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Thanks to the very sweet Paula Pascual for Linking ME on her awesome BLOG the Crafty Storage.
Which has tons of awesome inspiring storage ideas.
She also has link's to a bunch of Crafty Studios which I love to look at. :)
So please go check her out.
Have a splendid day.
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I can't believe Sundays over already!!!
I have lots of Organizing picz to share...
BECAUSE thats all I did ALL day!
Since working at Paper Source I've collected more FLAT paper than I could ever need.
PLUS I kept them in shipping tubes and every time I was ready to use them it was such a hassle to take them all out of the tube and by this time they are all CURLED up!
So, I remember coming across this article in the Real Simple Nov. 2007 magazine issue...
I was like: AHA!
PERFECT!!!! BUT I have a TON of FLAT paper {really}
so I needed a good hanger without making dents on the paper...LUCKILY they started to carry HUGGABLE Hangers at TARGET!!! I LOVE these. (If only I could re-do my whole closet with these babies)...anywayz SOLUTION to my problem. NOT is it only a space saver, it was wide enough, and the clips are gentle and strong enough to hold the papers.
I was able to clip at least 10 to a hanger.
Heres how it looks so far: 
I arranged them by COLOR, and I bought the Cascading hooks also because I don't have enough space to hang each color separately.
I also did A LOT of SORTING today!!!
I've had some buttons collecting dust for a few {several} years now... LOL
so it went from this:
To this:
I tried to do the RANDOM in a jar look (I dumped all my Foof-a-la bags in a jar) but goodness did it drive me crazy having to sort through all the colors. So I separated those too.
But I feel much better now. *sigh*
and how many of you have a TON of stickers but forgot all about them?
(me ------------> raising my hand and waving crazily)
I have 3 PSB's FILLED exploding cant even close the zipper kind of exploding...
So I sorted through it today and thats what I stored in the Filer Cube.
I organized them by theme:
Alphabets, Travel, Baby/Kids ect.
I know I probably wont use 'em all still, BUT at least if i wanted to find something I could do it a lot easier now.
It's so hard to toss 'em Its like, I spent 4 bucks on this thing? LOL (I took a lot of them out of the packaging so it still had the price tag) ridiculous!
Thank goodness for this BOOK. It's really the cause of my motivation and I've gotten lots of ideas HOW to organize my room to suit my needs. My favorite tip was to organize by COLOR.
I've found that I find things so much faster this way.
I also wanted to share how I organize my cards
This use to be a shoe cabinet from Ikea
I use the Shoe Sterilite containers and it fits perfect.
Heres a pic: 
I organize them a couple different ways...By size and by color
the bottom A2s are organized by color with the matching envelopes.
The 2nd layer, one is all PS envelopes and they go from printed to color. The next one is all A2 specialty like Kate Spade, Letterpress, KI...etc.
Third Layer A6 & A7 some of them are pocket enclosures.
The 4th layer at the end are all flat
PS Petal Cards.
I also wrapped a TON more ribbons today.
It's never ending.
BUT that was my break I was wrapping away while watching ENCHANTED. OMG I loved it.
It was so cute and Mc Dreamy (I mean Patrick Dempsey) was super cute!!!
I also LOVED the song they danced to at the end,
So Close by Jon Mclaughlin.
Well, I hope everyone had a good weekend.
Back to work tomorrow.
I made this card using some of the stickers & rub ons I found...
Supplies:
Brown Card: Rubber Soul
Border Stickers: EK Success
Rub Ons: Doodle Bug Sew Easy
Stamp: Special Thanks Hero Arts
Label:Purple Onion Deluxe Labels
Bling: mark Richards
Ink: Chalk Ink Coral & Chestnut roan
Cardstock: PaperSource
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It's the last day of CHALLENGES @ All things Stamped.
It's been so much fun.
Man, if only I joined challenges EVERYDAY I'd have a ton of cards by the end of the year. LOL
I LOVE it :)
OK so todays challenge is:
**Day 6 Challenge Rules** Today you get to create a monogram card with your own initials...one, two or three initials will be acceptable. 1) Make a monogram card using stamps, stickers or die cuts for the letters of the monogram 2) You must use your favorite color paper for the card base and any pattern papers 3) You must use ribbon on your card 4) You must use some sort of scallop on your card...scallop circle punch, scallop trim, I'll even accept ric rac ribbon or paper scalloped with scissors {get creative}
Heres my card:
Heres the DETAIL Picture
I LOVE the NOTEWORTHY Line by Making Memories
I was Inspired to use that, BUT First I knew I wanted to make something with this Circle Card and I had to work around it. Since we had to use a favorite color for a base it just so happened to be the the Half circle in the noteworthy notebook fit the circle card & its was PINK {PERFECT}!!! see the rim? *sigh* I love it when that happens. {heehee}
The Flower & the circle image in the center is also noteworthy but the flower image was in brown so I traced over it with the BLACK .01 AC Precision PEN and used the stardust pen to bling it up a bit.
I used the Damask stamp again. Black on Black & I like how it made it look subtle.
Supplies:Cardstock: Bazzill Bling
Dots: Doodle Bug
Flat Circle Card: Paper Source
Scallop paper: Noteworthy Making Memories
Button: Clear Foof-a-la
Floral & Pink EK Success
Stamp: Inkadinkado
PINK Flower: Prima
Rhinestones: Mark Richards
Letter I: Making Memories
Acrylic Paint: Making Memories
Glitter: Ranger Loose stickles
Ribbon: Paper Source Blossom
Pen: Black American Crafts
Glitter: Sakura Stardust
This WEEKEND I'm planning to tackle more ORGANIZATION in the scarp room. {It's just never ending}
I just bought this Filer Cube I'm not exactly sure whats going in it yet though. :)
I'll take picz when its done.
Oh, and so I'll have you know I took my Janome out of the box, did the whole tutorial, threaded it ... I'm ready to stitch and....It only stitches backwards (?) I SWEAR!!! I have to use the pedal thingy on the right hand side to make it go forward.... (the opposite of how its suppose to be) SO In case theres a button or something that I'm missing I think I have to take it back.
{OK everyone have a GREAT weekend}
Im leaving you with a cute Pic of my kitty.
Molly & Earl both got fixed on Monday :(
*tear* theres no hope for baby kitties any more :(
BUT MOLLYs been a little needy and she goes with me every where
and wont leave me alone...(which is OK)
BUT when im in the craft room,
she wants to either take over my scrapping chair or be exactly in front of me...
so I made a little compromise and
This is what I did to make BOTH of us HAPPY: 
{this is on top of my Craft table}
It took her a while to fall asleep
But look at her little balled up position.
*sigh*
shes a SWEETIE pie.
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**Day 4 Challenge** Tag...your it! 1) Your card must contain a tag somewhere in the design. Any size...big or small. Any shape....round, square, rectangle. 2) Your card must contain the color red somewhere in the design...any shade of red. 3) Your card must have some sort of bling in the design...anything shiney will count as bling....brads, eyelets, rhinestones, stickles, glitter...all counts as bling.
Here's my card...
Since we had to use a tag I remembered I bought this Tag Pad forever ago, I finally decided to put it to good use. {wink}
and the green fabric tag is from Making Memories.
I got a new Damask Stamp its made by Inkadinkado.
It was all 40% of at Joann Fabrics because its National Craft month :) I love the way it stamped.
On the detailed picture you'll notice its got a little bit of shimmer that because I used the Sakura Stardust Pen on my finger and I wiped it gently all around the paper and flower image on the tag.
Supplies:Cardstock:Tsumugi Grape {i love Tsumugi Cardstock for its texture}
Paper Tag: K& Co. Margo
Fabric Tag: Making Memories
Flower: Blue: making Memories
Purple: Prima
Stamp: Happy Birthday Savvy
Damasks: Inkadinkado
Bling: Mark Richards
Lace: Scarlet Lime (March Kit)
Ribbon: PaperSource
Ink: Versamark
Pen: Sakura Stardust & Burgundy
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our challenge got a little more difficult.
{from all things stamped}
**Day 3 Challenge Rules** Today you get to make a card that doesn't fold in half....it is what I like to call a Funky Fold. 1) It can be any size card but can not fold in half 2) It must be decorated on the inside and outside 3) You must spell out a word using stickers, thickers, die cuts or alphabet stamps 4) It has to have polka dots.
BUT I LOVED it. I LOVE cards with a unique opening.
This card could not scream its an "ivy card" any louder.
It has my 3 Basic signature touches.
1}PINK
2}RIBBON
3}BLING
ready?...
Good thing Denise asked us to use ALPHABET stickers...
LOL
this is my Sicckkkkk stash
Supplies: Cardstock: PINK/BROWN Bazzill BLING
White: PaperSource
Polka dots: Doodle Bug
Stickers: Flowers: Making Memories
Alphabet: American Crafts
Bling: Mark Richards
Other: Punch: Martha Stewart Scallop
Ribbon: PaperSource: Grosgrain BLOSSOM
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of the challenge @ All things STAMPED...
Card had to be 4 x 4
Black INK
NO Patterned Paper
Heres my card:
I used this Brocade stamp from PaperSource
and the Ladder Ribbon from the Ribbons & Stitches set
and the Cuttle Bug Embossing Folder is called SCRIPT TEXTURE.
Supplies:
Cardstock: White-PaperSource
Black: Die Cuts with a View
Stamp: Brocade-PaperSource
Ribbon Ladder-Hero Arts
Ink: Colorbox Black
Embossing Powder: Coloriser clear
Embossing Folder: Cuttlebug-Script Texture
Other: tulle
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So my friend Denise posted a challenge on her BLOG!
You have to make a card with a BIRD on it, at least one layer, & use a ribbon :)
SO...heres my card...I used the Decorative Birds set from HERO ARTS. 
I bought this stamp set after I received this CARD from Jennifer McGuire {my FAVORITE}
BTW shes BLOGGING now. GO check her out. shes got the cutest card up using the Swiss Dots embossing folder. {I need it in my life}
Supplies: Cardstock: Papersource
Paper all birdies & birdie wings: Rubber Soul
B/W polka dot: Die Cuts with a view
Yellow & Blue: Making Memories
Ribbon: Offray
Ink:Versafine
Stamp: Hero Arts
Label: Seven Gypsies
Flower: Queen & Co.
Other: American Crafts 01 pen.
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I made a couple projects when I went to CHA but i forgot all about them cuz I didn't get to fully finish...so I did some finishing up just now.
This was from Stampendous.
Its called the Sunshine card
Its a mini Pocket Clipboard.
I love the Stampendous Kits because it comes with everything you need to make it.
If you click on the Link it gives you step by step directions on how you make this cute card
This cute Wooden Tag is from Kaiser Craft
Its a new company from Australia.
Everything on the Tag is from them...
The paper, the ribbons, the BLING,the flowers,
Acrylic Paint...visit their site to see all the products they carry. Everything is also VERY REASONABLY priced.
I FINALLY made my very FIRST ATC card :)
I collect quotes from everywhere...commercials, tv, shows, songs...I'm pretty sure this one is from a Greys episode. *sigh* when is it coming back? :)
Anyway, the LABEL stamp is from Scarlet Lime FEB 08 and I used the "Daily Notes" & "Issue No." from the Office Accoutrement Stampin 'Up set.
The metal flower is from Nunn Designs Becky has such cute little trinkets. I have to find the necklace she gave me. It had this picture of a baby with the cutest little metal crown.
OK thats all of my "PINKY" Projects.
I hope everyone had a great easter.
They through my cousins grandpa a SURPRISE
BIRTHDAY Party and he was really surprised.
He was so speechless & he cried.
It was so awesome to capture his emotion here before blowing the candles.
It took him a whole 5 min. before he blew them
He didn't make a speech or anything.
It was great.
He turned 80 and still growing strong.
Before I go...
I found the BEST PEEPSHOW link from the Washington Post.
Its all from a Peeps Diorama Contest.
So CREATIVE. I love the "Little-Bo-Peep" {heehee}
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LOL...so I've been called an enabler a FEW {several} times this week :)
BUT man I love good deals. who doesn't right?
I went to TARGET this week & I got some goodies.
I bought all of this but i literally only liked ONE specific thing from each package! Its so bad.
I loved the little birdie in the MOD chipboard pack.
The GRATITUDE stamp is too cute. PLUS I saw this same stamp set on the internet for $18.99 so for $2.37 it was the best deal ever. I've wanted the little teeny tiny MM alphabet's and I saw it inside the wedding pack so thats why I got that.
I fell in LOVE a little bit with the cupcake V day cards :)
and MY Fav. of all is the MM Label stickers. It was only $.74 I wish I found more. It came with 3 sheets inside and i always use labels!
I also bought a GABAJILLION more clothespins from the dollar store. :) If i use all of this I will officially have to be admitted to the Addiction 2 ribbons anonymous group :)
Thanks to Christy for linking my blog on the Scarlet Lime Newsletter :)
I got a few email questions on how I store the Stamps...
You can see on the left hand side
I have a couple clear CD cases.
I store the clear stamps in those.
It's really convenient
when I need a stamp
I can see all of them at once.
I use clear CD cases to store all my rubber cling and clear stamps. I got a bunch of those little $1.00 Michaels & Joanne stamps and I separated them by theme and about 3 or 4 sets fit in one CD case. I still have to print out some labels for the side. {thats my next mission}
Oh and I'm finished with ECLIPSE I tried to read SUPER slow but I couldn't help myself.
Now I have to wait ever so patiently for Breaking Dawn available in...AUGUST!!!
They have a countdown on Stephenie's website: 132 days 23 hours 43 minutes and 35 seconds.
Goodness Gracious.
I'm sure i'm behind on the band wagon for this BUT I'm loving this new Music Playlist site I found
Playlist.com heres mine so far...Ivys Playlist you can add up to 100 songs...and its FREE.
I have work tomorrow unfortunately.
I made this really quick LO today.
Papers from the March Scarlet Lime kit. 
LOL...Happy Easter
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WOWEEEEEE!
I was so glad when my Scarlet Lime KIT came in the mail today.
I just LOVE everything in it.
I bought the March Main Kit and the March Fresh & Funky mini kit 
I couldn't wait to get home to play with it.
I organize all my Scarlet lime kits in THIS
Its starting to overflow though. LOL
so I wrapped the ribbons up for some organization.
*sigh* it looks better. {heehee}
So I created a page right away.
I found this picture while cleaning out some stuff this weekend.
Its a pic of the OLD Bloomingdale ARCHIVERS crew.
HI Angie! {she lives in Seattle now} and we don't get to see Michele much.
Julie moved to Wisconsin and I just happened to see Linda at my Stampin Up party but other wise I didn't see her for over a year before then. Chrissy I see all the time. BUT I miss the ladies so much.
So heres a LO of the good ole times in Julie's "BUNKER"
xoxo
ivy.
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