I'm lacing up my twine

Today as a team member of The Twinery I was challenged to create a decor piece using twine. So as I was painting figure skates black and stuffing them with winter greenery I thought to myself why can't I use these as outside decor.  It's meant to decorate your door but it could also hang on walls and the twine is perfect for laces on the skates. 

I choose The Twinery white and Maraschion Shimmer because it reminds me of candy canes and plus it GLITTERS!!  The second skate a more vintage look with the solid Maraschion twine and rusty bells.

The trick to thread to skates is to wrap tight each twine end with tape or cooled to touch hot glue.  It will create a hardened end and will easily push through the skate eyelets.

You know what I love about being on The Twinery Design Team?  It's having to work with the gorgeous colours and being able to just play.  My assignment? Anything but a card.  Since Christmas is getting sooo close I thought it would be fun to make some ornaments.  The great thing is the Twine can be used as an accent and function.

 I used the matte black glitter Twine to add some sparkle to my little snowman ornaments.

here are some other projects I made using The Twinery Twine

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SugarPea Designs Day 4 Release Week 12 Days of Christmas

It's day 4 of new release and I thought it might be fun to make fridge magnets out of the little images from 12 days of Christmas.  They are super easy to make and really cute when done.

Step 1: Stamp and colour image

 Step 2: Cover image with Diamond Glaze or Mod Podge and cover with clear glass dome.

 The glaze will leak out the sides.  That's ok.  Just let it dry throughly.

 Step 3: Use the glass dome as the guide and cut around the image.  Keep the scissors close to the dome to get a clean perfect cut.

 Step 4: Glue on a small magnet and let dry.  That's it!!

Your next stop is over to the super talented Lesley's blog and check out her adorable tags.

Remember our entire Holiday Product Release will be available for purchase in the SugarPea Designs Store on Friday, November 6th at 6:00 PM EST!

We would love to hear your thoughts on the products introduced today!!  Please leave a comment on this post and on each of the talented SugarPea Designers shown below and you could WIN!  We will chose one lucky person to WIN the Everyday is Christmas stamp set from the comments left here and on the DT Blogs!  All winners during our Holiday Product Release will be announced on Sunday, November 9th.

The Twinery Caribbean blog hop

Hi ya'll welcome to The Twinery Blog hop. Today I thought I try something fun (I know I'm out of season but it's never to late for a snowman) . I braided the solid Caribbean twine from The Twinery into a long rope then cut it in 3 sections and braided them again.  I painted a face on a large white cloths pin and glued star buttons.  

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You can get Caribbean in striped or solid.

Here is the list of hop sites.

The Twinery -  http://thetwinery.com

Tifany DeGough - http://www.inkblotsbytrd.blogspot.com/

Amy Crockett - http://www.scrappingmommy.com/

Jeanne Jachna - http://akeptlife.blogspot.com/
DoBea Alberts - http://www.plumpoppystudio.com/blog/
Anita Mulcahey - http://happypapercrafthappenings.blogspot.com/
Jennifer Cuthbertson - http://www.jencuthbertson.blogspot.com/

Tobi Crawford - http://tobicrawford.blogspot.ca/
Stacey Schafer - http://stampinwithstacey.blogspot.com/Denise Hahn - http://www.inmyblueroom.blogspot.com/Melyssa Connolly - http://www.fantastink.blogspot.com/ <- are="" font="" here="" you="">

Since I'm last on the hop please stop by The Twinery store where you can nab some Caribbean twine.

Sam E. Snowman

I have some really exciting news to share with you.  Tomorrow A Jillian Vance Design will be releasing my first ever die set!!! Eeeek.  I had some time to give it a test run and I couldn't be more please.  My new wood grain stamp is coming tomorrow as well, at first I was a little nervous about it but once I started stamping I fell in love.  It's not you typical skinny wood grain stamp this one is big and bold.  It definitely has a whimsical playful look to it.  I hope you like it as much as I do. :)

Here we go with Sam E. Snowman die set and my wood grain background

Now I've got some cards made by using the "empty" or negative space the die leaves.  I used clear card stock to behind the snowman so I could glue the scarf and buttons on, now everything looks like it's floating on the card.

Check out my other stamps here.

Sam E. Snowman die

Wood grain stamp

Stamp- Snowflake Sentiments

Black Pear clips

Winter Magic Handbag

This month's challenge is Winter for us Ziva's so I thought with all the Holiday parties to go to I should make something a festive with a touch of elegance. This is what I came up with (based on a gorgeous card on Pinterest)

I used the Z Becky Brown's handbag My White Night and Ziva papers Natural White

 I used Platinum Stickles to paint the Veneer Stars. Here's a close up

I extended the background all the way around the insert. So the handbag is decorated on all 4 sides.

 Then I die cut the poinsettia and hot glued it to a ribbon and tied it to the handle.

Materials

• Paper: Natural White: Ziva Papers, Vintage Cream and Kraft-PTI
• Fabric: Felt-red and green
• Accessories: Dies-Poinsettia: Spellbinders, Sentiment and landscape: Memory Box, Platinum Glitter:Stickles, Veneer Stars: Studio Calico

Nice Rack Nordic Christ-moose :)

We at TSG love our holiday sets, and we love our animals, too…so whenever they can combine, we are THRILLED.  The new Merry Christ-moose set from Torico is no exception!

Merry Christ-moose is a 4x8 set that includes a total of 18 stamps and will sell for $18. It will be released on Saturday, November 30th at 11pmEST.

Made to go along with the Merry Christ-moose stamp set, Nice Rack has all those sentiments that may be a little bit naughty, but are definitely nice.

Nice Rack is a 3x4 set that includes a total of 7 stamps and will sell for $9. It will be released on Saturday, November 30th at 11pmEST.

Torico has also created this GORGEOUS Nordic Borders set as well, which will add a finished, homey feel to any of your creations. 

Nordic Borders is a 2x6 set that includes a total of 3 stamps and will see for $3. It will be released on Saturday, November 30th at 11pmEST.

Would you like to win the new Merry Christ-moose/Nice Rack/ Nordic Borders sets? Here is what you need to do-visit the Trendsetter’s blogs that are participating in each of the blog hop challenges below and comment on their creations as you go. One of the Trendsetter’s blogs (from each hop day) will be randomly chosen as the ‘it’ blog and a winner will be picked using a random number generator from the comments left on that Trendsetter’s Blog Hop Challenge post. 

You will not know which blog has been chosen so the more you comment on the better your chances are of winning new stamps! The Blog Hop Challenges will be open until 5 PM Eastern Time Saturday, November 30th with the winner being announced during the release party chat.

TSG release peek Be Merry

Our second set from new illustrator Danielle Lounds find’s us celebrating the holidays with her unique style of combining handwritten sentiments, with super cute images. I love that the words can be colored, and the tag image will be perfect for cards, and gift giving.

Be Merry is a 4x8 set that includes a total of 9 stamps and will sell for $18.00. It will be released on Saturday, November 30th at 11pmEST.

Would you like to win the new Be Merry stamp sets? Here is what you need to do- visit the Trendsetter’s blogs that are participating in each of the blog hop challenges below and comment on their creations as you go. One of the Trendsetter’s blogs (from each hop day) will be randomly chosen as the ‘it’ blog and a winner will be picked using a random number generator from the comments left on that Trendsetter’s Blog Hop Challenge post. 

You will not know which blog has been chosen so the more you comment on the better your chances are of winning new stamps! The Blog Hop Challenges will be open until 5 PM Eastern Time Saturday, November 30th with the winner being announced during the release party chat.

TSG Day 2 'tis the season

A full set of fun from artist Wendy Leach, features our favorite sock goblin, but lots of other winter accessories to go along with it! This whimsical and fun holiday set is sure to be a favorite.

Tis the Season is a 6x8 set that includes a total of 12 stamps and will sell for $24. It will be released on Saturday, November 30th at 11pmEST.

Would you like to win the new ‘Tis the Season set? Here is what you need to do-visit the Trendsetter’s blogs that are participating in each of the blog hop challenges below and comment on their creations as you go. One of the Trendsetter’s blogs (from each hop day) will be randomly chosen as the ‘it’ blog and a winner will be picked using a random number generator from the comments left on that Trendsetter’s Blog Hop Challenge post. 

You will not know which blog has been chosen so the more you comment on the better your chances are of winning new stamps! The Blog Hop Challenges will be open until 5 PM Eastern Time Saturday, November 30th with the winner being announced during the release party chat.

TSG Day 3 Pugaliciousth

 We love our animal stamps here at There She Goes, and we love it even more when you can dress up your animals for the holidays!! Who doesn't like putting antlers on a pug, anyway?!

Pugalicious is a 4x6 set that includes a total of 25 stamps and will sell for $15.00.

Would you like to win the new Pugalicious stamp set? Here is what you need to do- visit the Trendsetter’s blogs that are participating in each of the blog hop challenges below and comment on their creations as you go. One of the Trendsetter’s blogs (from each hop day) will be randomly chosen as the ‘it’ blog and a winner will be picked using a random number generator from the comments left on that Trendsetter’s Blog Hop Challenge post. 

You will not know which blog has been chosen so the more you comment on the better your chances are of winning new stamps! The Blog Hop Challenges will be open until 5 PM EasternTime Saturday, October 26th with the winner being announced during the release party chat.

Elves are Watching

I keep seeing photos of those creepy little elves everywhere!  The photos are funny but the elf is just creepy. But this little Elf is adorable and I was able to put a card together pretty quickly using Winter Wonderland paper from Echo Park and the free digi from Whimsie Doodles.

Supplies

Digi stamp-Elves Watching-Whimsie Doodles

Paper-Winter Wonderland-Echo Park

Card size-5.5"x5.5"

Punches-Snowflake-Martha Stewart

Bird cage tags

The minute I saw the bird cage die from Poppy Stamps Dies I knew I had to have it.  I wasn't sure what I was going to do when I got it but I just had have it.  So today I was inspired to use the die and make some Christmas tags with it.  So I die cut and inked them with Antique Linen by Ranger and started decorating with the Winter Wonderland paper pad by My Mind's Eye.  I had some left over Poinsettia pieces (Spellbinders) and some snowflakes (Martha Stewart). 

I didn't have a bird die so I had to make one up.  What's your favorite bird die?  I think I may need to get one :)