Trendy Bakers Twine~Back To School

Hello all! I am on the Trendy Twine blog with a back to school post. Today all of my kids are heading back to school, and I am sure they will be starting soon where you are too. My projects today feature In The Navy Trendy Twine and printable focal points from Annie's Paper Boutique.

First up, I made a simple pencil treat bag. I added pencils that I had laser engraved with affirmation sayings into a 2"x8" zip bag, closed it, and added a Let's Start This Year Off Write Printable Bag Topper. I didn't want to take attention away from the sayings on the pencils, so I chose to simply wrap In The Navy Trendy Twine around the bag multiple times and tied it in a knot. Easy peasy!

Next up, I created a small card to go with the pencils using a Happy First Day of School Print & Punch Tag as the focal point. It was layered with a die cut from Pink & Main's Card Cut Essentials Dies set 2 and adhered with foam tape to the base. For the base, I used scraps of patterned paper from Doodlebug Design School Days 6x6" paper pad and wrapped In The Navy Trendy Twine around the center. The only other embellishment I used was a couple Blue Berry Sequins.

Now you have a couple quick ideas for school kids using printables from Annie's Paper Boutique along with just a few other supplies!

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

In The Navy Trendy Twine

Happy First Day of School Print & Punch Tag

Let's Start This Year Off Write Printable Bag Topper

2"x8" zip bag

Blue Berry Sequins

If you don't need a whole spool of In The Navy, check out the

Navy Duo Trendy Twine Sampler

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Trendy Bakers Twine~Birthday Bee Card

Hello all! I am back with a project for the Trendy Twine blog that features Lemon Midnight Trendy Twine. I love the versatility of that twist! It works amazing for masculine projects, spring projects, and of course, bee themed projects, which is what I am sharing today.

On this card, I used several patterned papers from Echo Park's Bee Happy 6x6" paper pad. I wrapped Lemon Midnight Trendy Twine around both sides of the center strip of patterned paper two times to create a border. The GMD double stitched hexagon die cuts popped up with foam tape made a perfect landing pad for little bumblebees that I punched out of the patterned paper! I then created bee trails by using my precision glue press and just freehanding curly lines, then adding more Lemon Midnight Trendy Twine to those glue lines. For the sentiment strip, I used the Pink and Main Sweet stamp set with Versafine Clair Nocturne ink and Scrapbook.com Daffodil ink. That also was popped up at an angle with the same angle as the hexagon sides in the middle of the card. I also added a trio of honey colored gems to finish everything off.

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

Lemon Midnight Trendy Twine

The Lemon Midnight Sampler is perfect if you don't need a full spool. Each color is ten yards in length and comes on a wooden clothespin for easy use and storage. 

Lemon Midnight Sampler

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Trendy Bakers Twine~St. Patty's Candy Cube

Hello all! Today I am on the Trendy Twine blog and with a new month, we have a new Trendy Twine to feature! Limeade Trendy Twine is a twist of bright lime and white, making it perfect for St. Patty's Day projects. Today I am sharing a fun and bright candy cube with that holiday theme.

I started with a clear 2"x2" Candy Cube and filled it with Rainbow flavored Nerds Gummy Clusters. I thought they were the perfect candy for this project! I made a belly band using paper from the Echo Park Happy St. Patrick's Day 6x6 paper pad. I did have to use 2 strips of paper to completely go around the box since it was only 6" wide. Once that was adhered to the box with Scor-tape, I wrapped Limeade Trendy Twine around the box a few times, taking care to not cover up the adorable images on the paper. I also used Bearly Art Precision glue to adhere two Bewitching Sequins for a little sparkle.

On to the top of the box! Annie's Paper Boutique has so many amazing tag-its, but since this box is 2x2 square, I wanted something a little smaller so you could still see the candy in the box, so I made my own. This tag was made with paper from the same paper pad and a banner die from the Pink and Main Card Cut Essentials dies set 2. Since there is a sun on the belly band paper, I used the Hello Sunshine sentiment from the Choose Happy Stamp set. It was stamped with SB.com pure white pigment ink and Wow! bright white embossing powder. I used Limeade Trendy Twine to make a double bow for the top of the tag, then finished it off with one more Bewitching Sequin. Isn't this project sweet?! I can't wait to give it away!

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

Limeade Trendy Twine

Candy Cube

Choose Happy Stamps

Bewitching Sequins

If you don't need a whole spool of Limeade, consider the Going Green Sampler! It includes 10 yards each of the following Trendy Twine colors: Limeade, Totally Limeade, Holly, and Twisted Lime.

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Trendy Bakers Twine~Halloween Card Set

Hello all! Halloween is just around the corner, and I have a set of cards with that theme for the Trendy Twine blog to share with you today.

In an attempt to work smarter, not harder, I used Pink and Main's Card Cut Essentials dies 1&2 plus 2.5 sheets of 6x6" MAMBI Halloween paper to dit cut all the elements that you see on these cards. Once the pieces were all cut, I simply laid out different die cut elements that I thought worked well together and I ended up with 6 cards full of Halloween cuteness and elements from Annie's Paper Boutique!

All of the cards have Lime Licorice Trendy Twine featured on them in one technique or another. Really any of the Halloween Trendy Twines would have worked, but in effort to keep things simple, I just stuck with the one twist.

They also all have different sentiments from the APB Happy Halloween stamp set on them. I love the fun fonts and variety of cute sayings in that set! I used Versafine Onyx Black ink for those.

The stamped Halloween kids are from a retired Victorine Originals stamp set, but you can make anything the focal point of your cards! One great option would be to grab some Halloween Tags from Annie's Paper Boutique. There are so many different styles! Another easy peasy choice to use as your focal point are APB Halloween printables you can print off on your own printer. You can find them HERE and HERE.

To embellish the cards, I used Bewitching Sequins and glued them on with Bearly Art precision glue.

Other items used on these cards include ATG, foam tape, SB.com hybrid black ink, Artify alcohol markers, and a Cottage Cutz stitched circle die. Now I have a head start on my cards to send out for Halloween! What have you been making for the upcoming holidays?

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

Lime Licorice Trendy Twine

APB Happy Halloween stamp set

Bewitching Sequins

If you don't need a full spool of the Lime Licorice I used, check out this Halloween Sampler with several colors in it! Each twist is 10 yards in length and wrapped on a wooden clothespin for easy storage.

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Thanks Scrap Card

Hello all!  Today's quick post is simply to share a card I made using leftover strips of patterned paper from THIS set of cards.  I thought the scrap papers were too pretty to throw out!

I simply centered the .75" scraps of Jillibean Soup Grandma's Lima Bean Soup 6x6 patterned papers onto a navy cardstock panel using Bearly Art Glue.  A strip of thin blue tape went straight down the center to cover a slightly rough edge on the paper.  I added a length of vellum horizontally, then glued the Thanks die cuts from Pink & Main onto the top.  The only embellishment was red pearl pen dots.

I think this card turned out great for only using scraps!

I hope you have a wonderfully crafty day!

 

25 Cards

Hello all!  Today I am sharing a group of 25 cards that I recently created.  I purchased a set of card bases and envelopes a few years ago from Michaels when it was on sale.  I didn't realize at the time that the card bases were not actually A2 size, they were only 4" wide by 5.5" tall.  So they sat for a long time until I decided to just use them all up at once.  This is the result!

There were 16 thanks cards created.  I was trying to make great use of a 6x6 pad of Fancy Pants paper called Happy-Go-Lucky as well.  As you can see, I cut the paper 3.75" and then cut it 5.25" long.  The extra .75'' paper strip went onto a coordinating paper to create the card base.  I matched up the papers before I started cutting to make sure they would look nice.  I added strips of thin colored tape around the thin strip to keep the layers at a minimum. The thanks die is from Pink and Main.  Two dots of pearl pen in the top right corner finished off the cards.
Next up, I made 8 birthday cards using scraps from the earlier cards and other scraps I had in the paper pad.  

These cards were made with mostly the same elements and embellishments except the sentiment.  These utilized Unity Say It Big stamps and dies.  The stamped portion was stamped with VersaMark and heat embossed with white powder.

For card #25, I took a piece of white cardstock and added the scrap strips from ALL of the previous cards onto it, then trimmed off the edges.  The circle was a patterned vellum and I die cut it with a GMD x stitched circle die.  The Heartfelt Sympathy die was also from GMD and was popped up with foam tape.  I also embellished this card with pearl pen dots, just like all the other cards.

I hope you enjoyed seeing how I utilized the set of irregular card bases and also knocked out over half of a 6x6 paper pad!

Have a wonderfully crafty day!

Trendy Bakers Twine~Lightning Bugs Card

Hello all!  Today I am on the Trendy Twine blog with this fun lightning bug card...or do you call them fireflies?  One way or the other, this card sure made me smile while I was creating it!

The image stamps were from Pink & Main's Way to Glow stamp set and were cut around using a Brother Scan N Cut.  The sentiment stamp is from Annie Paper Boutique's Greetings stamp set, which is a must have set (and currently on a fantastic sale!).  All were stamped with black ink and I then colored the images with Artify alcohol markers.  I made this card for my niece who loves purple, so I had to find papers to match the colored bugs!  Instead of matting the strip of plaid paper, I added lines of Totally Kraft Trendy Twine and Totally Lemon Trendy Twine next to it for definition.  The focal point was die cut using Cottage Cutz stitched circle and scalloped circle dies.  I added more Totally Kraft Trendy Twine around the handle of the net to look like a grip.  The final embellishments were a trio of Grape Fizz Sequins and a bit of Wink of Stella glitter on the wings and lights of the bugs.  Adhesives used include Bearly Art precision glue, ATG, and foam tape.

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

Totally Kraft Trendy Twine

Totally Lemon Trendy Twine

Greetings stamp set (currently on a huge SALE!)

Grape Fizz Sequins

If you don't need full spools of this month's spotlighted colors, 

check out the Krazy For Kraft Sampler!

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6"x6" One Sheet Wonder Cards

Good morning!  I recently decided to try out a One Sheet Wonder diagram of 6- 6"x6" papers to yield 8 cards from Kathryn B.'s blog.  I used her Template #2 with papers from Echo Park's Summer Dreams 6x6" pad for this set of bright summery cards.

This was what I created for Cards 1A, 1B, and 1C.  Stamps were from Amazon, stamped with VersaFine Onyx Black for "happy", and VersaMark with white embossing powder for "birthday".  I placed the paper with "happy" on my Brother Scan N Cut mat, which cut around it, then I shadowed it to create the vellum underlay beneath the word.  The black sentiment strip was popped up and the finishing touch was a few sequins.

Cards 4A and 4B also have a birthday theme to them.  The stamp is retired from My Craft Spot (Chalkboard Sentiments) and was stamped with VersaFine Onyx Black ink and heat embossed with clear powder.  I also used a white gel pen to fill in the open places within the letters making the stamp pop a little more.  A trio of enamel dots finished off these cards.

This duo is cards 2A and 2B.  The image stamp is Pink and Main Sunflowers stamp set.  The sentiment is from Paper Sweeties So Sweet Of You set.  It was all stamped with Scrapbook.com hybrid black ink and colored with Artify alcohol markers. 

The stamped image was die cut with a GMD Up & Down In & Out square die.  The focal point was popped up with foam tape and two yellow enamel dots were placed in the top left corner.

The final card was Card 3 on the template.  This one was quite simple.  The sentiment was from Pink and Main Sunflowers set and was stamped in black.  The sunglasses were cut with my Silhouette Cameo and popped up.  Enamel dots on the sunglasses and flamingo paper added a bit of visual interest.

Other adhesives used on all cards include Bearly Art precision tip glue and ATG.  

What do you think?  I really loved the layout of these cards!  They definitely don't look like you were trying to scrimp on patterned paper, which is what some OSW templates end up looking like.  If you like them, head to Kathryn B.'s blog and try them for yourself!

I hope you have a wonderfully crafty day!
 

Trendy Bakers Twine~Hello Card

Hello all!  Today I am on the Trendy Twine blog with a card that features our twist of the month, Nautical Trendy Twine.

For this card, I started with small pieces of Graphic 45's Home Sweet Home papers, layered them with blue cardstock and arranged them how I thought they would look nice on the card.  For the front cardstock piece, I wrapped Nautical Trendy Twine around it several times and tied it in a knot.  That panel is popped up with foam tape.  To the top of that panel, I added a double layer of a hello die cut and also a die cut of Pink and Main's lacy border die.  A sentiment strip using a stamp from APB Friendship Stamps and Midnight Blue Scrapbook.com ink was glued down and I used Bearly Art precision glue to add a single line of Nautical Trendy Twine below that.  The final embellishment was Sunny Yellow Pearl Pen dots.

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

Nautical Trendy Twine

APB Friendship Stamps

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