Saturday, November 19, 2011

Blog Hop {Market Street Stamps & The Twinery}



The Introduction:
If you are hopping along with us today: You should have come here from Jen Carter's blog. If you did, you are in the right place! Welcome!
If you aren't already a follower, I'd love to have you follow my blog!

If you are one of my regular readers: Thanks for coming back! I love having you! Please join along in the hop - you can start at the The Twinery's blog.

The Prizes:
Market Street Stamps is giving away one $25 Gift Certificate


The Twinery is giving away one Ultimate Color Sampler Pack ($25 retail value)


The Details:
Leave a comment on each blog along the hop (both days!). The winners will be chosen randomly from all comments on the manufacturer blogs AND the designer blogs.

Blog comments close on Monday, November 25th and the winners will be announced Saturday, November 26th on the Market Street Stamps blog and The Twinery's blog.


The Project:
This hop is especially exciting for me because I am blessed to be both a Senior Designer for Market Street Stamps AND a member of the Design Team for The Twinery.


I was wanting to create something more than just a basic card for this hop...so I decided to jazz it up a little by creating a shaped card.

I hand drew the tree template and used it to shape the cardstock that had been stamped with the Argyle background from Market Street Stamps.


I added a little swag of The Twinery's Maraschino twine to the tree. I topped it off with a round tag which was stamped with "Joy" from the Simple Joys set and tied it off with a bow of Maraschino and Honeydew twine.


Oh, and see those little star "ornaments" hung with tiny twine bows? Those were created using one of the star stamps from the Blast Off set (seriously one of my most used sets!) and were stamped on a Shrinky Dink sheet and heated with my heat gun.

Thanks for stopping by today!

The Next Stop:
Samantha Casey's blog


Supplies:
Twine: The Twinery (Maraschino, Honeydew);
Stamps: Market Street Stamps (Argyle, Simple Joys, Blast Off);
Ink: Tsukineko (Tea Leaves, Red Magic);
Cardstock: Georgia Pacific (White);
Other: Shrinky Dink (Shrink plastic);
Template: Tifany DeGough
Tools: Fiskars (Trimmer, Scissors, Round N Round Squeeze Punch - Large, 1/8" Round Hand Punch); Tim Holtz (Tiny Attacher); Ranger (Heat Gun);

74 comments:

Kathy W said...

What a great way to use twine on holiday cards. Wonderful card, thanks for sharing.

papertreats said...

Very cute card! The twine is great as a garland!

Monika Wright | I Love It All said...

So many good things here, the hand drawn tree shape, the use of twine, your spectacular stamping skills, and the tip to use the heat gun {which I just bought yesterday} to shrink the shrinky dink!

Kelly Sas said...

Can't believe you hand drew that!!! I keep saying it, but I do mean it; you are one talented lady!

Annette Allen said...

wow this just so adorable... Great use of the twine..thanks for sharing..

Sheri Twing said...

Love the card Tiffany! It just makes me smile to look at it! Such a happy tree!

Michele Gross said...

Oh Tifany, this is adorable! I really want an argyle Christmas tree now! Darling!!

Glora said...

This shaped tree card is SO awesome!!! That background stamp looks awesome and I love your shrinky dink star ornaments. Great job! I LOVE it!!! Hugs- Glora

me(at)glorajean(dot)com

Janice said...

The twine makes a great garland and I love the tiny stars.

Anonymous said...

I am so amazed at the new uses of the twine. The little bows are cute.

smyiow said...

This adorable! I love the twine and I love the paper that you used for the tree! Great job!

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Hillcrest Acres said...

Oh my goodness...what an adorable card. Love it all.

Jen Carter said...

So cute!! I love how you used the background to make the tree and it's so fun wrapped with the twine! Adorable!

Hussena said...

such a cute card love the way you have made the tree so creative!! TFS:)

Heather Henderson said...

so cute!

Anonymous said...

So fun! The twine makes a great garland. Duh, why didn't I think about that before? I have never used the shrinky dinks but they look like fun. Thanks for the fun card!

Chris R. from Iowa
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Kerys said...

Such a cute card! Love the stamped background and the twine just works perfectly with this design! Great job and thank you so much for the inspiration :-)
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Tammy B said...

cute, cute, cute! i love shaped cards!

Miriam Prantner said...

Love your shaped card. The argyle background is so fun, and the twine garland. So cute. Fabulous card!

Deanna said...

Oh, garland on a Christmas tree! I'm in love with your card!

Unknown said...

Thanks for being in the blog hop!

Karen B. said...

This card is absolutely adorable, I loved shaped cards!

Trisha said...

Very sweet card. Love the shaped card with the background stamp and the twine garlands. How the heck did you ever tie those teeny bows? Don't think my fingers are agile enough for that. patnbobcuddy at gmail dot com

Monika/Buzsy said...

So pretty Tifany. Love the pretty tree. Great shape and use of the twine! :o)

Anonymous said...

Too stinkin' cute! So festive!

Marlena M. said...

Such a pretty tree! I love the free falling garland. ;)

Sarah Anderson said...

really lovely card, the harlequin pattern looks fab on the tree, and the twine makes for a great garland :)

Anonymous said...

Great card!

Maggy_Tronche said...

So cute christmas project!!! Love a lot! Thanks for sharing! Hugs.. Maggy

Noreen said...

The twine makes a cute garland for the tree!

Tenia Nelson said...

OMGoodness this is seriously rad to the nth degree!!!!! Love everything about this!!!!!

Sukie said...

Great card, love the tag on top of the card, the twine really accents the sentiment you used! Great garland too!

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Felicia - Scrapper in the Making said...

Using the twine this way is so genious. Just beautiful. Smooches... Felicia - frankleecrafts [at] gmail [dot] com

sharon g said...

Very cute. I like the decorations. sharon dot gullikson at gmail dot com

dreenie said...

very cute!!!!

Anonymous said...

What a fun Christmas tree! Love all the little extra touches. I love to hand cut you did a great job with the tree design. Thanks for sharing.

Lisa R. said...

Fabulous shaped card. Love the twine and ornaments. TFS joy4umetoo at hotmail dot com

Kim H said...

Love the shaped card, great use of the twine, cute ornaments. thank you for sharing.
kimba at richhook dot com

Liz Terrazas said...

your tree is awesome.. I loved it.. great card..

Paper Love said...

Cute idea!

Lauren
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DoBea A. said...

What an awesome shaped card Tifany! Love it!!

Indy's Designs said...

What a cute shape card!

rush said...

such a fun project. thank you for sharing. rush88888 at gmail dot com

Roxie said...

What a great card. I love it!! Thanks for sharing. roxiebear@msn.com

Gloria said...

So sweet. Love the shrinky dinks ornaments.

StacyC said...

What an adorable tree, great job....

Kathy Ethington said...

I just got back into shrinky dink again, and think your little stars are just too adorable on that darling tree!! and the garland...perfect detail...what a talent you have!

Devon said...

Completely wonderful card! I am terrible at hand drawing. You make it look easy and possible!

Leslie Kiley said...

Oh Christmas tree ,How cute can you be? Love the twine ropes too!

Ann said...

I love your tree shaped card! bam7462atgmaildotcom

Anonymous said...

Wow! What a cute card, thank you for sharing it.

Heidi said...

This is awesome, great idea for the twine.

Donna H said...

simply beautiful will have to use this idea for sure.

Angelica - Market Street Stamps said...

Now THAT'S a cute idea, Tifany!!! I love Argyle on the tree and the twine garland is a perfect touch!

callyannc said...

Such a pretty christmas tree! TFS CallyAnn

Robin S. said...

This is the cutest Christmas tree I have seen this year. I lI've the twine garland. dearstrege@gmail.com

Glenda J said...

Super fabulous! Love your trimmed tree!

Connie and Jack said...

GREAT idea using the twine as garland. And ya just gotta love an argyle Christmas tree! Thanks for sharing.
--Connie

arlsmom aka Lynda said...

Fantastic use of twine!!

Unknown said...

I love the twine as Christmas tree decor. The argyle is perfect! popperandmimi at gmail dot com

Leslee said...

Cute Christmas tree card.
Leslee

Debbie C. said...

Great tree card and the twine makes perfect garland.

Savannah O'Gwynn said...

SUPER DUPER cute! I love the tree with the red twine! SO CLEVER:) YOU amaze me!

Unknown said...

wow what a cute card! loved how you used the twine!

Alina said...

Lovely tree!

Anonymous said...

This is adorable, wow, love the Argyll pattern on the tree and the twine is just perfect on it!

erin lee creative said...

So so sosososososo CUTE!

Judith said...

Just hopping by!!! the card is so cute and unique!!! What a great idea.

FerrellGraph-x said...

Oh My goodness I love your argyle tree!
Kindest regards,
Jennifer

Tasha said...

Enjoying the hop, thanks so much!

Far North said...

I love shaped card and the tree you designed is fabulous. The argyle stamp pattern is a perfect match! I need to make some shrink a dink ornies...thanks for all the inspiration!
Janj #7263

NatQuebec said...

what a wonderful tree card !

Michelle Looi said...

gorgeous tree!

Stamp with Angela said...

A lovely card. I like the Christmas tree shaped card and your use of twine for decoration. Very creative.