It's Blog Hop Time with Imaginisce and The Twinery!

Have some fun and join in the blog hop going on this week with Imaginisce and The Twinery.  There are tons of fabulous projects and inspiration to see from the designers from both companies.  Oh and did I mention there are prizes to win??  Yes, some pretty great prizes.  Leave your comments on everyone's blog for a chance to win!  

I had the great opportunity to work with The Twinery's beautiful twine.  They have such an assortment of colors to choose from that you will have no problem finding the color you need for any project.  

Take a look at the layout I made:

The lollipop embellishments are made from the Twinery twine.  I cut circles out of cardstock, ran the circles through the Xyron Creat-a-Sticker and then wound the twine around on the adhesive side of the circle.  I started on the outside of the circle and worked my way inwards.  I also used the twine to tie around the lollipop sticks.  

         

I thought the lollipops turned out really cute so I decided to use them for the main embellishment on the page. They were almost as cute as the photos I used in the layout, but of course I'm a bit biased ;)

Supplies:

Imaginisce: Childhood Memories Collection, Good Dog Collection.

The Twinery:  Peapod, Maraschino, Lemondrop, Ocean, Midnight Blue, twine.  

Other supplies: Xyron Creat-a-Sticker, White Cardstock.  Sticks, Pinkering scissors, turquoise gel pen.

So now that you've seen my project continue hopping along through the blog hop and see what other inspiring things there are to see from the other designers.  

Thursday's Blog Hop Line Up:

Imanginisce:

Fleur Smith

Mary Pat Siehl

Apryl Holland << you are here :)

The Twinery:

Kellie Winnell
Jennifer Carter
Natalie Clause

And don't forget to leave a comment for your chance to win!  

Official rules on how to enter:

All you have to do to enter the giveaway is leave us a comment on each post this week AND each of the Designers blogs during the Blog Hop.

Imaginisce  & The Twinery will randomly select a winner and make the announcement on Monday., April 29th.
Deadline to comment is midnight EST, Saturday, April 27th.

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Good luck and enjoy the blog hop!

Inspired By Color

Join in this week for the Imaginisce's Inpsired By Color Feature:

For the Inspired  By Color challenge I made a fun Party Invitation.  

I started with a basic brown and beige background and accented it with the Color Shine spray.  The color shine colors used are teal and gold.  I then combined the pretty blue and orange on the left side of the card for a bold background to the flowers. 

For the festive look of the card, I made flowers using the Paper punches.  I wanted to keep the card simple in design but incorporate as much color as possible.  I tied in the rest of the colors in the challenge by using the polka dot paper from the Animal Crackers collection for the second layer of the flowers.  I also sprayed the flowers with some Color shine and added the pearl brads. 

 I had fun with this project and hope that you will join in the Inspired By Color challenge and have some fun of your own!

Hope you have a fabulous day!

Supplies:  Paper from Happy Camper Collection, Good Dog Collection, Animal Crackers Collection, Beige & Brown Cardstock, Heidi Swap Color Shine (Teal & Gold) , Glossy Accents, Aqua Stickles, Pearl brads, Imaginisce's Paper Punch Small & Medium, Sunset Sizzix Font.

Release Party for Good Dog by Imaginisce

It's a P-a-r-t-y!!  A "Good Dog" party with Imaginisce.  They have released this SUPER cute collection this week.  So if you are looking for the perfect collection for your little (or big ;) pooch...here it is!

My son is an absolute DOG LOVER.  This collection is made for him and his furry friends.  The adorable Good Dog Collection is perfect for bringing your love for dogs center stage.    The paper and embellishments made it so easy to create this layout.  All the colors and patterned paper coordinate so well together.  And the Doggie Die Cuts are the CUTEST!  I layered several patterned papers together to create the base of the layout.  I love creating my own embellishments so I hand cut and matted the dog bone for an oversized embellishment to balance the 5”x7” photo I used.  I made a dog tag for  journaling with the Diary Sticker Stacker and ribbon.  I also hand cut the hearts that I placed throughout the page, giving them dimension with foam tape and rhinestones.

Patterned Paper:  Dog Parade, Dog Speak, Dawg Dayz, Spotty Dog, Dog Dreams.  Doggy Die Cuts, Doggy Diary Sticker Stacker.   Rhinestones, Blue Ribbon.  Tools:  I-Rock, I-Punch, I-magicut Ribbon Cutter, Foam Tape.

Good Dog Mini Album:

As soon as I saw the fun designs in the Good Dog collection I knew there was a mini album in my future!  The idea for the shape of the pages came from the collection itself:  The heart, dog bone, food  bowl and dog house pages were all drawn and hand cut to mimic the smaller shapes found on the papers and embellishments.  I wanted each page to be a different shape so that it would catch your eye without even opening the album.  In a mini album it is sometimes tough to make space for journaling.  In this album I used the Doggy Mail cutouts and made them their own page in the album so that there was plenty of room for journaling.

Supplies used:

Patterned Paper:  Dog Parade, Doggy Mail, Dog Speak, Dog Dreams, Dog Biscuits, Dawg Dayz, Spotty Dog, In the Dog House, Paw Prints.

Fur-Ever Friends Sticker Stackers, Doggy Diary Sticker Stacker, Doggy Die Cuts.

Thanks for stopping by today and hope you LOVE this new collection as much as I do.

Have a fabulous day!