Happy Saturday! Just popping in with a second peek of what’s coming to the shop next week with our new Spring Fever collection!
Can you pick out the new takes on some of our best classics? Plus there’s a new Print Shop coming to town.
I hope you enjoyed the peeks and I hope your weekend is wonderful. I hope we’ll see you back here Monday morning when we kick off the reveals. 😊
TGIF! It’s time for some fun! Kelly is here with an adorable project, perfect for the first Friday of MARCH! Can you believe it?
Before we get to Kelly’s adorable project, how about a sneak peek of something NEW? Next week we’ll be releasing our latest collection called Spring Fever. Here’s your first peek into a little of what’s coming to the shop on Wednesday, March 10…
I’ve been having so much fun playing with these new goodies – it feels like spring in my craft room! Can’t wait to share everything in full next week. We’ll have one more peek tomorrow!
Now let’s see what Kelly has up her sleeve for today’s TGIF…
Hello friends! It’s Kelly today with this week’s TGIF project! I’ve been having a lot of fun sprucing up the house with spring and St. Patrick’s Day touches so I thought it would be fun to create an Irish inspired card! I love when I can use products from my stash that aren’t necessarily for a specific season and re-work them to fit my needs! In this case, I was thrilled to be able to use the smallest of the Heart Leaf Posy Pocket Dies to create a shamrock!
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I die cut three posy pockets out of white cardstock and then added two different shades of green to each one and then secured them shut using foam squares. I set those aside and got to work creating the small yellow bouquets. I used the BotaniCuts Forget-Me-Nots dies and die cut everything out of white cardstock and then used yellow and green ink to add the color using blender brushes. I also added some darker yellow details using a colored pencil. Once they were all colored, I used liquid glue to assemble them together and add them to the stems. I was thrilled that one of the stems in the set worked perfectly as the stem for the shamrock as well!
I like to use mini foam squares to attach the flowers to the stems for a bit more realism and dimension. Once the bouquets were finished, I was able to get started on assembling the card. I cut a piece of Linen cardstock and added some light blue ink with a blender brush to the center of the card working my way toward the edges. I also added some ink splatter with an ink that is a few shades darker than the background.
I stamped the “a note to say” portion of the sentiment, which is from the Opposites Attract stamp set, directly onto the panel using my mini MISTI for exact alignment. I die cut the “hello” portion three times out of white cardstock using the Opposites Attract Dies. I stamped it in black and then stacked the other two die cuts to create a chipboard weight piece. I added it directly underneath the scripted sentiment using foam squares.
I placed the stem where I wanted it and then added the three posy pockets to the panel using foam squares. From there I was able to tuck the two bouquets here and there for added detail and embellishment. I added some glitter to the flowers and the shamrock using a 2-Way glue pen. Once that was done, I added some White Nuvo Drops to the centers of the flowers and a few gold drops for a touch of St. Paddy’s gold! You could also use some of the letters from the Alphabuds collection if you wanted something more on the St. Patrick’s Day side, like “Lucky” or “Pinch Me”. I love using alphabets to customize my cards!
I had a lot of fun putting this card together! Thanks for joining me today!
Good morning and happy weekend! I’m popping in with a second sneak peek of our new Nature Lover collection!
You can’t have a nature collection without…flowers! Our second sneak peek is filled with pretty blooms, posy pockets, and more. There’s a new BotaniCuts die that’s simply “unforgettable”…you won’t want to miss it. 😊
I hope this peek brightened your day! And I hope you’ll join us on Monday as we kick off the full reveals and projects…Enjoy the rest of your weekend!
TGIF everyone! It’s been one of those weeks…I don’t know about you, but I’m definitely ready for the weekend! I’m hoping to spend some time in my craft room creating with some of the new goodies we have headed your way soon, which leads me to a Save the Date announcement! We’ll be releasing a new collection of products soon called Nature Lover…sneak peeks start a week from today and the new products will go up in the shop on Wednesday, January 20! I hope you’ll stop by for the fun!
But for today, we have Norine joining us with an amazing project where she has so skillfully combined several different elements into one incredibly beautiful design! Let’s dig in…
Hello Greetery friends, Norine here with you this Friday! I’m buried under a blanket of snow, munching on the remaining crumbs of gingerbread spice cookies with a hot cup of sweet coffee, solidly straddling the seasons, card-making-wise. I daresay there are elements of all 4 seasons in the bits and pieces I’ve assembled for my “thank you” card today.
I’m also straddling the mediums with some of the die cuts layer-stamped and others colored with Copic markers. I think it makes for an interesting if eclectic effect!
I didn’t actually get to use the BotaniCuts Toadstool Garden or the BotaniCuts Mighty Oak dies from the release last fall, so I’m making up for it today. All of the pieces from both of those die sets are die cut from Classic Crest Solar White cardstock and then colored with Copics before assembling.
Next, I stamped and die cut (or actually, die cut THEN stamped – it’s so much easier to get a nice even die cut margin all around doing it in that order) the layered images of the birds in the Robin & Wren set, the green bough in the Hoop Wreath set, and the mini eucalyptus branched from the Petite Eucalyptus set.
Once I had all the pieces colored and die cut, I started playing with the design and I ended up with this sweet arrangement of branches, boughs and birds. Oh, and mushrooms!
The four seasons are represented (in my mind, at least) by the evergreen bough and eucalyptus branches – winter, the birds – spring, the mushrooms – summer and the oak leaves and acorn – fall. I tried to stay with “frosty” colors as much as possible to give the card an appropriately January feel as I am sending it out mid-winter.
I used the “thank you” stamp from the Hoop Wreath stamp and die set, and splattered the card when finished with black watercolor paint. To visually weight the scene, I added a narrow strip of blue plaid patterned paper from my stash to the very bottom.
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Once again, I am delighted by and impressed with the ease of combining multiple stamp and die sets from The Greetery, and how well even different coloring mediums play together!
Thanks so much for stopping by and have a wonderful day!
Good morning and happy new week! It’s going to be a fun week…we will be showcasing our newest collection, we’ll be eating lots of yummy food a little later in the week, and the holiday season officially kicks off this weekend!
Let’s start the week with the second sneak peek of our Winter Wanderer collection…
Today’s peek features some innovative new dies, “wonderful” new sentiments, and a bold new floral!
We’ll be back tomorrow to kick off the full reveals before the new goodies go up in the shop on Friday, November 27. I’d love for you to join us!
Happy Monday! Welcome to the start of an exciting week here at The Greetery! Christmas crafting is my favorite, and I can’t wait to share all of the details and projects using our new holiday collection – Merry Makings.
We’ll be starting the full reveals tomorrow, but in the meantime, here’s a little peek to tide you over (or make you more anxious?? 😉)
Our final sneak is all about making the holidays sweeter. I love making handmade wraps and treats for the holidays, so today’s products have me a little giddy. It’s all about the fun details…sparkles and sprinkles, and sweet treats for everyone on your list.
Thanks for stopping by today. Tomorrow we really kick off the fun when we start the full reveals…I hope you’ll join us!
Our Merry Makings holiday collection will go up in the shop on Friday, October 9 at 10am ET.
Good morning and happy weekend! Are you ready for peek #2 of our Merry Makings 2020 holiday collection?
Sneak peek #2 is all about making the holidays brighter with products that are filled with fun and whimsy…snowflakes that sparkle and special deliveries from you-know-who! 😉
Thanks for stopping by to check out today’s peek. We have one more peek on Monday and then we’ll kick off the full reveals on Tuesday…with three big days full of projects from the team, videos, and giveaways!
Our 2020 Merry Makings Holiday Collection will go up in the shop on Friday, October 9 at 10am EDT!
Laurie is here with a festive TGIF to get us in the mood for all of the holiday stuff coming next week! Speaking of which, before we get to Laurie’s project, here’s your first peek at the Merry Makings collection.
We have so much to show you, but this first peek is all about making the holidays beautiful. Filled with florals and natural elements, these are products that I think you’ll reach for over and over…some even after the holidays have passed.
I’ll be back tomorrow with Peek #2!
Now that we got that out of our systems, let’s turn it over to Laurie for today’s festive TGIF…
Hello friends, it’s Laurie here with a quick and simple holiday card using the adorable Square Dance Stencils in a unique way. I’ll also be using the Bontanicuts Pine Bough Die and a sentiment from the Tree Trimmings Stamp Set.
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To create this card, I grabbed a full sheet of neenah cardstock and blended the Square Dance Stencils in a large area so I could use the pattern vertically instead of at an angle. I love the red background and how perfect it is for Christmas. I cut the patterned piece to leave 1 ¼” along the bottom of the card base. I added the panel to the top of the card with fun foam and then stamped the sentiment along the bottom in a dark brown ink.
Next, I die cut all the pieces to create the Pine Bough and Pine Cones. After adhering them together, I added some fine white paint splatter and a little bit of sparkle with Glimmer Dust.
I used some foam tape to add the bough to the top of the card and then finished it off with a little twine bow and silver bells.
Thanks for coming by today! Hope you have a great day!
Happy TGIF! Fall is officially here and Dawn is joining us today with a pretty autumn color combo. I also have a fun save the date announcement at the bottom of this post that I think a few of you have been waiting on. 😉 First let’s hear from Dawn about her pretty projects!
Hey friends, Dawn here! I’ve been seeing these colors everywhere for Fall, be it in home decor, clothing and more, and the thing about color inspiration is that it can literally be found anywhere! So I busted out this pretty peach and a rust color and paired them together for a couple of thank you cards. Even more fun, is that you can reverse them on all of the elements of your two cards, and get two different but similar looks with literally zero extra effort!
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I die cut two of the Square Dance dies for each card, and just reversed which one was on top. SO fun to create different looks this way! And I used the same Sentiment Starters dies on each, again just flip flopping which color I used. The “thanks” is from Sentiment Suite: Thank You, to finish off the sentiment.
Of course we needed some fall florals, so I used images from Budding Beauties: Autumn, again in those same peaches and rusts and just clustered three branches on each card….one with more leaves and one with more berries. SO fun and so simple!
Hope you’ll give this fun color combo a try for Fall! Have a great weekend, friends!
I hope you’ll join us October 2-9 here on the blog as we showcase our 2020 holiday collection! We’ll start with some sneak peeks next Friday, October 2, and begin the full reveals on Tuesday, October 6. Our new Merry Makings collection will go up in the shop on Friday, October 9.
We have so much to show you – I hope you’ll join us! 😊
Ready for a second peek of what’s to come later this week? I can’t wait for you to see all of the beautiful projects from the Inspiration Team! Such gorgeous work! 😍
Here is a little peek for today…
After I took this pic I had so much fun building cards with all of these bits and pieces…and I can’t wait to show them to you!
I hope you’ll join us tomorrow when we start the full reveals
