Happy Thanksgiving 2024!
Best wishes for a lovely holiday with friends and family. Blessings and abundance are my hopes for all of us as we enter the holiday season. Lots to be thankful for! Now it will be time for full on Christmas crafting! XOXO
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November 2024
11/28/2024
11/26/2024
The Greetery Release is LIVE - and there's a big SALE too!
THE GREETERY NEW RELEASE IS LIVE NOW!!
THE ICING COLLECTION IS AVAILABLE! AND IT'S ON SALE!
It was my pleasure to introduce the brand new Icing collection to you today! 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
- Storewide 15% off (including the new release).
- Bundle Deals - The Greetery will have 10 different themed bundles, which will be 50% off (the bundles are NOT included in the storewide 15% off).
- When the sale goes live at 10am EST the bundles will be linked from the homepage!
- Sale starts at 10am EST on Tuesday, 11/26
- Sale ends 11:59pm EST on Saturday, 11/30
- No code needed, discounts will be automatically applied!!
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The Greetery - Icing Collection - New Release Today!
Hi crafty friends! Happy Thanksgiving Week! I am sending love and wishing you and your families a wonderful holiday together! I can hardly believe it's time for turkey already. This year is going to finish up fast! I am looking forward to a quiet week at home with my family, staying cozy and watching Christmas movies and eating tooooo much! Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
Today is a VERY exciting day because I'm here to announce a NEW RELEASE from The Greetery! The last release of the year! The new release is called the Icing Collection - as in the icing on the cake! The new release is full of more holiday goodness and things for packaging and giving. So here's the deal - and it's good. Today, the design team is showing you everything! And guess what? Today you can BUY everything too! No need to wait until tomorrow! The new release will be available at 10am EST today! Yeah!
I will be sharing four new projects with you today! Lots of photos and inspiration. Let's get started!
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My first card for today features the brand new Nordic Tree Die set! I combined it with the Warm and Cozy sentiments from the last new release. I created a clean and simple Christmas card with Dr. Suess colors and vibes! My finished card is an A2 white card base, layered with soft pink and vellum. I die cut the tree layers (there are three layers to create the tree) from green cardstock and then added white paint splatters and a bit of snow too! I finished it off by adding a pretty gold star and some enamel dot ornaments. The sentiment is heat embossed in white onto kraft cardstock. Classically Christmas! I love the details in the die cut - makes for a gorgeous tree.
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My next card for today features the brand new Nordic Birds Dies and the brand new Crystal Charms Dies! Also featured are past favorites Joy and Pine Wisps! My finished card is an A2 kraft card base, layered in Christmas red, then a pretty arch to feature my design elements. I ink blended the top of the arch for a bit of warmth. My color palette is classic red and green for the holidays... I made it a bit rustic by using kraft paper also. I die cut all the pieces and added bits of sparkly glitter for a snowy feeling. My final touch was some red enamel dots.
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My third card for today features the brand new Hey Honeycomb Penguin Dies! More cute additions to the Honeycomb product line! And also, just releasing today, white honeycombs! Wait until you see all of these!!! I kept my card cute and sweet! My card base is a white A2 card, layered with some Doodlebug plaid for a subtle background. I die cut a scallop panel and added icy blue ink blending... I used the new Hey Honeycomb Holiday stamp set for my sentiment. These are SOOOO fun to make!!
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My final project for today features gift tags I made using the brand new Inside and Out Holiday Tags stamps, dies and stencils! I also used the brand new Ornamental Tags Dies. I love a soft color palette of pink, cream and gold... I do also love pretty pink packages! The stamp/die combo makes 8 tags at once, in a pretty, ornate shape! I stamped and heat embossed the stamp in gold embossing onto cream cardstock. I used the matching stencil to do ombre pink ink blending on the tags. I blended the ink only on the top of my tags... I splattered everything with white ink! I added some gold bows and classy pearls... The twine is natural with a bit of gold in it also.
That's it for today - and for the reveals of this awesome new release! I am quite sure you must be in the holiday mood now! Thanks for stopping by to share with me today! It's my pleasure to introduce the new release. Enjoy and happy crafting! XOXO
Giveaway: The Greetery is giving away TWO $50 gift certificates, the comment deadline is Wednesday, 11/27 at 11:59pm EST (comments from the design team blogs are all entered into giveaway). Winners will be announced on The Greetery blog on Friday, 11/29 at 7am EST! GOOD LUCK!!
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DESIGN TEAM LINKS FOR THE NEW RELEASE:
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11/23/2024
Sweet Vintage Reindeer Christmas Card!
Hi friends! Popping in this weekend to share a cute and cheerful Christmas card! The new release from Honey Bee Stamps is called Cozy Christmas - and boy is it cozy! And gorgeous! I will be making more cards with this fun new release, but I couldn't wait to share the first one! I do love a vintage reindeer motif - kitschy and adorable.... Well, Honey Bee came out with a die set that makes the MOST adorable little reindeer! I turned him into a card and used classic Christmas colors and a vintage vibe.... Stripes and holly and snowflakes, oh my!
Wishing you a very Happy Thanksgiving week coming up! Stay tuned next week, too, because there will be a NEW Greetery Release! YEAH!
My card for today is an A2 cream cardstock card base. Layered with candy cane stripes and red and more cream. The star of the show is my dapper reindeer in his winter scarf... I added lots of greenery and a few sparkles and snow flurries. It all worked together so nicely. I die cut the background with a subtle snowflakes pattern. Using cream cardstock instead of bright white cardstock softens everything just the right amount here. I used Copic Markers to shade my die cut pieces and also white gel pen accents.... Again - just SO fun! Happy crafting my friends - hope you're having a great weekend! XOXO
CLICK HERE TO SHOP THE NEW HONEY BEE COZY CHRISTMAS RELEASE!
CLICK HERE FOR TODAY'S SUPPLY LIST!
CLICK HERE FOR TODAY'S SUPPLY LIST!
CLICK HERE FOR TODAY'S SUPPLY LIST!
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11/06/2024
The Greetery - Merry Christmas Gifts!
Hi creative and crafty friends! It's my turn on The Greetery Blog today, and I'm sharing my project here too! Hope you're doing great and enjoying this beautiful Fall season. My birthday is over, and voting day is over. It will be Thanksgiving before we know it...and then Christmas! The rest of the year is going to fly by!! For my project today I created a classically red and green Christmas Card using the gorgeous Gifts Galore Stencils and Dies... This card is nice and flat for mailing too! I added a bit of sparkle to it, and I used the new Warm and Cozy stamp set for the perfect sentiment. Time to make Christmas cards for sure!
My finished card is an A2 white card base. I layered green patterned paper on top of the white card base. To begin the card I used the Gifts Galore Stencils and kept my colors to only red and green. This idea has been in my head for a long time and I really like how it turned out. I used two shades of red and two shades of green for a clean monochromatic look. I die cut the bows and ribbons using the Gifts Galore dies - and used bright gold cardstock.
I trimmed my presents panel down to 4" x 5.25". I glued all the gold pieces onto the gifts and then added a few pearls as embellishments. I heat embossed the pretty sentiment onto vellum using white embossing powder for an elegant look. I wrapped my vellum strip around the presents and affixed that whole panel to the card base. I couldn't resist adding a few snowy white paint splatters too!
My 60th birthday was this past Sunday and I had a wonderful day! My husband spoiled me rotten and I am so super grateful!! On to a new decade as a sassy old lady!
That's it for my project for today! I hope you have a fantastic and creative day! Wishing you a wonderful November as we get ready to celebrate gratitude and move into the holiday season. I look forward to sharing with you again soon. In the meantime, happy crafting! XO Wanda
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