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Spring Daisies with Laurie

by Betsy March 22, 2024

written by Betsy

Hello Greetery friends! It’s Laurie Willison here! I am so in the mood for spring so I had to pull out a set just for the occasion. Today we are using Print Shop: Daisy Days in a unique way!

First, I pulled out some bright green cardstock for my card base. I stenciled and stamped up those adorable daisies in a few bright colors onto white cardstock. I added some gorgeous glitter to the center of each of the large blooms. I stenciled and stamped a few extra blooms to pop up on each of the larger flowers.

After die cut cutting the panel with the Daisy Days die, I added another die cut of fun foam behind the main image. I love the dimension that this gives. Next, I decided to cut the full panel in half. I used each half and attached it to the opposite ends of the card base. This gives the full panel such a different and fun look. Another way to stretch your stamps!

I grabbed Opposites Attract to stamp and diecut a coordinating sentiment to finish off the card!

I am so glad you stopped by today and I hope you enjoyed today’s project! If you are inspired to create a clean and simple card, please tag me when you share over on Instagram! I love to see all your creations!

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March 22, 2024 4 comments

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First Day of Summer Citrus with Wanda

by Betsy June 21, 2023

written by Betsy

Happy first day of Summer! Wanda is here today with a gorgeous project that will make your mouth water…perfect for this first day of summer!

Hello there my sweet crafty Greetery friends! Wanda here on the blog today to share a fun, bright and zesty card! It feels like Summer and that makes me in the mood for fun colors and lemonade! I mixed and matched lots of my favorite Greetery products to make a cheerful Summer note sure to liven up any mailbox. I’m featuring the citrus dies from the Baby Face Orange set and the Lemon Blossom set. I think the Patchwork Die in sky blue makes the perfect background….

I started by die cutting several oranges and lemons, and lots of leaves too, using bright cardstocks. I used a blender brush and Distress Inks to ink blend on some shading to the dies. I also splattered on a bit of white paint. I die cut the Ruscus Die from vellum to add more foliage to my fruit cluster. I die cut out some pink flowers from the Lemon Blossom Dies and added white enamel dots to the centers.

For the sentiment I used one of my favorite Greetery sentiment sets: Opposites Attract. I stamped the ‘just a note’ in black and die cut it with the matching die. It’s such a pretty and happy font. The fun part was assembling the card together with all those elements. Here’s what I do: I play around with everything and the placement until I get it the way I like it. Then I take a quick photo with my iPhone to use as my guide to affixing it all. I used foam circles to pop everything up off the background.

That’s it for my project today! Hope you have a wonderful day. I look forward to sharing with you again soon. In the meantime, keep on crafting! XO Wanda

June 21, 2023 9 comments

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TGIF – Tulip Bouquet with Dana + a note about next week

by Betsy March 17, 2023

written by Betsy

It’s TGIF time! Dana is here with a pretty spring project to inspire you to pull out your BotaniCuts Tulip dies and create a little spring! Before we get to Dana’s project, I just wanted to give a little heads up about next week.

Spring Break Notice

We are taking a little spring break getaway March 18-23. 🙂 Orders WILL still ship, but they’ll be shipping on an every other day basis, versus our usual daily schedule. So please allow an extra day or two for your order to ship. If you need to email customer service, please allow an extra day or so for a response as we’ll be checking in intermittently. Thank you for your understanding!

Now let’s hear it from Dana!

Hi friends! It’s Dana here today with a floral bouquet that uses the gorgeous BontaiCuts Tulips die set. These dies create the most beautiful bouquet that will leave you dreaming about spring!

I started my card by using the BontaniCuts Tulips die set to create my bouquet. I die cut the pieces from white cardstock and used finger daubers to add dye ink the pieces. I then used the guide to assemble the flowers, so easy! Next, I splattered the florals with a little water and set them aside to dry.

I then tucked my bouquet into a wrap that I made with the It’s A Wrap Posy Pocket die. I attached my bouquet to a card panel that I die cut with the Crimped Frame die. Lastly, I used the Opposites Attract stamp set and matching die (and script die) for my sentiment.

Thanks for joining me today and I hope I inspired you to create a beautiful spring bouquet of your own.

Enjoy your day,

Dana

March 17, 2023 7 comments

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TGIF – Spring Mix with Laurie

by Betsy April 8, 2022

written by Betsy

Hey, happy Friday! It’s time for a little dose of inspiration, courtesy of Laurie!

Hi there friends! It’s Laurie here, stopping in with this week’s TGIF. Spring is in the air and I am so ready! We have several spring camping trips planned and I can’t wait to get out and enjoy the sun and, of course, to see everything turn green and colorful! For the occasion, I created a clean and simple spring card using the new Print Shop: Spring Mix. The many color combos that can be used with this set are endless and can create so many gorgeous looks!

To create today’s card, I used the large Spring Mix die with plain white cardstock and then used a sticky mat to hold the negative and main die cut together. Doing it this way made it easy to line up the stencils and blend each layer in until the full image was complete.

Using a white card base, I scored ½” around the front to create my go to detail on a clean and simple card. I love how the scored frame adds a fun little finishing detail to a card base. Next, I cut 1” off the bottom of the floral image just so it would sit a bit lower on the card front. Using Glossy Accents, I added in a center to several of the flowers and then popped it up on the card front with foam tape. To finish off the card, I used the hello from Opposites Attract to add in the black sentiment. Super simple!

Hope you enjoyed today’s project. Thanks so much for coming by!

April 8, 2022 13 comments

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TGIF – Welcome Dana Kirby

by Betsy February 25, 2022

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.

February 25, 2022 21 comments

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TGIF – Frosty Thank You with Norine

by Betsy December 10, 2021

written by Betsy

Happy Friday! It’s TGIF time and Norine is here today with the most beautiful wintery thank you card. Her timing is perfect…we’re supposed to get our first winter storm of the year today, so I’m in the mood for some frosty goodness. 🙂

Hello Greetery friends, Norine back with you today with a thank you card that is a bit of a cross-over between Christmas and Winter. Your choice. It can be anything you need it to be, and if you’re finished Christmas card crafting then this card has you covered for the thank yous that come next!

I’m going to be honest here. I didn’t set out to make this precise card. I didn’t have anything specific in mind and no particular inspiration, so I just sifted through my Greetery sets and pulled all the ones that appealed to me in the moment…..

which ended up being a stack like this! Ultimately I used only a fraction of these stamps/dies, but that’s an indication of how the creative process works for me some days.

The first stamp set I was inspired by was the red rubber Fond of Foliage background stamp, which I inked up with three shades of blue/green inks – Ranger Distress Speckled Egg, Bundled Sage and Stormy Sky. I spritzed the stamp liberally with water from a mister bottle and closed the stamp positioner onto a watercolor paper panel, leaving it closed for a minute or two, to really soak into the cardstock. I chose those colors because I felt that they nicely straddled a Christmas or Winter theme.

Once dry (helped along with my heat tool) I stamped a second layer of unfocused detail around the edges and 2 corners of the panel, using Iced Spruce Distress ink and the Big Plans background stamp.

Next, I stenciled and glitter embossed a snowflake die cut from the Snowflake Soiree die and stencil set, I die cut the pine boughs with the Botanicuts Pine Bough die set from watercolor paper and painted them with the smoosh technique and more Ranger Distress Ink colors. I layered them together, then touched the edges randomly with Embossing paste and Silver glimmer paste, then touched the paste in sparkle glitter and let them dry.

I die cut a leafy branch from vellum paper with a die in the Signed, Sealed With A Kiss set, and die cut both the inside and outside die cuts from watercolor paper using the Inside and Out Berry Branch set, painting them with varying shades of blue/green ink/paint. Then I hot foiled the Opposites Attract Thank You sentiment using Spellbinders Sky Bright Glimmer foil and die cutting afterwards. I die cut extra layers of the “thank you” sentiment to give the greeting extra oomph. Then I layered all the components together and adhered the layers, with the snowflake to finish on top. Some clear flat sequins finish the card.

Thank you for your interest, for stopping by today and have a lovely day!

December 10, 2021 23 comments

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TGIF – Wreath Mash-up + Save the Date!

by Betsy September 24, 2021

written by Betsy

It’s Friday! Always the most awesome day of the week here on The Greetery blog. 😊 I’m here with this week’s TGIF project, and also a fun announcement!

First, our announcement…Save the Date! I hope you’ll join us starting next Thursday! We’ll kick off this year’s holiday release with some sneak peeks and then 3 big days of projects and reveals before this year’s holiday collection goes up in the shop on Thursday, October 7. So excited to show you all the new things we have in store!

Now for a little TGIF project to inspire you as we head into the weekend…

For last week’s TGIF feature, I pulled out the Heart Leaf Posy Pocket and Boxwood Heart Details dies we released earlier this year. This got me thinking about how fun it would be to combine the Boxwood Heart with our newest wreath – Rustic Wreath for a little wreath making mash-up. 😊 These two product suites are very similar in concept, and they work well together to give you even more wreath-building options!

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I created two wreaths, one heart-shaped using our Boxwood Heart Base and Details dies, and one round using our Rustic Wreath Base and Twigs dies. I used the basic construction for each of these to create the wreaths as directed. Then I mixed in bits and pieces from the opposite collection into each. For the heart wreath I snipped apart the Rustic Twigs and tucked in little bits and branches. I also pulled out my Curio: Autumn Findings die to add a few acorns, and tucked in a few “berry” sprigs which are actually cut using the BotaniCuts Wildflower Mix die.

For the round wreath, I snipped apart the Boxwood Heart Details branches and tucked them in among the twigs. I didn’t add anything else to this one as it felt nice and full all on its own. All of the elements for both wreaths were cut from white cardstock and then sponged with warm shades of Oxide Inks.

For the backgrounds, I wanted to keep it simple, but also add some drama! I used a panel of black cardstock, splattered with some metallic inks. The sentiments are also metallic to carry through with the look…the “autumn” was hot-foiled using our Let’s Have a Word: Autumn hot foil plate, and the “hello” was stamped with our Opposites Attract set and heat embossed with gold powder.

I had so much fun pairing up these two different product suites! I hope it inspired you to build some wreaths of your own!

September 24, 2021 26 comments

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TGIF – Foiling with Laurie

by Betsy August 20, 2021

written by Betsy

Happy Friday, all! Laurie is here with a super fun (and informative! 😊) TGIF all about hot foiling…enjoy!

Hello friends! It’s Laurie here with today’s TGIF! I am sure by now you have seen the new Deco Triangles Hot Foil Plate. If you are like me….you are in love! Foiling has become something that I love to do. Adding little bits of shine to a card is so much fun and makes them look so finished and fancy!

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Using my Spellbinders Glimmer Hot Foil System, I used gold foil and then Deco Triangle Plate to create a super simple background. The plate itself would create the most amazing background by itself, but I used the Deco Triangles Stencil Set to add in color. I love that the stencils make it so easy to step it up a notch!

I wanted to keep much of the background with the foil and color showing so I added a Crimped Circle die in white cardstock at the bottom of the card. This way I could pop up the sentiment from Opposites Attract. I love the bold font and the little extras you can add to create the perfect sentiment.

Are you new to hot foiling?

Spellbinders has a platform called Glimmer Hot Foil System. This platform heats up metal plates called Glimmer Plates. These glimmer plates come in ALL different types….sentiments, florals, backgrounds, graphic details etc….and add the most gorgeous foiling detail to your cards. And the foils? There are LOTS of different colors to choose from!

The Glimmer Hot Foil System works great with lots of different die cut machines. You can click HERE to see a compatibility chart.

First you heat up the platform and your glimmer plate on the Glimmer System Platform. Then you add in the foil and the cardstock and run it through your die cut machine. Once you pull off the foil negative, the magic happens! That foil that is set on your cardstock and the results are just gorgeous!

August 20, 2021 11 comments

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TGIF – A Dragonfly Rainbow with Angelica

by Betsy July 23, 2021

written by Betsy

Happy Friday! Angelica is here with some amazing (and colorful) inspiration to kickstart your weekend. Enjoy! 😊

One of my favorite items from the new Catching Summer Collection is the dragonfly from Curio: Summer Findings. I Think dragonflies are so gorgeous to look at, and I knew I was going to make a card dedicated to them. I die-cut several of them from Neenah Solar White 110 lb white card stock, and sat down with Copic markers for a fun coloring session.

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This was a great opportunity to work on color combinations, and I ended up with a full rainbow of swatches. Here’s the Copic combinations I used: Greens- G18, G03, YG41; Blue Greens- BG78, BG18, BG13; Yellows- Y28, YR23, Y21; Oranges- E07, YR18, YR15, YR12; Pinks- RV29, RV14, RV13, RV21; Dark Reds- R89, R85, R83, R81; Purples- V09, V05, RV63; Dark Violet- V99, V95, V93-, V91; Light Blues- B18, B04, B02, B00; Dark Blues- B99, B97, B93, B91.

For the background, I stamped the blurred clouds from Sunset Skies. I pulled ink pads from my stash that matched the Copic colors, and stamped the panel. Once stamped, I glued the dragonflies on the coordinating cloud.

I finished the card with Opposites Attract sentiment. I die-cut white card stock with the coordinating die for the sentiment and script first, then stamped the sentiments. I attached them to the card with foam squares to finish the card.

I hope this gives you crafty inspiration right in time for the weekend! Thanks so much for joining me today.

July 23, 2021 10 comments

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TGIF – A Pretty Floral Thank You with Keeway

by Betsy July 16, 2021

written by Betsy

Happy, happy Friday! Keeway is here today with a gorgeous card in her signature style and always-gorgeous use of color!

Happy Friday friends! I have been holding onto a card idea for a very long time and finally found the time to create and share with you today.

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Back when the AlphaBuds Bold Floral Details Stamp Set was released earlier this year, I had stamped a lot of these small flowers with the intention to build my own pattern background. I used the Alpha Buds Bold Floral Details Die to die cut several of them and start stamping in the layers in bulk with my stamping tool. I varied the floral colors between coral, blue, and yellow.

I took a piece of A2 sized white card stock and die cut it with the largest of the Shapely Hearts Die to create a window where my focal point will be. I started adhering all the little floral pieces like I was completing a puzzle. It was so fun building this together! Once I was done, I trimmed off anything thing that extended past the edge and used the Shapely Heart Die in the same spot to to trim inside the heart.

Behind the window is some warm coral ink blending with a touch of splatter. For the sentiment, I used the Opposites Attract Stamp Set and Die in the same blue as my flowers. I absolutely love the bold text of this stamp set, that stands out so well in front of a busy background. I adhered the windowed panel and sentiment over my ink blended piece with foam tape for some simple dimension and finished off my card with a few iridescent sequins. Hope you enjoy today’s inspiration!

July 16, 2021 9 comments