The Greetery June Release Day 3 - Blooming Branch, Robin & Wren, and Sentiment Suite: Birthday

Hello friends! Long time, no blog. I've had some family matters that have pulled me from crafting for a little while, BUT, I am excited to be back today helping with The Greetery's June release. It's already Day 3 of the New Product Meet & Greets, so if you need to catch up, be sure to check out Day 1 and Day 2 too.

Today's featured products are: BLOOMING BRANCH stamps and dies, ROBIN & WREN stamps and dies, and SENTIMENT SUITE: BIRTHDAY stamp set. For more detailed info about these new products, visit The Greetery blog. Connect with The Greetery on Instagram or Facebook as well!

All of the new products will be available for purchase in The Greetery store on Friday, June 21 at 10:00 am Eastern Time.

I've combined all three of today's products on this bright and colorful birthday tag. Both BLOOMING BRANCH and ROBIN & WREN are multi-step stamps. The image layers allow you to create amazing depth with just a few impressions.

I stamped my branch in shades of brown, then stamped the green leaves and bright pink flowers. I can't get over how gorgeous these images are *and* how easy they are to stamp!

I stamped the tiny birthday sentiment from SENTIMENT SUITE: BIRTHDAY onto a tiny tag from the SENTIMENT SUITE BASICS die set and "hung" it from one of the branches.

I decided to stamp the birds in bright yellows instead of robin colors. I don't know if these fellows actually exist in the wild, but they are perfectly at home here on my tag. Don't be afraid to go off-script with your bird color choices!

For more inspiration with today's products, visit the following designers. Let us know what you think in the comments! Comments on all the blogs are eligible for a giveaway, too.

The Greetery blog

Kay Miller

Laurie Willison

Laurie Schmidlin

Dawn McVey

Lizzie Jones

Keeway Tsao

The Greetery - Pink Floral Wreath

Hello friends, wanted to pop in and share another card I made last month with FLEUR IMPRESSIONS and COMFORTING COMMANDS from The Greetery. These sets are both sold out currently, but you can sign up to be notified when they are back in stock.

For this card, I made a wreath design using multiples of just one of the floral images in FLEUR IMPRESSIONS. This particular image has the perfect natural bend for wreath-making. 

In the center is my favorite Scripture from COMFORTING COMMANDS, stamped in a golden yellow ink and die-cut with the matching COMFORTING COMMANDS dies.

I placed everything on a medium gray background. For added interest, I splattered with white paint and did some light ink blending around the perimeter with white pigment ink.

Have a great week!

Be Still & Know - The Greetery

Happy Wednesday, friends, and happy May! I promised more Fleur Impressions + Comforting Commands projects from The Greetery, so let's get going on that! 

But first, a quick tip: many of The Greetery's first release products sold out quickly (congratulations Betsy!). Be sure to sign up for email notifications for the products you're interested in, that way you'll be the first to know when those items are back in stock.

I had so much fun stamping various color combos for these layered flowers. Each flower image has either two or three layers, plus the centers (and not including the leaves). These pinks and reds look especially beautiful against the crisp white background!

There are four different scripture sentiments in Comforting Commands. Of the five cards I've made so far, three of them used "be still and know." I didn't do that on purpose, so it's interesting to see how that one Scripture seemed to emerge as my favorite. It's been a difficult year so far, so it certainly resonates! For this card, I stamped in black pigment ink and heat embossed in clear for a little extra pop.

I just *love* these two sets!

Have a great rest of the week!

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The Greetery Launch Week Day 2: Fleur Impressions and Comforting Commands

Hello friends, this week is super exciting. Why? It's launch week for Betsy Veldman's new stamp company, The Greetery. Betsy is an amazing, innovative artist and one of the most creative (and genuinely kind) people I know. I'm beyond thrilled to see where she goes with this new venture!

The Greetery store will officially open for business on Friday, April 26 at 10am Eastern. 

Be sure to follow The Greetery blog as well, and connect on social media: @the_greetery on Instagram, and The Greetery on Facebook. 

Today is Day Two of the first release countdown, and I am honored to help introduce FLEUR IMPRESSIONS, a beautiful layered floral stamp set with coordinating dies, and COMFORTING COMMANDS, a hand-lettered Scripture set, also with coordinating dies. 

Isn't everything just so beautiful?! 

I started out by ink-blending a striped background with Scattered Straw and Spun Sugar Distress Oxide inks. For added interest, I diecut it with stitched rectangle dies and popped up the inner piece.

Look at that beautiful lettering! COMFORTING COMMANDS has four large Scripture sentiments, along with a handful of supporting stamps for finishing the sentiment or adding the Scripture reference.

I've been loving my Distress Oxide inks so much lately, but especially here on these FLEUR IMPRESSIONS flowers. Because of the pigment formulation, I was able to layer lighter inks on top of darker inks, rather than the usual light-to-dark progression of dye inks.

Each of the floral images has three or four layers, and they were quite easy to line up. In addition, there are a few smaller leaf-only images perfect for tucking in here and there to form larger floral arrangements.

Stamps: Fleur Impessions, Comforting Commands

Dies: The Greetery Fleur Impressions and Comforting Commands; 

Simon Says Stamp stitched rectangles

Ink: Scattered Straw, Spun Sugar, Picket Fence, Worn Lipstick, Mustard Seed, 

Fossilized Amber, Shabby Shutters, Peeled Paint, Pumice Stone, Hickory Smoke, Black Soot

Paper: Neenah Solar White

Other: ink blending brushes, masking tape, white sequins

My next card features the same warm pink and yellow color combo, this time with a different COMFORTING COMMANDS sentiment. I started by ink-blending the background using a cloud stencil.

I added a little bit of Distress Ink splatter, then spritzed the whole panel with shimmer spray. The shimmer is so beautiful in person!

I popped up the sentiment with foam tape, then accented with White Nuvo Drops.

Stamps: Comforting Commands

Dies: The Greetery Comforting Commands

Simon Says Stamp stitched rectangles

Ink: Scattered Straw, Spun Sugar, Picket Fence, Worn Lipstick, 

Mustard Seed, Fossilized Amber

Paper: Neenah Solar White

Other: ink blending brushes, Simon Says Stamps Clouds For Days stencil, White Nuvo Drops

Not to be a tease, but I couldn't stop creating with these beautiful products, so I will have lots more to share with you in the days and weeks ahead. 

But for more FLEUR IMPRESSIONS and COMFORTING C'OMMANDS inspiration *right now,* visit The Greetery blog and today's guest designers:

The Greetery

Heather Nichols

Dawn McVey

Keeway Tsao

Laurie Schmidlin

Thanks for visiting!

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