Hi Friends! Welcome back for another day of Greetery goodness! Today, we've got several more gorgeous new products to show you, so let's dig right in!
First up is a beautiful new set called Budding Beauties, which consists of three different branch styles with berries....in this case, I used two different types of stems -- a pine branch and a mistletoe -- to create my bouquet. I also tucked in some of the Inside & Out Berry Branch stems I showed you yesterday, cut from a crisp white card stock. I also used the largest Nordic Frame die here, to cut out that white border around the card.
PRO TIP: When you first get your Nordic Dies, all three will be wired together. You can cut use them without cutting them apart, to get a set of frame/borders, just like this one here. Of course, after you cut your dies apart, the center portion on your die cuts will be solid and not a cut out, like this one. But no worries! If you like this look (rather than having a solid center), you can continue to use multiple Nordic Dies together, just by using a bit of washi to hold each one in place when running them through your machine.
I love how the colors just POP on the crisp white background, and yet the addition of the white border and white die cut accents, really adds a lot of depth to this card!
Ok, so another new item coming out this release, is the Fit To Be Tied die set, which consists of multiple bow die options! I used two of the dies in the set, to create this large, layered bow. I die cut both pieces from the same color aqua card stock, but used a blending brush and a bit of ink, to darken up the top layer!
As for the sentiment, I used a tiny one from the Sentiment Suite: Thank You set. I love to start stockpiling thank you cards this time of year, to have at the ready when gifts start coming in during the holidays.
{With Sincere Thanks supplies -- click on thumbnails}
Next up, I used another new stamp set being introduced today, called Winter Sketches. This lovely, detailed branch set is a fun one to stamp with, because again, you have lots of room for color play when layering colors. The set contains a large branch cluster, as well as two smaller ones. I stamped a pile of all three, and then mixed them all up here, to create these pretty borders.
To really anchor the borders, so they don't like they're just floating on the card front, I added a strip of red card stock at the top and bottom of the card.
The sentiment is one from With Love at Christmas.
{Sending Love at Christmas supplies}
Ok, last one for today and this one features another new product being released -- BotaniCuts Pine Bough die. Remember the BotaniCuts succulent dies? This is the next in that series, and this one creates a really gorgeous and detailed pine bough and two different sizes of pinecones!
Believe it or not, I just used white card stock to make all of these die cuts! I cut out all of the pieces from white card stock, but before I removed them from the negative die cut, I blended ink on the pieces with my blending brushes! SO fun and good grief, it couldn't be easier! Just do all your blending before popping all the pieces out, to give them more stability. Otherwise, you'll bend all your little branches up.
After all the ink blending was done, I just used some liquid glue to glue all the pieces together, and then once I had them glued on my card front, I added a little more liquid glue and sprinkled on some glitter. The sentiment is from the Christmas Eve stamp set.
PRO TIP: Cut down on the glitter mess, by gluing your die cuts to your card first and THEN adding your glitter, rather than glittering up your pieces and having to handle them more, when attaching them to your card. The card serves as a great "handle" for you to hold on to, while sprinkling the glitter on to your die cuts!
{Silent Night Holy Night supplies}
All right, I'm gonna run, but all of the other gals on the Creative Team have projects to share with you today, too!
Kay Miller
Laurie Willison
Dawn McVey
Heather Nichols
Keeway Tsao
Angelica Conrad
Lizzie Jones
Kelly Lunceford
Norine Borys
Wanda Guess
And don't forget to visit the the Greetery Blog today, for even more! You're sure to leave feeling inspired!
Thanks so much for being here, friends!
What products are you most excited about this release? I'd love to hear!
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