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Save the Date! + Sweet Noel Snowflakes with Melissa

by Betsy September 30, 2025

written by Betsy

Hello and happy Tuesday! Melissa is here with us today to share a gorgeous holiday card. Speaking of holiday, are you ready for some fun? Our 2025 holiday collection will be coming to the shop next week! We’ll be sharing the first sneak peeks of our holiday collection on Thursday…just a couple of days away! I’ll give you a little teaser today. This year’s holiday collection is called Christmas Market and it might be my favorite one yet. Lots of fun things I can’t wait to show you! I hope you’ll join us for the fun.

Now let’s hear from Melissa!

Isn’t it fun when it’s time to pull out your Christmas products? I love this time of year as there are so many reasons to celebrate, from gratitude and blessings to gift-giving and celebrating Christ’s birth.

My card today uses the beautiful Snipped Snowflakes 2 dies, one layered over another. I added stenciling to my card base using the Winter Crest stamp and stencil and topping my snowflakes with the Crest No. 2 diecut. My sentiment also comes from the Winter Crest stamp set. I tied everything up with a beautiful bow using the Ribbon Frame die and stencil…bows make everything more lovely at Christmas, don’t they?

Thank you so much for stopping by and letting me share this project with you!

September 30, 2025 13 comments

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Winter Crest Treats with Kelly

by Betsy October 18, 2024

written by Betsy

Hello and welcome! It’s Kelly here today sharing a pair of treat/gift boxes using two of my favorite products from the Fireside Holiday Collection! When I was creating my release projects, I was eager to see if the Winter Crest suite of products would work nicely with the Arch Box Small die, but I didn’t get a chance to try it! I decided to remedy that and so for today, I am sharing two different variations on how cute and well these two products work together!

To get started, I decided to create the two crests and then decided which color of cardstock would work best after they were completed. I stamped the greenery first and then die cut that out using the Winter Crest die. I added the stenciled berries next and then the frame of the crest. The final step was to use the included stencil to add a little bit of blue ink to the center of the frame. I did add some colored pencil details to both the leaves and the berries on one of the crests, but then realized when I was editing my photos, I neglected to add detail to the berries on the second crest. I decided to leave it so you can see the difference it makes by adding a little bit of extra shading with colored pencils. I will go back and add it later since I personally like the added detail, but I also think it looks fine without, especially if you are mass-producing or are in a time crunch!

I die cut the banners from the Winter Crest set, stamped them with antique linen distress oxide ink and then stamped the Merry Christmas sentiment using gathered twigs ink. The NOEL portion is also stamped with the same brown ink. For the NOEL box, I simply added it with foam squares and then layered the banner at the bottom.

For the second crest, I created a nativity scene by using the dies included in the Christmas Time in the Country die collection. I cut it from cream cardstock and then colored the pieces using two brown inks and then glued everything together using liquid glue. The star was cut using gold cardstock and then glued as well.

I chose to make one box from Kraft cardstock and the other from Forest cardstock. These boxes are SO easy to cut and assemble! I used the Arch Box Small die; for one box you will need to die cut it twice and glue them together! Once the boxes were assembled, I added the crest pieces using foam squares. I added some BotaniCuts Pinecones to the bottom of one of the crests for added holiday charm!

I had so much fun making these boxes and I am inspired to just keep making more and more! Ha ha! Thanks for joining me today!

October 18, 2024 5 comments

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Winter Crest Tags with Dawn

by Betsy October 15, 2024

written by Betsy

Hello there! It’s my turn to share a project for The Greetery and I couldn’t wait to show you what I made!

I used the recently released Winter Crest stamp/stencil/die & Crest No. 2 die combo to create a pile of Christmas gift tags that I think might be what I end up using for our neighbor gifts this Christmas! I just love how they turned out, with them all coordinated but each one a little different from the next. This is my favorite way to create tags. It keeps it simple by using one cohesive color palette, while also keeping it interesting because I’m not making an identical pile of the same thing!

The main Winter Crest die has a little decorative hole at the top, and when I saw that, I knew it would be just perfect to use for tags! It’s a small hole, so you’ll need to use twine or something similarly thin to hang your tags with.

There’s no hole in the top of the Crest No. 2 die cut, so if you want to layer the crest-only diecut on top of the larger floral/crest die cut, simply cut out the crest and then run it through your die cutting machine again, with it laying in the larger floral/crest die. Just roll it through the machine just enough to cut the hole and then back it out and you can layer it on top of the larger die cut and your holes should line up perfectly! Or alternatively, you could just use a hole punch.

You don’t have to layer the crest on top of the larger floral/crest die cut if you choose not to! You can simply let the stamp do the job of adding the crest detail! I love all the options with this set.

The berries die from the Rosemary& Berry die set works great with glitter card stock, to add a touch of sparkle and interest!

Have you started making gift tags for Christmas yet? I hope this has given you some inspiration to get going on some tags of your own!

October 15, 2024 9 comments