Succulent Gardens – No Green Thumb Required

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Are you ready to meet more of our very first collection? Welcome to today’s Meet & Greet! Let’s meet today’s new products…

BotaniCuts Succulent Die

The BotaniCuts collection is a series of stand alone dies for cutting various botanical designs. This BotaniCuts Succulent set creates two sizes of layered succulent blooms. Keep it simple by cutting them from colored cardstock, or have fun experimenting with your favorite coloring method, such as ink blending, watercolor, markers, and more!

Approximate measurements:
large assembled succulent – 2.7″ x 2″
small assembled succulent – 2″ x 1.5″

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Terrarium Dies

These stand alone dies cut adorable miniature terrariums. Fill them up with flowers, succulents, or any number of other things from your collection. The outer terrarium shape and the inner design are separate dies, allowing you to cut a solid terrarium-shaped layer, or use both dies to cut the more detailed design. These are perfect for creating shaped cards or shaker elements!

Small measures appx. 2.9″ x 3.7″
Large measures appx. 4.2″ x 5.4″

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Sentiment Suite Stamps & Dies

Do you ever find yourself hunting for the perfect sentiment to finish your card? The Sentiment Suite series of stamps will cover the most popular card making occasions, with sentiments in many different layouts. You’re sure to find the perfect fit for your project, whether it’s a one-line sentiment that spans the width of the card, a small sentiment for a tag, or even the perfect saying to stamp on the inside!

The Sentiment Suite Thinking of You set has stamps for many different occasions, including birthday, get well, encouragement, and more.

Pair these sentiments with the Sentiment Suite Basics dies for a variety of layering options! The different banners can be flipped, turned, and rotated for lots of different applications. The set also includes a couple of small tags for even more options!

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• BotaniCuts Succulent die – $19
• Terrarium Large die – $22
• Terrarium Small die – $11
• Sentiment Suite: Thinking of You stamp set – $15
• Sentiment Suite: Basics die – $19

I put together a video for you, showing you how the BotaniCuts Succulents dies are assembled, as well as how you can add color using ink blending. I’ll be sharing some more videos in the coming weeks, including one on how to watercolor the succulent dies!

Now for some projects! I’ve been about to burst waiting to show you today’s projects! 🙂

One of the first things I was dying to make with the BotaniCuts Succulents and Terrarium dies were shaped notecards. Here I used the small terrarium die along with the small succulent from the die set. Aren’t they just the cutest? They are simple to put together, too. I diecut one detail terrarium from white cardstock and attached it to a solid terrarium cut from acetate. I also cut a solid terrarium from white cardstock. I attached the two layers together by gluing the two top rings together to create the notecard. So fun! They *just* fit inside a gift card envelope (4″x2.7″ envelopes). The small tags at the top are from the Sentiment Suite: Basics die set. Some were stamped with a sentiment from that set (with a coordinating sentiment stamped inside), and some were stamped with the “for you” sentiment from the Hand in Hand set that was introduced on Monday. I also added a few leaves from a Bamboo die that you’ll be seeing more of tomorrow.

Next I have a few more shaped cards, this time using the Large Terrarium die. This first one is filled with a couple of the BotaniCuts Succulents dies, which were watercolored. I’ll be sharing a video in the coming weeks! Again here I used some leaves from the Bamboo die we’ll be showcasing tomorrow to fill in around the succulents. The sentiments and the diecuts they’re stamped on are from the Sentiment Suite: Thinking of You set and the Sentiment Suite: Basics dies.

This next one again uses the large terrarium die to create a shaped card. This time I filled it with blooms from the Fleur Impressions set we showcased yesterday. Again the sentiment and diecut it’s stamped on are from the Sentiment Suite collection. I love that there are lots of options in the Sentiment Suite set for how and where I want to place my sentiment.

This next project is one that I was really busting to show you! It’s one of those that once you finish, you walk around the house and show all of your family members, and then text a couple of crafty friends, because you know…you just can’t help it! 🙂 I turned the Terrarium dies into treat boxes filled with diecut succulents and…chocolate rocks! Ah! The succulents here were cut from colored cardstock (shades of green) and then sponged with ink to add some shading. The succulents are super quick to put together when you do them that way! I purchased the chocolate rocks from Amazon. They are so real looking (and taste really good too!)

I put together a video showing you how to turn the Terrarium dies into boxes. It’s pretty simple to do just by adding a side panel!

My next project for today shows how you can use the Terrarium dies on a card front. Here I used just the detail portion from the small terrarium die to cut a window in my card front. Then I diecut a separate small terrarium and layered it over the window cut-out. I filled it with flowers from the Fleur Impressions set. The sentiments are from the Sentiment Suite: Thinking of You set. One of the things I’m most excited about with the Sentiment Suite is the sentiments that are designed to go on the insides! I like to have something stamped on the insides of my cards when I give them, so I’m excited to have these. I like that you get just a peek of that inside sentiment through the terrarium cut-out.

And one last card for you today using the BotaniCuts Succulents dies. If you’re not into coloring, that’s ok! They look great cut from colored cardstock too. Here I cut them from shades of green, then just sponged some deeper green ink around the edges of each layer. I used them to surround an oval cut-out on the front of a card. The woodgrain patterned paper from my patterned paper stash was the perfect complement. The sentiment is stamped on the inside of the card, and it’s from the Sentiment Suite: Thinking of You set, of course. A few little sprigs from the Bamboo die being showcased tomorrow were used as bits of filler between the succulents.

Now that you’ve met today’s products, it’s time to greet them with a comment! Tell us what caught your eye today and you’ll be entered to win a $50 Gift Card! Read on for the rules…

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Now it’s time to meet today’s guests! Click on the images to visit their blogs! I think you’re going to love what they created today!

Tomorrow is our last day of projects and product reveals before the shop opens on Friday! I hope you’re enjoying the week!