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TGIF – With Love at Christmas with Kay

by Betsy December 11, 2020

written by Betsy

TGIF time! We had a few technical difficulties today, so this post is coming a little late! Kay is here today with a beautiful project that’s definitely worth the wait, using a mix of a few of our newer and older holiday products…

It is already December 11th and although most of my Christmas cards are already in the mail, I am still making them just because I love to. Christmas cards are my favorite to make and honestly, I make them all year long. So today I have one to share with you using some older and newer Christmas products from The Greetery.

For the background, I used the Frosty Flakes stencil and and blended Wilted Violet Distress inks onto Bristol Board cardstock. I blended mostly just around the edges leaving the center lighter to make my focal point pop.

I stamped the images from the With Love At Christmas in pretty pinks and purples, cut them out with the coordinating dies and added them to my card with foam tape. The Joy sentiment is from the Written in Ribbons Holiday stamp set and it was cut out with the coordinating dies and added with foam tape as well. The wishing you sentiment is also included in the Written In Ribbons stamp set and it was heat embossed with white embossing powder.

I hope you have enjoyed my card today, and I hope you are enjoying the holiday season and making lots of fun cards and Christmas projects!

December 11, 2020 19 comments

TGIF – Cozy Cup Thank Yous by Dawn

by Betsy January 3, 2020

written by Betsy

You’re in for a treat once again with today’s TGIF projects! Dawn is sharing some gorgeous wintery thank yous using our Cozy Cup set paired with lots of florals from our recent releases. They’re done in Dawn’s classic vibrant colors – just the thing to warm up these dreary winter days. Let’s read on and see what Dawn has to say about today’s projects…

So, this time of year, I always like to make a stack of thank you notes to send out after Christmas, and I love to have them feel a bit holiday-ish or at least a bit wintery. I still had quite a big pile of leftover Christmas floral die cuts from previous card making sessions, so they were perfect to use on my post-Christmas thank you notes.

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I wanted to make a cohesive set of cards though, and my die cuts weren’t all totally coordinated. To tie all of my random leftovers together, I stamped a new pile of common denominators! I stamped several coffee cups in coordinating colors, and those helped to tie in the randomness from the florals, and make it all look like it goes together!!

I further unified the card set, by using the same color card base, same dark green die cut mats and similar white frames on each card.

Now you’d never know all of these pieces started out as a random pile! They look like they were made to go together! Such a fun way to use up some after Christmas leftovers!”

Don’t you just love Dawn’s cheery projects today? I can’t stop looking at all of the details, and of course her photography and vintage touches are so inspiring!

Before I close today’s post, I have just a couple of updates. We did a large die restock earlier this week, so if you’ve been waiting on dies, most of them are now in stock. We’re still having some issues with our Back in Stock email notifications, unfortunately. They are going out, but at a snail’s pace I’m afraid. We will be switching to a different service provider once these have been completed that will hopefully fix the issue and we’ll be back to real-time updates.

You may also notice if you’re looking to purchase the Cozy Cup set Dawn used in today’s post, that it is out of stock. We’re expecting that back next week, along with a few other sets that are out of stock, so it won’t be a long wait.

Thanks for stopping by, everyone! I hope your 2020 is off to a terrific start!

January 3, 2020 10 comments

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TGIF – With Love at Christmas by Angelica

by Betsy November 15, 2019

written by Betsy

Angelica is here with this week’s TGIF post and she has some beautiful projects to share with you!

Let’s hear what Angelica has to say about her projects…

I sat down recently and spent a morning playing with the beautiful With Love At Christmas stamp set. I love all the possibilities this stamp set gives. I also used a few other products for a complete coordinating look for my creations.

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I started by stamping several bouquets in different ink combinations. I used two bouquets for this card. I made a quick watercolored background with two green watercolors that matched the bouquet leaves. I trimmed the finished panel with a Crimped Frame Die, then stamped and gold heat-embossed the sentiment. I used thin foam squares to attach the flowers, trimming the side edges away before attaching the panel to a card base.

There’s several stamps in the set to help embellish coordinating envelopes. I love this option. I stamped out several envelope labels, and used the Addressed Die to die-cut them. I used a simple sentiment to finish the label for this envelope, and topped it with a bouquet. To finish the envelope, I added red stripes to the envelope flap by blending red dye ink over the striped Flappable Stencil.

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Since I still had a few bouquets let, I decided to use them to embellish handmade gift card holders. I used the striped stencil and red ink again to add stripes to the holders, and Pine Needles and Cracked Pistachio Distress Oxides to add color to the pockets.

*Measurements for gift card holder: Pocket- 6.25 inch x2.5 inch paper strip, scored at 4 inches, fold on score line; Hinges- 2 inches by .5 inch paper strips, scored at .25 inch on .5 side, fold in half. Trim bottom and top folded edges at an inner angle.

Such pretty projects from Angelica, aren’t they? It makes me want to pull out this set again!

Before I go, just a reminder that next week is going to be exciting! On Monday we kick off a week of sneak peeks and product reveals for our November mini release! The Inspiration Team has been busy creating beautiful projects to share with you. I can’t wait to show you the fun things coming!

November 15, 2019 23 comments

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Introducing TGIF – The Greetery Inspiration Fridays!

by Betsy November 8, 2019

written by Betsy

Good morning and happy Friday! We have some exciting news today! One of my goals as we continue to grow here at The Greetery is to bring you more consistent content here on the blog. I’m excited to bring you today’s post – the first in a new blog feature called TGIF – The Greetery Inspiration Friday!

You’ve been asking to see more from our talented Inspiration Team, and that’s what TGIF is all about. Each Friday, one of the Inspiration Team members will be sharing a project or two with you here. We get to kick off this feature with a gorgeous project by Kay Miller.

Here’s what Kay has to say about today’s project…

I have been loving all of the shadow boxes I’ve been seeing made with stamps and die cuts, so I wanted to try one for myself using some of the beautiful new Christmas products from The Greetery.

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I used the Christmas Eve stamp set, the Fir And Foliage stamp set, the Speed Tagging Christmas Sentiments and The With Love At Christmas stamp set. These images really lend themselves to creating fun scenes for a shadow box.

My shadow box measures 4.5 inches wide and 4.25 inches tall. You can make them any size, but I wanted one large enough to fit the taller trees and church. This card folds flat, but will not fit in a standard A2 size envelope. I plan on making one to fit with my envelope punch board.

I used the Drifting die to cut the hills inside the box and I also added one across the front of the bottom of the box. For the background, I used the Frosty Flakes Stencils and watercolor. I also added the snowflakes in the front corner cut with the Frosty Corner dies. I love how the Merry Christmas border from the Christmas Eve stamp set fit perfectly across the top!

Kay’s project is so inspiring, isn’t it? What kind of scene would you put in a shadowbox? I’m thinking a fall scene using Fir & Foliage No. 1 paired with the Harvest Home set would be the perfect combo to try in a shadowbox!

Also, speaking of our Inspiration Team, they now have their own page on our site! You can see them and links to their blogs and instagram accounts all in one place…check it out —>here<—!

Thanks for stopping by – I hope you enjoyed our first TGIF post!

November 8, 2019 32 comments

All Giveaway Winners October 2019 Project Ideas

Sticker Giveaway Winner + With Love at Christmas Inspiration

by Betsy October 11, 2019

written by Betsy

It’s time to announce the two winners of the sticker giveaway! Each release brings some fun new packaging to The Greetery, including a cute sticker that wraps up your goodies. I offered to give away 10 stickers to two random comments that guessed this month’s sticker. Those of you that have gotten your orders probably already know that it’s the adorable bus from Christmas Care-A-Van!

Our two winners are Renee and Carrie K! If you could send an email with your address info to customerservice@thegreetery.com we’ll get your stickers out to you!

Just a quick update on shipping and out of stock items before I share a project with you. All release orders have shipped and as of yesterday (Thursday) we are back to our usual same day/next day after 2:00pm EDT shipping schedule. woohoo!

As for out of stock items, no worries, everything will be restocked. Dies will be back in a couple of weeks, and any out of stock stamps will be back in about 4 weeks. Many have asked about the clear bubbles. We actually have a bit of stock left, we just need to get a chance to get them packaged up and then we’ll add them to the shop. Hopefully by early next week. This will not be a huge stock of them, but we have more coming.

Now for a quick project. After the busyness of the last few months I got to enjoy an annual day out with some friends yesterday! One of our stops was Bath & Body Works to pick up a few fall scents and check out what’s new for the holidays. I always find their packaging inspiring! Do you ever find yourself out and about and see something that makes you want to go stamp a card? 🙂 I love the new labels on these soaps…

I thought I could totally make a card like that! I pulled out my With Love at Christmas set and started by heat embossing the frame from the set in the center of a panel of cardstock. I then masked it off and stamped some of the individual flowers and greenery sprigs from the set around the frame. I also heat embossed a few of them with gold powder. I finished by stamping a sentiment from the Sentiment Suite: Thank You set inside the frame. I created some matching envelopes using the Flappable stencil set, and this time I sponged the striped stencil with Versamark and heat embossed it with gold powder. That turned out really fun!

Inspiration is every where, I hope you find some today that gets your creative juices flowing! Thanks for stopping by today!

October 11, 2019 26 comments