Notecard Giveaway by "Made by Cristina Marie"

 

Happy Weekend, Everyone!

We are so excited about today...we have a very 

special giveaway just for you from 

Made by Cristina Marie is a design studio that offers personalized stationery and wall art. All of the designs and products are completely customizable. 

Cristina was so generous to give us THREE notecards sets from her shop to give away to three lucky blog readers! 

The winners can pick from any of

 the notecard sets in her shop!

Just take a peek at some of the cute sets...

And there are SO many more fun designs 

and personalized choices!

Some of you may remember, last month...Cristina created an adorable 'Take Note Teacher Gift Tag' free printable for our blog readers...

You can download those free tags here. 

We hope you'll stop by Cristina Marie's blog and facebook page to say "hello" for us...and thank her for the fun giveaway!

You can also visit Cristina here:

Shop: http://etsy.com/shop/MadeByCristinaMarie

Website: http://madebycristinamarie.com 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/madebycristinamarie

Twitter: http://twitter.com/madebycm

Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/madebycm/

To enter the giveaway...

Visit the MADE BY CRISTINA MARIE shop 

and let us know in a comment on this blog 

post what notecard set you will select if you win!

Easy Peasy.

We'll select three random winners on Tuesday, June 18th and announce them here on our blog!!!

And don't forget...we also have a fun theme challenge going on right now on our blog too! 

You can win a pretty fabulous prize if you win the challenge too...you can enter the challenge HERE. 

Have a great weekend, Everyone!

This giveaway is open to US residents only. The winners will be selected randomly on June 18, 2013 and will be able to choose one free notecard set from the Made by Cristina Marie shop. 

To My Very Own Speed Racer!

Welcome to another day featuring the  
Anything Goes...Twine Madness Challenge!

  

Since Father's Day is just around the corner I decided to take my project for this challenge toward a masculine theme.  I don't know about you, but I sometimes find making masculine cards the most difficult.  This is Jen from Jen's Ink Spot with you here today and I have two masculine cards to share.

These cards are inspired by my husband's hobby which is driving a dirt track race car.  For my inspiration today, I used his race car.  So along with my cards you might learn a tiny bit about dirt car racing today too!

Here's the inspiration:

For both of my masculine cards I used the 

color scheme from his car.

First up, is this flag card.  I figured that flags also represent racing and so I used the paint scheme from his car for my colors (although a blue flag isn't one that a driver really wants to see...it means he's going too slow & needs to move over to let the other cars by).  

The other thing that every race car (or woodworker or mechanic) needs is nuts & bolts & washers.  I strung the washers on the card with the Twinery's new Solid Charcoal twine.  I tied each one on so that it wouldn't slip and punched 1/2 circles in the sides of the card base to hold the twine and washers in place.  I also used a tiny piece of scor-tape on the backs of the washer to help them stay in place.

This next cards uses many of the same elements as the first, only this time I used the washers like eyelets and tied the twine through the holes.  It seemed like a good way to add a little more masculinity to a card.  I also tied the twine around the small banner.

Now it's your turn to play!  There are fabulous prizes to win!  You can find all of the challenge information and link up your card here

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a great day!

Supplies for both cards:

Twine: Solid Charcoal by The Twinery

Stamps:  Zoom Goes My Heart by The Craft's Meow, Fillable Frames by PTI

Banner Die: Lil' Inker Designs Flags & Tags

Saying Hello to The Anything Goes Challenge

Hello!!  This is Amy from Scrapping Mommy here to share a card to help inspire you to pull out that bakers twine from The Twinery and get creating for our latest  
Twine Madness Challenge: Anything Goes.

I was very inspired by the I {Heart} Summer paper pad from Simple Stories, I created this card with the papers from it and some of the yummy solid bakers twine from The Twinery.

I used the Solid Marigold bakers twine around the sun.  I adhered it with some strong adhesive and then cut it to different lengths to mimic the sun's rays.  I also added some to a black button and adhered it to the sun with a glue dot.

I also tied the ends and glued a little bit of the Solid Caribbean bakers twine to the top of the banners.  Here is a closer look.....

I hope that you can join us in creating for this fun Twine Madness Challenge.  Remember, you can create anything you want as long as it uses bakers twine.....and look what you can win!!

CLICK HERE
 to get linked up....
I can't wait to see what you create!!
Have fun!!

Hugs,

Amy

Anything Goes...Twine Madness Challenge!

 Welcome to the Anything Goes...Twine Madness Challenge!

We cannot wait to see what you create! 

For this challenge...it's simple. Just use baker's twine on anything...no theme or fancy colorway requirements...if you have some baker's twine...get creative!

The possibiliies are endless! 

So put on your creative caps and get craftin'! 

Using our "Twine Madeness" theme and your stash of baker's twine - we know you'll create something spectacular!

To participate:

Simply use our theme and create something using baker's twine...share our badge on your blog and most importantly - HAVE A BLAST!

*** See the full rules for The Twinery Challenge at the bottom of this post ***

Today, we're excited to have Monika sharing her idea with us to kick off our Twine Madness Challenge!

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It's Monika here today and I love, love, love baker's twine from The Twinery.

 I'm lucky to have quite the supply and I'm tickled to share with you my latest creation...a little bit home decor and a little bit reference tool. 

Not only is this an awesome way to add color to your craft space, because there's every color of the rainbow, but it also serves as a handy tool for all the fun names of baker's twine. I left room at the bottom of my display frame...just in case the collection of shades and shimmers continues to grow!

After punching two sizes of tags, I decided upon the smaller tag for this project, as it fit inside my frame better but if you are space challenged, you could instead to hang yours on a book binder ring and tuck it away with the rest of your crafting tools. 

How do you store your The Twinery baker's twine? Leave a link in the comments to your post or gallery so that I can drop by and see what you've dreamed up.

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What an amazing idea from Monika! 

And we hope it has got your wheels turning for our challenge!! Grab some baker's twine and join in on the fun! 

With your baker's twine creation and entry into our challenge, you'll be eligible to win our fabulous prize...

All projects can be linked below

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 one to two times per month - check our blog or Facebook for challenge themes and dates - it's fun to play along!

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 to qualify for the prize:

Challenge of the month...deadline 11:59pm EST on June 21, 2013. The InLinkz entry will close at midnight. 

Happy Grad!

Good morning and happy graduation season!  We are still finishing up school here in Michigan, but the Seniors graduated last weekend which means there are A LOT of open houses and celebrations all around us!  I have been working with a dear friend to assist with her daughter's party and created these little center pieces to sit on the tables outside!  

I love that the new Solid Denim twine matches our high school colors just perfectly!  Just look at how cute the little tassels are on the die cut graduation cap!

I also used the Solid Denim twine around the bow 

as well to help tie in the colors!

The Twinery Supplies:

Thanks so much for joining me today!

-Jamie

Father's Day - One Card, Three Ways

Hello June!

Hello watermelon, splashing in the pool, home grown tomatoes, sleeping in, ice cream and popsicles. And flip flops. Gotta love that.

Hi, I'm Monika from I Love It All and I've had the pleasure of designing with The Twinery baker's twine since the very beginning. This project really began as a card download project but quickly changed course when I realized that these cards just needed "something." And that something was some of the new rich, vibrant solid color baker's twine that's just been introduced.

And we gotta love our Father's, Father's-in-Law, the Dad's to our children and those father figures that were always there for us. And this celebration is always tough on those men and women that so desperately want to be parents and have prayed and struggled through the years and continue to hope. Let us not forget them.

Let's get started with this one card design, three ways. Here's what we'll begin with,  you can download yours here.

As you can see, I printed my design onto kraft cardstock, white cardstock and some speckletone natural tan cardstock just to show you how you can change up the look by varying what cardstock you choose.

Let's take a look at the white cardstock option now. I thought it would be fun to use an outline font so that the kids can color in the front of the card for their favorite DaDa or Papa. My girlies were busy, so I colored my own card for my Sweetie.

The solid Caribbean baker's twine from The Twinery is a great accent. I wrapped my card at the bottom and tied a small bow. I used it again along with some solid Midnight Blue to wrap around my gift and attach my gift tag to the package 
I wrapped in kraft paper.

I like how the speckle-toned cardstock is a bit rustic without going to the extreme of kraft. I added the solid Midnight Blue to the front of the card at both the top and bottom and then a bit of Caribbean to tie the tag shape I punched which is adorned with the small embellishment that was scallop punched from the download.

Now the kraft cardstock. Very rustic. I punched a tiny heart and attached it to the front of the card just because I thought it needed a little pick me up. I added another to the gift tag, tied with solid Midnight blue baker's twine that I attached to the gift card inside the card.

By the way, did you know that an Amazon gift card fits inside an A2 card perfectly? Well, it does. Here's where you can find the square flapped envelopes I used.

Thanks for dropping in today, we're always thrilled to have you!

We have more Father's Day Gift Ideas coming your way, so stay tuned.

- Monika

 

Granting Wishes with Twine

Hello!

It's Tifany here, and I just love The Twinery's  

new solid twines, don't you?

I've used the new Solid Honeydew, Solid Caribbean, and Solid Pink Sorbet to make this fun Spring Wand:

I started with a wooden dowel (I bought mine in the cake section at my local craft store) and wrapped it in Solid Honeydew twine.

 

To do this I simply put a strip of ScorTape down the side of the dowel and wrapped the twine around. I removed the paper backing for the ScorTape about an inch at a time so I wouldn't get my hands all over it (which would have taken away some of the stickiness).

At the top of the dowel I used a strong, quick-drying liquid adhesive to adhere strands of all three twine colors, then I topped it with more liquid adhesive and a paper flower.

These wands are great for spring, but would also be fun for something like a fairy-themed party.

Thanks for stopping by and please be sure to check out 

my giveaway for Lupus Awareness Month

it's the last day to enter!

Supplies: 
 Twine: The Twinery (Solid Honeydew, Solid Caribbean, Solid Pink Sorbet); 
Tools: Fiskars (Scissors); 
Other: (Wooden Dowel); (Paper Flower);