Welcome to the most exciting week of the year here at The Greetery! Holiday crafting is my very favorite, and I’m so excited to finally get to share all of the details of this year’s holiday collection, Merry Makings. Welcome to Day #2 of the reveals!
All of the new products being showcased today will be available for purchase beginning at 10am ET on Friday, October 9 in the shop.
Before we get to today’s product introductions, one more bit of news – Laurie will be hosting an Instagram Live presentation of all of the new products on Thursday morning, October 8 at 11:00am CDT, so tune in if you’d like to check it out!
Today’s product introductions are sure to make the holidays just a little bit brighter! This year is destined to be a different sort of Christmas, but I’m determined to make it just as special as ever! We might just have to get a little creative, but hey…that’s what we do best. 😊
Destination: North Pole stamp set + die
All aboard for the north pole! Map out your next holiday stamping adventure with this adorable set filled with holiday icons. Perfect for special deliveries straight from Santa’s workshop, use these fun images and sentiments for cards, tags, and wraps. The new Destination North Pole set can be paired with the rest of our Destination collection for projects that are really going places.
This set comes on a 6″ x 8″ sheet and includes a full-color printed stamping guide. The matching die is an 25-piece set of wired dies.
Made in the USA
Destination: North Pole stamp set price – $24
Destination: North Pole die price – $27
Click HERE for more detailed information
Snowflake Soiree stencil, stamp set, + die
Swirling & twirling, these snowflakes are ready to dance across your next project! If you enjoyed our Pinwheel Party collection you’ll love Snowflake Soiree! The Snowflake Soiree stencil set includes a 4-step border stencil that makes it so fun and easy to create beautiful multi-colored snowflake borders. The individual snowflake stencil can be used to stencil snowflakes onto backgrounds, or onto the matching dies. There’s also a mask stencil to use with the border, allowing you to sponge additional color around that pretty border.
The matching Snowflake Soiree die collection includes dies for all of the individual snowflakes in the stencil set, a die for the border, and a “be merry” sentiment and matching shadow. The coordinating stamp set includes an assortment of smaller snowflakes and some mix and match sentiments that can be combined with the “be merry” die or stamp.
This Snowflake Soiree stencil set includes a full-color printed stenciling guide. The matching die is an 11-piece set of wired dies.
Made in the USA
Snowflake Soiree 6-piece stencil set price – $16
Snowflake Soiree stamp set price – $7
Snowflake Soiree die price – $39
Click HERE for more detailed stencil information
Click HERE for more detailed stamp set information
I once again have so many projects! I could not stop creating! 😊 Before we get into the projects, I have a video for you that showcases Snowflake Soiree, showing you all of the details of what you can do with these stencils, dies, and stamps.
Here are some close-ups of the cards I created from the elements that were stamped and stenciled in the video. So quick and fun to do!
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Next I have several more cards using the Snowflake Soiree elements. This one uses the multi-step border stencil on a vertical A2 card. I used Broken China, Blueprint Sketch, Victorian Velvet, and Festive Berries oxide inks for the border.
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I layered a diecut the stenciled border with the border die, and also popped up an individual snowflake to add some more dimension. The sentiment was done with a mix of the dies and stamps. I added a few single snowflakes as accents around the sentiment, and also used the stamps to stamp a few tiny snowflakes in the background.
I sat down and stenciled a whole pile of those pretty flakes in alllll the colors and had the best time mixing, matching, and layering them for a rainbow of flurries!
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I was inspired by Heather’s tone-on-tone diecut background she shared a few weeks ago for a TGIF post. I lightened it up and did a white-on-white background using some branches from the BotaniCuts Pine Bough die. It’s the perfect backdrop for these colorful snowflakes! I arranged them in rainbow order on a slim-line card base, working from cool to warm across the card front. I finished it off with a Written in Ribbons Holiday sentiment.
I created a matching card that is a bit simpler, using the multi-step border stencils. I worked my way across each stencil left to right, from warm to cool ink colors to create these stenciled rainbow flakes.
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I also added some individual snowflakes to the background with the stencil, using texture paste to create an embossed effect. I finished it off with the diecut sentiment, sponged in a rainbow of inks and layered over the shadow diecut, which was cut from vellum for a light and airy look. A few sequins add a little sparkle!
Next I switched to an ultra cool color palette…it reminds me of Frozen! I stenciled the 4-step border at both the top and bottom edges of this vertical A2 panel using shades of blue and purple inks. I used Blueprint Sketch, Shaded Lilac, Milled Lavender, and Stormy Sky.
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I stamped a few snowflakes as well, to the centers of the stenciled snowflakes just to add a little more depth to the centers. I added some pine branches, cut with the BotaniCuts Pine Bough die, which were glittered with some glass glitter. I finished it off with a Written in Ribbons Holiday sentiment.
For my final card featuring Snowflake Soiree, I miiiight have gone a little overboard. 😂 I mentioned at the start of this post, that Snowflake Soiree is very similar in concept to our Pinwheel Party set. That got me to thinking about how fun it would be to combine the two. And that is what I did here and it was so very much fun!
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It turned out looking almost like intricate Moroccan tiles. I stenciled several pinwheels and several snowflakes in shades of all different blues and greens. Then I had fun arranging them on my card base, and layering all sorts of different combinations. The pretty “merry Christmas” from Written in Ribbons Holiday is layered over the top, and a few iridescent sequins add some shine!
Next I have some fun projects using the new Destination: North Pole set. These are so fun to work with as well. I just sat and stamped a pile of the small icons from the set so I could just add them to my cards as I went along creating. This first card uses the previously released Destination: Round Map die as my base.
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The two-step North Pole sentiment that’s included in the set is so fun! I stamped it using my MISTI so that I could add some shading on the inside portion of the letters by sponging some darker green onto the lower half of the letters with a finger sponge. The street names are such a fun little touch, too! The stamps are straight, but you can curve them on your block to fit along any of the streets on the Map dies. There are also dies for all of the other small sentiments that go along with the “north pole” words so that you can easily layer them when using the maps dies, etc.
This next one uses the previously released Destination Map stencils. I used some texture paste along with the waterfront map stencil to create dimensional snow drifts. Before adding the texture paste with the map stencil, I used the Snowflake Soiree stencil set to add some snowflakes to the background as well.
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I added lots of details from the Destination: North Pole set and that fun sentiment as well. The polar bears might be my favorite. I stamped them in a very light gray ink, then added just a little shading with a gray colored pencil and a pink pencil for rosy cheeks. The eyes and nose were added with a black pen – to both the polar bears and the reindeer.
My next card was inspired by a book I used to read my kids when they were little…Snow Bear’s Surprise, an adorable book about sweet polar animals and the northern lights. The last page of the book had little twinkling lights – my youngest especially loved that book! This card was inspired by it. 😊
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I started with a panel of water color paper and used my watercolor paints to create something resembling the northern lights. I added some splatters for “stars”. I used the Drifting die along the bottom to create a place to tuck some mountains from the previously released Destination stamp set. I used the polar bears and trees from the new North Pole set. The sentiment is also from that set, of course. I layered everything over a Postal Frames diecut. I also added a few Snowflake Soiree snowflakes.
Lastly, I have a few tags using Destination: North Pole along with the new Wood Slices die. Such a fun combo! I layered lots of elements from North Pole over the slices.
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I used a brad to secure my embellished slice to a second slice which was stamped with the to/from sentiments from Merry Sprigs. This allows the tags to “swivel” to reveal the to/from message. Everything used to embellish the slice is from North Pole, with the exception of the “special delivery” sentiment, which is from the Pretty Postmarks set.
I so hope you enjoyed all of my projects today. They brought me such joy to create!
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. We will be giving away one $50 gift card for today’s blog hop!
Read on for details…
- Comment here on the blog for one entry (one comment per person). I’d love to hear your best Santa story…maybe a childhood memory or something you’ve done with your children or grandchildren!
- Comment on our Inspiration Team Members’ and Guest blogs for more entries (one comment per person, per blog)
- Comments close at 11:59pm EDT on Thursday night, October 8
- Winners will be posted at 7am EDT on Friday, October 9 here on the blog
And now 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 joining me today! We have one more day of reveals tomorrow before the whole collection goes up in the shop on Friday, October 9 at 10am ET.
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Oh the snowflakes are just beautiful and the destination North Pole set is to cute!!!!! I may need it even without little kids in my life!
Love all these festive goodies!! Can’t wait to see the entire release!!
Everything about this release is delightful! I especially like the “Love you to the North Pole and back” sentiment. Our favorite Santa-related memory is watching ELF every Christmas. Our children are now in their 30’s, but we still watch it and laugh every year.
The colorful cards are so playful and fun. Favorite childhood memory is putting out reindeer food and cookies for Santa (sometimes all very last minute). Thanks for all these lovely products to help spread more joy this season!
OMG I am sunk! It’s not very often that I love everything….but this time I’m in big trouble!!
I set my alarm just so I could see what you have as soon as possible……..can hardly wait to make these cards!
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Oh my, everything is so fabulous! I love the wood slices and the darling North Pole stamps. My favorite Christmas memory is the year that my Oma came from Germany to spend Christmas with us. We didn’t get to see her but once every several years so it was such a treat having her stay with us for several weeks through the holiday season. She couldn’t speak English and we (kids) couldn’t speak German but we communicated with love, laughter and smiles and the help of my mom. Oh, if we could just turn back time…… Thanks for evoking such a warm memory and thanks for all the beautiful things you create.
What a fun release day! Love the snowflakes!
Today’s release is just as wonderful as yesterdays. I love stencils and the snowflake ones look so fun. Great ideas from everyone.
Such Beautiful new products! Indeed, let the Merry Making begin!!!
Big, big, big fun headed our way with Snowflake Soiree!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Your release is amazing! How am I going to afford it all! There hasn’t been one thing shown so far, that I must not have!
So much fun & bright color in today’s post!
I don’t know how you do it Betsy. Every single product is so charming. It’s impossible not to want it all. When I was growing up my Grandpa, Uncle and Dad would take turns being Santa. At some point during the festivities one of them would have to leave (usually to “go to the store” to pick something up.) While they were gone, Santa would arrive with more presents in hand. Santa would leave and poor Grandpa, Uncle Bob or Dad had to hear all about what they missed when they got back from running their errand. I’d say it was a good number of years before we caught on.
Who doesn’t love the sleigh and tiny reindeer? Then there the bears….*sigh, there goes my paycheck. I need this set!
Wow, I love all these newly released products! A favorite Christmas time with my kiddos was it was always a tradition they got to open two gifts on Christmas Eve, adding to the excitement of going to bed to find Santa had arrived in the night. One gift was always new pajamas so I could get those ‘must have’ Christmas photo’s in the morning. My kids carry on the tradition today!
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Gee wilikers these sets are beautiful and so fun! My sister and I got a picture with Santa every year. They are fun to look through.
Love it all! Can’t wait to shop!!
Wonderful delights! The snowflakes are awesome and that North Pole set has something for everyone! Loving the sentiments and fonts too!
loving the snowflakes and that Be merry is so sweet. loving this release. My favorite Christmas story is was Christmas eve Dec 24th 2003 when my sweet daughter was born. She loves that you birthday is Christmas eve….
I thought of layering the snowflakes with Pinwheel Party as well and I am in love with that card. I think this is an amazing releasel
Gorgeous cards! I love the rainbow snowflakes and the peace card. Beautiful. I don’t really have a great Santa story that I can think of. We didn’t really “do” Santa growing up.
Those snowflakes!!! Just adorable and so fun for the holidays!!
More gorgeous creations! I love those snowflake dies and stencils—sooo beautiful! My favorite Santa story is the year my sister-in-law and brother-in-law were leaving our house late at night on Christmas Eve with their toddler. As they stepped out onto the porch, Santa was walking down the street in his wonderful red suit! Marc, now 40, still remembers it!
Another great release…love the style! The Snowflake Soiree looks like it will be as much fun as the Pinwheel Set….thanks for the inspiration as well as the chance to win!
When our daughter was about four, we had our best friends over for Christmas Eve dinner. After dinner we all stayed in the dining room, next to the front door, where we were playing a board game (including my mother and daughter who were going to have a sleepover in the basement guest room). Uncle Joe was walking by the front door, looked outside to see if maybe Santa was in the area, and as he walked away from the door we all heard a knock. Our daughter’s eyes got really big, her jaw dropped open, and my mother said, “Oh! It’s Santa! Hurry! We have to go to bed!” So she and my daughter got up and quickly ran downstairs to bed. it was so cute how it all played out (it wasn’t planned).
Everything you design has so much detail. I love looking at all the ideas, there are endless possibilities.
WOWSERS! Am in total adoration of the snowflakes and the Destination North Pole stamps!!!!! Betsy – you never fail us! THANK. YOU.
Amazing! Love the North Pole!!!
I love the additions to the Destination series! Plus all those colorful snowflakes are so fun!
Your stencils have opened up a whole new way of “stamping” for me…enjoy them
Ooo! I love the snowflakes!!! Gorgeous!
These cards and tags are beautiful and those polar bears are so cute! Thank you!
HI Betsy, wonderful projects today! The year I stopped believing in Santa my older sister rang sleigh bells outside our bedroom door and had my brother stomp a bit outside on the roof!
Those North Pole tags are awesome! I remember as a young child running to the window with my siblings and cousins when my Uncle said Santa’s sleigh had just pulled away from the house. I could not for the life of me see Santa and his sleigh, but all the adults were exclaiming “There he is…over there…can’t you see him?” Took me a few years to figure that one out, but the memory of that moment of family, love and the magic of Christmas is dear to me still to this day.
I always remember the excitement and anticipation of Santa’s arrival and how hard it was to go to sleep. Waking up Christmas morning shaking with excitement as 3 little girls saw that indeed, Santa had been there. Oh what a glorious sight as the tree sparkled in the darkness highlighting the gifts below.
I love the feeling of anticipation and excitement when a new release comes out!
The North Pole destination set is awesome. Love the look of the words!
We used to bring our kids to Grant’s Farm in St. Louis every year to see the most amazing Santa Claus. He had beautiful robes and the farm had reindeer. It was magical for them.
Betsy, I am absolutely blown away by this incredible release! Your cards and tags are superb!
Super excited for this release! I love the North Pole set! It’s so adorable 😍 my favorite Santa memory is spending Christmas at Disneyworld!
What festive, amazing products! Snowflakes are some of my favorite things! My favorite childhood Santa memories are all the Christmas Eve’s spent with my cousins at my grandparents house. Every year Santa would come and deliver presents to my cousins and I after a big Christmas Eve feast. My cousins and I would retreat to the spare bedroom after dinner every year to make up & rehearse a skit or a song to perform for Santa! We had the best time! I also have fond memories of traveling to North Pole Village with my family to see the North Pole and sit on Santa’s lap! Your Destination North Pole stamps and dies really brought back those fond memories! Thanks, Betsy!
Beautiful snowflake stencil stamps and die are magical!
One year we left a trail of cookie crumbs leading up to the tree, with notes from Santa to each boy! Magic!
Love the snowflakes with the pinwheels! And all your colors
Favorite Santa memory? Every Christmas Eve we’s gather at my aunt’s house for a huge party. I remember the ping pong table being transformed into the buffet table. Mysteriously, one uncle always got sick and had to lay down. Cue Santa Clause! All of my cousins would squeal and sit at his feet to receive your present. Great memories!
Betsy, your love of all things Christmas-y is obvious in this new release!
My father was a policeman in a small town. Every Christmas Eve a policeman from the town would dress up as Santa and visit each policeman’s home…my little brother used to hid at the top of the stairs but I loved those Santas.
Absolutely BEAUTIFUL cards and inspiration today Betsy…thank you, thank you!! :0)
My heart is racing. I might have to get out the thesaurus because awesome, gorgeous, beautiful, fun… These words seem too plain to describe this release.