Sixth Street Sundries

Emily Midgett

Where Creativity Meets C9

Where Creativity Meets C9: September Edition!

Good morning! Today is the 9th of the month, which means the beginning of a new challenge over at Where Creativity Meets C9. (And it also means the new Concord and 9th September Release is now live. SO MANY adorable new holiday stamps!!! I’m going to be so poor after today!) For this month’s challenge, we are providing a color palette for you to draw inspiration:

credit: design seeds

Now, we know I don’t like orange all that much. So I kinda cheated and used just two of the colors: Aqua and Charcoal. I am loving how aqua is finding it’s way into autumnal color schemes! Cool colors are my favorite!

I began by heat embossing the new Thankful Leaves turnabout stamp, with all four rotations, using White Pearl embossing powder onto some aqua card stock. I absolutely adore the subtle pattern this creates on a colored card stock background. I blended some darker aqua ink around the edges to help further highlight the beautiful detail in the background stamp.

Next, I die cut a vellum leaf using the coordinating Thankful Leaves dies and a greeting using the Grateful for Everything coordinating die set (the stamp that coordinates with this die is probably one of my most favorite stamps ever….) I adhered both die cuts to the card front with liquid adhesive, leaving the edges of the leaves without adhesive so that they popped up a bit.

The final step was to add a few jewels from Pretty Pink Posh to add some sparkle.

Well, that’s all for me today! I hope you are inspired to bring out your Concord and 9th products to create a project inspired by the color inspiration photo! Simply create a project, link it up to the Where Creativity Meets C9 blog post by September 29, and you could have a chance to win a $25 shopping spree to the Concord and 9th store! One winner will also be chosen to be a guest on an upcoming challenge! Thanks so much for stopping by today, and have a marvelous Sunday. 🙂

 


Concord and 9th Feature Friday, Volume 4!

Good morning! Today is the final installment of the Where Creativity Meets C9‘s Feature Friday for Concord and 9th’s 3rd Birthday Month! It’s been such an honor to help Concord and 9th celebrate their third birthday this month… They’re truly one of my most favorite companies, and seeing them do so well makes me so happy. Congratulations to Greg and Angie on another successful year! This week, we are focusing on my personal favorite set from the August release (as though there was a doubt, right?): Grateful For Everything. I have always adored Concord and 9th’s floral stamp sets, and this one made me swoon with delight. I colored it with Polychromos pencils in this blog post, so I thought I’d do some watercoloring with my Daniel Smith watercolors for this week’s final Feature Friday post.

I began by heat embossing the gorgeous bouquet from Grateful For Everything twice onto some watercolor paper using Bronze embossing powder. I wanted something a bit bolder than gold, so I went for Bronze. I then taped my panel down to my cutting board to reduce warping and used my Daniel Smith watercolors in shades of Naphthamide Maroon, Quinacridone Lilac, Bloodstone Genuine, Raw Sienna, Green Apatite Genuine, Undersea Green, and Olive Green. (I’ll link them all individually below.)

While my panel was drying (still taped to the cutting board), I die cut my greeting. I used the Just Because dies to cut a bronze metallic frame as well as the sentiment from pearlescent white card stock to make it pop against that colorful background. I made sure that my watercolored panel was completely dry, adhered my greeting, then added a few jewels for some sparkle.

 

Well, that’s all for my project today! Thank you again to Concord and 9th for having the Where Creativity Meets C9 team as your guests this month. We’ve loved helping to celebrate this fantastic company! This month’s challenge is now closed, but a new challenge begins on September 9, just a few short days away, so be on the lookout for our new theme. The winning entry wins a $25 shopping spree to the Concord and 9th store!

Thanks so much for watching, and have a marvelous weekend!


Concord and 9th Feature Friday, Volume 3!

Good morning! Today is the third installment of the Where Creativity Meets C9‘s Feature Friday for Concord and 9th’s 3rd Birthday Month! Today, we are focusing on the absolutely gorgeous Leaf Turnabout stamp and die set! There have been so many gorgeous examples of projects using the Leaf Turnabout stamp set that I wanted to focus on the beautiful details maple leaf die set that coordinates with the stamp set. Let’s get started with the details!

To begin, I die cut the intricate vein and frame portion of the Thankful Leaves die set from some gold glitter card stock. I had initially thought that I would use just solid colored card stock to back my leaf, but it was just a bit bland for my taste. I have several alcohol ink panels already made up (I like to spend an hour or two just playing with my alcohol inks, which results in a nice little pile of backgrounds waiting to be put to use!), so I die cut the solid leaf from an orange and gold panel. I love how the colors of the alcohol inks swirl and meld with each other, definitely reminiscent of the colors on an autumn leaf.

After die cutting the solid leaf from the alcohol ink panel, I decided that the veined frame covered up too much of the pretty mottled alcohol ink pattern and decided to place it back within the negative space of the full panel. I adhered the whole thing to a panel of plain card stock to keep everything in place, then adhered the veined frame to cover the die cut lines. I heat embossed the sentiment from the Leaf Turnabout using gold embossing powder onto some heavy weight vellum, then adhered both sentiment strips to the card front using liquid adhesive. Thankfully, the chunky font used on the sentiments allowed for me to easily hide the adhesive behind the letters.

The final step was to add some jewels from Pretty Pink Posh for some more sparkle.

Well, that’s all for me today! Remember, you still have some time left this month to get your project in to the linkup for the Where Creativity Meets C9 challenge. This month’s theme is Anything Goes, so pull out your favorite Concord and 9th stamp set, create a project, link it up here, and you could be eligible to win a $25 shopping spree to Concord and 9th! (Please be sure to read all of the rules for eligibility so if you’re chosen, you’re not disqualified!)

Thanks so much for dropping by today, and have a marvelous weekend!


Concord and 9th Feature Friday, Volume 2!

Good morning! Today is the second installment of the Where Creativity Meets C9‘s Feature Friday for Concord and 9th’s 3rd Birthday Month! Today, we are focusing on the So Happy For You stamps and dies. I’ve combined these pretty, simple florals with some cool blues and greens and grays to create a pair of cards. Let’s get started with the details!

For my first card, I created a custom floral pattern for the background of my card base using the new So Happy For You stamp set. I started with my largest floral image, stamping it randomly across the card front, then moved to my next largest floral image in a different shade of blue, then foliage, etc, until I had created a pretty flowery background. I then used the Posie Fill-In coordinating dies to die cut “FRIEND” from the center of the floral background, reserving all of the pieces to create a peekaboo die cut sentiment. I die cut the “friend” three more times from plain white scrap card stock, adhered them all together, then nestled them in the negative space of the card front’s die cut “friend.” The dimension added by the extra die cuts helps to emphasize the greeting. I added the rest of the stamped greeting from Posie Fill-In on a strip of white card stock, then popped it up with dimensional foam tape. The final step was to add some gems for sparkle and texture.

For my second project, I wanted to create an almost farmhouse themed card using the new Shiplap Sentiments stamp set combined with the pretty florals from So Happy For You. I began by stamping the Shiplap Sentiments background using just a regular stamping block onto some plain white card stock. I then die cut several of the blooms and foliage from the So Happy For You combo from plain white card stock and stamped them in the same colors from the previous card. I layered them all in the corner of the shiplap background, adding a greeting from Shiplap Sentiments with foam tape. A few more jewels finished it off.

Well, that’s all for me today! Be sure to check out the rest of the new birthday release from Concord and 9th… soo many fantastic new sets, including a floral that I’ve absolutely been swooning over! They also have some fantastic sales going on in their Sale section! I’d highly encourage you to go check it out! Thanks so much for dropping by today. Have a marvelous weekend!


Concord and 9th Feature Friday!

Good morning! Today, along with the rest of the Where Creativity Meets C9 Design Team, I am helping Concord and 9th introduce their new products for the month of August each Friday as part of their Feature Friday! Today, we are focusing on the new Top It Off stamps and dies. I chose to create a wedding cake instead of the expected birthday cake, so let’s get started with all of the details!

I started by heat embossing all three layers of cake from Top It Off onto white card stock using some sparkly embossing powder, then fussy cut them all in one piece. I then die cut the beautiful “Eat Cake” cake topper from the coordinating die set for Top It Off three times from plain white card stock and adhered them together to create a dimensional die cut. I added the cake to the card front using dimensional foam adhesive, then adhered the cake topper using liquid adhesive.

After adding the main components to my card front, I decided to embellish the cake with a few flowers and some foliage from the Just Because die set. I cut the flowers and some leaves from plain white card stock, with some vellum sprigs to add a little textural interest, then placed them on the cake with liquid adhesive, creating a definite wedding cake vibe for this cake.

The final step was to add some white Nuvo drops to the centers of the flowers for even more texture and dimension.

Well, that’s all for me today! Thanks so much for dropping by, and be sure to visit the rest of the Where Creativity Meets C9 team’s projects using the new Concord and 9th release products. I hope you’ll come back next Friday to see the next Feature Friday featuring the new Concord and 9th 3rd Birthday release! Have a marvelous day!