The Twinery and Poppystamps Blog Hop!

Hello friends and welcome to the first of two days of fabulous blog hops with The Twinery and Poppystamps!  I was so excited to work with Poppystamps dies and twine and hope you are inspired by the projects you see over the next couple of days!

Before getting started, I must apologize for the quality of these photos - I shot all of these this week expecting to be able to edit them as I usually do but I am having a lot of problems with iPhoto crashing and can't get any editing done.  I hope you can see the projects beyond the not-so-great photos and I will replace them with edited versions as soon as I can!

The first card showcases the Samirah Butterfly die and I had so much fun popping some of the little circles out.  A side benefit of these wonderful butterflies is really fun confetti!  :)  I layered a piece of floral patterned paper on a red card base and added the gold glitter sentiment, stars, and a coordinating sticker.  I cut two butterflies out of two different shades of pink/coral card stock that matched the patterned paper perfectly and popped out some of the holes.  I wrapped some Rainbow Teal Shimmer twine around the butterfly "bodies" and left the ends loose to make antennae.  I finished by folding the wings of the butterflies up a bit so they pop off of the card.

This week we are actually heading to Missouri for my husband's aunt's funeral.  She has bravely battled cancer for several years and finally went home.  We are so sad but know she's in a better place and is out of pain.  She's up dancing with the angels!  Anyway, I made this card for my mother in law (it was her sister) and hope this can cheer her up just a bit during this tough time.  I used a gradient of blues/greens watercolored over watercolor paper and stamped the sentiment in pale brown ink.  I cut out the flowers using the Fairy Flower die and finished the card with some Solid Natural twine.

Ah, I just love this die - Brevilla Houses - it will be so versatile!!  I layered a piece of patterned paper over a kraft card base and then cut the houses out of woodgrain patterned paper.  I added a coordinating sticker and brads to the card, stamped a sentiment on a coordinating die cut and layered it over some Solid Cappuccino twine.  Love this!

Here is the hop order for today and I hope you find lots of crafty goodness!  Thanks so much for visiting today!

The Twinery - http://thetwinery.com/blog

Poppystamps - http://poppystamps.typepad.com/

Jaclyn Miller - http://designsbyjax.blogspot.com/

Chunyuan Wu - http://dahliamemories.blogspot.com/search/label/PoppyStamp      

Lezlye Lauterbach - http://lezlyes.blogspot.com/search/label/Poppystamps          

Stacey Schafer - http://stampinwithstacey.blogspot.com/

Jean Manis - http://jeanmanis.com/category/poppystamps/                    

Melyssa Connolly - http://www.fantastink.blogspot.com/

Suzanna Lee - http://www.lifestrivialities.typepad.com/

Diane Barney - http://charmingly-creative.blogspot.com/search/label/Poppystamps         

Jennifer Cuthbertson - http://www.jencuthbertson.blogspot.com/

Katarina Damm-Blomberg - http://krumeluran.wordpress.com/