Sixth Street Sundries

Emily Midgett

coffee

How’ve You Bean with Simon Says Stamp!

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

Hi friends! I have a caffeinated project to share with you today, and boy do I need some caffeine for the end of the first week of school! My little boys started kindergarten, and while I have been simultaneously enjoying the alone time and productivity, I am also feeling a little aimless without anybody to whom I need to distribute snacks or bickering to break up… such is life, I guess. I have been making some cards to sell at my local coffee shop, and as I was perusing the various coffee-themed items in my stash, I came across the Coffee Beans background stamp that I knew would work perfectly with the new Best-Teas stamp set from the Simon Says Stamp August Card Kit of the Month! That particular Card Kit is sold out, but you can still purchase the stamp set that was included with the kit. 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 stamped the Coffee Beans clear background stamp using Lisa Horton Bronze Metallic ink, which adds a subtle shimmer to your stamped image depending on the angle at which you are viewing it. I trimmed this down about 2″ and made up the difference on the bottom of the A2 card front with some Glazed Chestnut Tonic cardstock, which matched the stamped coffee beans beautifully!

After I had created my background, I used Contour Ink to stamp the croissant, cookie, and various coffee-making accoutrements from Best-Teas on some plain white cardstock. I used OLO Markers to color the images no-line coloring style, then die cut them with their coordinating dies. I also stamped a greeting from the Best-Teas stamp set using the same Bronze Metallic Ink, cutting it out with it’s coordinating die.

I arranged all of the die cuts on my card front, adhering some with foam tape in single and double layers, as well as some with liquid adhesive for a few variations in height for added texture to the card front. I tucked a rustic twine bow amongst the brunch scene, finally adding some Opal Pawsitively Dazzling Gems for added sparkle.

Well, that’s all for my project today! Mixing old products with new products is so much fun for me… it definitely pays creative dividends to search your stash and refresh your memory of items that you already have but maybe haven’t seen enough love. (Or any in my case-eek) Even better when you can pair old with new for even more versatility! Thanks so much for stopping by, and have a marvelous day!

Simon Says Stamp August 2025 Card Kit of the Month: Best-Teas!

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

Hi friends! I have a trio of cards to share with you today using goodies from the fabulous new Simon Says Stamp Card Kit of the Month for August 2025, called Best-Teas! In this kit, you will find the most marvelous assortment of coffee- and tea-themed products that coordinate beautifully together or with other goodies from your stash. You will receive essentially everything that you need to create tons of different projects, and the value of these card kits is always sensational. Here’s a peek at the contents of the kit, which you can find in more details HERE:

I always love the patterned paper included in these kits, especially, and find myself so inspired by the color palettes and themes that I end up using so much more patterned paper than I normally would on cards. (instead of hoarding it like I normally do!) Let’s get started with the details on my projects!

*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!*

My first project uses the stamp set included with the Best-Teas Card Kit of the Month, also called Best-Teas! This fabulous stamp set provides you with all of the goodies you could possibly need to create your favorite flavor of card, whether it’s tea, coffee, or pastry! I did some no-line coloring and then created a custom patterned panel using white pigment ink and several of the images form the Best-Teas stamp set. I began by stamping the coffee pot, cup, and some florals and greenery onto some white cardstock using no-line coloring ink, then used my Copic markers in shades of peach and green to add color to the images, adding some shine to the pottery with a white paint marker. I die cut the finished pieces with their coordinating dies.

To create my background panel, I stamped several images on a panel of the Sage cardstock included in the Best-Teas Card Kit of the Month using Simon Says Stamp White Pigment Ink. I started with the largest image, rotating both the cardstock and the stamp block to create the look of a continuous pattern. I used the coffee pot, cup, daisies, greenery sprig, and tiny heart in order of largest-smallest, filling in the gaps wherever there was a blank spot with the next smallest stamp set. Finally, I added some dots of a white paint pen to fill the pattern out completely.

After I had completed all of the stamped elements, I stamped the sentiment from Best-Teas using Lisa Horton Crafts Bronze Metallic Pigment Ink then used the coordinating die to cut the sentiment out. I trimmed a strip of Simon Says Stamp Ice Vellum paper and arranged my die cuts in the center of it, adhering each piece with a single or double layer of foam adhesive squares. To cleanly adhere the vellum to my stamped panel, I added small dots of liquid adhesive to the back of the vellum strip behind the solid die cuts to keep things clean. Finally, I added a few shimmering Gold Pawsitively Dazzling Gems for added sparkle!

These next two cards are made up using bits of the patterned paper and embellished with some perfectly simple Plentiful Petals die cuts! Super simple and quick to put together.

The most challenging part of cards like this is deciding which bits of patterned paper work nicely together, then coming up with a layout. I decided to create a bit of a collage for this first card with no real sentiment, just kind of a general card that would work nicely with a coffee shop gift card! I added some pretty pink blooms and shiny foil cardstock to make it extra special.

My second card uses one of the larger panels in the Carta Bella Coffee Shop patterned paper that comes with the kit. I trimmed it down and mounted it on a slightly larger rectangle of Sage colored cardstock, creating a coordinating green frame. This solid frame helps to keep the pattern around the edge of the central focal panel from competing with the subtle pink patterned paper covering the entirety of the A2 card front! I added a few more Plentiful Petals blooms to the corners of the focal point to accent the florals on the coffee cup and add a bit more texture to the card front.

Well, that’s all for my projects today! Mixing and matching patterned papers is such a fun way to spend an afternoon, but I just love the results. This kit is so full of amazing products and even more amazing value! The Simon Says Stamp Card Kits are such an incredible value; the value of the individual elements of each kit equals far more than the $44.99 price tag, so you’re getting incredible bang for your buck. If you are consistently interested in the Simon Says Stamp Card Kit of the Month, you can sign up HERE to become a subscriber for an even bigger discount on these carefully curated products. As always, Simon also makes each individual element of the kits available a la carte, so that you can pick and choose what you would like to purchase if buying the entire kit isn’t really your thing. Who can say no to such incredible value though, right?

Thanks so much for stopping by today, and have a marvelous day!

Honey Bee Stamps Autumn Afternoon Blog Hop-Day 2!

Hi there!! Today is day two of the Honey Bee Stamps Autumn Afternoon Blog Hop, and I’m super excited to be the final stop on the hop. You should have arrived here from Becky Roberts. You can also start back at the beginning at the Honey Bee Stamps blog. I actually was able to create my first video in six months just to celebrate! I used my new Harvest Blooms stamp set with Karin Brush Marker Pro markers.

You can also watch the video in HD here.

In the video, I created two different projects using the entirety of the watercolored 6×6 Harvest Blooms panel. I began by heat embossing the Harvest Blooms on a panel of Fabriano Artistico Hot Press watercolor paper using silver embossing powder, then used Karin Brush Marker Pro markers to watercolor the image.

I used the Coffee Cup Card Dies, die cutting the coffee sleeve from the floral watercolored panel. I also added a greeting from the new Coffee Buzzword Stamp and Die set, cut from silver glitter cardstock.

I adhered the die cuts to the sleeve, then slid the finished coffee cup sleeve over the top of the coral gift card holder.

I put the rest of the Harvest Blooms watercolored panel Harvest Blooms to use as the background for this A2 card front. I added some strips of coral cardstock along the edges of the watercolored panel, then mounted it in the center of a silver glitter A2 panel. The coral cardstock helps to break up the busy-ness of the watercolored panel and the super textured and glitzy silver glitter cardstock.

I adhered a white Coffee Cup Card Die to the left side of the card front, then layered the sentiment from Coffee Buzzword Stamp and Die set over the top using foam adhesive. The final touch was to add some gems for even more sparkle!

Well, that’s all for my projects today. To celebrate this release, Honey Bee Stamps is giving away a $25 gift certificate on each day of the hop. The more comments you leave on the hop, the more chances you have to win! Thanks so much for stopping by today, and happy hopping!

Man Card Monday: August Edition!

Hi there! Popping in today for August’s Man Card Monday! I missed last month’s Man Card Monday installment, so I thought I’d create two projects for this month to make up for it! Every month, I try to set aside at least one day in the month to create some masculine cards to build up my stash in case an unexpected (ahem, inadvertently forgotten) man-birthday comes up. I hate buying a card from the store when I have an office stuffed with stamps. The My Monthly Hero kit and add-ons for the month of August were absolutely perfect for masculine cards. No flowers, no frills, just a nice, strong cup of coffee is perfect to create a card for that uber masculine guy in your life. There are a few of these kits left, so if you’ve been on the fence, hurry over and grab one, because once they sell out, they’re gone for good! You can also subscribe if you are afraid to miss out on any future kits, as well.

For my first card, I wanted something simple and quick, something easily replicated and easily mailed. I used the updated Infinity die Teapot and Cups, both newly updated with inserts to cut out the handles! I cut both from some Pool Layering Paper, then used the new Doily background stamp to heat emboss a super detailed design onto the cup to add fabulous texture. I added the greeting from the new Spill The Tea add-on stamp set in black ink, then used liquid adhesive to adhere the teapot and foam adhesive for the teacup to add a bit more dimension. Simple, but effective! I could see this easily replicated with lots of different Bold Prints backgrounds and in all sorts of colors!

For my second project, I used the August My Monthly Hero kit to create an eclectic little cluster of coffee cups, like you’d see on a cafe table. I can just picture a group of friends, clustered around one of those tiny cafe tables, a variety of cups spread out in front of them because they all have different caffeine desires. 😉 I started by stamping and masking the coffee cups onto some watercolor paper, then left the masks on to clear emboss the new Doily Background to create some subtle texture. I then used the Daniel Smith Hero Arts Dot Palette to watercolor the cups, adding a coffee stain around the coffee cups using the new Cocoa Liquid Watercolor to help emphasize that pretty texture from the clear embossed background. I finally stamped a sentiment from the new kit onto a strip of white card stock and adhered it to the card front. Nice and flat and easy to mail!

Well, that’s all for this month’s Man Card Monday! I hope you enjoyed these projects using the new Hero Arts products from this month’s My Monthly Hero release, and that they inspired you to create some masculine cards of your own. It’s nice to have a little stash of man-friendly cards hanging out in my card container. Thanks so much for dropping by today! Have a marvelous week!