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TGIF – I Heart Diecutting with Angelica

by Betsy February 10, 2023

written by Betsy

Happy Friday! If you haven’t already, this weekend is the perfect time to wrap up your Valentine crafting! Angelica is here with some fun and quick ideas for creating some simple cards using just diecuts paired with some sentiments. Perfect for those last-minute Valentines!

I was putting away product the other day in my craft room, and came across Shapely Hearts Die set. I seriously hadn’t touched this die set in almost two years! So I pulled the set out, and picked Hot Stuff Sentiments stamp set to use as my sentiments.

When I’m working with dies, I like to die-cut a lot of whatever die I’m using, and I LOVE to make backgrounds with the die cuts. So with these hearts, I spent about an hour die-cutting colored card stock and white card stock. I made several styles of backgrounds, using the hearts in different ways.

With the colored cardstock hearts, I made a background of hearts on pink card stock. I also made a frame of hearts, using black hearts under the colored cardstock hearts for depth and shadows. I love how black cardstock can really brighten cards up.

Another idea for using dies is die-cutting a panel several times, repositioning the dies after each run through the die-cut machine. That’s what I did with an inked panel. I used oxide inks to ink-blend a background, then used the two smaller hearts to die-cut the panel. It took maybe 5 minutes to die-cut the panel. Once finished, I had a panel that looked like I die-cut it with a cover plate, and I also had beautiful inked hearts. I was able to make two cards out of the inked panel, and I finished the cards with two more sentiments

Slimline cards are also a great way to let your die cuts shine. I made a simple arrangement of hearts that I inked with Distress Oxide inks. I used glue to attach the bottom hearts, and foam squares to attach the top hearts. I finished with one last Hot Stuff Sentiment.

These are just a few ways I like to use dies. As much as I love coloring and painting, my first love is paper. And die-cutting is my absolute favorite.

I hope I was able to pass along a few ideas on how to put your dies to work. That’s all that I have for today. Thanks so much for stopping by!

February 10, 2023 10 comments

TGIF – Hug in a Mug Valentine with Wanda + Have a Heart Sneak Peek!

by Betsy January 13, 2023

written by Betsy

Happy Friday! Love is definitely in the air here at The Greetery! Wanda is here with a super fun Valentine TGIF, and I’ll be sharing a sneak peek of our Have a Heart collection which will be hitting the shop on Tuesday 1/17 at 10am ET.

First, a sneak peek! Our Have a Heart Collection has…well, a lot of heart! Each and every product incorporates a heart in one way or another. We have lots of fun new dies, plus a few sentiments sets including an addition to one of our/your recent favorites!

I hope you’ll join us on Monday for the full reveal, projects, and a blog hop. Our Have a Heart collection goes live in the shop on Tuesday, 1/17 at 10am ET.

Now let’s hear it from Wanda and her fun TGIF project…

Hi everyone! Wanda here today with your TGIF project! Happy New Year! I hope your 2023 is off to a fun and creative start! Wishing you good things in the coming year. Lots of crafting and joy! It’s only one month until Valentine’s Day so I thought I would make some Valentine projects to share with you today! I do love switching over from holiday crafting to hearts and pink pink pink in these winter months. I used lots of my favorite Greetery supplies with a theme of love!

The Hug in a Mug suite of products was an instant favorite of mine when it was released. For today, I made two Valentine Mugs and a pretty Valentine card to go with them. I started by die cutting the mugs and the saucers from light pink cardstock. I used Distress Oxide ink and blender brushes to gently ink just the bottom of the mugs for an ombre effect. I stamped the edging details, the coffee art details and the sentiments onto the mugs before assembly. I also made a few cookies – because we must have cookies with our coffee, right?

I used the Cake Pops Stand die to make a white scalloped edge ‘doily’ for my mugs. Just a little touch of white with all that color – makes the mugs extra special. As you will remember, the Hug in a Mug dies come with the perfect little dies that make steam…. But I got the idea that I wanted whipped cream, and used the whipped cream dollop die from the Warm and Wonderful Set – I think it looks just right! I added a small paper tab to the back to insert into the opening on the top of the coffee portion. I embellished with hearts, glitter and stripey straws.

To make the Valentine note I used the Crimped Notecard Dies and made a white card. I also layered one more piece of white cardstock. I die cut the pink heart using the Shapely Hearts Dies and used the Bold Numbers in red and silver to make the number 14. I used the small flowers from the Cake Pops Dies set to make deep pink flowers to glue onto the heart. The sentiment is from the Market Basket Sentiments stamp set and I stamped it onto the Cake Pops Banner!

I feel like I’m ready for a girlie Valentine party now! Wouldn’t these be so cute as favors or place holders at a party? I used a lot of Greetery supplies in different ways than you might expect – that’s kind of my thing. I like to use my stamps and dies for more than just their original ways. How do I do this? When I get ready to make a project to share with you I get out ALL my stamps and dies from The Greetery! Seriously, ALL of them! I lay them out and then sift and sort until I have my ideas ready. I find that way I don’t forget about something amazing like those little Cake Pop flowers or those beautiful numbers!!

It’s my pleasure to be on the team with Betsy and the gang and to share with you! I hope I’ve inspired you to think outside the box! Wishing you a happy weekend and sending X’s and O’s your way.

January 13, 2023 45 comments

All TGIF

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

All January 2021 New Product Meet & Greet Video Tutorials

Nature Lover Day 2

by Betsy January 19, 2021

written by Betsy

Hello and thank you for stopping by for our second and final day of product reveals for our latest collection called Nature Lover! Thank you all so much for your excitement and kind words on yesterday’s product introductions!

We have a few more things to show you today before this new collection goes up in the shop on Wednesday (tomorrow!), January 20 at 10am EST.

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, January 19 at 1:00pm CST (that’s today!), so tune in if you’d like to check it out!

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Let’s meet today’s products!

BotaniCuts Forget-Me-Nots die

The BotaniCuts collection is a series of stand alone dies for cutting various botanical designs. This BotaniCuts Forget-Me-Nots set creates pretty forget-me-not blooms and bunches. 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 12 wired dies, includes a printed assembly guide
BotaniCuts Forget-Me-Nots die price – $18
Made in the USA

Heart Leaf Posy Pocket + Jumbo Posy Pocket dies

These fun dies fold to create cute heart-shaped leafy pockets. Fill the pockets with pretty posies, or tuck a stamped sentiment into the pocket using the coordinating Shapely Hearts die. The regular set includes two sizes of posy-pockets, perfect for using on card fronts, tags, etc. The Jumbo Posy Pocket die includes just a single die that creates a jumbo-sized pocket, perfect for shaped cards, notes, and larger tags.

Made in the USA
Assembled sizes (when folded into a pocket):
– set of two: 1.9″ x 1.8″ and 2.6″ x 2.5″
– jumbo: 3.7″ x 3.6″
Heart Leaf Posy Pocket 2-piece die price – $24
Heart Leaf Jumbo Posy Pocket single die price – $27

Shapely Hearts die

This set of three shapely hearts dies will add a touch of love to your next project. These hearts are designed to coordinate with our Heart Leaf Posy Pocket and Jumbo Posy Pocket dies, but can be used on their own as well!

Set of 3 wired dies
Made in the USA
Shapely Hearts die price – $10

Lovely Blossoms stamp set + die

These Lovely Blossoms will make your next project bloom! This bold floral set features a pretty multi-step floral cluster in two sizes, plus an assortment of individual blooms and leaves for fun bouquet building. A handful of sentiments make this set perfect for many occasions, or just because!

This stamp set comes on a 6″ x 8” sheet and includes a full-color stamping guide
The matching die is a set of 9 wired dies
Made in the USA
Lovely Blossoms stamp set price – $24
Lovely Blossoms die price – $27
Click HERE for more detailed information

Ready for some projects? I loved creating with these new goodies!

My first card uses the BotaniCuts Forget-Met-Nots die paired with the Wood Slice Hearts we introduced yesterday. I love the combo! Forget-me-not blue has to be one of my favorited colors.

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To color the blossoms, I just sponged a bit of Blueprint Sketch Oxide ink very lightly to get a soft blue, then added some more shading using colored pencils. These blooms are made of up multiple diecuts, but they are easy to assemble and look so pretty and realistic! The sentiment I used here is from our new Lovely Blossoms set and it fits so nicely on the larger Wood Slice Heart. I finished the card by layering my heart and blossoms over a panel of watercolor paper cut with the Crimped Frame die, which was watercolored just a bit with soft blues and purples to match the forget-me-nots. I added a few paint splatters as well for a little extra interest.

My next card again uses the BotaniCuts Forget-Me-Nots. This time I gathered a little cluster of them with the twine wrap die from Fit to Be Tied. I was playing around with a few different coloring methods, so the more pinky-purple blooms were sponged with ink and detailed with colored pencils, while the more blueish blooms were watercolored. It ended up being a pretty mix of colors!

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I layered my cluster of blooms over a couple of diecut frames, one cut with the Crimped Frames die, and the other with the Nordic Frames die. The sentiment I used is from Opposites Attract, heat embossed with gold.

My next few projects use the new Lovely Blossoms floral set. This might be my favorite floral from The Greetery to date!

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I love the big, bold blooms in this set, plus even though they are multi-step images, they are really easy to stamp. I diecut and stamped a whole pile of blooms and then ended up using most of them on this card – lol! They looked so pretty layered over this dark emerald green background. I finished it off with the “hello” sentiment (that I can’t stop using!) from our Opposites Attract set.

Next I used the Lovely Blossoms set again, but this time instead of using the flower stems/clusters, I used the individual blooms and leaves to build my own bouquet. I used a different-to-me color combo of pinks, purples, and blues. To stamp the blooms, I used Seedless Preserves, Tattered Rose, Victorian Velvet, Speckled Egg, Weathered Wood, and Stormy Sky Oxide inks.

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I love the way the smaller blooms look layered over the larger ones! I also tucked in some bits and pieces from the BotaniCuts Forget-Me-Nots to fill out my bouquet. I added some white and gold splatters as well as a strip of gold and white striped paper along the bottom edge. The sentiment is also from the Lovely Blossoms set.

My next card combines Lovely Blossoms with our new Heart Leaf Jumbo Posy Pocket die. Shaped cards are always fun, and the Jumbo Posy Pocket is perfect for creating them – fill it up with blooms and it can be tucked in a regular envelope.

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I put together a video showing these dies and how to create this card. It’s really very easy!

These would be cute for nearly any occasion – just change up the sentiment. I also stamped a matching envelope. The Lovely Blossoms set makes beautiful patterned paper! 😊

There are so many different things you can fill these Posy Pockets with! Here I used the new BotaniCuts Forget-Me-Nots die paired with the large eucalyptus branch from our Simple Things set.

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I love how soft and delicate the Forget-Me-Nots are! Here I used sentiments from the Sentiment Suite: Thinking of You set to stamp on the outside and inside of my shaped card. This one was put together in the same way as the card in the video above, I just used different flowers and changed up the sentiment.

For this little tag and pocket I used the larger Heart Leaf Posy Pocket from the set of two. This time I colored it by sponging it with a few different shades of green ink, and also added more shading to the vein details using colored pencils. Tucked inside the pocket is a heart tag, cut with the Shapely Hearts die.

My final project for today uses the smallest Heart Leaf Posy Pocket die from the set of two. This is a great size to use on card fronts. You could create little peek-a-boo pockets to open, or tuck little blooms and clusters like I did here.

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To fill my little posy pockets, I used leaves stamped with the Lovely Blossoms set, some sprigs from the Boxwood Heart Details die, and the bud cluster from the BotaniCuts Foget-Me-Nots die. I finished it off with an Opposites Attract sentiment.

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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Winners will be posted at 7am EST on Wednesday, January 20, here on the blog

And now you’re in for a treat…hop around to the team to see what they’ve created using the products introduced today! (click HERE if viewing this post via email subscription)

ANGELICA

DAWN

HEATHER

KAY

KEEWAY

KELLY

LAURIE

WANDA

Thank you so much for sharing in our excitement of these new products! Everything will be available in the shop beginning at 10am EST tomorrow morning – Wednesday, January 20!

January 19, 2021 267 comments