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!
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!
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!
Happy Friday! Angelica is here today with some bright and beautiful mother’s day cards! It’s coming quick…this weekend would be a great time to finish up those Mother’s Day cards and Angelica’s projects might be just the inspiration you need to get finished (or started!) 🙂
The month of May is a busy one in my household. Not only is there three birthdays (my daughter’s, my step mom’s, and mine!), there’s also Mother’s Day. I thought I would make a couple Mother’s Day cards to share today, using some products I haven’t pulled out in a while.
I picked Lovely Blossoms stamp set to work with. I die-cut white card stock first with the coordinating dies, then I stamped the layered images. I used a variety of Distress oxide inks, and finger daubers to ink the stamp. While I was stamping, I started thinking about card designs. Since I had a lot of images to use, I decided my first card would be a floral frame. Once the frame was made, I set aside the last of the flowers left over for a second card.
I already had All Kinds Of Happy words die-cut from the last time I used the die set, so I pulled out the unused words and picked two for the cards. I also remembered there was a Mother’s Day stamp in Sentiment Squared stamp set, so I grabbed that stamp set, too. for my first card, I stamped Mother’s Day onto white card stock, and die-cut it with PreText Banner die. I glued the swirly Happy onto the card front, and added the banner with foam squares to finish the card.
For the second card, I pulled out a couple more products. I wanted to bring in a bit more black, so I stamped a black Painterly Stripes Background onto a card base. I also die-cut a small white Postal Frame, And stamped Mother’s Day at the bottom. Once I attached the frame to the card, I arranged the flowers, used glue to attach them to the panel, and added the word Happy with foam squares.
I wouldn’t have thought to use black on Mother’s Day cards, but I’m glad I did. The black is so striking next to the bright flowers. That’s all that I have for today. I hope I was able to pass on some creative ideas your way!
Happy Friday! Dana is here with some beautiful inspiration to finish out your week and bring on the weekend! The wedding and bridal shower season is here…in fact, I’m hosting a bridal shower tomorrow for two nieces (sisters!) getting married in a few months, so Dana’s project is extra inspiring to me today! Swapping out the sentiment makes this a great card for lots of other occasions as well. Let’s check it out…
Hi friends! It’s Dana here today and I am so excited to be sharing a project for this week’s TGIF. Our family has been invited to a few weddings and showers this spring, so I thought today’s post would be the perfect time to create a card for these special occasions.
I started my card by creating my bouquet with the gorgeous Flower Market Bouquet stamp and die set. Once I stamped my bouquet I used the individual tulip stamps and dies to stamp the two aqua blooms. I then popped the individual tulips up with foam adhesive before attaching them to the bouquet.
For my basket, I used the Market Basket die set. I die cut the basket from gold cardstock that I had in my stash. I then added a little light pink ink to the liner and ruffle before assembling my basket. Lastly, I used the Market Basket Sentiments stamp set to stamp my sentiment. I love the little label holder that is included with the dies.
Next, I used the Fond of Foliage background stamp to create my card panel. I trimmed my panel down to 3.25 x 5.75 inches and attached it to a mini slimline card base. To finish my card I attached my basket and bouquet with foam adhesive for added dimension.
Thanks for joining me today and I hope you enjoyed my card. I love how by just chaining the sentiment these sets can be used for so many occasions.
Enjoy your day,
Dana
Happy Friday! Besides our usual dose of Friday inspiration, we have a fun announcement for today’s TGIF! I’m so excited to have Melissa Phillips joining our Inspiration Team! I’ve had the pleasure of working with Melissa for many years over the course of our crafting adventures. Her lovely, shabby style never waivers. She manages make each one of her creations very special – always so many details to explore with the layers, textures, and techniques she incorporates into her projects. We’re excited to have her join us, and she’s kicking things off with a gorgeous project in her signature style…
Hi there! Melissa Phillips here and I’m so happy to be joining The Greetery for their TGIF feature. I love this time of year and all of the happy occasions to create for, including spring birthdays. My card today celebrates spring and the birthday of someone very special to me. Let’s get started!
The Jumbo Jar die has my heart and I thought it would make the most perfect birthday card filled with something sweet such as flowers from the Container Garden Stamp Set. Fresh flowers, fresh air, happiness, friendship, and a birthday…what could be sweeter?
I had to try my hand at a softly tinted pink glass jar and love how it turned out. I cut my window from the center of the jar and added Speckled Egg Distress ink to create an iridescent, clear shade of blue behind my tiny flower garden. I love the happy, plump daisies and assorted flowers and stamped them in a variety of colors to symbolize a celebration.
I added a tiny happy birthday banner near the bottom of my jar using the Cake Pops Banner die and a sentiment from the Cake Pops Sentiments stamp set. I love the size of both the banner and sentiments and find that they are a great way to add a sentiment that doesn’t detract from the focal point of my card, they just compliment my design.
Glitter cardstock is my go-to for any metallic accents I use on my cards, so I used a rose gold glitter cardstock for the die cut jar lid on this card. Behind my jar, I used the Frosted Frames die to bring in a soft frame around my birthday jar. I love the soft scallops that frame in my focal point just perfectly.
Thanks so much for joining me and happy creating!
Melissa
THE GREETERY supplies used:
Stamps:
Cake Pops Sentiments
Container Garden
DIES:
Cake Pops Banner
Container Garden
Jumbo Jar
Frosted Frames
Other:
Patterned paper, adhesive gems, glitter cardstock, ribbon, Stickles glitter, ink
Hey, happy Friday! It’s time for a little dose of inspiration, courtesy of Laurie!
Hi there friends! It’s Laurie here, stopping in with this week’s TGIF. Spring is in the air and I am so ready! We have several spring camping trips planned and I can’t wait to get out and enjoy the sun and, of course, to see everything turn green and colorful! For the occasion, I created a clean and simple spring card using the new Print Shop: Spring Mix. The many color combos that can be used with this set are endless and can create so many gorgeous looks!
To create today’s card, I used the large Spring Mix die with plain white cardstock and then used a sticky mat to hold the negative and main die cut together. Doing it this way made it easy to line up the stencils and blend each layer in until the full image was complete.
Using a white card base, I scored ½” around the front to create my go to detail on a clean and simple card. I love how the scored frame adds a fun little finishing detail to a card base. Next, I cut 1” off the bottom of the floral image just so it would sit a bit lower on the card front. Using Glossy Accents, I added in a center to several of the flowers and then popped it up on the card front with foam tape. To finish off the card, I used the hello from Opposites Attract to add in the black sentiment. Super simple!
Hope you enjoyed today’s project. Thanks so much for coming by!
Hi there and happy TGIF! I’m here with some graduation inspiration today + a Sale! I pulled out my Year In, Year Out: 2022 products to create a couple of graduation cards. We’re also running a Flash Sale on these items now through Monday! The 50% off sale includes our Year In, Year Out 2022 die, stencil, and hot foil. Perfect for creating customized grad cards, announcements, and favors. Click HERE to shop!
With a daughter (and a niece!) graduating from high school this year, I know I’m going to be needing some pretty grad cards, so I thought today’s TGIF post was the perfect chance to get to work on those. I pulled out my Year In, Year Out: 2022 die and set to work. This die is perfect for grad cards for guys or gals with the stars and swirls, but I wanted to girly it up a little since my daughter always loves pretty, feminine things.
I started by diecutting the Year In, Year out die from black cardstock. I pulled out my Bold Numbers dies to cut the numbers to layer over the top. I thought it would be pretty to make them in a couple of different metallic colors, so I pulled out some metallic mirror cardstocks (Gold and Rose Gold from The Cardstock Warehouse).
To add a feminine touch, I pulled out my Print Shop: Spring Mix set and used the individual 3-petal blooms from that set to add a cascade of blooms to my 2022 diecut. For the gold version I made my flowers yellow using Antique Linen Oxide ink, and for the Rose Gold version I make pink flowers using Tattered Rose ink. I also added some dotted details to the flower centers using a black pen, and dots to the petals using white and gold metallic pens.
To make these feel even more special, I created my card bases from a heavy-weight vellum. To give a little added stability, I “wrapped” the bottom edges of my card base with a strip of kraft cardstock that I scored in half to fold around and enclose the bottom edges. It gives the vellum a little more sturdiness, and also gives a nice finishing touch. Last but not least, the small sentiments stamped on the banner were done with the Year In, Year Out Sentiments, heat embossed with white powder.
Since the cards are made of vellum, I wanted to make the insides pretty as well. I added a strip of kraft cardstock stenciled with the 2022 from our Year In, Year Out stencil set, and stamped a “congratulations” sentiment, which is from the Holding Hands set.
Thanks for joining me today and have a wonderful weekend!
Happy Friday, friends! I hope you had a wonderful week. Wanda is here today with some beautiful inspiration as we head into the weekend!
Hi crafty friends! I’m so happy to be joining you here today on The Greetery Blog for TGIF! It’s always my pleasure to share a project with you! Spring is here, and Easter is not far away, so I’m sharing a classic themed Easter card made with beautiful Stargazer Lilies and a pretty Cathedral window. The idea for this card has been in my head since Christmas when the awesome Cathedral die was released! I’m happy to bring the idea to life and share with you.
My finished card is an A2 size, made from woodgrain cardstock. I die cut the cathedral window from woodgrain cardstock as well. For the window, I backed the die cut with vellum and then attached it over yellow cardstock to have a lit from within glow.
I die cut the Lilies and Palms dies from Bristol cardstock. I used blender brushes and Distress Inks to add color and depth to the petals. After the ink was dry, I used a Copic Marker to add the streaks of the petals. The stamens were colored with Copic Markers. The leaves were colored with Distress Inks and blender brushes in two shades of green. I used two large lilies and one small lily to make my floral spray. The flowers are attached with foam squares, then I tucked the leaves in last.
I layered everything onto the card and then glued on the sentiment at an angle. The sentiment was die cut twice out of gold glitter paper. I glued the two die cuts together to make a slightly thicker sentiment. I added some clear droplets, as the final step, to look like water drops.
That’s it for me this time! I hope you have a wonderful Spring season, and a great weekend! Until I see you again, happy crafting! XO Wanda
The Greetery SUPPLIES:
Botanicuts Lily die
Botanicuts Palm die
Cathedral Die
Let’s Have a Word: Easter Die
OTHER:
Woodgrain Cardstock
Vellum
Gold Glitter Cardstock
Bristol Cardstock
Gold watercolor paint
Distress Inks
Copic Markers
Clear Droplets
Blender Brushes
Happy Friday! Thank you so much for joining us for the release fun this week! Kelly is here with some extra new-release inspiration. Before we get to her amazing project for today, just a note about next week…
Just a note that we’ll be heading out for a bit of a spring break getaway the week of March 21-25. Orders will still be shipping out during this time, but please allow an extra day or two for processing time as staff is limited. Response to customer service inquiries will be limited. Thank you for your understanding!
Now let’s get to Kelly’s beautiful project…
Hello and welcome! It’s Kelly here for this week’s TGIF feature! I feel lucky to be here so soon after the new release! There’s so much to love about this beautiful new spring release, don’t you think? I felt like the previously released Cathedral Die and stencil set was begging to be included in showcasing the new products, so that is where my card began!
When the Cathedral Die was first released, I opted to create a yellow glow emitting from the panes rather than use the stencils to create a stain glass window. For this card, it only seemed right to create a pastel toned window! I used the 4 different stencils and 4 pastel ink colors to create the window, adding just a spritz or two of Shimmer Spray for a glass-like shine. I die cut the stenciled panel using the solid portion of the die, but then taped the dies back together with Washi tape to die cut the frame portion. I actually die cut it twice to give the frame some depth to look like the real thing. I simply glued them together using liquid glue and then glued the frame over the stenciled piece.
Once the window was done, I die cut the “Amen” sentiment using the new Amen dies. I fiddled a bit with placement so that the words could be read easily without getting lost in the frame of the window. It worked out perfectly that the line on the A and the line on the N lined up perfectly with the solid pieces of the window frame so I had somewhere to glue them for a sturdy piece.
The background was created by stamping the beautiful foliage using the Fond of Foliage background stamp for a tone-on-tone look. I adhered the window in the middle of the background panel using foam squares for dimension. The nest and blossom are from the new Curio: Spring Findings die collection. I like to die cut all of the pieces from white cardstock and then color them using finger daubers and ink.
The cute little robin tending her nest is from the Robin and Wren stamp set. I tend to shy away from mixing stamped images with die cut and then colored images (think BotaniCuts), but in this case, I think this bird looks great perched on the window frame! The finishing touch is a companion sentiment from the Amen and Alleluia stamp set. I die cut it using the Sentiment Suite Basics die set to give it that finished look. I also added a trio of sparkling clear sequins for some sparkle and shine!
