The Twinery/Serendipity Stamps {Blog Hop}

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The Hop Order:
Serendipity Stamps
The Twinery
Tifany DeGough
Anya Schrier
Rebecca VanDeMark
Vickie Zimmer
Stacey Schafer
Julie Warner
Melyssa Connolly
Karen Amidon
Melania Deasy
Cathy Weber
Suzanna Lee

The Prizes:

The Twinery is giving away a fabulous Sampler Pack of Twines:

Serendipity Stamps is giving away a fantastic prize as well – check out The Twinery's blog and the Serendipity Stamps blog to find out how you can enter to win one of these great prizes. 

The Projects:

For today's project, I've got two tags to share. Both tags were created using the same basic supplies - so it's a bit like a two-for-one deal. 

I started off with a basic manila tag, then used the Thanks Die from Serendipity Stamps to create my sentiment. For this one, I removed the die cut word (to be used on my next tag) and left the negative, which I backed with cardstock. Next, I used Solid Maraschino twine from The Twinery and the French Pastry Tiny Doily Die from Serendipity Stamps to create a flower. I die cut multiple layers of tissue paper using the doily die - and then fluffed up the layers to create a flower. I love how the doily edges peek out and give the flower some beautiful detailing. I used the Solid Maraschino twine as a sort of "leaf" - looping it on one side and leaving the random tails peeking out on the other side. 

For the next tag, I created the base tag out of cardstock (using the manila tag as a template), and then die cut the French Pastry Tiny Doily Die from a manila tag. I still had the Thanks Die cut from the previous tag, so I used that here for my sentiment. It's all tied off with a beautiful double bow created with The Twinery's Solid Maraschino twine.

Thanks for stopping by today!

The Next Stop:
Anya Schrier

Supplies: 
Twine: The Twinery (Solid Maraschino); 
Dies: Serendipity Stamps (French Pastry Tiny Doily Die, Thanks Die);
Cardstock: Papertrey Ink (Pure Poppy);
Tools: Fiskars (Trimmer, Scissors); Scor-Pal (Scoring Board);