This is the third My Greeting Box I’ve received, and I’m so excited to see that this month’s theme is Valentine’s cards! Plenty of time to get going before Valentine’s Day rolls around in a few weeks.
Here’s a bit about it:
My Greeting Box is a monthly package of card making supplies delivered straight to your door. Order before 8th February to get your February box. Keep an eye out on our website and social media for sneak peeks about the theme and card designs! In February you will get three card designs to recreate and materials to make even more cards!
All this for only £22 a month! And that’s not all… use the code FIRST25 at checkout for a 25% off your first box!
If you’d like to see what’s in the previous boxes, plus some of the cards I made, click here!
I really like the branding and the packaging. The pink duct tape is a nice touch, and it also ensures there’s no way the box will pop open!
There’s a personalized note with details about this month’s box, and the presentation is very attractive.
Here are this month’s projects. It’s such a great idea to use coffee as a theme!
The instructions are impressive. They’re incredibly detailed and the little illustrations are lovely.
You get extra blank cards, enough for the three projects plus your own creations. There is also a generous amount of paper, plenty to allow you to have fun with your own designs, or so you don’t have to worry about making mistakes!
I love the coffee-themed stamps. I’m going to have fun with those.
Double-sided tape and sticky pads aren’t very exciting, but they’re essential!
Here’s the inkpad for the stamps. Isn’t Toffee Crunch a great name for a colour? The fine pen is very useful. I’ll have to make sure it doesn’t disappear into the general pen stash!
Those little paper circles are templates for the ‘Perfect Blend’ card. It’s very convenient to have those included, as it’s difficult to cut out a good circle! I think the ‘Handmade For You’ stickers are a very nice little extra. It’s a great was to remind recipients that you have made their beautiful card with your own fair hands! After all, you want to make sure you get the credit, right?
Oh, and one more little bonus: Love Hearts! Everyone remembers those. It’s up to you to decide whether you give them to your Valentine or keep them to reward yourself for all your cardmaking work!
There are many terrific things about this box, but one of the best is that it provides the opportunity to make something creative with the security of guidance. Having now made several cards I can say with confidence that no specialist knowledge is required to produce something that looks incredibly impressive. The process is broken down beautifully, and every step makes perfect sense.
Each box adds to your stock of supplies. Part of the objective is to build of a collection of crafting accessories to use month after month. After three months I have, among other things, three inkpads, an acrylic block plus a whole lot of stamps, and a crafting mat.
You also get more than enough paper and card, so if you’re feeling confident you can go a little off-piste and use the ideas you’ve learned to make your own designs. You’re essentially getting a series of tutorials with different techniques, which can be adapted for all kinds of themes. If you’re not quite ready to branch out, you can make more than one of each card design.
Crafting at home is very popular now, and this is a wonderful way to make something that is both pleasing and practical. I think one of the best things about creating something yourself is for others to enjoy it too, and what better way to do this than a card?
I can’t wait to make the cards in this box! My husband always draws his own cards for the family, so this is a great opportunity to be able to make him something nice as well. The theme is especially auspicious because he is a serious coffee-lover (I bought him a Nespresso machine for Christmas, possibly his best gift ever!) so the coffee cards are spot on. I might even let him have a Love Heart…
