Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Cherries, Twine and Imaginisce


What do they have in common??
Well, I'm glad you asked because I will show you.

THIS!!!

Thanks for hopping over here from Helen Bird's blog. Hope you've been having fun so far today and finding new blogs that you've never been to before.

I'm so excited that Imaginisce & The Twinery teamed up this past week because I absolutely LOVE both companies!!

When I found out that we were going to be doing this blog hop I wanted to use the twine in a different way than I usually do.
So I browsed online, drew sketches and ideas down and finally came up with this idea.

I took 2 large i-top brad daddies (Imaginisce) and I covered the top of them with glue dots. (see pic).

I then placed little strips of twine across the brads. (I actually laid the twine down first and then trimmed the ends ... just to make that they were long enough).

After I had covered the entire top portion, I flipped the brad top over and put some glue dots on the inside and gently folded the ends of the twine onto the glue dots making sure that they all stuck on the inside of the brad.

I then used my i-top 2.0 tool and attached the brad daddy bottom part to the top twine-covered piece.

I created the cherry stems using some brown colored Glam Rocks and my i-rock tool. Cut out a few little leaves from patterned paper from Imaginisce's Berrylicious collection. The sentiment was printed onto the cardstock using my computer.

Supplies used: Imaginisce (Berrylicious collection; i-rock, Brown Glam Rocks, i-top 2.0, large brad daddies, Foam Squares); The Twinery (Maraschino); Core'dinations Colorcore Cardstock, Cuttlebug Embossing folder, Colorbox Fluid Chalk ink

Thanks for stopping by my blog today!
Don't forget to leave comments on all the blogs participating in this blog hop.
You'll be entered to win some fabulous prizes (check Imaginisce and The Twinery blogs for more details)

The Twinery's Giveaway

Imaginisce's Giveaway

And now I'm going to send you on your way to continue this BLOG HOP to ...

88 comments:

  1. Anonymous5:05 AM

    Hello Cari,
    very nice cherries.

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  2. What a fabulous idea, they look splendid!!

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  3. What an adorably sweet project. I love how you dressed up the brads with Twinery baker's twine! :)

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  4. cute way to make the cherries.

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  5. CUTE! I love your card!

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  6. The cherries are so stinkin' cute! Love 'em!

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  7. Last link didn't work...but this one is awesome!!!

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  8. You're so creative! Great use of the twine!!

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  9. nifty, thanks for sharing :)

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  10. Love the cherries!

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  11. How cute are those cherries?!! Love!

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  12. So creative and unique, had to pin it (credited your blog).

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  13. Anonymous6:19 AM

    Very neat idea!! So creative!

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  14. Love your cherries with the twine!

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  15. How cute is this card?! Those twine cherries are fabulous!

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  16. What a darling card! I love how you made the cherries out of the big brads with the twine...super cute!

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  17. Those cherries are so stinking fabulous!

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  18. Love cherries, love this idea

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  19. so clever, thanks :)

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  20. I love the cherries!

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  21. This is such a cute idea. I love the cherries.

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  22. Supper cute love this Idea. love your card the colors and papers are great. love love the cherries and the idea for the Brad is Amazing. love the added Bling as the stems thanks for sharing
    abbraddock@msn.com

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  23. Brad Daddies and twine?!? What a great combo! Looks like it might have been tricky but so worth it.

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  24. OMG Cari, what an awesome idea. Love it.

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  25. so 'cherry' adorable! :)

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  26. Anonymous7:21 AM

    You know I just love this! You are one smart girl Cari!

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  27. Adorable cherries!!

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  28. Great card. Love seeing all the I-top brads being used.

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  29. Super adorable! Love your cherries!!

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  30. What a unique idea. So cute!

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  31. Anonymous8:41 AM

    Great idea!

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  32. Cari, I certainly am finding new blogs, along this hop. I found "you" and so glad I did. I'm your newest follower! :-)

    Your cherries are adorable. Would never have thought of doing that. Love it! TFS!!! :-)

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  33. Really? The cherries are brilliant!

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  34. I agree with everyone, Brilliant idea and sooooo cute!

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  35. very cute--I like the twine for the cherries.
    slrdowney at hotmail dot com

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  36. Love what you did with the cherries, and thanks for adding the tutorial!!

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  37. Great idea for the cherries!

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  38. Oh my word your cherries are just ADORABLE, love how you showcased the twine!

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  39. I want that cherry card!!!

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  40. Nice job, Cari. Love your card and the cherry is amazing. patnbobcuddy at gmail dot com

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  41. Wow, love this idea!! Thanks!

    judybob3@att.net

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  42. What a fun project. Great way to use the twine. The card is so cute. Thanks for sharing

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  43. Love how you made the cherries. Thanks for sharing.

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  44. super super cute! i love how you made the cherry and fun papers too.

    ~luanne
    sisterscraftcafe at gmail dot com

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  45. Such a clever idea, using twine to make a cherry!

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  46. Too stinkin' cute! Love it!

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  47. Such a fun card. Cute way to make these brads.

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  48. What a great idea. I love your card. Those cherry's are so neat. Thanks Im inspired.
    Amy Jones #8546
    http://thetigershaven.blogspot.com/

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  49. I was wondering how you made the cherries... cool!

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  50. Oh my dear, Cari! this is the coolest project ever...I'll have to try this in a rainbow of colors :)

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  51. Love your cherries!

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  52. Great way to use tour i-top tool!!!

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  53. Anonymous7:24 PM

    Awesome cherries! I'm going to have to try that!

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  54. I love the cherries. So cute. Thanks for sharing.

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  55. Cool card, I love the cherry's!

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  56. cute way to use the twine. thank you for sharing.

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  57. How clever and cute! TFS!! :)
    Orangemm.13@gmail.com

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  58. oh my gosh, those cherries are the cutest thing I've seen all day! And obviously there is tons of cuteness on the blog hop!

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  59. Oh I so love those cherries. Fantastic idea. TFS
    Hugs, Rosalee

    realcanadiangurl@gmail.com

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  60. I love the idea and cherries.

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  62. OMGOSH! I am SO lovin this! What a FANTASTIC idea! It looks SO great! Thank you so much for the inspiration and the chance to win! :-) x
    kerysdotsharrockatmedotcom

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  63. I just saw your April sketch!! OH MY!!! and the cherries are so cute!!
    cantor(dot)monica(at)gmail(dot)com

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  64. I love it!!! That is such a good idea and the cherries turned out so cute!!

    Amy V

    silly_girl_823 at hotmail dot com

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  65. I love the cheeries. Very cute!

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  66. what a cute card... love the cherries!!!

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  67. I absolutely love it!! Awesome card!!

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  68. Cari, this card is absolutely adorable. Those twine cherries are very clever.
    TFS and for being part of this fun hop.
    Have a wonderful day!
    Liz
    unikebyyes{at}yahoo{dot}com

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  69. Wow! This is so clever and creative!

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  70. Tracy4:50 PM

    OMGosh!! I love those cherries!!!

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  71. Fun hop, thanks for the inspiration!

    Carol B
    ciaoitalia2007(at)gmail(dot)com

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  72. Those cherries are so cute! Thanks for sharing

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  73. Wow...such a fun way to use the twine, I LOVE those little cherry embellies!

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  74. cherries are cute
    ava

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  75. These cherries are AWESOME!!! I love finding new ways to use " old" stuff! Thanks for the inspiration!
    TeacherMom
    Gaudet5 at Rogers dot com

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  76. Wow! This is super cute and such a great idea!! I am excited to have the supplies on hand to give it a try too!!

    jillc at ne dot rr dot com

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  77. Your cherries are fabulous! Rlovew1976@yahoo.com

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  78. Very cute and oh so clever, Cari. Those brads all wrapped in cherry twine do look like cherries, and your sentiment is perfect. Sweet!

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