The Greetery Merry Makings Collection - Holiday 2020 - Day 3!

The Merry Makings release will be on sale Friday, October 9th at 10am EST, 7am PST! If you're shopping, I would be very grateful if you would shop using my affiliate link to The Greetery! Thank you in advance - and happy crafting my friends! I can't wait for you to find joy creating your own projects with these beautiful stamps and dies. XO

Hi there! I am loving seeing you each day this week! Welcome to day THREE of product reveals and inspiration for the new release from The Greetery! The new release is called Merry Makings! And, yes, we have been making merry this week haven't we? This is the final day of reveals and then all the new items will be available for shopping tomorrow (Friday) morning! Today's theme is sweet treats! Think yummy cocoa or coffee, s'mores, and cookies! Okay now I'm hungry! LOL. The stamps and dies for today are some of the cutest things I've ever worked with. Leave it to Betsy to put a new spin on things. I was smiling the entire time I was making these cards and mugs.... I hope it makes you smile too. LOTS of pictures in today's post!! Spend a little time with me won't you?

First up....OH EM GEEEEE. 3D coffee mugs!!! And, they open up so you can put treats or presents inside. Are you kidding me?? No I am not! You guys know how much I love coffee so this is the perfect thing for me. I'll show you this first picture and then write more details as we go along...

There is the 3D mug and a 3D saucer for the mug - both are die sets. Then there is the Hug In A Mug stamp set that has sentiments to stamp on the mugs, and the latte art! It all goes together like magic. To make on cup, you die cut two pieces the same and glue them together. Glue on the handle and the steam. You give a little tug on the steam and the top comes off, leaving room for a prezzy or some candies.

There are some design elements that you can stamp onto the top of the mug. Here you can see I stamped the small scallops in red ink onto the pink mugs. I added lots of glitter to the steam pieces.

Here's another close up of the sentiment... I added some holly leaves from my stash. You could really add anything to these mugs. They would be great shower or party favors. See the sweet little detailed edge on the saucer??

Here is the mug in my hand so you can see the size of it. I added some candy canes from the Destination North Pole stamp set. This one is a peppermint mocha!

Now that we've had some coffee, I think we need some s'mores! My next card features the S'more Holiday stamps and dies. Another awesome two step sentiment and some more yummy treats. This finished card is an A2 kraft card base. I used two nesting rectangle dies to create a frame over my buffalo plaid!

Kraft, red, black and white is so graphic and fun! I used the Square Dance Dies and Stencils to create a camping plaid in black and red. I love how it came out! I used the stencil and just really saturated black ink over the red cardstock with a sponge dauber.

I stamped the sentiments, chocolate and marshmallow using my MISTI and then die cut them out with the matching dies. I used a stitched circle to 'ground' my elements. I added bits of Rock Candy Glitter too.

The two smaller sentiments were heat embossed with white embossing powder onto crisp black cardstock. I mounted the plaid with foam strips and then the frame was glued on top with liquid glue. The elements were affixed with foam circles!

Annnnddddd.... My last project for release week! Some sweet treats for Santa! Cookies and milk on the table just waiting for the jolly fellow to come down the chimney! I used the new Sweet Treats dies to make the cookies. I used a few previously released products to complete my look: Shiplap, Mason Jar and Coaster. The finished card is an A2 white card base, layered with red and then white again.

Look at those delicious cookies! I made them with Cream cardstock. Then I inked the edges with Antique Linen Distress ink to make them look browned in the oven. I added some splatters of ink and then lots of glitter... I think they look good enough to eat! I created a plate by die cutting two circles and layering them together. Of course it's a snowflake patterned plate!

I used the Shiplap dies to create my tabletop. And then I used the Coaster die to create a placement for the plate of cookies. Now...how to make a glass of milk...I had to sleep on that...

Then the idea came to me! I used the mason jar stamps and dies to create a glass of milk for Santa. I wanted to add a straw, and I wanted the straw to show through the glass. So I stamped the first two layers of the mason jar onto regular cardstock. Then I stamped the darkest layer - third layer - of the mason jar onto vellum! I die cut both of the pieces and glued them together. And it worked! I created a straw using white and red cardstock that I trimmed with my paper trimmer. I tucked the straw inside my glass. Sometimes you gotta think outside the box!!

Alrighty! That's all your treats for today! Now I'm hungry! This completes our release week reveals. Yay! All of the new goodies will be for sale Friday, October 9th! (tomorrow) CLICK HERE to shop The Greetery Storefront! What is your favorite thing from the release?

There will be one $50 store gift certificate given away each day of the reveal. For a chance to win, leave a comment daily at each blog stop. Winners will be announced Friday morning, October 9th, on The Greetery Blog.

CLICK HERE or on the graphic below to see the supplies used for today's cards. (Affiliate Links Used)

DESIGN TEAM INSPIRATION LINKS FOR TODAY!

Kay Miller

Laurie Willison

Dawn McVey

Heather Nichols

Angelica Conrad

Kelly Lunceford

Norine Borys

Wanda Guess

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Such fun and sweet projects! The little details are worth the fret!

Posted by: Jan Metcalf | 10/08/2020 at 06:41 AM

Love it all, Wanda! The cookies for Santa couldn't be any cuter!! So many wonderful details!

Posted by: Sandy Dayhoff | 10/08/2020 at 06:36 AM

Fun projects!

Posted by: Cheryl | 10/08/2020 at 06:36 AM

Wow! Your projects are absolutely beautiful. The plate of cookies is definitely catching my eye!

Posted by: Lisa Voerg | 10/08/2020 at 06:35 AM

Wow! and the cookies and milk card <3 Love love

Posted by: ang4tnr | 10/08/2020 at 06:35 AM

WOW! Great ideas. I love the To Santa Card with the mason jar. How clever and realistic. The vellum idea is perfect! Thanks, Wanda!

Posted by: Emma Sleppy | 10/08/2020 at 06:33 AM

The gingham under the cookies makes it that much cuter! Thanks for sharing!

Posted by: Anna | 10/08/2020 at 06:28 AM

I LOVE your Greetery projects, Wanda! They are always so wonderful and thoughtfully made!

Posted by: Caly Person | 10/08/2020 at 06:26 AM

Lovely projects as usual. Thanks for sharing.

Posted by: Heike Carlson | 10/08/2020 at 06:13 AM

Wanda!! Your projects are always so much fun!! Love everything you made for today, especially your pink peppermint mocha cups!! Love the colors of inks and cardstock you chose, the detail on the rim, the glitter on the steam, the stamped sentiments, the holly leaves on the handle and the little doilies on the saucers.
Holding your cup in your hand is very helpful. Makes it much easier to understand the scale.

Posted by: Teresa C | 10/08/2020 at 06:12 AM

Love your projects and also the beautiful way you have displayed them. Also love how you have used the mason jar in one of them which has always been a favorite of mine, clever idea!!

Posted by: Diane Hover | 10/08/2020 at 05:54 AM