Sixth Street Sundries

Emily Midgett

alphabet dies

Pink and Green with Pinkfresh!

Hi there! I was up on the Pinkfresh Studio blog today, and I thought I’d share the projects here, as well! I love searching Pinterest for unique color combinations as a jumpstart to my crafting, and I found a mood board with the most beautiful emerald and mauve color scheme that I just had to apply it to my Pinkfresh projects today! I used some brand new products, paired with some older products, to create my pair of cards for today. Let’s get started with the details!

I began by stamping a variety of beautiful blooms from the Lovely Blossoms stamp set in shades of pink, emerald, and turquoise, then die cut them using the coordinating dies. I also die cut the Hi from deep magenta pink card stock using the new Kelly Alpha Upper and Lower Case dies. 

I die cut a panel of deep emerald green card stock using the Braided Circles dies and backed it with a panel of glittery white card stock. I used the same glittery card stock to back the letters for the greeting, creating two-tone letter die cuts. I adhered all of the die cuts to the card front using foam adhesive, then added a bit of sparkle to the card front using the Essentials Jewels Mix! 

For my second card I used the same color scheme, but wanted to pull out my watercolors and play with the new Floral Vase stamp set! I began by stamping the main images from the Floral Vase stamp set on some watercolor paper, then heat embossed them with some silver embossing powder. I used my Daniel Smith watercolors to create a subtle mauve and pink bouquet of flowers. I also used the coordinating dies to cut the images out. 

After I’d watercolored my images, I die cut an emerald green frame from the Pretty Frames 2 die set, reserving the outer few frames for a later project! I also die cut a “hugs” from the Kelly Alpha Lower die set from some pretty pink foil. 

I arranged the die cuts on a panel of A2 woodgrain card stock using lots of foam tape. I also added a bit of sparkle with some gems from the Essentials Jewels Mix. 

Well, that’s all for these projects today! I hope this inspires you to go check out Pinterest for some pretty color inspiration. Thanks so much for stopping by today, and have a marvelous day!

Honey Bee Stamps Bee Bold Release, Day 2!

Good morning! I am back with another Honey Bee Stamps Bee Bold release project. Today’s project focuses on two new sets: Bee Bold Alpha Dies and Chin Up, Buttercup stamp set. These chunky new alphabet dies are perfect for creating those unique, custom sentiments… and the Chin Up, Buttercup set is going to be a staple on my desk, for sure. You know me and flowers!! And these are SO fun to color. All of the new products peeked today on the Honey Bee Blog will be available for purchase Thursday night, 8/2 at midnight central time. Let’s get started with my card for today!

I wanted to create an almost washed out card with just pops of black to really show off the new Bee Bold Alpha Dies. I started by stamping a little floral pattern around the edge of my card front using the new Chin Up Buttercup stamp set with Copic-friendly black ink. Next, I used my Copic markers in super pale shades of yellow and mint to color the flowers to create an almost washed out effect.

To create the greeting, I first lined up my dies on my gridded craft mat to ensure that they would be straight (I’m really annoyingly particular about straight lines), then picked the dies up with one long piece of washi tape and die cut them from the colored floral panel, making sure to reserve the centers of R and D. I die cut the same letters from black card stock, as well.

I adhered the full card front panel to the A2 card, then inserted the black die cuts in the negative space, adding in the centers of R and D that had been reserved. I adhered the patterned die cuts slightly offset to create a black “frame” to help emphasize that cool die cut sentiment.

The final steps were some bling… I added some Cupcake rhinestones to the card front, then added a liberal amount of sparkle pen to the white patterned letter die cuts.

Well, that’s all for me today! Be sure to check out the Honey Bee Blog for all of the details on the new products being shown today… the design team has some amazing inspiration to whet your appetite!! Keep an eye out all week long for more sneak peeks and projects.

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

New Essentials By Ellen Leading Ladies Release!

Hi again! I’m back to share a project using some of the fabulous new goodies from Ellen Hutson’s new Leading Lady release, which is available for purchase in the Ellen Hutson store right now!!

You saw me use the sweet new Hot Mess Leading Lady in my post here, so today I wanted to use that fantastic superhero Leading Lady from Everyday Hero. Here she is:

Everyday Hero

Designer Dies

So, SO cute, right??? Here’s my take on her:

This set is absolutely perfect for Mother’s Day cards, don’t you think? I started by stamping our Everyday Hero with Copic-friendly Intense Black ink onto Copic-friendly white card stock, then die cutting her with the coordinating Designer Cuts. I colored her with a variety of Copic markers, which I’ll list individually below. I also added just a dot of Crystal Lacquer to her crown to add a bit of dimension.

For the card base, I used the fantastic Sunburst Stencil set from Honeybee Stamps to create the glorious halo emanating from her general awesomeness. (I don’t like to use hyperbole at all. Or sarcasm. HA!) I started by using the top stencil with Wilted Violet Distress Oxide ink, then went over it again with one of the thicker stencils using Blueprint Sketch Oxide ink, but only towards the center, leaving the ends of the sunburst that pretty purple.

Finally, for the greeting, I used the “Mom” and “Grandma” from the Everyday Hero set stamped on some strips of white card stock, then die cut the “Hero” from blue foil card stock in my stash using Altenew’s Bold Alphabet dies. I popped up all of the die cut elements with some foam adhesive, then added a few jewels from Pretty Pink Posh to finish it off.

Well, that’s all for me today! I hope you’ll go check out the new Essentials By Ellen release. These Leading Ladies are so darn cute!! Thanks for dropping by, and have a marvelous Sunday!


Concord and 9th Add Some Sprinkles!

Good morning! Today, the Where Creativity Meets C9 team is joining the Feature Friday posts for Concord and 9th’s Second Birthday Celebration! Today, we are featuring the newest in the phenomenal Turnabout Series: Sprinkles Turnabout! This particular set comes with the main sprinkles image, but it’s also chock full of other awesome little pieces to make some truly amazing and unique cards. The coordinating Sprinkles Tag Die set even includes a super useful tag die that I can’t wait to play around with!

One of the things I absolutely love about the Turnabout line is that you can create such unique cards simply by changing up the color scheme. For this card, I chose to turn the Sprinkles Turnabout four times, using pink, purple, peach, and blue inks to create a very birthday-ish card. This could easily be replicated with a more masculine color scheme…. LOVE when cards can flip flop like that!

After I had stamped my Turnabout, I decided to use the versatile Double Cut Alphabet Dies combined with the lovely scripty Perfectly Penned to create a custom sentiment! I die cut the “calm” and “sprinkles” from black card stock using the Double Cut Alphabet, then added the rest of the greeting using black ink and the Perfectly Penned set. I die cut the little cupcake from the coordinating die set, then stamped it with coordinating ink colors.

I trimmed off the edges and added a raspberry colored cardstock panel behind to bring out the pink sprinkles. I popped up the cupcake with some dimensional adhesive at the top of my greeting, then finally added some shimmer pen and Nuvo Crystal Glaze drops to the die cut letters to add some more texture to the front of the card.

Well, that’s all for me today! I have company for a few days, but I can’t wait to have more time to play with these fantastic new sets. Don’t forget to enter your card into the Where Creativity Meets C9 challenge this month… the theme is Anything Goes, and Concord and 9th has generously donated a $25 gift certificate to the lucky winner! You also have the opportunity to be chosen as a guest designer on a future challenge! Thanks so much for stopping by today… have a marvelous weekend!