Posts Tagged diy party ideas

Easy Drink Coaster

PostDateIcon July 24th, 2012

DIY coaster

Add a little ooh-la-la to your beverage with these customizeable drink coasters! Follow our sample or mix n’ match circle cards, stickers and stamps to create your own!

Materials Needed:

  • Circle cards (we used Pool)
  • Fuchsia 4″ Round Printable Labels
  • Pool 4″ Round Printable Labels
  • Color Box Pigment Stamp Pad in Pink
  • Color Box Pigment Stamp Pad in Cerulean
  • Bicycle Rubber Stamp
  • Honey Comb Flower Small Rubber Stamp
  • Spriterz Rubber Stamp Cleaner
  • Super Fine Detail Clear Embossing Powder
  • Embossing Heat Tool

    • Instructions:

  • Place the Fuchsia 4″ Round Printable Label onto the Circle Card so part of the sticker extends past the Circle Card. Use scissors to cut the excess Fuchsia 4″ Round Printable Label away from the Circle Card.
  • Layer the Pool 4″ Round Printable Label on top of the fuchsia label, keeping as much of the fuchsia label exposed as you wish. Use scissors to remove excess Pool 4″ Round Printable Label.
  • Repeatedly tap the Bicycle Rubber Stamp onto the pink Color Box Pigment Stamp Pad. Once covered in an even coat of ink, stamp onto the Pool 4″ Round Printable Label. Pour Clear Embossing Powder over the image, covering the entire image. Now funnel the excess powder back into its container. Use your Heat Embosser at a 1″ distance to create a glossy sheen. To review stamping, use of embossing powder, and how to use a heat embossing tool, check out our YouTube tutorial.
  • Just as in the previous step, repeat stamping, adding clear embossing powder, and using the heat embossing tool, this time with the Honey Comb Flower Small Rubber Stamp. Be sure to re-ink in between each application!
  • Spritz your rubber stamps clean using Spritzer Rubber Stamp Cleaner and a paper towel.

    • Bottoms up!

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    How-to: Dressy Paper Parasols

    PostDateIcon July 17th, 2012

    Dressy Drink Paper Parasols

    Add an element of cute class to an upcoming dinner party with these dressy drinks. Create paper parasols with ease with our latest how-to!

    Materials Needed:

  • Polka Dot Paper Parasols How-to PDF
  • Red & White Paper Straws
  • Polka Dots Origami Paper Pack
  • 4″ Round Labels in various colors
  • Text Weight paper in various colors
  • 2 1/4″ Circle Hole Punch
  • Glue Stick
  • Zots Dots (we recommend the medium size)
  • Scissors

    • Instructions:

  • Create the bottom layer of the parasol by adhering a 4″ round label in the color of your choice to a sheet of polka dots paper. Using the edge of the label as a guide, cut off the excess paper with scissors.
  • Punch out a circle from a contrasting color of text weight paper using the 2 1/4″ hole punch. Choose which side you would like to be the top side of your parasol and use a glue stick to adhere the smaller circle on top of the larger one.
  • Use scissors to cut a straight line halfway through the layered circles. Create a cone shape by overlapping the circle at the cut line and adhere in place using glue stick. Secure to straw with a medium glue dot on the underside of the parasol.

    • Not your style? Check out our summer cup covers!

    Bottoms up!

    -Claudia

    Favorite PS colors: curry & fuchsia
    Latest Fave: Red & White Paper Straws

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    Easy décor idea: handmade paper confetti

    PostDateIcon July 10th, 2012

    confetti

    Looking to add a punch of style to your table? Pepper your party with homemade confetti!

    Materials Needed:

  • Your selection of fine paper; we recommend our European Fine Paper or PS Gift Wrap. (Some of the more fibrous papers may result in frayed punches.)
  • Your selection of cover weight solid paper
  • Your selection of paper punches

    • Instructions:

  • Choose your favorite fine papers (we recommend selecting 1-3) and complimenting cover weight solid papers (we recommend selecting 1-2).
  • Depending on the nature or theme of your party, select several appropriate paper punches. For a birthday party, consider use of the Cupcake Hole Punch, the 1″ Circle Punch , or any paper punch of your choosing!
  • Simply punch each paper punch into each of the papers you have selected. Repeat as often as you like until you have a satisfactory amount of confetti.

    • It’s as easy as that! Sprinkle on top of a table cloth or dessert bar and party on!

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    DIY party ideas: 40th birthday party inspiration

    PostDateIcon March 16th, 2012

    I wanted to share some photographs from my husband’s 40th birthday party, as it might provide great DIY party ideas for PS blog readers.

    diy birthday invite

    My inspiration started with our Mini Rotary Perforator Tool — I just love that little thing and wanted to incorporate something perforated into the invitation. I am a bit obsessed with Paper Bag, so I knew that was going to be the main paper. Instead of going with the traditional over-the-hill black, I decided on Chocolate as the second color because my husband is well-known for his passion for all things chocolate.

    birthday invitation

    There were three pages to the invitation. The top page had the details plus a brown circle label that was stamped with VersaMark Inkpad and then I used Fine Silver Embossing Powder to emboss the numbers. The second sheet was a short quiz about my husband. Since my husband was the last of our group of friends to turn 40, I included a third page that said, “Words of Wisdom for Life after 40.” I read the quizzes and the words of wisdom out loud at the party – there were some hysterical answers and this was one of the highlights of the evening.

    Birthday Party Inspiration

    For the banner I used the Silhouette Machine to cut the letters and mounted them on Paper Bag 4bar note cards then I attached them to twine with our sweet little mini clothespins.

    For the candles I wrapped simple glass votives from IKEA with strips of one of my favorite fine papers. The detail that everyone loved the most was that I used wrapping paper as runners on the tables and used a silver marker to identify the hors d’ouevres and cocktails, etc. My husband is British so there were English cheeses and — for the favors — I re-wrapped Cadbury chocolate bars in text weight paper, which I heat embossed too.

    –Christine, Bridgeport store manager
    PS colors: cement & persimmon
    Latest fave: Letterpress Machine

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