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Emily Midgett

Celebrate Your Birthday!

Hi there! Happy Saturday! I have a quick post for you today using some new goodies from Catherine Pooler that are now available in the Ellen Hutson store! I love making cute, colorful birthday cards, and the new products from Catherine Pooler make doing that so easy. Let’s get started with the details!

I began by stamping a background panel using some of the solid stamps from Yay Gifts! by Catherine Pooler and Sugared Lavender, Stone Blue, and Seafoam inks. I softened the colors by stamping off once to create a more subtle confetti background.

Next, I stamped the tower of gifts from Yay Gifts! using Intens-ified Black ink on some Copic-friendly white cardstock, then used my Copic markers in coordinating shades of lavender, blue, and green. I die cut the colorful tower using the coordinating die, popped it up on the stamped background panel using foam adhesive, then added a black Celebrate! die cut using some more foam adhesive. The final touch was to add some Iridescent Snow gems for a touch of sparkle.

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

Baby spam+Honey Bee Stamps!

Hi friends! It’s been a bit, hasn’t it? I have a good excuse, promise. Make that two good excuses! Meet Ben and Sam!

My (second set of) twins were born a bit earlier than expected at the beginning of April. You might know this if you follow me on Instagram (I’m @eamidgett), but if you don’t follow social media, you might not have seen these little guys yet. I had a couple of people reach out to ask where I went (thank you for caring <3), so I thought I’d pop on here and share my littlest fellas!

Because of their unexpectedly early arrival, I wasn’t able to share my projects for the Honey Bee Stamps Bee-day release! I collaborated on two different stamp sets for this release: In Full Bloom and Farm Fresh Flowers.

In Full Bloom

Farm Fresh Flowers

I have a few projects to share with you using these new sets (and some of the other goodies from the latest Honey Bee release, as well!). I won’t go into super huge detail, though, as my little guys are about to wake up from their naps! If you have specific questions about a project, please feel free to email me or leave a comment, and I will do my best to answer!

For this first project, I put the floral frame from In Full Bloom to use with the coordinating interior polygon die to create a pretty flowered shaker card. I colored the flowers with Copic markers in shades of pink, magenta, and coral! A bit of coral ink blending on the card base behind the shaker window added a pretty background for the sentiment.

My second project uses In Full Bloom again, this time pairing it with the new Polygon Thin Frames and some no-line pencil coloring. I stamped the main image from In Full Bloom on some black cardstock using white pigment ink, then coloring it using Caran D’ache Luminance pencils, adding a white die cut sentiment and and Polygon Thin Frame, popping it up on a black card base for some tone-on-tone with a pop of color!

My next project uses the new Farm Fresh Flowers. I heat embossed the super detailed spring bouquet and pitcher onto some watercolor paper, then watercolored the image using Karin markers in pretty shades of peach, coral, pink, and emerald green. I mounted it on a background that I’d stamped using the new Buffalo Plaid clear background stamp, finishing it off with a sentiment and some gems.

Next, I wanted to share some projects using some of the other darling new (non-floral, ha!) products from the birthday release! This project features Safari Babies, which I no-line watercolored using Distress Oxide inks for a super soft, almost storybook feel. I heat embossed the greeting from the Safari Babies stamp set, die cutting the images wit their coordinating Honey Cuts. I blended some white pigment ink on a blue card base using the Clouds stencils, adding a grass border and a few sparkling heart die cuts.

For my next project, I used the new Balloon Alphabet dies and Happy Beeday stamps to create a sweet birthday card. I die cut letters for “celebrate” from some dark gold cardstock, as well as a vellum polygon and celebration bear. I mounted all of the die cuts on a panel of patterned paper from the Spring Fling paper pad.

For my final project, I used the darling stamps and dies from the Happy Beeday to create a sweet birthday party scene, stamping several elements and adding color with Copic markers, then die cutting with the coordinating Honey Cuts. I added a greeting using the new Birthday stamps and Honey Cuts.

Well, that’s all for my projects! I am so sorry it took so long for me to share these… it’s been a busy few months! Honey Bee has a new release coming soon, so I will hopefully be back to share some of those projects very soon! Thanks so much for stopping by today, and have a marvelous day! Stay healthy, friends!

Altenew April 2020 Release Blog Hop+Giveaway!

Hi there! Today, I have the pleasure of taking part in the Altenew April 2020 Release Blog Hop, and let me just say… this month’s release is quite possibly one of my most favorite releases in awhile! Absolutely incredible stamps and dies. You should have arrived here from Altenew Mixed Media Blog and your next stop is Norine Borys. I have three projects to share with you today using just some of the beautiful new products from this release, so let’s get started with the details!

You’ll notice that I had a bit of a love affair with the absolutely amazing Statement Flowers stamps and dies. The movement and grace of this floral illustration is just stunning… I couldn’t resist making multiple cards with multiple mediums. For this first card, I did some simple (ish) watercoloring using just a simple black stamped image on the Altenew Watercolor Paper (seriously, if you haven’t tried this stuff, you need to… it’s got a lovely, unique, almost canvas texture) and the Altenew Artist’s 24 Pan Watercolor Set.

I have realized that I don’t do a whole lot with yellow, so I thought I’d create a simple yellow, black, and white project with some pretty watercoloring! I began by stamping the image from Statement Flowers using Obsidian Black ink on an A2 panel of the Altenew Watercolor Paper. I then used the Altenew Artists’ Watercolors to add lots of detail and shading to this beautifully graceful floral swag.

Once I’d finished watercoloring, I used my T-square to add a black frame around the edge to help further draw the eye to the pretty flowers. I added a sentiment from the new Sentiment Strips 2 (a must have sentiment set if ever there was one). The final step was to add a few black dots within the frame to add a bit more interest to the otherwise-plain background.

For my second project, I used the Statement Flowers again, this time doing some no-line coloring with my Copic markers. With all of this Covid-19 madness happening in the world, it was truly therapeutic to just sit down and do some coloring on a gorgeous floral. I stamped the image from Statement Flowers on some Copic-friendly white cardstock using Ink On 3’s Fadeout Ink, then used my Copic markers in a variety of pale shades of mauve to add tons of depth and dimension to the image. I then die cut it using the coordinating dies.

I arranged the flower swag on a white card front, allowing some to hang over the edge, which I then trimmed off and added around the edge of the card front to create a continuous pattern. I added another greeting from the Sentiment Strips 2, this time stamped in black on some strips of white cardstock. I adhered all of the elements using foam adhesive, then added a few gems to add a bit of sparkle!

For my final card today, I put to use the gorgeous new Dog Rose Panel A & B dies. I love using white-on-white for super intricate die cuts like this; it reminds me of gorgeous handmade lace. I die cut the Dog Rose Panel A die from white cardstock two times and layered them together with liquid adhesive. I then backed it with a single Dog Rose Panel B die cut, all of which were backed with a panel of heavyweight vellum.

For the card base, I blended some Aqualicious ink around the edges of a pale aqua cardstock panel using blending brushes, then adhered the super intricate dimensional die cut piece with some foam adhesive for lots of dimension. The final step was to add another greeting from Sentiment Strips 2 which I’d white embossed on a slightly darker strip of aqua cardstock and layered over the top of the Dog Rose die cuts. Simple, but that super detailed white die cut really pops on top of the pretty aqua background!

Well, that’s all for my projects today. 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 Mixed Media Blog by 4/23/2020 for a chance to win. 

We’ll also draw a winner to receive a $20 gift certificate from the comments left on each designer’s blog on the blog hop list below. All winners will be announced on the Altenew blogs on 4/26/2020. 

Now, here’s the whole hop list in case you get lost:

Altenew Card Blog
Amber Rain Davis
Terri Koszler
Laura Bassen
Jaycee Gaspar
Kelly Griglione
Jennifer McGuire
Virginia Lu
Alex Syberia
Nathalie DeSousa
Mindy Eggen
Nicole Watt
LauraJane
Laurie Willison
TaeEun Yoo
Altenew Mixed Media Blog
Emily Midgett
Norine Borys
Laura Volpes
Nicole Picadura
Tania Ahmed
Svitlana Shayevich
The Hedgehog Hollow
Ashlea Cornell
Vicky Papaioannou
Maryam Perez
Sveta Fotinia
Reiko Tsuchida
Erum Tasneem
Ivana Camdzic
Kymona Tracey
Christine Pennington
Therese Calvird
Neha Aggarwal
Lydia Evans

Psst- If you’re bored during this time of quarantine, I’d love for you to check out my Watercolor for Cardmakers 101 Class! Lots of tips and tricks for how to get good results using the Altenew Artists’ Watercolors and watercoloring in general. I hope you’ll take a peek! It’s a great value at $8.95!

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

Altenew 6th Anniversary Blog Hop+Giveaway!

Hi friends! Today, I have the pleasure of taking part in Altenew’s 6th Anniversary blog hop celebration! You should have arrived here from Lilith Eeckels, and your next stop is Kathy Racoosin. Altenew has long been one of my favorite companies. I have a mild obsession with flowers, and Altenew’s flower stamps are absolutely phenomenal, whether they are multi-layered solid stamps or outline drawings perfect for coloring! I can honestly say that I feel like Altenew’s flowers have really helped to hone my coloring skills in many different mediums, and for that I will always be an Altenew fan! I have a project today using some of my favorite stamps from Altenew, so let’s get started with the details!

I began by stamping several blooms from Poppy Garden and Wild Flora stamp sets onto some of Altenew’s new watercolor paper using some fadeout ink. (Love how smooth and crisp this watercolor paper is!) I then used my Daniel Smith watercolors to watercolor the images in a colorful palette of pink, yellow, and purple.

After I’d die cut the watercolored flowers using their coordinating dies, I used some washi tape to mask off the edge of the A9 card base. I used blending brushes to blend Hydrangea, Magenta, and Sunkissed inks in a sunset ombre down the front of the card.

I arranged the flowers in a pretty bouquet down one side of the blended card base, then used Press’n’Seal to pick up the arrangement so as to be able to add adhesive without having to completely redo my carefully arranged bouquet. I added a greeting from Poppy Garden stamped on some strips of cardstock using Obsidian Black ink. The final touch was a few shiny gold sequins!

Now, we have SO many fun giveaways for you to celebrate Altenew’s 6th Anniversary!

Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to 6 lucky winners and one Altenew Academy class to 10 lucky winners. There are also 14 awesome companies/crafty friends who are celebrating with us, and they are offering the following prizes:

Be sure to leave comments by 4/12/2020 for a chance to win one of 37 prizes! To make the hop more exciting, start your comment with “Hi from (city or country where you’re from)!”. 37 winners will be chosen at random from the comments left on any of the blogs listed below and will be announced on the Altenew Card Blog on 4/18/2020.

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

Altenew Blog
Jennifer McGuire
Erum Tasneem
Debby Hughes
Lydia Evans
My Sweet Petunia
Svitlana Shayevich
Nicole Picadura
Kelly Griglione
CiLi in Papers
Lilith Eeckels
Emily Midgett
Kathy Racoosin
May Sukyong Park
Kelly Latevola
Soraya Maes
Teri Wilson
Hussena Calcuttawala

Altenew Paint A Flower Iris Blog Hop+Giveaway!

Good morning! Today is the release of a new Altenew Paint A Flower stamp set. This month, they’re focusing on a beautiful Iris image! You should have arrived here from Lilith Eeckels and your next stop is Laurie Willison. We are also introducing a new Watercolor Essentials watercolor pan set, super affordable and such pretty colors! Let’s get started with the details on my project.

I began by stamping the main iris images from Paint A Flower: Iris on some of the new Altenew Hot Press Watercolor Paper and heat embossing the images with silver embossing powder. This paper is beautifully smooth and a nice, crisp white, great for picking up the details in your stamped images! I then used the new Watercolor Essentials pan watercolors to add color to the heat embossed irises.

After I’d finished watercoloring the images, I used blending brushes to blend some Hydrangea and Persian Blue inks on the opposite corner of the watercolored panel, sprinkling some water droplets on the blended area, then dabbing them with a paper towel to pull up the color.

I heat embossed the greeting from Paint A Flower: Iris on some lovely cornflower blue cardstock using some white embossing powder. I trimmed a bit off of the edge of the watercolored panel, then adhered it to an A2 panel of pretty purple cardstock. I added the sentiment strips with some foam adhesive, then added a few gems for some sparkle!

Now, for some fun giveaway and promotional information!

To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $30 gift certificate to 5 lucky winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or Altenew Scrapbook Blog for a chance to win. We’ll also draw a winner to receive a $15 gift certificate from the comments left on each designer’s blog on the blog hop list below. All winners will be announced on the Altenew blogs on 03/31/2020.

And to celebrate this latest release, for 2 days only! Receive a FREE Watercolor Brush – Large (value $4.99) with every order of Watercolor Essential Set from 3/22/2020 at 12:01 am EDT until 3/23/2020 at 11:59 pm EDT or while supplies last. The free gift will be added to cart automatically.

Altenew Card Blog
Vicky Papaioannou
LauraJane
Virginia Lu
Nathalie DeSousa
Ashlea Cornell
Caly Person
Therese Calvird
Norine Borys
Lilith Eeckels
Emily Midgett
Laurie Willison
Altenew Scrapbook Blog
Svitlana Shayevich
Nicole Watt
Maryam Perez
Amber Rain Davis
Mindy Eggen
Sveta Fotinia
Jaycee Gaspar
Kymona Tracey
The Hedgehog Hollow
Agnieszka Malyszek