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Emily Midgett

Hero Arts 2019 Catalog Blog Hop+Giveaway!

Good morning! Today is the day… the new Hero Arts 2019 Catalog is finally available on the Hero Arts website! The Creative Team and some extra special guests are welcoming the new products to the Hero Arts site with a special blog hop, filled with tons of inspiration and a giveaway! You should have arrived here from Caly’s blog and your next stop is Ilina’s blog. Be sure to read all the way to the end to find out how to be entered to win our giveaway!


I have two projects for you today using some of the brand new goodies from the newest Catalog release! My first project features the new Color Layering Birthday Cake. I love the fact that stamps allow me to create my own patterned paper, in any color and in any amount! I stamped a cheerful pattern on a panel of A2 white card stock using the Color Layering Birthday Cake in a pink, mint, and yellow color scheme. I used the Life Changing Blending Brushes around the edge to blend a bit more pink to soften the pattern a bit.

After I had finished stamping the background, I used some of the (absolutely fabulous) new Azalea card stock to die cut one of the new Birthday Message Fancy Dies. I combined the die cut with some sentiments from the Color Layering Birthday Cake to create a custom greeting.

For my second project today, I wanted to do some coloring with the new Fairy Kisses stamp set. I love the movement in the skirt and the hair on the fairy, and wanted to add shadows and depth to the image. I began by stamping the fairy onto some Copic friendly white card stock using Intense Black ink, then used my Copic markers to color the image with pretty shades of pool and used the coordinating Fairy Kisses Frame Cuts to die cut the image.

For the background, I die cut the Floral Border Fancy die from some more white card stock, then used the smaller Life Changing Blender Brushes to add color to the flowers, foliage, and butterflies.

I cut an A2 panel of the new Paradise card stock, then used the Blending Brushes to blend some Aegean ink towards the top, the combination of which created a very pretty, almost lavender-to-turquoise ombre effect. I placed my fairy approximately where I wanted her, then heat embossed some sparkles included in the Fairy Kisses stamp set using Silver Sparkle embossing powder. I adhered the blended frame to the blended turquoise “sky” using liquid adhesive, then popped up the fairy and coordinating sentiment using foam adhesive.

I also added a bit of sparkle to the fairy’s wings and wand with some Wink of Stella to help enhance the magical, ethereal feel of the card.

Well, that’s all for my projects today! Now, Hero Arts is generously giving away not one, but FOUR $50 shopping sprees to four random commenters! The more comments you leave on the hop, the more chances you have to win! The comments will close on Sunday, February 17 at midnight PST, and the winners will be announced the following week.

Here’s the whole hop list, just in case you get lost:

The Hero Arts Blog
Caly Person
Emily Midgett
Ilina Crouse
Janette Kausen
Jessica Frost-Ballas
Michelle Short Nichol Spohr
Yana Smakula
Amy Kolling
Debi Adams
Jennifer McGuire
Julee Tilman
Kathy Racoosin
Kelly Latevola
Laurie Willison
Lydia Fiedler
Maria Willis
Libby Hickson

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Fairy Supplies:

Altenew February 2019 Stamp and Die Release+GIVEAWAY!

Good morning! Today, I am joining in the Altenew February 2019 Stamp and Die Release Blog Hop! As always, the designers at Altenew have created some absolutely breathtaking new flowers and other super fun designs for our creative enjoyment (you can see the entire release here), and I am so excited to be a part of this hop! You should have arrived here from Laurie Willison’s blog, and your next stop is Lillith Eeckles’s blog. Read all the way to the end to find out the different ways to win a shopping spree at Altenew!

For my first project, I used the beautiful new Exotic Tulips stamp and die set to create this fiery orange card! I stamped the blooms with Warm and Cozy inks, then die cut them out with the coordinating die set. For the card base, I blended some dark orange and Coral Berry ink in the top corner of the white card front using the Life Changing Blending Brushes from Picket Fence Studios and added a greeting (from Exotic Tulips) using Versafine and some clear embossing powder.

I arranged the blooms in the bottom corner of the card front and adhered them using foam tape and liquid adhesive to create lots of depth and dimension!

For my second project, I used the absolutely beautiful new Frilled Petals stamp and die set to do some no-line Copic coloring. I stamped the bloom and foliage using Ink on 3 Fadeout ink, then used RV21, RV23, RV42, RV55, V05, and W5 Copics to color the bloom a pretty shade of watermelon-y peach. (Is that a color? It is now haha!) I die cut the colored Frilled Petals images using the coordinating dies, as well as an oval frame from the Create A Wreath die set cut from white card stock.

I arranged all of the die cut pieces, as well as a sentiment strip stamped on more white card stock, onto a white A2 card front, then used dimensional foam adhesive to pop all of the elements up. Finally, I added some pretty gems for some sparkle.

For my third project today, I used the beautiful new Baroque Motifs stamp set and some fun embossing powder from WOW! to create a pretty, sparkly patterned background. I began by stamping Baroque Motifs on a pale gray card front using Fairy Dust embossing powder from WOW! Embossing.

I heat embossed the sentiment on some lavender card stock to bring out the lavender glitter in the embossing powder, then mounted the sentiment strip on a slightly larger piece of Tonic Matte Silver Foil card stock and popped it up on the glittery card front.

For my final project today, I wanted to do some pencil coloring using the breathtaking new Beautiful Peony stamp set. I began by stamping the blooms and foliage using white pigment ink onto some dark teal card stock. I wanted to create a seamless card front, with deep, vibrant color and just that pop of white for the sentiment, so I chose to color on colored card stock with my Polychromos pencils. I then cut the images out with the coordinating Beautiful Peony dies.

For the card base, I die cut the beautiful Thank You greeting from the Flower Arrangement die set using white card stock. I blended some Desert Night ink on the bottom corner of another panel of the deep teal card stock, then splattered it with some white liquid watercolors. I arranged the penciled Beautiful Peony flowers in a cluster and adhered them with dimensional adhesive, then added my greeting and a few gems with some liquid adhesive.

Well, that’s all for my projects today! Now, for some fun giveaway information. Altenew is giving away SIX $50 shopping sprees to the Altenew store! Simply comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or Altenew Scrapbook Blog by 2/21/2019 for a chance to win. 6 winners will be announced on the Altenew blogs on 2/24/2019.

Altenew has also generously provided a $30 gift certificate for my to give away to my own blog readers, as well! All you have to do to win is 1) be a blog follower (either via email or wordpress, bloglovin, etc) and 2) leave me a comment telling me your favorite new product from today’s release! Winner will be announced on 2/21/2018, so be sure to be a follower to find out if you’re the lucky one! 

Your next stop is  Lilith Eeckels‘s blog. Thank you so much for visiting today, and happy hopping! 

Introducing Paper Rose to Ellen Hutson!

Good morning! I have a special post for you today. While I was at Creativation, I had the opportunity to take a peek with several new-to-me companies, including an Australian company called Paper Rose. Their selection of gorgeous stamps and absolutely stunning dies (seriously, the dies are SO unique and really wonderful) immediately drew me into their booth, and Ellen Hutson decided to add several of their lovely products to the product lineup in the shop! The sweet ladies at Paper Rose were generous enough to share some of their beautiful stamps and dies with me, so I thought I’d take this opportunity to help welcome them to the Ellen Hutson store! I am over on the Ellen Hutson blog today with a couple of projects using new products from this wonderful company. I hope you’ll stop by and check them out!

The Daily Marker 30 Day and Concord and 9th February 2019 Release!

Hi there! Have you all been playing along with The Daily Marker 30 Day Challenge? My goal with each challenge is to try to color for fun each day throughout the challenge and dedicate time to posting it. This time, I’ve been so busy that I have been combining it with assignments, but the coloring is still super fun! And one of the projects that I created just for fun uses the new Concord and 9th release for February 2019. I saw the new Pretty Poppy stamp set at Creativation and have been dyyyying to color it ever since. The Daily Marker 30 Day challenge was the perfect excuse to really dig into those details. I have two projects to show you today using new goodies from the Concord and 9th release, so let’s get started with the details!




For my first project, I wanted to use those super clever and fun new Peek Through Patterns stamps and dies. The dies use partial cuts to create a window with a word die cut in your card front. I used the “friend” die to cut a window from some black card stock, then used a pencil to mark on an A2 white panel where the die cut openings were so that I could jazz up the background of the window! I used the coordinating Peek Through Patterns stamp set (which is super versatile and useful in its own right, even without the dies!) to stamp a pretty fuchsia and charcoal floral pattern in the background. I heat embossed the “for a wonderful” from the Peek Through Patterns set using white embossing powder. Nice and flat and easy to mail!

My second project features the coloring that I did for The Daily Marker 30 Day challenge. My favorite floral stamps are the ones with large petals that I can really practice getting good shading and depth with, the ones that have enough space so that I can really dig into the details. I stamped the blooms from the Pretty Poppy stamp set in a little arrangement using Ink On 3 Fadeout ink onto some Copic-friendly white card stock, then used a combination of RV09, RV66, V06, and RV99 to color some super vibrant fuchsia poppies.

After I’d carefully fussy cut the poppy image, I die cut the gorgeous “hello” from the new Hey There die set using silver glitter card stock. I also stamped the white banner using a sentiment from the new Hey There Turnabout stamp set (which includes not only the turnabout stamp, but also fills in any extra spaces with fabulous sentiments!)

I mounted the fussy cut poppy and die cut elements to a panel of black A2 card stock using foam tape, then added a few Sparkling Clear sequins for some added texture and sparkle.

Well, that’s all for me today! I definitely encourage you to check out the newest Concord and 9th release… there are SO many fun products in there. If only there were infinite hours in the day… sigh. Thanks so much for stopping by, and have a marvelous weekend!

New Essentials By Ellen February 2019!


Hi there! You’ve seen the sneak peeks on Instagram and the Ellen Hutson blog all week… now all of the fabulous new stamps and dies for the February 2019 Essentials By Ellen release are available for sale! We have some adorable new coffee themed products, some lovely new word dies, and a gorgeous new addition to the Mondo Flower line (that you’re going to see a lot of from me!!).

Up first, I have a chalkboard card using the new A Breve Note stamp and die set. For some reason, coffee themed sets always put me in mind of a trendy coffeehouse chalkboard. I began by die cutting and heat embossing the French press coffee pot and lovely floral patterned coffee cup onto some black card stock using white embossing powder. Next, I used a plain white pencil to create some shadows and “chalk” lines.

I heat embossed the greeting from A Breve Note  onto a panel of black card stock, then popped up the cup and coffee pot after stamping some coffee beans and steam using white pigment ink. I also used my T-square to add some white lines around the edge for a frame.

For my second card for today’s post, I thought I’d showcase that gorgeous new Mondo Gerbera Daisy. It paired beautifully with the Mondo Hydrangea stamp set. The bouquet on this card was almost my wedding bouquet; I was waffling between blue and yellow and blue and white for my wedding, so this combination has special meaning for me! I stamped the Mondo Gerbera Daisy on some masking paper as well as on an A2 panel of Arches Cold Press watercolor paper, then mounted the daisy mask on the watercolor paper and added some hydrangeas and foliage from the Mondo Hydrangea.

I then used Daniel Smith watercolors to watercolor a bright yellow daisy and some pretty blue-y purple hydrangeas. (I will link individual colors at the end of the post.) I also die cut the “hi friend” from the coordinating dies for the Mondo Gerbera Daisy (I love that they filled in that empty space of the quite large die by adding those pretty calligraphic word dies! More bang for your buck that way!) using some black card stock, then adhered it to the watercolored panel using liquid adhesive. I also added some Crystal Lacquer to the word die cuts for a bit of shine.

Isn’t that daisy just gorgeous?? These Mondo flowers are some of my absolute most favorite stamps. The scale is so perfect for practicing shading.

Well, that’s all for my projects today! I have several more using some of the new sets, but I’ll share them in a few days. 😉 Be sure to stop by the Ellen Hutson blog for more details on all of the different stamp sets and to see more inspiration from my fellow Design Ambassadors. Thanks so much for stopping by today, and have a marvelous weekend!