The Greetery {Let's Make Memories} Holiday Collection Day 2

Hello and welcome to day 2 of The Greetery's Holiday Countdown! Thanks so much for ALL of the love on yesterday's post! You guys are the best! I love the pink trees,too! If you liked today, you're going to love today just as much! I am absolutely in LOVE with these cute new "Care-a-Van" stamps, dies and the Happy Hippie Van 3D treat/gift box and I think you will, too! Make sure you head to The Greetery Blog to read all about today's products! Also, the rest of the design team has a visual feast for you as well, so make sure you head to their blogs as well! Leave a comment here to be eligible to win some $$$ to The Greetery shop! 

Kay Miller

Laurie Willison

Dawn McVey

Heather Nichols

Keeway Tsao

Lizzie Jones

Norine Borys

Wanda Guess

First up is a festive card using the new "Care-a-Van" stamps and dies to create a fun Christmas design! I wasn't assigned the Knit Wit Stencils last month, but that didn't mean that I didn't absolutely HAVE to have them! LOL! I was itching to use them so I created a non-traditional "knitted" snowflake background! What do you think? I used Moonstone Glimmer past on the ink blended panel to create this sparkly backdrop!

While the background was drying, I got to work on the van and gifts. I actually stamped quite a few in red, green, and pink. I made some pick up trucks earlier this year for my Keeping Christmas series that you can see HERE. I really liked that color scheme, so I decided to continue with it for these projects as well!

Once all the vans and gifts were stamped, I used the coordinating "Care-a-Van" die collection to die cut everything out. As you can see, I'm still loving the "Drifting" die collection that was showcased yesterday. It added it to the bottom of the card using foam squares for a lot of dimension.

One of my favorite things about this stamp set is the swags, beads, bows, etc. that are included so you can dress the van up in holiday style! There are some cute little passengers which I used on another card that I will be sharing later! Betsy always thinks of everything, doesn't she? I also added one of the trees from the Foliage No. 2 stamp set that was showcased yesterday. I mentioned that I'd stamped a forest, and that forest just keeps on giving! LOL! The sentiment, which is from the Care-a-Van stamp set, is stamped onto a die cut from the Sentiment Suite Basic Die collection.

A few sparkling clear sequins finish off this festive scene! I had so much fun working on this card! Next up are some fun new Happy Hippie Van treat boxes!

I die cut enough pieces to create 6 boxes, but I only ended up by assembling these 3 to show you. I'll be working on the rest in the days to come to add to my GROWING stash of Christmas cards, boxes, tags, etc! It's amazing how much I have created in the last month!

First of all, Betsy is a genius; like beyond proportion! These are just the cutest thing ever and so easy to assemble. She really thought of everything to make these as efficient as possible. I used the Happy Hippie Van Accessories Dies, but she is also offering a stencil so that you can simply blend the color on if your budget or time doesn't allow for the dies! I think that is fabulous!

I used some of my leftover vans to make some quick and adorable tags! The sentiments included in the set make it very versatile as well.

I even added a star from the Tree Trimmings collection showcased yesterday. I have so many bits and bobs hanging around from my crafting sessions so I can easily add them here and there until they get used! LOL!

The sentiments from the "Care-a-van" stamp set fit perfectly on the sides of these Happy  Hippie Vans as well! I couldn't resist adding some Crystal Glaze to the windows for some realistic shine and detail! It's always nice to have some silver and gold specialty papers on hand for the holidays and they look so nice die cut as the bumpers and hub caps on the van; oh, yeah....the hood ornament, too! Soooo cute!