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crimped slimline

Daisy-filled Slimline with Angelica

by Betsy July 18, 2023

written by Betsy

We are in full summer break mode in our household. My daughter loves to spend the whole day outside with our dogs, so the only time I have to craft right now is early in the morning. And when I say early, I’m talking 4am! My girlfriends think I’m CRAZY getting up that early, but I love it. I get to have my coffee in peace, and I get to craft with no interruptions. With that said, a few days ago I sat at my desk around 4:15am, turned on a podcast, and started die-cutting card stock with the Petal Pusher Blooms Die.

I picked a large rainbow of card stock to die-cut, and glued them together to make daisies. My initial idea was to make a set of cards, using a few daisies on each card, but that is a formula I do all the time. Don’t get me wrong- I love my sets of cards, but this morning I decided to push myself, and make a slimline card. I made an arrangement on a white background I die-cut with the large Crimped Slimline die. Once I liked the flower positions, I glued them into place, then started die-cutting leaves to fill in the blank areas. I glued the leaves into place, and finished the panel with a Little Labels Stamp and Cut Combo sentiment. I attached the panel to a Sea Salt card base to finish the card.

So in a house with two big dogs, a husband, and a VERY talkative 6 year old little girl, you now know my quiet “me time” is in the early hours, and you will usually find me at my craft table. This card took me a few hours to make, and yet I was so content in my little world, I didn’t even notice the time flying by.

Thanks for letting me share a little bit of my day with you, and I hope you enjoyed the card!

July 18, 2023 17 comments

TGIF – Gifts Galore with Angelica

by Betsy May 5, 2023

written by Betsy

Happy Friday! Angelica is here today with a super fun project using our new Gifts Galore product suite!

Hi friends! Today I have a birthday card to share, showcasing The Gifts Galore Stencil set. I had made a few panels a couple weeks ago, and decided I would cut up the panel, and use the presents to make a fun slimline card.

I started by stenciling a card panel. I used Salt Water Taffy, Barn Door, Carved Pumpkin, Spiced Marmalade, Aged Patina, and Uncharted Mariner Distress Oxide Inks over the stencils, then added inked Gifts Galore Die-cuts to accent the presents. I made a scattered arrangement with the presents, then attached the presents to Crimped Slimline panel with thin foam squares. I added a white heat-embossed Sentiment Suite: Birthday sentiment stamped onto a Sentiment Suite Basics diecut banner, and attached the panel to the card. I finished the card by glueing on a few Spring Rain Sequins around the presents.

I absolutely adore these colors together, and the stenciled presents are so bright and cheerful with their adorable patterns. I hope I was able to share a few ideas on how to use these products together. That’s all for now!

May 5, 2023 11 comments

All TGIF

TGIF – Foodie Friday

by Betsy February 18, 2022

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!

February 18, 2022 38 comments

All Release Day TGIF

TGIF – Leaf & Blade Release Day + Thanksgiving Tags with Heather

by Betsy September 10, 2021

written by Betsy

Happy Friday! It’s always an extra fun Friday when new products land in the shop! Out latest collection, Leaf & Blade will go up in the shop this morning at 10am ET!

Heather is here today as well with a fun bonus TGIF project using several items from the new release, but before we get to that, a couple of things…

First of all, we have our winners to announce! We have 4 winners, two from each blog day. Ladies, send an email to customerservice @ thegreetery.com and we’ll get your gift card codes to you ASAP. (Prizes must be claimed by 9/17/21).

Day 1 winners…

First up is Carol from Norine’s blog (I love Norine’s ginkgo watering can project too!! 😊):

Our second Day 1 winner is Danni Reid from Heather’s blog:

Day 2 winners…

Our first Day 2 winner is Robin in TN from Heather’s blog:

Our second Day 2 winner is Rhonda from here on The Greetery blog:

And now just a couple of release notes before the new items go live in the shop. Everything will be accessible from the homepage as usual. Our new Leaf & Blade collection consists of 17 items. All of the items will be available as a full bundle collection for quick and easy shopping. The bundle will be on the homepage, here is a direct link as well (note that you won’t be able to add it to your cart until after 10am ET. 😊): Leaf & Blade Complete Collection

The September Lookbooks are all ready for your viewing pleasure! Click HERE to check them out.

Thank you so much for joining us for the fun this week for the launch of our newest collection! Now let’s wrap up the week with a gorgeous project from Heather!

I really enjoyed creating with the new from the Leaf & Blade Autumn Collection that I kept going for the project I am sharing today and paired some of the new products with a fewer older ones. Autumn is one of my favorite seasons and I love the rich colors associated with the season. I incorporated darker tones in my project and played with adding color to darker colors of cardstock. After creating all of the different elements, I put everything together to create Thanksgiving tags for my family that I plan on using on our table settings.

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For the tag bases, I used a dark green cardstock and stenciled the Berry Branch stencil onto it first with a layer of white ink and then color on top of that. Adding a white ink layer first gives a place for the dye inks to sit on and brightens them up as opposed to stamping directly on the cardstock and the ink soaking and blending right in. You can use this technique with stenciling and also for stamping like I did for the leaves from the new Fall Foliage stamp set. I stamped the images with white ink on kraft cardstock and then stamped the images again in color over the top.

I bundled the different leaves with wheat stalks created with the BotaniCuts Wheat die collection and layered them onto the tags next to the names. The letters to make the names are cut out using the Slim Alphabet dies cut out from gold foil cardstock. The gold color goes beautifully with the fall color palette that I used on the rest of the tag and adds to the rich look. A bit of twine added to the end of the tag will be perfect to tie the tags onto a napkin or other table decor that I decide to use for our Thanksgiving dinner. Tags like these would be wonderful to add to a gift for a loved one or dinner host/hostess.

September 10, 2021 16 comments

All July 2021

Capturing Summer Collection Day 2

by Betsy July 13, 2021

written by Betsy

Welcome to our second day of product introductions and projects for our new Capturing Summer collection! All of the new products we’re showcasing will be available to purchase in the shop beginning at 10am EDT on Wednesday, July 14 – that’s tomorrow!

If you’d like to see all of the new Capturing Summer products up close, Laurie will be hosting an Instagram Live presentation of all of the new products today – Tuesday, July 13 at 11:00am CDT, so tune in if you’d like to check it out!

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Let’s get to today’s product introductions for our Capturing Summer collection…

Container Garden stamp set + die

The Container Garden set features a garden of summery blooms, sized perfectly to fit inside the Jumbo Jar die we revealed yesterday. There is even a layer of potting soil and a couple of sweet bumble bees to add to your designs!

Click HERE for stamp set details ($18)
Click HERE for die details ($20)

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BotaniCuts Geranium die + Pretty Pot die

Geraniums are a summer favorite here with their vibrant blooms and zesty sent! Create your own paper version using our BotaniCuts Geranium die. The Pretty Pot die is the perfect size for potting them up!

Click HERE for BotaniCuts Geranium details ($24)
Click HERE for Pretty Pot details ($6)

Curio: Summer Findings die

Our new Curio collection is filled with all sorts of curiosities! The Summer Findings die features treasures you might find while out on a summer nature walk, including butterflies, a bee, dragonfly, shells, and assorted greens.

Click HERE for Curio: Summer Findings die info ($20)

Curio: Divider & Details die , Curio: Cover die + Curio: Labels stamp set

“Display” all of your found curiosities using the Divider & Details and Cover die to create designs reminiscent of vintage curiosity boxes. You’ll have fun creating little collages inside each of the spaces in the Divider die. The Curio: Labels stamp set is filled with words and phrases that fit on the small label dies found in the Divider & Details set. The Curio: Cover die creates a mitered woodgrain frame. along with decorative hinges and latch. Use them as simply decorative items, or get creative with interactive ideas.

Click HERE for Curio: Divider & Details die info ($26)
Click HERE for Curio Cover die info ($15)
Click HERE for Curio: Labels stamp set info ($7)

I’m excited to show you several projects with these new products. It brought me so much joy to create these!

First up are a few projects using our new Curio collection. These delicate and detailed insects are one of my favorite products to date. Here I created a card front using the new Curio: Divider and Curio: Cover dies, and filled in all of those little compartments with the elements from the Summer Findings die. I diecut the divider portion three times from kraft cardstock and stacked them up for extra depth. Then I just added the Cover strips around the outer edge of the Divider – the mitered frame pieces are sized just right to fit around the outer edges of the Divider.

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The Divider & Details die includes some tiny paper clip dies…yes, paper paperclips. lol! I cut them from gold metallic cardstock for a realistic touch. I loved layering up the little labels (cut with the Divider & Details die) and all of the other elements. To color the insects and shells, I used my favorite coloring method – sponging with Oxide Inks, and then adding more shading and details with colored pencils and a white pen. It’s so fun to diecut and color a whole pile of these beautiful bugs in allll the colors of the rainbow!

My next card again uses the Curio products, but this time I simplified things a bit and omitted the Cover die and hinges. I simply cut the Divider from white cardstock and layered it over my card base, which was inked with some Vintage Linen Oxide ink.

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I went with a beachy theme this time and used mainly the shells and greenery sprigs, inked up in colors that remind me of pretty ocean plants. I used the bottle from the Divider & Details set to create the tiniest shaker bottle filled with sand and a sprig of coral. There’s even a cork for the tiny bottle!

For this next Curio card, I wanted to play with creating something interactive. I used the Cover die around a sheet of acetate to create a card front that looks like the top of a box.

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The inside of the card also has a surprise interactive element. I took the cut-out from the largest space in the Divider die and nested it back inside its opening. I secured it with a hinge from the Cover die, and created a tiny “pull” using the latch from that set, folded around the bottom edge. This little door opens up to reveal a happy birthday sentiment. In this photo, you can also get a glimpse of how I attached the cover/front of my card to the base. I used a panel of cardstock that was just a bit taller than my cover panel, scored to create a lip that I could attach the front panel to – just enough of a lip that it hides under the front frame.

The inside of the card was embellished with the Curio: Divider and lots of elements from the Summer Findings die, along with a few other items – a couple of blooms cut with our new BotaniCuts Geranium, a leaf from BotaniCuts Rose, and a couple of tiny blooms from BotaniCuts Wildflower. Our Pretty Postmarks set seemed like the perfect set for adding a few stamped details as well.

Next I have a few cards using our new BotaniCuts Geranium die. I love how realistic this die looks when it’s all colored up! The petal cut-outs built into the die make it realistic (and easy to assemble). For this first card, I paired it with our new Pretty Pot die. There’s something about cobalt blue and bright geraniums that screams summer to me, so I inked up my pot with Blueprint Sketch Oxide ink and added some white paint splatters.

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The Geranium blooms were sponged with Festive Berries, Worn Lipstick, and Aged Mahogany inks, then shaded with colored pencils. I used a white pen to add a dot to the center of each flower. The leaves were sponged with shades of green, then I used colored pencils again to add more detail. For the background, I did some loose watercoloring on a panel of watercolor paper, then added some wood planks – you could use our Shiplap Die, or these were actually done using our new Sitting Pretty porch die – I just trimmed off the porch portion, which left me with the perfect planks for placing under my pot. The icing on the cake? I few dropped geranium petals…you know you can’t have geraniums without a few shedding petals! 🙂

This next geranium card has a much softer look. I diecut the geraniums from white cardstock and just added some soft pink shading with a colored pencil. Instead of placing them in a pot, I clustered them in thee bottom corner of my card, along with some bits and pieces from our new A Side of Greens die, introduced yesterday.

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Let’s talk about the background! I used the new A Side of Greens die and diecut it twice from a panel of white cardstock (once from the upper left corner, and once from the lower right corner). I kept the resulting negative piece (including the center) and adhered it to a panel of soft gray cardstock (with some foam tape for dimension). I finished the design with a sentiment from our Opposites Attract set and a dragonfly using our new Curio: Summer Findings die. I cut the wings from vellum for an airy look.

Our last featured product for the release is the fun Container Garden set. I had so much fun with this set! So many possibilities. For this first duo of cards, I paired the set with our Jumbo Jar die that it was designed to coordinate with. I created some fun jar-shaped cards with acetate “peek-a-boo” fronts.

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I used the Jumbo Jar die to create the shaped card base (fold a piece of cardstock and position the top of the jar die just above the fold line so it doesn’t cut through the fold, creating a shaped base). I used the interior die from the Jumbo Jar set to cut a window from the front of this shaped base. I also cut two jars from acetate. I stamped up my Container Garden flowers and dirt layer onto their matching diecuts, then sandwiched them between the two layers of acetate, securing with adhesive around the edges. I adhered this to the inside of my shaped card base so the flowers show through the window cut-out. If you want a nicely finished interior, you can cut a second jar + window to adhere to the inside of the card and cover the edges of the acetate layer.

I finished them with a sentiment stamped inside, and a couple of cute bees added to the front with foam tape. Such fun and happy cards!

The Container Garden set has lots of possibilities beyond pairing with our Jumbo Jar. It’s also great paired with our Market Baskets die!

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Here I created a jute-lined basket by cutting the liner layer from burlap, and the wire portion from black cardstock. The Container Garden set looks just right planted in the basket. For the background, I used the rays from our Shining Light die introduced yesterday, cut twice from a Crimped Slimline panel. It’s just a fun touch to the background!

While I had lots of bits and pieces lying on my desk, I noticed that putting two of the Container Garden clusters end-to-end filled a slimline card just beautifully!

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I popped a couple of them up with foam onto a Crimped Slimline base, and topped it off with an Opposites Attract sentiment and a pretty dragonfly using our new Curio: Summer Findings die. Nice and easy, but oh so colorful!

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 TONIGHT (Tuesday) at 11:59pm EDT on July 13
Winners will be posted at 7am EDT on Wednesday, July 14, here on the blog

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

ANGELICA

DAWN

LAURIE

HEATHER

KELLY

WANDA

NORINE

July 13, 2021 290 comments

All TGIF

TGIF – Patriotic Pinwheels

by Betsy July 2, 2021

written by Betsy

TGIF! Happy holiday weekend (at least for our US readers)!

I’m taking a turn for this week’s TGIF and I couldn’t wait to pull out my Pinwheel Party set to create some patriotic pinwheels. I haven’t played with this set for a while, and I was reminded of why it’s a customer favorite. Those pinwheels are so fun to stencil in all sorts of colors.

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I chose several shades of red and blue Oxide inks…Tumbled Glass, Blueprint Sketch, Chipped Sapphire, Festive Berries, and Aged Mahogany. Using more or less ink, along with varying the pressure applied while sponging can give you a broad range of colors with just a few inks.

I arranged all of my colorful pinwheels on a Crimped Slimline panel, and finished it with a sentiment made from a few different elements. The number four is from our Bold Numbers die. The “happy” and “th” are both from the Digit Sentiments stamp set. the small banner that “happy” is stamped on is from the PreText Banners die. To add a little sparkle (can’t have the 4th of July without some sparkle!), I used glitter to coat the number four as well as some tiny stars cut with the Pinwheel Party die. I also coated a few of the smallest pinwheels in glitter. Oh, and that number 4 sponged with red and blue? It’s totally reminding me of a rocket pop popsicle! 🙂

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Wishing you a weekend filled with family, fun, and of course, fireworks! 🇺🇸💥

July 2, 2021 13 comments

All TGIF

TGIF – BotaniCuts Bouquet with Norine

by Betsy April 30, 2021

written by Betsy

TGIF everyone! Norine is here with us today, but before we get to all of the details of her beautiful project (a work of art, really!), just a couple of quick notes…

First of all, thank you all so much for your overwhelming response to our sale and latest release! We are so grateful for you!

Please note that due to the volume of orders, it’s taking us a bit longer to get through them. We’re working through them in the order they were received and are doing our best to get everyone’s orders out as quickly as possible, but the wait may be a little longer than you’re used to for our typical releases. Thank you for your patience! 😊

Also note that today is the last day of our 2nd Anniversary sale! Our sale ends tonight (4/30) at 11:59pm EDT. The whole shop is 15% off, with select items HERE an additional 15% off!

Now for Norine’s beautiful TGIF project that is going to inspire you to pull out your BotaniCuts dies!

Hello Greetery friends! Did you enjoy the Spring Market release this week? I hope you were able to order all the stamps and dies your hearts desired!

I have another card to share today that started as a Spring Market reveal card but quickly grew out of control, with more variety of dies and stamp sets on one card than you would think even fits!

It’s a card that reminds me of what my counter looks like when someone gives me a bouquet of pretty flowers – with all the jars and vases out to see what fits and suits best.

Of course, I started with some BotaniCuts Tulip flowers and went from there. I knew I wanted to make a (news)paper wrapped bouquet but then I got thinking how much nicer it would be as a bouquet of several of the different BotaniCuts die sets. So I added a yellow BotaniCuts Rose and coral BotaniCuts Lily to the mix. I love the added variety of leaves in the bouquet as well.

For all of the large flowers I die cut the shapes from white cardstock then inked the individual parts with ink blender brushes. Before assembling the bouquet I put each bloom together temporarily, to make sure they were properly shaded in the right spots and that each petal showed up against the petal it lay next to. Differently to the larger flowers, the Wildflower Mix die cuts are Copic colored to give them a pale blue green tint, like Baby’s Breath.

The next step was to stamp the layers and die cut the vessels. I used the Bottled Up, Pitcher-esque and Just Mason Around stamp and die sets to create the sealer jar, green bottle and pink pitcher with floral decorative design.

To create the paper wrapper for the bouquet, I cut a piece of kraft tissue paper approximately 4” square, and stamped on it with a text stamp. Then I folded it corner to corner with the text showing on the outside, and with the short triangle tip pointing down, placed the bouquet on the tissue and folded the two side points across the stems and upwards, then folded the right side corner down. I wrapped some thin jute twice around the folded paper and taped it in place on the backside so it won’t slip.

To assemble the card, I die cut a panel from white cardstock using the Crimped Slimline Frames die and positioned all the containers and flower bouquet on the panel, overlapping the edges in places. I cut a card front from blue textured cardstock to cover the front of a folded card base and adhered all the layers together.

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I would be completely delighted to receive an actual bouquet like this, but also, equally delighted to get one in paper form! Thank you for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

April 30, 2021 26 comments

All Sneak Peeks TGIF

TGIF – Spring Daisies with Keeway + Spring Market Sneak Peek #1

by Betsy April 23, 2021

written by Betsy

Thanks so much for stopping by today! We are ready to kick off a busy few days here at The Greetery! Today we’re sharing our first peek at our newest collection coming to the shop on Wednesday, April 28, called Spring Market…

Here’s a little peek of some of what’s to come! School is almost out for the year, but we’ll have your crafting abc’s and 123’s covered with these pretty new products…

I can’t wait to share more – I’ll be back tomorrow with another sneak peek and we’ll kick off the full reveals on Monday! Our new Spring Market collection will be available to purchase in the shop beginning at 10am EDT on Wednesday, April 28.

Now for some TGIF fun…Keeway is here with a springy project that will brighten your day right up!

Hello friends! Keeway here to add some bright and happy inspiration to your day! We’re in the
middle of Spring and flowers are slowly blooming all around me. That got me inspired to bring
together a field of colorful flowers.

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I started by die cutting all the variants of daisies with the Oopsie Daisy Die. I already had in
mind to create a slimline sized card, so I used the die cuts to figure out my arrangement across. I
also picked out 5 colors I wanted to stamp the daisies in: blue, purple, pink, orange, and
turquoise. With my arrangement planned out, I then started to stamp the flowers with the Oopsie Daisy set, making sure to vary them so that no same color is next to each other and spread out across the card to good
balance.

I also love, love, love to add dimension to my cards with foam tape. However, these flower
stems are thin and can be quite laborous and difficult to cut your foam tape into super thin strips
to add behind it. You can also opt to layer it with more die cuts, but that is also laborous and talk
about waste of good paper! To solve this issue, I decided to die cut a frame using the Crimped
Slimline Die. I die cut the larger frame out of white card stock and then the smaller frame,
leaving me an open frame to work with that will have provide good support underneath the
stems.

I like to add a touch of ink blending to my projects, and so I did just that for the background.
This was ink blended with Broken China and Tumbled Glass distress oxide inks. I then added
my frame next with foam tape and my stamped daisies thereafter.

The last piece is to add a sentiment, and I wanted to pick something bold that can stand out in
front of this colorful field of daisies. The Greetery has so many options to choose from, but I
ended up decided on using the Birthday Blooms stamp set. I stamped the sentiments in black ink
and used the Birthday Blooms Die to cut out the large ‘birthday’. The ‘happy’ was die cut out with
the fishtail banner from Crimped Slimline Die using partial die cutting technique to shorten the
length of the banner. I added these to the bottom right corner of the card to finish this card.
I really loved how this card turned out and hope you do too!

Thanks for joining me today and I hope you have an incredible weekend!

April 23, 2021 47 comments

All March 2021 New Product Meet & Greet

Spring Fever Day 2: Spring Classics

by Betsy March 9, 2021

written by Betsy

Welcome to the second day of reveals for our newest collection, Spring Fever!

Our newest collection is filled with some of the sweet things of spring. All of these new products will be available in the shop beginning at 10am EST on Wednesday, March 10.

If you’d like to see all of the new products up close, Laurie will be hosting an Instagram Live presentation of all of the new products on Tuesday, March 9 at 11:00am CST (that’s today!), so tune in if you’d like to check it out!

Let’s get to the product introductions…

Print Shop: Floral Frame Stamp + Stencil, Frame die, and Elements die

Welcome to the Print Shop – the place for pretty patterns that are fun to stencil and stamp! The Print Shop: Floral Frame Stamp + Stencil bundle allows you to create a lovely multi-color floral frames for your favorite sentiments or other focal points. Start with a bit of stenciling, then add stamped details and watch the pretty design come to life! Have fun playing with endless color combinations. The Print Shop: Floral Frame set also includes individual floral stamps that you can use for focal points, adding even more versatility to this set!

The matching frame die includes a template to aid in repositioning the inner and outer cut lines of the frame should you choose to snip those dies apart.

Click HERE for more info on the stamp + stencil set, click HERE for more info on the frame die, or HERE for more information on the elements die

Print Shop: Floral Frame Stamp + Stencil combo (6×8″ stamp set + single stencil set)- $27
Print Shop: Floral Frame die + template – $27
Print Shop: Floral Frame elements die – $15
Made in the USA

Empty Grave Stamp + Stencil Combo

Celebrating the joy and beauty of Easter…an empty grave and a risen Savior! This sentiment stamp set and matching die are perfect for adding meaningful sentiments to your Easter cards and projects. This sentiment fits wonderfully inside our Print Shop: Floral Frame set.

Click HERE for more detailed information
Empty Grave stamp + cut combo (3×4″ stamp set and single matching die) – $14
Made in the USA

Nordic and Crimped Circles dies

A couple of our most popular die basics are now available in circles! The Nordic Circles and Crimped Circles dies will be wonderful basics to add to your collection.

Click HERE for more detailed Nordic Circles information
Click HERE for more detailed Crimped Circles information
Nordic Circles 3 pc wired die – $18
Crimped Circles 4 pc wired die – $18
Made in the USA

Nordic and Crimped Slimline dies

Our popular Nordic and Crimped Frames dies are also making an appearance in a new slimline version! The slimline canvas provides some new, exciting design possibilities, and these two new dies sets are the perfect basics for creating projects in this popular new size. Slimline cards measure approximately 3-1/2″ x 8-1/2″ and are designed to fit in a #9 envelope.

Click HERE for more detailed Nordic Slimline information
Click HERE for more detailed Crimped Circles information
Nordic Slimline 3pc wired die – $34
Crimped Slimline 4pc wired die – $34
Made in the USA

I’m so excited to share my projects with you today! First off is a pretty, feminine card done in shades of blue and purple using the new Print Shop: Floral Frame set.

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I put together a video while I was creating this card so that you can see this set in action. It is so easy and fun to see these pretty frames come to life. I love to play with different color combos.

The frame is perfect for surrounding so many of your favorite sentiments. Here I used the Opposites Attract set, one of my favorite sentiment sets. With the frame die being two separate dies, you have lots of design options. For this card I cut out just the center, popped up the floral panel and nested that inner diecut back inside after inking it with shades of blue and purple to match the florals.

My next card also uses the new Print Shop: Floral Frame set along with the Empty Grave sentiment set to create a pretty Easter card.

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This time I diecut both the inner and outer parts of the frame and actually layered two of them over the top of each other, rotating the bottom one 180 degrees to create a fuller, double-layered frame. Foam adhesive gives it even more dimension. Inside the frame I stamped the sentiment and heat embossed it with gold powder. I finished off the inside of the card with some of the complementary sentiments from the Empty Grave set and also stamped a few of the individual flowers from the Print Shop: Floral Frame set around it.

Next I have a super colorful card with a much bolder look using Print Shop: Floral Frame. The frame die comes with a template for re-aligning the dies should you choose to snip them apart. That template is made from stencil material, so it also works great to use as a mask. I used it here to sponge black ink around the outer edges of the floral frame.

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The flowers on the stencil included in the Floral Frame set are spaced far enough apart that it’s super easy to stencil them in lots of different colors like I did here. The black background really makes them pop! I added some white paint splatters to finish it off. This is a one-layer card, using the inner frame die to cut a window from the front to show the sentiment stamped inside (stamped with the Opposites Attract set). The pretty Put a Bow on It bow is the perfect finishing touch to the floral frame.

My next card uses some of the individual floral elements from the Print Shop: Floral Frame set. I created a pretty cluster and topped it off with the new bow from Put a Bow on It.

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Doubling up is good when it comes to bows! Here I layered two of them – one yellow, one pink. I filled in around my flowers with greenery sprigs cut with the Boxwood Heart Details die. My little nosegay is layered over a couple of circles, cut with our two new circle die sets – Nordic and Crimped Circles. They’re pretty on their own, but even prettier layered together! Underneath that is a Nordic Frames rectangle, cut with our original Nordic Frames set.

Next I have another Easter card. This one uses the new Empty Grave sentiment paired with some of our Easter things from last year – Caring Cross and BotaniCuts Palm.

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I had fun putting this one together using the new Crimped Slimline as a base. I diecut a panel of watercolor paper using the largest rectangle from the set. I added some soft, loose watercolor to the background. I diecut and stamped/stenciled the cross from Caring Cross and surrounded it with some BotaniCuts Palm diecuts. I stamped the Empty Grave sentiment onto the matching diecut, and diecut two more so I could layer them all together for added thickness. I stamped a companion sentiment from the set onto one of the banners from the Crimped Slimline die set. I double-cut the banner to create a shorter length to fit across my card front. The banner dies from the set are a bit longer – designed to be used along the longer side of the slimline die, but you can easily cut them down to fit across the narrow width for a portrait orientation as well. I just diecut the banner, stamped my sentiment closer to one end of the banner, then realigned my diecut back into the banner die and cut the opposite end shorter, if that makes sense! I finished off my design by adding gold splatters using a bright gold metallic alcohol ink.

Next I have a card that you might have caught a peek of in yesterday’s BotaniCuts Wildflower video. I use our new Nordic Slimline dies as the base and created a pretty linear bouquet of dainty wildflowers.

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I had so much fun creating yesterday’s black slimline carrot card, this one was inspired by that one. The slimline canvas is just so new and refreshing to work with – it opens up all sorts of new design possibilities! I thought this would make a perfect wedding card, so I finished it off with a pretty love sentiment using a combination of things from our last release – the Let’s Have a Word: Love die and a sentiment stamp from the Love Is set. The Wildflowers were cut with the BotaniCuts Wildflower Mix die of course, and sponged with Distress Oxide inks, detailed with colored pencils. Of course I had to add some white ink splatters to finish the design – I can never resist!! 😊

My final project for today is a set of soft, pretty notecards that use the Nordic Slimline dies in a different way. I scored and folded the largest rectangle from the set down the center to create the notecard bases. It does create a bit of an odd size, so finding the perfect envelope might not be possible, but an A1 fits pretty well with just a bit of extra length – or you could always try making your own!

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I used the medium-sized frame from the Nordic Slimline to cut the panel that layers over the base. I trimmed them in half, so one cut was enough for two notecards. On each panel I stamped some elements in gold ink – I used the outline image from the Sketchbook Roses set on a few of them, and some Pretty Postmarks elements on the others. Each one is topped off with a stem of wildflowers cut with the new BotaniCuts Wildflower Mix die. I kept these very soft and delicate. One other thing to note here is the combination of white and cream cardstock – I used to think using those two together was a no-no, but I am currently loving the way it looks!

That wraps up my projects today, but there’s more…

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!

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Thank you for joining us! I’ll pop in with a post in the morning with a few release details and our blog hop winners!

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All March 2021 New Product Meet & Greet

Spring Fever Day 1: Hopping into Spring

by Betsy March 8, 2021

written by Betsy

Welcome to the first day of reveals for our newest collection, Spring Fever!

Our newest collection is filled with some of the sweet things of spring. All of these new products will be available in the shop beginning at 10am EST on Wednesday, March 10.

If you’d like to see all of the new products up close, Laurie will be hosting an Instagram Live presentation of all of the new products on Tuesday, March 9 at 11:00 am CST, so tune in if you’d like to check it out!

Now let’s meet today’s products! We also have multiple videos today, so let’s get to it!

Bunny Hop Stamp + Stencil and Die

Hippity-hoppity, happy Easter! This stamp + stencil set is filled with all of the sweet things of spring. The included multi-step stencils work together with the stamps to make creating the bunny wreaths super easy! There are also individual bunnies in the stamp set, which can be layered over the wreath for added dimension, or used on their own to create other fun designs. While this set is perfect for Easter, it’s also wonderful for sweet baby projects!

The matching die includes a template to aid in repositioning the inner and outer cut lines of the bunny wreath should you choose to snip those dies apart.

Click HERE for more info on the stamp + stencil set, click HERE for more info on the die
Bunny Hop Stamp + Stencil combo (4×6″ stamp set + 4-piece stencil set + step-by-step guide)- $22
Bunny Hop die + template – $29
Made in the USA

BotaniCuts Wildflower Mix die

The BotaniCuts collection is a series of stand alone dies for cutting various botanical designs. This BotaniCuts Wildflower Mix dies create an assortment of sweet, delicate blooms. Mix and match the various blossoms with the different stems to create a whole garden of wildflowers. These petite blooms also make wonderful “filler flowers” when combined with some of our other BotaniCuts dies!

Click HERE for more detailed information
BotaniCuts Wildflower Mix die – ~~$31~~ $27 (please note we had an error in the pricing of this die and it has been updated)
Made in the USA

I put together a video showing these dies in action, along with a few tips for coloring and assembling these dainty blooms (there’s also a few sneak peeks of some of tomorrow’s projects! 😉).

BotaniCuts Carrot die

The BotaniCuts collection is a series of stand-alone dies for cutting various botanical designs. This BotaniCuts Carrot set creates carrots in two sizes, along with greens that can be tucked into the tops of the carrots. Perfect for Easter, summer projects, garden-y thank yous and more!

Click HERE for more detailed information
BotaniCuts Carrot die – $15
Made in the USA

Angelica is our video guest today, and she put together this fun video showing how she watercolored these gorgeous rainbow carrots!

Put a Bow on It stamp set and die

Put a bow on it! Tie up your favorite blossoms and blooms with this generously-sized bow, or use it to embellish wreaths or frames. The two-step bow is simple to stamp with a base layer and second step shading detail. There are also several sentiments in the set, designed to fit on the longer ribbon tail, and cover a wide range of holidays and occasions!

Click HERE for more detailed information
Put a Bow on It 4×6″ stamp set– $15
Put a Bow on It die– $9
Made in the USA

Let’s Have a Word: Spring and Easter dies

We have two new words to add to our Let’s Have a Word die series. “Spring” and “Easter” are both done in a lovely script font and will be a great addition to your spring and Easter projects!

Click HERE and HERE for more detailed information
Let’s Have a Word: Spring die – $5
Let’s Have a Word: Easter die – $5
Made in the USA

PreText Sentiment stamp set and PreText Banners die

Do you find yourself looking through your various sentiment stamps to find little phrases to combine with your favorite word dies? Not anymore! This handy little sentiment set contains an assortment of different phrases that can be combined with word dies (or other word stamps) from your collection. The PreText Banners die coordinates with the sentiments in this set, and makes it easy to layer these phrases over other design elements.

Click HERE and HERE for more detailed information
PreText Sentiments 3×4″ stamp set – $7
PreText Banners die – $19
Made in the USA

Are you ready for some projects? We also have some videos for you today!

Let’s kick it off with some projects using Bunny Hop.

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This one-layer Easter card was so fun and quick to create. The stencil and stamp combo make it so quick and foolproof. Once I was finished stenciling and stamping the bunny wreath, I diecut just the inner portion to create a window so that I could stamp the sentiment on the inside of the card.

I put together a video while I was creating this card so you could see this set in action. After the video I did add a little colored pencil shading to the tulips and bunnies, and also a little glitter to their tails. 🙂

The other card from this duo is stepped up a bit with some added layers. That’s one of the fun things about this set – you can make a quick and easy card, or spend more time on the details…whatever you’re in the mood for! This time I diecut the inside and outside of the bunny wreath and layered it over a mint green background which was stamped with the Painterly Striped Background stamp. Inside the wreath I added the new Let’s Have a Word: Spring diecut. I finished the sentiment with the “happy” from the new PreText Sentiments stamp set and matching Banners die. I popped the wreath up some foam tape for extra dimension.

My next card uses the individual bunnies, tulips, and carrots from the Bunny Hop set. I thought it would be so fun to create w scene with them and our new BotaniCuts Wildflower Mix dies. I pulled out a new die we’ll be showcasing tomorrow to create a slimline card base. This gave me lots of room for a whole train of hopping bunnies!

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Between the bunnies I scattered some of the small tulip and carrot clusters from the set. The taller blooms were created with our new Wildflower Mix die. The shorter sprig way on the left was created with one of the carrot tops from our new BotaniCuts Carrot and embellished with a few blooms from the Wildflower die. Those sweet little bunnies hopping through the garden make me smile!

For my next project, I thought it would be fun to use the Bunny Hop set to create a baby card.

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I used the same one-layer card design as I did in the video above and just cut a window from the center of the bunny wreath. The “welcome baby” sentiment is from the Balloon Bouquet set. Instead of stenciling the 4th step – the carrots – I omitted that step. Instead I pulled out the little heart stamp and matching die from the Signed & Sealed with a Kiss set. The hearts fill in perfectly where the carrots are supposed to be! I was so happy with how that worked out. To finish it off I added some colored-pencil shading and Stickles to the hearts. I also added polka dots to the bunnies using a white gel pen.

My next card is my favorite of the day. Do you ever have an idea for something in your head and then it turns out just like you envisioned it? I thought it would be so fun to create a dramatic look with some bright orange carrots and a mix of wildflowers on a black background.

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I had so much fun arranging these bright carrots and blooms on a black background, cut with another new slimline die we’ll be showcasing tomorrow. For the sentiment, I used a combination of stamps and dies from our new PreText set and the Let’s Have a Word: Easter die. Before adding the sentiment though, I couldn’t resist adding some white paint splatters which just really gave the whole thing a fun pop! Can you imagine swapping out the sentiment for a summery thank you card? It would be perfect!

My next card again uses both of the new BotaniCuts – the Wildflowers and the carrots, but this time for a much softer look. This time I clustered them into a bouquet, tied up with our new Put a Bow on It set.

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The BotaniCuts carrots have some small cut-line details that make them so realistic. They’re very easy to color – I just sponged them with shades of orange and added a little colored pencil shading to each of those cut-line details. There is one small cut slit at the top in which you can tuck the carrot greens. Here I also tucked in three wildflower sprigs, and filled in with more carrot greens. The But a Bow on It set includes several sentiments that can be stamped on the longer tail. I used the “happy easter” sentiment here.I layered my carrot bouquet over a new Nordic Circles die (you’ll be seeing more of these tomorrow!)

For my final card today, I really wanted to try combining the new Wildflower Mix dies with our BotaniCuts Lily die that was release last year for Easter. I love how they work together!

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Once again I went with a slimline card base. I am absolutely loving this new size! It’s just the thing to spice up your card making – there’s nothing like a new size to play around with different arrangements and layouts. I used our new Crimped Slimline (more on that tomorrow!) I covered the smaller panel from the set with a whitewashed shiplap using out Shiplap Builder die. I diecut and assembled a single lily and bud, then filled in around it with an assortment of wildflower stems. For the sentiment I again pulled out the handy Pretext Sentiments set and matching Banners die to pair with our new Let’s Have a Word: Easter die. I love how this one turned out and I think I have just the right person to send it to!

That’s wraps up my projects for today, butt 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…

Comment here on the blog for one entry (one comment per person).
Comment on our Inspiration Team Members’ and Guest blogs for more entries (one comment per person, per blog)
Comments close at 11:59pm EST on Tuesday night, March 9
Winners will be posted at 7am EST on Wednesday, March 10, here on the blog

The inspiration team has been busy creating lots of beautiful things with these new stamps and dies! Hop along to see what they’ve been up to (click HERE if viewing via email)