The Greetery {Fireside Holiday Collection} Day 1

Hello and welcome, friends! It's the most wonderful time of the year! I'm so excited to be hear today as we introduce the AMAZING and beautiful new Fireside Collection from The Greetery! I have been thoroughly enjoying myself as I have been creating holiday projects to share with you today! As always, you'll want to make sure to head to  The Greetery Blog for the official "meet and greet" for the new products! Also, make sure to leave a comment here, and on each of the designers' blogs, for a chance to win one of two $50 gift certificates to the shop!

The first main product that is being showcased on these three cards is the new Have a Spine die collection that allows you to create book covers with ease! I couldn't stop with just one, so I made three book cards and each one also uses new products I'm excited to share with you!

My first card features the new Fireside Die Collection and the Hung with Care die collection in addition to the new Bookish Frames stamp set. I'm particularly fond of the new Bookish Frames stamp set because it includes sentiments from The Night Before Christmas! My sweet sister gifted my family a GORGEOUS pop-up book that we love looking at each year. When we pull it out again this year, I can't wait to use it as inspiration for even more book-themed Christmas cards!

I chose to use gold paper for the pages for a luxe look and a few other gold accents. There are a lot of fun additional accessories that you can add to the fireplace!

My second book card uses the new The Christmas Story stamp/die set paired with the older Christmas Time in the Country Die to create the cute stable/manger elements.

This card also features the smaller frame included in the Bookish Frames stamp/die set.

For my third book-themed card, I chose to use the beautiful new Scripted Holiday Sentiments stamp/die set.

I just adore these beautiful sentiments that allow you to create stylish Christmas cards! You can see just how beautiful the largest frame is that is included in the Bookish Frames stamp set.

I created a tone-on-tone look for the spine on this one; it says "from our home to yours"!

My next card features the beautiful new Winter Crest stamp/stencil combo, plus die! There is also a separate die for the frame, but I just used the stamp and not the die, but I'm sure some of the other designers used it on their projects.

My color combo was a happy accident; I ran upstairs to switch the laundry during my crafty session and I didn't get the ink off my fingers when I touched the CLEAN, WHITE laundry (eek!) so I quickly needed to wash my hands and the soap bottle in my adjoining bathroom was the perfect color inspiration! Needless to say, the laundry didn't get switched, but rather washed again to get the inky residue washed off! ha ha! Anyway, it was a happy accident which led to inspiration for this card! 

The base cardstock color is Lagoon from Fun Stampers Journey and I inked it up with SU! Not Quite Navy ink.

I die cut the entire focal piece from white cardstock, stamped the foliage and then stenciled the berries. I stamped the frame as well and then used the stencils to add shading to the inside of the frame.

The die set includes the banner and the NOEL and then stamped them with the Winter Crest stamp set.

I added some details to the foliage and berries using colored pencils.

Christmas cards just beckon for glitter, so I added some to the berries and leaves. 

If you know me, then you know I just adore using the Winter Medley die to create flower clusters to tuck here and there on my cards. I'm warning you now, my die got a major workout for this release! ha ha!

My final card for today features the cute new Warm and Cozy die and the Warm and Cozy stamp set.

For this card, I die cut the Bookish Frame using the die so it had more depth and dimension. I had so much fun creating this  peaceful scene.

This cute chair would be perfect next to the  Fireside fireplace die set and I'm sure a few designers probably did just that!

I wanted to create additional texture that you might find in a textile, so I used the Pierced Plaid Pierce Plate for the background. I couldn't resist adding the cute little cat to the rug!

There are some fun sentiments that accent this cute Warm and Cozy chair, but I used the new Scripted Holiday Sentiments for my peaceful card! 

Please join me again tomorrow for day 2 of full reveals! Thanks for fluttering by!

P.S. Don't forget to visit the other designers' blogs to see their beautiful inspiration!

Angelica

Dana

Dawn

Kelly (you are here)

Laura

Laurie

Melissa

Wanda