The Greetery {Amour Market Collection Day 2}

Hello and welcome to day 2 of the Amour Market Collection from The Greetery! I'm so excited to share my projects with you today showcasing even more beautiful new products! I never put away the two Christmas releases and I don't plan on putting this one away anytime soon, either! Each and every piece can be used in so many different ways other than Valentine's Day, with the exception of some of the sentiments! Before I dive in, make sure to head to The Greetery Blog for the official "meet and greet"! Also, you'll want to leave a comment here, and on each of the designers' blogs, to be eligible to win one of two $50 gift cards to the shop.

My first card for today uses a few things from yesterday along with some new things and of course some of the basics that are just too good not to keep using! To begin this card, I heat embossed the new Sweetest Frames Capsule Edition in gold on a piece of Vintage Cream cardstock and then cut it using the coordinating Sweetest Frames Capsule Edition Die. I then used the new Capsule Fixed Border Small to cut the frame that's layered on top of the embossed panel. I cut it from Vintage Cream and then stamped it with the new Capsule Collection Valentine Borders Stamp Set. When I was talking about the Fixed Borders yesterday, I mentioned the smaller one and it is perfect for all of the stamp sets in this series! I can't wait to go back and revisit some of the previously released sets to try it with this frame.

I added that stamped frame using foam squares and then nestled the heat embossed red panel down inside and secured it with adhesive. The next step was the heart; I already had it cut and embossed from my big projects that I shared yesterday. I used brighter gold cardstock to cut the Heart Filigree Border and glued it using liquid glue. I also heat embossed the sentiment from the Capsule collection valentine Borders Stamp Set in the oval on the heart.

I layered it using foam squares and then tucked the flowers underneath using liquid glue.

The background was cut using the new Shortbread Shapes Scalloped Hearts Die and embossing folder. I rubbed some gold pigment ink over the top to give it some added detail. The bow die is also included in the die collection, so I cut it from the same gold as what I used on the heart and adhered it with liquid glue and a pearl.

The Shortbread Shapes Rectangle Hearts can also be used in non-valentines ways as well. I've been working on a quilt as one of my after-Christmas projects so I've had squares, grids, and quilting designs on the brain so when I saw the new edition to the Shortbread Shapes family, I wanted to turn it into a quilt card!

The first step was to pick some pattern paper that looked like fabric, or that coordinated well together for the look I was going for. I almost scrapped the whole idea because I was struggling to find the right thing, but I finally landed on some paper from K & Company  paper pad called Classic K Bailey 12 by 12 that I've had for a bajillion years!

I used the Shortbread Shapes Rectangle Die to cut out all of the individual squares; there is only one that actually cuts out, so I just used that one for all of the squares. I also used it to cut the grid out from Vintage Cream cardstock. I adhered the patterned squares in a good arrangement and then used the Shortbread Shapes Rectangle Hearts Embossing Folder to "quilt" it!

I cut the "binding" from the red pattern paper I used on the quilt to give it a good border. Once that was done, I got to work on the rest of the details. I pulled out the beloved Sew Vintage Die to create the sewing machine. I stamped the details with Gold pigment ink for a realistic  look.

I also had some fun creating a few more elements for the card using the Notionable Die. I made some scissors from Rose Gold Mirror cardstock and I was so sad they didn't end up looking good on the card! Oh well...looks like another project is in order! wink!

I chose the sentiment to really pull the "love" theme together from the Sew Vintage Stamp Set. I forgot to mention it is the same stamp set used to stamp the sewing machine. The entire "quilt" portion is adhered to a background that was embossed using the same paper as the sentiment and the Shortbread Shapes Scalloped Hearts embossing folder.

My third and final card for today features the Shortbread Shapes Scalloped Hearts Die and embossing folder as an actual shortbread card! ha ha! took me long enough! I had so much fun with this card and I adore the new French Kiss sentiments; the font is so vintage and beautiful!

As you can see, I used another Coquette Heart because I just can't seem to stop! I also used another bouquet of flowers, but this one done up in pinks and corals.

I added some Frayed Burlap Distress Oxide ink to the base and some Antique Linen ink to the shortbread portion.

The rest is pretty self-explanatory because I have used all of these products so much! haha!

I've had the best time creating with this new collection and it will be available for purchase tomorrow! Don't forget to leave a comment here, and on each of the designers' blogs, for a chance to win one of two gift cards to the shop! Thanks for fluttering by!

Caly Person

Dana Kirby

Dawn McVey

Kelly Lunceford (you are here)

Laura Bassen

Laurie Willison

Lea Lawson

Melissa Phillips

Wanda Guess