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The Greetery - BEEEE Kind Card!

Hi there creative and crafty friends! It's my turn today on The Greetery Blog! Time to start thinking about (early) Summer cards! For today I made a cute little Bee to remind us to BEE kind! Bzzzzz Bzzzzz... I used the super cute Baby Face Bee dies, the Baby Face Sentiments, and that classic Crest #1 along with some other Greetery favorites. I really love a bee theme - especially this time of year when the bees are a buzzin'!  

 

My finished card is a white A2 card base, layered with gingham, white, yellow and vellum. I always like that postal die as a landing layer for my main elements. I started by die cutting the Bee pieces and the crest. I put together the Bee dies with liquid glue. I used Copic Markers to add a bit of deep honey yellow shading to his body. I added the face and cheeks using the Baby Face Sentiments set. I bit of white gel pen accents always looks good on die cut cards.

 

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I stamped the sentiment from the Buzzworthy Sentiments set, and die cut it out using the matching dies. It's so crisp and I like just that little bit of curve in it. I added some white splatters to the crest for some interest. I put the bee and the sentiment onto the card using foam tape for added dimension. A couple of honey gems complete my card. To me - gems are like earrings - you can't leave the house (or finish your card) without them!

 

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That's it for my project for today. Wishing you the beauty and renewal of late Spring and joy in your heart. Bee kind and keep smiling like this little bee today! I hope you have a wonderful and creative day. It's my pleasure to share with you, and I look forward to sharing with you again soon. In the meantime, happy crafting! 

 

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Pretty Pink Posh - Strawberry Teacup!!

Hello Hello Hello! Happy Monday! I have a really fun card today! I looooove this card actually and I had a great time making it! It's my second card made with the brand new Pretty Pink Posh release! Today starts the big multi day Instagram Hop for the new release, so this card is on my Instagram today too! Be sure to head over to Instagram and leave a comment for a chance to win prizes! Woot! Summer officially arrived last week here. We had a couple of days in the mid 90's - whew. It's time I guess....and now we're one step closer to Fall! LOLZ. My card today features a lot of pink, and pretty summer Strawberries. Cheers!

My finished card is a 4.75" x 4.75" square card. I wanted to use those pretty Eyelet Squares.... I layered pink gingham and then white, before putting on my focal point teacup. The teacup is the brand new Teacup Shaker Dies. I used past products to add the strawberries, flowers and leaves. This teacup die is the perfect size and scale for a card. 

 

Here is a side view to see all the yummy layers and pieces!! I do love a card with lots of dimension....

 

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I started this card by die cutting out ALLLLL the pieces! Then I used distress inks and Copic Markers to shade and blend ink onto the cardstock pieces to add depth and color. 

 

 

I used the brand new Simple Thanks stamp set and dies to make the sentiment. Thank you cards need to be extra special! I added yellow pearls to the centers of the white flowers. 

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The teacup die set has the little label too! I used some pretty twine for my tea bag string. I wanted another texture on the card and I do like how that came out. I used gold glitter paper on the handle to make my teacup just a bit more fancy!!

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That's it for today! I will be back TOMORROW with another fresh and cute card. Be sure to head over to Instagram today for the big hop and enter for some prizes. Have a great day and a great week! XOXO

 

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Pretty Pink Posh New Release Late Spring 2025 - Hummingbirds and Daffodils!!

Hi there my dear crafty friends! Hope you're having an awesome week! We are going to hit 90 degrees this week, so I guess Summer is coming! Our garden is exploding with flowers and it's been a beautiful Spring here in Sacramento. Today, we continue to celebrate Late Spring with a gorgeous new release from our friends at Pretty Pink Posh! This new release has everything pretty! For Mother's Day too! Today I'm sharing my first card I made with the new release! It's available now - so CLICK HERE to shop it all! YEAH! I will share another card next week too! XO

My card today features the brand new Spring Floral Dies, the brand new Stitched Hummingbird Dies (these are perfection) and the brand new Friend Greetings stamp set! My finished card is an A2 white card base, layered with a pretty eyelet rectangle that I ink blended. The stars are those beautiful, colorful hummingbirds and the delightful yellow daffodils! Makes me smile....

 

I die cut my items using smooth, vividly colored cardstocks. I used Copic Markers to ink blend each piece in a darker, shaded color. I added lots of shimmering paint splatters and also lots of sparkly Diamond Stickles. I wanted the hummingbirds to look shimmery like they do in real life! And everything just looks so pretty in the sunshine!

 

 

Here's a close up so you can see the marker shading, the splatters, and the glitter! 

 

 

I used Salvaged Patina Distress Ink and a blending brush to make a vivid blue sky for my scene....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alrighty then, that's it for me for today! This new release is really good! I hope you love it as much as I do! Have a great end of the week and come back and see me again soon! Keep on crafting! XOXO

 

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The Greetery - Jubilee Collection - Release Day!

 

HEY FRIENDS!! EXCITING NEWS!!

THE GREETERY NEW RELEASE IS LIVE NOW!!

THE JUBILEE COLLECTION IS AVAILABLE!

AND IT'S AN ANNIVERSARY SALE TOO!

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It was my pleasure to introduce the brand new Jubilee Collection to you this week! And, I hope you love it as much as I do!! Happy Crafting!! If you scroll back to my last blog post you can see all my projects from the new release, and the accompanying supply lists. My husband is having surgery this morning so I will update the exact products from release day later!  If you have any questions - reach out!! Thanks for all the love and kind comments! Happy Creating! Can't wait to see what YOU make!

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it helps me so very much and I'm so grateful!! XOXO

 

The Greetery - Jubilee Collection - Showcase Day!

Hi crafty and creative Greetery loving friends! I hope this week is treating you good! I hope the sun is shining on you, and I hope you had a really lovely Easter! It's time to start thinking about celebrations for the Summer now! Grads, Dads, Moms, and parties in general. SO much to celebrate right now. Let's kick off the Summer right with some new stamps and dies to play with!  

Today is VERY VERY exciting because it's the reveal and showcase day for the new Late Spring 2025 Greetery release! OHHHHH YEAAAAAHHHHH! The new release is called the Jubilee Collection! There are stamps, and dies and stencils with a party/celebration theme. Festive, Fun, creative AND pretty! There is always an occasion to make a celebration card. The design team (and some awesome guests) will be sharing ALL of our projects today, and showing you all the new products. Just one day of features - then the new release will go live TOMORROW at 10am EST!  So get ready to shop tomorrow!

I have four projects to share today - can't wait to show you! All the prize information, details, and design team links are at the bottom of my post. Let's Party!

 

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My first card for today is a floral explosion! This card features the brand new Best Bouquet Dies set along with the brand new Sweetest Frames Dies. I used one of my favorite bright color combinations (pink, red, yellow and aqua with black) along with pretty gingham from my stash. The card is accented with lots of rich black enamel dots too. A very Mary Engelbreit inspo for sure!! I stared by die cutting all the pieces for the floral bouquet. I added deeper color accents using Copic Markers, just to make it pop a bit more. I glued the flowers onto the background layer because I just love how that extra layer looks. I used creamy cardstock for a vintage flavor. I stamped the sentiment directly onto the vellum layer using Stazon Ink. This would be such a nice all-occasion card!

 

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My second card for today is a big bold graduation card in shades of blue and gold (for my alma mater!). This card features the brand new Dreams and Plans Suite of products - numbers and outlines for the numbers, and brilliant sentiments! I also featured the brand new Sweetest Frames again here - GORGEOUS accent pieces and layers. (You're going to love these!) My finished card is a white A2 card base layered with blue and then more white. I die cut the numbers from gold cardstock and blue cardstock - this is really so perfect and professional looking (thinking grad announcements).... I added the bows and flowers and the perfect sentiment. This is so cool!! I am excited to see everyone else's ideas for these sets!!

 

 

 

 

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My third card features the brand new World's Greatest Dies along with the brand new Star Struck Dies! I do love a trophy! This trophy is sized perfectly for a card. This is going to be my hubs' anniversary card I think! He is truly number one in my book! So I made the card a bit more masculine by choosing color palette of black, cream and honey. (And a few pops of green).... My finished card is an A2 cream card base, layered with black and honey and then cream. I die cut the trophy and stamped the accents onto it. Then I stamped the No.1 in the center. I added the gorgeous stars (all one die) made from gold glitter paper. I die cut some leaves to mimic laurel leaves.... I inked the edges of the cream layer with Antique Linen Ink and a sponge. I also splashed on some of my favorite gold paint. I really like this card! I think my hubs will like it too!! I think I am going to use the trophy die a lot - and just wait until you see all the awesome sentiments that come with the matching stamps!!

 

 

 

 

 

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And last, but certainly not least, is my final card for today! This card features the brand new Big Yay Suite of stamps, dies and stencils. Yay is actually one of my favorite things to say - and I say it a lot! LOL. So this stamp suite was perfect for me! I used the new items to create a really happy and cheerful birthday card! My finished card is an A2 sized white card base, layered with polka dots and then more white. I stenciled those bit rays/stars using inks and daubers. I splashed on some silver metallic paint. I die cut the YAY from silver glitter paper and layered it with vellum.... I stamped and die cut out the birthday sentiment in black to pop against the colors. A few extra stars are scattered around, along with pink gems. This card is really fun and is sure to make the birthday person smile!!

 

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That's it for today - and for the reveals of this awesome new Jubilee release! Ready for ALL the celebrations! Thanks for stopping by to share with me today! It's my pleasure to introduce the new release. Enjoy and happy crafting! XOXO

Giveaway Information: We are celebrating The Greetery's 6th anniversary, so we have a special giveaway. We'll be giving away two complete Jubilee Collection bundles!! WOOHOO!  The Greetery is giving away TWO $50 gift certificates, the comment deadline is 4/25 at 6:00am EST (comments from team blogs entered into giveaway). Winners announced on The Greetery blog on Friday, 4/25 at 9am EST (an hour before the new products go live) GOOD LUCK!!

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DESIGN TEAM & GUESTS - LINKS FOR THE NEW RELEASE SHOWCASE:

Dana Kirby

Dawn McVey

Kelly Lunceford

Laura Bassen

Laurie Willison

Lea Lawson

Melissa Phillips

Wanda Guess

 

 

Concord & 9th New Release and New Colors! Sending Warm Wishes for Spring!

Helloooooo creative friends! Today is a good day! And it's about to be even better! Today we're celebrating the new release from Concord & 9th! They have NEW COLORS and NEW PRODUCTS too! There are six new colors for 2025 - and the new bundle is called Color Love (appropriately!) So there are six new colors with ink pads, paper and enamel dots. The new colors fit in great with the previous colors from Concord & 9th! I have several photos of the new colors, and my project today is make with ALL the new colors! My project also shows the new dies and stamps for this month! YEAH - this is gonna be good. Today, there is also a giant Color Love Instagram Hop - and I'm part of that too. So if you have Instagram - head on over there to enter for some prizes. Let's get started with the pictures...

My card features the brand new Birdhouse Blossom Dies along with the new Paper Posy Dies and the new Birdhouse Blossom Stamp set. I also used some older favorites from Concord and 9th. My color palette is cream cardstock and then allllll the new colors. Not my usual color palette, but I love it - warm and earthy and then some pops of that bright Plumberry. 

My finished card is an A2 cream card base layered with the Lakefront cardstock, then more cream. Then that explosion of color for my birdhouse, flowers, bird and mushrooms. I made the birdhouse base from woodgrain cardstock to look a bit rustic!

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Here is a picture of all the new colors!! I swatched them and added the new colors with a new stamp set. They are rich and vibrant! My two favs are Plumberry and Lakefront for sure!

 

 

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It was really fun to die cut the flowers and birds and mushrooms. I shaded each piece using the matching ink color and small sponge daubers. I added white gel pen accents and some new enamel dots.

 

 

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I do love me some Enamel Dots!!!

 

 

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That's it for today! Remember to head over to the Instagram Hop! Have a blessed and happy day, and keep on crafting! XOXO See you soon!

 

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Rejoice Easter Card with The Greetery - Honeysuckle Stems

Hello my lovelies! It's Friday! WOOHOOOO! Hope you have an awesome Spring weekend! I'm going to rest and regroup and have some fun with my hubs. My first week back at work full time went great, and now it's time to get caught up at home and sleep in! YEAH! Today is my turn on The Greetery Blog, and I'm also posting here of course. Another Easter card - made with some of my old and new favorites from The Greetery! Beautiful yellows and greens and that little pop of gold and bling too! 

My finished card is a cream A2 card base (I am loving cream lately instead of optic white), layered with some pretty arches, and then those big bold beautiful Honeysuckle Stems! I used the brand new Hymn stamp for the background on that top arch - makes such a nice layering piece. I stamped and die cut out the flowers and then die cut my sentiment and the Palm Border. There is a lot going on here, but it comes together because of a simple color palette. I splattered some gold paint onto the blooms for a classy touch. A few gems and pears complete the look! 

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That's it for today! Enjoy your weekend - hope you are doing great! XOXO

 

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Happy Easter Bunnies with Lawn Fawn!

Hi friends! Happy April! Happy Easter month! Just a few more weeks until my favorite holiday! I hope you are having a good week so far! Today was exciting for another reason - I started my new full time job today! It was FANTASTIC! I feel that it is the perfect place for me to be at this stage in my life and career. I know that God is using me and that the whole situation was divine timing! I feel so grateful and humbled. So here I am, home from my first day, typing a blog post at 8:30 pm - just like the old days! It's all good!

Today's card features brand new supplies from Lawn Fawn for 2025 and some of my other LF favorites too! A cute little Easter card full of pastels and sweet bun buns! My finished card is an A2 cream card base, layered with gingham from my stash, more cream paper and then the adorable bunny couple (me and hubs)!! I used the new Build A Bunny Dies set and the matching accessory dies and they are SOOOO SWEEEET!!

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I made a little sunshine from yellow paper and gingham - so cheerful! This card has a lot of mix and match little prints - which I adore!

 

 

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These bunny are so fun - like mini paper dolls! They have dresses and overalls, and accessories! It was easy to make them however I wanted. I die cut the bunnies from cream cardstock and then gently inked the tops of their faces and ears with distress ink to make them soft brown (Antique Linen ink). I gave them little pink ears and pink noses and cheeks. So squishable.

 

 

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That's it for today! I have a few more things up my sleeve before Easter comes!! Wishing you a blessed and happy day. Keep on crafting! XOXO

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Pretty Pink Posh New Release - Another Easter Card! Joyful Wishes!

Hey again! MORE Easter today! As promised, today I'm sharing another card I made with the new PPP Release for Spring 2025! More bunnies - yay! Today is the big Instagram Hop for the new release - so if you have Instagram, pop over and leave comments everywhere for a chance to win a gift certificate!! Oh yeah! I hope you are having an awesome week so far, friends! XOXO

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My card for today features the brand new Bunny Holder Dies and the brand new Easter Holder Dies! My finished card is a white A2 card base, layered in pink cardstock, then vellum, then a pretty gingham Flag.... And then that oh so cute bun bun!! With his adorable little Easter basket!! To make this card I die cut out all the pieces of the bunny, the eggs and the basket. I used Copic Markers to add shading to each piece and then a white gel pen for highlights!! I assembled the card and then added a few gems and a pom pom tail. The sentiment is from the Sentiment Strips Easter stamp set - it's perfect! This card is just so fun and cheerful. I really love this new release!!

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That's it for today! And I think that's all my Easter cards for at least a little bit! Don't you just love all these fresh and pretty colors? I sure do! Sending a hug and good wishes for a great day! Keep on crafting! I have been blessed with a wonderful new full time (in the office M-F) job, so I'm going back to the 9-5 next week! I will probably be doing a little less posting for a while until I get my new schedule set! I'm so excited! Wish me luck, and I'll see you soon friends! XOXO

 

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The Greetery - Bunnies & Bows Collection - Release Day!

 

HEY FRIENDS!! EXCITING NEWS!!

THE GREETERY NEW RELEASE IS LIVE NOW!!

THE BUNNIES & BOWS COLLECTION IS AVAILABLE!

CLICK HERE TO SHOP!!

 

It was my pleasure to introduce the brand new Bunnies and Bows Collection to you this week! And, I hope you love it as much as I do!! Happy Crafting!! If you scroll back to my last blog post you can see all my projects from the new release, and the accompanying supply lists. If you have any questions - reach out!! Thanks for all the love and kind comments! Happy Creating! Can't wait to see what YOU make!

Thank you for shopping via my links -

it helps me so very much and I'm so grateful!! XOXO