Sixth Street Sundries

Emily Midgett

cardmaking

Concord and 9th Feature Friday, Volume 2!

Good morning! Today is the second installment of the Where Creativity Meets C9‘s Feature Friday for Concord and 9th’s 3rd Birthday Month! Today, we are focusing on the So Happy For You stamps and dies. I’ve combined these pretty, simple florals with some cool blues and greens and grays to create a pair of cards. Let’s get started with the details!

For my first card, I created a custom floral pattern for the background of my card base using the new So Happy For You stamp set. I started with my largest floral image, stamping it randomly across the card front, then moved to my next largest floral image in a different shade of blue, then foliage, etc, until I had created a pretty flowery background. I then used the Posie Fill-In coordinating dies to die cut “FRIEND” from the center of the floral background, reserving all of the pieces to create a peekaboo die cut sentiment. I die cut the “friend” three more times from plain white scrap card stock, adhered them all together, then nestled them in the negative space of the card front’s die cut “friend.” The dimension added by the extra die cuts helps to emphasize the greeting. I added the rest of the stamped greeting from Posie Fill-In on a strip of white card stock, then popped it up with dimensional foam tape. The final step was to add some gems for sparkle and texture.

For my second project, I wanted to create an almost farmhouse themed card using the new Shiplap Sentiments stamp set combined with the pretty florals from So Happy For You. I began by stamping the Shiplap Sentiments background using just a regular stamping block onto some plain white card stock. I then die cut several of the blooms and foliage from the So Happy For You combo from plain white card stock and stamped them in the same colors from the previous card. I layered them all in the corner of the shiplap background, adding a greeting from Shiplap Sentiments with foam tape. A few more jewels finished it off.

Well, that’s all for me today! Be sure to check out the rest of the new birthday release from Concord and 9th… soo many fantastic new sets, including a floral that I’ve absolutely been swooning over! They also have some fantastic sales going on in their Sale section! I’d highly encourage you to go check it out! Thanks so much for dropping by today. Have a marvelous weekend!


More From The Heart!

Good morning! I’m back today with another card created using the gorgeous From The Heart kit from Close To My Heart. I featured a pretty watercolored card last weekend using some of the outline stamps, but today while my kiddos were at school (preschool is 2 hours each day!), I cranked out not just one, but THREE cards using these lovely solid stamps included in the National Stamping Month Exclusive kit.

 

For this card, I went super clean and simple. It’s been awhile since I just enjoyed stamping some pretty flowers with no coloring or anything special involved… just me, my stamps, and some lovely inks. (Also, have you tried the inks from CTMH? Oh my gosh, they’re absolutely fabulous. First of al, they have a magnetic lid, so you know for sure that the lid is on nice and tight. They stamp just beautifully; these were all done without the help of my MISTI and look how smooth they are! And they have a massive rainbow of colors available.) I stamped these pretty blooms and leaves using Saffron, Pomegranate, Eggplant, Smoothie, New England Ivy, and Heather inks.

After stamping, I put my scissors to use and fussy cut the images. I arranged them in a little swag on a stitched rectangle die cut, then lifted them up (still in the desired swag shape) using Press ‘n Seal and added foam adhesive to the back. While still attached to the Press ‘n Seal, I laid my floral bouquet on the stitched rectangular die cut. I finally added one of the tiny but very useful sentiments included in the kit beneath the floral swag. The whole thing was mounted on a top-folding white A2 card base.

Clean, simple, and to the point. Pretty flowers don’t really need a whole lot of help, so I just let them be the star in a whole lot of lovely white space.

Remember, if you like the looks of the From the Heart kit, be sure to go over and purchase your own, because they’re only available during September to celebrate National Stamping Month! I’ll be back here tomorrow with some more of my afternoon adventure with this kit! Have a marvelous day. 🙂

From The Heart, Volume 3

Hi there! I’m back again today with another card made during my stamping/therapy session using the Close To My Heart From The Heart kit made especially for National Stamping Month. This kit lends itself so well to clean and simple. 

I cut a white panel of card stock slightly smaller than A2, then stamped the pretty solid flowers using various inks from Close To My Heart in the corner of the panel. (I will list them all down at the bottom of the post!) I mentioned in my post yesterday how fantastic the ink pads are… I stamped all of these images without using my MISTI, and it amazes me how smooth the coverage is for only ONE layer of ink. Plus, their packaging has super innovative magnetic closures, so your ink pads are absolutely certain to be totally closed… no worries about drying up! Okay, I’m off my soapbox.

I had mentioned in my post on Saturday that I had trimmed the sentiment stamps and their floral accents apart so that I could use them separately or together. I used my MISTI to stamp this lovely sentiment (didn’t want a crooked sentiment after all of those stamped flowers!)

It’s a little difficult to see in the photo, but I did use some Wink of Stella shimmer pen on the triangular red flowers and the purple flowers, then covered them with Glossy Accents. Finally, I popped up the stamped panel on my A2 card base using some dimensional foam adhesive.

And that’s it for today! I have one more card to show you from my marathon stamping session earlier this week, and I saved my favorite for last. I hope you’ll stop by again tomorrow to see my project! Have a marvelous day, friends!

Inks used: Pixie, Saffron, Canary, Pomegranate, Smoothie, Heather, Eggplant, New England ivy, Fern

Simon Says Stamp and Concord & 9th Stamptember Collaboration!

Good evening! I have something super exciting to share with you at this late hour…. I’m sure everyone knows about the fabulousness that is Stamptember. Basically, Simon Says Stamp has collaborated with several different companies to create several gorgeous stamp sets. They’re limited edition, and they’re fantastic. Today, I have the pleasure of helping to debut the Stamptember collaboration between Simon Says Stamp and one of my absolute favorite companies: Concord & 9th: Oh Hello!

Isn’t this set just so versatile!?? I can’t wait to play with it more. There are so many awesome possibilities. My first thought when I saw it was bokeh. That round stamp was just screaming for a bokeh technique. I started by cutting a white A2 panel, then using Tim Holtz blending sponges and Frosty Pink, Coral Berry, and Ruby Red inks from Altenew blended a pretty background.

After blending my background panel, I used the circular stamp in Oh Hello to stamp random circles using the same inks that I had used to blend the background, stamping off once with the darker of the two colors. I then stamped a few more circles using white pigment ink to further create the bokeh look.

The collaboration set has some beautiful sentiments included in with the brushstroke images. I stamped the “happy everything” onto some pale pink card stock using gold glitter embossing powder, then fussy cut it out. I also stamped and embossed the “wishing you” and “friend” using the same embossing powder onto some thin strips of the same pink card stock. I trimmed the bokeh panel down and matted it on both a pink foil panel and a gold glitter panel. I popped up the sentiment cuts with dimensional adhesive, and finally added a few Blossom sequins from Lucy Abrams.

Well, that’s it! I’m so grateful to Heidi from Simon Says Stamp for allowing me to be part of this awesome collaboration. Concord and 9th is definitely one of my most favorite companies, so that makes this even more exciting and special to me. 🙂  Don’t forget, if you love Oh Hello, I’d advise getting it ASAP, because these Stamptember sets are limited edition. If you’re on the fence, better to just jump off and treat yourself! As a wise friend recently told me, you only regret the things in life that you didn’t do.

Have a marvelous evening, friends!

Where Creativity Meets C9 September Edition!

Good morning! I’m here today with the start of a new challenge for Where Creativity Meets C9: Ink Only! (Also… have you SEEN the new release from Concord and 9th?!!?! Talk about knocking a girl’s socks off…. I’m just going to send them my wallet…. my jewelry… maybe a kid…. I want ALL of it.) The challenge this month is to use a minimum of embellishments, but more specifically…. NO coloring of any kind. This one hurt a little, not gonna lie haha.

I decided to pull out one of the prettiest stamps from Concord and 9th: Flourish. It’s ALL stamping, some with multiple layers, so I really got to play with color combos. I used some beautiful Altenew inks… I love how crisp they are, and the subtle differences in the layers of shading are absolutely perfect.

I began with a plain white card base and stamped the main leaf image in a pretty aqua green, then added the flowers in shades of pink from the Cherry Blossom ink collection. The purple flowers were stamped using the Shades of Purple collection.

Finally, I stamped the gorgeous, bold greeting from Enjoy It All using Jet Black ink. I double stamped with my MISTI to ensure that it really popped out from the more subtly-colored background. Definitely one of the simpler cards I’ve done recently, but I love the impact that just a few stamps and some pretty shades of ink can make!

 

Now, it’s your turn! Simply use your Concord and 9th stamps with some beautiful ink to create a project, then add it to our linkup. You have until 9/29 to link up your project! Have fun, and good luck!