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The Greetery’s New La Dolce Vita Collection – Introduction Day 1

by Dawn
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Hello, friends! We’ve got a FUN collection of new products launching at The Greetery this week and you’d better hold on to your hats because this is a good one! Some of these items are timeless classics, some are totally on trend and many are gonna work with lots of the other goodies in your existing collections! I feel like I have only barely scratched the surface with all that I’d like to make with these new goodies, so I’m sure there will be lots more to come but for now, let me show you what I made!

First up, let’s talk sardines!! LOL! Have I ever eaten a sardine? I don’t think so. At least, not intentionally. Hahaha! Am I opposed to eating sardines? I don’t think so. Do I have a burning desire to eat them any time soon? No. I don’t. LOL! However, I’m seeing sardines all over the place these days, on graphic tees, in decor and on notebooks, etc. They’re uber trendy at the moment and I DO love all the fun color combinations and cool graphic designs on all of the sardine packaging and products! Sardines are having a moment and that’s perfectly fine with me! I was happy to create some sardine can cards and honestly, can’t wait to make some more!

For this one, I used some shiny silver card stock for the can and pull tab.

PRO TIP: If your metallic silver card stock has a major mirror finish like mine does, you can use a sand eraser on the silver, to dull the shine so that it looks more believable as a sardine tin! I ended up doing this on both my silver and gold card stocks which you’ll see on the next card, as well.

I used the new Ciao Bella Borders stamps and dies to create the label, along with the new Something Fishy stamps.

If you pull down on the pull tab, you open up the can and inside, you’ll find some fish from the Something Fishy stamp set and dies! I die cut them from colored card stock and then used some oxide inks to add some shading and additional color.

The photo above on the right, shows what the card base looks like on the inside. So the can opens from the top and the card opens from the bottom.

PRO TIP: Fold your card base in half as you normally would, and then run it through the die cutting machine with the Canned die sticking up just slightly beyond the top edge of your card base. This keeps the top of the card from getting cut, which creates a can-shaped card base. Then, just layer all your die cuts on top as usual!

{Hugs & Fishes on Your Birthday supplies — click on thumbnails}

For this Canned card, I filled the can with the new Coastal Cuttings die cuts! Gosh, how pretty is that big flower cluster?!!

PRO TIP: In any project where you’re using a large cluster of flowers, if the flowers aren’t fitting your space just right on your card, don’t forget that you can cut that cluster apart as needed. In this case, I cut off the little pink flowers you see right in the middle and tucked them in where they worked better for my design.

You can see above, where I used the eraser on the shiny gold card stock to dull it down some. It just makes it look a bit more realistic as a sardine tin.

I added some ink blending as well as some colored pencil shading to the flowers for some added dimension.

{Packed With Love supplies — click on thumbnails}

One more for today…..this one features the new Citrus Fields dies and embossing folder, along with the Ciao Bella Borders. This is another set that I kinda want to make like 20 more cards with!! It’s so pretty and so fun!

PRO TIP: This is a set that makes it really easy to have fun with ink blending on and for even more dimension, bust out your colored pencils and simply follow the debossed lines on the die cuts. You can see where I did that on the flowers, and then I added some colored pencil dots to the dimpling on the lemons.

{A Birthday Hello supplies — click on thumbnails}

Head to The Greetery Blog for a ton of inspo today, and be sure to visit all the team members, too!

1. Caly Person 

2. Dana Kirby

3. Dawn McVey

4. Kelly Lunceford

5. Laura Bassen

6. Laurie Willison

7. Lea Lawson

8. Melissa Phillips 

9. Wanda Guess

What are you loving the most so far? I’d love to know!!

xo,

Shop my artwork on my website!  Follow me on Instagram, Twitter and Pinterest for all the latest updates.  Shop my Amazon Storefront and my liketoknow.it page for all my current favorites!

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Scripted Sentiments Card Trio – The Greetery

by Dawn
All written by Dawn

Hello, friends!  It’s my turn to share a project for The Greetery and today and I have a fun card trio to tell you about! I always think it’s interesting how inspiration works and where it can come from. Sometimes, the tiniest idea can grow into something really big and fun, and that’s kind of what happened here.

If you follow me on Instagram, then maybe you’ve seen my vintage coffee tin full of colorful pens that I use to mark in my Bible. One day, a sage green pen ended up next to a pinky-lavender pen and I loved that combo so much! I pulled the pens out and put them on my studio table to remind me of the color pairing. A few days later, we were at Old Navy, and there was an end cap flip flop display and right next to each other were hanging rows of flip flops in that same green and pinky-lavender combo! And that, my friends, is how this card set started!

I gathered up some card stock and inks in the colors I wanted to use. I added in the deeper plum-y color for interest and then just got busy playing with random die cuts and stamps that either, I hadn’t used in a long time and wanted to, or goodies that I can’t quit using because I’ve been loving them so much! I think the resulting card set is really fun and will be a great addition to my card stash!

PRO TIP: Try die cutting that Capsule Filigree Borders frame and laying it on top of a panel of card stock that’s been embossed with the Pretty Picado embossing folder! Such a fun base layer for WHATEVER you want to start piling on top! It doesn’t have to JUST be used as a frame on a Capsule Basics layer!

In this case, I added a strip of card stock with a sentiment stamped on it from Scripted Sentiments and then added a lacy layer that I cut out with a Pretty Picado Borders die.

Lastly, I added some enamel dots and buttons for a finishing touch.

PRO TIP: Use your buttons! If you’re like me, you still have hoards of them tucked away, that you haven’t used in ages, but they’re such a sweet and interesting addition!

PRO TIP: It’s ok to mix embellishments!! You don’t have to JUST use enamel dots or JUST use buttons! Use them both! Just remember to use an odd number of them! It’s a common rule in design, that odd numbers are just more visually appealing, so you can see here that I used five total. Three on one side and two on the other. Also, putting them on opposite sides helps create some balance.

{Just a Note supplies — click on thumbnails}

Next up, oh gosh, this one is fun and so simple and I love that it sort of has a retro, preppy feel!

PRO TIP: I cut strips of card stock in my three chosen colors and then glued them to a Capsule Basics die cut. Then, I ran it through the die cutting machine with the Capsule Basics die again, and let the die do the work of trimming off the edges for me. This creates a nice, clean, polished edge!

I layered it on a Capsule Basics Star Studded Borders die, and the used the Large Linked Labels embossing folder for a tiny bit of detail and interest on the background.

One of those stripes also provided the perfect landing spot for the sentiment!

{A Note to Say Thanks supplies — click on thumbnails}

Lastly for this card, I used the Seed Catalog Background Stamp and an A2 Stitched Scallops die to create the background panel, and then layered on the sentiment from Scripted Sentiments along with some little bits and bobs…..a sentiment strip of card stock, a plain strip, a scalloped/dotted strip off of one of the Pretty Picado Banner dies and a few more buttons. I love how scrappy and fun this is, and it’s also just sweet and simple!

Hope I’ve given you some creative inspiration today!

Be sure to hit up The Greetery Blog for more!

Where’s someplace you’ve found some unexpected card-making inspiration? I’d love to hear!

xo,

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{With Love on Your Birthdsay supplies — click on thumbnails}

(Affiliates Disclaimer: Just so you know, I sometimes use affiliate links here on my blog, which means that I participate in several affiliate programs, in which I may receive a small commission when you click one of these links and purchase a product at the corresponding product site (usually within a certain amount of time).  There are no additional costs for you as a result of these links, but by shopping through these links, you are not only supporting me and the work I do here, but you’re also helping me to continue to bring you beautiful content and inspiration here at my blog, for free!  Please know that I share products with you that I use and enjoy and I make every effort to represent those to you honestly.  Thanks so much, friends, for your support!  I appreciate you!)

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“Hey Honey, It’s Summer” Collection From The Greetery

by Dawn
AllUncategorized written by Dawn

Hello, friends!  The Greetery has a fun little surprise mini release happening today, so I’ve got a couple cute cards to share with you, featuring the new goodies from the “Hey Honey, It’s Summer!” Collection!

Let me tell you all about them!

For this first one, I wanted to incorporate some green into the water, so I started with a green card front. I used the new Making Waves stencil, embossing folder, and die to create the waves that I layered on top! Isn’t that such a pretty die cut?! I die cut it first, then ran it through the die cutting machine in the embossing folder and then lastly, laid the stencils on top and blended ink on it.

For the fish, I cut out all the elements from white card stock and ink blended to add the color. The sentiments are all from the new Hey Honeycomb Summer Sentiments stamp set and I stamped another one of them on a little tag from the Sentiment Suite Basics die set.

I added the fish eye with a black pen right through the hole on the die, just like a stencil. And lastly, I added one of the new honeycomb balls to top it off!

For this one, I embossed a panel of light aqua card stock and then used some turquoise inks with the stencils, to add some color. I created this fish in the same way as the first one, but this time, I cut everything from colored card stock before adding the ink blending.

Once the fish was positioned on the front, I added the window panel to give the feel of an aquarium or fish tank. I created that with the Capsule Basics dies and some woodgrain card stock, and lastly, stamped another of the sentiments from the Hey Honeycomb Summer Sentiments stamp set.

And here they both are, with those fun honeycomb balls opened up!! So cute, right?!!

PRO TIP: Of course, this darling fish would be super cute even without the honeycomb balls! You could have all sorts of fun ink blending on his belly to create lots of different colorful fish! OR! Picture a whole background pattern created with a variety of fish lined up in rows, maybe one row headed to the right, the next row headed left, etc. Or you could have them all headed in the same direction like a little school of fishies, with some of them overlapping one another!

Be sure to check out the post over at The Greetery for all the fun happening there! And then you can hop around to the gals on the Design Team and see what each of them created, too!

1. Caly Person 

2. Dana Kirby

3. Dawn McVey

4. Kelly Lunceford

5. Laura Bassen

6. Laurie Willison

7. Lea Lawson

8. Melissa Phillips 

9. Wanda Guess

Thanks so much for spending a bit of your day with me! Be sure to leave a comment before you go! The Greetery is giving away two Hey Honey, It’s Summer product bundles and your comment will enter you to maybe win!

Have a great day, friends,

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{Hey Honeycomb Fish Cards supplies — click on thumbnails}

(Affiliates Disclaimer: Just so you know, I sometimes use affiliate links here on my blog, which means that I participate in several affiliate programs, in which I may receive a small commission when you click one of these links and purchase a product at the corresponding product site (usually within a certain amount of time).  There are no additional costs for you as a result of these links, but by shopping through these links, you are not only supporting me and the work I do here, but you’re also helping me to continue to bring you beautiful content and inspiration here at my blog, for free!  Please know that I share products with you that I use and enjoy and I make every effort to represent those to you honestly.  Thanks so much, friends, for your support!  I appreciate you!)

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Birthday Card Restock With The Greetery

by Dawn
AllUncategorized written by Dawn

Hello, friends!  It’s my turn to share a project for The Greetery and I decided that my birthday card stash was seriously depleted. This was the perfect time to restock, so I pulled out the recently released Pretty Picado suite of products and went to town! I had a few leftover die cuts and such on my desk after this last release, so I used some of those and whipped up a stack of quick cards that are so fun and colorful!

These cards are pretty quick to come together, thanks to these fun dies, stamps, stencils and embossing folder! I used the Pretty Picado dies to cut out the entire background on the first card. This one is SO fun because you can do any color combo you can dream up! Layer the cut piece on top of another color of card stock and BAM! Background done! On all of them, I used sentiments from Pretty Picado Sentiments. And of course, I layered the sentiment on some layers using a Capsule Basics die, topped with the smaller pinked edge die from Capsule Star Studded Borders.

For the second one, I used the Pretty Picado 3D Embossing Folder on the background and then layered up some die cuts.

PRO TIP: If you pair two of the Pretty Picado Banners die cuts end to end, you can create really pretty background layers!! Look at that fun pink scalloped border!!

PRO TIP: Also, the soft pink layer is one that I cut with one of the Capsule Star Studded Borders. I used the star border on another project but this negative piece also makes a fun and interesting layer when added to a card with lots of other things going on!

More of the same goodies here, as well as one of the Pretty Picado Borders dies used at the bottom. I also accented the sentiment with some Pretty Picado Blooms die cuts.

For this one, I layered up two of the borders and ran one of them through the die cutting machine with the 3D embossing folder, too! So pretty!

PRO TIP: I made sure to allow enough space for each of the borders to really be able to be seen, without them distracting from each other if they’d been stacked too closely. ALSO, I let the smaller one hang over the edge of the card, clear away from the card base, so that the white base didn’t show through just part of that border detail and detract from the design being clearly visible. Those pretty borders needed to really be able to sing!

On the last two, I used the Pretty Picado stencils to create the backgrounds and then also ran one of them through the die cutting machine with the 3D embossing folder for added texture. You can really play with color combinations with those stencils! And goodness, there are still a zillion other cards I could have made with these products, but that’s all I had time for today. I hope they’ve given you some fun inspiration! Who needs to beef up their birthday card stash now?

Head over to The Greetery Blog for more today!

Have a great day!

xo,

{Birthday Card Set supplies — click on thumbnails}

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Fête & Fiesta Collection-Day 2

by Dawn
All written by Dawn

Hello, friends! I’m back with more Fête & Fiesta Collection from The Greetery! We have lots of events on the calendar this month, so I’m excited to show you several more cards I made for them using this fun new collection of celebratory goodies!

First up is a baby’s first birthday card for one of my favorite babies in all the land!! If you’ve followed me on Instagram, you’ve seen baby MJ, the little darling that I’ve dubbed the smiliest baby of all time, who I’ve had the joy of babysitting several times while her mama was at work and she is now ONE!!! Gah! SO, of course I had to make Mira Jane a special card using the new For the Ages product suite!

I started off with the back layer and used the new For the Ages 3D embossing folder. I also used it on a coral layer that I’d first die cut with a Capsule Basics die, and then layered it up with some of the new Capsule Star Studded Borders.

The die cut candle was created with more goodies from For the Ages, including the dots that I stenciled on the candle.

PRO TIP: Gold glitter card stock makes for an especially fun candle wick! 😉

The sentiments are from the new Laid Back Basics sentiment set, and the “little one” feels especially clever to use on a first birthday card!

{Happy Birthday, Little One supplies — click on thumbnails}

Next up, we have two different guy graduation parties coming up, so I wanted to make their cards in their new university colors! For this one, I used the new Capsule Party Scene dies….I cut out one of each, stacked up all three and adhered them with foam adhesive between the layers. I used the companion stencils to stencil on the color before attaching them.

Pro Tip: Choose one side of your balloons to be the lighter side. Pretend that there’s a light source on that side of the balloons, and then use a lighter hand with your ink blending on that side of the balloons! It gives them a more realistic touch, much the same way artists do when painting!

The sentiments are both from the new Capsule Collection Celebration Borders stamp set.

{Way to Go Graduate supplies — click on thumbnails}

Lastly, I pulled out the metallic silver card stock for this one, which is SO hard to photograph without taking a picture of myself in its mirror-like finish! LOL! But seriously, that shiny silver adds some BIG personality to this graduation card, and a bit of masculinity, too, I think. It adds kind of a metal touch.

I used the new Capsule Collection Celebration Borders stamp set again, this time to stamp the border in purple, as well as the word GRADUATE. I paired that with the Congrats! from the new Laid Back Basics stamp set and then used the numbers from the formerly released Dreams & Plans die set to finish off the card.

It’s all layered on some various Capsule Basics layers, including the pinked edge die cut layers from the new Capsule Star Studded Borders.

Funny thing is, since I made all the graduation, birthday and Mother’s Day cards for May, we’ve gotten another invitation I’m gonna need to make another graduation card for! Good thing I’ve got just the goodies to use, to make it great!

Be sure to check out The Greetery Blog today and then head to the other gals on the Design Team, to check out all their projects!

1. Caly Person 

2. Dana Kirby

3. Dawn McVey

4. Kelly Lunceford

5. Laura Bassen

6. Laurie Willison

7. Lea Lawson

8. Melissa Phillips

9. Wanda Guess

And before you go, be sure to leave a comment to be entered to win one of the TWO COMPLETE FÊTE & FIESTA COLLECTIONS from The Greetery!

How fun would it be if you won??? EEEE!! I hope it’s YOU!

So tell me, what’s topping your shopping list from this release?

xo,

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{Congrats Graduate supplies — click on thumbnails}

(Affiliates Disclaimer: Just so you know, I sometimes use affiliate links here on my blog, which means that I participate in several affiliate programs, in which I may receive a small commission when you click one of these links and purchase a product at the corresponding product site (usually within a certain amount of time).  There are no additional costs for you as a result of these links, but by shopping through these links, you are not only supporting me and the work I do here, but you’re also helping me to continue to bring you beautiful content and inspiration here at my blog, for free!  Please know that I share products with you that I use and enjoy and I make every effort to represent those to you honestly.  Thanks so much, friends, for your support!  I appreciate you!)

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The Greetery’s New Fête & Fiesta Collection

by Dawn
All written by Dawn

Hello, friends!  It’s The Greetery‘s 7th birthday and to celebrate, they have a brand new collection called Fête & Fiesta and it’s full of fun products for celebrating with! I put it to good use on a variety of cards for all the upcoming May events on our calendar! I don’t know about you, but we’ve got lots of graduations this year, plus birthdays, Mother’s Day, etc. So this collection came at just the right time, but obviously, even well beyond May, this set will have you covered for all sorts of celebrations….birthdays included!

First up, here’s a graduation card I created using the new Pretty Picado product suite! I used stencils to create the pretty pattern and then die cut the center with one of the Capsule Basics dies. I popped that section up and tucked some bright mustard card stock behind it, and then from the center of the capsule, I die cut the HAPPY using one of the new Pretty Picado Cutaway Sentiments dies. A companion sentiment from Pretty Picado Sentiments finished off the sentiment.

PRO TIP: Play around with colors when stenciling. Notice that I used a couple different greens when I was using one stencil…..just the subtle shift in greens, layering more of a blue-green over the original green ink I started with, added more interest. Also, play with pressure. That first green I started with, I used a very light hand with on the outside border of the design. Whereas, I used more pressure and therefore achieved a deeper color in the middle of the design.

PRO TIP: Using foam adhesive to pop up that top layer, really lets those letters shine! So much more depth, thanks to the shadows that are created!

Lastly for this card, I used one of the new Capsule Star Studded Borders dies to add the star detail around the popped up portion.

Everyone knows money is a great gift for a graduate so for this one, I wanted to tuck the money into the cute new Arch Box Mini! And bonus, the Pretty Picado Cutaway Sentiments dies fit perfectly on the side of the box!

PRO TIP: You can leave the cutaway portion open, so the viewer can see into the box, or you can do what I did here, and tuck a piece of card stock inside so an alternative color shows!

As for the back side of the box, I added an another little die cut panel that I created with one of the new Pretty Picado Borders dies.

PRO TIP: You can create really pretty patterns simply by die cutting the borders repeatedly! Just line them up one after another and create your own pattern. You can put the borders as close or as far apart from each other as you’d like. This gives you the opportunity to create custom patterns to your heart’s content!

I love the new Pretty Picado Banners (See them below)! But don’t think you have to just use them as is!

PRO TIP: I took one of the banners, and cut off both sides of it. The result is the pretty little tag I tied on to the little Arch gift box!! Isn’t it sweet?!! And bonus….I used two little sentiments from Pretty Picado Sentiments to create this one, for a perfect fit!

The flower die cuts are from the new Pretty Picado Blooms die set.

{Grad Card & Gift Box supplies — click on thumbnails}

One more before we move on from Pretty Picado…..I used several of the new items to make a card for my Mom! She loves blue, so I layered up several blues and made a super sweet card! I started off with one of the Pretty Picado Banners and added the stamped & die cut HAPPY, as well as the Mother’s Day sentiment…all from the Pretty Picado suite.

Then, I used another of the Pretty Picado Border dies to create that awesome border!!

PRO TIP: I die cut the border TWICE, nestling the second die cut right up to the first die cut! What a fantastic double design it makes!!

On that same layer, I stamped the Pretty Picado Background stamp in a soft blue ink. Lastly, on the back layer, I ran the darker blue card stock through the embossing machine with the new Pretty Picado 3D embossing folder! Such pretty detail that adds!

I love that this card shows that even though the Pretty Picado suite has such a festive, party feel to it, you can still create things with a completely different feel just by changing up the colors and how you use them! This card has a very ruffly, ladylike feel to me! I hope my Mom loves it!

{Happy Mother’s Day supplies — click on thumbnails}

One more for today…..how stinkin’ fun is that?! I used the new Market Place Celebration Street dies and stamps to create this adorable birthday card. I kinda want to live there! Haha!

The thing I love most about these Market Street sets is the permission they give you to just have fun experimenting with color! There are so many opportunities for mixing and layering colors, that it just makes them such a joy to create with. And oh my word, don’t miss all the crazy-clever sentiments in the sentiment sign set!!

The Greetery Blog has way more birthday fun for you today, so be sure to head over there to check it out!

You’ll also want to visit the other gals on the Design Team!

1. Caly Person 

2. Dana Kirby

3. Dawn McVey

4. Kelly Lunceford

5. Laura Bassen

6. Laurie Willison

7. Lea Lawson

8. Melissa Phillips 

9. Wanda Guess

Before you go, leave a comment to be entered to win one of the SEVEN $100 gift cards from The Greetery!!!!!!!!! You’ve got a great chance of winning! What’s your favorite new item so far? Or what are you most excited to play with first?

Thanks so much for stopping in! I hope you’re enjoying the release projects so far! I’ll be back tomorrow with lots more to share,

{Make a Wish Birthday Card supplies — click on thumbnails}

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Botanical Eggs – The Greetery

by Dawn
All written by Dawn

Hello, friends!  It’s my turn to share a project today for The Greetery and I’ve got a fun one for you, in time for sending out some sweet Springtime cards.

I used lots of goodies from the newest release, starting with the new Golden Egg and Golden Egg Filigree Borders dies.

I started out by die cutting the eggs and the borders. Next, I die cut all the flowers in fun colors and assembled them before laying them out how I thought I’d want them on the eggs. I used the Bigger Botanicals: Mallow, Hawthorn and Soapwort dies to create all the flowers. Once assembled, I used my colored pencils to add some additional shading to all the flowers and leaves.

Next, I stamped the sentiments from Simple Spring Sentiments on each egg and then glued all the flowers in place.

PRO TIP: Using foam adhesive on the flowers and simple glue on the stems and leaves, gives your die cuts a bit of depth and interest, since they’re not all at the same level.

PRO TIP: When filling a die cut image with smaller die cuts, I like to let some of the small die cuts (flowers in this case) hang over the edge on one side of the large image (the egg, here). The coral flower is extending beyond the edge of the egg on the left, and I trimmed off the flower on the right.

In the case of the blue egg, I just positioned the flowers better so that they hung over the edge on the left and not at all on the right.

After the flowers were in place, I carefully added the filigree border. I was just mindful when glueing down the flowers, where I would need to be able to tuck that border under a flower/stem.

I hope this has inspired you to whip up a card or two to celebrate Spring and brighten someone’s day!

In the meantime, hope today is a bright one for you!  Be sure to visit The Greetery Blog today!

I’ll chat with you again soon!

xo,

{Golden Egg Cards supplies — click on thumbnails}

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Best Birthday Yet – The Greetery

by Dawn
All written by Dawn

Hello, friends! I’ve got another birthday card for you today, that features some lovely older stamps & dies, as well as some new dies used in perhaps some unexpected ways!

I started off with a color palette and some flowers I wanted to work with.

PRO TIP: If you find yourself staring at your craft stash, not sure where to start or what to make, here’s how I like to start. I choose a color palette first. You can scroll Pinterest for fun color combinations. I have a whole folder of “color love”, so if you need some fresh inspo, you can even follow me over there, and see my whole folder of color inspiration. (There’s a link at the bottom of my post.) And then, I also choose a certain stamp or die set I want to work with, as a jumping off point.

In this case, I chose the Birth Month Blooms Q2 stamps & dies, as well as the Large Linked Labels embossing folder.

PRO TIP: This one’s regarding color. I’d chosen to work with coral, hot pink and navy blue, so when stamping my flowers, I first did what was the obvious choice when layering those stamps. I stamped the lighter coral and then topped it with a hot pink layer. HOWEVER, this just messed with the tone of both the pink (made it orangey) and the coral (made it look kind of red). Those flowers I stamped were pretty, but all of a sudden, they didn’t look so much like the original color palette I was going for. If you want to keep your colors true to a specific palette, try this instead. Stamp your flower in monochromatic tones all in the same color family as the color you’re working with. As in the case of the coral, I needed three ink colors for the rose. I happen to have three shades of ink that are all in that same coral color family and they created a lovely flower that still looks CORAL. In the case of the small hot pink flowers, I just needed two shades of pink, and I had a lighter pink that layered well with the hot pink and still worked with my color palette. But in either case, if you’re missing a color of ink that you need for one of the layers, just double up one of the inks and use it twice. The first time, stamp it off once on scratch paper first, so then when you stamp it at full strength the second time, you have the look of two different colors that are perfectly complimentary.

I grabbed a piece of card stock and ran it through the die cutting machine with the Large Linked Labels embossing folder, because I knew I wanted to try using it as a background, rather than cutting it for labels. Turns out, I love the almost architectural feel it adds to the background! Almost like a room with lots of molding on the walls!

After creating my background panel, I added some strips of card stock in my chosen color palette, and again knew I wanted to try something different with a die. I used the largest die from the Capsule Filigree Borders set, and just used one side of the die cut. I added that filigree strip to my straight strips, and I love the way it jazzes that whole section up!

Next, I tied on a tag from the Speed Tagging set with some twine, and then piled on my die cut flowers. I discovered that this birthday sentiment from Best Bouquet is a perfect fit for this tag! Love when that happens!

Lastly, I die cut some carrot tops — yes, carrot tops! — from Botanicuts Carrot, for some filler greenery!

Hope this has challenged you to use those dies in more ways than just how they were originally intended! It makes them so much more useful and makes your cards more interesting, when you add such fun details here and there! And it gives you way more bang for your buck, when purchasing dies!

Be sure to stop by The Greetery Blog today!

What’s a unique way you’ve used a stamp set or die or embossing folder, that maybe some of us haven’t thought of? Share in the comments so we can all learn from each other!

Have a great day!

{Best Birthday Yet supplies — click on thumbnails}

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Vintage Birthday Cards With The Greetery

by Dawn
All written by Dawn

Hello, friends!  I’m here with a pair of birthday cards to share with you for The Greetery today. It’s recently come to my attention that I need to be beefing up my card stash. The drawer is looking a little less full than I’d like and really, I’m needing to add cards for quite a few different occasions. Since birthday cards are some of what I use the most, I thought I’d get a jump on restocking with a pair of vintage-inspired birthday greetings. Let me tell you all about them!

To start things off, I decided to use a couple of the new Capsule Valentine Gallery Prints. I love that these beautiful pre-printed images are quick and easy to cut out and layer up.

PRO TIP: Just because they’re in a set called “Capsule Valentine Gallery Prints” doesn’t mean they can only be used to make Valentines! There are many images in this set that can be used for all sorts of different occasions!

I die cut the floral image and then die cut the capsule layers to go on top, below and around it. These pieces are all so easy to layer together! I used the Capsule Basics dies for the floral image and scalloped layer, Capsule Filigree Borders for the gold sparkly layer, and Capsule Fixed Borders Small for the teal frame layer.

PRO TIP: I used the Capsule Collection Valentine Borders stamps, to stamp that filigree layer on the teal frame. Once again, this doesn’t have to ONLY be for Valentine cards! I left off the hearts and just used the pretty, decorative border! I love the vintage touch it adds!

On this card, rather than stamp the border detail, I used the negative die cut from the filigree border on the first card. I just love those filigree dies…..total two-uses-out-of-one die!

That gold glitter looks so elegant and antique up against the greens! ahhh!

PRO TIP: For the sentiments, I stamped a single sentiment from the Tear Strip Tags: Birthday set. The four sentiments in that set are all on the same stamp. But that doesn’t mean you can’t choose just one and use it on a project! Again, I love products that have multiple ways to use them! To mask off the sentiment I wanted, I used a couple of those small, skinny sticky notes to cover the sentiments on either side of the one I wanted to use. Made it super easy to ink it up, pull off the stickies and stamp, then cover them up to ink it up again to stamp for the next card.

I stamped the sentiments on one of the Shortbread Shapes: Rectangle Labels dies.

For one last vintage touch, I ran a piece of rustic cream card stock though the die cutting machine with the Shortbread Shapes: Scalloped Hearts 3D Embossing Folder. I LOVE that you just see a bit of the design peeking out around the focal point. It reminds me of those old white chenille bedspreads…..do you know the ones I mean? They had all that pretty, bumpy texture….just like this card stock panel. It just adds another layer of interest. It almost has a sort of quilted feel.

Be sure to visit The Greetery Blog today, too!

I so enjoyed creating these antique-inspired cards and I hope they gave you some inspiration, as well! I need to get busy filling my card stash drawer up some more, but these are a good little jumping off point! How about you? What’s the state of your card stash? If you need to do a little beefing up as well, why not pull out some of those Valentine things and use them on some non-Valentine cards? And maybe make them “vintage” while you’re at it!

If you do, we’d love to see! Tag me @dawnsing and tag @the_greetery!

Have a great day!

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{Antique-Inspired Birthday Cards supplies — click on thumbnails}

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The Greetery’s Amour Market Collection-Day 2

by Dawn
All written by Dawn

Hey there and welcome back for more Greetery Valentine fun! I used lots of the new goodies from this release, to make a big ole stack of gift tags and I love that each one of them is unique and different and yet, they all have a cohesive feel. Don’t they sort of make you think of a grown up version of those boxed Valentines kids get at the store? I could just see writing the to/from info on the back and swapping these with my friends, each of us tucking them into our own little Valentine box that we’d decorated with care.

Gosh, now that I’m typing all that out, I wonder if the gals in our church small group would actually want to do something like that!! 🙂 Might just have to ask them!

Let me tell you about these gift tags!

Ok, so as you can see in the photos, they’re laying on some treat bags with the clear window on the front. I think it’d be super sweet to fill these bags with some Valentine treats…..perhaps some cookies baked with freshly milled wheat (so that they’re not just tasty, but good for them, too!) and then these tags could decorate the outside of the bags. I actually did something similar for some friends for Christmas.

PRO TIP: The tags look super cute just attached to the front with a bit of washi tape!

So to make these, I started out with the new Capsule Valentine Gallery Prints. I love that they’re pre-printed tags so they’re quick and easy to cut out, but they have so much more detail than what you can get with just a stamped or stenciled image.

I die cut them with the Capsule Basics dies, as well as the smaller of the new Capsule Fixed Borders dies.

On the blue tag, I stamped a border with the new Capsule Collection Valentine Borders stamp set.

PRO TIP: Use hearts on stems instead of flowers! Pull out whatever dies or stamps you have with stems or leaves, and top them with die cut hearts from the new Whole Hearted Die instead of the blooms that go with whatever stems you’re using! In this case, I used stems from the Botanicuts Wildflower die set, and topped them with leftover hearts that I made with the Whole Hearted die and Coquette Hearts embossing folder. Such a sweet little Valentine twist on flowers!

PRO TIP: Mix and match and just have FUN! I added bits of this and that to each of the tags….I used little leftovers that were laying on my desk. Nothing has to “match” but it all coordinates when you limit your color palette to pinks and reds and kraft, so it all ends up feeling like a really lovely little set.

BONUS: These would be so cute to tuck in a little treat bag or box and give as a gift! Who wouldn’t love to have these to use for their own gift-giving needs?

Next up is another card for my man. Who says you only need one card for your guy? Why not give him a few during Valentine week? Tuck one in his car or leave one by his sink…..little surprise notes left here and there for him to find, to let him know you’re thinking about him!

For this one, I used the new Shortbread Shapes Scalloped Hearts embossing folder and die.

PRO TIP: Remember that just because the die and folder might be designed to work for larger cards, you can always cut them down to suit your needs! This one has a really pretty scalloped detail on the top and bottom, as well as the sides. You could orient the panel any way you’d like, to highlight just one of those sides like I did for the bottom here.

I used one of the Shortbread Shapes: Rectangle Labels to anchor the sentiment so it isn’t just floating on the card front.

The sentiment was created with the new French Kiss stamps and dies and the bow is part of the Shortbread Shapes: Scalloped Hearts die set.

Lastly for today, I used the other new shortbread set to create a birthday card. Many of these items can be used for more than just Valentine cards!

I used the Shortbread Shapes: Rectangle Hearts embossing folder to emboss two panels of card stock. The lighter one, I cut out with the new Sweetest Frames Capsule Edition dies, and then added the coordinating stamped border on top.

I topped it with a bow from the same Sweetest Frames set and added sentiment components with an All Kinds of Happy stamp and die.

PRO TIP: Be sure to cut your top layer from the center of your embossed panel and then use the dotted lines on both layers to line it up so that it looks like one continuous pattern! It’s little details like that one, that will make your card look more polished and professional!

There’s loads more for you today, over at The Greetery Blog! The team has lots to share, too!

1. Caly Person 
2. Dana Kirby
3. Dawn McVey
4. Kelly Lunceford
5. Laura Bassen
6. Laurie Willison
7. Lea Lawson
8. Melissa Phillips
9. Wanda Guess

And be sure to leave a comment so you can be entered to win a free gift card from The Greetery! I hope you win!

Thanks so much for spending a bit of your day with me!

What are you most excited about from this release? I’d love to hear!

xo,

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{Valentine Tags Set supplies — click on thumbnails}

{Happy Valentine’s Day supplies — click on thumbnails}

{Happy Birthday supplies — click on thumbnails}

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