Skip links

Sixth Street Sundries

Emily Midgett

Black Friday Sales!!

Oh my gosh, you guys…. there are some absolutely fantastic sales happening in this paper crafty industry! Best part- you can shop from home in your jammies! That is a win for me, for sure.

Some of my favorite companies:

Ellen Hutson: All items in the Gratitude Category are 20-80% off their original prices! Save an additional 20% on the products in the GRATITUDE19 category with the code GRATITUDE19. You must use the code to receive the discount!

Hero Arts: Free Shipping on orders of $25 or more, and all orders will receive a super cute enamel pin (to add to your ever growing pin collection!)

Honey Bee Stamps: Take 25% off of all Honey Bee Stamps Products on Thursday and Friday!

Altenew: Some incredible deals happening today and tomorrow! A few of my personal favorites:
~$200 off 100 Crisp Dye Ink Oval Set
~35% off Mega Alphabet Ultimate Die Bundle
~30% off Spring & Summer Watercolor Marker Bundle
~25% off Watercolor 36 Pan Set
~Receive FREE Our Family 12 x 12 Patterned Papers ($15.99 value) on orders over $69 from 11/27/2019 at 12:01 am EST through 11/28/2019 at 11:59 pm EST. The free gift will be added to cart automatically. Not valid on previous orders. While supplies last.
~11/25 – 12/02: Black Friday Special Shipping Offer

  • Free U.S. shipping on orders over $30 with code USFREE at checkout! Shop HERE!
  • $5 Off international shipping on orders over $50 with code SHIP5OFF at checkout!

Waffleflower:

Waffle Flower Flash Sale - 50% Off Last Chance Items

That’s just a small sampling of all of the sales happening this weekend…. Happy shopping! I know I will be! 🙂

Altenew Color Therapy Blog Hop+Giveaway!

Hi there! Happy Monday! Today, I’m excited to be a stop on the Altenew Color Therapy blog hop! This hop celebrates all things coloring, which, if you’ve visited my blog before, you know is one of my most favorite things, in any and all mediums. I absolutely love Kathy Racoosin’s 30 Day Coloring Challenge. It provides me with a wonderful daily excuse to get out my coloring mediums and just play! From Altenew:

Altenew is collaborating with the amazing Kathy Racoosin from The Daily Marker to inspire crafters to find joy through coloring. Kathy is celebrating her 14th 30 Day Coloring Challenge until the end of November 2019. This blog hop is meant to encourage you to participate by coloring something and share it on social media using the hashtag #thedailymarker30day. We hope they find “Me Time” and enjoy the benefits that coloring will give. 

I created a super colorful project today using the Altenew Winter Wonderland watercolor brush markers and the Precious Peony stamps and dies. Let’s get started with the details!

I began by stamping a few of the individual floral sprays from Precious Peony using Ink on 3 Fadeout Ink on some hot press watercolor paper. I then used the Winter Wonderland Watercolor Brush Markers to do some no-line watercoloring on these pretty peony images in one of my favorite “fiesta” color schemes- bright yellows, oranges, and fuchsia. I die cut both sprays with the coordinating dies.

Next, I stamped some elements from the Baroque Motifs stamp set onto a panel of deep fuchsia cardstock using Magenta ink. I also blended some more Magenta ink on the opposite corner of the card front using blending brushes.

I created the sentiment using the Sentiment Strips stamp set and the Tall Alpha die set. I first white heat embossed the greeting from Sentiment Strips on a strip of pretty marigold yellow cardstock, then die cut “sweet” from some more yellow cardstock using the Tall Alpha die set, adhering all of the pieces to the card front using liquid adhesive. I cut one of the peony die cuts in half and created a unique bouquet for the damask corner of the card front, adhering the die cuts using foam adhesive. The last step was to add some pretty sparkles for a touch of bling!

Well, that’s all for my project today! I hope you’ll participate in the Daily Marker 30 Day Coloring Challenge…. it’s so much fun, and so relaxing! Now, for some fun giveaway information!

Altenew is giving away a $30 gift certificate to 5 lucky winners and Kathy from The Daily Maker is also giving away her original 5”x7” watercolor artwork(including a custom frame). Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog by 11/22/2019 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 11/24/2019.

Thank you so much for stopping by today! Your next stop is Jaycee Gaspar. Here’s the full hop list in case you get lost:

Altenew Card Blog
Kathy Racoosin
Ashlea Cornell
Anna Komenda
Emily Midgett <— you are here
Jaycee Gaspar
Gayatri Murali
Hussena Calcuttawala
Kymona Tracey
Keeway Tsao
Laurie Willison
Kristina Pokazanieva
LauraJane
Lilith Eeckels
Nenette S. Madero
Norine Borys
TaeEun Yoo
Maryam Perez
Tania Ahmed
Vicky Papaioannou
Virginia Lu

Some more Essentials by Ellen inspiration+SALE!

Hi there! I have a few more projects to share with you using some of the newest goodies from the November Essentials By Ellen release! This release is just so darn pretty, and in addition to pretty flowers and butterflies, we also have some fantastic and versatile basics that are sure to be staples in your craft room! It’s also Ellen Hutson’s Lucky 13th Anniversary, and we’re celebrating with the sale! (I’ll get to all of those details at the end of the post. 😉 ) Let’s get started with the details!

For today’s projects, I created a matching card and gift box using the new In the Weeds stamps, keeping things simple by using just one color of ink and allowing the detail in the stamp set to do the work for me!

For the treat box, I first die cut two sections of the new Treat Box die from white cardstock. I then masked the bottom of the new Treat Box die stamped the image from In the Weeds using Hydrangea ink. I colored a length of white silk ribbon a matching shade of purple using a Copic marker, then used it to close the treat box. I also die cut a tiny tag from the new Mini Tags die set, then stamped it with the Good Luck sentiment from the new Small Sayings stamp set, adding it to the loop of the bow as a little tag for the treat box. Simple, cute, but oh, so pretty!

I used the same color scheme to create the matching card. I stamped the beautiful image from In the Weeds using Hydrangea ink on an A2 panel of cardstock, adding a few more stamped images on the edge, overlapping them a touch to create a continuous line of flowers. I also added a touch of pale yellow to the centers of the flowers using a pale yellow Copic marker.

I stamped a greeting using the fantastic new That Thing You Did stamp set. (Don’t you just love the sassy, fabulous sentiments in this one?) I stamped it on a strip of white cardstock using dark gray ink. I trimmed a slightly larger rectangle of white cardstock, then using the same Copic marker used for the ribbon for the treat box, colored a custom panel of cardstock and mounted it behind the sentiment strip. I mounted that on another slightly larger panel of charcoal cardstock, and then mounted the whole thing on the floral panel with foam adhesive. The final touch was to add some pretty Pearl White gems for a bit of sparkle.

Well, that’s all for my projects today! Now, to further entice you to take a peek at the new goodies at Ellen Hutson, we are having a fabulous sale to celebrate 13 lucky years in business!

Simply fill your cart, add code LUCKY13 to at checkout, and receive 20% savings and a free gift with your order!

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

Studio Katia Paws For Kindness Blog Hop+Giveaway!

Hi there! I have a special blog post for you today. Studio Katia is releasing a darling new stamp and die bundle called Paws for Kindness, featuring some sweet little critters and their owners, as well as some fantastic sentiments, and we are celebrating with a blog hop! You should have arrived here from Ilda Dias, and your next stop is Kaja Vezenšek.  

This is an exclusive stamp set and coordinating die bundle featuring specifically designed to celebrate the World Kindness Day.  
Studio Katia will donate $10 from every sale of this special stamp bundle to Pets in the Classroom, because we truly believe that all children should have the opportunity to learn about the responsibilities, respect for life and being kind to one another. 

Such a cute stamp set for such a wonderful cause! I have a clean and simple project for you today, so let’s get started with the details!

To start, I began by stamping the little girl with her corgi and kitty friends from Paws for Kindness, using some Copic-friendly black ink on white cardstock. (Look at the little corgi tail waggling! So cute!) I then used my Copic markers to color the images in and die cut the image using the coordinating dies, included in the bundle.

Next, I stamped this super poignant greeting (perfect for that friend who’s lost a beloved furry family member) from the Paws for Kindness on some strips of white cardstock. I cut a white background using the newly released Mini Polka Dots Cover Die and adhered it to a white A2 card base for a quick, textured background, allowing my colored trio and greeting to take center stage on this card. I don’t like to add too much in the way of sparkles for a sympathy card, so I kept this one nice and clean.

Well, that’s all for my project today. Now, Studio Katia has some fun giveaways for you!

Studio Katia is giving away TWO $25 CAD gift certificates on their Blog. Winners will be chosen randomly from comments left under all the Blogs. All comments must be left by Friday, November 22nd, 2019, 23:59 PM EST. Winners will be announced on Sunday, November 24th, 2019 on SK Blog.

Studio Katia is also providing a $15 CAD gift certificate giveaway to each stop on the blog hop. All you have to do to enter is leave a comment! The more comments you leave, the more chances you have to win! Winners will be announced on the Studio Katia blog.

Now, here’s the full lineup in case you get lost:

Studio Katia
Ilda Dias
Emily Midgett <— You are here!
Kaja Vezenšek
Amy Rysavy
Galina Filippenko
Jessica Frost Ballas
Laura Volpes
Natalia Zubkova
Tracy Freeman
Dana Gong
Isha Gupta
Erum Tasneem
Olga Moss
Liliya Rytsar

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

Essentials By Ellen November Release+Blog Hop!

Hi there! Today, the latest Essentials by Ellen release is now live, and we are celebrating with a blog hop chock full of inspiration, as well as prizes! You should have arrived here from Carolyn’s blog, and your next stop is Brandi’s blog. These new products are absolutely beautiful. I know most of us are elbow-deep in Christmas card prep, but these new sets are beautifully happy and springy! I have two projects for you today, so let’s get started with the details!

For my first project, I created a pretty-in-pink shaker card using the new Be the Change stamp set. I began with a slightly smaller than A2 panel of pink cardstock and die cut one of the butterflies using the Be the Change dies from the center of the panel. I used some blender brushes to blend some Magenta ink around the edge of the die cut, then backed it with some acetate to create a shaker. I also stamped a greeting from Be the Change using the same Magenta ink.

I placed a full sized A2 panel of the same pink cardstock in my Misti, placing the shaker front over the top, then used that to place the butterfly stamp in the proper spot in the Misti. I added some sequins and closed up the shaker card. Simple, but so pretty! I think this would be really pretty to make in other colors, too!

For my second project, I wanted to do some Copic coloring with the new In The Weeds stamp set. I began by stamping the floral cluster from In The Weeds using Intens-ified Black Ink on some Copic-friendly white cardstock. I then used my Copic markers in shades of cool blues, purples, and greens. I also blended a bit of pale blue ink behind the florals to create a bit of sky.

Next, I die cut and stamped a butterfly from Be the Change and colored it with the same Copic shades. I die cut a white frame using the Oh Happy Day shaker, then adhered it to the floral panel using foam adhesive. I stamped a greeting from In The Weeds on a rectangle of white card stock, then adhered the greeting and the Copic butterfly using foam adhesive.

Well, that’s all for my projects today! I have a few more to share with you in the next few days, so be on the lookout for some more inspiration. Now, we have some fun giveaway information!

We’ve got super fun prizes!!! One random & lucky commenter will win $25 to the EH shop and one will win the whole November Essentials by Ellen release!!! To enter for a chance to win, make sure to leave comments at each stop along the hop! Comment before Thursday, November 14th at 11:59pm PST. Winners will be notified by email.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Your next stop is Brandi’s blog. Happy hopping!