Paper May Flowers

I love flowers. They always seem to bring a smile to my face, especially if they hand-picked and are presented in the sweaty, dirty hands of my kiddos. Hi, I'm Monika and I wanted to share with you a secret...I like to create home decor that presents a positive message. 

Some days, I find it's nice to walk by and see uplifting words 

to remind me how good my life really is.

Here's what I created for the latest challenge round:

I love to pick up these mini canvases, they're perfect for gifts and quick projects. I popped a piece of cardstock on top of the canvas, which I trimmed out with Buttercream baker's twine, created my paper flower on top of that and then to dress up my flower a bit more, I added a twine ball in Shore to the center. For extra bling, I added another twine ball alongside my stamped sentiment.

Wouldn't this also be such a welcome surprise for a co-worker going through a rough patch? I sure think so!

Be sure to link up your May Flower Challenge projects on the original challenge post here where you can get all the details on how to win a fabulous prize!

I hope you have a good day!

- Monika

NOTE  |  If you'd like to make your own paper flowers, 

you can find a tutorial here.

 

Sewing Seeds in the May Flowers Challenge

Hello! 

It's Tifany here and I am loving this new challenge! We've had so many great projects shared in our challenges, so we

hope you will join us for this fun one!

For this challenge I wanted to use this floral seed packet stamp and decided to make a tag in my version of a seed packet. (I added in my own personal challenge to create a purple project since it is Lupus Awareness Month and today is "Put On Purple" day.) 

I stamped the image, added a bit of depth with Copic markers, and then scored and folded to create the "packet"

I cut a tag to fit inside and then added a reinforcement and eyelet at the top of the tag, then I used The Twinery's Purple Shimmer twine as the finishing touch - love it!

Be sure to visit the original challenge post here on The Twinery's blog where you can get all the challenge details and enter your project to win a fabulous prize!

{And speaking of winning - if you haven't entered my Lupus Awareness Month giveaway yet, be sure to check it out. You can win two spools of The Twinery's twine...and more!}

Supplies: 
Twine: The Twinery (Purple Shimmer); 
Cardstock: Papertrey Ink (Rustic Cream); 
Stamps: Unity Stamp Company (Seed Packet stamp from Let Love Grow - Feb 2013 KOM); 
Ink: Memento (Grape Jelly); 
Markers: Copic (Y32, 0); 
Tools: Fiskars (Trimmer, Scissors, Round N Round Squeeze Punch); Scor-Pal (Scoring Board);

Daisy a Day - May Flowers Challenge

Welcome back a little 'sweet' inspiration using

this week's Challenge Theme....

   

We hope you've been enjoying all the fun projects from our

designers using our baker's twine creating fun things

for the Month of May!

 

Jessica here with a couple of cards to share that I had so much fun making with lots of twine and a cutesy stamp set... it's a match made in heaven!  I made my own rolled twine flowers in a rainbow of colors: lilac, midnight blue, honeydew, buttercream, mandarin, and maraschino. 

To make the flowers, I applied a large dot of liquid glue directly to the card base and rolled the twine around to cover the glue.  After all the flowers had dried, I went back with a fine tipped sharpie marker and added stems, leaves, and drew a rough circle around the twine.  After the entire card was assembled, I added some diamond stickles around the twine flowers and leaves and other spots on the card for some sparkle.  To finish off the flower centers, I added a large pearl.

To play along, you'll find all the details HERE

This week's winner will win a fabby prize from

  

So it's definitely worth playing for!

Have a great day!

 

May Flowers Challenge: Day Three!

 

Hello everyone and welcome to Day 3 of our May Flowers Challenge! 

Be sure to see how wonderful projects made my talented Twinery teammates this week: Sarah and Jamie!

And be sure to see all the details related to our May Flowers Challenge HERE! 

If you enter, you'll be eligible to win our fabulous prize sponsored by Scrapbook Pal!

I hope you will be able to join us!

It's Karola here and today I would show you how we can use twine with flowers on our creations. Oh, maybe not exactly with flowers, but leaves. I love when my flowers clusters on cards or layouts have some small but cute leaves, there are looks like a small bouquets. 

For my card you can see below I decided to make handmade leaves using Honeydew twine:

Simply I cut out a few leaves from white cardstock (the easiest way - I cut out by hand with scissors - you can create leaves in size and shape which you want and need). Then I smeared the liquid glue on my leaves (on both sides) and began to adhere twine, in neat rows, wrapping each leaf on both sides.

And here is the final effect - simple, easy, quick but unusual solution.

Thank you so much for visit us today! 

Have a wonderful, creative week! 

And remember...you can enter our May Flowers Challenge HERE!

~~ Karola ~~

May Flowers Challenge: Day Two!

 Welcome to day two of the May Flowers Challenge!

If you missed day one, be sure to click here to see Sarah's project and her fabulous tutorial!  All week long, The Twinery designers will be sharing all their beautiful projects and we hope you have time to enter yours too!  You can find all the details about the challenge by clicking here!

Jamie with you today sharing a fun tutorial using 

label paper and of course twine!

This is one of my favorite ways to adhere twine to my 

cards and I think once you try it, you will love it too!

1.  Cut a 2" piece of label paper to fit the width of your card.

2.  Adhere the non-sticky side of the label paper to the front of your card.

3.  Peel off the label paper backing and begin adhering your twine.

4.  Continue building your twine strips until you reach the thickness you want.

5.  You can add other colors easily by starting a new row!

6.  I placed a strip of ribbon below my twine to hide the gap between my twine and the scallop paper.

Super quick and easy!

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  

Be sure to check out the May Flowers Challenge 

and enter your creation!

-Jamie

The 'May Flowers' Challenge!

It's Sarah here today and I am happy to be here kicking off the May Flowers challenge with The Twinery!  I have a short little graphic tutorial to show you how to make the flowers on this card.

First, you will need a flower loom. You can buy these in a craft store, or just make your own like I did using this template and a plastic lid from your recycling bin!  Here's a short, 4-step tutorial you can follow to make as many flowers as you wish!  I used Strawberry, Buttercream and Cantaloupe twine for my flowers.

I topped each of my flowers with a button for the center, but you can leave them as is, add stickers, or crochet a center for your flower with another twine color.

These are so quick, easy and fun to make that it's kind of hard to stop!  Use this tutorial and show us your May Flowers projects for a chance at a 

great prize.

OUR SIMPLE REQUIREMENT TO PLAY & WIN

The Twinery Theme Challenge (TT) was created to be unique and fun.
We would love to see what you create using baker's twine from The Twinery.

We will provide a NEW THEME CHALLENGE or two each month.
Each theme will have a prize available for one lucky random winner.
*Deadline for eligibility is below.

Posting on Your Blog/Gallery site:
When posting on your blog, let your readers know you are playing with The Twinery and include our challenge graphic on your post. Projects MUST BE NEW and not posted prior to the current challenge. 
You are welcome to enter as many projects as you wish.  You are welcome to
enter more than one challenge, but do ask that The Twinery theme/baker's twine be the focus
of your project.

How To Enter Link:
When you are ready to enter, link here at The Twinery using Inlinkz, which will be at the end of each challenge.
Post it on your blog or alternate online gallery, such as Pinterest,  SCS or Flickr linking back TO The Twinery Challenge. When using a public forum, please tag with TT# for easy access.
(If you do not have a blog, please consider using Flickr or Pinterest with the key word TT)  
POST ONLY THE LINK TO YOUR ENTRY...not your entire blog.
Links to the entire blog may be ineligible to win our prize.

*Deadline on entries for the current challenge is 11:59pm EST, Friday, May 24th

Happy Mother's Day from The Twinery

 Hello and welcome to Friday here
at The Twinery!

All this week the designers here have been showcasing some beautiful Mom-inspired projects.  If you've missed out
on any of the inspiring days, we hope you will visit
our projects from this past week and enjoy! 

  Today, we are featuring two more designers
with creative cards for moms.

First up...Stacy Rodriguez

I altered a gift box for my mom to put her gift in.  When I was done I had enough paper left over so I made a card to match!  I simply love the neutral twine and love to tie it in several bows!  In the center of it, I place a brad.  I just adore how well this twine matches simply EVERYTHING!!

How about another clever creation from
our Australian designer
Kellie Winnell

My mum never wants big gifts.  She is the type of mum that would love something handmade by the girls, or something that has a poem on it, or a up dated photo of the girls in a frame.  I am going with the frame, some flowers and my sister and I are taking her out to lunch.  Of course I need a card to go with the gifts...

Of course I used my FAVOURITE twine, yup still my favourite, the Natural Solid twine HERE.  I have a thing for sequins lately too.

 

Don't forget about the special 

Mother's Day Discount

we are offering ...

See You Soon!