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Emily Midgett

Some news and a sneak peek.

Good morning! I have a special announcement today… I was lucky enough to create a few projects for the new Scrapbook and Cards Today magazine for a watercolor feature, and it also happens to be their 50th issue. What a spectacular milestone! I have a couple of sneak peeks to pique your interest 😉

The first sneak peek features some beautiful stamps from Simon Says Stamp watercolored with Daniel Smith watercolors (my favorite!).

The second piece featured in the magazine uses stamps and dies from Pinkfresh Studio combined with the beautiful Hero Arts Liquid Watercolors.

You can see both of these projects in their entirety in the new, 50th issue of Scrapbook and Cards Today!

Congratulations to Scrapbook and Cards Today on their fantastic milestone! Cheers to the next 50 issues!

Floral Card:

Scooter Card:



 

 

The Stamp Market Instagram Hop!

Good morning! I am participating in a special Instagram hop today using some new goodies from The Stamp Market. I have been having a mild obsession with their products since the company first opened, and the stamp sets in this release just might be my favorite stamps from them ever. We are hopping over on Instagram today, but I thought I’d share my cards here for those readers who don’t follow me on Instagram. 🙂 I made two, one using the new Friendly Bunch (my personal favorite from this release) and Tropical Blooms (which has absolutely gorgeous flowers that I can’t wait to play with more!). I’ve blogged the first one here, but I will have the second one up on Instagram, where you can find me as @eamidgett. 🙂 Come find me! There are several people in this little hop today, and lots of beautiful inspiration to be had using the new release from The Stamp Market!

Amy’s design for the Friendly Bunch stamps is just divine. I love coloring flowers this shape, in particular, because the petals are large enough that you can really work at them and get some great depth and dimension. Sometimes, if the petals or the flower itself is fairly small, it can be challenging to add much in the way of shading, simply because your pencil cannot be sharpened fine enough to get in those tiny nooks and crannies. But these beautiful blooms from Friendly Bunch are just the perfect size and shape for really adding fabulous dimension with Polychromos pencils.

I started by stamping the main image using white pigment ink onto a piece of Jelly Bean card stock from Bazzill. Bazzill cardstock has very nice tooth, making it perfect for use with colored pencils. I then used my Polychromos pencils to color the image, first laying down a layer of white pencil (as I would with Prismacolors) and then coloring as I normally would over the top. With Polychromos pencils, you keep adding layers of color until you achieve a nice smooth blend, and that layer of white helps to cut down on the amount of time you have to spend shading each petal.

After I had finished coloring, I die cut the “smile” from the coordinating die set for Friendly Bunch using some white cardstock upon which I had sprayed some Hero Arts White Shimmer Spritz. I added the die cut to the card front, then added the sentiment on a strip and adhered it to the card front as well. The final touch was to add some pretty purple jewels from Pretty Pink Posh.

Well, that’s all for me on this post! Remember, head over to Instagram to see all of the projects from the hop participants. There is lots of fantastic inspiration to be had, not to mention a GIVEAWAY! I hope you’ll check it out!


Hero Arts + Scrapbook Adhesives Blog Hop!

Good morning! I am thrilled today to be hopping along with the Hero Arts team and the Scrapbook Adhesives team! We are combining Hero Arts and Scrapbook adhesives products to bring you a blog hop that is chock full of inspiration… a match made in heaven! You should have arrived here from Christine‘s blog and your next stop is Ilina‘s blog.

For today’s blog hop, I created a project that features lots of dimension and texture. Foam adhesive is one of the most important staples that a craft room can have, and the 3D Foam Circles from Scrapbook Adhesives work beautifully. Bonus, they come in both white and black… perfect for a monochromatic card with a pop of color, like the one I’ve created for today!

I started by die cutting and stamping the Hero Arts Magnolia clear stamp using Unicorn ink onto some dark charcoal card stock. I then used my Polychromos pencils to color the bloom and foliage using the no-line coloring technique.

For the background, I used a technique similar to the one that I displayed in this video, creating a monochromatic card with that bright pop of color by using all the same color card stock for both the stamped image die cuts and the background die cuts. For this project, I first die cut the Hero Arts Bold Graphic Confetti die from the same charcoal colored card stock, then die cut that die cut with one of the Hero Arts Oval Infinity dies. I then used the same oval die and a smaller oval die from the same die set to create an oval frame, which I layered over the top of my intricate background die cut.

After I had completed all of the separate components, I adhered my magnolia to the decorative frame die cut, then added plenty of black 3D foam circles Black Mix  to the back of it. By using the black foam circles, you can continue the seamless, monochromatic look from every angle.

Well, that’s all for my project today! Here’s the rest of the hop list:

Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L®
Hero Arts
Amy Tsuruta
Christine Meyer
Emily Midgett
Ilina Crouse
Janette Kausen
Libby Hickson
Linsey Rickett
Margie Higuchi
Michelle Short
Shannon Morgan
Shellye McDaniel
Teri Anderson
Terri Burson
Tracy McLennon
Valerie Ward
Yvonne van de Grijp

Now, for some fun giveaways!! Scrapbook Adhesives and Hero Arts have each created prize packs worth $35. To enter, leave a comment on each stop on the hop saying what you liked about that particular project, then enter the Rafflecopter by clicking the big red button below:

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you enjoyed my project!

http://www.rafflecopter.com/rafl/display/0f302f8d56/

Ellen Hutson June Essentials By Ellen Release!

Good morning! Today is the day… the new Essentials By Ellen  release is now available! Ellen knows how much you all love the Leading Ladies… and we have three new Leading Ladies (and coordinating dies) and a new pattern building set being added to the lineup! I’ve worked with two of the ladies today to create some super cute little cards with these fabulous chicas!

For my first project, I wanted to work with the Woodsy Lady and Woodsy Lady Dies. I have really been trying to practice my Copic shading lately, trying to add lots of extra depth to non-floral images (ha!). These ladies and their accessories were perfect for getting in a little practice! For the Woodsy Lady, I first stamped her in Hero Arts Intense Black Ink, then used various Copic markers to color her in. After I had colored her vest, I used my T10 marker to add tiny little dabs of dark gray to the corners of each individual “puff,” then used my maroon Copics to really work the color to blend out the dark gray. Just those small dabs of gray made a huge difference! I will definitely be trying that technique again.

After I’d colored my happy camper and her little squirrel friend, I began working on the background. I began by die cutting some Ellen Hutson Slate Gray cardstock using the Honey Bee Mountain die and adding a bit of snowy texture paste to the tops.

I die cut a few of the Poinsettia and Pine pine boughs from some green card stock to add to the top of my card front. I blended some blue sky, then adhered the pine boughs to the top with liquid adhesive. I added my (now dry) mountains and hiking duo with dimensional foam adhesive, then added a quick sentiment from the Woodsy Lady stamp set using black ink. Super cute and lots of texture! Scene-building has never been my forte, but I’m trying! 🙂

For my second card, I wanted to use the City Lady and City Lady Dies. I love the top that this chic chickie is wearing… looks like something I might wear myself haha! I again stamped the City Lady, her purse, some shopping bags, and a bouquet of fresh flowers using Intense Black ink, then added coloring with my Copics.

After I’d colored all of the elements, I added some Crystal Lacquer to her sunglasses to really help them pop. While they were drying, I die cut one of the beautiful Stitches cover plate dies from some plain white card stock. I wanted the colored images to really pop off of the page, so the subtly textured monochromatic background was a perfect fit.

I clustered all of my Copic colored images together on the card front, then adhered them using dimensional foam adhesive. I stamped a sentiment from City Lady on a piece of white card stock, then trimmed it down to a rectangle and adhered it to the stitched card front using dimensional foam adhesive.

Isn’t this release just so darn cute?! And I haven’t even had a chance to play with the new Beach Lady or Pattern Play set yet! I hope you’ll go check out all of the new goodies! Thanks for stopping by! Have a marvelous Sunday!

 


Where Creativity Meets C9: June Edition!

Good morning! As today is the 9th of June (ahem, HOW did that happen?!), it means that it’s not only a new release for Concord and 9th (have you seen the sneak peeks!? So cute!), but it’s also the start of a new challenge for Where Creativity Meets C9. This month’s theme is:

Now, we all know that I like to add sparkle wherever I can. It’s one of my favorite ways to girlify my projects. Unless it’s a card for Man Card Monday, you can rest assured that there will be some form of glitter or shimmer or sequins resting upon it. I chose to scale back the crazy glittery-ness that I wanted to do for this project and use some subtle silver glitter embossing powder and add a little bit of shine to my die cut letters. Let’s get started with the details!

To start, I heat embossed the floral image from Concord and 9th’s Banners and Blooms using silver sparkle embossing powder onto some Arches Cold Press Watercolor paper. Next, I used my Tombow markers to do some watercoloring in summery shades of hot pink, peach, and lime. I fussy cut both flower bouquets, then die cut the Bitty Thank You from black card stock, as well as the banner from vellum.

Before adhering my bouquets and greeting with foam tape, I blended a touch of Hero Arts’ Soft Apricot ink on my card base. I used a natural card stock for my card base, because my watercolor card stock had a slightly creamy tint to it and I’m just that particular. 😉 As a final touch, I added some Crystal Glaze to the sentiment die cut to make it really stand out and fit in with the “shine” theme for this month’s challenge.

Now it’s your turn! Create a project using one of the many floral stamp and/or die sets from Concord and 9th and link it to our link up. (Be sure to read all of the rules for the entries to ensure that you’re eligible if your project is chosen!) Your qualifying entry could win a $25 shopping spree to the Concord and 9th store! (Also, have you seen the gorgeous new release that’s available right now??) Have fun, and good luck!