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Fireside Holiday Collection Sneak Peek #2

by Betsy
written by Betsy

Happy Friday! It’s time for one more sneak peek of our Fireside Holiday collection!

This year’s holiday collectiong was inspired by all the cozy things we love to do by the fireplace…reading a book, sharing the Christmas story, hanging the stockings, cozying up for a snuggle, and today…writing letters to Santa. 🙂

Some of the elements in today’s peek build on previously released elements…you tell us all the time how much you love that! So we’re happy to bring you some fun holiday-themed things that can build on things you may already own. I can’t wait to share all the details!

I hope you’ll join us on Monday as we start the full reveals, project shares and blog hops!

Our new Fireside Holiday Collection will be available in the shop on Wednesday, October 2 at 10am EDT.

See you next week! 😉

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Fireside Holiday Collection Sneak Peek #1

by Betsy
written by Betsy

I’m so excited to be able to start shairng peeks of our 2024 holiday collection! It’s chock full of so many great sentiments, images, and other elements. I’ve been playing, playing, playing!

Are you ready for your first look at just some of the new goodies?

What do you spy in today’s peek? There are a lot of little treasures to find! It’s making me want to put my cozy socks on, light the fireplace, and get crafting! I mean…that is pretty much what I’ve been doing for the last few weeks (sans fireplace and socks…it’s still too hot here!). 😊

Thanks so much for stopping by today. I’ll be back tomorrow with another peek, then we’ll take a deep breath over the weekend before we kick off the full reveals on Monday. Our Fireside holiday collection will be available in the shop on Wednesday, October 2 at 10am EDT!

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Sending Strength with Laurie + Save the Date!

by Betsy
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Hey there and happy Tuesday! Laurie is here to share a project with you today, but before we get to that, just a heads up… It’s *almost* time for my favorite time of the year! We’re just about ready to kick off all of the holiday fun here at The Greetery! Later this week we’ll start sharing some sneak peeks of our 2024 holiday collection that’s coming to the shop next week Wednesday, October 2nd! Our 2024 holiday collection is called Fireside…it’s inspired by all the fun holiday-ish things you might do while sitting in front of a cozy fire. 🤔🤔🤔 Any guesses?

Now let’s turn it over to Laurie and more about her project…

Hello Greetery friends!  It’s Laurie Willison here! 

This latest release, Autumn Air, has a stamp set called Strength for Today that is absolutely beautiful.  The sentiments are the perfect verses and words to send in the mail for someone who needs a kind word or a show of support or strength.  I made a quick and simple card to showcase one of the sentiments. 

First off, I used the Pierced Plaid Plate to create a simple background.  I love the subtle detail in the background!  Next, I lightly ink blended one of the Big Branches: Ruscus Dies to add a little color to the card.  Using the Crest No 1 Die in gray cardstock, I stamped the sentiment from Strength for Today in black ink.  To finish off the card, I added in some of my favorite clear drops!

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:

  • Add in a background stamp in a subtle color instead of the pierced plate.
  • Use a layer die to create more depth in the background.  Good examples would be the Postal Frame Dies, A2 Arches Dies, Crimped Frame Dies.
  • Add in more detail with extra greenery around the Crest.

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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Strength for Today with Angelica

by Betsy
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Hello, friends! I’m so happy to be joining you here on The Greetery’s blog. I have two cards to share with you today, showcasing one of my favorite stamp sets from the Autumn Air Collection, Strength For Today stamp set.

For my first card, I made a simple tone-on-tone background, using Pierced Plaid Pierce Plate for the smaller panel. I added a die-cut Strength For Today sentiment, and finished this clean and simple card with a watercolored Jumbo Curiosity Dragonfly.

I used the same products on my second card, this time adding a frame. I stamped some teal cardstock with Elegant Arches Stamp, and die-cut a window with the coordinating A2 Arches die. I backed the frame with a Pierced Plaid panel, and attached the sentiment and dragonfly with foam adhesive.

That finishes today’s cards. Thanks so much for joining me!
~Angelica

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Oakwood Encouragement with Dana

by Betsy
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Hi friends! It’s Dana here today and I am back with a fall card that uses some of my favorite products from the latest release. 

I started my card by using the Oakwood die and the Oakwood stamp and stencil set to create the gorgeous oak leaf cluster. I found that it is easier to do your die cutting first and then line your stencils up with the die cut image. I also did some simple masking with post it notes so I could add two colors to the leaves. 

Next, I used the Crest No 1 die to create my frame for my sentiment. I ink blended the crest with a soft pink ink and then attached it to a card panel I had created with the Pierced Plaid Pierce Plate. Once I attached my oak leaves to the panel I splattered my card with gold paint and a little water to give the card a little added detail. Lastly, I used the Strength for Today stamp set and matching die for my sentiment. This set includes such beautiful words for those sometimes difficult times. I know it is a set I will be reaching for often. 

Thanks for joining me today and I hope you enjoyed my card. I hope I inspired you to create a fall card of your own. Tag me on Instagram, I would love to see what you create with these beautiful new products. 

Enjoy your day,

Dana

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Flourished Phrases Thanksgiving with Wanda

by Betsy
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Hi there my creative and crafty friends! It’s Wanda here on The Greetery Blog today to share a project with you! I am always so excited and happy to share with you. How much did you love the August new release? Gosh – it was so pretty! And I absolutely love Autumn…. For my project today, I am continuing the Fall theme with warm colors and touches of gold. My card features the new Flourished Phrases – Thanks – stamps/stencils/dies. I’m getting a jump on Thanksgiving cards!

My finished card is a cream A2 card base. I started by stenciling the Airmail Border in yellow and brown inks to make the base layer for my card. Next I die cut a cream postal panel – keeping it clean and elegant. 

I stenciled the Flourished Phrases “Thanks” word in orange, brown and yellow – because those colors say Thanksgiving to me. I splattered on some gold paint too! I die cut the Thanks out with the matching Flourished Phrases Thanks die. I die cut a second piece using gold cardstock and layered them for just a touch of a gold shadow. 

Next I die cut some pumpkins and corn stalks using the Autumn Harvest Dies. I gently inked the edges of those pieces to add a bit of contrast. I stamped Happy and Giving around the Thanks word to spell out Happy Thanksgiving! It’s perfect!

I assembled the card using foam tape to add layers and depth. I finished by adding just a few dark orange gems. 

That’s it for my project for today! I hope you have a fantastic and creative day! I look forward to sharing with you again soon. In the meantime, happy crafting! XO Wanda

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Oakwood in Color with Dawn

by Betsy
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Hey, Friends!  It’s my turn to share a project today at The Greetery and I wanted to pull out the pretty Oakwood set again, and give it some more love!  I paired it up with a couple of the Autumn Crest products, to create a really lovely pair of cards.

I wanted to think outside the coloring box just a little on these leaves, so I paired some pink with the orange and red.  Of course the orange and red are more realistic colors, but the addition of the pink adds some unexpected interest and gives the card a really fresh, modern feel!

For even more depth, go over some of the shading lines with colored pencils, to darken up the shading in places.  Focus on areas where the light would not be naturally hitting in real life.  So for instance, the tips of the leaves would be getting hit with more sunlight than the inner areas of the leaves closest to the stem.  So those darker areas, you can darken up a bit more to give your image even more depth!

I used the Autumn Crest branch stamp and leaf stencil on the background, and then used the Crest No. 1 die to cut out the crest, and then used one of the Autumn Crest stencils to add the shading to the center of the crest.

Make your shading more interesting! Don’t shade the whole crest! Just go dark at the bottom and fade it out to no shading at all at the top (or reverse that and to darker from top to bottom). Either direction you go, you’ll create a subtle ombre!

Lastly, I stamped a sentiment from Oakwood directly on the crest.

For the second one, I had some blending fun with yellow and orange on the largest leaves, that blends into purple!  I also did that same purple at the base of all the leaves, but on the smaller leaves, I used red for the tips instead of the orange.  Overall, the color palette of the entire cluster is just so striking!

This time when adding the shading to the crest, I didn’t add any ink to the center. I only inked it up all around the edge of the crest and let that fade out toward the center. This created a dark border all the way around the crest, with a highlighted spot in the center.

Once again, I used colored pencils to deepen some of the shading and the sentiments are both from Oakwood.

Hope I’ve inspired you to do some creating today, and maybe a bit of ink blending while you’re at it!”

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Garden Inspired Strength for Today with Kelly

by Betsy
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Hello and welcome, friends! It’s Kelly here today sharing two cards using the fabulous new Strength for Today stamp/die set! It’s my favorite from the latest release and I’ve been itching to create some cards to add to my stash. I would love to just take a lazy day and make a whole set of cards using each one of these beautiful sentiments; doesn’t that sound lovely? Autumn is creeping in and I love cozy, crafty days! 

To begin my cards, I die cut the foliage, which is from the Bird of Paradise Border die, and colored it using oxide inks and finger sponge daubers. I also die cut both the moth and the dragonfly using the Jumbo Curiosity: Moth die and the Jumbo Curiosity: Dragonfly die. There are stencils included so I used those to ink them up.

The background for both cards was done using the Wicker Weave Stencil; I didn’t want a full panel, so I just concentrated the stenciling in certain areas. Once that was done, I trimmed each panel down to an A2 size, added some salvaged patina distress ink with some teal ink splatter. I layered the foliage using foam squares and then added the moth/dragonfly.

I die cut all of the sentiment pieces using the Strength for Today die; I wasn’t sure which sentiments I would use for sure, so I just cut them all out! Ha ha! I stamped them with the Strength for Today stamp set using black ink and then added them to the top of the panel using additional foam squares for dimension.

The final step was adding the panels to top-folding A2 card bases using liquid glue. I gave each one a spritz or two of shimmer spray and a trio of sparkling clear sequins. Both of these cards will be added to my stash; these are the types of cards I like having on hand because you never know when someone is going to need a little pick-me-up!

Thanks for joining me today!

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Day of Thanks with Melissa

by Betsy
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Hi there! Melissa here, sharing a project with you today…

The Flourished Phrases series from The Greetery is one of my favorites!  I feel like an artist each time I use one of them, including the new Flourished Phrases:  Thanks stencil, die, and coordinating sentiment stamps.  I used one of the 2025 Half Calendar Pages for my card base, adding in a die cut Calendar Grid for some added texture. 

The lovely roses were cut from the Birth Month Blooms Cuttables using the coordinating Birth Month Blooms Q2 dies.  These cuttables can be used all-year round and are so beautiful!

Thanks so much for stopping by today and letting me share my project with you!

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Autumn Air Release Day

by Betsy
written by Betsy

Good morning! It’s release day, so that means the new products we’ve been showcasing this week will be available in the shop at 10am EDT this morning.

We have some blog hop winners to announce! If you see your comment/name as one of our winners, please send an email to customerservice@thegreetery.com to claim your prize and we’ll get your gift certificate issued asap!

Day 1 Winners

Day 1 winner #1 is Sharon Gullikson from Wanda’s blog:

Day 1 winner #2 is Sheila Segil from Angelica’s blog:

Day 2 Winners

Day 2 winner #1 is Rosemary from Dana’s blog:

Day 2 winner #2 is CM Carol from Laurie’s blog:

Thanks so much for hopping along with us and hanging out with me and the team! It’s been a fun week showcasing our new fall collection!

While you’re waiting for the new goodies to hit the shop, take a browse through our Autumn Air Lookbook to take another look at all the gorgeous projects from the team…

I hope you have a safe and relaxing holiday weekend! We’ll be back to our normal blogging next week. Take care, friends!

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