Sixth Street Sundries

Emily Midgett

branching corner holly

Simon Says Stamp Happy Camper Release Blog Hop-Day 2!

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

Hi friends! I am hopping along with Simon Says Stamp to share some inspiration using the new Happy Camper release. You should have arrived here from Lisa Addesa, and your next stop is Heather Ruwe. You can also start at the beginning at the Simon Says Stamp Blog! I was so inspired by my Christmas in July series from last month that I couldn’t resist adding some festive flair to my card for today’s hop, pulling in an ombré holiday color palette to work perfectly with the new Dual Diamonds Cover Plate. Let’s get started on the details of my project!

*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 begin, I selected sixteen (yes, sixteen!!) different shades of red and green cardstock to create my ombré color palette, bridging the gap between the complementary colors with a deep maroon glitter cardstock and equally intense Midnight Green cardstock, which I think work so nicely next to one another! I pulled out my scrap envelopes, which I have organized by color family, and selected strips about 1/2″ wide, working from a light coral-red to vibrant peridot green. I first die cut the black diamond outlines from the Dual Diamonds Cover Plate and adhered it to my card front, then die cut the individual strips of colored cardstock with the cover plate, adhering each row to the card base as I went to make sure that none of the pieces were lost. This definitely was a bit fiddly and required me to pay strict attention to my project, but I think it was totally worth it in the end!

I selected a holiday color palette so that I had an excuse to use the marvelous new Making Spirits Bright sentiment set. These sentiments are absolute perfection; the font pairings and generous size of the sentiments, as well as the delicate sentiment strips, make this set so versatile and useful for holiday cards! I heat embossed the two greetings on some deep wine cardstock using Platinum Sparkle embossing powder, then used the coordinating die cut and my trimmer to cut the sentiments out. I popped them up on the ombré card front with some foam adhesive, staggering them slightly.

To accent my sentiment focal point, I die cut the older Branching Corner Holly and Rustic Sprigs dies from some green cardstock, the same green that I used on two of the ombré strips. I adhered them to the card front with liquid and foam adhesive, creating a holiday foliage “bouquet” around my sentiment. I accented the greenery with some red enamel dots for berries, adding another element of texture and dimension to the card.

Well, that’s all for my project today! Now for some fun giveaway information:

Simon Says Stamp is giving away a $25 coupon to every stop on the hop from each blog’s comment section. Winners will be selected and posted on the Simon Says Stamp blog on Wednesday the 6th of August. Winners can email us to claim his/her prize! The more comments you leave along the hop, the more chances you have to win!

Simon Says Stamp is also offering a fabulous freebie with each purchase from the new Happy Camper release! You don’t need to do anything special; the lovely (and not-yet-released) Sunflower Dance stamp set will be automatically added to your order with any purchase from the Happy Camper release. Click HERE to see the entire release!

Don’t forget to check out Day 1 of this two-day blog hop for even more inspiration and prizes! Click HERE to start at the beginning on the Simon Says Stamp Blog.

Your next stop on the hop is Heather Ruwe. Thanks so much for stopping by today, and happy hopping!

Christmas In July: Icy Birdhouse with Simon Says Stamp!

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

Hi friends! I am back with another holiday project for my Christmas In July series, this time featuring some new, non-holiday products paired with a few older holiday products to create this icy holiday card. I love a good birdhouse die; there are so many ways to customize it: dress it up, dress it down, make it the focal point or a supporting player, add texture or sparkle… it’s really a great product to have in your stash! I used the new Cozy Birdhouse die to create this wintry scene. 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 begin, I die cut the Jolly Birdie, Cozy Birdhouse, and Snowflake Burst Pinpoint Plate from white Hammermill cardstock. Before layering the pieces for the bird and bird house, I decided to use two pale aqua Copic markers to add some icy aqua to the accents on the bird house and create a layered ombré birdie. I love that the Jolly Birdie and Cozy Birdhouse’s sizes work so beautifully together! The proportions are just perfect! Once I had finished adding color to the images, I adhered the different layers together with liquid adhesive.

Before I began assembling my card, I wanted to create a little nest of holiday greenery from two different kinds of white specialty cardstock. I pulled out some white glitter cardstock as well as some iridescent white foil cardstock to die cut the Branching Corner Holly and Budding Branches holiday foliage dies. When working with an almost-monochromatic card like this, I find it essential to add many elements of texture to the project to keep things visually interesting. One of my secrets to adding texture is to add specialty papers, whether it’s glitter cardstock, vellum, pearlescent papers, or shining foil papers in my chosen color palette. It keeps things interesting without adding any additional colors to my color palette!

Once I had completed cutting all of the die cuts, I used a combination of thin and thick adhesive squares as well as liquid adhesive to adhere all of the die cut pieces on my Snowflake Burst Pinpoint cover plate die cut. (Another element of texture!) I added a simple Happy Holidays sentiment from Peaceful Trees, stamped with silver metallic pigment ink and die cut with the coordinating die. Finally, I added one last element of sparkle with some Opal Pawsitively Dazzling Gems.

Well, that’s all for my project today! I love a good white-on-white project with a pop of color, don’t you? This card is so sparkly in real life; it’s so hard to capture that sparkle in photos!! I think the sparkle is just perfect for the holidays! Thanks so much for stopping by today, and have a marvelous day!

Interference Plaid with New Simon Says Stamp!

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

Hi friends! I have a shimmery holiday card to share with you today using several new goodies from the Simon Says Stamp brand STAMPtember release from earlier this month. This card features some of my favorite things: plaid, greenery, and sparkle! I combined all of these elements with some die cutting and toner foil to create this shimmering card. Let’s get started with the details!

I recently purchased several colors of the Lisa Horton Crafts Interference Inks, and let me just say… I am totally smitten with the beautiful shimmer that they add to your cardstock, even more so when you pair them with colored cardstock as I’ve done here! I ran a panel of emerald green cardstock through my die cutting machine using the new Thread Plaid embossing folder (which is currently out of stock, but you can always sign up to receive an email when it comes back in stock!), then decided to swipe the beautiful Lisa Horton Crafts Champagne Shimmer ink over the raised embossing and around the edges of the textured panel, creating a gorgeous shimmer adds a beautiful lavender shimmer to the card front.

I think that the combination of plaid with holiday greenery is simple and absolutely classic holiday imagery, so I pulled out some green shimmer cardstock, Arching Spruce Sprig die, Branching Corner Holly, and some Candy Violet glitter cardstock to coordinate with the lavender shimmer on the plaid background. I die cut the foliage using the green pearl cardstock, then added the tiny florals cut from the Candy Violet glitter cardstock. I trimmed a panel of vellum cardstock down upon which I could mount the greenery without it getting lost on the plaid background. I arranged the greenery in a swag on the vellum and adhered with both liquid and foam adhesive, then flipped the panel over and added some more foam adhesive behind the solid die cuts, effectively hiding the adhesive behind the semi-transparent vellum.

For the greeting, I ran the fabulous Reverse Holiday Greetings cards through my Minc machine using some coordinating Pink & Main Caribbean Cheerfoil, then popped it up with a double layer of foam adhesive over the holiday greenery swag. Finally, I added a few Lilac Pawsitively Dazzling Gems to add a bit more sparkle and to add one last touch of lavender to the card front!

Well, that’s all for my project today. This card would be so pretty in lots of different color palettes for Christmas, from traditional to the non-traditional teal and lavender palette that I’ve shared here! Plaid and greenery work so perfectly together, don’t you think? Thanks so much for stopping by today, and have a marvelous day!