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TGIF – Welcome Dana Kirby

by Betsy
written by Betsy

Happy Friday! After a bit of a break, the team is back and ready to inspire you with our weekly TGIF posts! We’re kicking it off with a fun announcement. We’re excited to have Dana Kirby joining our team! I’ve been a long-time fan of Dana’s work. Many of you are probably already familiar with her beautiful work, but if not, you can hop over to her blog, or follow her on Instagram. You’re sure to feel inspired after checking out her beautiful projects!

Dana’s joining us today with her first post as a member of our Inspiration Team…

Happy TGIF! It’s Dana here today with my first post on The Greetery’s blog as a new member of their inspiration team! I have been a huge fan of The Greetery’s products since the very beginning and I couldn’t be honored to be joining this amazing team!! For today’s card I decided to pull out some of my favorite products and create a Thank You card.

I started my card by stamping my florals with the Bigger Blooms set. Don’t you just love the florals in this set? They’re perfect for so many occasions! 

Next, I created my card panel with the Macrame Diamonds Die set. I die cut the openwork diamond detail directly from the panel. Then, I added the detail die (frame) onto the panel once I ink blended it with a soft salmon colored ink. Once I had my florals attached I splattered a little white paint onto my panel for some added detail.

For my sentiment, I used the Opposites Attract Set. I love how this set includes dies for both the main bold sentiment and the coordinating script sentiment too. 

Thanks for joining me today and I hope you enjoyed my card. 

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TGIF – Foodie Friday

by Betsy
written by Betsy

Happy TGIF! I’m back for this week’s TGIF. It seems my trend towards food-themed projects continues. Maybe we should just start calling this Foodie Fridays. 😊

I have a fun project today, inspired by some real life events. This week we hosted our church youth group for one course of a progressive dinner. We were in charge of serving the salad/appetizer course. Knowing most teens’ aversion to anything green, we put on our thinking caps and decided to put together a charcuterie board (don’t worry, I had to google how to pronounce it too 😊). If you spend any amount of time on Pinterest, you’ve probably seen this trend…gorgeous boards filled with meats and cheeses, fruits and veggies, and more. The concept has expanded to other themes too. I’ve seen amazing waffle boards, donut boards, and more. So fun!

Here is our charcuterie board before the teens dug in (yes, those are pepperoni roses and no, that’s not real wine 😁)…

Inspired by the whole concept of charcuterie boards, I decided to create a card version using some of our foodie images. Plus I was looking for an excuse to make something summery (it’s time for winter to go away!), so I pulled out our BotaniCuts Strawberries die and the Lemon Blossom set.

A slimline card seemed like the natural choice for this idea, so I pulled out our Crimped Slimline die and cut the largest layer from that set from white cardstock. Then I needed my “board”, so I pulled out my Shiplap Builder die and covered a long strip of cardstock with the Shiplap Builder planks.

Then I went to town layering the lemons, strawberries, leaves, and flowers from both of the sets until my board was nice and full. I finished it off by simply stamping a sentiment along the bottom using a sentiment from the Fresh Air set.

I love it when life inspires my crafting ventures. What’s inspiring you these days? I’d love to hear!

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TGIF – Thinking Outside the Curio Box

by Betsy
written by Betsy

Good morning and happy Friday! I’m back again for this week’s TGIF. I hope you don’t mind another Curio: Confections card! I have this set out on my desk and have been having so much fun with it. We’re expecting another batch of these dies to arrive here today, so watch for them to come back in stock in the shop very soon! I was inspired to use this die in a bit of a different way for today’s project!

I’m loving the natural trend I’ve been seeing in home decor…dried florals, warm woods, and linen textures. That whole vibe was what inspired today’s project. I thought it would be fun to take the Curio Confections candies and instead turn them into little frames, paired up with the bitty flowers from our BotaniCuts Wildflower Mix die.

I started out by diecutting the Curio Confections from both white cardstock and some cotton fabric. I really wanted something with more of a linen texture, but couldn’t find any in my fabric stash, so opted for just some lightweight cotton muslin instead. I backed a piece of the muslin with a double-sided adhesive sheet before diecutting it with the Curio: Confections die. I used these fabric diecuts as my “canvases” for creating the flower designs. To create the tiny “wood” frames, I used my cardstock diecuts and inked them up with shades of brown Oxide inks. I used Gathered Twigs and Ground Espresso. For some of them, I diecut the plain “candy” shape from the center of the “wrapper” portion to create frames. I layered these over my muslin diecuts.

Inside each frame I arranged small leaves and flowers cut with our BotaniCuts Wildflower Mix die. I snipped the leaves from the stems, since I just wanted to create small clusters. The coloring on the flowers was done with colored pencils. I also added some “hangers” for my frames using brown twine and tiny brads. I assembled my card by first adding the outer wood frame to my card base using our Curio: Cover die. Then I took my assortment of frames and played around with different arrangements until I settled on this design. I stamped a sentiment in the oblong frame in the upper left corner, using a sentiment from the Pitcher-esque set. You could swap out the sentiment and use this card for all sorts of occasions.

Thank you so much for popping in with me here today! I hope you enjoy your weekend and get to sneak in a little creative time! 🙂

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TGIF – Coffee & Confections…

by Betsy
written by Betsy

Happy Friday! Join me for a cup of coffee this morning? Maybe a bite or two of something sweet? 🙂 I’m popping in with today’s TGIF project combining one of our newest products with a set that’s been around for awhile. I always love looking through past releases to see what can be mixed and matched with our newest items!

Today I have a couple of notecards that combine our Cozy Cup set with our new Curio: Confections die (we’re expecting a restock batch of these very soon!). Some of the smaller little confections from the set are the perfect size for placing on the saucer from the Cozy Cup set.

I had so much fun “plating” these cute treats (I learned that fancy term from watching my favorite cooking shows 😀 ) I stamped a couple of the Cozy Cups, one with Tea Dye Oxide ink and one with Tattered Rose. I popped up the circle with the latte art using foam tape so that I could kind of tuck the treats underneath just a bit for dimension.

I arranged my cup and treats onto a Cozy Cup Coaster diecut, and also tucked in the little leaf sprig and spoon from Cozy Cup. The Confections are embellished with Candy Crumbles and Strawberry Bits. I also added some tiny white blooms cut with the BotaniCuts: Strawberries die. This one also has a little candy stick from the Sweet Tooth set. The base of my notecards was cut with the Crimped Notecard die.

These little 4×4 notecards are not mailable through the USPS. They’ll have to be hand-delivered, so I took advantage of that fact and embellished the envelopes as well by creating some “seals” using the Curio: Confections die.

Thank you so much for joining me today! I hope this little project makes your weekend a little bit sweeter!

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TGIF – Basket of Berries with Laurie

by Betsy
written by Betsy

Happy Friday! Laurie is here with a yummy project to brighten your day, using a great mix of older and new products. I always love seeing new and inspiring product combos!

Hi there friends!  It’s Laurie here, stopping in with this week’s TGIF.  I am sure by now you have seen all the new goodies and maybe even received your orders from last week’s amazing Greetery Release.  So you will know just how amazing the Botanicuts: Strawberries Dies are first hand.  I just love all the detail created by these dies to give us the most beautiful strawberries.  

I created a simple little scene using the Create-A-Crate Dies.  After cutting out each piece, I cut the back of the crate off, leaving tabs to glue to a Postal Frames Die cut, which I used for my card front  This way  it still has a little 3D look to it, but it works great for a card front.  I tucked in 2 Just Mason Around Jars inside the crate and stamped the “Fresh Picked” Sentiment on the bottom of the crate from the same stamp set.  

After die cutting all the greenery pieces, I added in the strawberry dies to that beautiful stem.  Using pop dots, I added it to the front of the crate so those leaves and berries have some dimension.  I tucked in a few more around the crate and then added in a tag die, from Sentiment Suite Basics, and a sentiment, from Market Basket Sentiments, and finished it off with a twine bow.  With foam tape, I secured my card front to a white card base to complete the card!

I hope you are enjoying these Strawberries as much as I am!  Thank you so much for stopping in today.  Have a great day!

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Confections Release Day

by Betsy
written by Betsy

Happy Friday and happy release day! All of the new products we’ve been showcasing the last few days will be going up in the shop this morning at 10am ET.

First we have a few winners to announce! Ladies, if you find your name/comment in the winner’s list below, please send an email to customerservice@thegreetery.com and we’ll get you your gift card code asap!

Our Day 1 Winners…

Suzie P. from here on The Greetery blog:

Jean from Angelica’s blog:

Our Day 2 Winners…

Heather Gaffney from Dawn’s blog:

Lori Spitzer, also from Dawn’s blog:

Just a few notes about the release…

Collection Bundle

We’ll once again be offering a Confections Bundle for quick shopping.

**Note: The bundle does not include the consumable items – the sprinkle assortments, Nuvo Drops, and puffy paint will need to be purchased separately.

Restock

We restocked some items last night. If it’s not in stock as of this morning, it will not be restocked in time for the release. We’re expecting a large die shipment sometime late next week, so if there’s a die you’re looking for, chances are it will be included in that shipment. 🙂

Lookbooks

While you wait for the release to go live, have some fun browsing the new lookbooks HERE. The team created so many wonderful things again this release!

I think that’s all for now! Thank you so much for joining us for the fun this week!

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Confections Collection Day #2

by Betsy
written by Betsy

Hello and welcome to our second day of product reveals for our first new product release of 2022! I had so much fun creating with today’s goodies, I can’t wait to show you everything! The new products we’re showcasing today will go up in the shop on Friday morning at 10am ET.

Just a note before we dig into the products and projects…Laurie will be showcasing all of the new products in an Instagram Live presentation TODAY. Join her on this morning at 11 am CST/noon EST, if you’d like to check out the new goodies up close.

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Below is a quick look at all of the new products. Click on the links below each product heading for more details and information, or click HERE to see all of the new products in the shop. (**Please Note: although the new products are visible in the shop, they will not be available to purchase until 10am ET on Friday, January 21).

Curio: Confections die

Designed to work with our Curio: Divider & Details and Divider & Details II dies, use these sweet dies to create an assortment of candy confections!

Click HERE for Curio: Confections die details ($32)

BotaniCuts Strawberries die + Strawberry Dippers die

The newest die in our popular BotaniCuts series…luscious strawberries! Use our companion Strawberry Dippers die to create yummy chocolate-covered strawberries!

Click HERE for BotaniCuts Strawberries die details ($16)
Click HERE for Strawberry Dippers die details ($5)

All Kinds of Happy stamp set + All Kinds of Happy die + Shadow die

So much happiness in one set! Our All Kinds of Happy product suite is filled with happiness and versatility. The All Kinds of Happy Shadow die can be used in combination with either the stamp set or the All Kinds of Happy die. Whether you prefer to stamp or to diecut your sentiments, this set has options for you.

Click HERE for All Kinds of Happy stamp set details ($18)
Click HERE for All Kinds of Happy die details ($26)
Click HERE for All Kinds of Happy Shadow die details ($30)

Stamping OR diecutting…choose your favorite way of creating!

Are you ready to see these new products in action? I loved creating with these products! Up first is a Curio: Confections card. I pulled out my Curio: Divider & Details II die and filled it up with these scrumptious Confections. I also tucked in a few chocolate-covered strawberries using the new BotaniCuts Strawberries and matching Dippers die.

So fun to embellish all of these little goodies using Nuvo Drops, puffy paint, and our Candy Crumbles, Strawberry, and Heart Bits. Each of the candy shapes has a coordinating “wrapper” die (except for the two smallest candies in the set) The “wrappers” are the same shape but larger and with a pinked edge, so as to look like the candies are nested inside paper wrappers. I found it worked great to cut them from a light-weight vellum or even tissue paper, and then just bend the edges slightly around the candy for a little dimension. I topped off my box of candy with a Frosted Frames border and a sentiment diecut using our new All Kinds of Happy die and matching Shadow die. I completed the sentiment using a stamp from the Sentiment Suite: Love stamps set.

Up next I had the idea to make some sweet little square notecards using the Curio: Confections along with our Deco Notecard die. I wanted to make these look like fancy bakery boxes filled with treats. They were SO fun to make!

To do this, I diecut the Deco Notecard to use as my base, then used the other dies from the set to create the “box top”. I diecut the decorative square from the Deco Notecard set, then used the smallest die from the set to cut a “window” in the center. I backed the window with a piece of acetate. I adhered four treats to the center of each notecard base, then adhered my window panel over the top with some thick foam dots.

Before adhering it I embellished it just a bit with some strips of paper across the corners and a tiny bow cut with the Speed Tagging Details die to really make them look like little boxes. The tiny tags were cut with the Sentiment Suite: Basics die and stamped with sentiments from the SS: Love and SS: Birthday stamp sets.

Next up I have several cards using the new BotaniCuts Strawberries and sentiments from the new All Kinds of Happy. I love these strawberries so much! This first card uses the strawberry cluster. This set comes with a guide showing how all the bits and pieces come together to build this cluster. There are also individual tops for the strawberries so you can use the strawberries individually as well, which I’ll show in a bit.

I’m not sure there’s anything more fun than coloring up some luscious berries! I used Oxide inks to sponge color onto my diecuts. For the berries I used Festive Berries with Aged Mahogany, and Crushed Olive is the perfect color for adding that little unripened spot. The leaves were done with Peeled Paint and Pine Needles, then shaded with colored pencils. The background was cut using the Frosted Frames die and the sentiment is a combination of stamps and dies from our All Kinds of Happy stamp set, die, and Shadow die. I love the little flowers in the BotaniCuts Strawberries set – they’re the sweetest finishing touch.

For this one, I used the berries with their individual tops and filled up the largest basket from the Market Baskets die set. So excited about how these work perfectly together!

I created a wood surface for my basket by pulling out my Shiplap Builder die. I added just the leaf portion of the strawberry cluster to the upper left corner and added lots of little white blossoms, also from the BotaniCuts Strawberries set. The sentiment is our new Piped Sentiments: Sweet die with the rest of the sentiment stamped using the new Sweet Tooth set.

For this next one I also incorporated the Strawberry Dippers die to make some of my berries even sweeter. I added even more dimension with some puffy paint and Nuvo Chocolate drops.

The sentiment here is a combo of a few new things…the All Kinds of Happy die and Shadow die, paired with the Piped Sentiments: Sweet die and finished with a stamp from the Sweet Tooth set.

This next card is a type I’m going to need a lot of in the coming months…it is weddings galore in our family this coming year! I decided it would be fun to create a different look by omitting the strawberries and using only the leaf cluster and the small flowers from the BotaniCuts Strawberries set. I love how it turned out!

Instead of attaching the strawberries to the stems, I used clusters of flowers instead. I went for more muted shades of green for the leaves, and soft pinks and white for the tiny flowers. The sentiment was done with the All Kinds of Happy die, Shadow die, and finished with the All Kinds of Happy stamp set for the rest of the sentiment.

That wraps up my projects for today using the new products coming to the shop on Friday! I so hope you enjoyed taking a peek at them.

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, January 20 at 11:59pm ET
  • Winners will be posted at 7am ET on Friday, January 21 here on the blog

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

ANGELICA

DAWN

KELLY

LAURIE

WANDA
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Confections Collection Day #1

by Betsy
written by Betsy

Hello and welcome to the first day of product reveals for our first new product release of 2022! Sit back, grab a snack (you’re going to be craving something sweet by the end of this post!), and enjoy everything the team and I have been working on. The new products we’re showcasing today will go up in the shop on Friday morning at 10am ET.

Just a note before we dig into the products and projects…Laurie will be showcasing all of the new products in an Instagram Live presentation tomorrow morning. Join her on Thursday at 11 am CST/noon EST, if you’d like to check out the new goodies up close.

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Below is a quick look at all of the new products. Click on the links below each product heading for more details and information, or click HERE to see all of the new products in the shop. (**Please Note: although the new products are visible in the shop, they will not be available to purchase until 10am ET on Friday, January 21).

Sweet Tooth stamp set + matching die

Filled with all kinds of sweet treats, you’ll love stamping these cute images in all of your favorite colors. The matching die features a zero border, so you can stack and layer your treats without a white border to distract from the images.

Click HERE for Sweet Tooth stamp set details ($24)
Click HERE for Sweet Tooth die details ($16)

Love & Cookies stamp set + Love & Cookies die

You loved our Bake it Merry stamp and die, now we have more sentiments to match! The Love & Cookies set features two new words in our fun cookie font – “Love” and “Happy” – perfect for Valentine’s, birthdays, and more. The companion tools, etc found in the Bake it Merry die set coordinate perfectly with this set as well. The Love & Cookies die can act as a stand-alone die, or it can be paired with the matching stamp set. The stamp set includes several complementary sentiments.

Click HERE for Love & Cookies stamp set details ($18)
Click HERE for Love & Cookies die details ($24)


Frosted Frames die

Another great addition to our basic frame dies, this set features a super sweet scalloped outer border, a loopy frame, a frosted rectangle, and some frosted dollop details. Perfect for pairing with all of our other confections!

Click HERE for Frosted Frames die details ($26)

Piped Sentiments: Sweet die

This “sweet” new word die features a beautiful script font that reminds me of fancy icing. This two-piece set includes the word “sweet” and a matching base die. The base die from the set also coordinates with the “sweet” sentiment from the Sweet Tooth stamp set.

Click HERE for Piped Sentiments: Sweet die details ($16)


Sprinkles & Toppings

Everything’s better with sprinkles! We’ll be adding some new clay sprinkle mixes to our line-up, including a strawberry mix, candy crumble mix, and hearts!

We’ll also be stocking some other fun toppings! The white puffy paint makes a great whipped topping, while the Nuvo Drops look just like chocolate sauce. So fun for adding realistic details to your paper confections!

Click HERE for Strawberry Bits details ($4)
Click HERE for Candy Crumble Mix details ($11)
Click HERE for Heart Bits details ($4)
Click HERE for White Tulip Puffy Paint details ($2.50)
Click HERE for Nuvo Vintage Drops – Chocolate Chip details ($5)

Let’s dive into today’s projects, shall we? My first project is my favorite of the day…it’s literally a tower of treats!

For this sugar overload, I piled up a whole bunch of the stamped images from the Sweet Tooth set on a Crimped Slimline base. I had so much fun stamping all of these colorful images, and adding all of the little details using the different toppings that are coming to the shop along with the new stamps and dies! I added a sentiment to the top, done with a combination of the new Piped Sentiments: Sweet die and a stamped sentiment from the Sweet Tooth set, embossed in white. I added a final dose of sugar by splattering with white paint to finish it off.

My next approach to the Sweet Tooth set was a little more refined compared to the binge-worthy card above. 🙂 Here I carefully selected just a few special treats to showcase in style, by placing them on some diecut circle “doilies”. I used a mixed of my Crimped and Nordic Circle dies, then folded them in half.

This provided the perfect place to showcase these cute treats. I added some tiny white flowers (from a die you’ll see more of tomorrow), along with strawberry slices from our Strawberry Bits sprinkle mix. Again the sentiment is a mix of stamped and diecut using the Piped Sentiments: Sweet die and the Sweet Tooth stamp set. The Frosted Frames die is the perfect finishing touch to add some fun around the edges with that cute loopy border. I left it nested inside the outer-most scalloped rectangle.

Next up I used the cute donut image from the Sweet Tooth set. I had so much fun stamping these in all different colors, and adding even more color to the sprinkles using colored pencils. I added different dots and drizzles using the Puffy Paint and Chocolate Nuvo Drops to embellish them even more. I filled my background with my assortment of yummy donuts.

After I had my arrangement all set, I adhered all of my donuts with foam tape for a little extra dimension. Then I topped it off with the outer scalloped frame from the Frosted Frames die. The sentiment was done using the new Love & Cookies die. I sponged some Tea Dye Oxide ink on the base portion, but left my letters white so as not to compete with all of my colorful donuts. The “birthday” sentiment is from the Love & Cookies stamp set.

Next up I have another birthday card using the same “happy” sentiment from the Love & Cookies set. This time I pulled out my Bake it Merry die – the cookie sheet and little tools from that set work perfectly with these new words as well.

I added in some diecut cookies, cut with the Bake it Merry die, and also some clay cookies from our Baked Bits sprinkle mix. In the background is a Frosted Frames diecut adhered to a kraft card base. I used the white puffy paint to add some dimensional dots around the scalloped edge.

Next I combined the “love” from the Love & Cookies die with some of the treats from Sweet Tooth. I put them on a black background to really make them pop. The background was once again cut with the Frosted Frames die – the loopy border from pink cardstock, and the inner portion from black.

The fun sentiment is from the Love & Cookies stamp set. I started it on the outside, and finished it on the inside. So fun to embellish these little treats!

Lastly today, I have a sweet valentine card that uses the Love & Cookies die paired with a fun sentiment from the matching stamp set. I used the heart from the “love” die to create a pair of heart cookies to go along perfectly with the sentiment.

I used my Frosted Frames die to create the background, and added in some clay sprinkles from both the Baked Bits and Heart Bits sprinkles.

That concludes my projects using the new products coming to the shop on Friday! I so hope you enjoyed taking a peek at them. We’ll be back tomorrow with a few more product reveals + more projects using the new goodies!

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, January 20 at 11:59pm ET
  • Winners will be posted at 7am ET on Friday, January 21 here on the blog

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

ANGELICA

DAWN

KELLY

LAURIE

WANDA
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Confections Collection Sneak Peek #2

by Betsy
written by Betsy

Happy Tuesday! We’re rolling on through the week, getting ever closer to the release of our latest collection on Friday!

I have one more sneak peek for you today before we start with the full reveals and projects tomorrow.

Today’s peek is just as sweet as yesterday’s…plus a little fruity, and a whole lot of happy!

Thanks for stopping by to check out today’s peek. I hope you’ll join us for the fun tomorrow as we showcase the new Confections collection with projects and product reveals!

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Confections Collection Sneak Peek #1

by Betsy
written by Betsy

Happy new week! Just popping in on this Monday morning with a sneak peek of some of the new things coming to the shop later this week!

Our newest collection, called Confections, is filled with sweet paper treats. Here’s a little peek of some of the fun stamps and dies from this delectable collection…

I hope you’ll join us for the rest of the fun this week. I’ll be back tomorrow with another peek!

Our Confections collection will be available in the shop on Friday, January 21 at 10 am EST.

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