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TGIF – Nature Shadowbox with Wanda + Save the Date

by Betsy July 29, 2022

written by Betsy

Hello and happy Friday, friends! Wanda is here today with the most amazing project that I can’t wait for you to see! We’ll get to that in just a minute, but before we do, I wanted to let you know that we have some new products coming to the shop next week!

Our new Wild Elegance collection will hit the shop on Thursday, August 4. We’ll be sharing some sneak peeks next week along with one big day of reveals, projects, and a blog hop on Wednesday, August 3. Laurie will also be hosting an Instagram live on Wednesday as well at 11am central, noon ET. I hope you’ll join us for the fun!

Now on to Wanda’s amazing project! I know first hand how amazing this project is because it arrived at my home a few days ago. Wanda surprised me with this wonderful work of art. It’s sitting right next to my desk where I can admire it every day (thank you, Wanda!). She’s here to share all of the details with you…

Hi crafty friends! Wanda here! I’m so happy to be joining you today on The Greetery Blog for TGIF! It’s always my pleasure to share a project with you! Today’s project is not a card! And, it’s something very special, that I actually made for Betsy! When the new Jumbo Curiosity Dies came out recently, this project idea came into my brain like a flash, and I couldn’t wait to make it. And, luckily, it turned out exactly as I hoped it would. It has safely been received at The Greetery HQ so now it’s time to share! I hope I inspire you to make different projects besides cards with your beautiful Greetery stamps and dies!

Today’s project is a botanical/entomological shadow box frame, filled with bugs and plants and wonderful things from nature…. Only it’s all paper! The shadow box frame is 9″x9″ and I bought it at Michaels. I used dark kraft tags as the basis for the scale, and amount of things to put into the box. It worked out perfectly to make eight different tags. I used loads of dies from The Greetery curio collection, and pretty stamps and labels. I used the new Honey Bees and Honeycomb Corners Dies for one of the tags…and two of my other favorites – the Toadstools and the Mighty Oak!!

To start this project, I die cut everything out of watercolor paper first. I really wanted an illustration type of feeling. And watercolor paper always looks so rich. I laid out all the plain pieces on the tags to decide which items to use. Once I had my layout set, I used my favorite watercolor paints to color all the elements. It was really fun to paint all the die cuts, and bring them to life! Every tag has a bit of green on it to tie everything together.

I set the painted elements aside to dry and went to work on the tags themselves. I splattered on some black and white paints. I used Pretty Postmarks, Destination and Curio Labels stamp sets to stamp on the tags and also stamp the small banners. I let everything sit overnight to dry, and finished the project the next morning.

I used foam tape to attach the bugs and plants and other pretties to the tags. I also used foam tape to attach the tags to the shadow box backing piece. I added a few clear drop embellishments onto some of the tags and also a few bits of twine.

So I’m laughing because I want to say “think outside the box” but I literally made A BOX! Ha. If you don’t want to make a shadow box, you could definitely make some of these watercolor tags and put a few on a card front, or into a scrapbook, or tie onto a gift!! Have a wonderful day, and happy crafting. From my studio to yours!

GREETERY SUPPLIES:

Curio Summer Findings die
Curio Spring Findings die
Curio Autumn Findings die
Curio Divider & Details die
Curio Divider & Details II die
BotaniCuts Toadstool Garden die
BotaniCuts Mighty Oak die
Honey Bees die
Plucked die
Honeycomb Corners die
Rustic Twigs die
Curio Sentiments Stamps
Crimped Circles die
Pretext Banners die
Pretty Postmarks stamp set
Sentiment Suite Basics die
Destination stamp set
*****(might have been easier to say what products I DIDN’T use! LOL)

OTHER SUPPLIES:

9×9 Shadow Box Frame (Michaels)
Kraft Tags (Michaels)
Mijello Mission Gold Watercolors 36 set
Clear Drops
Paintbrushes
Black Ink Pad
Adhesive
Watercolor Paper

July 29, 2022 54 comments

4 Seasons with Norine + Save the Date!

by Betsy January 8, 2021

written by Betsy

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!

January 8, 2021 47 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 – Woodland Christmas

by Betsy October 30, 2020

written by Betsy

Happy Friday! It’s TGIF time. I’m taking a turn for this week’s TGIF and I have a project for you today that uses some of our BotaniCuts dies that were released this fall, but today I’m giving them a holiday twist.

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I’ve been thinking about the mushrooms from the BotaniCuts Toadstool Garden and how fun it would be to glitter them up for a snowy woodland holiday card. I also added in a couple of acorns from our BotaniCuts Mighty Oak die, and pine sprigs cut with the BotaniCuts Pine Bough.

I also scattered in some small snowflakes using the Frosty Corners die. I glittered everything up using the glass glitter from the Hug in a Mug Embellishment kit.

I layered all of my woodland diecuts over a wood slice, cut of course using our Wood Slices die. I inked that up with some Distress Oxide inks. I layered that over a buffalo plaid background that was created with our Square Dance die and Stencil – such a fun and quick way to create a pretty background! I diecut the Square Dance die from burgundy cardstock, sponged it with black ink using the stencil, and layered it over a red card base – instant buffalo plaid! I finished it off with a sentiment from the Sentiment Suite: Christmas set.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you enjoyed this holiday twist on these autumn products! So fun to change things up and just play with different ideas!

October 30, 2020 14 comments

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Creating an Autumn Tone-on-Tone Diecut Background with Heather

by Betsy September 18, 2020

written by Betsy

Heather is here for this week’s TGIF with a gorgeous autumn card. I love how she created her textured tone-on-tone background with diecuts! She used the BotaniCuts Mighty Oak die, which was just perfect for this technique. We are actually expecting our restock order of this die to land here today, so keep an eye out for that if you’ve been waiting for to come back in stock! 😊

Here’s Heather with more on her project…

I look forward to the autumn season and everything that comes with that every year. I am ready for cooler temperatures and watching the leaves change color. I look forward to visits to the apple orchard and picking out pumpkins to sit on our front porch. The BotaniCuts Mighty Oak die collection is perfect for bringing autumn into my craft studio and I love all of the textures and detail in the leaves and acorns.

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The first time I created with this die collection, I cut out the pieces from watercolor paper that I had painted in various autumnal colors. This time, I took a cue from all of the details in the die cuts and cut out the leaves, veins, and acorns from one color of cardstock. I used Kraft cardstock for my project, but you could recreate this with your favorite autumn colors or even just use white cardstock.

I arranged the leaves and acorns onto a piece of Kraft cardstock to create a textural, tone on tone background.The “blessings” sentiment is from the Blessed Blooms stamp set and cut to with the coordinating die. I tucked a few colorful oak leaves and an acorn under the sentiment that I had left over from a past project. This card would be beautiful for a Thanksgiving dinner invitation or just to send a bit of autumn in the mail to a loved one.

Thanks so much for stopping by, and have a wonderful weekend!

September 18, 2020 37 comments

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Fall Create-a-Crate with Kay

by Betsy September 4, 2020

written by Betsy

Happy TGIF! Kay is here today with an adorable fall project!

While I was working on my projects for the Gathered Blessing Collection I spent one whole day doing nothing but coloring and die cutting the gorgeous leaves and branches from the BotaniCuts: Mighty Oak die set. I had so much fun with these! So needless to say I had a lot left over to play with and that is exactly what I did! I created this fun little gift box, just perfect to send a fall treat to a friend or family member.

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I used Bristol Board Cardstock and Distress Oxide inks to color the leaves. The colors I used are vintage Photo, Candied Apple, Ripe Persimmon, Spiced Marmalade and Fossilized Amber. I also speckled them with Vintage Photo after blending.

To create the little box, I used the Create-A-Crate dies and the Shiplap Builder dies. I made the box out of kraft cardstock and then I added the shiplap pieces on top of the slats.

On either side of the box, I stamped the cute fall sentiments from theTop Down Autumn Day stamp set and added the square frame around them that is included in the Create-A-Crate die set. I popped the frame up with foam tape.

After the box was all put together I went around some of the edges with Vintage Photo Distress Oxide ink, then I added the leaves and acorns with foam tape. The little tag on the front is from the Speed Tagging Christmas Sentiments and was cut out with the Sentiment Suite Dies. It was also added with foam tape.

I hope you have enjoyed my project today and may it inspire you to try something similar with some of the new products from the Gathering Blessings Collection!

Hugs,

Kay 🙂

September 4, 2020 15 comments

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Gathered Blessings – A Bounty of New Blooms & BotaniCuts!

by Betsy August 27, 2020

written by Betsy

Hello and welcome to the final day of product reveals and projects for our latest collection…

Our new Gathered Blessings collection will go up in the shop tomorrow – Friday, August 28 at 10am EDT

**Please Note: shipping delay for the new release items

To keep you as informed as possible before ordering starts tomorrow, we wanted to let you know about the shipping time frame for the new release items. Everything will go up in the shop tomorrow morning at 10 am EDT as scheduled, but unfortunately the majority of our dies have been delayed. We were holding out hope that they would arrive in time so we could get your orders out in our usual speedy fashion, but we have been informed that they are running a bit late. We will be shipping orders as quickly as we can as the dies arrive. Please allow an estimated 7-10 days for your order to ship if it contains newly released dies as we await their arrival and then work through the orders.

Yes, 2020 continues and we’re learning to just do our best and try to roll with it… 😊 Thank you so much for your patience with us! We appreciate all of you so much!

Before we get to today’s product introductions, one more bit of news – Laurie will be hosting an Instagram Live presentation of all of the new products on Thursday morning, August 27 (that’s TODAY!) at 11:00am CDT, so tune in if you’d like to check it out!

Let’s meet today’s new products!…

Blessed Blooms stamp set + die

If you loved our Birthday Blooms set, you’ll love the new Blessed Blooms set! More words in that same beautiful font, along with several new floral accent pieces. Use the Blessed Blooms set on its own, or mix and match it with elements from the Birthday Blooms set for even more options. The words and images in this set are perfect for autumn and thanksgiving cards, as well as expressing gratitude throughout the year!

This set comes on a 4″ x 8″ sheet and includes a full-color printed stamping guide. The matching die is a 10-piece set of wired dies.

Made in the USA
Blessed Blooms stamp set price – $18
Blessed Blooms die price – $22

Click HERE for more detailed information

BotaniCuts Mighty Oak die

The BotaniCuts collection is a series of stand alone dies for cutting various botanical designs. This BotaniCuts Mighty Oak set creates a graceful layered oak branch and two sizes of acorns. The pretty leaves can be used on the branch, or on their own when paired with the individual vein details. Keep it simple by cutting them from colored cardstock, or have fun experimenting with your favorite coloring method, such as ink blending, watercolor, markers, and more for dramatic effects!

Set of 13 wired dies and includes a printed assembly guide
Made in the USA
BotaniCuts Mighty Oak die price – $17
Click HERE for more detailed information

BotaniCuts Toadstool Garden die

The BotaniCuts collection is a series of stand alone dies for cutting various botanical designs. This BotaniCuts Toadstool Garden set creates 5 different layered mushrooms of various shapes and sizes. Keep it simple by cutting them from colored cardstock, or have fun experimenting with your favorite coloring method, such as ink blending, watercolor, markers, and more for dramatic effects!

Set of 17 wired dies and includes a printed assembly guide
BotaniCuts Toadstool Garden die price – $17
Made in the USA
Click HERE for more detailed information

And you’re in for another treat – Laurie Willison is back again today with a video showing the BotaniCuts Toadstool Garden dies in action…

Mimosa Musings stamp set & die

This unique layered stamp set features pretty Mimosa clusters in three sizes. The unique blooms on the mimosa branches make them perfect for fall and beyond. Experiment with lots of different color combos for different looks! The handful of sentiments done in a combination of pretty fonts finishes off the set.

This stamp set comes on a 6″ x 8″ sheet. The coordinating die is a 3-piece set
Made in the USA
Mimosa Musings stamp set price: $24
Mimosa Musings die (3 pieces): $18

Click HERE for more detailed information

To aid in your list-making and planning, below you will find the prices for today’s products in one spot.

Blessed Blooms stamp set – $18
Blessed Blooms die – $22
BotaniCuts Mighty Oak die – $17
BotaniCuts Toadstool Garden – $17
Mimosa Musings stamp set – $24
Mimosa Musings die – $18

My first few cards use the new BotaniCuts dies. I just love these…they are some of my favorites ever! For this first card, I cut two sets of the BotaniCuts Mighty Oak. I watercolored all of the leaves with bright, vibrant colors, and the acorns in shades of brown.

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I assembled both branches as they were designed, and layered them together over a panel of watercolor paper cut with the Nordic Frames die. I added some loose blue watercolor to that panel as well, to create some “sky” for my branches. I finished off the design with a sentiment from the Blessed Blooms set.

For this next card, I colored a bunch of the cute mushrooms from the BotaniCuts Toadstool Garden set and paired them with a Halfsies Oval Shiplap background! To color the mushrooms, I started by cutting them from white cardstock, then sponged them with oxide inks, and added shading and details with colored pencils.

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To create the shiplap frame, I covered a panel of lightweight cardstock with Shiplap Builder planks. My panel was slightly larger than an A2 card so that I would be sure to have enough space to cut two Halfsies Oval dies. I cut two of the planked halfsies and layered them over a panel of watercolor paper which I prepped with some loose blue watercoloring. I clustered those cute mushrooms as well as leaves and acorns from the BotaniCuts Mighty Oak set. For the sentiment, I pulled out my Birthday Blooms set for the “happy” and paired it with the “autumn” from the Blessed Blooms set…those mushrooms just looked happy to me, and thought they needed a “happy” sentiment!

My next card uses all of the cut floral and leaf elements from the new Blessed Blooms set. The little elements from Birthday Blooms are definitely some of my favorites, and I’m excited to have even more variety of that same look with the new Blessed Blooms set.

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I stamped these in shades of pink and orange, using Victorian Velvet, Rusty Hinge, and Aged Mahogany inks. I also clustered in a few of the acorns from the BotaniCuts Mighty Oak set….those little guys might be my favorite! Behind my floral cluster are a few Shiplap Builder planks and a background done with the Square Dance die and stencils in matching shades.

My next card again sneaks in a few of these same new BotaniCuts elements, but this time I also pulled in the new branches from the Mimosa Musings set. This set is so fun to stamp – those little “puff ball” blooms are so fun! I added a little depth of color to the centers of the blooms with some colored pencils for even more pop.

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I stamped the Mimosa blooms in shades of pink (more Victorian Velvet + Aged Mahogany) and yellow (Wild Honey with a bit of Crushed Olive for a little more greenish zing + Rusty Hinge). Behind those pretty blooms and ‘shrooms is a rustic “door” I created with four vertical Shiplap Builder planks finished off with a horizontal plank at both the top and bottom. The sentiment is once again from the new Blessed Blooms set (can’t get enough! 😊)

My last card uses the new Mimosa Musings set paired with the new Square Dance die and stencil. I didn’t really intend this when I started, but it almost ended up looking like the flowers are coming from a woven basket…that idea is totally making me want to go create a card with a more intentional take on that idea! (I’m putting that down on the to-do list!) Can you imagine it overflowing with a whole bunch of our autumn goodies?

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But anyway, back to this card…the Mimosa blooms were stamped in shades of blue – Speckled Egg and Blueprint Sketch. I again added some deeper color to the centers with colored pencils. I added some Shiplap Builder planks to the top of that Square Dance panel to give it a nice finished edge. Tucked in the “basket” are the mimosa blooms and a Postal Frames diecut, stamped with the “I’ve been thinking…” sentiment from the Mimosa Musings set. I also finished off the inside with the rest of the sentiment to say “about you”, along with a couple of the smallest mimosa clusters.

That wraps up my projects, but there is so much more to see from the team, plus a chance to win!

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 $50 gift card. We will be giving away one $50 gift card for today’s blog hop!

Read on for details…

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