The Greetery {Confetti Encore Collection} Day 1

I'm so thrilled to be here today as we begin the celebration for The Greetery's FIFTH birthday!!! Can you believe it? I've been busy as a little bee working on birthday-themed projects to share with you today! I was just lamenting that my birthday stash is dwindling and needed a refresh...this collection couldn't have come at a more perfect time! Make sure you head to The Greetery Blog for the official "meet and greet" for each of today's featured 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 Greetery Shop!

My first card for today features the new Flourished Phrases Birthday Stencil and die! To begin, I used the three different stencils to create the "phrase" and then die cut it using the coordinating die. Like the other "Flourished Phrases", there is an option to cut out the individual letters, which I did on a previous version of this card, but ended up not liking it, so it ended up in the circular file! ha ha! I used saltwater taffy distress oxide ink for the "flourishes", twisted citron and mowed lawn for the letters, and rustic wilderness for the shadow on the letters.

Once that was done, I prepared an A2 panel using the Airmail Border Stencil. I added the scalloped portions, which were created using the Ribbon Maker: Large Scallops die to the back of the panel using ScorTape. I trimmed it in half so I could use one piece for both edges. I layered this entire panel onto an A2 top-folding A2 card base, but as you can see, the scallops make it larger than an A2 card. The 3 dimensional gifts won't allow for an envelope anyway, so I figured I'd just have fun and not worry about certain parameters! This will definitely be a "hand-delivered" card or attached to a gift!

I had quite a bit of fun with the little gifts! Ever since Betsy made her Christmas tags with the little gifts attached, I've been itching to make some gifts myself and this was the perfect opportunity! You will see more little gifts tomorrow (wink)!

I used the Holiday Hatchback Toppers: Luggage Die to make the box shape along with the pierced "ribbons", but then I used the Gifts Galore Die for the bows and tags! I just love how they turned out...they remind me of Barbie gifts! ha ha! I also made some flower bundles using the Winter Medley die and tucked them here and there for additional detail!

My next project is a collection of tags using the new Four Square Birthday stamp set and die! These tags also feature the new Ticker Tape Hot Foil which you will be seeing a lot more of! It is the perfect celebratory background and yields such beautiful results. I have a Gemini foil machine and I set it to high and let it heat for 25 seconds! It turned out perfectly without any over-foiling!

I made a collection of four tags because it's easy to make four with the dies, but as you can see, I had so much fun mixing and matching cardstock that  I ended up cutting way more than  four! ha ha!

I used the Four Square Birthday stamps and dies for all of the sentiments; such a playful assortment!

You can see the hotfoiled detail a little bit better here on this closeup picture.

All of the tags are double layered; I glued them at the top and stamped a to: from: sentiment on the inside. I used some gold metallic baker's twine to add to each of the tags.

My third and final project for today is a bright and cheery birthday card featuring the incredible new Curly Q Streamers die and the new Celebration Streamers stamp + stencil. I used both of these two products for a dimensional card!

This card also features the new It's Your Day die; I cut it from gold mirror cardstock and then layered it onto an aqua shadow.

The back of the packaging for the Celebration Streamers stamp + stencil gives tips on how to make different colored streamers, so I followed those instructions for the colorful background. I die cut the streamers from white and then used ink to color the different pieces and then glued them together. I couldn't get enough of them, so you will see even more streamers tomorrow! The Happy Birthday sentiment at the bottom is from the new Four Square Birthday Tags stamp set. Well....this concludes my post for day 1, but join me again tomorrow for day 2! Don't forget to leave a comment on the other designers' blogs!

Angelica

Dana

Dawn

Kelly (you are here)

Laurie

Melissa

Wanda