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June 2020

15% Off Fast Favorites + a Special Make & Tell Tuesday Guest

by Betsy June 30, 2020

written by Betsy

Happy Tuesday! Lots of fun news today. First of all, we just did a major restock in the shop! Nearly all products are now available. I mentioned a few weeks ago that we would have a fun surprise to go along with the restock…

Fast Favorites! Some of our hottest products are 15% off! These products include several of our most popular dies that many of you have been trying to get your hands on, but have been selling out quickly once they’re restocked. Several of the new products from our anniversary release that sold out within the first few hours are also included in the sale, giving you a second chance to snag those at the sale price. We stocked up on these fast-moving favorites, and we’re offering them at 15%. (Ends July 2 at 11:59pm EDT – while supplies last, no rainchecks)

Click the image above or HERE to shop the sale!

A note about product bundles…all of the items from the Pinwheel Party bundle are included in the sale, so that bundle is of course 15% off. The Complete Confetti Collection bundle includes some regular and some sale items, so the pricing of that bundle has been adjusted to reflect those items in the bundle that are included in the 15% off sale.

And now for some fun news! We have a special Make & Tell Tuesday guest! Jennifer McGuire will be spoiling you today with tons of projects and a video! Due to some technical difficulties she’ll be sharing her video a bit later today. I’ll come back here and add the link once it’s up, but in the meantime, here’s a little peek! **Edited to add: Jennifer’s video is up and ready for your viewing pleasure! Her projects are amazing! 😍

June 30, 2020 25 comments

TGIF

TGIF – Fresh-Picked Lemons with Norine

by Betsy June 26, 2020

written by Betsy

Happy first Friday of summer! There’s something extra special about summer Fridays isn’t there? I’m looking forward to some sunshine this weekend, and Norine is here to kick off our weekend with a bright and cheery project…

Hello Greetery friends! Norine here with you today to share a card that is a mash-up between several different stamp and die sets! Just the kind of project I like!

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I really, really wanted to use the Lemon Blossom stamp set as it’s new to my stash and I definitely have a thing for lemons. (Have you visited my website???) So, I started by stamping some lemons and leaves from that set using Altenew dye inks, and die cutting them with the coordinating dies. For a sweet “homespun” look I stamped the Windowpane Plaid background stamp onto a piece of cardstock with a navy blue ink.

I found a pretty blue patterned paper in my stash (Doodlebug Design Floral/Graph) and die cut a placemat with the Cozy Cup Coaster Die. I cut it in half diagonally to imitate a cloth folded over the edge of a table. Next, I stamped and die cut one of the small floral designs from the Balloon Bouquet stamp set. Then I die cut some streamers with from bright yellow cardstock using the Twisted Crepe dies. Instead of die cutting the individual twists to create the shaded side of the streamers, I colored them with an alcohol marker.

Finally I picked a greeting from the Just Mason Around stamp set. I arranged all the elements onto my plaid card panel and adhered them in place. I stamped the sentiment tight up to the streamer flower cluster to anchor it on the card so it wouldn’t appear to just be floating aimlessly. Once again, I’m delighted by another combination of 6 different stamps and dies! i love how the various Greetery designs compliment one another for endless creative possibilities!

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

Before I go, just a note to keep you in the loop because so many of you have been asking about restocks. We had hoped to do a major restock today, but things were slower in getting to us than we anticipated. We’re working through the enormous shipment of dies we just received, but we’re also waiting on a few more things. Since we want to make your shopping as easy as possible, we’re going to wait to restock until those items we’re waiting on are here so you’re not having to place separate orders for bits and pieces. We’ll be working through the weekend, and we’re expecting the restock to happen early next week! I’ll pop in here on the blog when it happens. Thank you for your patience!

Have a great weekend!

June 26, 2020 11 comments

All TGIF

TGIF – Vintage Pinwheels & Postmarks with Wanda

by Betsy June 19, 2020

written by Betsy

I hope you’re ready for a beautiful summer Friday! We have some inspiration for you today as we head into the weekend. Hopefully you’ll be able to sneak in some creative time! Wanda’s beautiful project is going to make you want to pull out those postmarks and pinwheels…

Hello and Welcome to TGIF here at The Greetery! Wanda here, sharing a vintage inspired card for this Summer Friday! I like a good vintage project, and getting my hands inky! One of the many things I love about The Greetery stamps and dies is that they can be adapted to any crafting, card-making style. Everything is so creative and flexible to make your style shine. The stamps I used for this project could be used just as easily is bright bold tones, or soft pastels, or warmer hues… Today I’m using one of my favorite products from the last release: The Pinwheel Party Dies and Stencils. I wanted to use them again with a retro look… I combined them with lots of previously released goodies and Distress Inks. Thanks for joining me today!

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My finished card is an A2 sized card base in dark brown paper. I started by creating a cool, old paper looking background. I used watercolor paper, a water brush, and brown and blue Distress Inks. I kept layering the inks until I got a nice, worn paper look. Then I used stamps from the Pretty Postmarks Stamp set (the beautiful text and the circular postmark) and stamped them over the background. I sprayed the stamping with water to make it soften. I love text stamps!

For the tag, I used the Speed Tagging Die Set and die cut the scalloped tag from watercolor paper. I used Distress Inks and the Oopsie Daisy stamp set to stamp the two daisy flowers onto the tag. I used a water brush to soften the edges of the stamping to mimic water coloring. I splattered inks over the flowers and also added a bit more of the text….

I die cut pinwheels using the Pinwheel Party Dies – some from watercolor paper, and some from text paper. I used the matching Pinwheel Party Stencils to add blue and brown stripes. Then the pinwheels were inked around the edges with a sponge dauber…

I stamped and die cut a pretty postage stamp to add to my collage. The sentiment was die cut from the awesome Sentiment Starters word dies set. My finishing touches are a bit of twine and a few gold enamel dots. The main elements were attached to the card using foam tape.

Thank you for spending some time with me here on The Greetery Blog today. Wishing you a beautiful weekend full of happiness and creativity! Take care friends. XO

Don’t you just love seeing how this beautiful project came together? So many details to delve into!

Before I go, just a quick update. We’re getting shipping notices on restocks! We’re expecting most out of stock items to be back in stock by the end of next week. Last week I mentioned we had something fun planned…don’t worry, we haven’t forgotten. Stay tuned!

Have a wonderful weekend!

June 19, 2020 16 comments

All TGIF

TGIF – Blooming Balloon Bouquets with Dawn

by Betsy June 12, 2020

written by Betsy

It’s finally Friday! Which means it’s time for some inspiration as we head into the weekend. Do you have crafty plans? If you’re looking for a little inspiration, Dawn’s here with some pretty ideas for using Balloon Bouquet…

“I had so much fun creating with Balloon Bouquet for the last release, that I was excited to show you a few other things you can do with the balloons, to style them in different ways!

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The one I’m most excited about though, is using the BIG flower stamps for the large balloon, on all three sizes of balloons! Who doesn’t love floral balloons of all sizes?!! Just stamp the images for the large balloon on a smaller balloon die cut with the Big Balloons die just as you would the big balloon. Easy peasy! The flowers just go off the edges of the balloon, which makes it look like the floral pattern continues all the way around the balloon!

You can do several other things, as well! I’ve got examples of all of these here, but besides stamping all of the elements on the balloons, as they were designed, you can also leave the flowers white, stamp the flowers and leave the leaves white or you can even ombre your balloons! So many options with this versatile set!”

Thanks for sharing these cheery balloons, Dawn! I hope her project has inspired you to get inky this weekend and squeeze in some crafting time. Have a great weekend!

June 12, 2020 12 comments

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Pinwheel Party with Angelica

by Betsy June 5, 2020

written by Betsy

Happy TGIF! Angelica is here with some projects that will definitely brighten your weekend! I also have a stock update after her fun projects, so be sure to check that out.

Hi friends. I’m excited to be sharing two cards, using the new Pinwheel Party collection. I am a bit obsessed with the Pinwheel Party Stencils, and couldn’t resist working with them again.

I started off by making the pinwheels. I die-cut several colors of card stock with the three pinwheel dies in the Pinwheel Party Die Collection. The die cuts line up perfectly with the single pinwheel stencils. I found it easiest to put the die cut pinwheel back into it’s negative, and tape the matching stencil over it. I blended coordinating Distress Oxide inks with finger daubers over the stencil.

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When it came to decorating, I kept the layouts similar. I stamped the star cluster from Pinwheel Party Stamp Set in a rainbow circle, and added a single stamped star in random spots. I trimmed the panels with the Crimped Frame Die.

The Let’s Party! die is from Pinwheel Party Die Collection. I die-cut the words twice, glued them together, and attached them to the coordinating shadow. I attached it to the card with thin foam squares.

The second card got a heat-embossed sentiment. I picked a sentiment from Pinwheel Party to white heat-emboss onto black card stock. I used a Sentiment Suite Basics die to die-cut the sentiment.

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I added matching die-cut circles to the middle of each pinwheel. I used the small pinwheel circle die in the die collection to die-cut colored card stock. Once I attached the pinwheels to their cards, I finished them off with faux pearls.

Thanks so much for joining me today. I hope I have helped with Pinwheel Party inspiration!

I’m loving Angelica’s rainbow-bright cards, and they’re making me want to pull out my Pinwheel set again. They are so much fun to make!

Before I go, I just wanted to give a bit of an update. First of all, thank you SO MUCH for your overwhelming response to our anniversary sale and celebration! Wow, you blew us away. All release orders have shipped – the last of them went out yesterday. Many of you have already received your orders and I love seeing your posts on Instagram! We know that several of our new items, and a few elusive older items, went really quickly on Friday. We’ve had a lot of time while packing orders to brainstorm ways to make it up to you. We have an idea, so stay tuned a bit later this month! We expect to have all out of stock items back by the end of the month.

Once again, thank you! Have a great weekend. 😊

June 5, 2020 12 comments