Woohoo! It was my pleasure to introduce the brand new District Twelve/25 Window Shopping Collection yesterday! If you scroll back to my last blog post, you can see my two projects from this part of the new release! Part five – can you believe it!? 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!
We have one more part/post coming from The Greetery next week to finish up the Christmas release! I appreciate you guys so much! The love you’re writing in my comments is so nice! I read every single comment. It’s been a ride – all these posts and project and you’ve been so kind to me! Thank you!!
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Hi everyone! It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Time to continue with the more of the Christmas 2026 Collection from The Greetery! This year’s collection is called District Twelve/25 and it’s MAGIC! There are so many new products! They are, as you would expect, classy and beautiful! It’s a huge release and this year Betsy decided to do something a little different with the release! We are week five now! And there is one more week to come! It’s been a fun ride! Thanks for all the support and thanks for sharing the fun and enthusiasm with me!
Today is the first day of the FIFTH week of the festivities! This week’s release is called Window Shopping! A new set of products that make the most gorgeous storefronts! I can see that Betsy was INSPIRED when she made this fun collection!! Stamps, dies, stencils and an embossing folder all combine together to make adorable stores/ateliers. It’s literally perfect. The entire design team and Betsy are sharing projects today. Then, this part of the new release will be available for shopping TOMORROW 11/12! Next week, we’ll do it all again one final time. WOOHOOO! This has been so fun to show you!
Today I’m sharing two cards I made with the new products! The products are called Atelier Signage and Embossing Folder, Atelier Accessories, and the Window Shopping die! You can make both A7 cards and A2 cards!! Today, to show you, I made one large card and one small card. Also I made one Christmas card and one non-Christmas card. These items are so utterly versatile. I know you’re going to be obsessed like I am!!
My first card to share is the larger card (5×7) and it is the non-Christmas card! OH! I had so so much fun creating this card! If you know me at all, you could probably guess that I would make a coffee shop! Ha. I love a coffee shop! One of my fav things to do is get a coffee and a treat and just visit with my friends. Here is the inspiration for today’s card! Ralph’s Coffee Shop! I hope you see my vision!! I started out with that gorgeous hunter green with accents of black and white and kraft! I used doilies for curtains and little enamel dots for accents….
I started by using the extra thick embossing folder with the green paper to make the building’s embossed accents. Then I used the matching die to cut out the windows and the door. It is so cool how it all lines up! I die cut a second window section out of woodgrain paper and hand cut around them to frame the windows up top. There are little matching dies for all the accent pieces so you can use whatever color combo you like.
I used both of the awning dies and I used the matching stencil with black ink to make my perfectly striped awnings! One fits up top and one fits on the storefront window. Love this!!
I used acetate sheets to line the storefront windows and the door. Just makes it look a bit more realistic and professional. Like at Ralph’s Coffee Shop I used a bear and green cups!! There are all kinds of stamps to make all kinds of stores!
And OF COURSE Betty thought to give us a die set to make a little folding sign to put out front! Like of course she did!! I used white pigment ink on black cardstock to make the perfect little sign. I cut small pieces out of a doily to make the tiny curtains!
My card is a 5×7 kraft card base and I put tiny green gingham paper on the card front and then I used foam tape (lines) to attach the storefront to the card. I like that there’s a bit of depth for the windows especially.
My second are is an A2 kraft card base and I used only part of the big storefront die to make it! It’s basically the same exact die/embossing folder combo, but without the top row of windows! So clever! I used pink for my Frosty Pines Flower Shop! I seriously love all the little accent stamps! An open sign, an address, the store names…so many fun things to mix and match.
I love pink and red together for Christmas! I used the previously released Holiday Festoons Dies to make a little gold Christmas banner for the top.
I used tiny gingham from my (very old) stash to make the awning and added more snow on top of it! Can’t you feel the chill in the air? Brrrr.
That’s it for today’s post, but remember, there is still one more week to come – exploring all the new products in the District Twelve/25 collection. The products in today’s post will be available tomorrow for shopping! Oh Yeah!
Each week’s products will be available as an easy-to-shop bundle, but the products will also be available individually! Orders will ship immediately (within Greetery’s typical processing times) and will not be held/combined with subsequent releases. These are not limited edition products. Just like the other releases, if items sell out Greetery will restock them as quickly as possible!
GIVEAWAY & PRIZE information is in the graphic below! Leave a comment to win a prize! Good Luck!
Hi friends! Popping in with a super cute Christmas card today! Happy Sunday! I got some much needed relaxation time in the craft room last night and I made this card. And you know what? It made me happy the entire time!
I used awesome new supplies from Pixi Dust Designs! Sandra is the kindest and most talented designer behind the brand and she was nice enough to mail me Santa and Mrs. Claus to play with! When I tell you these dies are a dream to work with…. They come pre-separated, and they cut like butter! I always love working with their products. I had fun mixing and matching red and white with little accents. Like their glasses! Oh My! So adorable. I even gave Mrs. Claus some bling Christmas earrings, and she has a candy cane in her pocket.
I made my card front into a custom size since I wanted the couple next to each other. So it ended up being about 5.5″ x 6.5″ in size and I made it from a sheet of Neenah cardstock. I layered vivid red cardstock and then some candy cane striped paper from my stash and then a white layer. The sentiment and the little snow at the top are from Concord & 9th. Everything else is from Pixi Dust!! I think they look like me and my husband!! Hee hee.
I love how she has a tiny bow in her hair! I used a Copic C1 marker to add a bit of grey to her hair. The way the dies are set up is that there are very shallow indents where the pieces go – like the brows and the eyes and the mouth. So you get it lined up just right!! Her apron has slits in the pockets to tuck in the candy cane or her whisk that comes with the set.
For Santa I made his hat and his fur trim out of sparkly glitter paper! I added some hearts to the sweet couple. I am loving the detail in their eyes. Looks so cartoony and sweet.
I put the couple onto the card front using foam tape so they are raised up a bit. They are READY for Christmas and cheer!
That’s it for today! Hope you had a great weekend! I will be back on Wednesday with Part Five of The Greetery Christmas release! It’s sooooo gooooood! Just you wait! Wishing you a fun week ahead. I am going to a fun event Tuesday night! Melissa King from Top Chef is having a book signing at our beautiful downtown Sacramento Library! You get to meet her and get a free signed book! That will be a cool event for sure. I have never missed an episode of Top Chef! Take care, happy crafting! XOXO
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Woohoo! It was my pleasure to introduce the brand new District Twelve/25 Christmas Confectionery Collection yesterday! If you scroll back to my last blog post, you can see my project from this part of the new release! 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!
We have more posts coming for The Greetery! I appreciate you guys so much! The love you’re writing in my comments is so nice! I read every single comment. Thank you!!
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Hi everyone! It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Time to continue with the Christmas 2026 Collection from The Greetery! This year’s collection is called District Twelve/25 and it’s MAGIC! There are so many new products! They are, as you would expect, classy and beautiful! It’s a huge release and this year Betsy decided to do something a little different with the release! We are week four now! And there are even more to come!
Today is the first day of the FOURTH week of the festivities! This week’s release is called Christmas Confectionery! A new sweet SUITE of products with a Christmas cookie theme! Stamps, dies, stencils and an embossing folder. It’s so perfect! The entire design team and Betsy are sharing projects today. Then, this part of the new release will be available for shopping TOMORROW 11/5! Next week, we’ll do it all again. WOOHOOO! This has been so fun to show you!
Today I’m sharing a card I made with the new products! Think pink and pastels and all the wonderfully cute Christmas themes – oh, and lots of sparkly glitter too!
My finished card is a white A2 card base. I die cut a soft pink A2 scallop die as my background for the pretty images. This card features all the parts of the Confectionery collection along with the brand new Laid Back Holiday stamps! I chose pink, soft green and aqua for my colors!
I started by stenciling the gorgeous images and both small and large blending brushes (with Distress Inks)…. Then I embossed the stenciled panel, and then die cut the images out (All with one die!!). Love love love it! I splattered on a generous amount of white paint snow….
I wanted my images to be very shimmery, but also I wanted to use chunky glitter. I ended up making my own custom glitter mix and it came out so great! I took an old container and mixed Rock Candy chunky glitter and some super fine glitter and some other random glitter from my stash. SO fun!! I generously glued the glitter on all the pieces.
The sentiment was heat embossed in festive gold embossing powder into the center of the pink panel. Then I arranged the ‘cookies’ around the sentiment using foam tape. I added a few clear gems at the end.
That’s it for today’s post, but there is still more to come – exploring all the new products in the District Twelve/25 collection. The products in today’s post will be available tomorrow for shopping! Oh Yeah!
Each week’s products will be available as an easy-to-shop bundle, but the products will also be available individually! Orders will ship immediately (within Greetery’s typical processing times) and will not be held/combined with subsequent releases. These are not limited edition products. Just like the other releases, if items sell out Greetery will restock them as quickly as possible!
GIVEAWAY & PRIZE information is in the graphic below! Leave a comment to win a prize! Good Luck!
Woohoo! It was my pleasure to introduce the brand new District Twelve/25 Novelties and Nativities Collection yesterday! If you scroll back to my last blog post, you can see all my projects from this part of the new release! 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!
And because a bunch of you emailed me individually (thank you) trying to figure out the commenting situation…I finally spent some time fixing that! Now, a comment box should appear at the bottom of all my posts! Whew. We have a lot more posts coming for The Greetery – two more weeks after this one! I appreciate you guys so much! The love you’re writing in my comments is so nice!
If you would like to subscribe to my blog – and never miss a post – please sign up by clicking this link! I would love it! CLICK HERE TO SUBSCRIBE!
Hi everyone! It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Time to continue with the Christmas 2026 Collection from The Greetery! This year’s collection is called District Twelve/25 and it’s MAGIC! There are so many new products! They are, as you would expect, classy and beautiful! It’s a huge release and this year Betsy decided to do something a little different with the release! We are week three now! And there are two more to come!
To quote Betsy: “We’re taking more of a bite-sized, slowed-down approach to our holiday release, but one that I am really excited about! We have 30+ new products waiting in the wings. For the past seven years, we have done one large, somewhat overwhelming (for me at least, and maybe for you too) release in October, and a smaller one in November. This year we’re taking a different approach… Beginning next week (today!), we’ll be taking a 6 week “Shop Hop” through District Twelve25…a line-up of quaint and cozy “shops”, filled with holiday goodies. Each “shop” is a themed group of products. Each week we will visit one shop…”
Today is the first day of the THIRD week of the festivities! This week’s release is called Novelties and Nativities Collection! There’s a new duo of Treat Boxes (the Market Totes) and a new Nativity set. The entire design team and Betsy are sharing projects today. Then, this part of the new release will be available for shopping TOMORROW 10/29! Next week, we’ll do it all again. WOOHOOO! Ho ho ho indeed!
Today I’m sharing two projects made with the first set of new products. One Gift Card Holder/Treat Box and one card. The new items this week are more classic Christmas. But the new totes can be used for any occasion (I will have another project with the tote soon!) Betsy added to the Capsule Collection with a Nativity set. Perfect.
My first project for today features the brand new Market Tote Box! There are TWO Market Totes being released. This is the larger of the two. There is a mini one as well! The one I’ve used today is a good size and can hold a gift card, candies or another small present! It is so easy to make and you can use it for anything! I’m thinking birthday favors or shower placecard holders…SO many ideas. I used red and green and gold and made mine a Christmas gift!
You start making the Tote by die cutting two of the same die. Then you glue them together – SO easy! One of my favorite things to do with treat boxes is to “line” the inside of the box with gingham. So to do this I die cut a third piece using the gingham and glued it to the inside/back before I put the box together. Yay! I am also using the Teeny Tags Dies and Stamp set for this adorable tag.
Here is the gift card to match (coffee of course) so you can see the scale of the tote! The inside is vellum, instead of tissue paper, because it’s just a little bit thicker and fancier.
I used the Bold numbers dies in gold to add 25 and then I used the Holly Botanicut and the little bow from the Tote set. I added glitter and snow to the leaves and numbers and also white paint splatters.
My card for today features the brand new Capsule Nativity Scene dies that match up with the Capsule Collection! It’s simple and clean and perfect for the season. The sentiment is from the brand new Laid Back Holiday Stamp set! My finished card is an A2 card base covered in green stripes and then the featured dies. I used the previously released Capsule Holiday Borders to make a greenery border around the nativity scene.
I added some Juniper greenery at the bottom of the scene and then placed the sentiment on top of the greenery. I stamped the sentiment in brown ink and die cut it with the matching die. I used the traditional Christmas colors and woodgrain for the nativity.
That’s it for today’s post, but there are three more weeks to come – exploring all the new products in the District Twelve/25 collection. The products in today’s post will be available tomorrow for shopping! Oh Yeah!
Each week’s products will be available as an easy-to-shop bundle, but the products will also be available individually! Orders will ship immediately (within Greetery’s typical processing times) and will not be held/combined with subsequent releases. These are not limited edition products. Just like the other releases, if items sell out Greetery will restock them as quickly as possible!
GIVEAWAY & PRIZE information is in the graphic below! Leave a comment to win a prize! Good Luck!
Ho Ho Holidays! Dang! So much wintery goodness is happening this week! I hope you enjoyed The Greetery new release! (There is more coming!) and now we have a wonderful new Christmas release from Pretty Pink Posh! As you would think, everything is utterly adorable and happy and fun…and I made it super colorful too! I made five different projects with the new PPP release. I could have made more but I ran out of time! I always run out of time! Ha. I know you will love the new release too. Everything is already available for shopping and crafting. I’ll walk you through my projects with pleasure! And I’m wishing you a great weekend!
My first card for today features the brand new Christmas Mugs dies! The set includes a reindeer and Santa mug and they are CUTE! My finished card is a white A2 card base layered with stripes, then a rectangle and then another rectangle die cut with snowflakes! Then of course that sweet mug of cocoa! This card also features a brand new sentiment set. I really love PPP sentiments – the font is the perfect amount of classy and cheerful…
This photo shows the reindeer mug from that same set. I used the reindeer mug to make a big gift tag. There is a twine piece at the top to help put it onto a gift or a bottle of wine or whatever you want. They make me smile with their pink cheeks and jolly theme!
This card has lots of layers and all the winter elements: snowflakes, holly, santa…. I do love a pop of aqua mixed in with my red and green for Christmas cards. I used glitter paper for the hat, and added white gel pen accents here and there…
My next card features the brand new Christmas Gingerbread stamps and matching dies. I busted out the bright Copics for this one! PINK! LIME GREEN! Oh yeah! My finished card is a white A2 card base layered with pink gingham and then a white stitched rectangle. I added a couple of trees and snowflakes, but the star of the show is the cute stamps!
I started by stamping and die cutting out all the different elements and coloring everything with Copic Markers. I added white gel pen accents and also bits of sparkling Diamond Stickles… I splattered some snow onto the trees. It’s hard to see them, but there are also some snowy hills at the bottom of the card.
My next project features the brand new Reindeer Holder Dies! I made one of my favorite projects- a treat box! I added a party flag and some snowflakes to make it more festive! I started by die cutting out the pieces of the Birthday Treat Box and the Reindeer. I assembled everything and added some snowy splatter accents!
I purposely adhered his smile at an angle to make him look extra silly and impish! I gave him pink chalk cheeks and a glittery Santa hat!
These party flags dies are so versatile and I use them all the time!
And my final project for today is another Christmas/Holiday card! This card features the brand new Stocking Gift Card Holder dies! I also used some bits and bobs from other Christmas die sets! My finished card is an A2 white card base, layered with one other white layer…then tons of PINK! I wanted this card clean and simple to feature that cute stocking! I added a gingerbread man and some candies too! Yummy!
Woohoo! It was my pleasure to introduce the brand new District Twelve/25 Evergreen Collective Collection! If you scroll back to my last blog post, you can see all my projects from this part of the new release! 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!
And because a bunch of you emailed me individually (thank you) trying to figure out the commenting situation…I finally spent some time last night fixing that! Now, a comment box should appear at the bottom of all my posts! Whew. We have a lot more posts coming for The Greetery! I appreciate you guys so much!
If you would like to subscribe to my blog – and never miss a post – please sign up by clicking this link! I would love it! CLICK HERE TO SUBSCRIBE!
Hi everyone! It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Time for the Christmas Collection from The Greetery! This year’s collection is called District Twelve/25 and it’s MAGIC! There are so many new products! They are, as you would expect, classy and beautiful! It’s a huge release and this year Betsy decided to do something a little different with the release!
To quote Betsy: “We’re taking more of a bite-sized, slowed-down approach to our holiday release, but one that I am really excited about! We have 30+ new products waiting in the wings. For the past seven years, we have done one large, somewhat overwhelming (for me at least, and maybe for you too) release in October, and a smaller one in November. This year we’re taking a different approach… Beginning next week (today!), we’ll be taking a 6 week “Shop Hop” through District Twelve25…a line-up of quaint and cozy “shops”, filled with holiday goodies. Each “shop” is a themed group of products. Each week we will visit one shop…”
Today is the first day of the SECOND week of the festivities! This week’s release is called The Evergreen Collection! In my mind, it’s classic old vintage Christmas…. The entire design team and Betsy are sharing projects today. Then, this part of the new release will be available for shopping TOMORROW 10/22! Next week, we’ll do it all again. WOOHOOO! Ho ho ho indeed!
Today I’m sharing two cards made with the first set of new products. This new set of products is perfect for all the red and green(ery)! The new sets are called Bow-tique Holiday, Brimming Baskets, and Berry Bouquet! Stamps and dies and gorgeous products to make all those Christmas cards. My immediate thought was a Ralph Lauren Christmas. So for my cards I used natural tones, red and green, and a pretty plaid….
Here is a photo of both of my cards together…. Makes me feel all cozy inside!
My first card today is a Christmas card that features the brand new Bow-tique Holiday stamps and dies! That giant gorgeous Christmas tree! Love! My finished card is an A2 kraft card base, layered with plaid paper from my stash…then a woodgrain layer. I stamped the big tree onto cream cardstock with red and green inks. I die cut it out with the matching die. I stamped the sentiment in red and also die cut that out. The bows are all die cut as well. You can leave them stamped and/or add the 3d bows.
For the oval background I die cut the oval from cream cardstock and then stamped the Hymn Sing background using Antique Linen distress ink – for a vintage look!
Here is a side shot of all my layers. I added gold pearls to the center of each red bow – again – so classic! I used foam tape to pop up all my layers. I also added snow paste to the tips of the branches – I love this look – so frosty and wintery!
The baskets look so realistic because of the embossing folder!! I love this look! Those greenery dies fit inside the basket so perfectly. I coated the greens with lots of chunky glitter to make it glisten like snow. I used the Regency Bow at the top!
That’s it for today’s post, but there are three more weeks to come – exploring all the new products in the District Twelve/25 collection. The products in today’s post will be available tomorrow for shopping! Oh Yeah!
Each week’s products will be available as an easy-to-shop bundle, but the products will also be available individually! Orders will ship immediately (within Greetery’s typical processing times) and will not be held/combined with subsequent releases. These are not limited edition products. Just like the other releases, if items sell out Greetery will restock them as quickly as possible!
GIVEAWAY & PRIZE information is in the graphic below! Leave a comment to win a prize! Good Luck!
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