Alyssa's Blog

Hey everyone!

Happy Saturday!! Welcome to the Trendy Twine and Little Scraps of Heaven Designs collaboration day

For my project I created a fun Spring-y waterfall card! Check it out:

Recipe:

Sky Trendy Twine

LSHD Summer 3D Accents

Have a wonderful day!

<3 Alyssa

Hey everyone!

Happy Wednesday Today I am blogging over at the Trendy Twine Blog! Today I have a cute and simple treat bag topper to share with you featuring Lemon Tart Trendy Twine!

Hey everyone!

Happy Monday sweet friends! It’s a new month which means a new challenge on the Trendy Twine blog! This month we are featuring Lemon Tart Trendy Twine!! This color is SO perfect for spring and summer! I just love how bright and cheery it is AND it is on SALE all month for $7.95 so grab it now if you haven’t already! If you don’t want a whole spool, be sure to check out this adorable Spring Mini Pack!

Ok, on to my project! This month’s challenge is to create a project that includes :

Ok, do you LOVE my twine spool bee? Well it gets better, he is actually a magnet!! So the receiver of this card can actually pluck him right off and put him on their refrigerator :D I thought it was the perfect little gift to bring some spring to someone’s day

Hey everyone!

Happy Saturday sweet friends! I’m up on the Trendy Twine blog today. Today I have a super simple stamped card to share with you featuring Twisted Lime Trendy Twine! Now I know St Patty’s Day has already passed, but who says we can’t still be in the mood for some green and good luck? All of my friends have been asking me to make more of my scooter card for them, so I guess I had scooters on the mind when I went to start this project.

I used Twisted Lime to string up the clover “balloons”. Isn’t it cute? And of course the adorable scooter and outside sentiment is from Scootin’ By by Sweet Stamp Shop.

Grab an entire spool of Twisted Lime NOW for only $7.95!

Have a wonderful day!

<3 Alyssa

Hey everyone!

Happy Saturday!! Today is SUPER exciting because we are releasing a beautiful new color of Trendy Twine!! To celebrate this amazing new color we are having a Blog Hop with GIVEAWAYS! So if you just stopped by my blog today be sure to hop back to the Trendy Twine blog to start from the beginning. If you arrived here from Karen’s blog then you’re in the right place!!

So are you ready to see the awesome new color?!

Introducing…… Bubblegum Taffy!

Is this not the most ADORABLE color combo ever?! So perfect for spring!!

For my project I saw THIS adorable project on Pinterest, and I just knew it would be SO much cuter with Trendy Twine! So here is my take:

Aren’t they adorable?! And I made some super cute little cotton tails using the new Bubblegum Taffy Trendy Twine:

Now don’t forget, we have a SUPER awesome giveaway package for one lucky hopper!! (Including a $25 gift code to the MTE store!!)

To be entered in the giveaway:

Be a follower of the Trendy Twine Blog

Leave a comment on EVERY blog along the hop

Like Trendy Twine on Facebook

You MUST do all 3 to be entered!!

If you get a chance please stop by and thank our sponsors:

Trendy Twine

The Alley Way Stamps

My Thoughts Exactly Stamps

3 Girl Jam

Have a wonderful day!

<3 Alyssa

Hi everyone!

Wow, I can’t believe it’s been 3 full months since I have shared anything. I finally found some time to craft yesterday, I can’t tell you how great it felt to just sit down and create again. I don’t really have access to most of my craft supplies right now, but that was ok because it allowed me to focus on making something very CAS. For today’s card I decided to play along with the Runway Inspired Challenge #29.

Here is the inspiration picture:

And here is my card:

I pulled the colors from the inspiration picture, and I also felt that the adorable little scooter had the same vintage feel as the inspiration outfit. The stamps I used are from the Sweet Stamp Shop Scootin’ By set. I colored it with my Spectrum Noir markers.

Thanks for stopping by Have a wonderful day!

<3 Alyssa

Hey everyone,

Wow, I can’t even believe it has been nearly 3 months since my last post. Today I still don’t have a project to share with you, instead I just wanted to talk to you all, as friends.

These past 3 months I have been dealing with one of the biggest challenges of my life, and I thought it was about time I popped in and updated you all about what has been happening.

The long story is probably more than any of you need to hear, so I will spare you the details.

The short story is this: One Thursday morning I woke up with my husband as usual. After getting ready he said he loved me, kissed me goodbye, and headed off to work. That night he walked in the door and I could immediately see something wasn’t right. Before I could say anything he told me he didn’t love me, he wanted a divorce, and to get out. So get out I did.

Needless to say, these past 3 months have been the hardest of my life. I felt like I had been driving down this perfect road of life, where I had done everything right, where I had worked so hard and it had paid off, and I could see exactly where my road was going. And then, suddenly, without warning, I had a horrible car accident, and when I emerged I couldn’t see the road anymore.

Everything I have ever known has been challenged. My faith, my beliefs, my feeling of self worth, my trust, my entire identity…

But through all of this, while I struggled to see how love could be real if things like this could happen to people, I have been shown such an overwhelming amount of true, unwavering love and support that I can’t help but smile.

My friends and family immediately rallied to give me a place to sleep, food to eat, and things to do to occupy my mind while it waited for my heart to heal.

I will never be able to say how thankful I am for all of the amazing people in my life. Never.

I still have a long road ahead of me. But I am able to face it knowing I am surrounded by the love and support of the most amazing people I could ever have asked for.

The craft community has been no exception in all of this. I can not tell you how thankful I am for all of the patience and understanding I have received from customers during this time. I can not tell you how thankful I am for the AMAZING companies that I design for that have allowed me a break while I deal with this (Thank you CuttingEdge, Trendy Twine, and Core’dinations!). And I especially can not tell you how way beyond thankful I am for the AH-MAZ-ING ladies of the MTE Design Team. These girls have trudged on despite my absence, continuing to bring you inspiring projects, and getting nothing in return. I am so blessed to work with such an amazing group of ladies, and I could never convey how thankful I am for them simply continuing to be here.

I don’t know what lies ahead for me. But I do know that I have a wonderful life to live, a life filled with amazing people.

I hope to be back to crafting and sharing my creations sooner than later. But in the mean time, I just want to say thank you all for being here.

<3 Alyssa

Hey everyone!

Happy Tuesday! It’s the first Tuesday of the month which means it’s time for another awesome challenge on the Trendy Twine blog!! Be sure to check out all of the challenge details HERE, and be sure to check out the Trendy Twine blog to see all of the amazing projects by the Design Team!!

This month’s challenge theme is Thanksgiving!! So my card for today is all about one of my favorite things about Thanksgiving… PIE!

Of course I used some yummy Orange Truffle Trendy Twine! This adorable pie slice is from the new Lettering Delights Kanashai Cut It set. I created the “Give thanks and eat pie” sentiment from the handy mix and match phrases of the My Thoughts Exactly Sweet Thoughts stamp set. And finally I accented it with a little stitching using a Zig Opaque Writer pen.

Have a wonderful day!

<3 Alyssa

Hey everyone!

Today I am blogging over at the Trendy Twine Blog. Today I have some adorable little Halloween party favors to share with you!

To make these I used the cauldron from the SVG Cuts Party On Elm Street SVG set. I made the cauldron mini and then added other elements from the set to turn each one into a pumpkin, bat, or spider. Finally I added some yummy Halloween Trendy Twine (Orange Licorice, Lime Licorice, and Grape Licorice) to make them perfect!

Don’t forget to check out this month’s challenge!

Have a wonderful day!!

<3 Alyssa