 3 and I made 1

 (which apparently 1 was more than enough cuz it was really complicated I guess lol)

These are the cards Jen made

 
for this card she used the Build a Blossom Stamp Set

with the matching Blossoms Punch

I LOVE LOVE LOVE this & definitely need it in my life!

Jen printed out her own accent papers using the My Digital SU Software

This V-day card we made is all digital too!

(except for the teeny tiny heart punch out)

Look at those brads! they look real right?

Then, we made this layered beauty

Using the Vague Vintage stamp set

 
 she brought it in the clear stamp set

which was my first time trying SU's clear stamps

and while it did stamp OK,

I think I'd like to stick to their woodmounts better.

 This last card is the one I made

 
I used a not so new set BUT I just LOVE this Fifth Ave. Floral stamp so much!

and I also LOVE this curly label punch so much also :)

The card was made using the Nestabilites Labels 1 set

It was so good to see everyone who came

Thank You guys so much for coming over and playing :)

xoxo, ivyPINK

Oh, PS I posted new labels at the ivyPINK Etsy shop

So FAWNed over this cute little label

 
 and how cute would your packages be with these Papillion Butterfly labels?

 

and keep an eye out for this coming soon!!!

 

The Invite

Lets start with the invites shall we?

Isn't that what sets the vibe for a party any how?

My invites certainly took me a while to make

I thought it would be SOOO easy when I finally came up

with the concept...I thought I could just whip it out with the cricut

BUT it wasn't so easy....

First off my cricut did not cut the paper in even sizes

 & I was going to end up wasting a LOT of paper

wasting paper=NO good!

 Second, I wanted to use this roses snow & graham wrap somehow.

The wrap is 20 x 30 in size

So I had to come up with another plan to cut my penants

Thats when I pulled out my trusty exacto & I started measuring & cutting away

after days of measuring & cutting 

my pile of lovely patterned paper penants stacked up

after I punched the holes on each side

and tied them together....

(I had my mom help me with the tying part)

Here's how the front of the invites looks like

*(I used  LOT of different patterns of paper this sample pic

is made with Echo Park paper)*

 
 and when you open the invite....

VOILA!

 
It took a while to tie all the bows...but it got easier after a lil while

I really loved how it turned out

I used this Hero Arts Hello Flags stamp to accent the envelopes

I used Vellum envelopes because I wanted the front part of the invite to be seen

I used a variety of these banner Jenni Bowlin stickers

for the "TO" in the center banner

I also made matching craft colored address labels  

That about wraps up the Invites :)

The penant flag theme continues throughout the party

So, stay tuned for the next posting with all the "decor" details

xoxo

ivyPINK