Sixth Street Sundries

Emily Midgett

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12 Feminine Tags of Christmas, Concord and 9th Style!

Good morning! I am super excited to be taking part in Ellen Hutson’s annual 12 Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist. Each year, Ellen’s team and some fantastic guests team up to create 12 days of tag inspiration for you. My favorite part? Embracing all things girly. It seemed only fitting to create some floral tags for today’s Concord and 9th tag inspiration! I’m teaming up with the fabulous Sharon Harnist to give you some flowery holiday tag inspiration! Read all the way to the end to find out the different ways you can win your own shopping spree to Ellen Hutson!

I have two tags for you today, one simply stamped tag and one that’s a bit more involved, for one of those super special gifts. 😉 Let’s get started with the details!

For the “simple” tag, I wanted to do just some plain old stamping and die cutting, no fancy techniques required. Tags are the kind of thing that make the gift so pretty, but get thrown away in the hustle of cleaning up. I started by die cutting the Holiday Cheer Tags  from plain white card stock, then stamping some of the pretty foliage and flowers from Ornamental from Concord and 9th using a pretty, uber feminine combination of hot pink, purple, and gray. I stamped the greeting from Merry and Bright on the outer sleeve of the tag, and added some pretty silvery twine to finish it off. Easy peasy, and it won’t hurt (too much) if and when it gets tossed in the trash!

For my second project, I wanted to do something a bit more involved, but with the same color scheme. I absolutely adore the large ornament image from Concord and 9th’s Ornamental stamp set, and I’ve used it several times in other projects… today, I wanted to try some no-line coloring, this time using Copic markers. I began by die cutting the large ornament using the coordinating Ornamental dies, then stamped the image using Ink On 3 Fadeout Ink. I also heat embossed the coordinating “merry and bright” sentiment from Ornamental using Platinum embossing powder.

I colored the images in a beautiful (and feminine) color palette of deep magentas, plummy purples, and grays. (All of the colors will be listed at the end.) I love that it really looks like I drew the images with my own hands with the no-line coloring method! Plus, this color palette…. swoon!!! I die cut another ornament and added some foam tape to the top, leaving a thin line in the middle through which I could loop some more silvery twine.

Well, that’s all for my project! For more floral inspiration, check out Sharon’s blog.

Now, for some fun giveaway information! Ellen Hutson is giving away a $25 gift certificate to one random commenter throughout the 12 Feminine Tags of Christmas celebration. Be sure to leave comments on each blog post (both Ellen Hutson’s blog posts for each day and the artists’ posts!) for the most chances to win! You can also enter your own tag here to be entered into a $150 (!!!!) gift certificate giveaway to the Ellen Hutson store! (Talk about a generous giveaway!).

Be sure to come visit again tomorrow, because the new Ellen Hutson December release will be live! I have two projects to share with you! 😉 Thanks so much for stopping by today, and have a marvelous weekend!


25 Days of Christmas Tags- Concord and 9th style!

Good morning! Today, the Where Creativity Meets C9 team is joining Tracey McNeeley’s 25 Days of Christmas Tags! You can get oodles of tag inspiration for your holiday gift wrapping all month long, with each day focusing on a different company. There are also many different ways to win prizes donated by the generous sponsors, so visit the blog post to find out how to enter to win! Today, the focus is Concord and 9th, and I’ve pulled out some of the older-but-still-classic stamps and dies to create this monochromatic tags with a pop of turquoise. Let’s get started with the details!

I began by stamping one of my all-time favorite Concord and 9th images: Plaid Background. This stamp set has a gorgeous, full size Buffalo plaid stamp that is the perfect holiday plaid! I stamped it using dark gray ink on white card stock, then used the Monogram tag die to die cut the base of the tag. I then used the base die and the smaller stitched die together to cut a dark gray frame for the edge of the plaid base.

I then die cut the greeting from some black sparkle card stock using the Season of Cheer dies from Concord and 9th. I backed the “to the New Year” with white card stock, then adhered them using liquid and dimensional foam adhesive to the tag front, leaving room at the bottom for some foliage. Using the same Season of Cheer dies, I die cut some pine sprigs, leaves, and berries from silver glitter and teal foil card stock and adhered them to the bottom of the tag in a little bouquet.

I added some twine to create the hanger for the tag and added some white Nuvo drops for the berries.

Well, that’s all for my project today! I hope you’re enjoying all of the inspiration for your holiday tags from this fantastic event… Tags are always something I struggle with, so any extra inspiration is super helpful! Don’t forget to check out Tracey’s blog to find out all of the different ways that you can win one of many prizes! Thanks so much for stopping by today, and have a marvelous weekend!