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The Greetery’s New Fête & Fiesta Collection

by Dawn May 11, 2026

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

7. Lea Lawson

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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May 11, 2026 314 comments

The Greetery’s Christmas Gallerie: Printer’s Tray Tags Edition

by Dawn January 15, 2026

All written by Dawn

Hi, friends! It’s my turn to share a project for The Greetery and this one has become a tradition, not to mention my favorite project of the entire year! I look forward to it all year long! We’ve got a vintage printer’s drawer that I use as a tray that I fill with all sorts of gift tags and gift toppers and not only is the making of the items fun, and the filling of the tray fun, but also, the wrapping of the gifts is so fun, too, thanks to such a huge array of goodies to dress the packages up with! Somehow, all those little cubbies full of treats makes it sort of feel like I’m shopping at my own little store where everything is free and I can take and use whatever I want! HAHA! I love it!

With that being said, you might want to grab a cuppa and get cozy! I’ve got a lottttt of pictures to show you! I hope you enjoy…..!

To make all of these goodies, I used the Christmas Gallerie collection of stamps, dies, and embossing folders. It is SO MUCH FUN to just start creating with no real agenda other than a big old pile of pretties to top gifts with. None of it needs to be especially color coordinated, because I think you’ll find that once you get going and you already have certain colors out for one element, it’s easy to use them again on another element and before you know it, it’s all coordinated without you even trying too hard.

I began with all of the Bigger Holiday Botanicals dies and just had fun making several of each one. In some cases, I just made 3 or 4 that were exactly the same and in some cases, I changed up the leaf colors or the flower colors, just to add in some variety.

PRO TIP: Glitter makes everything feel more fancy and festive! And depending on the glitters you choose, it can also make things feel more vintage and nostalgic, which was totally what I went for! The best glitters to achieve this that I’ve found are antique metal colors. I’ve got some Martha Stewart ‘white gold’ and ‘smoky quartz’ that I’ve had forever, and you’ll see them used often on my leaves and such. I use a glue bottle with a fine tip, and just trace quickly along the vein lines on the leaves. I concentrated the glue and glitter more toward the center and bottom of the leaves. You don’t have to be super precise with this! Just a quick swipe with the glue, and the glitter will do the rest and make it look like a vintage Christmas card you just found at an antique shop!

I also used a white glitter in cases where I wanted a more snowy effect. And on some of the red berries, I even used a red glitter that I’ve had for more than a decade! Haha! Pull those glitters out and use them, my friends! It’s fun!

I die cut the Shortbread Shapes: Snowflake and separated the star portions. I added glitter to those, simply tracing around some of the lines on the shape, and then I punched a hole in the top. Those will serve as extra little sparkly trinkets to tie onto gifts along with a tag. If one tag or dangly item hanging from the bow is fun, more are even better!

I die cut quite a few of the new Capsule Christmas Gallerie Prints Cuttables and added various frames and bows and even added glitter to the snowy areas in the pictures. They look so pretty and nostalgic in real life!

I am also in LOVE with the new Capsule Filigree Borders dies!! They add the perfect detailed border around tags and such, BUT the negative shape that is left when the frame is cut, makes a DARLING tag with a built in decorative trim!!! You get a total two-fer with the frame and the negative that are both totally usable elements! Take that negative, layer a pretty die cut on it and punch a whole at the top and BAM! Instant tag!

I also can’t recommend enough die cutting and then stamping the Little and Large Linked Labels dies and then also running them through with the detail embossing folder as well. They are just SO PRETTY and so detailed and professional looking when you add all three elements!

PRO TIP: My biggest tip for you today, is to get yourself a tray or a shoebox or a platter or whatever sort of thing you’ve got on hand…..doesn’t need to be fancy. And then get out your tag making goodies and fill that thing up! Make yourself a gift-topping assortment of things to use when you’re wrapping gifts this year! The creative process is fun, you’ll want to walk by often and gaze lovingly at all the beauty you created – hahaha! – which almost makes it feel like Christmas decor AND you’ll have so much fun shopping from your own little store…I mean, tray…..when you wrap gifts this year! 🙂

You could even make a party out of it and have a friend or ten over and everyone make some tags to fill their own box. OOOH, or each person could bring their own box and a stack of tags to share. Everyone could swap tags and go home with a stash! OR, you could keep it simple and make tags with your kiddos or grandies. There are loads of ways to get it done, but I highly recommend an epic tag tray! Many of the tags could be used as bookmarks, too!

Also, if you’re really wanting a vintage printer’s tray, they’re not hard to find. Antique stores often have several in the different booths around the store, and I’m guessing you could find them on eBay, as well.

{Christmas Gallerie Tag Tray supplies — click on thumbnails}

Be sure to visit The Greetery Blog for more.

I hope I’ve given you some inspiration today! This project makes me want to get back to my desk and make even more goodies, so I hope it does the same for you!

Thanks so much for spending a bit of your day with me! And if you create your own tag assortment, by all means tag me on Instagram! I’d love to see it! Find me at @dawnsing!

xo,

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January 15, 2026 4 comments

World’s Greatest Birthday – The Greetery

by Dawn September 18, 2025

All written by Dawn

Hello, friends! I’ve got a fun post to share with you today for The Greetery! It was recently my hubby’s birthday, so I made a card and a couple of gift tags for his gifts and I had so much fun putting them together!

I pulled out the World’s Greatest set, which is such a fun one for guy cards of all kinds. I knew I wanted to use purple (his favorite team’s color – Kansas State University – is purple, so I knew I wanted the card to have lots of purple. That was perfect for the background behind the trophy.

I stamped it with the Sparkler Background stamp and then die cut it with two of the Postal Frames dies, popping up the center one with foam adhesive. Such a simple way to add some fun and interesting detail to your card easily!

PRO TIP: You can do this with any nesting dies. Hearts, circles, square, whatever! Die cut the larger one for the main border, but then die cut a smaller one from the center of your panel and pop it up with foam adhesive! Easy peasy!

You can see above, how it adds some cool dimension!

Filling the trophy is the fun part! In this case, I used the Make a Wish set to make my won color coordinated candles, along with some Starburst Baubles! Very festive for a guy birthday, don’t you think?

PRO TIP: Those starbursts are technically little tags, so I just tucked the tag end into the trophy to hide it!

Then I made a second trophy to serve as a gift tag! The twine is just tied on one of the handles. SUCH a fun gift tag!

I also used the Make A Wish dies to create another gift tag! This one couldn’t be simpler….just cut out the two pieces, adhere them together and tie some twine through the loop at the top!

Here, you can see how the tags look tied on the gifts!

PRO TIP: I sometimes like to let my card serve as a jumbo gift tag! Particularly when you’re giving the gift and you don’t need to keep the contents of your card private, I like to punch a hole inside the card, in the upper right or left corner. Then, run a piece of twine or ribbon through the hole and tie it onto the gift. You’ve gone to all the work to create that lovely card! Why not let it shine?! No need to hide it in an envelope unless you need to!

{World’s Greatest Birthday supplies — click on thumbnails}

Hope I’ve inspired you to get crafty today! Be sure to head over to The Greetery Blog, too!
Thanks for being here, friend!
xo,

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September 18, 2025 7 comments

Baby Girl’s Big Birthday

by Dawn September 18, 2025

All written by Dawn

Hello, friends! I’ve got a fun post to share with you today for The Greetery! We went to a baby’s first birthday several weeks back and I made a sweet little birthday card to coordinate with the gift bag(s) I found at Target!

PRO TIP: I love to buy simple, colorful gift bags and then dress them up with my own custom dressings! A card, some ribbons, a statement gift tag….whatever the case may be, it’s a great way to make sure your gift isn’t gonna look like ANYone else’s at the party! And bonus, the more simple gift bags are lots cheaper than the ones with all sorts of graphics and artwork on them!

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To make my card, I pulled out the Award Winning dies and die cut the different layers from colors that matched my gift bag. Next, I stamped the sentiment from Inflated Sentiments, again with colors that would coordinate with the bag.

I then pulled out the Alpha-buds Slim stamp set (which I’m sorry to tell you has been disconnected) and the A2 Stitched Scallops dies to create my own custom patterned background layer. I love how those sweet flowers add a really soft touch to the otherwise more bold card, particularly since this was for a baby girl.

Lastly, I pulled out the Bold Numbers dies, to add that cute little ‘1’ at the bottom.

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PRO TIP: I love to use the card as the actual gift tag! Sometimes I put the card in an envelope, but sometimes, like in this case, I just feel like the card is so fun and goes so well with the bag, why not let the card serve as a jumbo gift tag and really dress the bag up! (This works particularly well when you’re not writing anything super private on the inside! LOL!)

To do this, simply use a hole punch to punch a hole in the inside upper corner of the tag, and then tie it on with ribbon or twine.

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I added a couple of different coordinating ribbons to add more interest and texture and I think it turned out pretty cute!

Hope this gets your creative wheels turning for the next time you need to use a gift bag!

{Baby’s First Birthday supplies — click on thumbnails}

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xo,

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September 18, 2025 0 comments