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TGIF – Beautiful Balloons with Wanda + Save the Date

by Betsy March 3, 2023

written by Betsy

Happy Friday! We have lots to share over the next week here at The Greetery! We’ve been busy behind the scenes getting everything ready for the release of a new collection called New Beginnings…filled to the brim with sweet things for Easter, spring, and babies!

We’ll spend next week counting down to release day on Friday with sneak peeks, reveals, and projects from the team. I hope you’ll join us!

For today, Wanda is here with a beautiful TGIF project to kick off your weekend, which hopefully involves some crafty time. 🙂

Hi there my Greetery friends! It’s Wanda, here to share a fun and cheerful birthday greeting with you today! We always need to have birthday cards on hand, right? It’s the most popular kind of card to make! I am excited to share my pink and green birthday card with you. I am featuring the gorgeous Balloon Bouquet stamps and dies along with the Square Dance Stencils and more great Greetery products. Let’s get started!

My finished card is an A2 white card base that I covered with pink cardstock. I used the Square Dance Stencils and Blender Brushes to ink up a pink gingham background. I stenciled only using one color of ink, instead of two or three – to get a much softer effect. I die cut out an A2 Arches die to frame the gingham pattern as my background.

I used the Balloon Bouquet stamps and dies to ink up that main large balloon. I used subtle shades of pinks and cool greens. I die cut out the floral portion after stamping it with four matching stamps. I used the same ink color to blend out just the bottom portion of the balloon to match and add some color interest. I die cut out other balloons using vellum and pink cardstock and the Big Balloons die. The strings were die cut from silver cardstock. I inked the main sentiment onto the large balloon using sparkling silver embossing powder. I lastly die cut and stamped that small banner using the Cake Pops Sentiments stamp set and the Cake Pops Banner dies.

My finishing touches here are some pink glitter droplets and some white paint splatters! I made this a birthday card but I think this could also be a baby card or even a graduation card, simply by changing up the colors and sentiments! I look forward to sharing with you again soon. In the meantime, keep on crafting! XO Wanda

March 3, 2023 33 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

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TGIF – All Wrapped Up Sneak Peek #2 + Winter Snowglobe with Wanda

by Betsy November 18, 2022

written by Betsy

Thank you so much for stopping by today! Wanda has an amazing TGIF project to share with you today, and we also have another sneak peek of our new All Wrapped Up collection that’s coming to the shop on Tuesday!

Here’s peek #2 of my smorgasbord board of paper goodies. Our new All Wrapped Up collection is mainly dies (with a couple of great sentiment stamp sets) that are filled with possibilities that I think you will love. What do you spy in this fun peek?

Now let’s turn it over to Wanda for her incredible TGIF project…

Hi crafty friends! I’m so happy to be joining you here today on The Greetery Blog for TGIF! It’s always my pleasure to share a project with you! I’m totally in the mood for Winter and Christmas crafting and I have a blizzard of a project for you today! I was inspired by my small snowglobe collection, so I created a shaker/snowglobe card to share with you today! I used lots of my favorite products from The Greetery – including those awesome Candy Pops! So, yes, my snowglobe is inside a candy!

My finished card is an A2 white card base layered with red and then striped cardstocks. I used the Postal Frames as my top layer. The feature of my card is a Candy Pop that I made into my snowglobe shaker. I’ve also added pretty silver snowflakes from the Snowflake Soiree Dies.

I die cut out the City Skyline and the Tree from the Christmas Time in the City Dies. I added bits of glitter to the tops of the buildings and the star on the tree. For the background I used Distress Oxide Ink to blend a bright blue sky. I stamped in some tiny snowflakes from the Christmas Time in the City stamp set. I stamped the sentiment from the Candy Pops stamp set onto the outer edge of my candy.

I assembled the Candy Pop using the 1/2″ bubble. I added fake snow from the craft store and some tiny white sequins into my snowglobe candy before assembling it all together. The candy pop was fully assembled first and then glued onto the card. I added some twine to the wrapper and some festive holly and berries! This was such a fun project!

Have a great weekend, and happy Winter! Don’t you just love Christmas projects?! Take care and I will see you soon. Until then, happy crafting! Wanda

Candy Pops Dies
Candy Pops Stamp Set
Postal Frames Dies
Christmas Time in the City Stamps and Dies
Snowflake Soiree Dies
1/2″ Circle Bubbles
White, Silver, Red, Green, Gray cardstocks, striped paper
Twine
Red Ink
White Enamel Dots
Adhesives

November 18, 2022 39 comments

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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

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TGIF – Garden Gear Hello with Wanda

by Betsy June 3, 2022

written by Betsy

Happy Friday, dear friends! Wanda is here today to treat us to some summery Friday inspiration. I always love all the details she incorporates into her projects, and today’s is awesome as usual! It’s the perfect excuse to crack open your new release goodies. 🙂

Hi crafty friends! I’m so happy to be joining you here today on The Greetery Blog for TGIF! It’s always my pleasure to share a project with you! By now, your goodies from the new release should be arriving – yay! So I thought I would share a card made with items from the new release. I was very inspired by the garden theme! I have so many ideas.

My finished card is an A2 card base covered in pretty lime green cardstock, then white cardstock, then woodgrain cardstock. I used a strip of gingham to add a splash of whimsy, and a bit of twine too. This is a great go-to card layout and will work with any colors, patterned papers and themes!

I started by stenciling the gorgeous Print Shop Daisy Days in fresh shades of yellow, green and blue. Perfectly Summer colors… Once my panel was stenciled, I used the Garden Gear – Gloves dies to cut out the two gloves. The pattern looks great on the gloves!

I used a matching shade of blue cardstock to make the accents for the gloves. I also used a Copic marker to shade the blue. I die cut out the Scripty Hello Die from black cardstock for contrast against all the colors.

I attached the gloves to the card using foam tape for dimension. I added tiny yellow hearts too. I am a sucker for tiny details!! I can’t believe it’s June! So I’ll wish you a happy Summer, and of course, happy crafting!

SUPPLIES:

Garden Gear – Gloves Dies
Print Shop Daisy Days stamp + stencil
Scripty Hello Die
Woodgrain Cardstock
Tiny Hearts Enamel Shapes
White Paint
Blender Brushes
Ink Pads

June 3, 2022 16 comments

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TGIF – Easter Lilies with Wanda

by Betsy March 25, 2022

written by Betsy

Happy Friday, friends! I hope you had a wonderful week. Wanda is here today with some beautiful inspiration as we head into the weekend!

Hi crafty friends! I’m so happy to be joining you here today on The Greetery Blog for TGIF! It’s always my pleasure to share a project with you! Spring is here, and Easter is not far away, so I’m sharing a classic themed Easter card made with beautiful Stargazer Lilies and a pretty Cathedral window. The idea for this card has been in my head since Christmas when the awesome Cathedral die was released! I’m happy to bring the idea to life and share with you.

My finished card is an A2 size, made from woodgrain cardstock. I die cut the cathedral window from woodgrain cardstock as well. For the window, I backed the die cut with vellum and then attached it over yellow cardstock to have a lit from within glow.

I die cut the Lilies and Palms dies from Bristol cardstock. I used blender brushes and Distress Inks to add color and depth to the petals. After the ink was dry, I used a Copic Marker to add the streaks of the petals. The stamens were colored with Copic Markers. The leaves were colored with Distress Inks and blender brushes in two shades of green. I used two large lilies and one small lily to make my floral spray. The flowers are attached with foam squares, then I tucked the leaves in last.

I layered everything onto the card and then glued on the sentiment at an angle. The sentiment was die cut twice out of gold glitter paper. I glued the two die cuts together to make a slightly thicker sentiment. I added some clear droplets, as the final step, to look like water drops.

That’s it for me this time! I hope you have a wonderful Spring season, and a great weekend! Until I see you again, happy crafting! XO Wanda

The Greetery SUPPLIES:
Botanicuts Lily die
Botanicuts Palm die
Cathedral Die
Let’s Have a Word: Easter Die
OTHER:
Woodgrain Cardstock
Vellum
Gold Glitter Cardstock
Bristol Cardstock
Gold watercolor paint
Distress Inks
Copic Markers
Clear Droplets
Blender Brushes

March 25, 2022 25 comments

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TGIF – Christmas Time Trio with Wanda + Black Friday Bundles

by Betsy November 26, 2021

written by Betsy

Happy Friday! I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving and got to spend some time with family, friends, and good food!

Wanda is here with a gorgeous trio of wintery projects, but before we get to that, just a note to let you know that we have some Black Friday deals in the shop!

Click HERE to shop our selection of bundles at 40% off. Sale ends Saturday, 11/27/21 at 11:59pm EST.

Now let’s hear all about Wanda’s pretty, wintery projects!

Hi crafty friends! I’m excited to be here with you today on TGIF on The Greetery Blog! It’s always fun to share a project with you. I hope you had a lovely Thanksgiving. It’s time to finish up our Christmas crafting and creating. So today I have a suite of projects with a jolly, merry, holiday theme: A card, a gift card holder, and some pretty tags. I used the same stamps and dies for all the items so it all matches and would be perfect for giving a gift to a special friend.

I started by choosing a bright and happy color palette of mid tone colors: Greens, pinks and aqua….then I used some vellum and silver too. It’s all icy and sparkly. I used the tree die from Christmas Time in the City to die cut out about 20 of those fabulous trees. I used the dies from the Snowflake Soiree suite to die cut silver snowflakes. I die cut tags using the new Tag Team Duo Dies. I laid out all the designs first and mixed and matched elements until I liked it. I splattered everything with white paint (snow!)

For the card I attached the trees using foam tape and then I die cut the sentiment in black. The card is an A2 card layered with aqua, white and vellum. SO fresh! For the tags, I did the same thing – mixed and matched. I added ribbon and embellishments to the tops of the tags. The “merry and bright” sentiment is from the Speed Tagging Christmas stamp set. The gift card holder was made from vellum and a Starbucks card fits just right inside. The Nordic Circles dies are a great element to mix with a Winter theme.

That’s it for me this time! I hope you have a wonderful holiday season. Until I see you again, happy crafting! XO Wanda

SUPPLIES:
Tag Team Duo Dies
Snowflake Soiree Dies
Speed Tagging Christmas Stamp Set
Nordic Circles Dies
Christmas Time in the City Stamps and Dies

Colored Cardstock
Vellum, White, Silver Cardstock
Stazon Ink Pad
Ribbon
White Paint
Doodlebug Enamel Dots

November 26, 2021 6 comments

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TGIF – Vintage Winterberry Postcard with Wanda

by Betsy October 29, 2021

written by Betsy

Happy Fri-yay! It’s promising to be a gorgeous fall weekend here, but Wanda has me dreaming of Christmas with the beautiful project she’s created for today’s TGIF post! I’m so excited to share this with you…I hope you enjoy! 😊

Hi there, Greetery friends! I’m excited to be up on TGIF this week with you! Like most of you, I fell head over heels with the new Christmas release this month. Today I’m sharing another idea for using the Winterberry Stamps, Stencils and Dies. It is such a beautiful suite of products and it makes my retro loving heart happy. My card was inspired by old postcards and Christmas cards from the 50’s and 60’s so I used lots of glitter and classic Christmas colors.

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My finished card is a horizontal A2 sized card made from red cardstock. I layered woodgrain cardstock and then cream cardstock. I created the background by ink blending shades of yellow Distress Inks. I also stamped over the ink blending with these stamps: Pretty Postmarks and Christmas Time in the Country. I inked the edges of the Postal layer with Distress Ink also.

I used the Winterberry Stamp/Stencil Combo to ink up that pretty floral spray and die cut it out with the matching die. I added lots of glitter! The sentiment is from the Snowflake Soiree Dies set – and I die cut it from silver glitter cardstock. A few pearls were added for dimension and embellishment. I made postage stamps using the smallest ornament from the Curio: Ornaments die set. I thought I needed some vintage postage stamps for this project!

I hope you have a very happy weekend! Happy crafting until we meet again!

SUPPLIES:Winterberry Stamps, Stencils, Dies
Curio Attic Ornaments die
Postal Frames Dies
Pretty Postmarks Stamps and Dies
Christmas Time in the Country Stamps
Snowflake Soiree Dies
Blender Brushes
Unicorn Stickles
Rock Candy Glitter
Red, Cream, Woodgrain, Silver Cardstocks
Pearls
Distress Inks

October 29, 2021 18 comments

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TGIF – Pumpkin Spice Hug in a Mug

by Betsy October 16, 2020

written by Betsy

Wow, can you believe it’s already Friday? TGIF time! Wanda has the most adorable project for us today using our new Hug in a Mug die. If you ordered yours it is on its way, or may have already arrived! I’m so excited for Wanda’s Pumpkin Spice version. Let’s check it out…

Hello and Welcome to TGIF here at The Greetery! Wanda here, sharing two of my favorite things! Coffee and Fall! I do so love a good Pumpkin Spice Latte, and that’s what I have made for you today. You might just be receiving your goodies from the Merry Makings release last week, so I want to give you some more inspiration using the Hug in a Mug stamps and dies. I am always inspired by Fall colors. This project would be so cute as a favor for a girls coffee date or your Thanksgiving table. Thanks for joining me on this beautiful Fall Friday.

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My coffee mug was made with orange cardstock and the saucer was made from cream cardstock using the Hug in a Mug dies and the Saucer dies. I stamped the plaid border at the top of the mug, and stamped the latte art on the top using the Hug in a Mug stamp set.

After the mug pieces were cut out I used the beautiful Berry Branch stencil, a blender brush, and Crackling Campfire Distress Ink to make a pretty leaf design onto it! I also brushed a bit of the ink onto the bottom of the handle for an ombre effect. I stamped the sentiment on the front in brown ink and added a wee heart too. I glued the mug handles together, glued the steam pieces together, and glued the mug together and set that aside to dry. I always use a glue pen for putting together my 3D dies. For the saucer I used cream cardstock. I again used my blender brush and ink (Carved Pumpkin Distress Ink) to gently ink the outer edges of the saucer. I glued the saucer together. Next, I die cut the Coaster Die from gingham patterned paper.

I splattered everything with gold watercolor ink! I used one of my favorite stamp sets to add the little seasonal embellishment on the top – the Top Down Day Autumn stamp set. I stamped the pumpkin/leaves image and die cut it with the matching dies. I cut a small slit on the left side of the image so it would fit over the edge of the mug. I used Stickles Diamond Glitter to add shine to the pumpkins and the steam.

I put some sweet pumpkin candies inside as a treat for the recipient. Some coffee candies would be sweet too. You could add a small gift, some sweets, or whatever little trinkets your heart desires. This is such a fun suite of products – I have so many more ideas!

Thank you for spending some time with me here on The Greetery Blog today. Wishing you a beautiful weekend full of happiness and creativity! Take care friends. XO

October 16, 2020 19 comments

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TGIF – Vintage Pinwheels & Postmarks with Wanda

by Betsy June 19, 2020

written by Betsy

I hope you’re ready for a beautiful summer Friday! We have some inspiration for you today as we head into the weekend. Hopefully you’ll be able to sneak in some creative time! Wanda’s beautiful project is going to make you want to pull out those postmarks and pinwheels…

Hello and Welcome to TGIF here at The Greetery! Wanda here, sharing a vintage inspired card for this Summer Friday! I like a good vintage project, and getting my hands inky! One of the many things I love about The Greetery stamps and dies is that they can be adapted to any crafting, card-making style. Everything is so creative and flexible to make your style shine. The stamps I used for this project could be used just as easily is bright bold tones, or soft pastels, or warmer hues… Today I’m using one of my favorite products from the last release: The Pinwheel Party Dies and Stencils. I wanted to use them again with a retro look… I combined them with lots of previously released goodies and Distress Inks. Thanks for joining me today!

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My finished card is an A2 sized card base in dark brown paper. I started by creating a cool, old paper looking background. I used watercolor paper, a water brush, and brown and blue Distress Inks. I kept layering the inks until I got a nice, worn paper look. Then I used stamps from the Pretty Postmarks Stamp set (the beautiful text and the circular postmark) and stamped them over the background. I sprayed the stamping with water to make it soften. I love text stamps!

For the tag, I used the Speed Tagging Die Set and die cut the scalloped tag from watercolor paper. I used Distress Inks and the Oopsie Daisy stamp set to stamp the two daisy flowers onto the tag. I used a water brush to soften the edges of the stamping to mimic water coloring. I splattered inks over the flowers and also added a bit more of the text….

I die cut pinwheels using the Pinwheel Party Dies – some from watercolor paper, and some from text paper. I used the matching Pinwheel Party Stencils to add blue and brown stripes. Then the pinwheels were inked around the edges with a sponge dauber…

I stamped and die cut a pretty postage stamp to add to my collage. The sentiment was die cut from the awesome Sentiment Starters word dies set. My finishing touches are a bit of twine and a few gold enamel dots. The main elements were attached to the card using foam tape.

Thank you for spending some time with me here on The Greetery Blog today. Wishing you a beautiful weekend full of happiness and creativity! Take care friends. XO

Don’t you just love seeing how this beautiful project came together? So many details to delve into!

Before I go, just a quick update. We’re getting shipping notices on restocks! We’re expecting most out of stock items to be back in stock by the end of next week. Last week I mentioned we had something fun planned…don’t worry, we haven’t forgotten. Stay tuned!

Have a wonderful weekend!

June 19, 2020 16 comments