Sixth Street Sundries

Emily Midgett

Ellen Hutson

Ellen Hutson October 2021 Release-Pt 2!

Hi there! I’m back today with some more inspiration using a few of the new goodies from the Ellen Hutson Essentials By Ellen release. I seem to be gravitating towards simple color schemes lately, and these cards today are an homage to my love of chalkboard! Any time I see a beautiful, chunky sentiment, I immediately think “this needs to be a chalkboard.” I have two “ode to chalkboard” projects for you today, so let’s get started with the details! (Affiliate links used where possible. Thank you for your support!)

Both of my projects feature the new Sending Holiday Cheer sentiment stamp set. The typography in this set is marvelous; those chunky sentiments just make me so happy, and they make creating your card front so quick and easy!

For my first project, I began by white embossing the “may your days be merry and bright” sentiment (cannot get enough of that phrase for holiday cards!) from Sending Holiday Cheer onto some Pitch Black cardstock from Hero Arts. I wanted to make the sentiment cover a bit more of the card front, so I used my sharp scissors and fussy cut each line to create four separate sentiment lines.

I wanted some subtle texture for the backdrop of this pretty sentiment, so I die cut the Twirling Flurries die from some more Pitch Black cardstock. I used some Hero Arts Unicorn White Pigment Ink and a blending brush to blend some frosty, chalky ink around the edges. I love the way the white pigment ink highlights the subtle stitching in the beautiful background! I backed the die cut card front with some white cardstock to allow the tiny little die cut snowflakes to peek through, then used foam tape to adhere the sentiment for lots of dimension and texture on this card front. The final touch was to add some iridescent white gems for a bit of sparkle! The bright, crisp white embossing stands out so beautifully from the subtly textured black background.

My next project features the new Holiday Sprigs stamp set, as well as the Sending Holiday Cheer stamps. I again began by doing some white embossing on black cardstock using the “sending holiday cheer” stamp from Sending Holiday Cheer. I also embossed a big bunch of the botanical images from Holiday Sprigs stamp set, then die cut them with their coordinating dies.

I die cut one of my most favorite dies from the Essentials By Ellen line: Stitches Cover Plate from another panel of Pitch Black cardstock. I adhered the die cut flowers and sentiment using lots of foam adhesive and liquid adhesive to add plenty of dimension. The final touch was to add a few bright red gems. I adore a pop of red on a monochromatic card front! I think they look almost like holly berries.

Well, that’s all for my projects today! If you haven’t looked already, I hope you’ll check out the new Essentials By Ellen holiday release… there are so many fun new goodies available right now! Thanks so much for stopping by today, and have a marvelous day!

Ellen Hutson October 2021 Release!

Hi there! The folks over at Ellen Hutson have a beautiful new Essentials By Ellen release, and I’m excited to be helping them show off some of their new goodies! I used some wrapping paper that I found in my (embarrassingly massive) stash of holiday wrapping paper for the inspiration for today’s project, so let’s get started with the details!

My project today features the beautiful, graphic new Holiday Sprigs stamp set. This holiday floral set is a great size, especially for creating your own patterned paper as I’ve done here, and features both the outline stamps and the solid interior stamps! For my project today, I did a little old-fashioned stamping (I even used a plain old acrylic block instead of my Misti… haven’t done that in a while!!) to create some custom patterned paper. I began by stamping my largest outline image, in this case the poinsettia, randomly over my white card front using Hero Arts Intens-ified Black ink. I then filled in the bare spots, starting with my second largest image, and working my way down to the smallest image.

Once I had my stamped outline pattern complete, it was time to fill in the images with the solid stamps using some of my favorite colored inks. I used some of my favorite Christmas-y colors from Concord and 9th: Poppy, Cranberry, Honeysuckle, Parsley, Clover. Once I had finished stamping my images, I used a black fine tip pen to add some black polka dots to the background to create some super modern looking holiday patterned paper!

For my greeting, I used one of the older Ellen Hutson holiday stamp sets: Retro Holiday Greetings. I love the juxtaposition of the modern background with the retro font of the greeting! I stamped it on a rectangle of white cardstock using Altenew Obsidian ink, then matted the white rectangle with a slightly larger rectangle of Pitch Black cardstock. I die cut a black glitter Essential Rectangles frame, then mounted it on the patterned card front using liquid adhesive. I popped up the matted sentiment with foam tape, then added a few Pretty Pink Posh Graphite gems for some sparkle!

Well, that’s all for today’s project! I have a few more to share with you, but my babies are not going to let me do anymore blogging today. But! Ellen Hutson is running a fantastic Free Gift With Purchase promo to celebrate their new release:

Simply spend $75 on Essentials By Ellen products this weekend (10/15-10/17), and you will receive the Oh What Fun stamp set for free!! Not only are they running a Gift With Purchase promotion, but they also have a Fall Savings category, where you can save 30% on the items in the category! Click here to see all of the goodies in the sale category.

Well, that’s all for my projects today. Thanks so much for reading, and have a marvelous day!

Ellen Hutson 14th Anniversary+Rainbows and Sunshine!

Hi there! Ellen Hutson is celebrating their 14th birthday, and I’ve created a couple of cards using the newly-released and totally fabulous Big Scripty Happy Birthday die! Rainbows scream “happiness” to me, and these cheerful rainbow cards have a little hint of sass to them to help balance out the sweetness of the rainbows. Let’s get started with the details!

For both of my cards, I die cut the new Big Scripty Happy Birthday from silver glitter cardstock, backing one of the glitter die cuts with heavyweight vellum, and creating a dimensional die cut by adhering two more Happy Birthday die cuts behind the glitter die cut. Both cards also feature Honeysuckle, Grapefruit, Buttercup, Sprout, and Aqua Sky inks from Concord and 9th.

For this first project, I began by stamping the rainbow from the freebie You Are Awesome (a gift with purchase during last weekend’s anniversary sale, but you could also recreate this using the Better Days Ahead stamp set) using Honeysuckle, Grapefruit, Buttercup, Sprout, and Aqua Sky inks from Concord and 9th to create a fun panel of custom patterned paper. I filled in the areas around the rainbows with some little hearts and stars included in the freebie set, then added some black dots to help fill in the white space further.

For the greeting, I heat embossed the sassy sentiment from That Thing You Did on some black cardstock using white embossing powder, then trimmed it down into thin strips. I adhered the dimensional glitter “happy birthday” die cut to the rainbow patterned panel, then added the sentiment strips with foam adhesive, finally adding some iridescent gems to add some sparkle!

For my second project, I wanted to allow the gorgeous Big Scripty Happy Birthday to stand on it’s own. It’s such a generous size that you don’t really need to add too much to your card front to create a quick, fairly gender-neutral birthday card! I created a colorful background by blending Honeysuckle, Grapefruit, Buttercup, Sprout, and Aqua Sky inks from Concord and 9th with blending brushes.

I die cut a rectangular frame from the Essentials Rectangles die set from some more silver glitter cardstock. I adhered it to the blended rainbow panel, then added the “happy birthday” die cuts and another sassy sentiment from That Thing You Did heat embossed on strips of black cardstock. The final touch was some more iridescent gems!

Well that’s all for my projects today. I hope you’ll check out the latest release from Ellen Hutson. So many fun new products, including some great new foiling dies. I encourage you to take a look! Thanks so much for stopping by today, and have a marvelous day!

A Magical Christmas with Ellen Hutson!

Hi there! I have been cleaning out my computer of old photos recently, and I realized that I had several projects that I hadn’t had time to blog yet, including these cuties that I created for the Ellen Hutson October 2020 release! I have been in a “stamp a bunch, color a bunch, create a bunch” mood lately, where I stamp or die cut a bunch of images from the same set, then color them up or assemble them, then create as many projects as I can with them, like I’ve done with this Christmas card and double tag trio in today’s post! Today’s projects feature Santa’s List and the coordinating dies, as well as a smattering of older, but still fabulous, products from the Essentials By Ellen line. Let’s get started with the details!

I started by stamping several of the adorable images from Santa’s List onto white Copic-friendly cardstock using Intens-ified Black ink from Hero Arts. I then used my Copic markers in a cheery, traditional combination of bright red, green, and added in a touch of warm gray to add a bit of a modern twist to it. Next, I die cut all of the images using the coordinating dies.

For the card, I create a simple background for my little Santa scene by die cutting the Alpine Snowfall from the Essentials By Ellen line from some plain white cardstock, punching out all of the little bits. (You could totally save these for some “snow” for a shaker project! Wish I’d thought of it then!) I backed the snowy panel with some Lawn Fawn Pixie Dust Sparkle Cardstock for the perfect hint of sparkle.

I arranged my Santa’s List die cuts in a cute little scene on the card front, adhering everything using foam adhesive for lots of dimension. The final step was to tuck a little sentiment from Santa’s List in the corner of the scene to round everything out!

I used the leftovers from my pile of die cuts to create a couple of cute little tags. I began by die cutting the Twirling Flurries die from some plain white cardstock. This die doesn’t really cut anything out; rather, it impresses a beautiful stitched background pattern in your cardstock to create some gorgeous texture.

From this textured background panel, I used the Shipping Tags die to cut four different tags. If your cutting plates look anything like mine, they’re all chewed up and create unsightly marks on the back of your die cuts, which can be problematic if you’re creating tags to put on gifts and want to write on the back. I remedy this by doubling up my tags, which is super easy to do with the Shipping Tags dies, as it cuts four tags at once. I can create two clean tags with just one pass through my die cut machine! I adhered them together, back to back to hide the unsightly marked backs of the tags, then added some cute little Santa’s List die cuts on the front, finally finishing them off with some black twine.

Well, that’s all for today’s projects! Thanks so much for stopping by today, and have a marvelous day!

2-for-1 cards+Pattern Mixing with Ellen Hutson Summer of Stamping!

Hi there! Have you seen the Ellen Hutson Sumer of Stamping releases? To help break up the monotony of staying home during these unprecedented times, Ellen Hutson’s stamp designers came up with some extra special releases and festivities (which are now completed)! I didn’t get a chance to play along with the fun challenges that took place, but I’ve never met a flower stamp that I didn’t like, and the Mondo Pansy stamp set by Brandi Kincaid is so darn pretty that I couldn’t resist making a card set with it!

I started by stamping a full A2 panel of watercolor paper with Hero Arts Intens-ified Black Ink using the Mondo Pansy stamp set to create a panel of custom patterned paper. I used Daniel Smith watercolors in shades of blue, jade green, and yellow to watercolor the entire panel.

I love the combination of a pretty periwinkle blue and sunny yellow, so I kept my color palette simple for both cards. I stamped the plaid background (the one that I used is discontinued, but the Buffalo Plaid stamp from Honey Bee Stamps would work just as well for this!) on some A2 panels of Lapis cardstock from Hero Arts using Blue Jay ink from Pinkfresh Studio.

I trimmed the watercolored panel into two strips, one slightly wider than the other, and then added some strips of black cardstock to the back. This black cardstock helps make the black outlines of the stamped images pop, while also helping to create a barrier between the stamped Mondo Pansy patterned paper and the lightly patterned tone-on-tone blue card base. One thing to remember when mixing patterns: use multiple sizes of pattern. These cards, for example, feature a the large, rounded, almost-flowy patterns of the floral paper with the smaller, more precise plaid paper. The black cardstock helps to differentiate the patterns even further. For the first card, I used the Thank You sentiment from That Thing You Did, white heat embossed on a strip of black cardstock.

For the second card, I used the same basic layout, making the floral strip slightly wider and showing less of the plaid background. I created the greeting using Big Scripty Thank You dies. I began by die cutting the words themselves from white cardstock, then, leaving them in the negative, blended some Blue Jay ink in an ombre using blending brushes. I adhered this ombré sentiment to the vellum die cut outline, then popped it up with some clear dimensional adhesive. The final touch was to add some iridescent white jewels.

Well, that’s all for me today! Thanks so much for stopping by, and stay well!