Love Letters Collection Day 1: Pretty & Postal

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Thank you for stopping by today – we’re ready to reveal some of the new products in our latest collection – Love Letters! I’m so excited to show you all of the details of what we’ve been working on…

All of the products being introduced on the blog this week will be available for purchase in The Shop, beginning at 10am EST on Friday, January 17.

Before we get to the product introductions, here’s a bit of fun news. We’ll be doing a live product showcase on our Instagram channel on Thursday, hosted by Laurie Willison!

Join Laurie at 11am CST on The Greetery Instagram to get an up-close look at all of the new products.

So now let’s meet today’s new products…

Signed & Sealed stamps & die

Cute as can be, you’ll want to put these little envelopes on every project! The petite envelope image from this set is perfect for tucking small notes, sentiments, floral sprigs and more. Have fun embellishing the “envelopes” with the patterned liners in two different prints. The mini wax seal adds a fun touch. Pair this set with the coordinating dies for lots of creative options!

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This set comes on a 4″ x 6″ sheet.

Approximate sizes:
envelope – 2.9″ x 2.9″
wax seal – .8″ x .8″
label – 1.8″ x 1.2″
envelope liner – 2.4″ x 1.6″
just a note sentiment – 1.4″ x .4″

Sentiments include:
Just a Note
 – to say hello
 – to say I care
Hello
A gift for you

Signed & Sealed With a Kiss stamps & die

Signed & Sealed…With a Kiss! This stamp set is filled with images that coordinate wonderfully with the Signed & Sealed stamp set. Tuck the flower clusters, leaves, or hearts into the petite envelopes from the Signed & Sealed set. All of the sentiments included in this set are sized perfectly to fit on the label included in the Signed & Sealed set, giving you lots of creative options for weddings, anniversaries, Valentine’s Day and more. The images from this set work beautifully on their own as well!

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This set comes on a 4″ x 8″ sheet and includes a full-color printed stamping guide.

Approximate sizes:
leafy branch – 3.5″ x 3.3″
lily of the valley – 1.8″ x 2.8″
single flower stem – 1″ x 1.5″
wax seal – .8″ x .8″
dotted heart – 1.2″ x 1.2″
be mine, valentine sentiment – 1.2″ x .5″

Sentiments include:
Be Mine, Valentine
sending
Lot of love
tucked inside
XOXOXO
on your wedding day
s.w.a.k.

Pretty Postmarks stamps & die

Pretty & postal, this set includes so many beautiful details to add to nearly any project. Mix and match the sentiments with the postal cancellation circles for options for a variety of occasions. The three script blocks are designed to be pretty backgrounds. Upon taking a closer look, your recipients will be delighted to find that the subtle text matches the card’s occasion! The scripts feature sayings appropriate for weddings/anniversaries, birthdays, and thank yous. The small icon images can be added to the centers of the postage stamp or cancellation circle. The postage stamp from this set also coordinates with the postage stamp quad die from the Postal Frames die set.

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This set comes on a 4″ x 6″ sheet

Approximate sizes:
script blocks – appx 3″ x 1″
postage circles – 1″
cancellation lines – 1.1″ x .5″
postage stamp – .9″ x 1.1″
small icons – .4″ tall
thank you sentiment – 1″ x .4″

Sentiments include:
congratulations
thank you
happy birthday
with love
sent with love just for you (postage circle)
special delivery just for you (postage circle)

Postal Frames die

This die collection is perfect for cutting mats and frames with a pretty postal-style edge, perfect for layering over A2 cards. The die set consists of mats/frames in two sizes plus a postage cancellation, and a smaller rectangle that resembles a grouping of postage stamps. This smaller rectangle can be stamped with the postage stamp image from the Pretty Postmarks set.

Set of 4 dies
Approximate sizes:
large frame – 4″ x 5.2″
medium frame – 3.2″ x 4.4″
postage stamp quad – 1.8″ x 2.1″
postage cancellation – 2.2″ x 1″

Windowpane Plaid Background Stamp

Windowpane plaid is everywhere this season, from home decor to fashion, and now you can stamp it too. Sized just a bit larger than an A2 card, this quick and easy background stamp is sure to be a staple in your collection!

This is a single rubber cling stamp made from deeply etched quality pink rubber for a lifetime of crisp impressions.

Overall stamp size – 4.5″ x 5.75″

To aid in your list-making and planning, below you will find the prices for today’s products.

• Signed & Sealed 4″ x 6″ stamp set – $15
• Signed & Sealed die – $21
• Signed & Sealed With a Kiss – $18
• Signed & Sealed With a Kiss die – $31
• Pretty Postmarks stamp set – $15
• Pretty Postmarks die – $9
• Postal Frames die – $28
• Windowpane Plaid Background stamp – $15

I have so many projects to share, and just wait until you see what the Inspiration Team has created for you! Before we dive into projects, I put together a video showing some of the fun options with the new Signed & Sealed and Signed & Sealed With a Kiss sets…

So let’s dive into the project details! My first project is the one shown in the video.

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I loved filling this cute little envelope with wildflowers. Can you imagine all of the different color and flower combos you could come up with? Or all of the different seasons you could create them for? That postage cancellation die from the Postal Frames die set might be one of my favorite things from the whole release!

By mixing in some elements from the Signed & Sealed With a Kiss set, there are some super sweet options for Valentine’s day!

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Here I started with the largest die from the Postal Frames set and sponged it with pink/red ink. I layered another panel over the top, just trimmed down with my paper trimmer to fit inside the pierced border of the Postal Frames die, and stamped it with the new Windowpane Plaid Background stamp with black ink. Over that I layered one of the Signed & Sealed envelopes. The liner was cut from white cardstock and stamped with some hearts from the Signed & Sealed With a Kiss set. I finished if off with a sentiment from the latest in our Sentiment Suite series, which you’ll be seeing more of tomorrow! The little label from Signed & Sealed is tucked in the envelope, layered with a diecut/stamped sentiment from the Sealed With a Kiss set.

The Signed & Sealed and With a Kiss addition set gives you some fun new options for wedding and anniversary cards as well!

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I once again used the Windowpane Plaid background layered over a Postal Frames diecut. I also stamped and heat embossed one of the script backgrounds from the new Pretty Postmarks set. I filled the envelope with the lily of the valley and single bloom from the S&SWAK set, using colored pencils to add some extra shading to the images. I topped it all off with the cute faux was seal from the S&SWAK set.

I really wanted to experiment with stamping some fun patterns onto that cute little envelope liner, so for my next project I pulled out my Pine Blossom set and used some of the smaller individual images from that set.

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I used lots of bright blues, pinks, reds, and yellows for this cheery card. The sentiment I used here is from the new Pretty Postmarks set. I also stamped some of the script from that set onto the background watercolor paper, which was embossed with white powder before I did a bit of watercoloring over the top. Such a springy, cheery card!

Staying with my bright and cheery color scheme, I thought it would be fun to stamp a whole rainbow of colorful postage stamps from the new Pretty Postmarks set.

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In addition to the postage stamp from that set, there are also several small icons – some of them you might recognize from some of your favorite previously released sets, now in miniature! These little icons can be stamped inside the postage stamp, or the cancellation circle from the set. The matching die set has little dies for these so you can add them in layers for even more fun. The sentiment here was done with a combination of a few of the new things – the cancellation die from the Postal Frames set, the “Just a note” is from the Signed & Sealed set, and the circle text is from Pretty Postmarks. In the background, I watercolored a rainbow strip to layer my stamps over, which was done on a Postal Frames rectangle, cut from watercolor paper.

I just love all of the pretty little elements in these new sets, and they’re great for creating pretty clusters. So much fun to mix and match and just play with different combinations!

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For this pretty hello card, I created a postal-themed cluster by using the postage stamp and circle text from Pretty Postmarks layered over some script from that same set. I also tucked in that cancellation diecut again, along with a flower stamped with the S&SWAK set. That pretty hello sentiment also also new of course, and you’ll be hearing more about those tomorrow, but I couldn’t help sneaking a few of them in my projects today – they’re impossible to resist! Also take note of that pretty Windowpane Plaid tucked between my Postal Frames layers for just a bit of pattern.

All of the pretty elements in the Signed & Sealed With a Kiss set are perfect for tucking in those tiny envelopes, but they’re great on their own as well. I just love this leaf cluster from the set and wanted to make it the focal point for my next project.

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That two-step leaf image is simply to stamp and oh, so pretty. I stamped two of them here in varying color schemes. I used colored pencils to add a bit more shading to the berries to really make them look dimensional. The pretty watercolor paper background was cut with the largest Postal Frames die. The sentiments were stamped using the Pretty Postmarks set. I tied a bit of string around the frame to finish it off.

My final card for today is a very different take on the floral images included in the Signed & Sealed With a Kiss set.

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I stamped the lily of the valley and single stem bloom in neutral colors, again using colored pencils to add some shading. I arranged them in a unique layout which is made up of two lily of the valley diecuts and four of the single flowers. Over that I layered one of our new sentiments that you’ll see more of tomorrow. It turned out so striking on the black background!

That wraps up my projects for today, but there is still so much more! Now that you’ve gotten to meet all of today’s new products and see them in action, you can “greet” them for a chance to win a $50 gift card! Read on for details…

• Comment here on the blog for one entry (one comment per person). What caught your eye today, and gets you excited to get creating?
• Comment on our Inspiration Team Members’ blogs for more entries (one comment per person, per blog)
• Comments close at Midnight EST on Thursday, January 16
• Winners will be posted at 7am EST on Friday, January 17 here on the blog

You are in for such a treat! It’s time to see what our amazing Inspiration Team has to share with you today!
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Thank you so much for visiting and I hope you’re as excited about these new products as we are! We’ll be back tomorrow with more reveals and projects!