It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like...

Welcome to The Twinery today!

Julie Ranae here with you once again to share a super-quick

card using our baker's twine with you that can 

certainly be adapted into a layout

or any other type of project you might enjoy working on.

When I say super-quick, I mean it!

I thought I would make a 'landscape' to go with this sweet

Christmas scene, created with stamps from The Craft's Meow.

All I did was take a tape roller, and 'roll' it across the cardstock

and laid baker's twine in 'Shore' & 'Honeydew' one layer

at a time.  I frayed the edges for a little added interest.

Easy-Peasy!

So glad you stopped by today.

You can read all about this project on my blog,

Julie's Open Window

Have a GREAT day!

 

Autumn Celebration!

  

Hello and welcome to The Twinery!

Julie Ranae here with you today with a

few simple card ideas using our baker's twine.

If you've ever peeked inside my blog 

over at Julie's Open Window,

you know I am a card-maker at heart.

I think the most inspiring time of year

for color is Autumn.

I love the earthy colors, the leaves changing

and Halloween fun.  These cards are a

little of each.

First up is a card I created using Denim twine

for the new challenge over at

The Play Date Cafe.

The bold autumn colors were my inspiration
for this sweet, girly friendship card.

The Twinery is generously sponsoring the

challenge this week as they celebrate their

3rd Anniversary.

I love using our baker's twine for accents,
big and small.  For this card, it was simply a
matter of cutting out a large length, tying it
into a bow and cutting through each of the loops.

Now for something completely different...

Twisting and braiding baker's twine is a quick and
effective way to create an accent.
To hang these great die-cut banners, I used
Cappuccino & Ocean twine.

One more for Halloween...

Very simple 'frayed' knots accent these
die-cut buttons using
Mandarin, Charcoal, Stone & Ocean twine.

I hope you enjoyed these quick cards
and found some inspiration for your
paper-crafting.

In the meantime, make sure you visit
The Play Date Cafe
and play along this week.
There are lots of prizes being offered
during the 5-day party.

Here is what The Twinery is giving away

{a $48 retail value}

Have a GREAT day!

Winners Announced!

Hello All!

We know you've been anxiously awaiting the

announcement of our winner of this

fabulous prize package above.

It was the giveaway for the recent

Since we made you wait a little longer,

we are going to give away

TWO SETS!

Winner #1 is ...

Winner #2 is ...

Congratulations to Lindsey & Amy!

We will be contacting you both for your

mailing information.

Thank you to all who participated.

Stay tuned for more great inspiration and

giveaways from The Twinery!

 

Embellishing Touches with Twine

Hi there!

I have a couple of projects to share with you today using one of my favorite go-to embellishments: Twine!  My card shows how cute a little double knotted cappuccino bow can be just the right embellishment for a stamped image.  After I paper pieced the apple bucket (the stamps are from TCM's Apple Pickin' Time ), I adhered the double knotted bow with a mini glue dot.  

Next, up is a super quick project that I finished this weekend for my aunt.  She had given me two of her favorite photos of my cousins when they were little that she had recently found and wanted to put them in this thrift store frame she recently picked up.  She asked me if I would 'pretty it up' a bit for her - 

which I was happy to do for her.

I die cut two patterned paper frames from some patterned paper and added a few stamped elements which I embellished with, what else? Twine!  I love the 'non bulkiness' of our twine, even when it's double knotted - that's part of what makes it the perfect embellishment for me and my projects!

I used Pink Sorbet and Cantaloupe twines for the frame since they matched so well with my patterned papers.  This little project took all of 10-15 minutes to complete and I know my aunt is going to love it - since it's got her favorite people on it!  What a fun project - it makes me want to get out some of my older frames and do some embellishing!

Have a great day - I hope it includes some crafting!

Jessica

A Title in Twine

Hi Everyone!

Kathy here with a fun way to jazz up your layouts with a twine title!  Recently my daughter had her friends over for a party...to insure that they would let me take their pictures, I made a bunch of photo props...mustaches, lips, boas...needless to say, they were a hit, and I was allowed to snap away!  I thought this paraphrased Maya Angelou quote "Live Life with Flair and Laughter" was a perfect title for my layout!

 To create my twine title, I first printed the words in the font and size that would work on my page, and over-layed that paper with a piece of waxed paper.   I cut a piece of Strawberry Twine and dipped it in fabric stiffener. (you can also use watered down school glue), and squeezed the excess from the twine.

Next, I just started to lay the twine down, "tracing" the letters.  This takes a little patience, but if you work slowly, it's not difficult.

Once the words were laid out, I let the twine dry completely. I was then able to peel it from the waxed paper and adhere it to my layout using a few drops of liquid adhesive.

I was really happy with how it turned out! I hope that you're inspired to try some Twinery Twine words! Thanks for stopping by today!

Halloween Baskets

Hi there! It's Carolyn here to share a cute little idea for presenting some Halloween treats for your favorite little gremlins :)

Supplies needed:  

The Twinery baker's twine 

(I used Mandarin and Charcoal for my samples)

Cardstock 

(4.5 inch square and thin strip for each box you want to make)*

Scor-tape

Scor-Pal

Scissors

 

  

Score cardstock at 1.5 inches and at 3 inches and then turn cardstock and score again at 1.5 inches and 3 inches so you have a grid design as shown:

 Make two cuts on either side of the scored panel as shown:

  Assemble box by folding sides in and adhering with Scor-tape:

Here is what the assembled box looks like:

Cover outside of box with Scor-tape:

Remove tape backing and wind twine around box as shown:

After the box is covered, if you wish to add a handle- cut a thin strip of cardstock and cover with Scor-tape and wrap with twine.  

Be sure to leave an uncovered edge on either side to make it easy to adhere to the inside of the box.

Here are my finished treat baskets:

Hope you are inspired to give this a try! 

Happy Halloween!  

 Carolyn

The Twinery Joins World Card Making Day

Happy World Card Making Day!!

We are super excited here at The Twinery to have

several cardmakers on our team and a variety of

designers who are not 'technically' cardmakers

who have stepped outside the box to share

their creations with you today!

Ashley

Jessica

Teri

Julie Ranae

Kathy

Carolyn

Monika

Kellie

Amy

We would love for you to have fun with

our baker's twine, so we are giving away

an Autumn Baker's Twine

$36 retail value

Here's how you can win:

1.  Become a follower here

our blog (top right corner)

2.  Leave a comment on this post & let us

know which color is your favorite

3.  Find us Facebook & *like* us

and tell us you stopped by from our

WCMD post

Deadline to enter to win is

11:59 pm ET, Wednesday, Oct 10th

winner will be announced Thursday, Oct 11th

Thanks so much for stopping by today

and we hope you enjoy WCMD 2012!

Are We There Yet?

Hi there...Tifany here.  As you read this, I am probably in the middle of hearing a repeat chorus of "Are we there yet?"

Our family is moving across the country (something like 2500 miles - yikes!), and we expect for it to take 4 (or quite possibly 5) days for the entire trip.

To prepare for the trip, I knew I wanted to have something that would be new and exciting for our three kids, but something that would not wear out its fun-ness after a day or two.

In order to do this, I've decided to start each new day with a little something...topped off with The Twinery's twine.

I've chosen two colors of twine for each of our three kids (Pink Sorbet and Lilac for our 8 year old daughter, Peapod and Charcoal for our 6 year old son, and Mandarin and Denim 

for our 3 year old son).

I used the twine to tie a day tag on each day's surprise - 

inside are simple things like stickers, activity books, 

and new chapter books for my two readers.

 

I have a feeling that these day bags are going to be a great hit on the trip...hopefully it will keep us all sane until we get there. :o)

Thanks for stopping by!

'Dress' it Up with Baker's Twine

Hello everyone! It's Karola here with a new inspiration using our fabulous twine! I am very happy to share with you my new OTP project, it's a small, metal dress form, which I decorated with Twinery twine to create an interesting home decor. 

My idea was to cover a part of this dress form using the newest Twinery colors, so I started with covering the top part using sweet, shabby and absolutely yummy Strawberry Twine and the bottom part using gorgeous and fresh Ocean Twine.

 

When I finished with twine, I decided to add some embellies like a felt and paper flowers, a few adhesive crystals, tulle, string of pearls etc... But still I wanted to direct attention to dress form "body", which I dressed in our stunning twine. I decorated also one of "shoulders" with a few pieces of twine, I used the same way to decorate the lower part of the dress form. 

I hope you enjoyed my today's project! Have a wonderful day! 

~~ Karola ~~