Vibrant Layout

Wow, it's good to be back!  I explained a little in my last post about why I've been away for so long but it seems I am back now (and hope to stay back)!  Yay!  I have missed crafting so much.  Last night my husband came home and saw me working away in my craft room and commented on the fact that I was actually crafting.  He was happy to see me feeling much better and able to do what I love to do.

So this past Tuesday was my DT day for Trendy Twine but unfortunately due to unforeseen circumstances, I was unable to work on a project.  I felt HORRIBLE but the awesome owner and DT were very accomodating toward my situation and I was given a free pass.  Well, I thank them for that but I felt bad about it so I made up my day!


I have actually been working on this layout for almost two months now.  Yea, crazy right?  Well, since I haven't been feeling well it just kind of sat on my craft table for most of that time collecting dust and waiting for me to finish it.  Finally last night I was able to.

 

 

I used Trendy Twine's Valentine's Cherry Cupcake twine to "hang" the little banner.  I also used the same twine in the center of the flower.  I felt the flower was naked so I decided to dress it up by adding some twirled Cherry Cupcake twine.  As you can see, this is not a Valentine's project so just keep in mind that the Cherry Cupcake twine can be used for ANY occasion. 

I used Unity Stamp's Time for Travel stamps and Epiphany Crafts Shape Studio tools to make the epoxy embellishments on the banner.  I also used the Unity Stamps itty bitty collection of Echo Park Banners stamps for the three sentiment banners.

Ooh, I am entering this layout in DCWV's Stack-a-holic Template Challenge.  Wish me luck...I saw some serious competition on their FB page!!!  The layout template is from Sketch Savvy.  

Before I let you go I wanted to let you know that Trendy Twine has two new colors available now!  You can get them in spools and also in a mini pack.    

Stay tuned....Trendy Twine has more colors debuting this year!

Sweet and Simple and an Announcement

This month has been one crazy month with tons of ups and downs.  So much has been going on that I have had little time or energy to craft.  I apologize for not posting much.  I promise that one day very soon I will get back to my normal crafty self.  I do have a card I made a few week ago to show you.  It's quite the simple card.

I used the Valentine Cupcake Wrapper SVG collection from SVG Attic.  I tweaked it a little by straightening up the wrapper so it would sit straight and also by joining a smaller heart to the bigger heart in MTC to make an alternating pattern.  I used one of the small hearts that I cut out and glittered it up, and attached it to the card with pop up squares to add some blingy pop the the card. 

OK on to my announcement.  As you know I have been with SVG Attic pretty much since the beginning.  That was my very first design team "job".   I'm saddened to announce that I resigned a few weeks ago.  I had a great time with all the SVGs and the design team and will miss being apart of the team.  Jessica, the owner, was great to me and I thank her for the opportunity to have been apart of such a great team.

With that news, I'm not sure what the future holds.  Maybe more design teams, maybe not.  I'm still on the Trendy Twine design team though so I haven't "retired" yet.  Heck, I'm just beginning my crafting journey!

Trendy Twine Tuesday

Welcome to a new year!  I hope you all had a great Christmas and New Years.  I can't believe we're already in 2012!  For me 2012 marks the start of my Trendy Twine design team stint.  Woohoo!  I am so excited for that.  Today I have my very first official Trendy Twine project for you. 

This month we are featuring the Cherry Cupcake twine that I know you will fall in love with!  First off it's perfect for your Valentines Day projects and second, it's just super super cute twine for any project!  Here's what I made.

As you can see I definitely made good use of that yummy Cherry Cupcake twine.

To apply the twine n a lattice design I marked the edges of the entire card at 1/2" increments with pencil.  I then set out playing connect the dots...well, that's pretty much how it went.  From one mark at the top down to the corresponding mark at the bottom.  I used glue dots to adhere each piece to the edge of the card.  Also, for the second row (that crisscrosses) I adhered it to the glue dot that was already there from when I adhered the first layer of twine.  I hope that made sense.  Look at the bottom pic to get an idea of how they are attached.

I hope you enjoyed this project and come back to visit for all my other Trendy Twine projects!!  Oh and of course make sure you hit all the other Trendy Twine DT projects that are featured today (they are awesome)!  You can find the blog HERE.

Trendy Twine Giveaway

Need to stock up on some twine?  Here's your chance to do so for FREE!  Trendy Twine giving away spools of their Berry Red and Holly Green twine (pictured above).  You have a chance at winning one! 

How to enter:

1.  You must be a follower of the Trendy Twine blog.

2.  You must comment on the Holiday Giveaway post.

Extra Entries:

1.  Refer a friend and make sure they mention that you referred them in the comment they leave.

2.  Make sure you tell them they need to become followers of the Trendy Twine blog as well.

3.  If the person you referred wins then you will win as well!

Giveaway ends Wednesday, December 28th at 11 pm CST.

Two (2) winners, possibly three with the referral, will be chosen.

Winners will be announced the following weekend.

Get Well Card

I made a quick get well card for someone near and dear to us who will be in the hospital for some time.  The news came as a huge blow and shock to us.  Unfortunately the person doesn't live in our state so we can't visit quite yet but for now I thought a sympathy card would make them feel loved and cared about. 

I actually didn't use a machine to cut out any of the pieces!  I cut a rectangle as the band-aid and rounded the corners with a punch.  I then ran it though my Cuttlebug with the Swiss Dots folder.  The raised part is on the underside of the band-aid.  I used foam squares for the padded part of the band-aid.  I stamped a heart onto red paper and cut it out by hand.  The stamp I used is not the best quality.  In fact I really don't like it but I don't have any sympathy stamp sets of good quality so I was kind of stuck with that. 

Quick and Easy Wine Bottle Topper

I can't believe Christmas is a few days away.  Agh!  Are you ready for it?  I am not at all!  I haven't bought any stocking stuffers nor have I wrapped presents.  I have a 10 year old on me all day about my procrastination.  Here's one way I plan to dress up a gift that I have yet to get!

I made a quick and easy wine bottle topper for my SVG Attic DT project.   

For this project I used Holly's Holiday Gift Boxes and Stocking Stuff from SVG Attic.  

From the gift box set I used the backing to the candy apple gift box as the actual bottle topper (the pink part with the sparkly trees).  I cut it at about 10" x 4" (give or take).  I also had a hole cut out at the top of the topper so it would slide on easily.  I scored either side of the hole and folded it over to make three sections.

As decoration I used the top to the peppermint candy gift box from the Stocking Stuff collection.  I then wrapped it in cellophane and tied off the sides with some Trendy Twine to make it actually look like a peppermint candy.

The stamped tickets are from Unity Stamp Co.   I hand cut them after I stamped them on white paper. 

Well, that's it for this project!  I hope you liked it.  Now to buy the wine that this pretty topper is to adorn.  Hmm, maybe I'll get some Lambic instead!

~Kasi

Christmas Joy

I have been quite the lagger lately haven't I?  I haven't been feeling well lately so I have had no urge to craft.  I did get DT project done yesterday though.  Today's post is a card you may have seen before.  I was in a Christmas card making frenzy awhile back for that craft fair I participated in and this is one of the cards I made.  Super easy card to make.