the twinery | psa essentials blog hop

Welcome to I Love It All, I'm Monika Wright. If you are following along with The Twinery | PSA Essentials blog hop, you should have arrived here from Tami Mayberry's blog. If you're a regular reader of I Love It All, you'll want to begin at The Twinery blog and hop along from there. 

Be sure to read through to the bottom to find out how to become eligible for awesome prize packs. And don't forget, there will be new designers each day sharing how they've used The Twinery Twine and PSA Essentials stamps in new and inventive ways!

The Twinery

PSA Stamp Camp

Julie Ranae

Tami Mayberry

             Monika Wright  { me }

Anthonette Chavez

EEEK, don't be scared, it's not Halloween yet but I just couldn't help myself. These holiday designs from PSA Essentials are so fun and cute and kid-friendly! I used the Charcoal baker's twine to sew my spider web, using a needle for plastic needlework canvas, and placed this sweet Mummy image from the Happy Halloween set on top of the hand-sewn web. 

I used a glassine envelope to hold my card that was tied off with more baker's twine and a circle punched mummy image. I used my long-reach hole punch to make my holes before sewing the Mandarin baker's twine through.

Since I'll have two kidlets in school this year, I'm going to be putting my PSA self-inking stamper to good use. Let's see 2 kids x 15 kids in each class...yep, lots of stamping and twine tying at our house! I first layered my 3" scalloped circle, then the pencil, which was topped with my stamped sentiment. I punched two holes, using  my Crop-o-Dile on each side of the pencil and tied both Mandarin and Charcoal baker's twine from The Twinery into a knot. I then circle punched out just the friendly witch image and adhered it to the top of my knot, which gives it a dimensional look and feel.

Here you can see the layers and how I then knotted the ends of each strand of baker's twine.

In case my girls aren't going to let me get away with giving pencils, here's a cute way to package those sweet treats. Instead of a plastic sandwich bag, why not use some glassine bags? It adds a touch of mystery. 

Wondering what those stamped images inside the bag are? Just top your Reese's peanut butter cup with a stamped image from your favorite PSA Essentials stamp set and you've just added more fun to your goody bags!

Have an adult party you're planning? Wrap your punched scallop shape with some Charcoal baker's twine to mimic a spider web, adhere some pop dots behind your PSA stamped image and your party invite has just been kicked up a notch! The idea of wrapping the scallop-punched shape was shared by Stephanie, one of the Designers for The Twinery blog and I just adore the look.

We love holiday decor at our house and you'll often find our kitchen window adorned with seasonal banners. Punch your banner shapes, add your sentiments, string it all with 3 strands of baker's twine and you are ready to "boo-tify" your neighborhood. The two-color ink selection on each of my designs was accomplished in one quick, easy step, thanks to PSA Essentials' award-winning inks.

See the reflection in the glass? That's because I added images to the front of the banner garland so that it's cute from both inside and outside.

Be sure to hop along to the blog of Anothonette Chavez, where she'll be sharing more inspiration.

PSA Essentials manufactures custom, self-inking stamps (think return address labels.)   We have patent-pending Peel & Stick technology which allows you to PEEL away your custom stamp and STICK on a new design, and we have thousands of designs - from Holiday, Birthday, Sentiments, and licensed Peanuts, Hello Kitty, U.B.U., Smirk, College & Universities, and Greek Life, making PSA Essentials perfect for crafting! The self-inking stamper (and 22-ink cartridges) give a crisp, clean and consistent impressions every time, the technology allows you to interchange your designs quickly for scrapbooking, cardmaking, creating gift tags, bags, wrap, making favors and decorations. 

Our twine is made from 100% cotton, it's eco-friendly and made in the USA. Whether you're gift wrapping, crafting or tying up baked goods to give to a friend, our baker's twine adds a fresh, yet nostalgic look to any project at hand! Our baker's twine comes in 11 delicious colors and is uniquely twisted against a bright white hue, creating an eye-popping burst of color and a creative embellishment! Our twine has lots of color which lends to a fun, candy-striped look. 

PRIZE GIVEAWAY INFORMATION

The Twinery Prize Pack
Winners choice of 6 spools of baker's twine (value of $84)
PSA Essentials Prize Pack 
1 stamper & 3 Peel & Stick packs, and 1 Monogrammed Tote Bag  (value of $75+)

HOW TO WIN
Enter from June 6th at 12:01 AM EST to June 12th at 11:59 EST

LEAVE COMMENT ON EACH PARTICIPATING DESIGNER'S BLOG

FOR EXTRA ENTRIES

o   Follow the PSA Stamp Camp Blog - 1 entry 

o   Follow The Twinery Blog - 1 entry     

o   Like PSA Essentials on Facebook - 1 entry

o   Like The Twinery on Facebook - 1 entry    

Winner will be chosen on 6/13 and announced on The Twinery blog as well as on the Facebook pages of The Twinery and PSA Essentials.

three new colors

Thanks so much for all your kind comments about the projects I post on the blog, about how much you adore The Twinery baker's twine that you already own and how obsessed you are about owning more {I know the feeling!}. Winner will be announced this evening at 8pm EST here on the blog and on Facebook. Good luck...I'm keeping my fingers crossed for each and every one of you!

THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED! 

Nicole, owner of The Twinery, just let me know that she's upping the giveaway from my sampler pack of three colors to this:

...it's called the Colorful Bunch Sampler Pack and includes all 14 colors, a $25.00 value...head to the end of this post to find out all the ways you can enter to win this awesome giveaway!

At The Twinery today, three new colors are debuting and Denim, Buttercream and Stone {as well as the ELEVEN other colors} are on sale ---> SPOOLS are just $12 each!

And as a Design Team member, I was lucky enough to already have those perfectly luscious colors to create with. I wasn't able to photograph the layout I created, but I'll upload that in just a while. In the meantime, I'll show you what I created with the scraps from my 8.50x11 layout {cut from a 12x12}.

Using the Countryside  collection from Studio Calico, which I won from The Scrap Review, I made some backpack tags for the girls with some vertical badge holders I purchased at WalMart. The letter stickers are from Jenni Bowlin Studio, the pom pom's were made using Blossom, Buttercream and Denim, which worked out well for us...Isabella's backpack is pink and Victoria's is blue, a win|win situation for sure!

Yes, the book marks were made with scraps, too, but this time I used some baker's twine in Stone, one of the new colors from The Twinery, which brings out a different aspect of the very same paper. Add some rub-ons and a label sticker, both from the Studio Calico goodies, add a length of The Twinery twine and another project complete. 

I punched out small flower shapes from the bookmarks and backpack tags and embellished the book mark twine strands with the punched shapes. You can see here that I made a knot, added the hole punched flower shape and then made another knot to hold the flower in place. Maybe too girly for the boys, but you could use a star shape or even a chipboard die cut to achieve the same effect.

Would you like your very own sampler pack of the three new colors all 14 colors of bakers' twine available from The Twinery? I have a pack to give away to one of you. Here's how you can earn entries...each one earns you a new chance to win so be sure to leave separate entries!

+ like The Twinery on Facebook

+ follow The Twinery blog

+ like I Love It All {the Etsy shop} on Facebook

+ follow I Love It All {the blog} find it in the sidebar -----> I'm almost to 600!

+ let me know many colors of The Twinery baker's twine you have

blog hoppin' with the twinery | and a giveaway

THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED! The winner of the Ultimate Sampler Pack is Holly.  Everyone else...be sure to head over to The Twinery to find out if you're the winner of the the Grand Prize...14 full spools of luscious eco-luxe baker's twine.

A warm welcome to all The Twinery blog hoppers today, hope you're having fun and being inspired this morning! You should have arrived here from the blog of the fabulous Deena. Don't forget to stop by The Twinery each day through Friday...there's a new hop each day with new chances to win, too! PLEASE begin at The Twinery...have you seen what the grand prize is? Wowser! 

My {younger} husband turned 40 last week and I knew that I wanted to make the big Four-Oh memorable for him. But, what do you get a man that says he doesn't need anything? And on top of that make it cute in a masculine way...you feel my pain, right?

Before I show you the "real" gift though, my husband was to first open the box labeled "$39.95" {it's on the left up there} where rolled up inside was this t-shirt:

He chuckled, rolled his eyes and told me that I was goofy. Totally okay. It's the goofiness in our relationship that keeps our life fun and unexpected. And I think he actually liked the t-shirt, believe it or not. You'll notice on the front of the gift box that I reenforced the over-the-hill, gloom and doom theme of a 40th birthday with a die cut shape cut from black cardstock tied with Charcoal baker's twine. For "FORTY" gift, I used an old map page, which to me meant we have places to go and things to see together in his next FORTY years, embellished with even more Charcoal baker's twine.

Inside that gift, which was a bit more impressive than a t-shirt, I wrapped FORTY $10 bills around a pencil and tied those rolled bills with a length of even more Charcoal Baker's Twine. Into the box they went, after removing the pencil, to be surrounded by their buddies. That little bit of extra work was so worth it to see the rolled eyes from my Sweetie, again, when he opened up the box, pushed aside the tissue paper...and uttered the "you're so goofy" comment. Again. That's okay, I know he loves me.

a special thank you to all my Etsy customers for your patronage, YOU helped me to gift Gordon with this wad of cash!

So, with a little ingenuity and some time, I was able to make these two gift boxes for my husband just a little more special, and manly, with the addition of the Charcoal Baker's Twine, die cuts and letter stickers. Oh, yeah, and my goofiness!

My regular readers might remember this post about 40 Things that I started back at the last part of 2010...actually 40 weeks before his 40th birthday. When I decorated the cover of my small spiral notebook with patterned paper and baker's twine, I had intended to transfer everything over to another mini book. 

But, as I thought about it and realized that I had handwritten 40 "something I love about you" notes, I really didn't see a need to recreate. I gave it to Gordon as is, packaged inside a glassine envelope. I might just have seen his eyes get a bit dewy as he went about reading just how loved he is.

Your next stop on this hop is at the blog of Jenni Suchin, where you'll find more inspiration and creativity using the luscious 14 colors of eco-luxe baker's twine from The Twinery.

Before you do, though, be sure to enter the giveaway for this, The Ultimate Sampler Pack, valued at $25.oo! Be sure to leave a comment for each separate entry. If your e-mail address is not linked to your profile, leave your e-mail address in your comment so that I can contact you if you're the winner. No way to contact you, no way you can be the winner, right? So, please, please, include your e-mail address somewhere!

+ be a follower of The Twinery blog, if you already are, leave a comment, that counts!
+ be a follower of I Love It All --------> it's over there in the sidebar! leave a comment even if you
   already are, that counts, too!
+ bonus! tell me the name of your favorite color of The Twinery baker's twine

Entries will close Friday evening at 8pm and will be announced on this same blog post. So glad you stopped by today and I hope that you'll come back again soon for a longer visit to scroll through my posts for other projects and ideas you might love.

Here's the hop line-up for Wednesday, in case you think you might have missed someone!

The Twinery

  Stephanie Johnson

                Deena

                            Monika Wright  - you are here

       Jenny Suchin

       Grace Hester

      Jen Carter  

   Hera Frei

     Emily Leiphart

Now go forth and comment!
THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED

give.away.day. | write.click.scrapbook. & the twinery

All this week I'll be hosting at write.click.scrapbook. where, along with my w.c.s. teammates, we've created inspiring and fun projects using baker's twine from The Twinery. Swoon!

And today...we're featuring projects from members of The Twinery Design Team, where I am a Senior Designer. What continually amazes me, is that there is always a new and innovative way to use twine...these ladies are amazing. You're all amazing. 

Here are  the two projects I made, and you may have seen them before...easy peasy, lemon squeezey as Victoria likes to say.

give.away.day. at write.click.scrapbook.

Come on over for a visit at write.click.scrapbook. and enter the giveaway for winner's choice of 3 full spools of baker's twine from The Twinery and to stop in and see what The Twinery team has been creating for you! Here's what's up for grabs...

The Twinery Prize Pack

enter to win at write.click.scrapbook.

Three Spools in the Winner's Choice of Colors

{$42 retail value}

bonus giveaway  

this giveaway is now closed

The Twinery has graciously sponsored a giveaway for readers of I Love It All...yippee...and won't these be perfect for your Halloween projects! Leave a comment on this blog post. That's it. 

It would be super awesome if you wanted to LIKE The Twinery on Facebook or Follow The Twinery blog. You can also LIKE I Love It All on Facebook and Follow the I Love It All blog {find it in the sidebar. They're not requirements to win these two spools of twine, but it would be nice! Be sure to include your e-mail address in your comment or have it attached to your profile. If I can't e-mail you, I'll have to choose another winner. Good luck. Comments close at 8pm EST tonight and the winner will be announced on this blog post.

Winner of the two spools of twine is:  

Gina | Your lamp looks so cute! I am always amazed at all the projects with twine. If I had a big spool of it I think I would be afraid to cut into; looking at shots of those big spools makes me happy and I would never want an empty spool.

the twinery | market street stamps blog hop

So glad that you are all with me today, because we're going to have a little packaging fun with the     Loopy Loo Polkas stamp from Market Street Stamps and lots of Caribbean, Maraschino, Peapod, Mandarin, Charcoal, Honeydew and Denim baker's twine from The Twinery. 

you should arrived here from the blog of the talented 

Michele Gross

If not, head over to The Twinery blog and begin there

If you don't have any kraft bags in your supply stash, you can find them here. The large bracket shaped die cut is available here. 

It's beginning to feel a little like Christmas so my mind always goes into overload wondering how I'm going to make all those little treat bags for our Nutty Nut Slippery Melts look cute while trying to stay within a budget. And yes, those are Halloween treat bags and even a Valentine's Day version you see up there all to show you the versatility of this one background stamp.

Wondering where I found the tags and labels that coordinate with my baker's twine from The Twinery so well? Just head over to the blog at The Twinery and in the sideabar, you'll find a link to the tags. I imported them into my word processing software and added text that matched the occasion. You can also use your alpha stamps or your even your own handwriting for a more personal touch.

To get the two tone effect on my stamped kraft bag, I stamped the lower front half of the bag with one color, turned the bag over and stamped the top half of the back side of the bag in another color...in this case green on the front lower half and red on the back upper half. Fold your bag to the front and then fold the ragged edges under to make it nice, neat and festive. I topped it with some patterned paper and embellished with the ever appropriate Peapod and Marschino eco-luxe baker's twine.

And now what you've all been waiting for...

Prize from The Twinery

One Ultimate Sampler Pack

retail value $25

and

Prize from Market Street Stamps

One $25 Shopping Spree

your next inspiring stop will be with 

DoBea Alberts

Don't forget to leave comments on all the blogs along the way during this two-day event that began yesterday...that's the only way you'll be eligible to win the prize packs from Market Street Stamps and The Twinery, two of my favorite crafting resources! Deadline for prize giveaway is Friday, November 25th. Prize Winners will be drawn at random and will be announced Saturday, November 26th on both The Twinery and Market Street Stamp blogs.

the twinery and the {stamps} of life blog hop

The {Stamps} of Life and The Twinery Design Teams are playing together for this hop!

About The Twinery:Our twine is made from 100% cotton, it's eco-friendly and made in the USA. Whether you're gift wrapping, crafting or tying up baked goods to give to a friend, our baker's twine adds a fresh, yet nostalgic look to any project at hand! Our baker's twine comes in 11 delicious colors and is uniquely twisted against a bright white hue, creating an eye-popping burst of color and a creative embellishment! Our twine has lots of color which lends to a fun, candy-striped look.

About The {Stamps} of Life: 

We feature high quality, made in the USA, clear stamps and digital stamps/brushes for stampers, card makers and scrapbookers. Feel free to browse our gallery with more than 2500 samples using our stamps, watch our free how-to videos and join our club!

My first project shares a simple, but thoughtful, way to use the awesome monogram2build set from Stamps of Life. I began by removing several pages from a recycled book and tearing them into strips, then took my handy dandy glue stick and glued my strips end to end. After wrapping the long book page strip around my Dollar Tree vase, I strung my stamped sentiment {which had been punched} so that I could add my Pink Sorbet and Peapod baker's twine around the vase several times before tying it off with a cute bow. The wildflower bouquet is courtesy of my youngest daughter, Victoria.

Using the very same wrapping technique with The Twinery baker's twine that I used on my vase project, this time in Maraschino, I chose a different sentiment and framing option from the monogram2build set from Stamps of Life. 

I often need to send a note to school with my children and am always scrambling for something appropriate. Search no more...pull out your heavier cardstock and get to stamping. I trimmed my cardstock in no time at all, and stamped in even less time to end up with a simple but effective way to always be prepared.

I placed them in this hinged tin, in case you wanted a quick Teacher Appreciation gift idea, and punched the extra sentiment I had stamped to use as an embellishment. 

hinged metal tins can be found here

The true test of a gift, for me, is when it turns out so cute I want to keep it for myself. Yep, I want to keep this one, but lucky for me, I have more hinged tins and even more adorable stamp options to create with. And doesn't that baker's twine from The Twinery add the perfect touch, without being too fussy?

Here's a close up of the stamp set I was so lucky to be able to use today. 

I am not an extraordinary stamper, especially with acrylic stamps, so when I say that I strongly urge you to purchase at least one set of Stamps of Life stamps, SOON, that says a lot. They give such a clear, solid impression...not like the acrylic stamps I have used in the past. My, oh, my, these are wonderful.

PRIZE INFORMATION:

As you make your way through the hop make sure you comment on each and every post. There will be 4 prize winners chosen randomly among the blogs:

Two winners will win 2 stamp sets of winners choice valued at $12.95. 

(total retail value: $26.90 per prize) from The {Stamps} of Life.

and
Two winners will win Colorful Bunch Sampler Packs ($20 value!) from The Twinery!

The prize winners will be announced on The {Stamps} of Life and The Twinery blogs on Tuesday, May 3rd.

The Hop List:

The Twinery Blog

The {Stamps}of Life Blog

Jeanne Streiff

Julie Ranae

Deb Felts

Monique Hansen

Vicki Garrett

                                                                         Monika Wright ----> you are here

Emily Niehaus

Tifany DeGough

Joana Studer

Katrina Hunt

Laura Williams

Jen Carter

Kim Howard

Jenny Suchin 

Sheri Twing

Have fun hopping and be sure to leave comments on each blog you visit for extra chances to win one of four amazing prizes!

the twinery & srm stickers | product showcase

Today and tomorrow, designers from both The Twinery and SRM Stickers are teaming up to showcase projects using both baker's twine and stickers. That's right, we welcome you to be inspired and {to win} you'll want to begin at The Twinery blog to get a complete list of participants from our team so that you can leave a 

The 14th Anniversary of the day I became Mrs. Wright will soon be here. And because I know Gordon  rarely reads my blog, I feel pretty safe in sharing this little wall hanging I made with some Maraschino baker's twine from The Twinery and a simple heartfelt sticker from the Thinking of You set by SRM Stickers.

Using a spare page from a die cut mini album I had on hand, I punched another hole to string my Maraschino baker's twine through that, in addition to helping to attach my craft art to the scrapbook paper backing my rustic frame, is also used to string my small hand cut heart inside the tube. To make it stay on my twine, I added a knot below the heart and a knot above the heart to keep it stationary. I attached the 4 strands of baker's twine with two glue dots to the paper and covered the glue dots with a circle punched piece of red cardstock that matches the heart and the backing to the Love You sticker.

You might want to remember this project come Valentine's Day next year as it would also make a perfectly lovely gift idea for your husband then as well! Or even the kids.

And just for you...a way to share your stash of The Twinery twine with a dear friend. After wrapping my mini spools with a sampling of baker's twine, I wrapped the lid of the tube with one of our newer shades of twine, Shore, and a small section of the yellow scalloped border sticker.

To make the For You tag, just add your sticker to light blue cardstock, circle punch it, and add two small holes to string your baker's twine through holding it in place with two small knots.

Now for your chance to win some baker's twine from The Twinery...

the prize will be 3 full spools | winner's choice of colors ($42 value)

To be eligible to win, you MUST leave a comment on each of the participating designers' blogs from The Twinery. A complete list of designers will be on The Twinery blog each day. Deadline to leave comments is 11:59 pm Sunday, April 29th. Don't forget to leave your e-mail address so we can contact you if you're the winner.

Thanks to SRM Stickers for providing the tubes and sticker collections for me to create with.