The Twinery/Pretty Little Studio {Blog Hop}

The Introduction:

If you are hopping along with us today: You should have come here from The Twinery's blog. If you did, you are in the right place! Welcome!

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The Hop Order:

Pretty Little Studio

The Twinery

Tifany DeGough

Lisa Spiegel

Jaclyn Miller

Tina Walker

Denise Hahn

Keri Babbitt

Jeanne Jachna

The Prizes:

The Twinery is giving away a fabulous Striped Twine Sampler ($65 retail value):

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

The Projects:
When I saw Pretty Little Studio's Baby Jack collection, I couldn't wait to dive right in! I love the colors, patterns, and adorable images. I had hoped to use this collection to create a variety of projects for my precious baby nephew, Roscoe, but unfortunately that won't be happening. I do plan to make a remembrance book with this collection and some of my favorite pictures of him, though.

For today's project, I created a card and gift tag set:

There are a lot of options of The Twinery's twine that I could have used with this collection - it pairs well with some of the bolder colors as well as many of the softer colors. I surrounded myself with a variety of coordinating colors: Caribbean, Marigold, Mandarin, Seaweed, Cantaloupe, and Flax - but I eventually decided to pair it with The Twinery's Buttercream twine. (The Twinery's Buttercream twine is one of my all-time most used colors. I love it!)

For the gift tag, I paired The Twinery's Buttercream twine with a variety of Pretty Little Studio products from the Baby Jack collection: vellum, bingo tags, patterned paper, and stickers.

For the card, I decided to try my hand at a shaker card. The shaker area is backed with vellum and has some confetti mix behind the plastic window. (I used some of the Pretty Little Studio packaging as the plastic for the window.)

I added some patterned paper (again from the Baby Jack collection) and The Twinery's Buttercream twine to the front of the card - then finished it all off with that cute die cut. 

Thanks for stopping by today!

The Next Stop:
Lisa Spiegel

Supplies:

Twine: The Twinery (Buttercream); 

Patterned Paper: Pretty Little Studio (Baby Jack Collection - Baby Chase, Baby Henry);

Vellum: Pretty Little Studio (Baby Jack Collection - Baby Aiden);

Stickers: Pretty Little Studio (Baby Jack Collection - Baby Ryan Wood Stars);

Sequins/Confetti: Pretty Little Studio (Baby Jack Collection - Baby Sam Mint Confetti Mix);

Embellishments: Pretty Little Studio (Baby Jack Collection - Baby Owen Bingo Tags);

Die Cuts: Pretty Little Studio (Baby Jack Collection - Baby Joshua);

Cardstock: Discount Cardstock (Brilliant White 110#); 

Tools: Fiskars (Trimmer, Scissors); Scor-Pal (Scoring Board);