The Twinery: March 2012

Friday, March 30, 2012

Product Showcase Day #2...with Nikki Sivils

Welcome to The Twinery!

It's Day #2 as several of

our designers join with the designers of

for a great product showcase.

Each of our participating designers

were given a beautiful collection from

Nikki Sivils to create with and we believe you

will be truly inspired by what all the designers
have to share with you again today.

We would love to have you check out all of

the participating designers from both teams.

If you leave a comment on each blog over

next two days, you could be the winner of a

terrific prize from either company.

Thursday, March 29, 2012

Product Showcase ... Welcome Nikki Sivils

Welcome to The Twinery!

We have two terrific days planned as several of

our designers join with the designers of

for a great product showcase.

Each of our participating designers

were given a beautiful collection from

Nikki Sivils to create with and we believe you

will not be disappointed with the inspiration that

we'll share over the next couple days.

We would love to have you check out all of

the participating designers from both teams.

If you leave a comment on each blog over

next two days, you could be the winner of a

terrific prize from either company.

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Keep Calm & 'Sew' On!

Happy Wednesday to one and all!
Julie Ranae with you today sharing
a fun project that I am sharing today, as it
brought some very
happy memories along the creative way.

We all know how trendy the 'Keep Calm' sentiment has been.
It's become pretty popular for home decor, paper crafts
& just a good reminder how to think.

I loved this vinyl sticker with the added sentiment for

sewing enthusiasts everywhere!

To quote my husband, there is "a lot going on with this card!"

From left to right....

I laid what I call the 'wallpaper' base and then went to work.

I cut the fun banners and hung them from one of
The Twinery's newest baker's twine colors, Flax.

From there, I die cut the flowers and centered them
with bright brads.

I placed the sentiment on a journal card and continued
the banner on the right.

I bought these fab decorative floss bobbins to use on projects

{not for floss, of course}

and wrapped this one with our Blossom baker's twine.

The stick pins finish it off.

As I created this card, I began thinking of my grandma.

She taught herself to sew when she was determined
to make Barbie Doll clothes for me as a child.

I know that as she continued on making school clothes for me
and eventually Cabbage Patch and
American Girl Doll clothes, she had a

'VERY HAPPY LIFE' because she enjoyed it 'sew' much.

I hope you enjoyed this colorful project.
For all the details on products used, please visit my blog
at Julie's Open Window.

Make sure you plan to stop by Thursday & Friday
because the designers
of The Twinery will be joining with the designers of...

Additional products used include:
Stickerz by EAD Designs, patterned papers from Echo Park
Tattered Florals die by Sizzix

Monday, March 26, 2012

Be Cool!

Hi everyone!
It´s Katarina here, sharing my absolutely first post here at the Twinery blog.

I´m so thrilled and honoured to be a part of this
amazing team ooozing with talent.

I'm a scrapbooker, and today I'm going to share with you a LO I did last weekend, using the wonderful twine from The Twinery.

This page is about my sweet darling daughter, the pic is taken in August about 2 years ago when she first discovered the "Rock Theme" look. When she started to wear my sunglasses, wanted bright coloured nail polish and cool bracelets and fake tattoos. And I just love this photo of her.

Ive actually used my absolute favourites from the Twine family on this page... Stone and Cantaloupe. Love how well they work with all those summer fresh pages feat. colours like yellow, lilac, greens and white.

Materials used on this page:

Twine, Stone and Cantaloupe- The Twinery

Basic Grey-Plumeria

Shimmerz- Mandarin Mai Tai

Stickers- October Afternoon

Thickers- American Crafts

Tag

Envelope

Cheese Cloth

Black pen-Memento

See you soon!

//Katarina

Friday, March 23, 2012

Be Happy!

Hello everyone, Karola here with my very first post on The Twinery blog! Can I say that I am totally thrilled for being among such talented team and working with the best twine in the world?

I had so much fun when I created 2 cards which I would share with you today. The first card is in a flower shape - I love making cards in a unusual shapes, but this one is full of The Twinery twine. I used Honeydew to decorate the "petals" of my flower and the same twine color I used to make a grid on plaid paper as a background.

It's very easy and I love the effect! I also used another color of our amazing twine - Carribean (my favorite!) to tie it on the top of my card and... you can see also a small crochet flower! I must admit that it's my very first crochet flower and of course this one is made with Carribean twine!

Image of Honeydew - Light Chartreuse Green & White Baker's Twine

Image of Caribbean - Teal & White Baker's Twine

The second card is more bright than the first, I used here two colors of twine: Carribean and Pink Sorbet to make a decorative circles inside my cut-outs and to "hanging" my scalloped banner on the top of the card. Simple techniques, but what an effect!

Image of Pink Sorbet - Pink & White Baker's Twine

Thank you so much for visit us today!
Happy and creative weekend for everyone!

Karola

Thursday, March 22, 2012

Twine Covered Lamp

We find it absolutely amazing to see all of the fun things our fans & customers create with our twine!

You're all so creative....and "thinking outside the box" is a phrase that often comes to mind when we see your twine projects!

Just take a peek at this...

Twine Covered Lamp created by Patti West

That's right...it's a TWINE COVERED LAMP!!!

Patti West created this beauty using a $5.00 lamp she found at Wal-Mart, some craft paint and our Cappuccino twine!!

Can you even believe it?

Amazing.

You can learn how to create one too over on Patti's blog, It's All Good.

She has a lovely (and super easy) tutorial and more photos on her blog!

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We were absolutely floored when we saw this project by Patti while browsing through our Flickr Group photos!

Have you created something with our twine too?

Upload your photos to our Flickr Group...we'd love to see them!

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

You've Got Mail!

Happy Wednesday, y'all! It's Shannan here, and I'm so excited to be posting for the first time on The Twinery Blog! I have a fun project that I've been waiting to share with you. A sweet little girl in my family had a birthday recently, and she loves mermaids and the color of the sea. So of course, I chose some Caribbean twine!

I have been wanting to try using dies with my twine. So I laid strips of super sticky tape onto a thin sheet of cardstock, and then adhered my twine, piece by piece. They make sheets of tape for this purpose (which I'm sure would look much prettier to start with), but since I didn't have any, I had to wing it. This worked just fine!

This is what my panel of twine looked like all nice and neat...

isn't it purdy??

And here's what it looks like all finished...I cut it using an adorable envelope die, and added the felt heart for a little extra pop of color.

If you love making your own custom embellishments, this is a fun technique for you to try! I love the way the colors in the twine gives a fun pattern to the envelope, and the texture is just fabulous.

Here's a look at the whole card.

Thanks so much for stopping by today. I hope you have an awesome week! Oh, and if you haven't checked out yesterday's fun blog hop,

you'll want to...some fun and gorgeous eye candy!

See you next time!

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Designers Unite!

Happy Tuesday to All !!

It's a special day here at The Twinery

as several of our designers are joining

in with the designers of

The RibbonCarousel.com for a blog hop

and a very unique challenge...

You are at the perfect place which is the

start of the blog hop and we are excited

to share what our designers have created

taking the challenge of using

'our baker's twine with ribbon'

Here is just a 'sneak peek' at what our

designers were able to do for this challenge...

How would you like to win some terrific

baker's twine from The Twinery?

How about a shopping spree from

RibbonCarousel.com?

Make sure you stop by each of the blogs

on the hop, leave a little love & cross your fingers!

Participate in the challenge over at RCC

and you could also be a winner there!

Your next stop on the hop is the

Ribbon Carousel Challenge

Deadline to win from The Twinery is

11:59pm EST, Friday March 23rd

Winners will be announced Saturday, March 24th

Here is a complete list of participating blogs:

The Twinery
http://thetwineryblog.com/

Ribbon Carousel Challenge
http://ribboncarouselchallenge.blogspot.com/

Julie Ranae
http://juliesopenwindow.blogspot.com/

Debbie Carriere

http://scrapmyheartout.blogspot.com/

Angi Barrs

http://www.cokiepopaper.blogspot.com/

Laura Davis

http://adayinthelifeofthepaperpoppy.blogspot.com/

Stacy Rodriguez

http://stacy-scrappinqueen.blogspot.com/

Stephanie Muzzulin

http://handmade75.blogspot.com/

Monika Wright

http://www.iloveitallwithmonikawright.com/

Suzanne Dahlberg

http://thecardyard.blogspot.com/

Tifany DeGough

http://www.inkblotsbytrd.blogspot.com/

Jessica Diedrich

http://www.yeahshestamps.com/

Ashley Bores

http://www.heartmadelife.com/

Monday, March 19, 2012

Tone-on-Tone at The Twinery

Hi everyone!

Teri here today, and I am thrilled to be here with my

first post for The Twinery! YAY!

I've got a fun, simple and super cute card and gift birthday ensemble for you today that uses The Twinery's Maraschino, Lemon Drop, Mandarin, Peapod and Denim twines.

I started out by making this birthday card. I cut five tickets from scrap patterned papers and cardstocks. Then I wrapped the twines around each one. I used foam tape to adhere the tickets to my card.

You'll notice for added visual interest that I changed up how I wrapped the twine. I wrapped it all the way around some of the tickets and then tied bows at the front of three of them.