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Emily Midgett

copic coloring

Honey Bee Stamps Autumn Afternoon Florals!

Hi there! I am so, so, SO excited to introduce my latest stamp sets for the Honey Bee Stamps Autumn Afternoon release! I have three sets coming out with this release: Darling Dahlias, Sweet Sunflowers, and Harvest Blooms! If I’m being honest, when I started stamping ten years ago, I never in a million years would have thought that I’d design stamps. I am incredibly proud of these designs, so I hope you love them as much as I do! I have three projects to share with you today, so let’s get started.

My first two projects utilize the new Darling Dahlias, Sweet Sunflowers, and Farmhouse Check stamp sets. When using a large 6×6 background stamp, I like to make use of the entire piece by creating two projects. For the Darling Dahlias project, I began by stamping the Farmhouse Check on a panel of white cardstock using black ink. I trimmed it down to an A2 card front, then layered some green and black cardstock at an angle across the center of the card front.

Next, I stamped the Darling Dahlias images on some more white cardstock using Copic-friendly black ink. I colored them using Copic markers, then die cut them using the coordinating Honey Cuts. I added a greeting using some white embossing powder and a glittering “hello” die cut. I added a few Unicorn gems for some more sparkle!

My next project utilizes the leftover Farmhouse Check stamped panel and the Sweet Sunflowers stamp set. I stamped several images from the Sweet Sunflowers in some more Copic-friendly black ink, then colored the images using some pastel yellow Copic markers and emerald green for the foliage. I die cut them using the coordinating Honey Cuts.

I added a black panel to the checked panel, then layered the die cut sunflowers in a pretty swag using foam adhesive. I heat embossed a greeting from Sweet Sunflowers on black cardstock and die cut it with the coordinating Honey Cuts. I added some more gems for some sparkle!

For my last project, I have a super graphic project using my new Harvest Blooms stamp set. This stamp set is super detailed, so I wanted to focus on that by leaving the background black and white and adding some very pale pastel to the background. I stamped Harvest Blooms using Copic-friendly black ink, then colored the background with some mint Copic marker to highlight the detail of the flowers.

Next, I die cut a hexagon frame using the Hexagon Thin Frames dies from some emerald green cardstock. I trimmed the patterned panel down slightly and matted it with a piece of A2 black cardstock.

Finally, I added a greeting from the Slimline Sentiments: Blanket Honey Cuts. I die cut the Best Wishes from black cardstock three times, then adhered them together to create a dimensional die cut sentiment. Super simple and graphic with that clean color scheme!

Well, that’s all for these projects. I have several more projects to share with you over the next few days, so be sure to check back! The new Autumn Afternoon release is now live, and there are SO MANY cute products. I hope you go take a look!! Thanks so much for stopping by, and happy shopping!

Stamptember with Picket Fence Studios!

Hi there! I am super excited to help introduce the next collaboration in the Stamptember lineup for Simon Says Stamp and Picket Fence Studios: Happy Water! This set has a detailed cluster of adult beverages and some cheeky sentiments that are so much fun!

I began by stamping the adult beverages in the center of a panel of white cardstock using Intens-ified Black ink, then colored it with Copic markers in a green, pink, and white color scheme. I added some Hero Arts Crystal Lacquer over the top to make the drinks shiny and inviting.

Next, I used Picket Fence Studios’s Life Changing Blender Brushes to blend the Brocade Stencil around the edge of the Copic colored panel with Mint and Meadow inks. I trimmed the stenciled panel down and added black and green mats using Concord and 9th cardstock.

For the greeting, I white embossed the super fun sentiment on a strip of black cardstock, then added it to the card front using foam adhesive.

Well, that’s all for my project! You can purchase the Happy Water stamp set or the Happy Water Stamp and die set for a limited time, while supplies last.  The exclusive collaborations are selling out in record time this year, so act fast if you can. Thanks so much for stopping by!

Simon Says Stamptember with Studio Katia and a birthday freebie!!

September is here, and with it comes all things pumpkin, scarves, annnndd…. Stamptember with Simon Says Stamp, where the stamping community celebrates all things stampy and wonderful! This is the 11th Stamptember for Simon Says Stamp, and not only do they design wonderful new products for their own brand during this month, but they also have fabulous collaborations with the other stamp companies that we know and love! Today’s collaboration set comes to you from Studio Katia, for whom I had the pleasure of designing for almost a year before my little guys were born. Studio Katia is known for their beautiful floral designs, perfect for coloring (and right up my alley!), and the Stamptember collaboration sets are just charming! I only had time to make one project, but there are two sets available tonight, and to celebrate Heidi’s birthday…. they’re doing a buy one, get one free! That’s right; if you buy the exclusive Stamptember Studio Katia set, Floral Bunches …

… you will receive the Birthday Floral for free! What a wonderful way to celebrate Heidi’s birthday!

For my project today, I used the free gift with purchase stamp set, Birthday Floral Bunches to create a card that screams September to me: not quite summer, but not quite autumn yet, either. I paired deep mustard and olive with coral and fuchsia to create this pretty project. Let’s get started with the details!

I began by stamping the main floral image three times, first on a panel of white, Copic-friendly cardstock, then again on a Post-It Note and fussy cutting to create a mask, then again on the white cardstock panel with the mask applied. I used Hero Arts Intens-ified Black Ink to stamp the image to completely cover the long end of a panel of A2 cardstock. I used my Copic markers to color the images in this unique combination!

After my image had been colored completely, I used very sharp scissors to fussy cut around the long edge of the cardstock panel. Next, I used Studio Katia Blending Brushes to blend some beautiful gold and orange inks along the straight edge of my white cardstock: Marigold and Clementine, both from Pinkfresh Studio.

After ink blending, I used foam adhesive to pop up the colored and blended panel on an A2 panel of Hero Hues Plum cardstock to help bring out the fuchsia in my floral swag. I heat embossed the greeting from the Birthday Floral Bunches on a rectangle of black cardstock using some rose gold embossing powder. The final touch was to add some black gems for a hint of sparkle!

Well, that’s all for today’s project! Keep your eyes trained on Simon Says Stamp this month; they’ve got loads of fantastic new products revealed throughout the month, and many of them are limited edition…. once they’re gone, they’re gone! Today’s promotion is no exception. The promotion lasts only on 9/3/20, so if you want to receive the gorgeous freebie, purchase your Floral Bunches early-it’s only while supplies last.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Happy birthday, Heidi, and happy Stamptember!

Tropical Card Set using Paradise Blooms from Honey Bee Stamps!

Hi there! If you follow me on Instagram, you’ll know that I have been trying to hone my drawing skills, and as a result have been designing stamps for Honey Bee Stamps! My most recent set is called Paradise Blooms, a large 6×8 tropical floral set, perfect for coloring! I’ve done some no-line Copic coloring and some watercoloring for today’s projects, as well as some fun die-cutting techniques in a pretty watermelon color scheme, so let’s get started with the details!

This card set is a two-fer; I created both card bases using one set of die cuts from the Hexagon Thin Frames dies and the Pineapple Lattice Cover Plate. I first die cut the Pineapple Lattice Cover Plate from some Ballet Slipper cardstock, then die cut a hexagon from the lower right hand corner using the Hexagon Solid Stack dies. I also die cut the Hexagon Thin Frames from some Clover cardstock. These die cut pieces would form my card bases for both cards.

For this first card, I watercolored a variety of the blooms from Paradise Blooms using Karin markers. I stamped them first on Hahnemühle watercolor paper using waterproof black ink, then watercolored them in a pretty peachy-pink, jade green, and deep coral color scheme with the Karin (AZ|SSS) markers. I die cut the watercolored images using the coordinating Honey Cuts.

I adhered the cover plate die cut to an A2 Honeysuckle card base, adding the Clover frame over the edge of the hexagonal die cut area. I arranged the Paradise Blooms die cuts in a cluster over the frame and adhered them using foam adhesive. I then added a black die cut “thanks” from the Slimline Sentiments Eyelet die set, finally adding some iridescent white gems for sparkle.

For my second project, I used some leftover no-line Copic-colored floral die cuts from the Paradise Blooms set. When I’m stressed or just wanting to color, but don’t necessarily have the time to sit down and make a full card from start to finish, I like to stamp a bunch of images and then color them, so that when I do have the time or the inspiration for a card layout strikes, I have my images ready to go and can just pop everything together! These Copic-colored flowers were leftover from these projects and were just waiting for the right layout! I adhered the die cut Pineapple Lattice Cover Plate to the Clover Hexagon Thin Frames, then popped it up on a Honeysuckle card base.

I arranged the Paradise Blooms stamps in a little cluster, then adhered them with foam adhesive. I also added another black die cut from the Slimline Sentiments Eyelet die set, finally adding some more iridescent white jewels for sparkle.

Well, that’s all for these cards today! It is so exciting to see my drawings come to life as stamps, so that they can be used over and over again with different mediums, color schemes, and techniques!! Thank you so much for reading, and stay well, friends!

Honey Bee Stamps Hello Summer Release!

Hi there! I have a special post for you today featuring some of the newest goodies from the Honey Bee Stamps Hello Summer release! This release truly has something for everyone, and it’s chock full of some fantastic new stamp sets that totally scream “summer”! I’m not back to blogging full time yet (between Covid-19 keeping my big kiddos home 24/7 and my new babies, I have no idea when I will be totally back), but I wanted to share some of my creations with this latest release! One of the most exciting parts of this release (for me, anyway) is that I collaborated my fourth stamp set design for Honey Bee Stamps. I can’t wait to show you!

But first, I have a few cards using the new Freshly Picked stamps and dies. For my first project, I did some good, old fashioned stamping, using colored inks to create some custom, fruity patterned paper! I stamped the strawberry images from Freshly Picked using the rock’n’roll technique, which basically uses two different shades of ink to create a bit of a shadow on your solid stamped image. I stamped the black outline layer, then the lighter pink using the solid strawberry image, then added a second layer of the solid image by tapping my darker pink ink pad along just one edge of the solid strawberry image. The result adds a hint of shadow to the strawberries!

To stamp custom patterned paper, I like to start with my largest image and work down to my smallest image to fill in any gaps in the pattern. I took this even one step further by using my black pen to add tiny dots, finally adding a black frame around the edge using my T-square. I trimmed the patterned panel down and matted it on a panel of black cardstock to add the contrast of a stark black frame. I added a greeting from Pear-fect Sentiments that I heat embossed on black cardstock using white embossing powder, then die cut it with the coordinating Pear-fect Sentiments Honey Cuts. A few pink jewels finished it off!

For my second project, I again used the Freshly Picked stamp set, this time stamping only the outline citrus images on some watercolor paper. I then used Karin markers to watercolor them in some sunshiny citrus colors and die cut them with the coordinating Pear-fect Sentiments Honey Cuts.

For the card base, I die cut the Hexagon Thin Frames from some black cardstock. I blended some orange ink around the edge of a yellow A2 card base using blending brushes. I adhered the black hexagon frames using the new Bee Creative Liquid Adhesive (which will be in stock hopefully next week! Seriously, it’s awesome.) then added the watercolored fruit and a sentiment from Pear-fect Sentiments. I added a few jewels to help fill in any holes in the visual cascade.

Now, I have the pleasure of introducing Paradise Blooms, my latest stamp set collaboration! had so much fun drawing these tropical floral images, and they’re just as much fun to stamp and color. For this first project, I did some no-line coloring using the hibiscus and monstrera leaf images. I stamped them on Copic-friendly white cardstock using Ink on 3 Fadeout Ink, then colored them with Copic markers and die cut them with the coordinating Honey Cuts.

For the card base, I blended some emerald green ink along the edge of an aqua A2 card base, to which I added a white die cut Palm Frond cover plate die cut. I layered the floral die cuts over the top using foam adhesive, adding a congratulations sentiment die cut and some jewels to add a bit of sparkle.

For my final project today, I paired several blooms with the new Lattice Cover Plate (top and base). I colored some more blooms from Paradise Blooms using the same no-line coloring method. I also stamped a greeting from the Paradise Blooms and die cut it with the coordinating Honey Cuts.

For the card base, I die cut the Lattice Cover Plate (top and base) from some coral and white cardstock, then layered them together with the new Bee Creative Liquid Adhesive and adhered them to a white card front using foam adhesive. I arranged the flowers in a bouquet in the corner of the lattice die cut, then adhered them using more foam adhesive. (Lots of dimension in this one!)

The final touch was to add some iridescent jewels to the card front for a bit of sparkle!

Well, that’s all for my projects today. I am so excited for this Hello Summer release… it’s so gorgeous, with so many wonderful new products. A very well-rounded release, and definitely something for everyone! Thanks so much for stopping by today, and stay well!