Happy new year! Just popping in to let you know that we have a little end of the year sale for you!
We have three 50% off bundle deals!
Other select products in the shop are 25% off…including some of our most popular sets from 2020!
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Sale ends Saturday, January 2 at 11:59pm EST
Goodbye 2020…it’s time for you to go!
Wishing you all the best and a brighter 2021! ❤️
TGIF time! We’re heading into the last weekend before Christmas and I hope you’re all doing well.
I had a little time to create this week, and wanted to share a couple of different ideas I had for creating trees using some unconventional supplies. While your holiday cards are likely finished up and already on their way, these fun trees would also be perfect for post-holiday thank-yous or even winter birthdays.
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My first unconventional tree was inspired by my dad (hi Dad! 😊). He’s always making cute stuff out of old barnwood and other supplies, and lately he’s been making some really cute trees. I took his idea and turned it into a paper version using our Shiplap Builder die. I mitered several planks to create the tree. My dad was probably able to just whip that out in no time, but it took me a bit to figure out the best way to get it just right! The planks were sponged and splattered before diecutting, like I showed in THIS video. I used Frayed Burlap and Weathered Wood Oxide inks along with some white gouache for the white-washed effect.
Once my tree was assembled I embellished it with some diecut leaves and branches. These were cut using a few different dies – the BotaniCuts Mighty Oak and Inside & Out Berry Branch. I always seem to have a little pile of these on my desk left from other projects and they were perfect for this.
For the background, I wanted some texture, but also didn’t want to distract from the tree, so I layered some Inside & Out Berry Branch diecuts over my background, cut from the same paper. I added a few splatters and gold stars as well, cut using the Pinwheel Party die.
My next tree uses the Macramé Openwork Base die to create a cute fringe-y tree.
To create the tree, I used the straight openwork die from the Macramé Openwork Base set and cut it twice, directly side-by-side, like this:
Then I trimmed it down to the height I wanted my tree to be – I used the twig and pole hangers from the Boho Banner die as the center of my trees, so I trimmed down my fringe portion just a bit shorter than that, to allow for the trunk to extend beyond the tree. Then I just used my paper trimmer to trim each side from the lower outer corners to the center of the strip like this…
You can use as many layers as you’d like, depending on how “fluffy” you want your trees to be – I used two layers for mine. On my project today I used white cardstock, but colors are cute too as you can see from the other trees in my photo – they use two layers as well, but cut from different shades of green cardstock.
For the background on this one, I created a shiplap background using the same ink colors and technique that I mentioned above. I added some white ink splatters and gold stars to finish it off. The sentiment is from the Tree Trimmings set and was heat embossed with white over the shiplap background.
Thanks so much for stopping by today and I hope these ideas for creating trees using unconventional supplies got your creative juices going! Happy weekend!
Happy Tuesday evening! I spent the afternoon working on a project idea that’s been floating around my head and I thought I’d put together a Make & Tell Tuesday video for you…
In today’s video I’ll show you a technique I nicknamed black magic. I’ll show you a little trick for getting more vibrant images on black or dark-colored cardstock.
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Start off by stamping your images with a white pigment ink. Use a stamping platform so that you can stamp multiple times to get images that are really nice and opaque. The more opaque the bottom white layer, the more vibrant your colors on the second step will be. Once you’ve stamped everything in white, stamp again with colored ink. I used Distress Oxide inks, which are a pigment hybrid. It also works to use regular die inks, although I don’t think the colors stay as vibrant. The ink colors will of course never be as vibrant or true as stamping on white cardstock, but it really helps to make them pop a little more against the black! The cardstock color you choose as your base will also influence the final result of the ink colors as well, so keep that in mind.
I used several of the leaf and branch images from the All Blessings Flow set – they’re perfect for this technique since they are simple one-step images.
It’s also fun to play around with other dark cardstock colors – here I used a very dark green. Once I was finished stamping I added a few more details using some metallic gold watercolor and a white pen. I used sentiments from the Opposites Attract set heat embossed with gold powder to keep it simple and let the background really shine.
Here’s the video – I hope you enjoy!
TGIF time! We had a few technical difficulties today, so this post is coming a little late! Kay is here today with a beautiful project that’s definitely worth the wait, using a mix of a few of our newer and older holiday products…
It is already December 11th and although most of my Christmas cards are already in the mail, I am still making them just because I love to. Christmas cards are my favorite to make and honestly, I make them all year long. So today I have one to share with you using some older and newer Christmas products from The Greetery.
For the background, I used the Frosty Flakes stencil and and blended Wilted Violet Distress inks onto Bristol Board cardstock. I blended mostly just around the edges leaving the center lighter to make my focal point pop.
I stamped the images from the With Love At Christmas in pretty pinks and purples, cut them out with the coordinating dies and added them to my card with foam tape. The Joy sentiment is from the Written in Ribbons Holiday stamp set and it was cut out with the coordinating dies and added with foam tape as well. The wishing you sentiment is also included in the Written In Ribbons stamp set and it was heat embossed with white embossing powder.
I hope you have enjoyed my card today, and I hope you are enjoying the holiday season and making lots of fun cards and Christmas projects!
TGIF time! Dawn is here today with some more pretty inspiration using a few of the products from our newest collection! Let’s hear all about it from Dawn…
“I knew when I first laid eyes on the circle dies from the new Hoop & Fringe die set, that they’d be great basics to use for lots of different applications all year long! I couldn’t wait for an opportunity to try them out on some cards that really showcased those circles and you know I don’t need any excuse at all, to play with more flowers! Ha! Put them together and they’re a match made in heaven! And while I’ve just showed a pair of examples today, for how to use these simple circle dies, goodness, the possibilities with them are really endless!
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I cut out several of the circles from white card stock and the beauty of the Hoop & Fringe dies, is that you get not only that hoop die cut, but also the circle inside it. Don’t toss those circles! They’re gold!
As you can see here, I used the hoops in conjunction with some popped up Hoop Wreath floral die cuts for one look. And then used lots of those circle centers, with lots more Hoop Wreath florals (adhered flat this time) to create a completely different look!
The sentiments are both from the same set, Opposites Attract. But also, note that while I used the same circles, the same sentiments, the same florals, and even the same color combo on both cards, notice how different they each FEEL because of the vastly different background colors!! I could have changed either of these cards up entirely, just by swapping out the background for the red from this color combo, or even that curry color!
PRO TIP: This is just another way you can really PLAY with color! You can work with a color combo you love, but pull out one of the colors from your group (that you might not automatically think of) and use THAT one to be the focal color or the background color or even the leaf color! That way, you’re still using colors you love, but you’re stretching your creativity by changing up the way you use those colors! It will grow your skills as an artist and will give you more confidence when working with color!”
