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Man Made Release Day!

by Betsy
written by Betsy

Happy Tuesday! Thank you for joining us for our blog hop and fun yesterday! I hope you enjoyed the masculine card making inspiration. If you’re like me, sometimes it’s a challenge to makes something that doesn’t involve flowers! 😊

Our new Man Made Collection will be available to shop beginning at 10am EDT today!

A couple of things before it’s time to shop…

First off, we have our two $50 gift certificate winners. Ladies – send an email to customer service to claim your prize and we’ll send your gift card code over right away so you can shop!

Winner #1 is Susan McRae from Dawn’s blog

Winner #2 is Marie Siler from Keeway’s blog

A note about international orders

We like to keep you as up-to-date as possible on shipping times, so with that in mind, please note that international shipments are currently experiencing extended shipping times due to a backlog in the USPS international facilities. Please be aware that international orders may take 6-8 weeks for delivery.

May Lookbooks

While you’re waiting for the new release to go live, grab a cup and browse our new Lookbooks! So much great inspiration from the team!

Thanks so much for joining us for this fun release!

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Introducing the Man Made Collection

by Betsy
written by Betsy

Hello and happy Monday! We’re here to showcase a new collection of products coming to the shop TOMORROW! Our new Man Made collection is full of all sorts of fun things for the guys on your card making list! It will go up in the shop tomorrow – Tuesday, May 25th at 10am ET!

If you’d like to see all of the new products up close, Laurie will be hosting an Instagram Live presentation of all of the new products TODAY! – Monday, May 24 at 11:00am CDT, so tune in if you’d like to check it out!

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Let’s get to the product introductions for our Man Made collection…

Note: In an effort to simplify our release posts, all product details and descriptions will be viewable via the link below each product heading. Note that while the new products are viewable in the shop HERE, you will not be able tot add them to your cart or purchase them until Tuesday, May 25 at 10am EDT.

Dad Squared stamp set + die

Perfect for Father’s Day, birthdays, and more, you’ll reach for this handy little sentiment set to create projects especially for Dad! When used together, the stamps and dies offer some fun layering options!

Click HERE for stamp set details & info
Click HERE for die details & info

Sentiments Squared stamp set + die

This great sentiment set is full of style and features three different sentiments in a fun two-step block font. Combine these sentiments with our Text Box die to turn these sentiments into create eye-catching focal points!

Click HERE for stamp set info & details
Click HERE for die info & details

Text Box die

This great basic is designed to coordinate with both our Dad Squared and Sentiments Squared stamp sets. Fill the various spaces with the sentiments and icons from the stamp sets to create block-style focal point sentiments.

Click HERE for full details & info

Dad Jokes: Nailed It stamp set + die

Pound out some great guy cards with this set that’s perfect for your handy man! Your recipients will tell you that you nailed it! There are sentiments for dads and grandpas, as well as thank you, congrats, birthday, and even anniversary.

Click HERE for stamp set info & details
Click HERE for die info & details

Big Plans Background Stamp

Got big plans for creating great masculine cards? Our blueprint-inspired background is the perfect place to start planning out your next project!

Click HERE for details & info

Dad Jokes: High Steaks stamp set + die

Everyone knows guys like great steak AND bad jokes. 😊 This fun and punny set includes sentiments that cover lots of occasions including birthday, congrats, retirement, Father’s Day and more, perfect for dads or any steak-loving grill master on your card-making list!

Click HERE for stamp set info & details
Click HERE for die info & details

Reflections stamp set + die

For the outdoorsy guy on your list, our Reflections set will have them enjoying the view. Have fun playing with color combos and building a serene lakeshore scene with this set!

Click HERE for stamp set info & details
Click HERE for die info & details

Tartan Builder and Tartan Builder Diagonal Stencils

All the plaids in all the colors? Yes, please! These new Tartan Builder and Tartan Builder Diagonal stencil sets let you build plaid patterns in any color combo your plaid-loving heart desires. Each set includes 5 stencils and are designed to fit a standard A2 card front.

Click HERE for Tartan Builder details
Click HERE for Tartan Builder Diagonal details

I put together a video showing these stencils in action…

Ready for some projects to see these new products in action? Let’s get to it!

First up I have a couple of cards using our new Dad Squared and Tartan Builder stencils. This first one is a Father’s Day card that’s quick to put together, but has lots of fun details. I used the Tartan Builder Diagonal to create the background. It was stenciled in shades of brown and orange onto a kraft cardstock base.

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Over my background I layered some crimped banners cut with the Crimped Slimline die and that great sentiment from our Dad Squared set. I used a combination of stamps and dies to create the “best ever dad”. I love the layered look of the different fonts! I nested that great sentiment inside the new Text Box die, and added the smaller “happy father’s day” sentiment, also from Dad Squared. I also added the little star detail, which is from the Sentiments Squared set.

Next is another plaid dad card, this time a birthday card. I used similar elements to the previous card, except this time I used the straight plaid from the Tartan Builder stencil set. I stenciled it in shades of blue again onto a kraft base.

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The sentiment was again done with the Dad Squared set. This time I layered it over a circle that was actually a left-over from a card I’ll be showing a bit later in this post – it was cut with the Crimped Circles die from a panel done with the Shiplap Builder die.

My next few cards use our new Dad Jokes: Nailed it set. True to their names, our Dad Jokes sets are filled with puns. 🙂 This first card is perfect for Grandpa. I started with a Crimped Slimline base, stamped with our new Big Plans Background.

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I filled up my slimline base with lots of elements from the Dad Jokes: Nailed it set – hammers and the different nails from the set. I finished it off with one of the sentiments from the set.

Next I have a fun interactive birthday card using the Nailed It set! To create a hammer that moves up and down, I attached a diecut hammer with a brad at the end of the handle. Then I layered another diecut hammer over the top, with foam adhesive to allow for the thickness of the brad head. Super duper easy!

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I kept the rest of the card simple with just a sentiment from the set and a strip of plaid that was trimmed off the dad card up above. Note the punch line stamped on the inside! 🙂

Next I wanted to play around with our new Big Plans background to create a couple of simple cards. This first one uses a sentiment from Dad Squared layered over some Shiplap Builder planks.

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I kept it nice and simple so that background can shine.

For this one, I wanted to play around with creating a background that looks like a real blueprint. I started by heat embossing our Big Plans background with white embossing powder onto white cardstock. I then sponged over it with a couple of different Oxide inks – Blueprint Sketch and Chipped Sapphire. Blueprint sketch was a little bright on its own, so I toned it down a bit with the Chipped Sapphire.

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I again wanted to keep it simple and let the background do all the work. I thought the sentiment I used here (from the Dad Jokes: Nailed It set) was the perfect thing to pair with our Wood Slice Hearts die for an anniversary card. I stamped the sentiment onto a Sentiment Suite Basics banner

My next few cards use our new Dad Jokes: High Steaks set. I had so much fun playing with this set! These cards would be a big hit in our house – my guys love their steak! For this first one, I started with a black cardstock panel and stamped the “dads like you are extra rare” sentiment from the set and heat embossed it with white powder. I also added some lines with white colored pencil and white ink smudges to give it a chalkboard look.

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For the steak, I stamped in shades of red and pink for the extra rare theme, and then actually cut a slit so I could sink the knife from the set into the steak. I layered it over a few shiplap builder planks and added some garnish using the greens from the BotaniCuts Carrot die. The “spices” were done with some really cool glitter from Art Glitter’s Elements collection. The one used here is called Redland. So fun!! I also added a “tablecloth” using the Cozy Cup Coaster die, stenciled with our Tartan Builder stencil. To change up this card for other occasions, just swap out the “dads like you are” with one of the other sentiments from the set.

My next card uses the “well done” sentiment from the set. This time I used the fork from the set and stamped my steak in darker shades for a more well-done look. I used the same Redland Elements glitter, this time right on top of my steak to mimic the look of a well-done spicy steak.

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I had so much fun with the background on this one! I wanted to create the look of a chalkboard menu, so I once again used black cardstock and this time stamped small images from lots of different sets. I added lines and dots to create almost a grid between the elements, using a white pencil and ruler. All of the different sets I used for the background are linked in the photo above.

I love fun themed sets like this High Steaks set because they’re just begging to be used in fun, interactive ways. For this next one I created a birthday card that has a large shaker element on the front. I filled my shaker with “spices” using the Redland glitter.

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The birthday sentiment here makes me giggle. I stamped the first part on the outside and the punchline on the inside. The background on the front of the card was done with our Shiplap Builder die. My guys would love this!

My next couple of cards use our new Reflections set and are perfect for the outdoorsy guy on your card list. This first one uses Reflections to create a pretty sunset scene.

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I thought you might enjoy seeing the process of creating a sunset scene like this, so I put together a video for you…

This card is actually simpler to do than it looks! As I show in the video, I stamped the lake by sponging the stamp with the same ink colors used in the sky, and all of the other elements from the stamp set were stamped in black ink. The sentiment I used here is from the Caring Cross set.

My next one uses the Reflections set again, this time in a more traditional way.

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I always love adding colored pencil shading and details to my stamped images, and I did that here to add some extra shading to the trees as well as the lake shore and grass. For this one I used the matching die, which cuts just around the tree line and grass. I stamped and diecut two of them and layered them for an extra layer of trees and added dimension. I finished it off with a simple “thanks” sentiment from the set.

Last but not least, I have a couple of cards using our new Sentiments Squared set. This first card is a fun, geometric card that would be perfect for a guy birthday card. I diecut and stamped several of the “happy” sentiment from the set.

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I took a panel of white cardstock and used one of the line stencils from the Tartan Builder Diagonal set to stencil the angled lines. Then I used these as my guide for adhering all of those “happy” diecuts. I turned and rotated them to create an interesting pattern. I finished it off with some stars cut with our Pinwheel Party die and gold metallic paper. I also stamped the smaller “birthday to you” sentiment, also from the Sentiments Squared sets.

And finally, I couldn’t help but sneak just a few flowers in today’s post! I told the inspriation team ladies that I couldn’t believe I designed an entire collection without a flower in sight, but I’m sneaking some in here anyway! 🙂 Our Sentiment Squared set doesn’t have to be just for guy cards. It’s equally pretty for flowery feminine cards too.

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I built the sentiment focal point using Sentiments Squared and the new Text Box die. I stamped the “thanks” using a few shades of grey ink, sponging them for an ombre look, then heat embossed the layered detail with gold embossing powder. I dug into my scrap bucket for tons of flowers to cluster around my sentiment and I love how that turned out! I always have extra diecut and stamped elements lying around, and they come in handy for putting together a quick card. There are bits and pieces from lots of sets here – AlphaBuds Bold Floral Details, All Blessings Flow, Bigger Blooms, Always in Blooms, Merry Sprigs, and BotaniCuts Wildflowers.

Now that you’ve gotten to meet all of today’s new products and see them in action, you can “greet” them for a chance to win a prize! We’ll be giving away TWO $50 gift cards for today’s blog hop.

Read on for details…

  • 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 TONIGHT! – 11:59pm EDT on Monday night, May 24
  • Winners will be posted at 7am EDT on Tuesday, May 25, here on the blog

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

ANGELICA

DAWN

HEATHER

KEEWAY

KELLY

LAURIE

NORINE

WANDA

Before I go, just a heads up that we’ll be doing a large restock in the shop either later today or tomorrow morning before the release goes live.

Thank you for joining us! I’ll be back tomorrow with the giveaway winners before our new Man Made Collection goes up in the shop at 10am ET!

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TGIF – Lemon Happiness & Man Made Sneak Peek

by Betsy
written by Betsy

TGIF! We have some fun things going on today! First of all, a sneak peek of a new collection coming to the shop next week Tuesday (May 25th) called Man Made. It’s a fun assortment of masculine products for Father’s Day and all year round. I can’t wait to show you more on Monday, but for now, here’s a peek!

Next, Dawn is here for a super fun TGIF that will definitely brighten your day!

“So, it’s true that inspiration really can be found anywhere, and can strike in an instant!  I was watching Joanna Gaines Instagram Stories the other day, where she was sharing the new summer install at their Magnolia store, and I LOVED the wall display she shared.  I snapped a quick screen shot, and then used that as the inspiration for this first card!  Head to my blog to see the inspiration photo, but it was an easy card to get started with, because I got to pull out the beloved Lemon Blossom stamp set. 

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After that, I set out to figure out how to recreate Magnolia’s fun tiled wall.  Can you figure out what stamps I used to create this vintage-tile-look background? 

Once I got to creating with these sweet lemons and blossoms, of course I couldn’t quit.  So, I whipped up a pair of cards using a bright, fun color combo, too. 

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Often times, it just takes one spark of creativity to really get you going and then, the projects can really start to flow out of that!”

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TGIF: Spring Tulips + 2 New Videos + Save the Date!

by Betsy
written by Betsy

Happy Friday! I’m popping in with a project and a couple of videos for today’s TGIF post. Before we get to those, just a little heads up that we have some new products coming to the shop soon! A week from today I’ll be sharing a sneak peek of our new Man Made collection…it’s a fun collection of masculine-themed products that will be available in the shop on Tuesday, May 25th.

We’ll be sharing lots of projects and revealing the new products on Monday, May 24th before they go up in the shop on Tuesday. I hope you’ll join us!

Now on to some videos and a new project! We were so busy getting everything ready for our Anniversary sale and release, that there just weren’t enough hours in the day to squeeze in my usual release videos. I had a chance to put a couple of them together for you for today’s post, though!

My first video is perfect for today, since I’m heading to our local tulip festival parade this afternoon (if the rain holds off!). It showcases our BotaniCuts Tulips die that was released a few weeks ago as part of our Spring Market collection.

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In this video I’ll show you how to put these blooms together, and also one of my favorite coloring methods. I’ll be creating some bright red and yellow variegated tulips, but you could use the same method for any color combination, or even just a monochromatic color scheme. One of the most beautiful things about tulips are all of the colors they come in!

I used the technique in the video to color two sets of the BotaniCuts Tulips to fill up my card front.

To create my background, I sponged Tumbled Glass and Blueprint Sketch Oxide inks onto some textured watercolor paper. I spritzed it with water to add texture, and also added some darker blue splatters using watercolor paint.

I arranged my tulip blooms, leaves, and stems to look like a whole garden of tulips is coming up from the bottom edge of my card. I finished it off with a simple sentiment stamped in black ink across the top. This “caring thoughts” sentiment is from our Holding Hands set.

Lastly today, I have one more video for you! There have been some requests for an assembly video for the Market Baskets die. I actually recorded this before the release, but did not get a chance to edit it. I don’t have a new project for you today using these dies, but hopefully you’ll enjoy this how-to video. 🙂

Thanks so much for joining me today! Have a great weekend!

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TGIF – Graduation Inspiration

by Betsy
written by Betsy

Happy Friday! I hope your week was awesome and your weekend ahead is even awesome-r! 🙂

I’m taking a turn for today’s TGIF and sharing a few more graduation cards I created using some of the new products from our Spring Market collection.

I mentioned in my post last week that since my daughter is a Junior this year, she has several friends graduating. She gave me a list of cards she will be needing, along with their favorite colors. I had fun putting these together with them in mind…

One of the girls likes dark jewel tones, so I decided to pull out the black magic technique I shared a few months back.

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The florals were all stamped with the AlphaBuds Bold Floral Details set using the technique linked in the video above. I laid out my AlphaBud Bold Florals in my MISTI so that I could use the same layout to create multiple cards. The numbers here were cut from gold paper using the Bold Numbers die. I heat embossed “class of” using the Digit Sentiments set.

As I mentioned above, I arranged all of the floral stamps in my MISTI so that I could create multiples of the same layout. Here I made the same card, but this time in lighter blues and greens – another of the girls’ favorites.

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This time I diecut the numbers from white cardstock and just sponged them with a bit of Tumbled Glass oxide ink for a lighter, brighter look. I also added some colored pencil shading to the florals.

Because I get bored making the same thing too many times, this last one has a different layout. This time I used the AlphaBuds stamps along with the coordinating dies to create more layers. The request for this card was bright colors, so I sponged my numbers with some bright Oxide inks, and also stamped the florals in bright colors.

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For the background of this one I pulled out my Macrame Openwork Base die to cut the chevron design, which I backed with some yellow cardstock just to add a touch of color. I also added a border along the edge using my Macrame Borders & Tassels die.

Well that wraps up my graduation card showcase for today! I enjoyed making these and I hope the girls enjoy receiving them. Have a wonderful weekend…and a special shout-out to all of the moms! I hope your weekend is extra special. ❤️

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TGIF – BotaniCuts Bouquet with Norine

by Betsy
written by Betsy

TGIF everyone! Norine is here with us today, but before we get to all of the details of her beautiful project (a work of art, really!), just a couple of quick notes…

First of all, thank you all so much for your overwhelming response to our sale and latest release! We are so grateful for you!

Please note that due to the volume of orders, it’s taking us a bit longer to get through them. We’re working through them in the order they were received and are doing our best to get everyone’s orders out as quickly as possible, but the wait may be a little longer than you’re used to for our typical releases. Thank you for your patience! 😊

Also note that today is the last day of our 2nd Anniversary sale! Our sale ends tonight (4/30) at 11:59pm EDT. The whole shop is 15% off, with select items HERE an additional 15% off!

Now for Norine’s beautiful TGIF project that is going to inspire you to pull out your BotaniCuts dies!

Hello Greetery friends!  Did you enjoy the Spring Market release this week?  I hope you were able to order all the stamps and dies your hearts desired!

I have another card to share today that started as a Spring Market reveal card but quickly grew out of control, with more variety of dies and stamp sets on one card than you would think even fits!

It’s a card that reminds me of what my counter looks like when someone gives me a bouquet of pretty flowers – with all the jars and vases out to see what fits and suits best.

Of course, I started with some BotaniCuts Tulip flowers and went from there.  I knew I wanted to make a (news)paper wrapped bouquet but then I got thinking how much nicer it would be as a bouquet of several of the different BotaniCuts die sets.  So I added a yellow BotaniCuts Rose and coral BotaniCuts Lily to the mix.  I love the added variety of leaves in the bouquet as well.

For all of the large flowers I die cut the shapes from white cardstock then inked the individual parts with ink blender brushes.  Before assembling the bouquet I put each bloom together temporarily, to make sure they were properly shaded in the right spots and that each petal showed up against the petal it lay next to.  Differently to the larger flowers, the Wildflower Mix die cuts are Copic colored to give them a pale blue green tint, like Baby’s Breath.

The next step was to stamp the layers and die cut the vessels.  I used the Bottled Up, Pitcher-esque and Just Mason Around stamp and die sets to create the sealer jar, green bottle and pink pitcher with floral decorative design.

To create the paper wrapper for the bouquet, I cut a piece of kraft tissue paper approximately 4” square, and stamped on it with a text stamp.  Then I folded it corner to corner with the text showing on the outside, and with the short triangle tip pointing down, placed the bouquet on the tissue and folded the two side points across the stems and upwards, then folded the right side corner down.  I wrapped some thin jute twice around the folded paper and taped it in place on the backside so it won’t slip.

To assemble the card, I die cut a panel from white cardstock using the Crimped Slimline Frames die and positioned all the containers and flower bouquet on the panel, overlapping the edges in places.  I cut a card front from blue textured cardstock to cover the front of a folded card base and adhered all the layers together.  

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I would be completely delighted to receive an actual bouquet like this, but also, equally delighted to get one in paper form!  Thank you for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

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Spring Market Release Day, Sale + Giveaway Winners!

by Betsy
written by Betsy

Good morning and happy release day! Thank you so much for joining us of our 2nd anniversary celebration!

First of all, we have some winners to announce! Ladies, please send an email to customerservice@thegreetery.com so we can can your prizes to you ASAP!

Day 1 Giveaway ($50 digital gift card, Greetery tumbler + 25% pick-your-sale-day coupon)

Our blog winner is Mary Holshouser from The Greetery blog…

Our Instagram winner is tracyl84…

Day 2 Giveaway (Spring Market Collection Bundle)

Our blog winner is Gail from Kelly’s blog…

Our Instagram winner is sewlaurie1…

Next, announcing a sale…because celebrations are more fun with a sale! Beginning at 10am EST TODAY when the new release goes live, our Anniversary Sale will go live as well…

Select stamps and dies will be 15% off and then you’ll receive an additional 15% off your entire purchase at checkout – including the sale items. No exceptions, new release items are included! The discounted items will be displayed as 15% off, and then the additional 15% discount code will be automatically added at checkout.

A note about rewards points redemption during the sale
Please note that our checkout system can only accept one discount code at a time. Since reward points are redeemed for discount codes that you can apply to your order, you would need to choose between one or the other – the 15% off OR your rewards code. Both can not be used on a single transaction.

Retiring Stamps & Dies

Along with the sale, we will be doing our very first round of retirements here at The Greetery. We have a handful of items that will be included in the additional 15% off category and once they are gone they will not be restocked:

Lookbooks

If you’re looking for something to keep you busy while you wait for 10am, checkout our new Spring Market Lookbooks! You can view all of the beautiful Inspiration Team projects in one place…

Thank you so much for joining us for all the fun this week…and for an amazing two years! Here’s to many more years of creating together! ❤️

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Spring Market Day 2: Holding Hands & Tiptoeing Through Tulips

by Betsy
written by Betsy

Welcome to Day 2 of our second birthday celebration and full reveals of our newest collection! Today we’ll be showcasing the rest of the new products from our Spring Market collection before they go up in the shop tomorrow morning – April 28, at 10am EDT!

If you’d like to see all of the new products up close, Laurie will be hosting an Instagram Live presentation of all of the new products on Tuesday, April 27 at 11:00am CDT, (that’s today!) so tune in if you’d like to check it out!

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Let’s check out today’s reveals!

Note: In an effort to simplify our release posts, all product details and descriptions will be viewable via the link below each product heading. Note that while the new products are viewable in the shop HERE, you will not be able tot add them to your cart or purchase them until Wednesday, April 28 at 10am EDT.

Holding Hands stamp set + die

Holding hands and holding hearts, this set is all about the details! From the three different sleeve options, to the objects to hold, or the itty bitty jewelry, this set will capture your creativity!

Click HERE for stamp set details & info
Click HERE for die details & info

Flower Market Bouquet stamp set + die

First stop at the flower market? The tulip bouquets! Fresh and springy, there’s no flower quite like it. Stamp this pretty multi-step bouquet for birthdays, anniversaries, springtime cards, and more. Create fuller, more dimensional bouquets by layering the individual blooms over the bouquet!

Click HERE for stamp set info & details
Click HERE for die info & details

BotaniCuts Tulips die

Our always-popular BotaniCuts series is off to tip-toe through the tulips! These gorgeous blooms are easy to put together, but create simply stunning projects. Assembly guide included!

Click HERE for full details & info

Market Baskets die + Market Basket Sentiments stamp set

Going to the market? Better bring your baskets! This fun set includes baskets in three sizes. Have fun creating patterned liners using the optional liner and ruffle dies. The coordinating mini sentiment set has lots of options for stamping sentiments onto the labels!

Click HERE for die details & info
Click HERE for stamp set info & details

Fond of Foliage Background Stamp

Are you fond of foliage? A lover of leaves? This background stamp is calling your name. Create quick and easy stamp-n-go backgrounds, or play around with your favorite techniques for lots of different looks!

Click HERE for details & info

I can’t wait to share today’s projects! My first card uses the BotaniCuts Tulips along with the largest basket from the Market Baskets die set. THIS was the card I wanted to create as I was designing these dies, and I love how it came together.

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I cut the tulips from white cardstock and sponged the pieces with ink, then added some shading with colored pencils. They come together very easily. The large open bloom is just two pieces + the center stamen. I like to curl the edges with something round like a pencil to really bring these blooms to life. I included several wildflower stems from our BotaniCuts Wildflower Mix die from last release, leaving them white to just fill in and not distract from the tulips. For my basket, I diecut the largest basket from the Market Baskets set from gold metallic paper. I didn’t add the optional liner because I wanted my stems to show. I added the “thanks” sentiment using the Market Basket Sentiments stamp set. The slimline base was of course cut with our Crimped Slimline die.

For my next BotaniCuts Tulip card I wanted a much softer look. I once again diecut all of the flower parts from white cardstock. I very lightly sponged some Tattered Rose Distress Oxide to the centers/bases of the flowers and buds. I made the foliage very vibrant by sponging with Crushed Olive and Rustic Wilderness Oxides.

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For my background, I stamped our new Fond of Foliage Background onto a panel of gray/green cardstock using Weathered Wood, Rustic Wilderness, and Crushed Olive Oxides. I started inking my stamp in the lower left corner, and worked my way to the other corner, changing the ink colors as I went along to get a sort of tone-on-tone, yet gradient effect. I finished off the card by tucking in a few BotaniCuts Wildflower sprigs and a sentiment from our new Holding Hands set. I think it will be a beautiful sympathy card.

Next up is another card using our new Market Baskets die. This was another idea I couldn’t wait to put into action. I diecut the small and medium baskets from assorted cardstocks – white, black, and gold.

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To fill up my baskets, I pulled out my Macrame Fillers die and also once again my BotaniCuts Wildflower Mix die. I positioned my full baskets on a wood ledge created with our Shiplap Builder die. Take note of the shorter black basket – it’s easy to snip off a few of the bottom rungs if you want something shorter, or to add more variety to your sizes!

My next couple of projects use our new Flower Market Bouquet. This is such a fun one to stamp and watch come to life! So fun to play with different colors for the tulips and the small filler flowers. I used shades of pink and yellow here for the main bouquet – Spun Sugar, Tattered Rose, Victorian Velvet, and Scattered Straw.

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Our new Holding Hands set is perfect for pairing with the Flower Market Bouquet – I used that here to hold this pretty bouquet. I also tucked in a few individual sprigs stamped with the Flower Market Bouquet and layered them over the top – oh, and I’m addicted to the Wildflower die, so there are a couple of those tucked in there, too! 😉 I dressed up that pretty hand with red nail polish (I used Nuvo Drops), a bracelet cut from gold metallic paper, and a pretty ring (cut from gold metallic paper and topped off with a rhinestone). The background is very subtle – I stamped the Fond of Foliage background in a very soft gray, and added the “for you mom” sentiment from the Holding Hands set.

Next I paired the Flower Market Bouquet with the largest basket from the Market Baskets die set to create a shaped card. To do this, I diecut the basket liner on the fold so that the top edge didn’t cut all the way — it cut in the very center where it is slightly curved, but not on the very edges. This created a slit where I could tuck my bouquet.

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This time I also used the ruffle liner for the basket- I stamped some dots onto it to create a fun pattern (it’s actually the flower centers from one of the flower clusters in the AlphaBuds Bold Floral set introduced yesterday). In addition to the large bouquet, I also tucked in two of the little individual flower sprigs from the Flower Market Bouquet set. This fun shaped card would also be so fun for place cards for a spring brunch or bridal shower!

This next card might be my favorite of the day! I combined the smallest Market Basket die with the Holding Hands set. I had so much fun creating with Holding Hands – so many options for creating pretty details. Here I diecut the “puffy” sleeve option from vellum, and heat embossed the detail layer with white embossing powder. It turned out so fun!

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A note about the dies that match the Holding Hands set – several of the dies in the set are a bit different from our usual format in that they are exactly the same size as the stamps, without the typical border around the edges. The hands and sleeves are done this way so that none of the pretty detail is lost, and the result is something so delicate and detailed! This also gives you the option of stamping just the detail layer, like I did here on the vellum sleeves. I also found that when using the dies, I liked to sponge my first layer of color and then just stamp the knuckle/shading detail.

I filled my wire basket with two of the small bouquets from the Holding Hands set. The sentiment was done with a combination of the PreText Sentiments stamp set and the new Let’s Have a Word: Birthday die. The jewelry details really make this extra special! They were diecut from metallic gold paper, and a tiny pink pearl was added to the ring.

While the card above uses two hands done in the same skin tone to depict one person holding the flower bouquet, you can also create two different hands to look like two people exchanging a gift or a note! For this card I used the small envelope from the set (it’s a tiny version of our Signed & Sealed envelope!)

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Inside the envelope I tucked the bouquet from the Holding Hands set, along with a tiny tag that was cut using the Sentiment Suite Basics die, stamped with the birthday sentiment from the new Market Basket Sentiments set. To assemble the card, I layered a Crimped Circle over a background stamped with the new Fond of Foliage background.

My next card again uses Holding Hands. I loved experimenting with different objects for the hands to hold. Here I used the BotaniCuts Forget-Me-Nots and a couple of other scraps from my desk – a small bit of a BotaniCuts Carrot top and a stem from Wildflower Mix. What do you envision creating for the hand to hold? 🙂

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This time I used the bell sleeve option, and embellished it with a small flower from the AlphaBuds Bold Floral set introduced yesterday, along with some white pen dots. I gave her a gold bracelet embellished with a purple gemstone. For the background, I stamped the Fond of Foliage background onto watercolor paper using Oxide inks. Then I used the watercolor technique I shared HERE several months ago to give it a watercolored look. To finish it off, I diecut a frame using the Nordic Frames die and backed it with vellum so my pretty pattern would show through just a bit, but not distract too much from that pretty hand-held bouquet.

My last and final card today uses the Holding Hands set, this time stamped directly onto my card font, instead of using the dies. That puff sleeve stamped over the top of the arm? Perfect for creating a sheer look!

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I did use the coordinating hand die to do some masking. Since the dies are the exact size of the hand stamps, this works wonderfully. I layered a hand, cut from a post-it note, over top of my stamped image before stamping the bouquet. I trimmed the thumb from the mask so that my bouquet would look like it goes behind the hand, but over top of the thumb. I stamped and heat embossed the ring, and added a rhinestone for the perfect finishing touch. It would be perfect for a bridal shower card! I trimmed down my stamped panel, and also diecut a border using the Macrame Openwork Base die, then layered it over a panel that I had sponged and stamped with the Fond of Foliage background and Tumbled Glass ink – something borrowed, something blue! I also heat embossed the “congratulations” sentiment from the Holding Hands set.

Now that you’ve gotten to meet all of today’s new products and see them in action, you can “greet” them for a chance to win a special prize! Today’s prize is a bundle that includes ALL of the items from our Spring Market collection – a $392 value! We’ll be giving away TWO bundles – one here on the blog, and one via our Day 2 giveaway post on Instagram.

Read on for details…

  • 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)
  • Comment on our Instagram Day 2 giveaway post
  • Comments close at 11:59pm EST on Tuesday night, April 27
  • Winners will be posted at 7am EDT on Wednesday, April 28, here on the blog

The inspiration team has been busy creating lots of beautiful things with these new stamps and dies! Hop along to see what they’ve been up to (click HERE if viewing via email)

ANGELICA

DAWN

HEATHER

KAY

KELLY

LAURIE

NORINE

WANDA

Thank you for joining us! I’ll be back tomorrow with the giveaway winners and some other fun information before the new release goes live!

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AllNew Product Meet & Greet

Spring Market Day 1: The ABC’s & 123’s of Pretty New Products

by Betsy
written by Betsy

Welcome to Day 1 of our second birthday celebration and full reveals of our newest collection! Today and tomorrow we’ll be showcasing all of the pretty products from our Spring Market collection…

If you’d like to see all of the new products up close, Laurie will be hosting an Instagram Live presentation of all of the new products on Tuesday, April 27 at 11:00am CDT, so tune in if you’d like to check it out!

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Let’s check out today’s reveals!

Note: In an effort to simplify our release posts, all product details and full descriptions will be viewable via the link below each product heading. Note that while the new products are viewable in the shop HERE, they will not be available for purchase until Wednesday, April 28 at 10am EDT.

Bold Alphabet & Bold Numbers dies

Bold and curvy, there’s a new alphabet set coming your way, along with matching numbers. The details on our new Bold Alphabet and Bold Numbers make them extra special!

Click HERE for Bold Alphabet details & info
Click HERE for Bold Number details & info

AlphaBuds Bold Floral Details stamp set & die

Dress up the already beautiful Bold Alphas and Numbers with these pretty floral details. Designed to tuck perfectly around the curves and lines of the Bold Alpha, you’ll love dressing up your sentiments and monograms!

Click HERE for AlphaBuds Bold Floral Details stamp set info
Click HERE for AlphaBuds Bold Floral Details die info

Delightful Digits Die

You’ll be counting all the ways to love this number collage die – sized to fill an A2 card front!

Click HERE for full details & info

Digit Sentiments stamp set

The perfect companion to our Bold Numbers die set, you’ll pull find yourself reaching for this sentiment set for birthdays, anniversaries, graduations, and more!

Click HERE for full details & info

Always in Bloom Stamp Set + Die

We’ve heard you loud and clear – you love having our designs in multiple sizes! The Always In Bloom set features many of the same floral designs as the new Alphabuds Bold Details set, but in a much larger scale. With several images having mirror images, you’ll love all of the focal point building options, not to mention the pretty bouquets you can create!

Click HERE for stamp set details & info
Click HERE for die details & info

Always in Bloom Quick Cards Stencil

This stencil set coordinates with the Always in Bloom stamp set, allowing you to quickly stencil focal points for cards that come together in a snap. Use the matching Always in Bloom stamp set to stamp some additional details!

Click HERE for full details

Let’s Have a Word: Birthday and Congrats dies

We have two wonderful additions to our Let’s Have a Word die collection – Congrats and Birthday!

Click HERE to view birthday die details
Click HERE to view congrats die details

I was so excited to create with all of these new goodies! Let’s start with the projects…

The new Bold Alphabet die is so perfect for building your own sentiments and phrases. The letters fit together beautifully. I spent a lot of time designing the coordinating AlphaBud Floral Details stamp set – I think you’ll find something to tuck in nearly any space created by the letters and numbers in the set. These new AlphaBuds are a little more free-form than our original AlphaBuds Slim set – there is no backer die that fits the letters and floral clusters, but rather it’s designed to be more more free-form and open to your own designs, making it easy to create sentiments and phrases, then just tuck the florals in as desired!

The Bold Alphabet set is great for longer phrases as well – fill a whole card front! I’m also loving how it looks amazing so with many of our other products, such as our Crimped Frames and Circles, and our Macrame dies.

Our new Delightful Digits die pairs perfectly with the new Bold Numbers. I loved using it to create several birthday and graduation cards. First up is this pretty 18th birthday card…I can hardly believe it, but I’m going to need this card for my daughter in just a few short months! I had fun making these numbers super feminine by tucking several of the AlphaBuds Bold Floral Details sprigs in and around the numbers. The sentiment is a combination of the Bold Numbers dies and Digit Sentiments stamps.

This one is perfect for any age – just swap out the numbers on the Big Balloons to customize it for your recipient! Our new Let’s Have a Word Birthday die works wonderfully with our previously released PreText Sentiments stamp set and Banners die.

The Bold Numbers dies are so perfect for custom graduation cards. Having a daughter that’s a junior this year, she handed a list of cards she’ll be needing (along with the recipients’ favorite colors!), and I couldn’t wait to put these pretty numbers to work to celebrate our 2021 grads. Our Crimped and Nordic Slimline dies work wonderfully for stretching these numbers out and adding in the AlphaBuds Bold Floral Details.

I needed to make several of these, so to make them a bit quicker, I started off by stamping all of the AlphaBuds Bold Floral Details onto their matching dies, which I used to play around with placement and figure out my design. When actually creating the cards, I set up my MISTI with the florals laid out how I wanted them, using the stamped diecuts as my guide, but then stamped directly onto my Slimline panels, omitting the Alphabud Floral diecuts. It made them quicker to mass produce, rather than doing lots of diecutting.

These pretty number dies don’t have to be feminine, either! My graduation card list included one guy student as well, so I pulled out some black, grey, and burgundy (our school colors), and also added some gold details. Loving the way that Delightful Digits die looks cut from back and layered over black with foam for just a little dimension and a background that’s super interesting but not overpowering. I used the new Let’s Have a Word: Congrats die cut from gold metallic cardstock to finish it off.

There are so many occasions covered in the Digits Sentiments set – here I pulled out the “high 5” sentiment from the set and paired it with our Sliver Lining die and a Delightful Digits background to create a card that would be perfect for a kindergarten grad, or just to say “great job!”

Next I have several pretty floral cards using our new Always in Bloom set. I loved the tiny florals from the new AlphaBuds Bold Florals set and new I was going to want them jumbo-sized as well! The larger size is perfect for bouquet and focal point building. Here I clustered several blooms together and “tied” them all together with our Put a Bow on It set. That stenciled Square Dance background is giving this card a summery feel – loving the “lace” border too, which was cut with our Macrame Borders & Tassels die. I’ve been hooked on those dies recently! The sentiment here is a combo of our new Let’s Have a Word: Birthday die and the PreText Sentiments stamp set and matching Banners.

Along with the Always in Bloom stamp set, we’re also releasing a matching “Quick Cards” stencil that coordinates with this set. I absolutely loved creating with this stencil set. If you love building focal points, but sometimes struggle with placement, this stencil set is the perfect solution. And so quick. Here I used the stencil as it was designed – it’s three steps, and when used as designed, creates a design like this card below, but there are lots of different ways to create with it, as I’ll show you in my next few cards. After doing the stenciling, I used the Always in Bloom stamp set to stamp some details on the flowers and “bloom” sentiment, and also stamped the remainder of the sentiment. I always love to add colored pencil shading too – it just really adds a lot of depth and interest.

This next card also uses the Always In Bloom Quick Cards stencil. This time I moved the design upward to the top edge of my card rather than centering the stencil on my A2 panel. This allowed me to turn the stencil 180 degrees and stencil it again to fill up my card front. I also turned it 90 degrees and filled in the empty spaces on the sides as well. I love how this one turned out! I used the stamps to stamp the sentiment onto the matching diecut. I heat embossed the “bloom” word detail with white powder.

Using the stencil to create larger designs like the one above gave me the idea to try it on one of our Slimlines as well, and that worked out wonderfully too! I stenciled the design twice , which left a larger open space in the center of my card panel, which I topped off with a Crimped Circle diecut and a sentiment from the set. I added a couple of small floral sprigs from the AlphaBuds Bold Floral Details set at the top and bottom of the sentiment. That’s one of the great things about having these florals in two sizes – so many options!

Last but not least is a card for Mom using the Always in Bloom stamp set and matching dies, along with the Bold Alphabet dies. I stamped several of the florals from the set in soft shades of pink and layered them over a background created with the Macrame Borders & Tassels and Macrame Diamonds dies. The sentiment is a combo of our new Bold Alphabet dies and the “for you” from the Opposites Attract set. Once again I’m loving the combo of white and cream! I used it on my Wildflower notecards last release, and wanted to experiment with it a little more.

That wraps up my projects and introductions, but now that you’ve gotten to meet all of today’s new products and see them in action, you can “greet” them for a chance to win a special prize! Today’s prize is a bundle that includes a $50 gift card to use now, along with a fun Greetery logo tumbler. Inside the tumbler will be a golden ticket good for 25% off a future purchase. We’ll be giving away TWO bundles – one here on the blog, and one via our Day 1 giveaway post on Instagram.

Read on for details…

  • 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)
  • Comment on our Instagram Day 1 giveaway post
  • Comments close at 11:59pm EST on Tuesday night, April 27
  • Winners will be posted at 7am EDT on Wednesday, April 28, here on the blog

The inspiration team has been busy creating lots of beautiful things with these new stamps and dies! Hop along to see what they’ve been up to (click HERE if viewing via email)

ANGELICA

DAWN

HEATHER

KAY

KEEWAY

KELLY

LAURIE

NORINE

WANDA

Thank you for joining us! We’re back tomorrow with more product reveals and fun!

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AllSneak Peeks

Spring Market Sneak Peek #2…

by Betsy
written by Betsy

Popping in today with the second sneak peek of our newest collection called Spring Market, coming to the shop on 4/28! Ready to see some more of what’s coming?…

We’ll be holding hands and tip-toeing through the tulips next week while we celebrate our 2nd birthday with these pretty new products, loads of inspiration, and fun prizes! I hope you’ll join us for the fun. 🙂

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