the twinery | psa essentials blog hop

Welcome to I Love It All, I'm Monika Wright. If you are following along with The Twinery | PSA Essentials blog hop, you should have arrived here from Tami Mayberry's blog. If you're a regular reader of I Love It All, you'll want to begin at The Twinery blog and hop along from there. 

Be sure to read through to the bottom to find out how to become eligible for awesome prize packs. And don't forget, there will be new designers each day sharing how they've used The Twinery Twine and PSA Essentials stamps in new and inventive ways!

The Twinery

PSA Stamp Camp

Julie Ranae

Tami Mayberry

             Monika Wright  { me }

Anthonette Chavez

EEEK, don't be scared, it's not Halloween yet but I just couldn't help myself. These holiday designs from PSA Essentials are so fun and cute and kid-friendly! I used the Charcoal baker's twine to sew my spider web, using a needle for plastic needlework canvas, and placed this sweet Mummy image from the Happy Halloween set on top of the hand-sewn web. 

I used a glassine envelope to hold my card that was tied off with more baker's twine and a circle punched mummy image. I used my long-reach hole punch to make my holes before sewing the Mandarin baker's twine through.

Since I'll have two kidlets in school this year, I'm going to be putting my PSA self-inking stamper to good use. Let's see 2 kids x 15 kids in each class...yep, lots of stamping and twine tying at our house! I first layered my 3" scalloped circle, then the pencil, which was topped with my stamped sentiment. I punched two holes, using  my Crop-o-Dile on each side of the pencil and tied both Mandarin and Charcoal baker's twine from The Twinery into a knot. I then circle punched out just the friendly witch image and adhered it to the top of my knot, which gives it a dimensional look and feel.

Here you can see the layers and how I then knotted the ends of each strand of baker's twine.

In case my girls aren't going to let me get away with giving pencils, here's a cute way to package those sweet treats. Instead of a plastic sandwich bag, why not use some glassine bags? It adds a touch of mystery. 

Wondering what those stamped images inside the bag are? Just top your Reese's peanut butter cup with a stamped image from your favorite PSA Essentials stamp set and you've just added more fun to your goody bags!

Have an adult party you're planning? Wrap your punched scallop shape with some Charcoal baker's twine to mimic a spider web, adhere some pop dots behind your PSA stamped image and your party invite has just been kicked up a notch! The idea of wrapping the scallop-punched shape was shared by Stephanie, one of the Designers for The Twinery blog and I just adore the look.

We love holiday decor at our house and you'll often find our kitchen window adorned with seasonal banners. Punch your banner shapes, add your sentiments, string it all with 3 strands of baker's twine and you are ready to "boo-tify" your neighborhood. The two-color ink selection on each of my designs was accomplished in one quick, easy step, thanks to PSA Essentials' award-winning inks.

See the reflection in the glass? That's because I added images to the front of the banner garland so that it's cute from both inside and outside.

Be sure to hop along to the blog of Anothonette Chavez, where she'll be sharing more inspiration.

PSA Essentials manufactures custom, self-inking stamps (think return address labels.)   We have patent-pending Peel & Stick technology which allows you to PEEL away your custom stamp and STICK on a new design, and we have thousands of designs - from Holiday, Birthday, Sentiments, and licensed Peanuts, Hello Kitty, U.B.U., Smirk, College & Universities, and Greek Life, making PSA Essentials perfect for crafting! The self-inking stamper (and 22-ink cartridges) give a crisp, clean and consistent impressions every time, the technology allows you to interchange your designs quickly for scrapbooking, cardmaking, creating gift tags, bags, wrap, making favors and decorations. 

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. 

PRIZE GIVEAWAY INFORMATION

The Twinery Prize Pack
Winners choice of 6 spools of baker's twine (value of $84)
PSA Essentials Prize Pack 
1 stamper & 3 Peel & Stick packs, and 1 Monogrammed Tote Bag  (value of $75+)

HOW TO WIN
Enter from June 6th at 12:01 AM EST to June 12th at 11:59 EST

LEAVE COMMENT ON EACH PARTICIPATING DESIGNER'S BLOG

FOR EXTRA ENTRIES

o   Follow the PSA Stamp Camp Blog – 1 entry 

o   Follow The Twinery Blog – 1 entry     

o   Like PSA Essentials on Facebook – 1 entry

o   Like The Twinery on Facebook – 1 entry    

Winner will be chosen on 6/13 and announced on The Twinery blog as well as on the Facebook pages of The Twinery and PSA Essentials.