FREE Teacher Gifts!

I'm embarrassed to say that I struggle with teacher gifts. Most of all it's because I'm so last minute that I don't think of it until ... the last minute.

Thanks to Sale-a-bration - NOT THIS YEAR! I was SO excited to see the From Your Teacher stamp set in the Sale-a-bration catalog this year! I've been meaning to get this set for the teachers anyway, but with it being a Sale-a-bration item, I wouldn't have to pay for them this year!

But the stamp set looked too plain once I got it assembled. It needed something else. I added a jumbo binder clip and decorated it with some Everyday Enchantment Designer Series Paper (also a FREE Sale-a-bration item! - #126154) and added it to the contents of the box. Then I used the Sizzix Labels framelets from the Occasions mini catalog to cut the labels and added the information to it. Then tied it up with the Lucky Limeade ribbon from Everyday Enchantment Ribbon & Brad pack (also a FREE Sale-a-bration item! - #127279). Did you know that this ribbon curls like curling ribbon with the edge of your scissors???) :)

Thanks to Sale-a-bration I have my teacher gifts DONE - TWO MONTHS EARLY! :)

Supplies Used:

Lucky Limeade Cardstock	Island Indigo Cardstock	From Your Teacher Set	Sizzix Labels Collection	Big Shot Die-Cut Machine	Blossom Bouquet Triple Layer Punch	Basic Rhinestones Jewel Accents
Basic Black Stampin' Write

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Incentive Gifts - Ribbon Bottles

With only two days until the Ultimate Card Day, I wanted to come up with some incentive gifts. I love taking incentive gifts to workshops and events I have. That way if someone orders a certain dollar amount, books a workshop or signs up to become a demonstrator, I have something to give them as a "Thank You".

I must admit, I have as much fun giving them out as I do making them and this time was no different! I have LOTS of retired Stampin' Up! rub-ons and ribbon, so I used both to create these (along with some current supplies too!) The bottles are stuffed with retired and current ribbon that matches the color of the bottle. Then the flower fit perfectly into the bottle with the "stuffing" holding it in place. What's better than dirt? RIBBON! I'm not going to list the supplies for these today - there are too many to list.

So now I'm ready for this weekend - and if you're one of the lucky ones signed up to attend the Ultimate Card Day, just place a $50 order, book a workshop or sign up to be a Stampin' Up! demonstrator and your choice of bottle will be yours!

September 11 - Thanks Mini Paper Bag

I *love* little gifty things!

When I saw these little Mini Lunch Sacks in the Holiday Mini Catalog I fell in love. And I was so surprised when I got them this week - they are so THICK and such good quality! I was actually expecting a thin mini paper bag, kind of like what you get in a pack of 100 from the grocery store - but Oh No! The quality on these is SO nice! And you get 10 in a pack so I'm really excited about decorating the rest.

And if you need a super-quick gift idea, this is the perfect project - completion time is only about 5-10 minutes!

Stampin' Up! Supplies Used:

• Mini Lunch Sacks - Holiday Mini Catalog
• "Belle" Stampin' Around Wheel - Holiday Mini
• Decorative Label Punch - Holiday Mini
• A Word For You Stamp Set - Idea Book & Catalog
• Kraft Classic Ink Pad - Idea Book & Catalog
• Chocolate Chip Classic Ink Pad - Idea Book & Catalog
• Very Vanilla & Kraft Cardstock - Idea Book & Catalog
• Pearls - Idea Book & Catalog
• Scalloped Edge Punch - Idea Book & Catalog
• White Signo Pen - Idea Book & Catalog
• Stampin' Dimensionals - Idea Book & Catalog

To purchase any of these items and make fun little gifty bags of your own, visit http://hollyvandyne.stampinup.net.

Have a fantastic weekend!

January 9 - Goodie Jars

Oh how I love little jars! I fell in love with these little spice jars at Kroger tonight and knew I had to get them to play with.

I decided to decorate them for a good friend who just moved into a new house with her family and will soon be decorating her scrap room. Thought these might help her get started. :)

I used the Vintage Labels stamp set from the Sale-A-Bration promotion on these along with the new mini heart punch from the Occasions mini and some fun Stampin' Up! ribbon.

Hope you are having a fantastic creative weekend! Chad is working tomorrow so I will be crafting all day - so check back for another project posted tomorrow!

{ holly }

April 3 - Spring Gable Box

This project post is over at the HybridChick.com again for today - it has the complete instructions and supply list for this project! VERY fun project to make and would be a quick and easy place setting or gift box.

Just a few quick things since I neglected the blog for the past few days...

Welcome Erin!!!
I'm SO excited that Erin has signed up with me as a Stampin' Up! demonstrator. She's a super sweet person and I'm so happy to be working with her! She has a fantastic blog too - you can check it out here. So welcome Erin!!!

Vendor Blender Tomorrow
I will have a table at a vendor blender tomorrow at the Loudonville library - if you live nearby or want to check it out please do, I would love to see you! My trusty little sidekick Audrey will be there with me so I'm excited to get some mommy/daughter time with her. I'll have some prizes, cards for sale, etc. It's going on from 9am - 3pm.

April Card Night Details
April card nights are Tuesday, April 14 & Thursday, April 16 from 6-8pm at my house. Please email me or call to RSVP. The nights are filling up fast, so please give me a call soon if you'd like to come. I'll post the details again and a picture of this months cards this weekend.

Have a FABULOUS weekend! :)

April 9 - Packaging

Yep, I'm a HUGE dork sometimes. Especially when I get a box of Stampin' Up! orders. I LOVE cutting rubber. So I cut all of the sets that leave my house before they get delivered. There is nothing better for me than sitting in front of the television at night and cutting down the stamps so I can mount them. Audrey loves it too and always tries to help, cracks me up.

I also love packaging the orders up. Sometimes I just don't have the time to do it, but when I do I love finding creative and fun ways to package up my orders. All Stampin' Up! supplies on this one.

Packaging

Ingredients:

• 8 1/2 x 11 logo cello bag
• "Wonderful Words" Stamp Set
• "Schoolbook Serif" Alphabet Stamp Set
• "Priceless" Stamp Set
  
• Double stitched ribbon
• Felt flowers
• Metal rimmed tags
• Staples
• Brads
• 6" x 6" Designer series paper
• Ink (Purely Pomegranate)
  

Instructions:

1- For the card just fold the 6"x6" sheet of paper in half. This makes a 6"x3" card that will fit in any business sized envelope. Stamp your greeting on the front, then adhere your two felt flowers with brads in the center of them.

2- Put the contents in the cello bag with the card in front and fold the top half twice towards the back.

3- Cut a strip of ribbon the width of the bag and staple it to the top of the front.

4- Stamp your tag with the initial for the intended (take the ring off to do this) Then put the ring back on.

5- Punch a small hole in the side of the bag.

March 19 - Take Out Container

I have a super-sweet friend who sent me a FABULOUS gift this week, and some gifts just call for more than a card sometimes. Her thoughtfulness really brightened my week so I wanted to make her an extra-special Thank You. I had found these cute little clear plastic take-out containers in a package of 6 or 8 (can't remember!) in the gift wrapping section of Target. I put them away in my closet for a rainy day, and am so happy I finally got one out to play around with - they are SO cute!

Take Out Container

Ingredients:

• Clear Take-Out Containers (Target)
• Hershey Kisses
• Big Rhinestones (Frosting, Glitz Designs)
• Little Rhinestones (Heidi Swapp)
• Kraft Grass filler (Target)
• Ribbon (Couture Scrapbooking)
• Rubons (KaiserCraft)
• Super Tape (Therm O Web)
  
• White Pen (Signo, Stampin' Up!)
• Kraft Cardstock (Stampin' Up!)
• Black ink and Thank You stamp (Stampin' Up!)
• Tag Punch (Stampin' Up!)
• CropADile and Eyelet (W R Memory Keepers)

Instructions:

1- Add your large bling Frosting strip to the front and back sides.
2- Add a strip of Super Tape to the back of the ribbon and apply it directly under the bling you just added. Trim edges.
3- Using white pen dot under the ribbon scalloped edge.
4- Apply rubons to the bottom portion of the container.
5- Punch tag out of the kraft cardstock.
6- Stamp your greeting at an angle so both sides of the stamp go off of the tag.
7- Add your strip of small rhinestones at the bottom of the tag.
8- Punch a hole in the top of the tag with your Crop A Dile and attach your eyelet.
9- Ring the keyring around the tag and the handle of the container.
10- Add your grass, then put your Hershey Kisses on top of your grass, then close it up.

March 12 - Scrap A Larger Frame

Please don't hate me because I'm posting another frame, but I had so much fun making this. I used to have snowmen all over my downstairs bathroom when I didn't know any better. :) Well, I redid the bathroom and banished all of the snowmen items to the basement. I was down there the other day doing laundry and saw this frame that used to have a snowman picture inside that I had bought at a craft show. So I took it out and scrapped the inside. And a little on the outside. And now I like it much better and it is no longer collecting dust in the basement! MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!

Scrap A Larger Frame

Ingredients:

• Frame of your choice
• Patterned paper (Making Memories)
  
• Cardstock
• Rubons (Stampin' Up!)
  
• Stamps and Ink (Stampin' Up!)
• Large Paper Flower (Bazzill)
• Scallop Punch (Stampin' Up!)
• Glitter Brad (Doodlebug)

Instructions:

1- Start with the outside of the frame by adding your rubons and flowers.

2- Next start with the inside by just using the old picture as your background. Layer your cardstock/paper on top the way you want it.

3 - Add your title.

4- Add your photo.

And that is it! Today's project will be posted a little later tonight, so be sure to check back! Have a GREAT Thursday!

March 6 - Photo Flower Vase

I've been having a blast making some fun and funky things for my little Etsy store - which is the inspiration of todays project. I spent the morning creating some fun little mini jars and vases with paper and fabric flowers, and this one has a little clip added so that you can clip a fun little photo to it. And I'm not sure what was more fun - making the flowers or decorating the vases/jars, but this was a blast to make.

Photo Flower Vase

Ingredients:

• 4" tall clear glass jar
• Green wire
• Marbles
• Sheer ribbon (May Arts)
• Rubon (Stampin' Up!)
• White Signo Pen
• Rhinestones
• Scalloped Punch (Stampin' Up!)
• Pixie Pink ink (Stampin' Up!)
• Ginormous Flowers stamp set (Stampin' Up!)
• White Clip (Making Memories)
• Crocheted flower (Fancy Pants Designs)
• Fabric Flowers (Stampin' Up!)
• Zots (Therm O Web)
  

Instructions:

1 - To decorate your vase just fill it with the marbles, apply your rubon, attach a rhinestone in the middle of the rubon with a Zot, then dot around the flower and the rhinestone with the white Signo pen. Tie your sheer ribbon around the top of the jar.

2 - Take your wire and halfway through loop it so that it looks like you are holding an X with the loop at the bottom of the X. Adjust it so one side is longer than the other. Stick it into the jar and move the marbles around so they hold the wire in place.

3 - Make two identical flowers, then cut a 3-D zot halfway up the middle and place the top of your wire in that slit. Sandwich the two flowers together around the Zot/wire.

4 - Repeat step #3 with your bigger flower.

5 - Attach your photo with the clip on the longer wire stem.

Have a great day, enjoy making vases and jars and hope you stop back tomorrow!

March 4 - Friend Mini Bucket

One of my absolute favorite places in the whole wide world is the Target Dollar Spot aisle at my local Target store! I LOVE the inspirational stuff I find there - I can almost always find something fun and funky to alter or decorate for just $1!

So...today I got out one of these cute little Easter buckets that I got a few weeks ago from there. I will probably end up doing this as one of the projects for a SU! workshop I'm having in a few weeks.

This is a super-fast item to make and you can fill it with just about anything - jelly beans, marshmallow chicks, mini chocolate eggs, whatever looks good!

Friend Mini Bucket

Ingredients:

• Mini pink polka dotted bucket from Target
• Love & Happiness rubons (SU! Sale-a-bration)
• Ginormous Flowers stamp set (Stampin' Up!)
• Pixie Pink ink (Stampin' Up!)
  
• Flower Punch (Stampin' Up!)
• Green felt flowers (Stampin' Up!)
• Rhinestone brads (Pretties Kit, Stampin' Up!)
• Crop-a-dile
  
• White pen

Instructions

1 - Apply your friend rubon to the front of your bucket

2 - Stamp and Punch out your pink flowers, layer your felt flowers on top then stick your brad in the middle. Don't clasp the brad closed yet.

3 - Using your Crop-a-dile, punch two of the small hole setting through your bucket (punches SO easy!)

4 - Stick your bradded flowers through the holes and spread open the clasp in the back (which is in the inside of your bucket)

Told you it was fast! Thanks for visiting and see you tomorrow!

March 2 - Bath & Body FUN

My cousin Lorrie is a manager at a Bath & Body Works, so as you can imagine I have a TON of those little small sized lotions. I could never use them all, but I've been thinking of ways to jazz them up and give them away as gifts and thought that this would be a good day to play around with one. I have a Stampin' Up! workshop coming up in a few weeks and thought this would be a fun thing to include with the hostess gift. Of course you can apply this to just about anything you want like a can of nuts or coffee, just be creative with whatever it is you're altering!

Body Lotion Gift

Ingredients:

• Strip of whisper white cardstock cut into a 5 1/2" x 1 3/4" strip, and a 1/2" strip (SU!)
  
• "It's Beautiful" Jumbo Wheel (SU!)
• "Love & Friendship" Rubons in Brown (from SU! Sale-A-Bration Mini)
• "Friendly Flowers" Stamp Set (SU!, used on tag)
• Stampin' Up! River Rock ink
  
• Super Tape
• Metal Rimmed Tag

Instructions:

1 - Roll the jumbo wheel onto your white cardstock strips with the River Rock ink.

2 - Attach one strip of the Super Tape on the back of each side of the strips. Wrap the larger strip around the bottom part of the lotion bottle, and the small strip around the top.

3 - Add your rubons to the large strip.

4 - Take the ring off of your metal rimmed tag and stamp it. Then place your rubon on top and apply it. Replace your ring.

5 - Tie the ring on to the cap with ribbon, string, whatever looks good with your design.

And that's it! A fun and fast gift!
Hope you have a great Sunday and see you tomorrow. :)