The Greetery {Recollective Holiday Collection} Release Day

I'm thrilled to be here today because that means the waiting is OVER! ha ha! It's finally release day for the Recollective Holiday Collection from The Greetery! I know many of you have been chomping at the bit to get your hands on this beautiful new release! I'm sharing a bonus card with you today using a few favorites; Big Beautiful Bow, BotaniCuts Juniper, and the Plaid Tidings suite of products!

As you can see, I went full plaid with the stencils this time, AND I added some Nuvo Crystal Glaze that I was yearning for on my countdown card. I just love those dimensional, popped up, shiny letters!

I assembled my bow before I completely figured out my layout; in hindsight, I would have left the tails off until it was all put together and then had them framing the sentiment by coming off the sides of the bow, rather than trailing down. Oh well...live and learn...and make another card, right? LOL!

I used the Windowpane plaid background for a tone-on-tone look so I wouldn’t overwhelm the plaid letters. I recently bought a mini brayer, and I am finding that I am getting great results when I apply  ink to the background with the brayer.. I used to use one quite a bit back in my early days of stamping, but I definitely got out of the habit. I am really loving how evenly it applies the ink to the background so you can get a perfect image the first time you stamp. I find it particularly beneficial when I am using the windowpane plaid background because you want the lines to be straight and not to be wonkily stamped. Also, I have to admit that the door on my regular sized MISTI is not altogether sturdy right now. Two of the hinges on the top and the bottom are broken and so it has a tendency of not lining up each time I press down. When I use these large rubber background stamps, I remove the black mat, and then lay the background face up in the bed of the Misti. Once that is done, I line my paper up on top of the rubber and use washi tape to get it to stick to the lid. From there, I ink up the background, and then press the lid down as many times as I need until I get a good impression. Because my door is broken, it is proving difficult to get a nice impression if I have to stamp more than once! Yay for the brayer!!!! it is a Tim Holtz brand, and it is just the perfect size!

I added some of the holly that is included in the Plaid Tidings stamp/die set and the Juniper branches here and there for some holiday greenery. I had so much fun creating this card! Thanks for fluttering by!

P.S. the entire Recollective Holiday Collection will be available for purchase beginning at 10 am ET TODAY!