Sixth Street Sundries

Emily Midgett

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Altenew Cozy Comfort Retreat Early Bird Pricing Extended!!

Hi friends! I am so excited to share that Altenew has extended the early bird pricing for the Cozy Comfort Retreat!

Through June 9, 2026, Altenew is offering a $65 discount on the kit for the Cozy Comfort Retreat. This kit is sure to be jam-packed with goodies, and I will be teaching alongside several incredibly talented instructors on September 26 and 27 using the contents of the kit. They have also added some sneak peeks of the kit contents to the product page on the Altenew website. Click HERE to see all of the details and the sneak peeks!

I personally love teaching at these kinds of events; not only do I get to be creative with exceptional curated products, I get to interact with the attendees in a way that I don’t normally have the opportunity to do! The best part is that if you have an internet connection, you can participate, because there’s no travel involved, no hotel rooms, just time in your craft room watching and creating! (Psst-If you have a commitment during that particular weekend, don’t fret, because the videos are available for long after the weekend has ended.)

I hope that you’ll consider taking advantage of this early bird pricing extension if you haven’t already. All of the instructors are so excited to share our love of crafting with you!!

Thanks so much for stopping by today, and have a marvelous day!

Altenew June 2026 Blog Hop + Giveaway + Cozy Comfort Retreat!

*I have gathered links to all of the products used at the bottom of the post for your convenience, using affiliate links at no extra cost to you. Thank you for shopping with my links! I truly appreciate your support for my work!*

Hi friends! I am delighted to be hopping along with my friends at Altenew for their June 2026 Release Blog Hop! You can find the full hop list HERE or in the InLinkz list at the end of this post, along with giveaway information. Altenew’s floral dies are truly superior; they think of everything to make the assembly process as user-friendly as possible! My project today features the stunning new Craft-A-Flower: Forget Me Not die set (click HERE to see the die set!), which is such a stunning addition to their spectacular Craft-A-Flower lineup. I created this soft and crisp project using only some dies (and one stamp set!), white cardstock, blending brushes, and three shades of ink. Let’s get started with the details!

To begin, I die cut all of the elements from the new Craft-A-Flower: Forget Me Not die set from plain white cardstock. Adding color to plain standalone die cuts is one of my favorite ways to make a card that is truly unique to my style, whether it is through ink blending, alcohol markers, or watercolors. I used Altenew’s small blending brushes to add Caribbean Sky, Eucalyptus, and Forest Fern Fresh Dye Inks to the delicate blue flowers and foliage. To make the blending a bit simpler and give myself an extra hand, I used my Stencil System to hold the individual white die cuts while I was blending. It’s like having an extra hand!

The unique keyhole system that Altenew has designed makes assembly incredibly simple; simply match up the shapes for each individual bloom to sandwich the layers together… it makes assembling these intricate, perhaps initially intimidating, die cuts so user-friendly!

After I had finished assembling the floral die cuts, I die cut an embossed label shape from the older Labels & Tags 2 die set, again from plain white cardstock. I adhered the label to my plain white card front using thick foam adhesive squares, then arranged my floral die cuts around the label, leaving myself the perfect opening for my greeting!

For the sentiment, I stamped One-Go: Words and Banners using Forest Fern ink and die cut the stamped greetings using the handy dandy die, cutting several sentiments at once! I also die cut an older (unfortunately discontinued) friend die cut twice, layering the two together to add a bit of extra stability and height. I layered these two die cut greetings on the label die cut, adhering them with thin foam adhesive strips. When working with tone-on-tone, it’s a good idea to have lots of different heights and layers of dimension and texture to keep things visually interesting. Once I had completed layering the elements, the final touch was to add a few sparkling gems! I love how delicate and feminine this card is, and the touch of soft blue blending with the crisp white really makes it so light and airy.

Well, that’s all for my project today!

Now for some fun giveaway information:

$300 in total prizes! To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $100 gift certificate to 1 lucky winner and a $50 gift certificate to 4 winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Blog and/or each designer’s blog post on the blog hop list below by June 11th for a chance to win. Altenew will draw 5 random winners from the comments left on each stop of this blog hop and announce the winners on the Altenew’s Blog Hop Post on June 13th, 2026.

The winner of the $100 gift certificate will be chosen from comments left on the Altenew blog. 

On another note, I wanted to announce that I also have the distinct pleasure of teaching at the Altenew Cozy Comfort Retreat in September of this year!

These virtual classes are such a joy… The Cozy Comfort retreat features two full days of classes with gorgeous new products, fun instructors, and the opportunity to create and ask questions in real time. I am thrilled to be amongst such illustrious teachers, and I can’t wait to see you there!! Click HERE to register and see all of the details and sneak peeks of the kit!

Well, that’s all for me today. Thanks so much for stopping by, and happy hopping!

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Altenew 11th Anniversary Blog Hop Day 2 + Giveaway (over $3,600 in Total Prizes)

Hi friends! After a bit of technical difficulty, I am excited to join my friends from Altenew for their 11th Anniversary Blog Hop Celebration! Month after month, Altenew provides us with exquisite products and equally exquisite inspiration to jumpstart your creativity. I was honored to be part of the Altenew Design Team for several years until life got a bit too crazy and I had to step back. I love joining my sweet friends from Altenew occasionally, though, helping to introduce new products and showcasing some of the fun and innovative new designs that Altenew consistently brings to us! For the Altenew 11th Anniversary Hop, Altenew has brought together our favorite companies for a multi-day blog hop that is chock full of inspiration and prizes to celebrate their 11 year milestone! You can find the full hop list over on the Altenew Blog. I have two projects to share with you today using some absolutely stunning goodies, so let’s get started with the details!

*I have gathered links to all of the products used at the bottom of the post for your convenience, using affiliate links. Thank you for shopping with my links! I truly appreciate your support for my work!*

My projects for today feature the stunning images from an older Build-A-Garden set, called Breezy Petals. I was super inspired by the color palette in the Botanical Brilliance Fresh Dye Ink family, so I used that as my color palette, pulling different colors together to create a cohesive card pair that coordinate but don’t “match.”

My first project mainly uses the stencils from the Breezy Petals product suite, creating an illusion of no-line coloring. I used the gorgeous colors from the Botanical Brilliance Fresh Dye Ink family on some Blush Crafty Necessities Cardstock. This cardstock color is light enough that the ink blending still stands out over the top, but is relatively subtle and gives an almost tone-on-tone vibe. I also used a blending brush to blend the exquisite Blush Rose ink around the edges of the stenciled panel, my favorite from the Blushberry Bliss Fresh Dye Ink family.

Once I had created my background, I die cut a sentiment from some coordinating red cardstock and glitter cardstock (I’m sorry-I can’t remember from which die set this sentiment die comes!), layering the two pieces together with liquid adhesive. To help ground the sentiment and soften the pattern behind it, I trimmed a thick strip of vellum and used my sharp scissors to flag the end. I added a strip of coordinating pearlescent blush cardstock on the end and adhered my sentiment die cut with some foam adhesive to the vellum strip before flipping it over and adding some liquid adhesive behind the solid die cut. This hides the adhesive behind the semi-transparent vellum to keep things neat and tidy! Finally, I added a coordinating blush ribbon bow, tucked beneath the sentiment die cut, for a bit of added texture. Such a pretty and feminine card, I think!

My second card utilizes a similar layout, this time using the coordinating stamp and die set for the Breezy Petals product suite. I stamped the large floral bouquet onto some heavyweight vellum using embossing ink, then used Rose Gold embossing powder to emboss the gorgeously detailed image. I just love the simplicity of the embossing on vellum, but the stamped image is so intricate that it stands on its’ own beautifully! I die cut the embossed image with its’ coordinating sentiment die. On the card base, I blended some more Blush Rose ink on a panel of Blush cardstock, creating a warm, peachy glow behind the embossed vellum panel.

For the greeting, I heat embossed a sentiment from the Breezy Petals stamp set onto some deep red cardstock using the same Rose Gold embossing powder and used the coordinating die and my trimmer to cut them out. I adhered the sentiment pieces to the vellum with foam adhesive, then flipped the die cuts over and added some liquid adhesive behind the solid die cuts before placing them on the center of the blended background. Finally, I added a ruby red bow tucked beneath the sentiment for a bit of extra textural interest!

Well, that’s all for my project today. Now for some fun giveaway information:

Here’s the full hop list in case you get lost:

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Happy 11th Anniversary to Altenew! Thanks so much for stopping by today, and happy hopping!

Altenew April 2025 Release Blog Hop + Giveaway!

Hi friends! I am hopping along with my friends at Altenew today to celebrate and share inspiration using their latest release for April 2025 (which you can check out HERE). You should have arrived from Dana, and your next stop is Therese. You can also start back at the beginning at the Altenew Blog. The Anniversary release is always fantastic, and each year Altenew releases an extra large stamp set that is super special and unique. This year’s Flourishing Bouquet is no different. I have three different projects to share with you today using a vibrant

*I have gathered links to all of the products used at the bottom of the post for your convenience, using affiliate links. Thank you for shopping with my links! I truly appreciate your support for my work!*

This trio of projects was inspired by a dress from my daughter’s closet, featuring a unique plum, fuchsia, mustard, and gold color palette. I selected Acai Berry, Mangrove Root, Sicilian Amber, Rubellite, and Golden Honeycomb Fresh Dye Ink from my ink wall, as well as some shimmering gold pigment ink from my ink stash to add some sparkle. I also pulled several shades of cardstock from Altenew’s Crafty Necessities line, including Cosmic Berry, Rubellite, and Sicilian Amber and some pearlescent gold cardstock that coordinated beautifully with the other colors in the palette.

For my first project, I used Lisa Horton Crafts Solid Gold pigment ink to impress the the Floral Serenade Press Plate into some Sicilian Amber cardstock, backing the colored cardstock panel with a piece of inexpensive but thick watercolor cardstock to add some extra padding and allow the pattern to impress into the thinner colored cardstock. I matted the tone-on-tone patterned panel with an A2 piece of Cosmic Berry cardstock to add a frame, then used a sentiment created with one of the greetings from the Flowering Hedge Registration Press Plate, Cosmic Berry Cardstock, and more gold pigment ink. I also impressed a sentiment strip onto some pearlescent gold cardstock without any ink, allowing the deep impression on the coated cardstock to create the crisp sentiment. I framed the greeting with some die cuts created using the new Zero Waste Oval Serenity Dies, arranging them in clusters around the large sentiment, finally finishing the project off with some gems and a pretty plum ribbon bow.

For my second project, I created a piece of wall art that will be gorgeous adorning the wall in my daughter’s new bathroom! I first stamped the huge floral arrangement from the new Flourishing Bouquet stamp set onto a panel of cardstock using Permanent Mist Gray ink and the Stampwheel 2.0. The Stampwheel 2.0 has a removable panel, allowing you to work with extra large stamps, giving you tons of versatility and options for creativity! I stamped the image with the pale gray ink, then used the layering stencils and ink blending tools to blend Acai Berry, Mangrove Root, Sicilian Amber, Rubellite, and Golden Honeycomb Fresh Dye Ink, creating a vibrant floral panel. To add some definition between the petals and to add veins to the foliage, I added some shiny gold paint pen lines; the shine and shimmer is just divine! I matted the 6.5″ x 8.5″ panel with some slightly larger Acai Berry cardstock, then added a full 8″ x 10″ Pearlescent Gold cardstock backer. I placed the image in a crisp white frame, and I can’t wait to hang it on the wall in my daughter’s “big girl” bathroom!

For my final project, I paired the same color palette with the new Flowering Hedge Registration Press Plate. These layered Press Plate sets are super user friendly, creating a multi-colored image with the help of the included, pre-printed acetate panel that makes lining the images up a breeze. I used Mangrove Root, Sicilian Amber, and Rubellite Fresh Dye Ink with each layer, impressing the images onto thick Betterpress cardstock. I used the coordinating dies to die cut the gorgeous floral frame, popping it up on some Cosmic Berry cardstock with foam adhesive. I used another gold and plum letterpress sentiment from the Flowering Hedge set, placing it in the center of the floral frame with a double layer of foam adhesive. I embellished the greeting pieces with some leftover Zero Waste Oval Serenity die cuts created with Cosmic Berry, Rubellite, and gold shimmer cardstock. Finally, I added a touch more sparkle with some more coordinating gems!

Well, that’s all for my projects today. Isn’t that color palette scrumptious?

Now for some fun giveaway information!

$300 in total prizes! To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $100 gift certificate to 1 lucky winner and a $50 gift certificate to 4 winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or each designer’s blog post on the blog hop list below by April 17th for a chance to win. Altenew will draw 5 random winners from the comments left on each stop of this blog hop and announce the winners on the Altenew Winners Page on April 19th, 2025.
The winner of the $100 gift certificate will be chosen from comments left on the Altenew blog. 

Here’s the full hop list in case you get lost:

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Thanks so much for stopping by today, and happy 11th anniversary to Altenew!

Altenew January 2025 Release Blog Hop + Giveaway!

Hi friends! I am hopping along with my friends at Altenew to help introduce some of their gorgeous new products from the January 2025 release. You should have arrived here from Agnieszka, and your next stop is Svitlana. You can also start back at the beginning at the Altenew Blog. My mom was in a bad car accident over the holidays and was finally released to my house from the hospital, so I didn’t get to play with as much of the release as I would have liked, but the new Stencil Art: Romantic Roses + coordinating die was too gorgeous to pass up. Let’s get started on the details for my project!

I began my project by blending the Carnival Magic Fresh Dye Ink and Aqua Island Fresh Dye Ink quartets to stencil all of the beautiful images from the new Stencil Art: Romantic Roses. I then die cut the finished images with their coordinating die, which is available separately from the subscription, but can be purchased as a bundle with the layering stencils! The layering stencils are super intuitive, featuring very handy etched outlines so that you can easily line up each individual layer.

I wanted to create a beautiful glowing, somewhat mixed media background using the script stencil included with the Stencil Art: Romantic Roses. I began by blending multiple layers of color from the Aqua Island Fresh Dye Ink on the edges of a panel of white A2 cardstock, then used the script stencil to add some interesting pattern and texture to the blended background. I love the subtle tone-on-tone effect that the script stencil adds to the background!

I arranged the floral stenciled die cuts in a corner swag on the blended card base, adhering them with multiple layers of foam adhesive. For the greeting, I used one of the sentiments from the One Go: Solid Sentiment Strips Press Plate, which I created using Rhodolite ink from the Carnival Magic ink quartet, then die cut with the Coordinating Die. Finally, I pulled in some of the peachy undertones from the stenciled flowers with a few of the new Creamrose Pearl Dots, adding additional shimmer and texture ot the card front.

Well, that’s all for my project today. Now for some fun giveaway information!

$300 in total prizes! To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $100 gift certificate to 1 lucky winner and a $50 gift certificate to 4 winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or each designer’s blog post on the blog hop list below by January 15th for a chance to win. Altenew will draw 5 random winners from the comments left on each stop of this blog hop and announce the winners on the Altenew Winners Page on January 17th, 2025. The winner of the $100 gift certificate will be chosen from comments left on the Altenew blog. 

Here’s the full hop list in case you get lost:

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Thanks so much for stopping by today, and happy hopping!