Sixth Street Sundries

Emily Midgett

Simon Says Stamp Good Luck Charm Blog Hop-Day 2+Giveaway!

Hi there! I’m excited to be joining my friends at Simon Says Stamp for day two of the Good Luck Charm blog hop! You should have arrived here from Tina Smith, and your next stop is Jennifer Kotas. You can also start back at the Simon Says Stamp Blog to find the entire list! This month is Simon Says Stamp’s 20th birthday… so exciting, right? As part of the celebration, Simon is adding the exclusive Birthday Cupcake stamp set to your packages when you add code YUM20 at checkout. I have two projects to share with you today using new goodies from the Good Luck Charm release, so let’s get started with the details!

My first project reminds me of a glowing church window on Easter. I began by die cutting two different sizes of the the new Nested Domed Arches dies from some plain white cardstock. I lightly spritzed some Pixie Spray on the back of the Off the Edge Daffodils stencil, then adhered it to corner of the smaller of the two arched die cuts. I used blending brushes to blend some Duckling and Clementine inks. I think the finished product looks like a glowing sunrise on a stained glass window!! (Side note-this is the first time I’ve used the Pixie Dust spray, and I was super impressed at how crisply the stenciled image came out! Definitely going to be using that again!)

Next, I worked on the card base. I wanted something subtle and simple so as not to detract from the stenciled background, but still wanted a bit of texture for added interest. I ran an A2 panel of white cardstock through my die cut machine with the Exotic Vines Embossing Folder.

For the greeting, I used grey pigment ink and pearlescent white embossing powder to emboss a sentiment from Well Wishes stamps+dies onto some heavyweight vellum cardstock. I used the coordinating die to die cut the greeting.

I adhered the two domed die cuts together using liquid adhesive, then added them to the embossed card base using foam adhesive. I added the sentiment using clear dimensional adhesive, hiding it behind the thick letters of the embossed greeting. The final touch was to add a few iridescent yellow gems.

My second project features some watercoloring using the new Spring Stems stamps and dies. I began by heat embossing several of the images from Spring Stems onto some Arches Cold Press watercolor paper using white pearl embossing powder. I used Karin watercolor markers to add lots of color to the images, keeping the color palette a bit muted while still being quite intense and colorful. I love how the colors from the Karin markers almost glow!

After I’d die cut the finished flowers, I die cut a greeting from some white cardstock using the new Feel Better Soon die. I used blending brushes to blend Duckling and Watermelon inks on an A2 panel of white cardstock to help enhance the glow of the watercolored flowers.

I used the negative piece from one of the die cut pieces from the first project as a frame for the background of the flowers. I popped it up using some foam adhesive, then arranged the watercolored daffodils so that they were climbing up the front of the card front. I added the white die cut greeting, finally adding a few iridescent gems for sparkle.

Well, that’s all for my projects today! To celebrate this release, Simon Says Stamp is giving away a $25 coupon for each stop on the hop! Simply leave your comments on each stop on the hop before February 22, and the winners will be announced on the Simon Says Stamp blog.

Your next stop on the hop is Jennifer Kotas. Thanks so much for stopping by today, and happy hopping!

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  7. Beautiful cards. The daffodil stencil really does look like stained glass. The coloring on the other card is awesome.

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  25. WOAH! Not sure which one I love better, but that first card sure would make a precious sympathy card. I love that arched nested die cut set. I see it becoming such a staple for all of us! Thanks for sharing your beautiful cards.

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  35. Your water coloring on the daffodils is beautiful and the cards with soft pastels almost “taste” like Easter!

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  44. Dear Emily – Your work always looks so much more like art that happens to be on a card than art made specifically FOR a card. Not sure if that makes sense, but what I mean is that it does not look like you set out to make cards but rather tableaux. They’re STUNNING! I love the first one w/ the vine embossing folder, the nested arch die (I did not think I “needed” that – pfff! What WAS I thinking?) and the ethereal light-through-yonder-window quality. Lovely!! And your second card with the GORGEOUS flowers. Oooh – I actually gasped upon seeing it! Your talent is enormous!
    Lori S in PA

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  70. Glowing church window is a perfect description of you first beautiful card! The detailed coloring on the second card is superb!

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  72. Your cards are always so pretty. I really like the way you used the domed dies on each of the cards, I don’t remember to use the shapes as part of a background, nice idea.

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