Sixth Street Sundries

Emily Midgett

beautiful branch

Fancy Floral Thank You with New Simon Says Stamp!

This post was sponsored by Simon Says Stamp. Thanks, Simon!

Hi friends! I am back with another project featuring some of the beautiful new goodies from the new Happy Camper release. I am always up for a fun coloring project using a gorgeous floral embossing folder, and the new Fun Floral Frame immediately struck me with it’s beauty and delicate floral design. Embossing folders are such incredible additions to your craft room; they are so cost effective and the techniques that can be used with them are so varied and versatile! Let’s get started with the details on my project for today.

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To begin, I ran a panel of Simon Says Stamp Rainforest cardstock through my die cutting machine with the new Fun Floral Frame. To bring out the beautiful floral arrangement, I used some opaque acrylic paint markers to add color to each individual bloom, enhancing the floral centers with a shimmering gold paint pen. Once I had finished coloring the florals and foliage, which didn’t take long due to the simplicity of the coloring, I added some Pawsitively Perfect White Splatter onto the card front, adding to the mixed media aesthetic I was trying to achieve!

To accompany the painted embossed florals on the card base, I die cut the new Beautiful Branch dies from some Mint and Cotton Candy cardstock, which coordinates nicely with the colors in the background. I also die cut the new Fancy Thank You, selecting the same Cotton Candy cardstock for the detail layer and a turquoise glitter cardstock for the shadow. I adhered the two layers together with liquid adhesive.

After I had finished die cutting the accents for my painted background, I began assembling everything. I used both thin and thick foam adhesive squares to adhere the sentiment and floral accents, creating multiple levels of additional dimension on the embossed card front. For a final sparkling touch, I added a few Bubblegum Pawsitively Dazzling Gems to the card front, nestling them amongst the floral arrangements.

Well, that’s all for my project today! I love enhancing embossing folder image with coloring mediums; you could easily adapt this project to your favorite coloring medium: watercolor, colored pencils, alcohol markers… the sky is the limit with your creativity! Thanks so much for stopping by today, and have a marvelous day!

Pink and Coral Florals with New Simon Says Stamp!

This post was sponsored by Simon Says Stamp. Thanks, Simon!

Hi friends! I have a vibrant floral project to share with you today using some of my favorite colors and techniques; a “comfort coloring” project, if you will. I am always thrilled to see new floral images to color, giving me an excuse to pull out my favorite coloring mediums, so the gorgeous new Delicate Blossoms stamp set immediately went in my “to be used” pile! I pulled out some saturated pinks, corals, and greens from my OLO markers, some coordinating colored cardstock, and a new standalone floral die and got to work. Let’s get started with the details!

*I have gathered links to all of the products used at the bottom of the post for your convenience, using affiliate links. Thank you for shopping with my links! I truly appreciate your support for my work!*

To start, I stamped the new Delicate Blossoms background image onto a panel of white cardstock using alcohol marker-friendly black ink. To make the coloring go a bit more quickly, I trimmed down the stamped background to a 3″ strip, allowing me the pleasure of coloring without the more significant time investment that would be required to color the entire image! I then colored the images using a gorgeous saturated magenta color palette (I wish I had written down the specific markers!) from OLO Marker and, once complete, added a coral background around the colored images. Using OLO Markers quickly allows you to add color to a background, because they are so incredibly saturated with ink!

AfterI had finished coloring the entire panel, I trimmed down some black glitter cardstock and adhered it to the long sides of the colored panel, allowing it to peek out on each side. This adds some sparkle and additional texture to the project while also enhancing the black stamped lines! I adhered the colorful panel to a A2 panel of coral cardstock, which nearly perfectly coordinates with the coral backrgound behind the flowers.

I love enhancing stamped floral backgrounds with standalone floral die cuts, so I die cut the Beautiful Branch images with some coordinating pink, maroon, and green cardstock. Before adhering the flowers and foliage die cuts, I stamped a greeting from the Delicate Blossoms stamp set (I love that this new clear background set comes with sentiments with coordinating sentiment dies!) on the same coral cardstock using black pigment ink, then added clear embossing powder. It’s amazing how the addition of the crisp clear embossing powder over the black pigment inked sentiment makes the sentiment so professional and crisp! I adhered the botanical die cuts around the sentiment, popped everything up with foam adhesive for added dimension, tucked a few green leaves in with some liquid adhesive, and finished everything off with some Rainbow Pawsitively Dazzling Gems for the flower centers.

Well, that’s all for my projects today! I love adding black accents to black stamped images; I think enhancing those black lines with textures and shimmer really pulls everything together and makes the color choices look intentional. Thanks so much for stopping by today, and have a marvelous day!