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Emily Midgett

Colorado Craft Company June Anita Jeram Release!

Hi there! Colorado Craft Company has a brand new Anita Jeram release available right now… and it’s so gosh darn cute!! We are celebrating all things adorable with a blog hop, so you should have arrived here from Nichol Spohr and your next stop is Amy Tsuruta. These darling new sets are perfect for people like me, who like the look of sweet little storybook critters, but are terrible at scene building. The new Happily Ever After stamp set has a variety of individual images that are already “laid out” for you, so no masking is required, or you can also use the beautiful (and huge!) wedding scene. Let’s get started with the details on my cute little wedding card!

I started by stamping the little mice sitting by the tree and the wedding cake from Happily Ever After on some Arches Cold Press watercolor paper using Hero Arts’s Contour Ink so that I could do some no-line watercoloring. I then watercolored the images using Schmincke watercolors. I just love the two little mice in this scene; they remind me of my biggest twinkies- waiting patiently for the cake to be cut, but keeping an eagle eye on things so that they don’t miss out!!

I added a pale blue halo around the topmost portion of the scene, allowing the blue sky to fade organically away by adding lots of water to my brush and pulling the color out. One of the things that I love most about watercolor is that you can be super detailed and specific, or you can make just the merest suggestion of a shape, a color, a shadow… and the brain will supply the intended effect. (Usually-ha!) I used a flicking motion to add grass to the bottom of my scene, allowing various intensities of color and going over the same spots I’d already painted a few times as they dried to make the grass look fuller.

Once everything had dried, I heat embossed a greeting from Happily Ever After using Altenew’s Obsidian Black and clear embossing powder. The crisp black with the clear embossing powder helps the sentiment really pop over the soft watercoloring.

Well, that’s all for my project today! To celebrate this latest release, Colorado Craft Company has some fun giveaways:

Colorado Craft Company is giving away one of each of the new stamp sets. In order to be eligible for the giveaway, leave a comment on each blog. The comments will be open until midnight Eastern time on the 16th and winners will be announced by us on the 17th on the Colorado Craft Company blog.

*****(If you can’t find the comment box on my post, click on the title of the blog post, then scroll down to the end of the post, where you should see a comment form.)*****

That’s all for my post today! Thanks so much for stopping by today, and happy hopping! Here’s the full hop lineup:

Colorado Craft Company- Adrienne Kennedy
Jenn Gross
Bibi Cameron
Jennifer Kotas
Kelly Griglione
Angelica Conrad
Daniel West
Caly Person
Sandy Allnock
Mansi Bhatia
Kassi Hulet
Erin Thompson
Melissa Andrew
Donna Hitz
Nichol Spohr
Emily Midgett
Amy Tsuruta

Classy in Blue with the Spellbinders Truly Yours Collection!

Hi there! I have another post using some fun new products from Spellbinders: the Truly Yours collection features some beautiful, classic images that can be super versatile for so many different styles. I have two projects for you today, so let’s get started with the details!

There’s something so classy about pairing turquoise with black and white. The bright blue contrasts so perfectly with the crisp black and white. For both projects, I used some bright Island Blue cardstock as the base for the images on my cards.

My first card features the Cameo Etched Dies from the Spellbinders Truly Yours collection. I die cut the cameo and laurel wreath from some black cardstock I adhered them to the Island Blue cardstock, liquid adhesive for the laurel wreath and foam adhesive for the cameo. I also die cut several white flowers and foliage (included in the Cameo Etched Dies).

I heat embossed a greeting from the June Stamp of the Month on a small rectangle of black cardstock, then added it to the base of the laurel wreath. I adhered the white flowers and foliage in a cluster around the sentiment, using liquid and foam adhesive for lots of dimension. Finally, I added some shiny metallic silver gems to the flower centers for a bit of sparkle!

For my next card, I used the Ellipticals Ovals to create the spotlight for my sentiment. I began by white heat embossing the main floral image (which I illustrated!) from Miss Your Smile on an A2 panel of Island Blue cardstock. I love how the crisp white embossing powder contrasts with the bright blue cardstock! To add even further contrast, I blended some Seaside ink along the opposite edge of the blue panel to add some extra interest to the card base.

I die cut the Ellipticals Ovals from some black cardstock, then white heat embossed the greeting (also from Miss Your Smile). I adhered it to the blended floral card base using foam adhesive, then added a few more metallic silver gems to add some texture and sparkle to the card.

Well, that’s all for today’s projects! Relatively simple cards, but you don’t need a whole lot of extra fussiness when you have some great standalone dies like those in the Truly Yours collection and some pretty colored cardstock. Thanks so much for stopping by today, and have a marvelous day!

Spellbinders June Stamp of the Month!

Hi there! Today, I’m sharing some inspiration using the June Stamp of the Month stamp set from Spellbinders! This month has so many beautiful, heartfelt sentiments included, as well as some great outdoor imagery that I’ve used to create a mini-slimline card with a blended sunset. Let’s get started with the details!

I began by trimming down a piece of white cardstock, then used a T-square to mark a line for my mask. I added some Post-It notes across the bottom, then stamped the sun from the June Stamp of the Month using Duckling ink from Simon Says Stamp in the center of the top of the card.

Next, I used Pale Blush Pink, Hot Lips, Lavender, and Surf Blue inks (all from Simon Says Stamp) with blending brushes to blend a pretty sunset sky. I removed the mask from the bottom portion of the card front. (I love the crisp edges when you remove the mask. It’s so magical!)

I stamped a greeting from the June Stamp of the Month on a square of white cardstock, then backed it with a slightly larger panel of black cardstock. I stamped a couple of the bird silhouettes to complete the “rule of three” for the black accents, then popped up the greeting using some foam adhesive. I popped up the blended panel on a full size mini-slimline card base using some more foam tape. Lots of dimension, but only a few stamps used for this one. It’s so fun to see the whole card come together after using only minimal supplies!

Well, that’s all for these projects! I encourage you to check out all of the different club kits available from Spellbinders. There are some wonderful kits that can be delivered to your door each month. Thanks so much for stopping by today, and have a marvelous day!

Hero Arts June My Monthly Hero Blog Hop + Giveaway!

Hi there! The new My Monthly Hero kit is here and we’re hopping to celebrate! This month we’re focusing on all things birthday, with the sweetest little festive critters. You should have arrived here from Debi Adams, and your next stop is Ilina Crouse. Here’s a sneak peek at the June 2021 kit:

This month’s kit features some darling little critters all ready to par-tay! The kit includes: 6″ x 8″ Clear Stamp Set, 17 Coordinating Frame Cuts, Light Mint Dye Ink Cube, Round Clay Sprinkles, Sparkle Lacquer Pen, and it’s valued at $72, but is yours for only $34.99! These kits frequently sell out very quickly, so don’t hesitate to purchase, because once it’s gone, it’s gone! You can also subscribe to ensure that you get your own kit every month. I have two projects to share with you today, so let’s get started with the details!

My first card is a shaker card featuring the sweet, sneaky little cake-eating kitty and one of the fantastic backgrounds available as an add-on! I started by stamping the kitty, the cake, a gift, and balloon (all from the main kit) using Intens-ified Black Ink on some Copic-friendly white cardstock. Using the confetti as my guide, I colored the images using Copic markers in shades of neon pink and bright blue.

I wanted to create a shaker using the confetti included in the kit, so next I embossed the new Candles Bold Prints background onto some Hero Arts vellum using silver sparkle embossing powder. I added heavy duty adhesive tape all around the edges of a white A2 card base, then placed some sprinkles from the kit in the center and adhered the sparkly vellum background over the top to create a thin shaker pocket filled with sprinkles! I also die cut a frame using another panel of A2 white cardstock and the Nesting Rectangles Infinity Dies, which I adhered over the top of my vellum shaker pocket to help hide the adhesive.

FInally, I arranged my Copic-colored kitty party scene atop a stamped sentiment strip (also from the main kit), using lots of foam tape for dimension. Who wouldn’t like to get this card for their birthday? Shaker cards are so much fun!

For my second card, I focused on the fantastic new Balloons Bold Prints stamp. This is one of those stamps that can look completely different depending on what color scheme you use with it. I chose to make this card kind of ethereal, but still with lots of color. I began by embossing the Balloons Bold Prints background onto some watercolor paper using white satin pearl embossing powder, then taped it to my watercolor board and used wet-on-wet technique to add a light wash of color (using Karin Brushmarker Pro markers) over the entire panel.

Once that initial wash of color had dried, I went back in withmore concentrated color to add details to the balloons to help them stand out further. I just love the way these balloons almost glow with this technique! Once my panel had dried, I trimmed it down to 3.25×5.75″, then mounted it on a 3.5×6″ panel of Paradise cardstock.

For the greeting, I used the new Birthday Stamp & Cut XL to die cut “celebrate” once from white cardstock and once from white iridescent glitter cardstock, adhering both pieces together to create a dimensional die cut. I white embossed the “it’s time to” on a strip of Paradise cardstock, then mounted both to the balloon background. Finally, I added a few iridescent gems to add a bit more texture and sparkle to the card front. So fun and festive!

Well, that’s all for my projects today! To celebrate this latest My Monthly Hero release, Hero Arts is sponsoring a giveaway!

We will give away one $50 gift card, drawn from the comments left across the hop. Enter by Sunday, June 13th at 11:59pm pacific, and the winner will be announced on the Hero Arts blog the following week.

Your next stop is Ilina Crouse. Thanks so much for stopping by, and happy hopping!

Altenew Craft A Flower: Peruvian Lily Blog Hop + Giveaway!

Hi there! Today, Altenew is releasing the new Craft A Flower: Peruvian Lily layering die set! You should have arrived from Michelle Short and your next stop is Mindy Eggen. (You can also start back at the beginning at the Altenew Card Blog.) This month’s Craft A Flower: Peruvian Lily is so incredibly detailed… the design is truly amazing!

I love that Altenew releases a new flower each month in the Craft A Flower series; you can always subscribe if these layering die sets are your favorites, as well! I first was introduced to these flowers when one of my high school girlfriends had them in her corsage for prom, and I used those pretty purple lilies as my inspiration for my card today!

I began by die cutting each layer from white cardstock. I then used the inks in the Enchanted Garden quartet and mini blender tools to add one color to each cardstock layer. I adhered them all together, adding black stamens for added dramatic flair. I did the same with the foliage, adding shades of green ink to each layer of the cardstock die cuts.

Next, I die cut just a small portion of the Garden Trellis die from some black cardstock. I wanted only a portion so that I could ground the floral cluster, but didn’t want to detract from the large detailed blooms. I adhered the trellis to a white A2 card base, then added the flowers and some foliage from the Just Leaves die set.

For the greeting, I die cut a black “thanks” from the Circled Greetings: Thanks die set, trimming off the exterior circle and leaving just the greeting, which I adhered with some Instant Dimension Foam Tape. The final touch was a few black gems to help tie together all of the black accents!

Well, that’s all for this project. Altenew is hosting some fabulous giveaways, and here are the details:

$200 in total prizes! To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to 2 lucky winners and a $20 gift certificate to 5 winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or each designer’s blog post on the blog hop list below by 6/13/2021 for a chance to win. Altenew will draw 7 random winners from the comments left on each stop of this blog hop and announce the winners on the Altenew Winners Page on 06/15/2021.

Your next stop is Mindy Eggen. Thanks so much for stopping by today, and happy hopping!