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May 2022

Garden Variety Release Day + Anniversary Sale Details!

by Betsy May 26, 2022

written by Betsy

Good morning! Thank you so much for joining us this week for the fun and for helping us celebrate our 3rd birthday! We appreciate your enthusiasm, participation in our hops, your sweet comments, email and orders. Without you, our wonderful customers, we wouldn’t be here! Thank you for your support and for sharing in our love of creating!

I have quite a bit of info today, so let’s get started!

First we have some winners to announce. Winners, please send an email to customerservice@thegreetery.com to claim your prizes!

The three winners of our Gift Card and Tumbler bundles are…

Karen from Dana’s blog:

Helen F. from Dawn’s blog:

Stacy Roberds from The Greetery blog:

The three winners of our complete Garden Variety Collections are…

Debbie Mason from Angelica’s blog:

Valerie from Melissa’s blog:

Lissette from Wanda’s blog:

Next up, what’s a party without a sale, am I right? 🙂 When our new collection goes up in the shop at 10am EDT, our Anniversary sale will go live as well. Enjoy 15%-50% off select products, with an additional 15% automatically applied to your order, even sale items, no exclusions. Discount automatically applied, no code needed.

The items with additional mark-downs will be linked from the Home Page of our shop for easy shopping.

A Few Sale FAQs…

Can you edit or combine orders?

Normally we love to do this for you, but during our biggest sale of the year, please check your cart carefully before submitting your order. Due to the order volume we typically experience during the sale and our desire to get everyone’s packages on their way as quickly as possible, we will not be editing, combining, or canceling sale orders once they’ve been placed as we’ll begin shipping orders immediately. Thank you for your understanding!

Can I use Gold Rewards on my order?

Unfortunately, no. Our system can only handle one discount code at a time. The Anniversary discount code will be automatically applied to your order at checkout, so you will not be able to redeem rewards points during the sale.

I think that’s all for now! Thank you again for all of the fun this week! And while you’re waiting for the new goodies to hit the shop, check out our May Lookbooks! All of the team’s beautiful creations in one spot for easy inspiration.

May 26, 2022 25 comments

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Garden Variety Collection Day 2

by Betsy May 25, 2022

written by Betsy

Are you ready for Day #2 of reveals for our newest collection called Garden Variety? The new products we’re showcasing today will go up in the shop on Thursday morning, 5/26 at 10am ET.

We’re also continuing with our 3rd anniversary celebration with another fun giveaway for today’s hop, so be sure to check out the details at the end of the post!

Below is a quick look at all of the new products. Click on the links below each product heading for more details and information, or click HERE to see all of the new products in the shop. (**Please Note: although you can preview the new products in the shop, they will not be available to purchase until 10am EDT on Thursday, May 26).

Garden Gear: Tools and In Spade stamp + stencil set

Click HERE for Garden Gear: Tools die info ($18)
Click HERE for In Spades stamp + stencil info ($27)

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Garden Gear: Gloves and Garden Gear: Glove Prints stencil

Click HERE for Garden Gear: Gloves die info ($22)
Click HERE for Garden Gear: Glove Prints stencil info ($12)

Plucked die

Click HERE for Plucked die info ($16)

BotaniCuts Bluebells and BotaniCuts Lavender

Click HERE for BotaniCuts Bluebells die info ($17)
Click HERE for BotaniCuts Lavender die info ($22)

It’s a Wrap Posy Pocket die and It’s a Wrap Mini Posy Pocket die

Click HERE for It’s a Wrap Posy Pocket die info ($22)
Click HERE for It’s a Wrap Mini Posy Pocket die info ($10)

I put together a quick video showing how these little pockets go together…

Seed Catalog Background stamp

Click HERE for Seed Catalog Background stamp info ($16)

I have so many projects I’m excited to share with you today, so let’s get to it!

First I have a cute card using our new Garden Gear: Gloves die along with the matching stencils. I had so much fun creating these cute patterned gloves! I started out by diecutting them from a light pink cardstock, then stenciled the multi-step floral pattern onto them. For the small flower step I used texture paste with my stencil to create the little white flowers. I love how the texture paste makes them stand out and gives a little added texture to the design. I also stamped the centers of the larger flowers with the tiny daisy center from yesterday’s Daisy Days set, and added some additional details with a white pen.

My gloves are holding a couple of the sweet little weeds (they’re only sweet when they’re not in my lawn or garden! 🙂 ) from the Plucked set. I thought the sentiment from the In Spades set was perfect to pair with the dandelions, which never seem to stop growing! The background was stamped with our new Seed Catalog Background and diecut with our Frosted Frames die.

Next I pulled out the new In Spades set to pair with the Garden Gear: Tools die. The In Spades set contains two different patterns to stamp on the little shovels and rakes…they are miniature versions of the Print Shop sets we revealed yesterday, sized perfectly to fit onto the tools. The designs are broken down into a combination of stenciling and stamping.

I lined up two sets of tools across my card front, and added some of the individual diecut elements from the Print Shop: Garden Goodness set we showcased yesterday around the tools. Since the In Spades set is the same design but in s smaller scale, these pieces were the perfect coordinating accents. The background was once again done with the new Seed Catalog Background.

My next project again uses the Garden Gear: Tools die. This time I didn’t embellish it with the In Spades set, but left it plain. I cut it from metallic silver cardstock for a realistic look.

Our Drifting die sponged with brown ink makes the perfect plot for a few weeds from the Plucked set. I also scattered in a few berries from yesterday’s Print Shop: Garden Goodness set for a little color. Complete with roots, the Plucked dies look like you did just that…plucked those weeds right out. 🙂 The fun sentiment from the In Spades set finishes off this card.

Next I used the Garden Gear: Gloves die and filled it with a beautiful bouquet on a Crimped slimline card base. I gathered up all sorts of goodies that were left on my desk…elements from the Garden Goodness set, some BotaniCuts Bluebells and Lavender, and also some Plucked diecuts.

I stamped a sentiment from the Put a Bow on It set along the edge of the glove and it fit there just perfectly, following the curve of the glove…how fun is that?

Next up I have a few Botanicuts cards. If you read this blog often, you might have noticed that I’m often inspired by food. lol. This first one was inspired by a drink we’ve discovered recently that’s such a refreshing treat…lavender lemonade! I pulled out my Just Mason Around set to create the jar. I stamped the image onto vellum to create a translucent jar. Then I filled it up with BotaniCuts Lavender stems.

I placed a couple of Shiplap Builder planks along the bottom edge of the card for my jar to sit on, and also added a few more lavender stems and some lemons from our Lemon Blossom set. It’s making my mouth water! The sentiment is also from Lemon Blossom.

My next card uses the pretty and delicate Botanicuts Bluebells die. I love blue flowers, and these were so fun to color. I used my favorite method of sponging with Oxide inks and shading with colored pencils. I used a mixture of blues and more purple-y blues…Tumbled Glass + Blue Ribbon and Shaded Lilac + Blueprint Sketch.

The background was stamped with our Seed Catalog Background and framed with a Frosted Frames diecut. The sentiment is from our Sentiment Suite: Thinking of You set…which was part of our very first Greetery release, so it’s fitting to use it to celebrate our 3rd anniversary, don’t you think?

My next card uses a whole mix of BotaniCuts dies…new and old, and wrapped up with our new It’s a Wrap Posy Pocket die. My bouquet uses our new Lavender, along with the previously released Rose, Sunflower, and Ginkgo. The bouquet wrap was cut from a panel stamped with the Windowpane Plaid Background stamp.

I thought the bouquet was pretty enough to display, so I attached a disc magnet to the back, and tucked another one under the Crimped Frame panel. The magnets hold the bouquet in place on the card front, but you can remove it and display it on your fridge, etc. For the sentiment, I diecut the tiny tag from the Sentiment Suite: Basics die and stamped with with a sentiment from the Sentiment Suite: Birthday set.

Last but not least, I absolutely had to line up a row of little bouquets using the new It’s a Wrap Mini Posy Pocket die. Ack! They are super sweet. I cut the wraps from cardstock that was stamped with the Seed Catalog Background. I filled them with little sprigs from a variety of different dies…the greenery is from the BotaniCuts Carrot and Boxwood Heart Details dies. The tiny flowers are from the BotaniCuts Strawberries set. What would you fill these little wraps with? Lots of possibilities!

I lined them up on a Deco Frames panel cut from kraft cardstock and splattered with white ink. The sentiment is embossed in white and is from the Sentiment Suite: Birthday set. I adhered it all to a black cardstock base for a little extra drama. It has sort of a French flower market feel, doesn’t it? So fun!

Now that you’ve gotten to meet all of today’s new introductions and see them in action, you can “greet” them for a chance to win a prize! In honor of our 3rd Anniversary, we have some extra special prizes for today’s hop!

Today’s prize is the entire new Garden Variety collection! We’ll be giving away THREE complete collection bundles.

Read on for details…

Comment here on the blog for one entry (one comment per person).
Comment on our Inspiration Team Members’ blogs for additional entries (linked below – one comment per person, per blog)
Comments close Wednesday, May 25 at 11:59pm EDT
Winners will be posted at 7am EDT on Thursday, May 26 here on the blog

The inspiration team has been busy creating with these new products! Hop along to see what they’ve been up to (click HERE if viewing via email)

WANDA

ANGELICA

MELISSA

DAWN

LAURIE

DANA

KELLY

May 25, 2022 498 comments

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Garden Variety Collection Day 1

by Betsy May 24, 2022

written by Betsy

Hello and welcome to the first day of product reveals for our newest collection called Garden Variety! The new products we’re showcasing today will go up in the shop on Thursday morning, 5/26 at 10am ET.

In honor of our 3rd anniversary, we also have a fun giveaway for today’s reveal and hop, so be sure to read all the way to the end of the post for details on how to win!

Print Shop: Daisy Days stamp + stencil, die, and Fill in the Blank papers

We have TWO new additions to our popular Print Shop series this release! The first one is called Daisy Days. Besides the matching die, this product suite also includes a pack of Fill in the Blank papers, which you can stencil and stamp in the white areas to create the design on colored backgrounds. Perfect for polished-looking card sets!

Click HERE for Print Shop: Daisy Days stamp + stencil info ($30)
Click HERE for Print Shop: Daisy Days die info ($32)
Click HERE for Print Shop: Daisy Days Fill in the Blank paper info ($5)

Print Shop: Garden Goodness stamp + stencil, die, and Layers die

The second Print Shop addition is called Garden Goodness and it’s filled with whimsical garden-y designs. We have a couple of matching dies to go along with it…the Layers die cuts just select blooms and butterflies, allowing you to add dimension to your stenciled panels. The other die cuts the entire design into individual pieces, allowing you to use them for accents, focal points, and bouquet building.

Click HERE for Print Shop: Garden Goodness stamp + stencil info ($24)
Click HERE for Print Shop: Garden Goodness die info ($27)
Click HERE for Print Shop: Garden Goodness Layers die info ($11)

I’ve put together a quick video of the Garden Goodness set showing the stencils in action and also explaining the dies a little more and how they can be used.

Scripty Hello die

Hello! This word die cuts the word “hello” from a pretty script font, and includes a matching shadow die.

Click HERE for Scripty Hello die info ($14)

Now that we’ve introduced all of today’s new products, it’s time for some projects! First up are some Daisy Days projects. For this first set of cards, I used the Fill in the Blank papers to create a set of cards that was super easy to create.

I used all five colors from the Daisy Days Fill in the Blank paper pack, and added color to the design using the stamps and stencils. On each card, I omitted the daisy stencil step so as to keep the daisies white. The sentiment is done using our new Scripty Hello die along with the “just a note to say” sentiment from the Written in Ribbons set.

I created a matching box for my card using our Stationery Box die. On the flap I stamped a sentiment from our Handmade Labels set and embellished it with some small daisies cut with the Print Shop: Daisy Days die.

My next card again uses the Print Shop: Daisy Days set, this time along with the matching die to create a card with lots of dimension. The individual daisies from the set can be layered over the main daisy bouquet, much like the flowers from our Print Shop: Spring Mix set.

So fun to play with different color combinations with this set! I love the pop of blue berries. I also added a diecut “love” sentiment using our Let’s Have a Word: Love die.

My next project just might have gone a little over board! I was having so much fun just piling on those cute daisies. I stenciled the Print Shop: Daisy Days die with a fun color combo of green, aqua, yellow, and purple. Then I scattered in a few white diecut daisies as well. The sentiment I used here is from our Birthday Blooms set, stamped in black ink for a fun pop against the colorful daisies.

This next card uses the same color combo, but instead of using the large focal point from the set I used the individual daisy dies and clustered them around our new Scripty Hello die. It would be fun to create these in all sorts of color combos!

While the Daisy Days design pretty much covers a full A2 panel, you can definitely use it in other ways to mix it up, like I did on this next card. I started with the full daisy design stenciled onto the large die from the set, but instead of putting it front and center on my card front, I adhered it at an angle towards the bottom of a Crimped Frame diecut. I trimmed off the excess, then turned it 180 degrees and adhered it to the top edge of the diecut. Just a fun way to change it up! The sentiment here was done with the Opposites Attract hot foil and matching die.

Next I have a handful of cards using the new Print Shop: Garden Goodness set. This is such a fun one to create with! For this first card, I stenciled the design onto an A2 panel, then I used the Garden Goodness Layers die to cut the little blooms and butterflies. I sponged the diecut pieces with ink, stamped the details onto them, and popped them up with foam adhesive onto my stenciled panel. I added a “thanks” sentiment using the Written in Ribbons set.

This next pair of cards was inspired by Kelly’s gorgeous black cards from her TGIF post a week or so ago! For these I used the Garden Goodness stamp + stencil along with the large Garden Goodness die. This die offers some fun options!

Since the die cuts the stenciled Garden Goodness panel into separate pieces, you can use them to build boquets, focal points, and accents and arrange them any way you please. For this one I arranged them around our Scripty Hello die, layered over a Nordic Frames background. I added some white splatters for a bit of extra interest.

For the other card in the pair, I diecut the Print Shop: Garden Goodness die from black cardstock, then used the negative to layer over a stamped/stenciled panel. It’s a fun way to make it look like you somehow created this colorful design with a black background. I again added the Scripty Hello die, this time I diecut a few of them and stacked them up to give a little added thickness and dimension to the sentiment.

Today’s prize is a bundle that includes a $50 gift card to use right away, plus, we’ll ship you a fun Greetery logo tumbler. Inside the tumbler will be a golden ticket for you to choose a sale day…good for 25% off a future purchase! We’ll be giving away THREE bundles.

Read on for details…

Comment here on the blog for one entry (one comment per person).
Comment on our Inspiration Team Members’ blogs for additional entries (linked below – one comment per person, per blog)
Comments close Wednesday, May 25 at 11:59pm EDT
Winners will be posted at 7am EDT on Thursday, May 26 here on the blog

The inspiration team has been busy creating with these new products! Hop along to see what they’ve been up to (click HERE if viewing via email)

WANDA

ANGELICA

MELISSA

DAWN

LAURIE

DANA

KELLY

May 24, 2022 521 comments

All Sneak Peeks

Garden Variety Sneak Peek #2

by Betsy May 23, 2022

written by Betsy

Happy new week! I’m ready for some fun this week, how about you? And what’s more fun than new products coming to the shop?

It’s time for the second peek at our latest collection…Garden Variety! So many fun things in this peek…

So excited to reveal everything over the next few days before the new products go up in the shop on Thursday, May 26th. I hope you’ll join us for the fun…we’ll have some extra fun giveaways in celebration of our 3rd Anniversary as well! 🙂

May 23, 2022 96 comments

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TGIF – Garden Variety Sneak Peek #1

by Betsy May 20, 2022

written by Betsy

Good morning and happy Friday!

Are you ready for the first peek of what’s coming to the shop next week? Our newest collection is called Garden Variety and it’s filled with garden-y goodness! We have two, yes TWO new Print Shop sets and I’m loving them so much!

I hope you enjoyed this peek! Have a wonderful weekend…we’ll be back on Monday with one more peek before we begin the full reveals and projects on Tuesday. All of the new goodies hit the shop on Thursday, May 26th at 10am EST!

May 20, 2022 54 comments

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Wildflower Mix with Kelly + Save the Date

by Betsy May 13, 2022

written by Betsy

Happy Friday! Kelly is here with a couple of gorgeous projects! But first, a little heads up that new products are coming to the shop soon! We’ll start sharing some sneak peeks a week from today. Our newest collection is called Garden Variety and I can’t wait to show you all of the fun things!

Now let’s hear from Kelly and the amazing projects she’s sharing today…

Hello friends, it’s Kelly here today! I’m so thrilled you’ve joined me today as I share a duo of bold
wildflower birthday cards! I can’t decide which layout I like better: landscape or vertical, so I made one
of each! The flower clusters are so much fun to create, so I just kept going and going, which turned out
to be plenty for two cards.

To begin, I die cut all of the flowers and stems twice using the BotaniCuts Wildflower Mix dies. I also had
a few stems and flowers left over from a previous project so I added those in as well. I colored all of the
stems and flowers using finger daubers and Distress Oxide inks. I chose to give each type of stem a
unique combination of inks to really give some variation and depth to the stems and leaves. I chose
traditional colors for the flowers and then glued them to the stems using liquid glue. I was having such a
fabulous time as each new sprig was added to the pile.

For the background, I simply die cut the largest frame in the Nordic Frames collection using black
cardstock. I added some white paint splatter, allowed it to dry, and then added it to the black card base
using foam squares for dimension. Once that was done, I got to work on the sentiments.
I die cut the outline for both the “Celebrate” and “Birthday” words and then stamped them using the
Birthday Blooms stamp set in black ink. The companion sentiments, which are also from the Birthday
Blooms stamp set, are heat embossed in white onto strips of black cardstock. I added the main
sentiment piece to the front of each card using foam squares. I glued the different wildflower clusters
here and there until I was happy with each arrangement. I added the companion sentiment to the card
using additional foam squares.

Once I finished, I realized that I hadn’t added any pen or colored pencil details to the leaves and flowers.
I used a black pen to add centers to some of the flowers and then a few colored pencils for the leaves
and additional flowers. I opted not to add any glitter or sequins, which is surprising for me! Ha ha! There
is a method to my madness, however; I didn’t want any stray glitter specks to fall onto the black
cardstock and make the cards look too busy. I felt it would compete with the ink splatter, so I resisted. If
you can’t live without a little sparkle, you could always use a Wink of Stella glitter pen or something
similar to add glitter where you’d like. Thanks for joining me today!

May 13, 2022 30 comments

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TGIF – Strawberry Lemonade with Dawn

by Betsy May 6, 2022

written by Betsy

I can hardly believe it’s Friday already, but here we are! It’s May and the weeks are flying right by. Dawn is here today with some bright and cheery inspiration that has me dreaming of summer…while we’re still (not so patiently) waiting for Spring here in Iowa!

Hello there! It’s my turn to share for the TGIF post at The Greetery this week, and I’ve got strawberry lemonade on the brain for today’s cards! I’ve been wanting to pair the new Botanicuts Strawberries with the Lemon Blossom set for awhile now, and this was the perfect opportunity to do it! I also love the look of an all over background pattern, made entirely with popped up die cuts! Lots of people have made cards like this, but I hadn’t ever done it and all of these strawberries and lemons provided the perfect theme for this type of card!

Keep an eye out on my Instagram today, as I’ll be sharing a fun Reel Timelapse of making these cards!

I started out by die cutting all the strawberry elements and lemon components.
PRO TIP: A Q-tip is just right for adding a bit of ink blending along the leaf veins!

Next up, I stamped all the things! I also stamped a couple of sentiment elements for each card, using the Birthday Blooms set.

PRO TIP: Go ahead and put your adhesive on the back of all the die cuts, and then arrange everything BEFORE you start sticking it down! This gives you plenty of opportunity to arrange and rearrange until it’s a pleasing composition.

PRO TIP: This type of background works best, when the elements are sort of grouped together in little clusters, rather than everything just randomly floating, independently. See how strawberries and lemons are kind of tucked up together, as though they’re clustered? That makes it appear less confusing to the eye.

PRO TIP: For added interest, I used two different colors of red card stock for the strawberries! They don’t all have to be the same red! I also added some shading (Q-tip again!) to the lighter colored strawberries.

Thanks so much for joining us here on the blog today!

May 6, 2022 13 comments