Off The Rails Bloghop

Hello, hello!  And welcome to my Craft Corner.  If you're blog hopping, you should have arrived here via the lovely Wendy O'Keeffe's blog, and you will have been inspired by her use of washi tape :)

 

I've decided to use twine for my station.  Here's the layout I created, and some close ups of a few different things I've done with twine:

 



In the pic below, I attached the twine to a hidden shipping tag, which has my journaling on it, and frayed the twine to leave it peeking out at the top of the photo.  To achieve the frayed effect, I just held one strand of the twine, then pulled all the other strands down the length of the strand I was holding onto and let it all bunch up at the bottom.  I then trimmed the excess off.

 

In the next pic, you can see I've used some hessian type twine (that I just found laying around on my desk!) and I just tied a bow at one end, and ran the rest along the bottom edge of my photo.

 

To create the border for the photo, I loosely plaited three strands of different coloured twine together (that co-ordinated with my background) and glued the plaited strand around the edge of the photo.

 

 

 

The twine hanging down from behind the bird's nest charm is the tail end of the plaited strand.

 

Finally, I used glue to 'write' my title, then adhered the twine along the glue.  Such a 'lovely' effect ;).

 I trust you're all enjoying the blog hop, and have seen many amazing and inspiring projects from the DT ladies.

 

Don't forget, to be eligible to win a prize, you need to do the following:

 

1. Create a layout, card, canvas etc using 4 of the DT's favourite embellishments;

2. Link your project up on the Off The Rails blog.;

3. Make sure that in your blog post you let us know:

      (a) which 4 embellishments you have chosen, and

      (b) which DT member's blog you got them from;

4. You need to be sure you are following the Off The Rails blog, as well as each of the DT members' blogs; and finally

5. Comment on this post, then on the Off The Rails blog that you've finished the blog hop.  Click HERE.

 

Here is the list of blogs that you need to have visited and commented on, so you can be sure you haven't missed anyone:

1. Off the Rails Scrapbooking

2. Narelle Fasulo  - Flowers  

3. Deena Otway - Buttons

4. Erin Manz Reed

5. Diana Rivero Gonzalez - Flowers

6. Carol Theng - Chipboard shape

7. Gayle Gordon - Bling

8. Fiona Paltridge - Shrinky Dinks

9. Felicity Wilson - Flowers

10. Sue Plumb - Doilies 

11. Rose Andrew - Tags

12. Jelissa Mei - Chipboard

13. Wendy O'Keeffe - washi tape

14. Catie Kennedy - Twine

 

AND, finally, here is what you are playing for - a fab prize pack from GRAPHIC 45!!!

 

 

 Graphic 45 is an award-winning scrapbook and paper crafting company. We offer vintage inspired crafting products that capture the flamboyant style of the 1920's and 30's - with vibrant color, irresistible texture and imaginative design to create products with decades-old appeal that's both fresh and familiar. Let our products inspire your next scrapbook layout, card, album or home decor project.

 

 

 

 These items are from the By The Sea range and consist of the following:

 

1x 12x12 Pad

1x 8x8 Pad

1x stickers

1x die cuts

1x chipboards

 

Good luck, and I can't wait to see what you all create!  Don't forget to become a follower of each of our blogs and comment on each DT member's blog hop post to be eligible for the major prize and also for a RAK from a DT member or two ;)

Thanks for looking. Warmest wishes, Catie xo