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Harvest Fest Sneak Peek #2

by Betsy
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Happy weekend everyone! We’re busy getting everything ready for our new Harvest Fest collection to hit the shop on Wednesday at 10am EDT. I’m popping in with one more sneak peek before we start the full reveals, projects, and hops on Monday.

Yesterday’s peek was full of fall fun, but today’s peeks have a more elegant feel. Lovely items for fall and Thanksgiving cards and crafts, as well as some things that will be year-round go-tos.

Thanks so much for stopping by on your Saturday! I hope you’ll join us on Monday as we share more about these new products.

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TGIF – Stencilscape Autumn with Melissa + Harvest Fest Sneak Peek #1

by Betsy
written by Betsy

Happy Friday, friends! Melissa is here sharing a beautiful card using a few products from last year’s fall collection, and I’m here to sneak peek some new things coming to the shop next week!

First, the sneak peek. Our newest collection is called Harvest Fest and it’s filled with all of the wonderful things you might find at a proper harvest festival…caramel apples, fresh baked pies, pumpkins, and much more! Here’s a peek at a few of the things from our Harvest Fest collection, with more sneak peeks to come…

I hope you’ll join us next week as we showcase these new products here on the blog with projects and videos and blog hops with the Inspiration Team. Our new Harvest Fest collection will be available in the shop on Wednesday, August 30 at 10am EDT.

Now let’s check out Melissa’s project for a bit of Friday inspiration…

The StencilScapes Autumn stencil speaks right to my harvest-loving heart.  I love the cornstalks, pumpkins, fields, and apples that make up this gorgeous scene and love creating in the colors of Fall.  The Thankful Heart stamp + stencil and die bring the whole scene to life and add dimension and character.  What an inspiring set of products!

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To create her card, Melissa stenciled the front of her card using our StencilScapes Autumn stencil using a mix of lovely fall ink colors. She layered some stamped and diecut images over her stenciled panel using the Thankful Heart stamp set and matching die. She added some glitter to some of the images for a bit of sparkle and finished it off with a rustic crinkle bow, classic Melissa style!

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

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Autumn is in the Air with Angelica + Save the Date!

by Betsy
written by Betsy

Angelica is joining us today with a beautiful project to get you in the mood for fall! I for one can’t wait! It’s my favorite season.

Speaking of fall, we have some fun new products coming to the shop soon! We’ll begin sharing peeks of our new Harvest Fest collection in just a few days, and it will hit the shop on Wednesday, August 30. I’m excited to share all of the details of this collection with you, so I hope you’ll join us next week!

Can you believe we are coming to the end of summer? We have had such a lovely summer here in WA state, and my daughter and I enjoyed every second of it. But now it’s time to buy school supplies and clothes, and we’re close to being back to 8pm bedtime. Since Autumn is right around the corner, I thought it would be fun to make a card for the season.

I die-cut Bristol Smooth paper with the Jumbo Curiosity Buckeye Leaf die. I pulled out a craft mat, a few Distress Oxide inks, and a water spray bottle, and started inking the die-cut leaves. I pushed the ink pads onto my craft mat, sprayed the ink with water, and then smooshed the leaves into the ink. I used a variety of yellow, red, and brown inks, drying the leaves in between each layer. I love ink-smooshing, but I have a bad habit of not knowing when to quit. Even though I could still see some white paper, I decided to stop before I put too much ink on them, and set the leaves under my MISTI overnight so they would flatten out.

For the background, I picked a really soft cream cardstock to work with. This paper was retired years ago, so I use it sparingly, but thought it would be perfect for the background. I decided to stick with the ink-smooshing theme, and wiped Antique Linen Distress Oxide ink onto my craft mat, and sprayed it with water. I smooshed the whole panel onto the ink, let it set for a couple seconds, then dried it with my heat tool. I picked Tea Dye Oxide ink to use for a second layer, this time not using as much ink. Once the panel was dried, I stamped a sentiment from the Fall Foliage stamp set, using black ink, and glued a few leaves to the panel. I trimmed the edges, and attached the panel to a card base to finish the card.

I’m not quite ready to say goodbye to our beautiful green leaves outside, so I will just enjoy how pretty these paper leaves turned out for now. Enjoy the last of your summer, friends!

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Daisy Days with Dana

by Betsy
written by Betsy

Hi crafty friends! It’s Dana here on the blog today to share a set of cards with you all. I had so much fun creating my cards and I hope I inspire you to pull out some “older” products and create a set of cards of your own.

My cards today use three of the Print Shop: Daisy Days Fill in the Blank Papers. I honestly feel like I am “cheating” when I use these papers! They are so pretty and easy to use. I used the Print Shop: Daisy Days Stamps & Stencil set to add color and detail to floral arrangement on the colored backgrounds. Once my panels were finished I added some splatters with metallic watercolor paint for a little added detail.

Next, I use the Written in Ribbons stamp and die set for my sentiments. I die cut the sentiments two times and stacked them for a little extra dimension. I then die cut the sentiment a third time with gold cardstock and offset it to create a shadow. Lastly, I trimmed my panels down and attached them to A2 card bases to finish my set of cards.

Thanks for joining me today. I had so much fun going through my stash to decide what I wanted to share with you all this month. I hope I inspired you to pull out an “older” set and do the same!

Enjoy your day,

Dana

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Summery Yellow Meadow with Wanda

by Betsy
written by Betsy

Hi there my creative and crafty friends! It’s Wanda here on The Greetery Blog today to share a fun project with you! Summer is winding down and I always start crafting with yellow this time of year. I made a card with one of my favorite color combinations: yellow, kraft, and white! I used the beautiful Spring Meadow Stencils and Dies in kind of a different way! Instead of using all different colors for the flowers, I made them all shades of yellow! I’ve never tried that before with the floral stencils, and I like how it looks this way too!

My finished card is an A2 Kraft card base, layered with White and some yellow patterned paper then the pretty oval for my bouquet to fit onto. I used the new Hoopla Oval Inserts Dies (see that pretty pierced detail?) as my background. The sentiment is from the Tagged Elegance Set, and it fit perfectly onto the round die from the Sentiment Suite Basics Die Set.

I stenciled in four shades of yellow inks, two shades of green inks, and then brown ink for the flower centers. I splattered on some white paint for an artsy feel, and also added a few yellow gems. This card would be great for any occasion, and you could make it in any color! I’m thinking pink would be pretty too!

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

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Sew Grateful Rose Tapestry with Kelly

by Betsy
written by Betsy

Hello friends! It’s Kelly here today sharing a fun card using products from the Handiwork Collection! I’m currently obsessed with the Rose Tapestry Stencil so that was the starting point for today’s card. I’ve mentioned it before, but there is something so magical about watching a background come to life with layering stencils! I have a tendency to just stare at them mesmerized and tempted to just leave them as is! That being said, I don’t think Betsy would be very impressed if I just shared a stenciled panel! LOL! (Hey, Betsy popping in here to say that I’m pretty sure Kelly could manage to make *just* a stenciled panel look amazing – LOL!)

I’m particularly smitten with the rose that’s almost in the center, so I chose to frame that particular rose using the  Hoopla Round dies. I die cut the hoop from white and then colored it using a few brown Distress Oxide inks. The silver ‘hanger’ at the top is also die cut once from white cardstock and then one more time from silver cardstock for realism. I simply glued the two together for a sturdier piece and then glued it to the top of the hoop.

 I die cut the ‘sew’ word using the new Stitched Sentiments die using black cardstock for contrast. I strategically glued it to the hoop using liquid glue and then added the hoop to the background using foam squares for dimension. I chose to accent the ‘sew’ word using the ‘grateful for you’ portion of the sentiment found in the Stitched Sentiments stamp set. I heat embossed it in white onto a black strip of cardstock for contrast. I die cut and stamped flowers and leaves from the Floral Sampler stamp/die set using Distress Oxide inks.  I arranged them around the hoop and sentiment until I was happy with the arrangement.  I did use the French knot dies from the Embroidered Blooms dies to add to the centers of two of the flowers; it just gives it some variation and added detail. That’s what’s so great about this collection…. you can mix and match things to your heart’s content! 

For those of you that saw my Rose Tapestry card for the release, I used the Aida Cloth Texture Plate over the top of the stenciled panel and I absolutely LOVED the texture and feel that it gave that card, but for today, I chose to leave it ‘as-is’ for something a little bit different.

I had so much fun creating this card to add to my thank you card stash; it is currently depleted after a round of thanking a few friends who helped me a few months ago. I love how unique this particular card is with all of its ‘sewing’ charm! I like having all different types of cards in my stash to have on hand for just the perfect time! Thanks for joining me today!

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Fresh & Summery Hello with Laurie

by Betsy
written by Betsy

Hello Greetery friends!  It’s Laurie Willison here!  I have a quick and simple card today that incorporates the new Aida Cloth Texture Plate.  I know the Aida Cloth print works so well with the stitching theme cards but how about just as a texture plate?  I am here for it!!  I love how easy these plates work to add a little texture in the background.  

To create this card, I first die cut the largest Postal Frame Die in white cardstock and layered it on to a white card base.  Using the Aida Cloth Texture Plate, I ran another piece of white cardstock through for that amazing detail.  I cut the panel to fit just inside the dotted frame on the Postage panel.  

Next, I grabbed the Big Branches: Ruscus Die and die cut 2 pieces of green cardstock.  By trimming one branch down, I was able to create the look of a full swag in the background of the card. After assembling the moth from Jumbo Curiosity: Moth Die and Stencil set, I popped the moth up in between those 2 branches in the background.  To finish off the card, I added in the hello sentiment from Opposites Attract Stamp Set and then a few clear drops for some bling!

You know I love keeping it clean and simple but for those of you who do amazing things with detail, here are a few ideas….

Tips for adding in more details: 

  • Instead of the texture plate, mask off the background and use a background stamp for some extra color and detail. 
  • Add in a few extra of the mini moths from the Curiosity Summer Findings Die Set.  
  • Use the new Hoopla Dies to create the frame instead of the Postage Frame Die.
  • Tuck in some floral images from any of your favorite Greetery Stamp Sets. 

I am so glad you stopped by today.  If you are inspired to create a clean and simple card, or by any of today’s tips, please tag me when you share over on Instagram! I love to see all your creations!  IG @laurie_willison 

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TGIF – Rose Tapestries with Dawn

by Betsy
written by Betsy

Hello there! It’s TGIF time again and I couldn’t wait to share these projects with you because, gosh, they’re just so pretty! And the best part is, ANYone can make them, thanks to the ease of use with these fun new products from the most recent release at The Greetery!  I fell in love with the Rose Tapestry stencil set and just had to use them again after making my release projects, so this TGIF post was just perfect timing!

Firstly, let me just say that I LOVE that you can use the new Aida Cloth Texture Plate to make card stock look like Aida cloth!  My mom made MANY counted cross stitch pieces when I was growing up!  Our walls were covered with them, so I became familiar with Aida cloth from a very young age.  And even though she framed the cross stitch works when they were finished, while she was working on them, they were always in embroidery hoops with these same screw tops like the Hoopla Oval die!  So, working with all of these same elements, but in paper form, just brought back so many memories!  Made me think of my mom the whole time!

PRO TIP: Stencil your card stock FIRST and then run it through your die cutting machine with the texture plate (use a rubber embossing mat for best results). You don’t want all of your ink to be affected by that texture when you’re stenciling. So, stencil first and add the texture after.

I used silver and gold card stocks to die cut the screw elements at the top, and just die cut the frame from white card stock, which I then inked up with brown ink, using a blending brush. Fast and easy! I die cut that “sew” and then stamped it with the matching word.  I added a simple card stock strip to finish off the sentiment.

Sometimes, the pattern is just too pretty to cut off any!  I added the sentiment (from the Sew Vintage stamp set) to one of the little Hoopla Mini die cuts and added a bit of paper “thread” to accent the hoop (cut using the Notionable die).

PRO TIP: When you have a small die cut element such as this frame, and you don’t want it to get lost in the busyness of the background, add a strip of card stock behind it to serve as a grounding element between the two.  It gives the eye someplace to rest and allows the focal image to really pop!    

Hope you’ve enjoyed today’s cards and I hope they can give you some inspiration and serve as a jumping-off point for a project of your own!

Have a great day,
Dawn

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Handiwork Collection Release Day + Special Guest Nichol Spohr

by Betsy
written by Betsy

It’s release day for our new Handiwork Collection! The new stamps, dies, and stencils will be available in the shop at 10am EDT.

We have a special guest joining us today to share even more inspiration using our new Handiwork collection – Nichol Spohr! If you follow Nichol, you already know that besides being a super-talented paper crafter, she also shares amazing stitching and sewing projects. We thought she’d be perfect for joining us in showcasing our new Handiwork collection!

Before we get to Nichol’s projects and video, we have some winners to announce. If you see that your comment was drawn as a winner, please send an email to customerservice@thegreetery.com and we’ll get your gift card code to you asap!

Day 1 Winners

Day 1 winner #1 is Lorraine Buttner from Wanda’s blog…

Day 1 winner #2 is Donna Phelan from Angelica’s blog…

Day 2 Winners

Day 2 winner #1 is Lisa Chapman from Laurie’s blog…

Day 2 winner #2 is Amy Cooley from. Dawn’s blog…

Now for Nichol’s projects and video! In her video she’ll be putting together these four cards that use lots of different products from our new Handiwork collection. She shares lots of great tips along the way.

Click below to watch her video…

Here are a few more close-ups of her projects…

If you’d like to check out more of Nichol’s work (both her paper creations and her stitching projects), here are all the places you’ll find her:

Thank you so much for joining us, Nichol!

Also, before I go, I just wanted to link our Handiwork Collection Lookbooks! Grab something cold, sit back, and enjoy browsing through all of the team projects!

Thanks so much for joining us for all of the fun this week!

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Handiwork Collection Day 2

by Betsy
written by Betsy

Welcome to Day 2 of product introductions for our new Handiwork Collection! We’re getting closer to the day when these new products hit the shop! They’ll be available beginning at 10am EDT on Friday, July 28.

Before I get into today’s product intros, just a heads up that Laurie will be hosting an Instagram Live this afternoon. If you’d like to see the products up close, join Laurie today, 7/27 at 4pm ET / 3pm CT on our Instagram channel. If you aren’t able to join us live, you can watch it any time from our feed.

Now for today’s product introductions…

Below is a quick look at the new products being showcased today. 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 10am EDT on Friday, July 28).

Sew Vintage Die + stamp set

I’ve always been fascinated by vintage sewing machines – both for their functionality and their beauty! I’m so excited about our new Sew Vintage die, which creates the most adorable vintage sewing machine. The details really put this set over the top (you can actually “thread” the machine!). The coordinating stamp set can be used to add floral and flourish details to the sewing machine, and it also includes a handful of sewing-themed sentiments.

Click HERE for Sew Vintage die info ($24)
Click HERE for Sew Vintage stamp set info ($8)

Notionable Die

Our new Notionable die is filled with sweet old-fashioned sewing notions, including a classic tomato pin cushion and a fancy scissors that actually opens and closes when assembled with a brad. (I think cutting it from gold cardstock is going to be required! 🙂 ). Other items in the set include fancy pins, needle and a spool of thread, a needle card and a thimble.

Click HERE for Notionable die info ($25)

Rose Tapestry Stencil

This new 7-piece layering stencil creates an all-over rose pattern that was inspired by vintage tapestries. Have fun experimenting with all of the different color combos and watching this design come to life, stencil by stencil!

Click HERE for Rose Tapestry stencil info ($18)

Embroidered Background Stamp

We’re introducing a new background, this one features the look of freehand embroidery and is sized to fill an A2 panel.

Click HERE for Embroidered Background stamp info ($16)

Now for some projects to see these new products brought to life!

First up is a card that uses the new Sew Vintage die and matching stamp set. I just had to go the traditional route and create a black and gold machine by heat embossing the details from the Sew Vintage stamp set with gold embossing powder. It’s just a classic! I am excited to also create these in some other non-traditional colors for future projects.

Around the machine I clustered several stamped and diecut images that were done with both the Embroidered Blooms die and the Floral Sampler stamp set and matching die. The sentiment is from the new Sew Vintage stamp set. Things to note on the background – I used the Hoopla Oval Inserts, embossed with the Aida Cloth Texture Plate. Behind that is a kraft panel that was stamped with thew new Embroidered Background stamp using white pigment ink.

Next up is a card that uses the new Notionable die, along with several other new products. One of the fun things about the Notionable die is that it’s perfect for pairing with our Curio Divider and Curio Divider II dies! I used the Curio II die here to create a sort of sewing box themed card. It’s so fun to create all of the pretty details!

In addition to the scissors, pin cushion, thread, thimble, etc from the Notionable set, I also incorporated the tiny oval hoop from the Hoopla Mini set. I added a few little “fabric” scraps that were cut with the Patchwork die and embossed with the Aida Cloth Texture Plate. One of them was cut from a little scrap I had left from another project that was stenciled with the new Rose Tapestry stencil. I also tucked in a few stamped and diecut florals from the Embroidered Blooms and Floral Sampler sets.

The scissors was cut from rose gold mirror cardstock and fastened together onto my card using a tiny brad so that it actually opens and closes, creating a fun interactive element!

While it’s super fun to use alllll of the Notionable elements on a single card, they’re also great to use independently, which is what I did for these next two cards. This first one uses that adorable scissors as a focal point.

I started out with the larger Hoopla Oval and created a hoop to use as my focal point. I attached the scissors in the center with a brad, so again it’s an interactive element. Then I used some Embroidered Blooms diecuts to frame my pretty golden scissors. For the sentiment, I pulled out my Little Labels set to stamp the thank you sentiment. Behind the hoop is a dark green cardstock panel, which I embossed with the Aida Cloth Texture Plate and stamped with the Embroidered Background stamp in a darker shade of green.

The inside of the card is stamped with the “doesn’t cut it” sentiment from the new Stitched Sentiments set, finishing the sentiment from the front of the card. I also stamped a few leaves and flowers from the Floral Sampler set.

This next card uses the cute spool of thread from the Notionable die set. I created four spools in fun colors and layered them over a Hoopla Oval Inserts diecut. I also added a few leaves cut with the Embroidered Blooms die. The sentiment is from the Sew Vintage stamp set.

For the background, I head embossed the new Embroidered Background onto kraft cardstock with white embossing powder. I diecut my embossed panel with the Crimped Frames die.

My next two cards use the new Rose Tapestry stencil set. It’s so fun to see this stencil design come together with each step! Here I used shades of pink and purple for the roses, and blues and greens for the foliage to stencil the design onto a panel that was embossed with the Aida Cloth Texture Plate. Once my panel was stenciled, I diecut it with the Patchwork die to add even more texture and the pinked edge.

For my focal point I used the smaller hoop from the Hoopla Round die. Inside the hoop I put a panel of vellum that was heat embossed with the Embroidered Background using white embossing powder. I love how lacy that looks! For the sentiment I pulled out my Written in Ribbons set and stamped the “happy” in coordinating ink colors and layered it over the vellum hoop. I added the birthday sentiment, also from Written in Ribbons stamped onto a PreText Banners diecut. I added a few diecut leaves around the sentiment, which were cut with the Embroidered Blooms die.

For my last card for the day, I took a stenciled Rose Tapestry panel and framed it with the large round Hoopla die. I added a sentiment using the Stitched Sentiments stamp set and matching die. I embellished the top of the hoop with several Embroidered Blooms diecuts.

For the background, I layered a Woven Cane panel diecut from white cardstock over a creamy card base for a subtle background with lots of texture.

That wraps up my projects today, but keep reading for links to the team blogs and for information on how you could win one of our giveaways for today’s blog hop!

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 Thursday, July 27 at 11:59pm EDT
  • Winners will be posted at 7am ET on Friday, July 28 here on the blog

Now for more the team blog links…

ANGELICA

DANA

DAWN

KELLY

LAURIE

MELISSA

WANDA
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