Trendy Bakers Twine - Summertime Tag!

Hi Trendy Fans!

This is Shelly from My Paper Love popping in to share a fun little tag using Lime Grapesicle Trendy Twine. I love coming up with creative ways to use APB twine other than for what it's intended. Did you know this twine was created for Halloween and Mardi Gras? Look how cute it looks on a summer project.

I started with a  White Large Tag Its and used a bunch of die cuts to create a little summertime theme. I added an adorable little sun from the How's the weather Stamps. I forgot how CUTE this little sun is on projects!!

Thanks for stopping by and I hope my project inspires you to get creative with paper!

Stop by the store and see all the July specials!

Here's what I used from Annie's Paper Boutique:

Lime Grapesicle Trendy Twine

How's the weather Stamps

 White Large Tag Its 

Lime Grapesicle is also available as a Petite Spool. Petites are 25 yards in length and are hand wound on a wooden spool. They are a great size if you don't need a full spool of Trendy Twine. 

Have a wonderful day.

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Planner Friday - July

Amanda here from She's Eclectic. It's finally summer and the schools have broken up for the holidays here in the UK!  I am all set for fun in the sun, days out and lots of adventures which I want to document in my cute little travellers notebook and Annie's Paper Boutique has the perfect stamps to help me do it!

Products used: Choose Happy stamps

Documenting The Everyday stamps

Documenting The Everyday #2 stamps

Used but not pictured: Mini calendar card

Camera paper clip

Kraft tag-its

How's The Weather stamps

You & Me stamps

Perfect Pairs stamps

Foodies stamps

Drinks & More stamps

I wanted to create a spread I could fill in whenever something memorable happened during the break so I got out my stamps and planning essentials and set to work!

My summer holiday spread

I started with a strip of washi tape along the top of the page and then added a sweet mini calendar which I filled in with the dates for August.  I am going to use this to record any important dates during the month and the week my husband has booked off work.

I used stamps from the Documenting The Everyday #1 & #2 sets to make sections for my memories and stories so now I have space for Family Time, So Fun, Time With Friends and room for my favourite photo I take over the summer.

Creating sections

I stamped my kraft tag-it with the Details stamp from the Documenting The Everyday #2 set and glued it next to the place I had made for my photo so I can write about when and where the picture was taken and why it is important to me.

The weather here has been glorious recently and I hope it continues through August too so I used the sun stamp from my How's The Weather set and underneath it I used the Shine Bright stamp from my Choose Happy set as my way of willing the sunshine to continue!

I'm a foodie!

I had some space left around the edge of my spread so I used some stamps from the You & Me, Perfect Pairs, Foodies and Drinks & More sets for extra decoration.  The last step was so add a few travel themed stickers and I tried to match them to the colours of the inks and the washi tape I had used to pull the whole thing together.

Do you like how it turned out?

If you want to document your summer then head over the store now and check out all the fun supplies and I'll see you again next month for another Planner Friday!

Amanda

Planner Friday - June

Hello!  Welcome to Planner Friday!  I'm Amanda from She's Eclectic and I've been the resident planner girl here on the Trendy Twine blog for the last four years.  I stop by once a month to show you how I use my APB stamps to get organised and to pretty up my planner pages!

As it will be July soon I spent some time this week setting up the monthly overview in my travellers notebook.  I like being able to see exactly what I have going on each month all in one quick glance and the stamps are so much neater and easier to read than my handwriting!

Products used: School Days planner stamps

Need Coffee planner stamps

How's The Weather planner stamps

Title It planner stamps

Choose Happy stamps

 At Home planner stamps

One of the things I love about the APB stamps is that they work in so many different size planners!  They fit perfectly in A5, personal, pocket and mini size Filofaxes, all sizes of Travellers Notebooks and planners like Erin Condren's and the Happy Planner.  Over the years I have swapped and changed my planners, organisers and journals but I have kept on using my APB products as they are so versatile.

I have recently switched to B6 size and this gives me enough space for my notes and reminders without being too big or bulky for me to carry around daily.  I started to plan my month by adding a strip of washi tape along the top edge of the pages and matched my inks and pens to the colours of it.

Then I used some practical stamps from the School Days, At Home and Title It sets to record things like clubs, field trips, the last days of school, bills, errands and planning sessions.  I also used the Brain Dump stamp from the Title It set in the long space next to my calendar on he left so I can record any random information and reminders as and when they come to me.

Once I had added in all my plans I decorated some of the free space using the sun stamp from the How's The Weather set, a couple of fun quote stamps from the Choose Happy set and some sweet coffee stamps from the Need Coffee set because if I'm going to survive a sweltering hot summer then I'm going to be drinking iced coffee all day, every day until autumn!

My July plans

Have you planned your summer yet or do you want to get organised before the new school year starts?  If you are feeling inspired then stop by the store now and check out all the stamps and supplies that can help you with your goals!

See you again soon!

Amanda

Planner Friday - May

Summer is just around the corner and I can't wait!  Spring has been a mixed bag this year, we've had a lot of rain and even some snow this side of the pond so I am looking forward to spending time outside in the sunshine more than ever right now.  Today I thought I would document my ideal summer in my travellers notebook using some of my favourite APB stamps to really get me in the mood!

Products used:

Documenting The Everyday stamps

Documenting The Everyday #2 stamps

Choose Happy stamps

Perfect Pairs stamps

You & Me stamps

Used but not pictured:

Foodies stamps

Drinks & More stamps

How's The Weather? stamps

Weekend script stamp

Camera paper clip

My perfect summer

So as you can see most of my favourite summer activities involve some kind of food!  Whenever I think of summer I always picture BBQs, ice cream and chilled glasses of wine, get togethers with family and friends and adventures!  

I used stamps from the Foodies, Drinks & More and Perfect Pairs sets for the images in my spread and then coloured them in using pencil crayons.  The sun stamp was from the How's The Weather? set and I used yellow ink for that one so it would be nice and bright.

Then I used some stamps from the Choose Happy, You & Me, Documenting The Everyday #1 and #2 sets to add some quotes that remind me of summer to the pages!

Weekend plans

I used part of  Weekend stamp but I didn't ink the whole thing as I wanted to add an S to the end of it to make Weekends instead.  I love busy Saturdays followed by lazy Sundays especially in the summer!    

What are your favourite things about summer?  

If you fancy creating your own journalling spread then stop by the store now and pick up some stamps to get you started!

Amanda

Planner Friday - March

Happy Easter!  I love the Easter holidays for a couple of reasons, one... well, it's chocolate and two getting to spend lots of time together with my family.  I wanted to document the holiday this year in my bullet journal so I raided my Annie's Paper Boutique supplies and created a candy coloured spread.

Products used: Tag its - pink and lemon

Documenting The Everyday stamp set

Documenting The Everyday #2 stamp set

How's The Weather planner stamps

Used but not pictured: 

This Is December #2 stamp set

I started by adding some strips of pretty washi tape to the top and bottom of the spread and then glued a couple of tag its onto the pages.  The tag its are great for adding a splash of colour and highlighting any information you want to stand out.

Recording the Easter holidays

I used the sun stamp from my How's The Weather set because I am wishing for some warm spring days while my children are off school, if the weather is awful though I have left myself space underneath the sun to record what it was actually like.

I used stamps from the Documenting The Everyday #1 and  #2 sets to make headings for my sections, some of them are on the tag its and the others are just on the paper.  Now I have space to record how we spent our family time, the "good stuff", things I want to remember and a place for my favourite photograph I take during the hoilday.  I used a stamp from the This Is December #2 set for the heading Traditions and this is where I will record the things we do to celebrate Easter each year.

I can't wait to start filling this in with my memories and musing and it will be nice to look back on these pages when my children are older and remember the times we spent together when the were small.

If you want to start journalling or add a little something extra to your currently journalling style then stop by the store and check out all the lovely supplies!

Enjoy the rest of the holiday and I will be back here next month for another Planner Friday!

Amanda

Planner Friday - January

So how is the first month of the year treating you?  I have to admit January is probably my least favourite month but I wanted to start this new year on a positive note so I decided to look for the good and concentrate on things that make me happy.  I wanted to create a spread in my travellers notebook to highlight some things that I enjoy about January so I dug out my Annie's Paper Boutique stamps and got to work!

My January spread

The start of a new year always makes me feel like I have been given a blank slate, the past is over and done with and I have a whole new year full of possibilities to look forward too!  The Choose Happy set sums up this feeling perfectly so I used a couple of these stamps to remind me to keep trying to achieve my goals and to make each day a little better than the one before.  

I added a  mini calendar to the spread to keep track of whether I reached my move goal each day (so far so good!) and I am using the little tick stamp from the Check It Off set to mark off the days I complete my goal.  

Products used: Choose happy stamps

Check it off planner stamp set

Drinks & more planner stamp set

Title it planner stamp set

How's the weather planner stamp set

Not pictured: Mini calendar cards

Journaling card

Goals and memories

On the second page I used a cute snowflake stamp from the How's the weather? set because I love snow days when you can stay at home in the warm or go out and play if you are feeling brave!  I also used a coffee stamp from the Drinks & more set because there's nothing better than a nice hot drink to warm you on a cold day.

The journaling card is there for me to record my favourite memories of the month and the last part of my spread is my goals for the year.  I used three stamps from the Title It set for my personal, financial and family goals and now they are committed to paper I think I will be more inclined to try and complete them over the course of the year!

If you want to get more organised this year or focus on your goals and happiness why not stop by the store now and check out all the lovely products to help you keep on track with your new year's resolutions?

See you again next month!

Amanda

Planner Friday - May

Hello!  Welcome to Planner Friday!  I am Amanda from She's Eclectic and I'm here on the Trendy Twine blog once a month to share my planner ideas with you.

This month I used some Annie's Paper Boutique stamps to create a bullet journal layout about the things I love.  It was fun to sit and think about all of my favourite things and then getting them down on the page.

Things I love

I found lots of bullet journal inspiration on Pinterest and got some nice ideas for different kinds of banners and borders. Then I combined those with my APB stamps and doodled everything else.

Annie's Paper Boutique products used:

Clear stamp block with gridlines

Foodies planner stamps

How's the weather planner stamps

You & me planner stamps

Perfect pairs planner stamps

Weekend banners planner stamps

Hello fall planner stamps

used but not pictured:

Get it done planner stamps

Check it off planner stamps

Happy Halloween stamps

Drinks & more planner stamps

Close up

To make the layout look more interesting I stamped and doodled horizontally and then wrote things down vertically, doing this also gave me more space to play with.

Close up

Do you like how it turned out?  If you feel like creating your own bullet journal or prettying up your planner stop by the store now and check out all the supplies!

See you again next month!

Amanda

Planner Friday - February

Hi!  I am Amanda from She's Eclectic and I'm here on the Trendy Twine blog for another Planner Friday!  This month I want to show you how I created a bullet journal style layout in my Travellers Notebook using some fun stamps from Annie's Paper Boutique.

I have seen so many bullet journal ideas recently and really wanted to give some of them a go BUT I'm not great when it comes to doing fancy writing and fab little doodles so instead of doing everything with pen and by hand I decided to use my APB stamp sets instead!

Products used: 

Documenting the Everyday Stamp Set

Check It Off Planner Stamp Set

Drinks & More Planner Stamp Set

How's the Weather Planner Stamp Set

Perfect Pairs Planner Stamp Set

Round Stamp Block with Gridlines

Inks

Used but not pictured: Journaling Tags

Pocket Calendar (currently out of stock)

I wanted to do an overview spread for March including my goals for the month and to help me keep track of any important dates or tasks.  I used the Check It Off set to make these lists and a pocket calendar glued onto my page so I could see the whole month at a glace.  I have left myself a space to record any special memories during the month with a journaling tag and a couple of stamps from the Documenting the Everyday set as well.  To me March is all about those first few days of spring when we finally get a little sunshine but here in the UK there is also just as much chance it will snow or be incredibly wet so I used the How's the Weather stamps for a touch of decoration.  Depending on the weather there are a couple of ways I like to relax and recharge, in the spring sunshine I'm happy with a cup of coffee and some cake and during March showers you'll find me curled up with a good book and a mug of tea, I added this info to my pages using image stamps from the Perfect Pairs and Drinks & More stamp sets.  Then I had fun colouring in everything in with my fineliner pens and colouring pencils!

My monthly bullet journal style layout

Do you fancy creating your own bullet journal style pages?  Why don't you pop over to the store and check out all the lovely planning essentials?

I'll be back next month with more planner inspiration, I hope to see you then! 

Amanda

Planner Friday - October

Hello!  I seriously can't believe that it is October already, it is like the year sped up once we hit September!  Anyway I have a jam packed post for you today so lets get started.  First off I want to show you my pages for this week, October tends to be wet and grey here in the UK so I wanted to do a theme that reflected that but I also wanted to inject a bit of colour too to brighten my day.

Planning my week

Supplies used: Trendy Page Dots circle reinforcements

Memento Inks

Check It Off Planner Stamp Set

At Home Planner Stamp Set

School Days Planner Stamp Set

How's The Weather Planner Stamp Set

Washi Tape

I used the weather stamps for decoration and lightly coloured the clouds and rain drops in.  I love how cute they look with their little smiley faces!  As usual I used the At Home and School Days sets to stamp in my reminders and to do lists and the Check It Off set for my check boxes and highlighting important dates like today.   

Making my own inserts

I also wanted to show you some inserts I have made using the Title It Planner Stamp Set and some washi tape.  This set has a large range of stamps that you can use for meal planning, diet tracking, thoughts, notes, schedules, finances and lots more!  You could use this set to make your own planner in a cute notebook or to personalise your current planner with sections that would work well for you.  They are really versatile!      

Halloween!

As it is October I have been getting very excited for Halloween so I wanted to give you a little peek at my pages for that week.  I used the Spooktacular Halloween Set of Trendy Page Dot reinforcements, aren't they fun?  Halloween is one of my favourite holidays and it falls during a school holiday so I get to spend lots of time at home with my three monsters watching Scooby Doo and eating sweets!   

 week so far

So this is how my week is shaping up, the cheerful inks and washi tapes have gotten me through days full of dark skies and pouring rain, I am starting to wish I owned a pair of wellies too!  

If you fancy getting creative with your planner pop over to the store and check out all the goodies available and I will see you again next month for another Planner Friday!

Amanda

How's the Weather? Planner Pages

Hello everyone!  I'm Helen from HTB Creations.  I got some fun goodies in the mail last week and just had to play with them.  The new How's the Weather? Planner stamps are just too cute!  I started using them right away in my planner, which is also new to me this year.  My pages are not as nice as some I see, but I'm just starting and need to play some more :)

Here are my pages for this week.  I don't have much going on a few days, which I plan to using for crafting if I can :) (or watching Grey's Anatomy!)

Monday was really a Monday at my house.  We started the day off running late and I finished the day off by leaving my phone at work.  Since I had to go back for it, it was pizza for dinner since that did not require much work on my part.  So I just had to use the adorable pizza stamp from the Foodies Planner Stamp Set!

I did go ahead and put the weather through Friday which is supposed to be mostly cloudy with a little sun.  So that's why there is one sun and two clouds :)  These stamps make me smile!

Here is a list of everything from Annie's Paper Boutique that I used:

• How's the Weather? Planner Stamp Set
• At Home Planner Stamp Set
• School Days Planner Stamp Set
• Foodies Planner Stamp Set
• Pink Happy Trendy Page Dots
• Beige Cutie Bear Pen
• Love Always Washi Tape

The weather stamps, pen and washi tape were in my package so that's why I featured them.  I just love that adorable bear pen--it's just too fun!

Make sure to head over to the store and check out the Planner Stamps page--they all are on sale right now :)  And keep checking back here for some more fun Easter projects from my DT sisters!!

Have a fabulous day!

Planner Friday - March

Hello!  It is Planner Friday again and I am here to show you how I have been prettying up my planner pages this week.  If you don't already know me, I am Amanda from She's Eclectic and if you do, hi and welcome back!  

This week I decided to indulge my little fox obsession and based my theme around it.  As usual I used my At Home planner stamps and the School Days set to help me keep track of the things I needed to do or remember.  Monday was going to be an especially busy day for me so I used a journal tag to to hold the extra info I needed.    

Planning my week

Products used: At Home Planner Stamp Set

School Days Planner Stamp Set

Trendy Page Dots circle reinforcements

Washi Tape

Drinks & More Planner Stamp Set

Feeling Funny Stamp Set

Happy Thoughts Journalling Tag

How's The Weather Planner Stamp Set

How's the weather stamps

I have a new set of stamps to try out in my planner this month too.  I only received them on Tuesday but I had to use them straight away as they are so cute!  I had been counting down the days until March and the beginning of spring this year, all I want is some warm breezes and a bit of sunshine!  The day the stamps arrived was actually the first glorious day of the year so it seemed right to mark the occasion with the smiling sun stamp!  There was a lot of rain here yesterday but we were treated to a gorgeous rainbow in the afternoon so I recorded that too.  I think these stamps are great fun and would be perfect to use in your journal or if you wanted to remember what the weather was like on a special day or occasion.  

My week so far

As you can see I punched a couple of holes into the journal tag and added it on to the rings of my planner so I wouldn't loose it.  I also used the Feeling Funny stamps to record how I have been feeling this week.  I like to use a different colour ink when I use the journalling stamps as it helps me keep my to do lists and reminders separate from them.  

I do have another new set of stamps to share with you but that will be in my post next month.  They are already listed in the store though so if you can't wait to see them you can check them out now!

See you in April! 

Amanda