Trendy Bakers Twine~SheetLoad of Valentine's Day Cards

Hello all! Welcome to 2025 and a new post for the Trendy Twine blog! As soon as the new year hits, I love creating for Valentine's Day. Since I send Valentine's Day cards out to family every year, I decided to create a SheetLoad of Cards featuring Cherry Cupcake Trendy Twine. That twist is the perfect twine for Valentine's Day since it has both red and pink!

I used the December 2020 SheetLoad of Cards sketch for my cards. Patterned papers are all from Echo Park's Love Notes collection. I thought the papers were absolutely adorable and the Cherry Cupcake Trendy Twine matched perfectly!

Once I had the background papers layered, I wrapped Cherry Cupcake Trendy Twine around it and adhered it to the card base. The tags were actually a piece of the patterned paper cut apart, but if you wanted to create your own with stamps, Annie's Paper Boutique has a fantastic collection of Tag-Its to choose from! I did punch a hole in the top of each tag, added a Cherry Latte Trendy Page Dot, and ran two lengths of Cherry Cupcake Trendy Twine through the hole before popping them up with foam tape on the card.

To add a little sparkle, I glued a trio of Peppermint Stick Sequins on each card front. I think these will put a smile on the recipients' faces!

Here's what I used from Annie's Paper Boutique:

Cherry Cupcake Trendy Twine

Cherry Latte Trendy Page Dots

Peppermint Stick Sequins

If you don't need a whole spool of Cherry Cupcake Trendy Twine, consider the Cherry Cupcake Sampler that includes 10 yards each of Posy, Cherry Cupcake, and Berry Trendy Twines.

I hope you have a wonderfully crafty day! 

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I hope you have a wonderfully crafty day!

SheetLoad of Seminarian Christmas Cards

Hello all! Today I am sharing cards I made to send to the seminarians who are studying to become priests from our diocese. There are 20 cards in all and were made using the November 2024 SheetLoad of Cards sketch. 

16 of the cards were created with a blue theme. The background papers for all cards were from The Paper Studio's Star of Bethlehem 8.5x11 paper pad. The patterned paper for the narrow strips and the focal point were from Echo Park's Silent Night 6x6 paper pad. Those cut aparts meant that I didn't need to stamp images or sentiments! Love that!

I didn't have enough quantity of the blue scene background papers, so I ended up using a tan background scene from the same paper pad. With the different accent colors, I think they turned out nice too! I made a total of 4 in this color palette. I didn't add any embellishments or dimension to these cards to help with mailing. Two are headed to Rome, and I didn't want any postage delays! Adhesives used include Bearly Art precision glue and ATG. On a side note, I did switch the position of the panel of paper strips on the cards depending on what I wanted visible on the background paper. Feel free to move around elements on sketches to make them your own!

I hope you have a wonderfully crafty day!

GIU Gal Day#5

Hello all! Welcome to Day 5 of my Growing in Unity week. I am thrilled to be able to showcase Unity Stamp Co. products every day this week. Make sure you follow along and comment on my blog each day for a chance to win $20 Unity gift certificates sponsored by Unity Stamp Co!

My fifth and final project of the week is a 5x7 graduation card. My oldest son graduates in May, so I have been working ahead to make cards for all the graduations we will be invited to!

The focal point of this card is a stamp from the May 2023 KOM, Bloom in Color. I stamped it with VersaFine Clair Nocturne ink, then heat embossed it with Wow! clear gloss embossing powder. I just love that shine! The layers of the focal point were die cut with Cottage Cutz Stitched Rounded Rectangle dies. It was popped up with foam tape onto the card. 

The patterned papers are from Echo Park's Graduation 12x12 collection. The tassel was made with Midnight Trendy Twine and the final embellishment was a trio of GMD New Years sparkle enamel dots. Additional adhesives used on this card include Bearly Art precision glue and ATG.

Make sure you leave a comment here before you go and come back next week for the winners of the two Unity gift certificates!!

Here are the previous posts for my GIU week in case you missed them: Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, Day 4

I hope you have a wonderfully crafty day!