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Hey Honey It’s Summer Release Day

by Betsy
written by Betsy

Good morning and happy Friday! The new additions to our Hey Honeycomb series introduced on the blog yesterday are coming to the shop in just a few hours. These fun new goodies will splash into the shop at 10am EDT.

Blog Hop Winners

But first we have some winners to announce from yesterday’s hop. Two lucky commenters will win all of the new products showcased yesterday from our Hey Honey It’s Summer mini collection.

If you see your comment chosen as one of our winners, please send an email to customerservice@thegreetery.com to claim your prize.

Also, our Hey Honeycomb Summer Lookbook is ready, loaded up with all of the colorful, fun projects from the team!

Thank you so much for joining us!

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Mini Release – Hey Honey, It’s Summer!

by Betsy
written by Betsy

We have a fun little surprise for you today! We get lots of requests for additions to our Hey Honeycomb series and we’re excited to bring you a few new additions to this series! Every year, we partner with the fun folks from the Nashville Craft retreat, collaborating on a class lead by the talented Erin Thompson. This year, Erin requested some new additions to our Hey Honeycomb line-up. It was fun to revisit this concept for a few new additions. They are coming to the shop tomorrow!

The team is here today to share some fun projects using these new additions, so I hope you’ll hop along with us. We’re also giving away a fun prize! Two lucky blog hop commenters will win this new bundle of products. Check out the details at the bottom of this post to hop along and comment for your chance to win!

Let’s introduce these new products…

Below is a look at the new products in our Hey Honey It’s Summer mini collection. Click on the links below each product heading for more details and information (sentiments, measurements, etc.), 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 add to cart or purchase until stock is added on Friday, May 29 at 10am EDT ).

If you’d rather watch than read, I have put together a showcase video for you!

Hey Honeycomb Crab, Seahorse, and Fish dies + Summer Sentiments

We have three new summer-themed animals to add to our Hey Honeycomb lineup. An adorably crabby crab, a sweet seahorse, and a friendly fish! Just like all of the other dies from our Hey Honeycomb series, their tummies are sized to fit a 2″ honeycomb ball. For interactive cards you’ll want to pair these dies with our previously released Hey Honeycomb Basics die. We also have a new sentiment stamp set with fun and punny sentiments to add to your projects using these dies.

Click HERE for Hey Honeycomb Crab die info ($16)
Click HERE for Hey Honeycomb Seahorse die info ($14)
Click HERE for Hey Honeycomb Fish die info ($11)
Click HERE for Hey Honeycomb Summer Sentiments stamp set info ($8)

Tricolor Tropics & Heat Wave Honeycomb Ball Mixes

We have a couple of new honeycomb ball color mixes as well! First off is a super fun set of three different tricolor ombré balls. Each ball has three different tropical colors, perfect for the new Fish or Seahorse dies. The Heat Wave set includes three shades of red/orange/coral, perfect for using with the new Crab die.

Click HERE for Honeycomb Balls Tricolor Tropics Mix info ($5.50)
Click HERE for Honeycomb Balls Heat Wave Mix info ($5.50)

Making Waves stencil, embossing folder & die

Make backgrounds that make waves with this new product suite! These fun waves come to life with the combination of a 3D embossing folder, a two-step stencil, and a coordinating die. The embossing folder and stencil can be used independently from the other products in this suite, while the die is designed to be used in combination with either the die and/or the stencil. This is a 5×7 background, but also trims down nicely to be used on A2 cards as well.

Click HERE for Making Waves stencil info ($9)
Click HERE for Making Waves embossing folder info ($14)
Click HERE for Making Waves die info ($29)

Let’s get to some projects! My craft table was a fun and happy explosion of color!

First, I just had fun creating a whole bunch of the fish, seahorses, and crabs. Some of these will get added to cards or used as tags, others are little shaped notecards.

Some of them I attached the honeycomb ball in an open position, but others I left them closed and used the Hey Honeycomb Basics die to make them look nice and sharp and ready for the recipient to open for a fun surprise. The sticky shapes were cut using the Hey Honeycomb Basics die from foam adhesive sheets. All of the fun honeycomb balls used here are from the Tricolor Tropics pack.

I also did the same with the cute crab! Some of these have the honeycomb balls already opened, so they will make fun tags, and some I left it closed and attached it to a circle-shaped base, which was created by cutting the circle from the Hey Honeycomb Basics die on the fold to create the circle-shaped folded base. Inside (and some on the outside) I stamped some sentiments from the new Hey Honeycomb Summer Sentiments set. They are just so fun!

Up next? My FAVORITE project of the day! I’ve been loving creating tunnel cards! I’ve made a few before, including the one I shared a few weeks ago using our Capsule Party Scene dies. This one is assembled in exactly the same way (I shared a video here last fall), but it’s bigger. This time I used the largest scalloped die from the Capsule Basics set instead of the smaller one from the set. Assembly concept is exactly the same.

This tunnel has three layers, just like the one I shared in the video linked above. Inside the tunnel I used the new Making Waves stencil, die, and embossing folder. I created two of the wave backgrounds, and then put one on layer #2 and the other one on layer #3 of my tunnel. I adjusted the height so that the one in front was lower and the one in back was higher (creating lots of dimension in my scene!) and just trimmed off any excess from around the edges of my Capsule Basics scalloped layer. That cutie crab is adhered to the first Making Waves layer (layer #2 in my tunnel stack). The top layer/cover of my tunnel card was made by combining again that largest scallop from the Capsule Basics set along with the smaller pinked edge and largest star border from the Capsule Star Studded Borders set.

I added some cute stamping on the accordion folds using the linear leaves from the Capsule Collection Floral Borders stamp set, and instead of putting a flower in the center, I used a small star from the new Hey Honeycomb Summer Sentiments set.

Up next is a card using that sweet seahorse.

I created a Capsule shaped base and filled it with the new Making Waves background, done with the die, stencil, and embossing folder. I cut a scalloped frame from bright blue cardstock using the Capsule Basics die (the largest scallop + the largest plain). For the flora I used an older die – Garden Tub Filler, which makes perfect seaweed!

And here’s what the little guy looks like when the honeycomb ball is opened up. What little one (or maybe big ones too!) wouldn’t love to get a fun card like this?

Finally, one last card using the new Hey Honeycomb Fish die. I used my Sweetest Frames Capsule Edition stamp set and matching die to create a frame, then filled it with a background that was created by stenciling and embossing the new Making Waves background.

I again used the Garden Tub Filler to add the plants along the bottom, and also tucked in a smattering of little stars, which I cut using the Ribbon Maker: Pinked Stars die (a quick way to cut lots of stars!). Here you can see what it looks like when the honeycomb ball is opened up. I used one from the new Tricolor Tropics pack.

That wraps up my projects using these fun new products from our Hey Honey, It’s Summer mini collection! These new products will be available in the shop tomorrow – Friday, May 29 at 10am EDT.

The Inspiration Team has been busy creating as well, and they have so much to share with you. I hope you’ll hop along…there are prizes too (of course!), read on for details…

Inspiration Team Blog Hop & Giveaway

To celebrate the release of these fun summery new products, we’ll be giving away two bundles of all of the new product introductions featured here on the blog today! **NOTE the comment deadline and winner posting time**

  • Comment here on the blog for one entry (one comment per person).
  • Comment on our Inspiration Team Members’ blogs for more entries (linked below – one comment per person, per blog)
  • Comments close Thursday, May 28 (tonight!) at 11:59pm EDT
  • Winners will be posted at 7:00 am EDT on Friday, May 29 here on the blog (a few hours before the new products go live in the shop!)

Now for the team blog links to see more projects featuring today’s new product reveals!

CALY

DANA

DAWN

KELLY

LAURA

LAURIE

LEA

MELISSA

WANDA
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Sneak Peek…Hey Honey, It’s Summer!

by Betsy
written by Betsy

Happy Wednesday afternoon! I shared a little peek on Instagram just now, but I thought I’d pop in here on the blog too to let you in on the scoop!

We have some new summer additions to our Hey Honeycomb line coming to the shop on Friday! We’ll be introducing this little guy…

and a few of his friends here on the blog tomorrow! These fun new additions (plus a super fun suite of coordinating background products) will be coming to the shop on Friday, 5/29/26 at 10am EDT.

I hope you’ll join us for the fun!

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Pretty Picado Birthday Palooza with Dawn

by Betsy
written by Betsy

Hello, friends!  It’s Dawn McVey here and it’s my turn to share a project and I decided that my birthday card stash was seriously depleted. This was the perfect time to restock, so I pulled out the recently released Pretty Picado suite of products and went to town! I had a few leftover die cuts and such on my desk after this last release, so I used some of those and whipped up a stack of quick cards that are so fun and colorful!

These cards are pretty quick to come together, thanks to these fun dies, stamps, stencils and embossing folder! I used the Pretty Picado dies to cut out the entire background on the first card. This one is SO fun because you can do any color combo you can dream up! Layer the cut piece on top of another color of card stock and BAM! Background done! On all of them, I used sentiments from Pretty Picado Sentiments. And of course, I layered the sentiment on some layers using a Capsule Basics die, topped with the smaller pinked edge die from Capsule Star Studded Borders.

For the second one, I used the Pretty Picado 3D Embossing Folder on the background and then layered up some die cuts.

PRO TIP: If you pair two of the Pretty Picado Banners die cuts end to end, you can create really pretty background layers!! Look at that fun pink scalloped border!!

PRO TIP: Also, the soft pink layer is one that I cut with one of the Capsule Star Studded Borders. I used the star border on another project but this negative piece also makes a fun and interesting layer when added to a card with lots of other things going on!

More of the same goodies here, as well as one of the Pretty Picado Borders dies used at the bottom.

For this one next one, I layered up two of the borders and ran one of them through the die cutting machine with the 3D embossing folder, too! So pretty!

PRO TIP: I made sure to allow enough space for each of the borders to really be able to be seen, without them distracting from each other if they’d been stacked too closely. ALSO, I let the smaller one hang over the edge of the card, clear away from the card base, so that the white base didn’t show through just part of that border detail and detract from the design being clearly visible. Those pretty borders needed to really be able to sing!

On the last two, I used the Pretty Picado stencils to create the backgrounds. You can really play with color combinations with those! And goodness, there are still a zillion other cards I could have made with these products, but that’s all I had time for today.

I hope they’ve given you some fun inspiration! Who needs to beef up their birthday card stash now?

Have a great day!
Dawn

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Sweet Land of Liberty Card with Wanda

by Betsy
written by Betsy

Hi creative and crafty friends! It’s Wanda here today on The Greetery Blog. Hope you are having a great Spring and that everything is awesome in your craft room! As now it’s May and soon to be Summer, my mind turns to Summer occasions! Most of all, in the Summer, I love a patriotic theme. I love  the 4th of July, picnics, fireworks, gingham…. And this year, 4th of July will be extra special as we celebrate America’s 250th birthday! I was in Junior High School when it was the Bicentennial and it was so fun to celebrate! The Greetery has THE BEST Americana supplies and I wanted to create a pretty and patriotic card to share with you today. I used cream, deep red, and navy blue with pops of gold for my color palette… 

My finished card is an A2 Kraft card base, layered with navy and then a cream panel. My card features LOTS of Americana supplies: the Stars and Stripes Bow, the Wave the Flag Dies, and the gorgeous Land of Liberty Stamp Set. I started by die cutting out all my pieces – the flag, the bow, the stars and the crest (Crest No. 1). I assembled the flag and the bow and gently inked the edges with Antique Linen Distress Ink.

I inked around the edges of the cream panel to make it look a bit vintage/aged. I put the flag die cut onto the card first, starting at the bottom left corner. I stamped and heat embossed the sentiment and attached it to the crest. I attached the crest over the flag portion using foam adhesive. Then I glued the bow at the top of the crest. (More is MORE!) I added the Star Struck die to the card and then sprinkled the extra stars around the card. I finished up with gold paint splatters and a few red gems!

That’s it for my project for today! I hope you have an awesome and creative day! Wishing you all the best as we get ready for Summer creating! It’s my pleasure to share with you every month. Happy Birthday America! Blessings to you and your families. I will see you soon… In the meantime, happy crafting! XO Wanda

SUPPLIES:
Star Struck Die
Crest No 1 Die
Wave The Flag Border Die
Stars and Stripes Bow Die
Land of Liberty Stamp Set and Die
Cream, Red, Blue cardstocks
Gold glitter paper
Gold paint
Gold heat embossing supplies
Antique Linen Distress Ink
Stitched Rectangle Die

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Dainty Scallops & Florals with Laurie

by Betsy
written by Betsy

Hello Greetery friends!  It’s Laurie Willison here! I have a die from The Greetery that I absolutely adore. (For the record, there are way more than just this ONE die that I adore…) But  I want to make every card using this die.  I just love the A2 Stitched Scallops.  The largest of the 3 makes the perfect sized card and gives each card base the most pretty little details…just in the scallops themselves!  So today’s card was completely built around the scalloped card base.  

I knew I wanted a little detail in the background, which I know is not like me at all, so I pulled out the Spring Meadow Background stamp.  I stamped it in a pale pink ink and cut it down to fit right inside the scallops.  After adding a piece of fun foam behind the panel, I added it to the card base. I stamped part of the sentiment on the card panel in black ink and then stamped and die cut the hello from Scripted Sentiments stamp set and matching die.  I die cut a piece of fun foam to back the sentiment and then added it to the card base.  Using the Bigger Botanicals: Hawthorn dies, I added a little coordinating blooms to the card front, just under the sentiment. 

You know I love clean and simple with lots of white space but I always love to share a few tips for adding in more detail or in this case changing up the card details:

I am so glad you stopped by today and I hope you enjoyed today’s project!  If you are inspired to create a clean and simple card, please tag me when you share over on Instagram! I love to see all your creations!  

IG @laurie_willison 

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Happy Day Flower Basket Card with Dana

by Betsy
written by Betsy

Hello Friends! It’s Dana here today and I am back with a card to share with you all. I pulled out some of my favorite dies that I wanted to use again, and created a springtime bouquet that can be used for lots of different occasions. Let’s get started…

I started my card by die cutting my basket with the Market Basket dies. I then used the Market Basket Sentiment stamp set to stamp my sentiment onto the label die. Next, I used the Bigger Botanicals: Cress and Soapwort dies along with the Botanicuts: Wildflower Mix dies to create my florals and foliage. I die cut all of the pieces from solid cardstock and assembled the floral stems.  

Next, I cut my card panel down to size and added a few black splatters with some black craft paint. I then attached my basket to the card panel with foam adhesive. Lastly, I added my floral stems into the basket with a mixture of foam adhesive and liquid glue to create a springtime bouquet. 

Thanks for joining me today and I hope I inspired you to create a springtime bouquet of your own. 

Enjoy your day,

Dana

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Release Day + Anniversary Sale Details!

by Betsy
written by Betsy

Good morning and happy release day! The day has arrived for the new products we’ve been showcasing over the past week to arrive in the shop!

When the new products become available in the shop today at 10am EDT, our anniversary sale will go live as well!

A few sale details to note…

  • Please check your cart! 🙂 Due to the anticipated order volume, orders can not be added to, changed, combined, or cancelled once placed to ensure that we are able to process orders as quickly as possible to get everyone’s new goodies on their way ASAP!
  • If you find that you’ve made an error when placing your order, you would need to place a second order for any additional items you’d like, or use our standard return process to return any unwanted items. We will not be able to combine orders placed during the sale period.
  • Rewards discounts can not be combined with the sale discount.
  • Orders can not be combined to reach the higher discount tier.
  • Sale begins at 10am EDT on Thursday, May 14 and ends at 11:59pm on Friday, May 15. Sale discount does not apply to orders placed outside of the sale times. The discount automatically ends when the sale ends, so keep in mind that checkout must be completed by the cut-off time.

Giveaway Winners!

Now for some giveaway winners! If you see your comment below as one of our winners, please send an email to customerservice@thegreetery.com!

First up are our SEVEN $100 gift card winners from our Day 1 hop…

Next, we have our TWO complete Fête & Fiesta Collection Bundle winners from our Day 2 hop!

Fête & Fiesta Lookbooks

Last, but not least, our Fête & Fiesta Lookbooks are ready for your viewing pleasure! All of the beautiful projects from the team sorted and ready to inspired your projects!

Thank you so much for joining us for the fun this week…and the last seven (7!!) years! We are so thankful you are here with us…it is your support that spurs us on, keeps us creating, and able to do what we love! Thank you!!! ❤️

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Fête & Fiesta Collection Showcase Day 2

by Betsy
written by Betsy

Thank you for joining us for Day 2 of product introductions and our 7th Anniversary celebration! In addition to more fun product intros, we have an awesome prize you’re not going to want to miss a chance on, so make sure to check that out near the bottom of this post!

I’m excited to introduce the rest of the new products from our Fête & Fiesta collection. These new products will be available in the shop on Thursday, May 14 at 10am EDT!

Also, Laurie Willison will be hosting a Youtube Live craft & chat. If you’d like to see the new products, ask questions, etc, Laurie will be going Live on Wednesday evening 5/13 (that’s TONIGHT!) at 8pm EDT / 7pm CDT on our Youtube channel.

Now for today’s new product intros!

In case you’d like to watch rather than read, I put together a showcase video with all of today’s product introductions, as well as a show and tell with all of the project shown here on the blog today. I share lots more info and details on the products and projects!

Below is a look at the rest of the new products in our Fête & Fiesta collection. Click on the links below each product heading for more details and information (sentiments, measurements, etc.), 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 add to cart or purchase until stock is added on Thursday, May 14 at 10am EDT ).

Capsule Party Scene

The Capsule Party Scene dies coordinates with our Capsule series and are a fun and easy way to create layered scenes! If you loved the layered scene concept of our previously released Capsule Cameos Autumn set, you’ll love these new dies with a similar concept but with a party twist! The coordinating stencil makes it easy to add color to the banners and balloons.

Click HERE for Capsule Party Scene die info ($35)
Click HERE for Capsule Party Scene stencil info ($12)

Capsule Collection Celebration Borders & Star Studded Borders

We have a few more additions to our Capsule series! A set of border stamps featuring stars and confetti, done in the same manner as our previously released Capsule Borders stamp sets. We also have a new set of Capsule border dies…this one with a mix of stars and pinked-edge borders. The pinked-edge dies in this set are the same size as the scalloped dies from the Capsule Basics set, giving you a less feminine option!

Click HERE for Capsule Collection Celebration Borders stamp set info ($16)
Click HERE for Capsule Star Studded Borders die info ($26)

For the Ages

This is one for the ages…literally! Our For the Ages product suite features fun polka-dotted, generously-sized numbers. The design can be used as a background, or can be cut apart into individual numbers using the For the Ages die. which cuts out the embossed numbers, or can act as a base for the Details die (or stencil!). Using the flame included in the coordinating die, these numbers can be turned into candles, inspired by the classic cake-topper candles we all know and love! The coordinating stencil will allow you to add color to your designs, or can be used as a stand-alone background as well. 

Click HERE for For the Ages embossing folder info ($14)
Click HERE for For the Ages stencil info ($12)
Click HERE for For the Ages die info ($25)
Click HERE for For the Ages Details die info ($22)

Laid Back Basics

We’ve released a few other sets in this font (our Silly Goose Sentiments and French Kiss Sentiments), and we’ve heard you loud and clear that you love this font as much as we do! We’re excited to bring you Laid Back Basics…a sentiment set in this wonderfully casual (yet somehow still a tiny bit elegant) font that covers all of your most-created-for occasions! It’s one of those sets that might need a permanent spot on your craft desk.

Click HERE for Laid Back Basics stamp set info ($19)
Click HERE for Laid Back Basics die info ($27)

Now for some projects!

This first one is one of my favorites from the release! You may remember the tunnel card I created last fall when our Capsule products were very first released, using the Capsule Cameos Autumn set. I couldn’t wait to create another one, this time for a fun birthday card using the new Capsule Party Scene dies and stencils!

The construction for this card was done exactly like the autumn version, so if you’d like to create your own, you can follow along with this video and just swap out the autumn scene for these Party Scene dies. I paired them here with the smaller scallop die that’s included in our Capsule Basics set, but you could do this same thing with the new pinked-edge die in the new Capsule Star Studded Borders die.

I added a stamped star frame to the front using the new Capsule Celebration Borders stamp set and cut it with the Capsule Fixed Borders Small die. I also added a fun number candle to the scene, which was of course created with our new For the Ages die, embossing folder, and Details die. I added a pop of red to the polka dots using the For the Ages stencil. I also used the confetti stencil from the For the Ages set to add some fun confetti details to the accordion folds. The happy birthday sentiment is from our new Laid Back Basics stamp set, cut with the matching die.

Next up is another fun card using the new Capsule Party Scene dies and stencil. This time I added our adorable Silly Goose, he’s all decked out for the party with his party hat and balloons (these are also from the Silly Goose die).

For this one, I created a small Capsule-shaped card using the smaller scalloped die from the Capsule Basics to cut the outer scallops around the Capsule Party Scene dies. I used just two of the Party Scene dies – one of the banners plus the balloon/star layer. The sentiment here is once again from the new Laid Back Basics stamp set and matching die.

Next I have a handful of projects that dig a little deeper into our For the Ages product suite!

First up is a super bright and fun 5×7 card that uses the For the Ages embossing folder and matching stencil to create a fun background. Over my background I layered a panel of red, from which I cut the largest plain oval from the Capsule Basics die as well as some corner accents using one of the dies from the Pretty Picado Blooms die that was introduced yesterday. I also added a star border, cut from gold mirror cardstock using the largest star border from the new Capsule Star Studded Borders set.

For the focal point, I used the For the Ages die, embossing folder and Details die to create those cute number candles. I again used the stencil to add more color to the polka dots, and also added the flames (there are flames in both the For the Ages die as well as the Details die). My numbers are layered over a pinked-edge capsule shape that was cut using the smallest shape from the Star Studded Borders set. I used another one of the Laid Back Basics sentiments, again cut with the matching die. I love these sentiments and they are going to get used over and over!

Next is a fun and happy birthday card that you could create for anyone under the sun! I diecut all of the For the Ages numbers using the For the Ages die, then embossed them with the matching embossing folder. I also cut a bunch of the number details using the Details die and embossed those as well so they had the fun polka dots. I just used a mix of scraps in all kinds of colors, and arranged them on an A2 card base until I was happy with the placement.

Some of them I stenciled to add color to the polka dots, but some I left plain. For some reason, this card reminds me of a vintage scrap quilt! I love the bright colors and pop of red around the border, which was done using our Frosted Frames die, which is an older die, but one I still reach for over and over for those cute scallops! The sentiment here was just done by adding the “happy birthday” banner from one of the dies included in the new Market Place Celebration Street die. I also added some little bits of confetti, which were cut using the For the Ages die.

Last, but not least, a fun and happy graduation card using the new For the Ages suite and the new Capsule Star Studded Borders.

For this Capsule-shaped card, I turned our capsule shape on its side, which I don’t know if I’ve done before, but it’s just as fun! It’s perfect for adding these fun numbers, which were diecut with the For the Ages die, embossed with the matching embossing folder, and added some interior color details using the Details die. The congrats sentiment is from the new Laid Back Basics set, and the “graduate” sentiment is from the new Capsule Celebration Borders stamp set. The light blue pinked-edge base as well as the star borders were cut with the new Star Studded Borders die.

That wraps up my projects showcasing all of the new products from our new Fête & Fiesta collection! The new collection goes up in the shop tomorrow, Thursday, May 14 at 10am EDT.

The Inspiration Team has been busy creating as well, and they have so much to share with you. I hope you’ll hop along…there are prizes too (of course!), read on for details…

Inspiration Team Blog Hop & Giveaway

To celebrate our 7th Anniversary,we’ll be giving away TWO complete bundles of our new Fête & Fiesta collection for today’s blog hop! **NOTE the comment deadline and winner posting time**

  • Comment here on the blog for one entry (one comment per person).
  • Comment on our Inspiration Team Members’ blogs for more entries (linked below – one comment per person, per blog)
  • Comments close Wednesday, May 13 at 11:59pm EDT
  • Winners will be posted at 7:00 am EDT on Thursday, May 14 here on the blog (a few hours before the new products go live in the shop!)

Now for the team blog links to see more projects featuring today’s new product reveals!

CALY

DANA

DAWN

KELLY

LAURA

LAURIE

LEA

MELISSA

WANDA
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Fête & Fiesta Collection Showcase Day 1

by Betsy
written by Betsy

Hello and welcome! We have new products to introduce to you today, AND it’s the first day of our 7th Anniversary celebration, which means we have an extra fun giveaway for today’s blog hop! Make sure you check out the details at the end of this post for how you can hop along and enter to win one of seven (7!!) $100 gift cards!

I’m so excited to get to introduce some of the new products from our Fête & Fiesta collection. These new products will be available in the shop on Thursday, May 14 at 10am EDT. We’ll be showcasing all of the new products here on the blog today and tomorrow before they go up in the shop.

Also, Laurie Willison will be hosting a Youtube Live craft & chat. If you’d like to see the new products, ask questions, etc, Laurie will be going Live on Wednesday evening 5/13 at 8pm EDT / 7pm CDT on our Youtube channel.

Now for today’s new product intros!

In case you’d like to watch rather than read, I put together a showcase video with all of today’s product introductions, as well as a show and tell with all of the project shown here on the blog today. I share more info and details on the products and project in the video than I can possibly type here!

Below is a look at some of the new products in our Fête & Fiesta collection. Click on the links below each product heading for more details and information (sentiments, measurements, etc.), 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 add to cart or purchase until stock is added on Thursday, May 14 at 10am EDT ).

Pretty Picado Suite

We have another suite of products designed to coordinate with our Capsule line! Our Pretty Picado suite was inspired by Mexican folk art paper cuttings called papel picado, which feature intricate designs cut from colorful paper. It will turn your Capsule products into a paper fiesta! This product suite is filled with so many fun mix and match products, including an embossing folder, stencil, sentiment stamps and dies, and more. There are 10 mix and match products in this jumbo suite and we’re excited to show you all of the possibilities!

Click HERE for Pretty Picado die info ($21)
Click HERE for Pretty Picado Sentiments stamp set info ($16)
Click HERE for Pretty Picado Sentiments die info ($6)
Click HERE for Pretty Picado Cut-Away Sentiments die info ($6)
Click HERE for Pretty Picado Banners die info ($17)
Click HERE for Pretty Picado Borders die info ($16)
Click HERE for Pretty Picado Blooms die info ($18)
Click HERE for Pretty Picado embossing folder info ($14)
Click HERE for Pretty Picado Background stamp info ($18)
Click HERE for Pretty Picado stencil info ($15)

Market Place Celebration Street

A block party is coming to Market Place! These fun new additions to our Market Place series expand on the series and are perfect for birthdays, grads, and more. The die set includes window flower boxes, balloons, a tiny bike, and several celebratory banners. The stamp set includes celebration-themed shop names, some of which are a little bit cheeky (Over the Hill Bike Shop, Father Time & Sons Clock Shop 😆), and a whole lot of fun!

Click HERE for Market Place Celebration Street die info ($22)
Click HERE for Market Place Celebration Street stamp set info ($8)

Arch Box Mini die

We have a new mini version of our popular Arch Box (previously available in Large and Small)! This mini version coordinates wonderfully with our Market Place Mini building dies. As another option, it’s a great size for pairing with the new Pretty Picado Cut-Away sentiments dies introduced above!

Click HERE for Arch Box Mini die info ($14)

I have so many projects to share with you!

First, a few projects using the new Market Place Celebration Street die and stamp set paired with the previously released Market Place dies.

It was so fun to deck out the original Market Place No 1, No 2, and No. 3 dies with these new details…fun banners, flower boxes, balloon clusters, and of course that tiny little bicycle! This one uses Market Place No. 3…

And this one uses Market Place No. 2…

And Market Place No. 3. These are all shaped cards created by cutting the building base “on the fold” from a piece of folded cardstock to create the shaped base, then topping it off with a colorful and embellished house on the front of the shaped card base.

Next are some adorable little house boxes made with the new Arch Box Mini, Market Place Celebration Street die, and the previously released Market Place Mini die. These are so fun and happy, and perfect for little treats like chocolates, lip balm, etc!

I talk a little about this in the showcase video as well, but I shortened two of the three Market Place Mini buildings to feel more well-proportioned for the Arch Box Mini. This is simple to do by just trimming off the bottom. For the building with the square-step top I used the full three-window height, but for the other two I omitted a window or two just by trimming off the bottom.

Before assembling the boxes I also decided to add some decorative cut-outs to the sides of the boxes using some of the dies from the new Pretty Picado Blooms die. I love that special little touch!

Next up, I have oodles of projects using the new Pretty Picado suite. I could not stop exploring all of the fun mix and match options with this product suite! Combined with the basics from our Capsule series and you could experiment for days!

First up is a rather simple to do card. It looks intricate, but it’s actually very simple! I used outer border from the Pretty Picado die and used the Capsule Fixed Border Large die to cut it out, then popped it up on a second border that I cut from yellow cardstock and did not cut using the Pretty Picdo die, just leaving it solid instead. I layered these two borders over a background that was stamped with the new Pretty Picado Background stamp. Inside, I placed a yellow Capsule diecut that was embossed with the Pretty Picado embossing folder and also has the Hello Cut-Away Sentiment cut from it. I stamped the rest of the sentiment phrase using the Pretty Picado Sentiments stamp set.

This next shaped card uses all three of the dies from the Pretty Picado die to create these intricate cuts. I cut solid backers using the Capsule Basics die and went for some bright, happy cardstock colors. It looks like waaaay more work than it actually was!

I did also emboss the red layer peeking through the center panel using the Pretty Picado embossing folder so the embossed areas kind of pop up and peek through the diecut. I love how that looks! To position the die properly to create this effect, you can emboss a scrap of cardstock and use it as an alignment guide for getting your dies into the right place so it will match up with the embossing. OR you can wing it (haha! which is what I did) – centering those Picado detail cuts inside the curve of the Capsule shape isn’t hard to do and it ended up being almost perfectly in place. 🙂

I had so much fun playing with COLOR on my project for this release. I love soft pastels, but sometimes you just gotta bust out all the colors! This next project suite uses a warm color palette of oranges, pinks, and yellows for an ensemble of birthday cards, tags, etc, that would be perfect for a summery birthday.

First off is the card…this is a 5×7 card that uses the Pretty Picado Background stamp (outer orange and inner yellow), the Pretty Picado Embossing folder (outer border), the Pretty Picado Sentiments stamp set (flowers, flourishes, and sentiments), the Blooms die, and the Sentiments die. I also snuck in a Capsule Filigree Border, cut from orange cardstock, and nested it inside the embossed border.

I also made a couple of pretty matching tags.

The orange one uses some of the banners from the Market Place Celebration Street die and a Cut-Away Sentiment die. The pink one uses the center elements from the Pretty Picado die (layered over an embossed piece), a sentiment from the Picado Sentiments stamp set (cut with the Sentiments die), and the previously released Regency Bow No. 1 to top it off.

And a little shaped notecard to finish off this little ensemble! The blooms were done with a mix of the Pretty Picado stamp set and Blooms die. The shaped base was of course created with the Capsule Basics die. The embossed rings on the yellow layer were done with the Capsule Basics embossing folder and I also added in a Capsule Filigree Border cut from dark pink cardstock.

Next up are some more Mini Arch Boxes, this time using the Pretty Picado Blooms die and the Pretty Picado Cut Away Sentiments die to cut some cute accents and sentiments cut directly from the boxes before assembly.

When cutting details like this from the boxes you can choose to leave them open, or if you’d prefer that the contents not show you can always back it with a piece of cardstock or vellum…using a contrasting color adds a fun touch, too!

After all those summer-hot colors, it’s time to cool things down with this next project suite, this time using calm and cool shades of blue and green.

Let’s take a look at the larger card first. This one uses the Pretty Picado stencil to create that pretty multi-color border. I cut it using the Capsule Large Fixed border. The result is the larger border which I used here, and also the interior, which I put to use on a smaller A2-sized card. It’s like a two-for-one deal! The sentiments were stamped using the Pretty Picado Sentiments stamp set and cut with the matching Sentiments die. Inside that pretty stenciled frame is a capsule diecut that was also stamped with the Picado Background stamp (stamped in green ink onto blue cardstock). I added some flowers using the stamp set and Blooms die. The base was cut using a new die you’ll be seeing more of tomorrow…pinked edges for our Capsule shapes!

The smaller A2-sized card uses the interior of the stenciled panel that was left over from the outer border in the card above. I diecut the “for you” sentiment using the Pretty Picado Cut Away Sentiments die. I also used the Pretty Picado die combined with the Capsule Fixed Border Small die to cut the light blue border. The pinked base was again done using the die I mentioned that you’ll be seeing more of tomorrow!

My next few project ensembles take the Pretty Picado suite in a bit of a different direction…this next one is still very colorful, but a little softer, with more of a vintage, lacy vibe, which I can never resist.

The card is a 5×7 card that starts with the Picado Background stamp, stamped in green ink onto a light blue background. Then I embossed a Large Capsule Fixed Border using the Pretty Picado embossing folder. Have you ever looked at the embossing and thought that the back, debossed side is just as pretty as the front? Me too! I decided to go for it here and use it that way! Inside that pretty debossed frame is a Capsule shape that was cut using the Pretty Picado die. Layered over the top is a Capsule Filigree Border (cut from orange), and a cluster of flowers created with our Bigger Botanicals Hawthorn die. The sentiment banner was done with the Rosemal Reflections Setiments stamp set and die (or the banner from the Tangled Tulips die as they are the same).

I also created a couple of smaller A2-sized Capsule shaped cards to coordinate. That is one of my very favorite things about the Capsule product suite…with almost everything you diecut you end up with extra pieces to use on more projects…the green here is the leftover from the inside of that pretty embossed border on the 5×7 card, and the orange is left from one of the proejcts I shared above. It’s like mix and match heaven!

And finally, this little project suite is finished off with some mini notecards created with the new Pretty Picado Banners die. These banners can of course be strung together to create traditional banners that can be used for party decor, but they are also perfect for little notecards, tags, card fronts, you name it. I cut them on the fold here to create the shaped bases, then topped them off with a colored diecut. Three of them also use one of the interior dies from the main Pretty Picado die, and the orange one uses the Cut Away Sentiments die to cut the word “happy”. The “just for you” stamp sentiments are from the Simple Holiday Sentiments set, and the “birthday” is from the Pretty Picado Sentiments stamp set.

We started this post with an explosion of color, but we’re going to end it with the softest of soft color palettes…white on white and a touch of gold for an elegant wedding card and tag suite…

First the card…it’s easy peasy, but so much gorgeousness compared to the amount of effort. Gotta love that. It starts with a shaped base, cut with the Capsule Basics die. I then embossed that white scalloped Capsule Basics diecut using the Basics embossing folder. I love how it embosses those rings for that pretty border to just nestle right into. For the border, I diecut the outer border from the Pretty Picado die, and cut it out using the Capsule Large Fixed Border, then cut a second fixed border from gold mirror cardstock, popping up the detailed cut with foam for lots of dimension. The center is just a Capsule diecut which was embossed with the Pretty Picado folder. The sentiment was stamped and heat embosssed with gold powder. Don’t be afraid to mix shades of cream and white! It’s subtle, elegant, and gorgeous!

And finally, the matching tag! The base layer was created by cutting two of the more rectangular Pretty Picado Banners. I glued them together by overlapping the line of holes, then topped it off with a Capsule Basics diecut which was embossed with the Picado embossing folder. The diecut flowers were cut with the Bigger Botanicals Soapwort die, and the tag is topped off with a Regency Bow No 1.

That wraps up my projects for today, but we’ll be back tomorrow with more product reveals and projects before the new collection goes up in the shop on Thursday, May 14 at 10am EDT.

The Inspiration Team has been busy creating as well, and they have so much to share with you. I hope you’ll hop along…there are prizes too (of course!), read on for details…

Inspiration Team Blog Hop & Giveaway

To celebrate our 7th Anniversary,we’ll be giving away SEVEN $100 gift cards for today’s blog hop. **NOTE the comment deadline and winner posting time**

  • Comment here on the blog for one entry (one comment per person).
  • Comment on our Inspiration Team Members’ blogs for more entries (linked below – one comment per person, per blog)
  • Comments close Wednesday, May 13 at 11:59pm EDT
  • Winners will be posted at 7:00 am EDT on Thursday, May 14 here on the blog (a few hours before the new products go live in the shop!)

Now for the team blog links to see more projects featuring today’s new product reveals!

CALY

DANA

DAWN

KELLY

LAURA

LAURIE

LEA

MELISSA

WANDA
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