Sixth Street Sundries

Emily Midgett

challenge blog

Where Creativity Meets C9 October Edition!

Good morning! Today is the 9th, which means that we have a new Concord and 9th release and a new challenge for you on the Where Creativity Meets C9 blog! This month’s challenge is Layers… so many ways to interpret that prompt. Love it! Here’s my take on it:

I used the Snowflakes Turnabout that was released last month to do some stamping and pearlized embossing. Have you tried using Distress Oxide inks to stamp and emboss? The effect is really lovely, and you suddenly have a huge stash of colored embossing powder in your stash! I love pairing the Oxides with pearl embossing powder. I stamped the Turnabout twice, once with Blueprint Sketch, rotated it 180*, then stamped again with Lilac Shadow and added the Pearl Embossing Powder. It creates such a lovely color in combination with the Oxide inks.

 

Next, I die cut a large glitter snowflake using the Snow Flurry dies. I added them to the sides of the snowflake panel, adhering them with liquid adhesive. I stamped a greeting from the Snowflake Turnabout using Blueprint Sketch Oxide ink, embossing it with the same pearl embossing powder, then trimmed the panel and popped it up on the snowflake card front using dimensional foam adhesive.

A few Amethyst crystals from Pretty Pink Posh finished it off.

Well, that’s all for today’s project! Now, for some challenge details. I hope you are inspired to bring out your Concord and 9th products to create a project inspired by the color inspiration photo! Simply create a project, link it up to the Where Creativity Meets C9 blog post by September 29, and you could have a chance to win a $25 shopping spree to the Concord and 9th store! One winner will also be chosen to be a guest on an upcoming challenge!

Thanks for stopping by, and have a marvelous day!


Where Creativity Meets C9: April Edition!

Good morning!!! Happy Monday…. and it is most definitely a happy Monday. Today is not only the new release for Concord and 9th (where you can receive TWO freebies for ordering during their Customer Appreciation Month), but it is also the start of a new challenge over on the Where Creativity Meets C9 blog!! Our prompt this month is: Spring. Ah, lovely spring. We keep being teased with a day or two of beautiful, crisp, sunny weather… and then it goes back to being rainy and cold and BLAH. (With the occasional snow flurry thrown in.) Winter has my official permission to shoo fly, don’t bother me.

Anyway, I wanted to challenge my inner Persephone, goddess of spring, with a cheerful, springy card. I have been in love with this gorgeous Wonderful Florals stamp set since I saw the tiniest little peek of it from CHA, so I was SO happy to have an excuse to put it to work!

For today’s project, I started with an A2 panel of Arches Hot Press watercolor paper and embossed the beautiful main floral image from  Wonderful Florals in silver embossing powder. (I wanted those intricate details and solid portions of the stamp to be nice and smooth, so I chose to use Hot Press paper instead of the textured Cold Press.) Once that was cool, I watercolored those beautiful flowers with Avery Elle’s watercolors. Those new watercolors are just the perfect shades of springtime pastel, and you can make them super concentrated or just give a light wash of color. I made sure to tape my panel down to a cutting board, as I knew I would be using quite a bit of water for these images, and I didn’t want my paper to warp.

While my watercolors were drying nice and flat, I heat embossed the rest of the greeting from Wonderful Florals onto some light aqua card stock strips. After my watercolor had dried, I mounted my panel onto an A2 card base, then added some Crystal Lacquer from Hero Arts to the large “wonderful” letters in the center of the floral image. The shine on those letters really helps them to pop from the center of the image. I popped up the sentiment strips with dimensional foam adhesive and added a few Sparkling Clear sequins for some sparkle!

Well, that’s all for my project today! Now, it’s your turn! Use your Concord and 9th products to create your own Spring-themed project to add to our linkup on the Where Creativity Meets C9 blog. You could be eligible to win a $25 shopping spree to the Concord and 9th store, and one lucky winner will be chosen to be a guest artist for a future challenge! Don’t forget to follow all of the rules so that your project isn’t disqualified should you be chosen a winner!

Now, go get inky (and maybe get your shop on for the Concord and 9th new release…. did I mention there are two freebies up for grabs?!?). Have a marvelous day!