twine and cardstock and prizes - OH MY!

The Twinery and DiscountCardstock.com Design Teams are joining up today for a Summer Party themed blog hop!

As you hop from blog to blog make sure and comment on every post because there will be two winners chosen randomly along the hop. If you get lost anywhere along the hop (or if someone is having a blog glitch!) a complete list of participants will be posted on The Twinery and DiscountCardStock.com blogs. The hop will end on 7/13/2011 and winners will be posted on The Twinery and DiscountCardStock.com blogs the following day.

The prizes!

Colorful Bunch Sampler Pack ($20 retail value!) from the Twinery (shown)

 A paper sampler pack (a $20 retail value!)from DiscountCardstock.com

The Twinery

Our twine is made from 100% cotton, it's eco-friendly and made in the USA. Whether you're gift wrapping, crafting or tying up baked goods to give to a friend, our baker's twine adds a fresh, yet nostalgic look to any project at hand! Our baker's twine comes in 11 delicious colors and is uniquely twisted against a bright white hue, creating an eye-popping burst of color and a creative embellishment! Our twine has lots of color which lends to a fun, candy-striped look.

DiscountCardStock.com

 DiscountCardstock.com was launched in 2002 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Our mission is to provide great quality cardstock and specialty papers at discount pricing. We offer 100% acid and lignin free, archival quality uncoated cardstocks, as well as metallic, vellum, hand-made specialty papers, envelopes, scored cards and high qualify art paper and cards that are specially coated and developed for use by professional artists and card makers using ink jet printers.

Okay, are you still with me? My project. . . .
I created a gift bag and matching card, full of summer colors and fun!  This project was quick and simple, and lots of fun to make.  I was inspired by the oh-so-popular trend of color blocking.  Have you heard of it? Go do a Google image search, or Pinterest search for it, and you'll immediately recognize it! It's hot in fashion, home decor, and of course - PAPER CRAFTING!

To create this project, whether you do it on a bag, a card, or something else, just wrap cardstock blocks (in varying sizes) with twine, and adhere to a clean white background.  (I love clean white backgrounds!)  I added some cute little tags, stamped with Unity Stamps in coordinating colors, and a big white bow on my gift bag. (This bag was just a plain white bag from Target, but think about how you can recycle a shopping bag, or solid colored packaging you have laying around!)

Thanks so VERY much for stopping by today! I hope you'll come back soon! Happy blog hopping!

The Twinery  http://www.thetwineryblog.com/

Jeanne Streiff http://inkypaws.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/?p=14833

Emily Leiphart   http://www.leiphartonart.blogspot.com/

Trudy Sjolander http://truesgiftsfromtheheart.blogspot.com/
Tifany DeGough   http://www.inkblotsbytrd.blogspot.com/

Heidi Blankenship http://embellished-dreams.blogspot.com/

Grace Hester   http://www.gracehester.typepad.com/

Debbie Seyer http://www.debbieseyer.com/

Monika Wright   http://iloveitallwithmonikawright.blogspot.com/

Laura Williams http://www.lauralooloo.blogspot.com/  (THAT'S ME!!!) 

Angelica Suarez   http://handmadebyangelica.com/

Ivona Foster   http://blog.sugarsticksparties.com/

Angie Hagist-Discount Cardstock Blog http://www.discountcardstock.com/blog/