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TGIF + Nature Lover Sneak Peek #1…

by Betsy January 15, 2021

written by Betsy

Happy TGIF! I hope you have some crafty plans for the weekend! We’re in the middle of a blizzard, so I think I’ll be cozying up in my craft room, finishing up some projects for next week!

Thanks for stopping by today! I have a few things to share with you, the first of which is the first sneak peek of our Nature Lover collection. This new product collection is coming to the shop next week Wednesday, January 20 at 10am EST (note that this release is happening on Wednesday instead of our usual Friday).

The Nature Lover collection is filled with nature-inspired designs, with a little bit of love on the side. This collection includes many items that I think you’ll enjoy creating with all year long. Is there anything in the sneak peek that makes your heart go pitter-patter?

And since it’s TGIF, I didn’t want to leave you without a project today, so I thought I’d share something I posted on Instagram earlier this week. If you remember the Make & Tell Tuesday from this post a few weeks back where I showed the “black magic” technique, I had another of those backgrounds lying on my work table…

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It was calling me to finish it up into a card, and I thought it might be fun to add some brighter pops of color to the design by heat embossing some flowers over the top of the leafy background. I added the small flower clusters from the Blooming Branch set using some American Crafts bright-colored embossing powders in shades of pink and yellow. I again used the Opposites Attract stamp set to finish it off with a sentiment. Just like the other cards I shared using this technique, the background was stamped with leaves and branches from the All Blessings Flow set.

Thank you so much for stopping by today! I will pop in tomorrow with another peek at our Nature Love collection before we start the full reveals and projects on Monday!

January 15, 2021 41 comments

Make & Tell Tuesday – Black Magic Stamping

by Betsy December 15, 2020

written by Betsy

Happy Tuesday evening! I spent the afternoon working on a project idea that’s been floating around my head and I thought I’d put together a Make & Tell Tuesday video for you…

In today’s video I’ll show you a technique I nicknamed black magic. I’ll show you a little trick for getting more vibrant images on black or dark-colored cardstock.

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Start off by stamping your images with a white pigment ink. Use a stamping platform so that you can stamp multiple times to get images that are really nice and opaque. The more opaque the bottom white layer, the more vibrant your colors on the second step will be. Once you’ve stamped everything in white, stamp again with colored ink. I used Distress Oxide inks, which are a pigment hybrid. It also works to use regular die inks, although I don’t think the colors stay as vibrant. The ink colors will of course never be as vibrant or true as stamping on white cardstock, but it really helps to make them pop a little more against the black! The cardstock color you choose as your base will also influence the final result of the ink colors as well, so keep that in mind.

I used several of the leaf and branch images from the All Blessings Flow set – they’re perfect for this technique since they are simple one-step images.

It’s also fun to play around with other dark cardstock colors – here I used a very dark green. Once I was finished stamping I added a few more details using some metallic gold watercolor and a white pen. I used sentiments from the Opposites Attract set heat embossed with gold powder to keep it simple and let the background really shine.

Here’s the video – I hope you enjoy!

December 15, 2020 21 comments

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Thanksgiving Greetings

by Betsy November 26, 2020

written by Betsy

Good morning! Just wanted to pop in today with a note of thanksgiving.

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Here at The Greetery we are thankful for YOU. Thank you for your support through this year. It’s been a doozie, hasn’t it? When we pause to reflect on the year, we find that more than ever we have a desire to hold fast to the things that draw us together during a time when so many of us are apart, in so many ways. I’m thankful that the love of a craft and the joy of creating has brought us together. May your blessings be many on this Thanksgiving day!

With sincerest gratitude,
All of us at The Greetery

P.S. the November Lookbooks are live if you need something to do while you let the turkey settle. 😊

I’ll be back in the morning to post winners and a few other details before the release and sale go live.

November 26, 2020 23 comments

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TGIF: Fall Beauties with Angelica

by Betsy September 11, 2020

written by Betsy

It’s TGIF time already! Where did the week go? The weeks seem to go extra, extra fast when there’s a holiday on Monday. Angelica is here today with a couple of gorgeous autumn projects…

Hi friends! This is Angelica, and I have two cards to share with you today. I picked autumn colors for my palette, and mixed a couple products together.

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I love making my own backgrounds, and the single leaves from Autumn Sketches stamp set were perfect for this project. I started first with a sentiment. I chose the beautiful sentiment from All Blessing Flow stamp set. I stamped the sentiment in the middle of a panel, and used it as a guide on where to position my leaves. I used my MISTI so I could make a few panels.

I stamped the leaves with Distress Oxide inks, using finger daubers to add the ink. I used 4 different color combinations: Crushed Olive/Forest Moss, Scattered Straw/Fossilized Amber, Worn Lipstick/Aged Mahogany, and Wild Honey/Rusty Hinge. The outlines were stamped with Concord & 9th Wheat ink.

I blended ink around the edges, and splattered a bit of paint to finish the panels. Once dry, I die-cut them with Crimped Frame Die. I attached them to card bases with foam adhesive, then got the sentiments ready.

I white heat-embossed the sentiment onto an ink-blended panel for the yellow card. I used Aged Mahogany, Worn Lipstick, and Tattered Rose Distress Oxide inks for the background.The sentiments were die-cut with the coordinating die. I kept the pink card’s sentiment simple, stamping it with Versafine Clair Nocturne ink.

Thanks so much for joining me today. I hope I have helped you with ideas on mixing products together to use in new ways!

September 11, 2020 11 comments