Sixth Street Sundries

Good morning! It’s the last Monday of the month, so that means it’s time for another Man Card Monday! This time, I’m using some of the adorable new stamps from the 2019 Hero Arts catalog to create a card fit for little man (or maybe even a big man!). I used the new Fly High Animals and some sponge daubing to create a little sky scene fit for a little guy! Let’s get started with the details!

I began by stamping and clear embossing the plane and its little puppy pilot from Fly High Animals onto some watercolor paper, then using my Daniel Smith paints to watercolor the little guy and his pilot. I also embossed a greeting from the Fly High Animals onto some vellum with white embossing powder.

For the background, I used some Scrapbook.com sponge daubers and Unicorn White pigment ink to add some clouds to a panel of Periwinkle card stock. I also used some White Watercolor to do some artistic splattering just to add a bit more texture to the card front.

I trimmed a bit off of the bottom of the blue panel to allow some of the white card base to show through, then added the plane and sentiment using foam adhesive to add extra dimension.

Well, that’s all for this month’s Man Card Monday! Thanks so much for dropping by today, and have a marvelous day!

Good morning! I have a quick post for you today using some of the new items from the newest Hero Arts catalog! The catalog is filled with some beautiful new springy products that are perfect for creating simple, elegant projects. Let’s get started with the details for my project today!

I began by die cutting the new Monarch Butterfly Fancy Die from some Hero Arts vellum. This vellum is a nice, heavy weight card stock, and it die cuts like a dream, especially with super intricate dies.

Next, I blended a bit of Stone Wash ink on some of the new Periwinkle card stock from the newest Hero Arts catalog. The new card stocks are gorgeous and such a luxurious weight. After lightly blending the Stone Wash ink in the center of the card front using the Picket Fence Studios blender brushes, I added a few spritzes of Hero Arts Shimmer Spray.

I added a sentiment on a strip of white card stock with silver embossing powder, then placed my butterfly in the center of my card front with tiny dabs of adhesive in the center to be covered by the white card stock strip, popped up with foam adhesive.

Well, that’s all for my project today! I am waiting for spring to arrive… but also don’t mind these last cool days of winter. My favorite days are those that you just need a sweater and some cute flats. 🙂 Thanks so much for stopping by, and have a marvelous day!

Hi there! I’m so excited to be joining the Altenew March 2019 Release Blog Hop! Today, ALTENEW is introducing so many gorgeous new stamps, dies, and stencils, and I’m happy to help introduce some of these new products to you! You should have arrived here from Laurie Willison’s blog, and your next stop is the Altenew Scrapbook Blog. (You can head to the Altenew Card Blog if you get lost!) Be sure to read til the end to find out about the fun prizes up for grabs!

For my first project, I wanted to create something colorful, springy, and just plain pretty. Enter: Watercolor Doodles stamp set. This brand new stamp set creates just the prettiest patterns, with minimal effort. Simply stamp the outline bouquet, then add in the solid stamps in whatever color your heart desires! The solid flowers are meant to be a little “outside the lines,” so you don’t even have to match them up perfectly! Here, I’ve stamped a pretty pattern in some springy Altenew ink colors on an A2 panel of plain white card stock, then die cut the Mega Friend die (reserving the interior portions), then backed the panel with some black shimmer card stock and replaced the interior portions of the die cut for a nice, flat, easily mailed card.

For my second project, I wanted to showcase the beautiful new Book Club stamp and die set. I heat embossed the image on white card stock using gold embossing powder, then colored it in an unusual color scheme with my Copic markers. I’ve noticed an awful lot of pink and purple in my cards recently, and wanted to shake things up a bit from the norm, so I colored the images in blue, coral, and mint. In the center of the circle, I heat embossed a thank you from the new Thank You Builder stamp set.

After I’d finished adding color and a greeting to the Book Club die cut, I used my T-square and a gold marker to create a golden frame. The frame highlights the beautiful lines of the flowers and circle in the die cut.

For the next project, I combined a few older products to create a pretty vase of flowers. I stamped two peonies from the lovely  Beautiful Peony stamp set, as well as some wildflower “filler” flowers from the Focus on you stamp set. After heat embossing all of the images in silver and die cutting them with their coordinating dies, I used Tombow markers to watercolor the images in pretty, springy shades of bright pink and pale blue. I also heat embossed one of the vases from the new Versatile Vases on an A2 panel of white card stock.

To add some shadow and depth to the vase, I used the new Versatile Vases Stencils and the Picket Fence Studios blender brushes to add some pale blue blending to the bottom of the vase to indicate water. I popped the flowers using foam tape, then added a silver embossed greeting, also from Versatile Vases.

After so many white, clean and simple cards, I wanted to do something vibrant and saturated with color to showcase the absolutely gorgeous new Wallpaper Art stamp set. I stamped several of the blooms on a panel of A2 card stock, then used the cut outs from the Wallpaper Art stencil collection as masks to stamp the foliage. These stencil collections make for quick and easy masking to create bouquets and scenes!

I wanted to create some very pale pink anemones, so I colored the main images with my Copic markers (RV0000, RV00, RV63, V95 and G21, YG61, G46, BG96), then used the darkest green from the Green Fields Artist Markers to color the negative space on the panel. Finally, I added a sentiment from the Mini Hello stamp set in white embossing powder to make it pop!

Now, for some fun giveaway information!

To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to 6 lucky winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or Altenew Scrapbook Blog by 3/19/2019 for a chance to win. Altenew has also generously provided a $20 gift certificate for my blog readers! Simply leave a comment on this post telling me which product is your favorite from this release! All winners will be announced on the Altenew blogs on 3/23/2019.

Thanks so much for stopping by today, and happy hopping! Your next stop is Altenew Scrapbook Blog.