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November 4, 2026

The Greetery – District Twelve/25 Collection – Week 4! The Christmas Confectionery!

Hi everyone! It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Time to continue with the Christmas 2026 Collection from The Greetery! This year’s collection is called District Twelve/25 and it’s MAGIC! There are so many new products! They are, as you would expect, classy and beautiful! It’s a huge release and this year Betsy decided to do something a little different with the release! We are week four now! And there are even more to come!

Today is the first day of the FOURTH week of the festivities! This week’s release is called Christmas Confectionery! A new sweet SUITE of products with a Christmas cookie theme! Stamps, dies, stencils and an embossing folder. It’s so perfect! The entire design team and Betsy are sharing projects today. Then, this part of the new release will be available for shopping TOMORROW 11/5! Next week, we’ll do it all again. WOOHOOO! This has been so fun to show you!

Today I’m sharing a card I made with the new products! Think pink and pastels and all the wonderfully cute Christmas themes – oh, and lots of sparkly glitter too!

CLICK HERE FOR THE SUPPLIES FOR TODAY’S CARDS!

(I WILL UPDATE WITH THE NEW ITEMS TOMORROW!)

My finished card is a white A2 card base. I die cut a soft pink A2 scallop die as my background for the pretty images. This card features all the parts of the Confectionery collection along with the brand new Laid Back Holiday stamps! I chose pink, soft green and aqua for my colors!

I started by stenciling the gorgeous images and both small and large blending brushes (with Distress Inks)…. Then I embossed the stenciled panel, and then die cut the images out (All with one die!!). Love love love it! I splattered on a generous amount of white paint snow….

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I wanted my images to be very shimmery, but also I wanted to use chunky glitter. I ended up making my own custom glitter mix and it came out so great! I took an old container and mixed Rock Candy chunky glitter and some super fine glitter and some other random glitter from my stash. SO fun!! I generously glued the glitter on all the pieces.

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The sentiment was heat embossed in festive gold embossing powder into the center of the pink panel. Then I arranged the ‘cookies’ around the sentiment using foam tape. I added a few clear gems at the end.

That’s it for today’s post, but there is still more to come – exploring all the new products in the District Twelve/25 collection. The products in today’s post will be available tomorrow for shopping! Oh Yeah!

Each week’s products will be available as an easy-to-shop bundle, but the products will also be available individually! Orders will ship immediately (within Greetery’s typical processing times) and will not be held/combined with subsequent releases. These are not limited edition products. Just like the other releases, if items sell out Greetery will restock them as quickly as possible!

GIVEAWAY & PRIZE information is in the graphic below! Leave a comment to win a prize! Good Luck!

CLICK HERE FOR THE SUPPLIES FOR TODAY’S CARDS!

CLICK HERE TO SHOP THE NEW RELEASE ON 11/5 AT 10AM EST!

DESIGN TEAM LINKS FOR TODAY!

1. Caly Person

2. Dana Kirby

3. Dawn McVey

4. Kelly Lunceford

5. Laura Bassen

6. Laurie Willison

7. Lea Lawson

8. Melissa Phillips

9. Wanda Guess

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October 29, 2026

The Greetery – District Twelve/25 Release Day #3 – Novelties and Nativities!

THE GREETERY NEW RELEASE IS LIVE NOW!!

THE DISTRICT TWELVE/25 PART THREE IS AVAILABLE!

CLICK HERE TO SHOP!!

Woohoo! It was my pleasure to introduce the brand new District Twelve/25 Novelties and Nativities Collection yesterday! If you scroll back to my last blog post, you can see all my projects from this part of the new release! If you have any questions – reach out!! Thanks for all the love and kind comments! Happy Creating! Can’t wait to see what YOU make!

And because a bunch of you emailed me individually (thank you) trying to figure out the commenting situation…I finally spent some time fixing that! Now, a comment box should appear at the bottom of all my posts! Whew. We have a lot more posts coming for The Greetery – two more weeks after this one! I appreciate you guys so much! The love you’re writing in my comments is so nice!

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October 28, 2026

The Greetery – District Twelve/25 Release Day #3 – Novelties and Nativities!

Hi everyone! It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Time to continue with the Christmas 2026 Collection from The Greetery! This year’s collection is called District Twelve/25 and it’s MAGIC! There are so many new products! They are, as you would expect, classy and beautiful! It’s a huge release and this year Betsy decided to do something a little different with the release! We are week three now! And there are two more to come!

To quote Betsy: “We’re taking more of a bite-sized, slowed-down approach to our holiday release, but one that I am really excited about! We have 30+ new products waiting in the wings. For the past seven years, we have done one large, somewhat overwhelming (for me at least, and maybe for you too) release in October, and a smaller one in November. This year we’re taking a different approach… Beginning next week (today!), we’ll be taking a 6 week “Shop Hop” through District Twelve25…a line-up of quaint and cozy “shops”, filled with holiday goodies. Each “shop” is a themed group of products. Each week we will visit one shop…”

Today is the first day of the THIRD week of the festivities! This week’s release is called Novelties and Nativities Collection! There’s a new duo of Treat Boxes (the Market Totes) and a new Nativity set. The entire design team and Betsy are sharing projects today. Then, this part of the new release will be available for shopping TOMORROW 10/29! Next week, we’ll do it all again. WOOHOOO! Ho ho ho indeed!

Today I’m sharing two projects made with the first set of new products. One Gift Card Holder/Treat Box and one card. The new items this week are more classic Christmas. But the new totes can be used for any occasion (I will have another project with the tote soon!) Betsy added to the Capsule Collection with a Nativity set. Perfect.

CLICK HERE FOR THE SUPPLIES FOR TODAY’S CARDS!

(I WILL UPDATE WITH THE NEW ITEMS TOMORROW!)

My first project for today features the brand new Market Tote Box! There are TWO Market Totes being released. This is the larger of the two. There is a mini one as well! The one I’ve used today is a good size and can hold a gift card, candies or another small present! It is so easy to make and you can use it for anything! I’m thinking birthday favors or shower placecard holders…SO many ideas. I used red and green and gold and made mine a Christmas gift!

You start making the Tote by die cutting two of the same die. Then you glue them together – SO easy! One of my favorite things to do with treat boxes is to “line” the inside of the box with gingham. So to do this I die cut a third piece using the gingham and glued it to the inside/back before I put the box together. Yay! I am also using the Teeny Tags Dies and Stamp set for this adorable tag.

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Here is the gift card to match (coffee of course) so you can see the scale of the tote! The inside is vellum, instead of tissue paper, because it’s just a little bit thicker and fancier.

I used the Bold numbers dies in gold to add 25 and then I used the Holly Botanicut and the little bow from the Tote set. I added glitter and snow to the leaves and numbers and also white paint splatters.

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Here is a side view of the tote. The die set has little pieces to add the pierced details!

And the bottom of the tote for more reference!

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My card for today features the brand new Capsule Nativity Scene dies that match up with the Capsule Collection! It’s simple and clean and perfect for the season. The sentiment is from the brand new Laid Back Holiday Stamp set! My finished card is an A2 card base covered in green stripes and then the featured dies. I used the previously released Capsule Holiday Borders to make a greenery border around the nativity scene.

I added some Juniper greenery at the bottom of the scene and then placed the sentiment on top of the greenery. I stamped the sentiment in brown ink and die cut it with the matching die. I used the traditional Christmas colors and woodgrain for the nativity.

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That’s it for today’s post, but there are three more weeks to come – exploring all the new products in the District Twelve/25 collection. The products in today’s post will be available tomorrow for shopping! Oh Yeah!

Each week’s products will be available as an easy-to-shop bundle, but the products will also be available individually! Orders will ship immediately (within Greetery’s typical processing times) and will not be held/combined with subsequent releases. These are not limited edition products. Just like the other releases, if items sell out Greetery will restock them as quickly as possible!

GIVEAWAY & PRIZE information is in the graphic below! Leave a comment to win a prize! Good Luck!

CLICK HERE FOR THE SUPPLIES FOR TODAY’S CARDS!

CLICK HERE TO SHOP THE NEW RELEASE ON 10/15 AT 10AM EST!

DESIGN TEAM LINKS FOR TODAY!

1. Caly Person

2. Dana Kirby

3. Dawn McVey

4. Kelly Lunceford

5. Laura Bassen

6. Laurie Willison

7. Lea Lawson

8. Melissa Phillips

9. Wanda Guess

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October 23, 2026

Pretty Pink Posh – Gorgeous Winter 2026 new release! Reindeers and more!

Ho Ho Holidays! Dang! So much wintery goodness is happening this week! I hope you enjoyed The Greetery new release! (There is more coming!) and now we have a wonderful new Christmas release from Pretty Pink Posh! As you would think, everything is utterly adorable and happy and fun…and I made it super colorful too! I made five different projects with the new PPP release. I could have made more but I ran out of time! I always run out of time! Ha. I know you will love the new release too. Everything is already available for shopping and crafting. I’ll walk you through my projects with pleasure! And I’m wishing you a great weekend!

CLICK HERE TO SEE THE SUPPLY LIST FOR TODAY’S CARDS!

My first card for today features the brand new Christmas Mugs dies! The set includes a reindeer and Santa mug and they are CUTE! My finished card is a white A2 card base layered with stripes, then a rectangle and then another rectangle die cut with snowflakes! Then of course that sweet mug of cocoa! This card also features a brand new sentiment set. I really love PPP sentiments – the font is the perfect amount of classy and cheerful…

This photo shows the reindeer mug from that same set. I used the reindeer mug to make a big gift tag. There is a twine piece at the top to help put it onto a gift or a bottle of wine or whatever you want. They make me smile with their pink cheeks and jolly theme!

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This card has lots of layers and all the winter elements: snowflakes, holly, santa…. I do love a pop of aqua mixed in with my red and green for Christmas cards. I used glitter paper for the hat, and added white gel pen accents here and there…

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Here’s a close up of the reindeer mug – I gave him a red nose like Rudolph!! Hee hee.

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My next card features the brand new Christmas Gingerbread stamps and matching dies. I busted out the bright Copics for this one! PINK! LIME GREEN! Oh yeah! My finished card is a white A2 card base layered with pink gingham and then a white stitched rectangle. I added a couple of trees and snowflakes, but the star of the show is the cute stamps!

I started by stamping and die cutting out all the different elements and coloring everything with Copic Markers. I added white gel pen accents and also bits of sparkling Diamond Stickles… I splattered some snow onto the trees. It’s hard to see them, but there are also some snowy hills at the bottom of the card.

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I love coloring! This was so fun to color in! And I made it extra sparkly!

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My next project features the brand new Reindeer Holder Dies! I made one of my favorite projects- a treat box! I added a party flag and some snowflakes to make it more festive! I started by die cutting out the pieces of the Birthday Treat Box and the Reindeer. I assembled everything and added some snowy splatter accents!

I purposely adhered his smile at an angle to make him look extra silly and impish! I gave him pink chalk cheeks and a glittery Santa hat!

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These party flags dies are so versatile and I use them all the time!

And my final project for today is another Christmas/Holiday card! This card features the brand new Stocking Gift Card Holder dies! I also used some bits and bobs from other Christmas die sets! My finished card is an A2 white card base, layered with one other white layer…then tons of PINK! I wanted this card clean and simple to feature that cute stocking! I added a gingerbread man and some candies too! Yummy!

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That’s it for today! (That’s a lot!)…. Wishing you a wonderful weekend and hope you get time to have fun and do some crafting! Love ya! XOXO

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October 22, 2026

The Greetery – District Twelve/25 Release Day #2 – Evergreen Collective!

THE GREETERY NEW RELEASE IS LIVE NOW!!

THE DISTRICT TWELVE/25 PART TWO IS AVAILABLE!

CLICK HERE TO SHOP!!

Woohoo! It was my pleasure to introduce the brand new District Twelve/25 Evergreen Collective Collection! If you scroll back to my last blog post, you can see all my projects from this part of the new release! If you have any questions – reach out!! Thanks for all the love and kind comments! Happy Creating! Can’t wait to see what YOU make!

And because a bunch of you emailed me individually (thank you) trying to figure out the commenting situation…I finally spent some time last night fixing that! Now, a comment box should appear at the bottom of all my posts! Whew. We have a lot more posts coming for The Greetery! I appreciate you guys so much!

If you would like to subscribe to my blog – and never miss a post – please sign up by clicking this link! I would love it! CLICK HERE TO SUBSCRIBE!

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It helps me so very much and I’m so grateful!! XOXO

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October 21, 2026

The Greetery – District Twelve/25 Collection – Week 2! The Evergreen Collective!

Hi everyone! It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Time for the Christmas Collection from The Greetery! This year’s collection is called District Twelve/25 and it’s MAGIC! There are so many new products! They are, as you would expect, classy and beautiful! It’s a huge release and this year Betsy decided to do something a little different with the release!

To quote Betsy: “We’re taking more of a bite-sized, slowed-down approach to our holiday release, but one that I am really excited about! We have 30+ new products waiting in the wings. For the past seven years, we have done one large, somewhat overwhelming (for me at least, and maybe for you too) release in October, and a smaller one in November. This year we’re taking a different approach… Beginning next week (today!), we’ll be taking a 6 week “Shop Hop” through District Twelve25…a line-up of quaint and cozy “shops”, filled with holiday goodies. Each “shop” is a themed group of products. Each week we will visit one shop…”

Today is the first day of the SECOND week of the festivities! This week’s release is called The Evergreen Collection! In my mind, it’s classic old vintage Christmas…. The entire design team and Betsy are sharing projects today. Then, this part of the new release will be available for shopping TOMORROW 10/22! Next week, we’ll do it all again. WOOHOOO! Ho ho ho indeed!

Today I’m sharing two cards made with the first set of new products. This new set of products is perfect for all the red and green(ery)! The new sets are called Bow-tique Holiday, Brimming Baskets, and Berry Bouquet! Stamps and dies and gorgeous products to make all those Christmas cards. My immediate thought was a Ralph Lauren Christmas. So for my cards I used natural tones, red and green, and a pretty plaid….

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(I WILL UPDATE WITH THE NEW ITEMS TOMORROW!)

Here is a photo of both of my cards together…. Makes me feel all cozy inside!

My first card today is a Christmas card that features the brand new Bow-tique Holiday stamps and dies! That giant gorgeous Christmas tree! Love! My finished card is an A2 kraft card base, layered with plaid paper from my stash…then a woodgrain layer. I stamped the big tree onto cream cardstock with red and green inks. I die cut it out with the matching die. I stamped the sentiment in red and also die cut that out. The bows are all die cut as well. You can leave them stamped and/or add the 3d bows.

For the oval background I die cut the oval from cream cardstock and then stamped the Hymn Sing background using Antique Linen distress ink – for a vintage look!

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Here is a side shot of all my layers. I added gold pearls to the center of each red bow – again – so classic! I used foam tape to pop up all my layers. I also added snow paste to the tips of the branches – I love this look – so frosty and wintery!

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My second card today features the brand new Brimming Baskets dies and embossing folder, and the brand new Berry Bouquet Builder dies…Oh, and those teeny tags/stamps too! My finished card is an A2 kraft card base. I layered on plaid and two different A2 arches. I stamped snowflakes onto the top layer and gently inked both layers…

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The baskets look so realistic because of the embossing folder!! I love this look! Those greenery dies fit inside the basket so perfectly. I coated the greens with lots of chunky glitter to make it glisten like snow. I used the Regency Bow at the top!

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That’s it for today’s post, but there are three more weeks to come – exploring all the new products in the District Twelve/25 collection. The products in today’s post will be available tomorrow for shopping! Oh Yeah!

Each week’s products will be available as an easy-to-shop bundle, but the products will also be available individually! Orders will ship immediately (within Greetery’s typical processing times) and will not be held/combined with subsequent releases. These are not limited edition products. Just like the other releases, if items sell out Greetery will restock them as quickly as possible!

GIVEAWAY & PRIZE information is in the graphic below! Leave a comment to win a prize! Good Luck!

CLICK HERE FOR THE SUPPLIES FOR TODAY’S CARDS!

CLICK HERE TO SHOP THE NEW RELEASE ON 10/15 AT 10AM EST!

DESIGN TEAM LINKS FOR TODAY!

1. Caly Person

2. Dana Kirby

3. Dawn McVey

4. Kelly Lunceford

5. Laura Bassen

6. Laurie Willison

7. Lea Lawson

8. Melissa Phillips

9. Wanda Guess

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October 15, 2026

The Greetery – District Twelve/25 Release Day #1 – Noel Needleworks!

THE GREETERY NEW RELEASE IS LIVE NOW!!

THE DISTRICT TWELVE/25 PART ONE IS AVAILABLE!

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Woohoo! It was my pleasure to introduce the brand new District Twelve/25 Noel Needleworks Collection! If you scroll back to my last blog post, you can see all my projects from this part of the new release! If you have any questions – reach out!! Thanks for all the love and kind comments! Happy Creating! Can’t wait to see what YOU make!

And because a bunch of you emailed me individually (thank you) trying to figure out the commenting situation…I finally spent some time last night fixing that! Now, a comment box should appear at the bottom of all my posts! Whew. We have a lot more posts coming for The Greetery! I appreciate you guys so much!

If you would like to subscribe to my blog – and never miss a post – please sign up by clicking this link! I would love it! CLICK HERE TO SUBSCRIBE!

Thank you for shopping via my links!

It helps me so very much and I’m so grateful!! XOXO

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October 14, 2026

The Greetery – District Twelve/25 Collection – Week 1! Noel Needleworks!

Hi everyone! It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Time for the Christmas Collection from The Greetery! This year’s collection is called District Twelve/25 and it’s MAGIC! There are so many new products! They are, as you would expect, classy and beautiful! It’s a huge release and this year Betsy decided to do something a little different with the release!

To quote Betsy: “We’re taking more of a bite-sized, slowed-down approach to our holiday release, but one that I am really excited about! We have 30+ new products waiting in the wings. For the past seven years, we have done one large, somewhat overwhelming (for me at least, and maybe for you too) release in October, and a smaller one in November. This year we’re taking a different approach… Beginning next week (today!), we’ll be taking a 6 week “Shop Hop” through District Twelve25…a line-up of quaint and cozy “shops”, filled with holiday goodies. Each “shop” is a themed group of products. Each week we will visit one shop…”

Today is the first day of the first week of the festivities! Today’s day is called Noel Needleworks! The entire design team and Betsy are sharing projects today. Then, this part of the new release will be available for shopping TOMORROW 10/15! Next week, we’ll do it all again. WOOHOOO! Ho ho ho indeed!

Today I’m sharing two cards made with the first set of new products. We are featuring the newest addition to the Capsule Collection. This new set of products is all built around quilting! Embossing folder, stencils, dies, stamps – all of it! And there is also a new addition to the Shortbread Shapes – which has a quilting theme as well. If you’re a seamstress or vintage girlie, you’re going to love this!

My first card today is a Christmas card that features the brand new Shortbread Shapes Quilt Blocks Embossing Folder. I combined it the brand new Capsule Quilt Shop Stamp Set, and many other favorite Greetery supplies. I created a classic traditional card with cream, red, and black – with pops of gold and green. My finished card is an A2 kraft card base. I layered the new embossing folder with black cardstock – inked with white ink to give that chalkboard effect!

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I used the beautiful Regency 2 Bow in red. I also used the Holly 2 dies to make some Christmas greenery. Here’s a close up of everything! I splattered on some snow and used chunky glitter too. All the good things for Winter!

The musical background is the Hymn Sing Stamp! I stamped it in cream with rich black ink to make my own background paper. LOVE! And a big gold snowflake fits on there perfectly….

The new stamp set has lots of mix and match sentiments – and I chose Merry Christmas! (Of course)

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My second card for today is a birthday card with pretty pastel colors and pops of pearls and gold. This card features the brand new Capsule Quilt Shop Stencils and the new Elements stamp set. I also used the new matching dies. My finished card is a 5×7 card made from cream cardstock, covered in pretty teal cardstock – then that big stenciled panel. I used the Filigree dies to make a small gold border. I used the Whole Hearted Dies to create a vellum heart for my sentiment… I love the mix and match sentiments with different fonts!

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I absolutely love Greetery stencils – they are PERFECT! They match up so crisp and detailed. I used shades of corals and teals with a little green and yellow. This would also be so pretty in Christmas or Valentine colors!

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I used Distress Inks and blending brushes on a cream cardstock panel to create the pretty paper quilt!

That’s it for today’s post, and the beginning of fun weeks to come – exploring all the new products in the District Twelve/25 collection. Some tips about the new program…. The products in today’s post will be available tomorrow for shopping!

Each week’s products will be available as an easy-to-shop bundle, but the products will also be available individually! Orders will ship immediately (within our typical processing times) and will not be held/combined with subsequent releases. These are not limited edition products. Just like our other releases, if items sell out we will do our best to restock them as quickly as possible!

GIVEAWAY & PRIZE information is in the graphic below! Leave a comment to win a prize! Good Luck!

COMMENTING NOTE: On my new blog – to leave a comment, you must open the specific post first. Then the comment box will appear at the bottom. You can click here to make it easy!

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CLICK HERE TO SHOP THE NEW RELEASE ON 10/15 AT 10AM EST!

DESIGN TEAM LINKS FOR TODAY!

Caly Person

Dana Kirby

Dawn McVey

Kelly Lunceford

Laura Bassen

Laurie Willison

Lea Lawson

Melissa Phillips

Wanda Guess

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October 9, 2026

Hey Boo! Time for some Halloween cards!

Hey Boos! Happy Friday! I hope you’re having a delightful October so far! Today I’m sharing some fun Halloween cards for ya! I LOVE making Halloween cards! I’m running out of time. This month is going by so fast already. I wait all year for my favorite month!! This past Saturday, the 3rd, my hubs and I celebrated our 25th wedding anniversary! Yay! I am so blessed to have this man in my life! We had a lovely dinner out at our favorite restaurant Saturday night and this week we’ve been doing little adventures and celebrating together. You can see our adventures over on my Instagram!

We were scheduled to go on a good vacation this week, but I was laid off from my job in June – and that was very bad for my mental health and our finances. I’m grateful to report I got a new job a couple of weeks ago so I’m hopeful again that things are back on track. For the first time in my life I found myself without a job when I wanted one. This is no joke. The current job market is no joke either. If you know anyone looking for a job right now, please give them lots of grace and kindness. I’ve been truly humbled by this experience. Crafting and blogging has been my relief and fun.

Today I have Halloween cards from two of my favorite companies – Taylored Expressions and Concord & 9th! Oh yeah. Such cute supplies! There is not enough time to make everything I want to make!! So happy to share with you today.

First up is this adorable ghostie bestie, made with supplies from Taylored Expressions! I used the Ghost Hugs stamps and dies to create this one. My finished card is an A2 white card base. I used a color palette of lime green, teal and orange and it’s so bright and vivid. The lime layer was embossed with a spider web embossing folder…. I die cut out the ghost, the cat (!!), the bat, the banner, and the pumpkin. I added white gel pen accents to everything. I stamped the face and the sentiment, the BOO and the little orange stars. A few colorful gems finished off the card. This one makes me smile!!

My second card today was made with supplies from Concord & 9th! Happy Spooky Season! This tiny haunted house and accessories are so fun. My finished card is an A2 white card base, layered with some stripes and then a white panel that I ink blended into a dusk evening sky! I used the Spook Alley dies to create a trick-or-treat scene… A teeny fence, little bats, and a little moon. And don’t get me started on those adorable ghosts!!

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That’s it for today! Wishing you a wonderful October weekend! If all goes well, hubs and I are at the ocean today! It’s been over 100 degrees at our house all week (yuck) and we are definitely in need of ocean breezes! I will see you soon! XOXO

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October 2, 2026

The Greetery – Spooky Greetings! Happy October!

Hi creative and crafty friends! It’s my turn on The Greetery Blog today!! Happy Friday and Happy October! Also, tomorrow is my 25 year wedding anniversary! I love October! It’s officially time to make all of our Halloween crafts! The air is crisp (at least in the morning, ha) and the anticipation is here!

I do love everything Vintage and Cheery Halloween. So today I took the opportunity to use a lot of Greetery Supplies to create a fun Halloween card to share with you. My card was inspired by everything spooktacular! My card features that giant and cute Honeycomb Spider and one of the new Botanical Pumpkins, along with small accent dies from the new Eerie Avenue Dies. I mixed and matched all the fun things! Let’s get started!

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My finished card is approximately 5×7 and is made using the large Zig Zag oval from the Capsule Star Studded Borders. I used a few of the capsule shapes and layered black, gingham and white for the foundation of the card. I assembled the Honeycomb Spider and used the Halloween Honeycombs to make him black. I splattered on a bit of silver paint. I glued the eyes directly onto the honeycomb portion. Next I die cut out the Botanical Pumpkin and ink shaded it, and also splashed on silver paint.

I die cut the 31 numbers using the Bold Numbers Dies and metallic silver paper. Lastly I die cut out spiderwebs, ghosts and stars to accent the larger pieces. I used the Star Struck Die and the Eerie Avenue Dies. See how the spider is holding that fun banner in his legs!? Ha. The sentiment is from the new Simple Autumn Sentiment Mini stamp set. A few gems complete everything – I had to add more sparkle. I used foam tape to attach everything to the card.

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That’s it for my project for today! Boo! Sending Spooky Greetings from my craft room to yours! I hope you have an awesome and creative day today. It’s my pleasure to share with you! I will see you soon…. In the meantime, happy crafting! XOXO

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