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Emily Midgett

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November Coloring Panel Release-Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming! And More!!

Good morning! Happy Thanksgiving week! I am so excited to announce that I have a new coloring panel release this week, and I’m even more thrilled to announce that in addition to the black and white panels that I’ve been releasing, I can now offer a no-line coloring option, as well! My iPad Pro and I have been playing nicely together, and I finally was able to figure out how to do a no-line version of my drawings. I know that some of you have been wishing for the ability to color these in the no-line style, so I am really excited to be able to offer these to you.

The new panels for this month are, obviously, Christmas florals, named “Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming.” I wanted to provide a variety of holiday florals instead of the more traditional poinsettia, so I have created four unique floral bouquets featuring some of my most favorite holiday flowers, all combined with a smattering of wintry foliage and plenty of berries!

First up: Amaryllis. The graceful petals on these bulb flowers are absolutely stunning, and let me just say… this panel might have been my most favorite one to color, especially in no-line style. The massive petals are great for really digging down into the nooks and crannies and achieving an incredible amount of depth. I have paired these two amaryllis with some silver dollar eucalyptus leaves and plenty of berries so that almost the entire panel is covered!

Next up we have a beautiful magnolia bouquet. I know that magnolias are technically “in season” during the springtime, but I saw them paired with holiday berries constantly when I was searching for holiday inspiration. The beautiful, shapely bloom is juxtaposed so nicely with the spiky pine needles and berry sprigs. That huge magnolia leaf was so much fun to color, too!

Next, we have the most traditional of the group: poinsettia. I kept the foliage and fillers pretty traditional as well, using some berry sprigs, twigs, pinecones, and boughs of spruce for a pretty swag to grace the corner of your card front!

My final addition to this quartet was a full background panel of anemones, berries, and foliage, complete with some added sprigs of pine. I’m not sure if I had more fun coloring this one or the anemone; both designs have lots of room for adding huge amounts of depth and dimension for your coloring.

I showcased the new no-line Copic coloring panels available this month with my own samples, but the black and white versions are also available on both watercolor paper and Copic-friendly white cardstock, so no need to fear if no-line coloring isn’t your cup of tea!

I also am super excited to offer a few of my previously-released coloring panel sets in both black outline and no-line coloring! Here are the sets that will be available for purchase during the pre-order week:

Framed Florals Volume 1– available in both no-line (pictured above) and black outline.

Framed Florals, Volume 2-available in both black outline (pictured) and no-line.

Just Add Fruit– available in black outline (pictured) and no-line.

  • Pricing:
    Copic-friendly white cardstock-$8
    Watercolor paper-$10, shipped in the continental US.
    International friends: add $4 to accommodate international postage (this may be increased slightly if more than two sets of panels are ordered to accommodate for the increased weight of the envelope.) Sorry, no tracking available on these, and international mail seems to be exceptionally slow these days, so I can’t guarantee a timely arrival, unfortunately.
  • Holiday Special: order 3 sets of panels or more and receive $5 off your purchase!!
  • You will receive 4 A2-sized panels in each set.
  • When ordering: Please indicate which set you would like (Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming, Framed Florals Volume 1, Framed Florals Volume 2, or Just Add Fruit), whether you would like no-line or black outline, whether you would like Copic-friendly white cardstock or watercolor paper, and whether you are located within the US or internationally. I will then send you an invoice via PayPal, to please be paid within 24 hours of receipt.
  • I will leave the preorders open until November 28, 2021. It’s just me printing, trimming, and shipping, so please allow 2 weeks for processing and shipping. I have four little kids here; please be patient with me! 
  • In purchasing these coloring panels, you agree that you will use the designs for personal use only. The designs belong to me, Emily Midgett, and are not to be copied or used for commercial gain. I appreciate your support in keeping my artwork safe!

To order: email me at eamidgettsketches (at) gmail.com, and be sure to include all of the information requested above!

Thank you so very much for your support. I appreciate your kind words, support, and shares more than I can express! Thank you so much for visiting today, and have a marvelous day!

Odd Inspiration and No-Line Poinsettias!

Hi there! I’m up on the Honey Bee Stamps blog today with a super vivid and crisp holiday card for you today, which was begun with some inspiration that I found in an odd place! I love when something mundane can be the jumping off point for a project. I recently purchased a shirt from an online boutique, and it had the prettiest cardstock tag hanging from the tag sewn into the shirt-a hexagon that looked as though it had been dipped in rose gold foil. I thought it would be a pretty ground for a sentiment and a big, fluffy holiday bouquet, so I adapted it to some holiday colors of deep garnet red and white. Let’s get started with the details!

I started by stamping several components from the Pretty Poinsettias stamp set that I illustrated last year- I love the massive size of the poinsettias and foliage in this set! So much fun to color. I stamped the images using Honeybee’s No-Line Ink on some Copic-friendly white cardstock. I used my Copic markers to color the poinsettia and berries a deep, intense garnet red, brightened with some bottle green foliage and some cool brown pinecones. I die cut the finished images using the coordinating Honey Cuts.

Next, to create the ground for my holiday bouquet and to create the tag by which I was so inspired, I die cut a white hexagon using the Hexagon Solid Stack dies, as well as a partial hexagon from some coordinating raspberry colored glitter paper. I layered the partial hexagon over the bottom of the full white hexagon, adhering them using liquid adhesive.

On the card front, I heat embossed the new Falling Snow background stamp on a full A2 panel of white cardstock using some glittery white embossing powder. A very subtle backdrop, but I love the hint of texture that this adds to the background! I arranged the bouquet and hexagon on the card front, adhering them with some foam adhesive. For the greeting, I die cut the new Cheers Buzzword die three times from white cardstock, adhering them together to create a dimensional die cut greeting. I stamped the “sending you” and “holiday” from the Cheers stamp set using coordinating wine colored ink. I adhered the greeting strips with some thin strips of foam adhesive on the glittering hexagon die cut. So much dimension and crisp, vivid colors on this card! I always try to make sure that there are lots of textures and dimension on a card that has lots of white to help keep things from falling flat.

Well that’s all for my project today! I can hardly believe it’s almost December… it doesn’t seem possible that the Christmas season is upon us. Thanks so much for stopping by today, and have a marvelous day!

Colorado Craft Company’s November Anita Jeram Release Blog Hop!

Hi there! My friends at Colorado Craft Company have a new release featuring more precious stamps designed by Anita Jeram featuring some sweet critters up to holiday antics! We are celebrating these sweet new stamps with a blog hop. You should have arrived here from Daniel West, and your next stop is Jenn Shurkus. The Anita Jeram critter stamps are always so darling, and the sentiments are one of my favorite elements in the sets. From the darling fonts to the sweet (and sometimes a little sassy!) statements, they are so wonderful. I’ve created two projects featuring the new Hiding Presents and Santa Bunny. Let’s get started with the details!

I love to keep holiday cards somewhat simple, in both color scheme and layout. I don’t normally do much in the way of mass-production, but these cards would be fairly easy to recreate in multiples. I am really embracing pops of red on bright white holiday cards, but I wanted to add some subtle texture and pattern to the background, so I heat embossed several snowflakes from the Big & Bold Slimline Nordic Snowflakes using some white pearl embossing powder on two white A2 card fronts.

My first project features the darling Hiding Presents stamp set. I stamped the sweet (momma?) bunny hiding gifts in the tree. This set really resonated with me, as I have Christmas presents for the kids hidden in all kinds of nooks and crannies all over the house… the sentiment “I just hope I remember where I hid it all!” particularly hit home, haha!

I stamped the bunny using some Copic-friendly black ink and colored the image using some warm gray, gray-ish brown for the tree, and then some very bright pops of red for the gift and the scarf. I used the coordinating dies to cut the finished image out.

I stamped the sweet greeting on a rectangle of white cardstock using some more black ink, then trimmed it down. I popped up the die cut image and the greeting using foam tape. I love the bright, clean feel to this card, and that pop of red makes it feel so festive!

I used the same basic color scheme for my second card, this time flipping my pearly snowflake background vertically. I stamped the sneaky Santa Bunny on some more white cardstock using Copic-friendly black ink, then colored it using the same muted grays and browns, bringing the coat to life with that vivid red. I die cut the colored bunny using the coordinating dies.

I adored the whimsical arrangement of the sentiment from Santa Bunny with that swirl, so I stamped it on some more white cardstock and fussy cut it with my sharp scissors.

I adhered the die cut Santa and the sentiment using some more foam tape. I’ve found that one of the most important elements when doing cards with lots of tone-on-tone color scheme is to make sure that there are a variety of textures and dimension to help keep things from feeling flat.

Well, that’s all for my projects today! Your next stop on the hop is Jenn Shurkus. Thanks so very much for stopping by, and happy hopping!

May Our Hearts Be Full of Thanks + Giving

Hi there! I’m up on the Honey Bee Stamps blog today, and I’ve got some autumnal inspiration for you using some beautiful new goodies from the Autumn Splendor release! I seem to be trying to will fall temperatures into existence by creating fall projects. Isn’t that how it works? It should be, in any case. Maybe the beautiful blue skies and warm temps prompted me to pair the fall sunflowers from Garden Harvest with some bright white die cuts. Let’s get started with the details!

I began by stamping some blooms, foliage, and an acorn (what says fall more than an acorn and an oak leaf?) from Garden Harvest onto some white cardstock using the Honey Bee Stamps Intense Black Ink. I colored them with a variety of yellow Copic markers, adding some touches of deep forest green to keep that little hint of Indian Summer. I die cut the finished images using the coordinating Honey Cuts. I also die cut a Grapevine Wreath and bow from some more white cardstock, arranging the flowers and bow in a little cluster and adhering them to the white wreath.

Next, I created a woodgrain background using the Barn Wood Planks dies. I staggered them so that they would look a bit more rustic than a true shiplap background.

I stamped the beautiful greeting from Sweater Weather using Intense Black Ink on some more white cardstock, then die cut the greeting with the coordinating Honey Cuts. I love that you have the option to die cut the sentiment just as it’s stamped as well as the option to die cut each segment individually so that you can arrange the sentiment however you like! I adhered the wreath and greeting to the woodgrain background using lots of foam adhesive. When using white-on-white (or any tone-on-tone) like this, I like to use lots of adhesive to give extra dimension and definition to the white die cuts.

Well, that’s all for my project today! I hope you’re enjoying some cool crafty time while it’s still warm outside. I can’t wait for the temps to drop… so then I can enjoy crafty time with my windows open, haha! Thanks so much for stopping by today, and have a marvelous day!

September Coloring Panel Release: Framed Florals, Volume 3!

Hi there! Today is the day- preorders open for my September Coloring Panel release! This month’s grouping is another installment of the Framed Florals series, this time with an autumnal theme! I love adding these simple frames to floral arrangements. It’s such an easy way to accentuate the flowers and finish off the card. All you need to do is color and add a simple sentiment for a finished card!

Sunflowers are the traditional harbinger of autumn here in the Midwest, along with dahlias, berries, and of course, pumpkins!

I love that pumpkins come in such a variety of colors, from the traditional bright orange, to peachy pink pumpkins, to white, to even green and aqua! I’ve colored these two panels using a more muted autumnal palette, with peachy pumpkins, pale yellow sunflowers, and mauve dahlias. But they would look just as gorgeous in a more traditional vibrant palette as well!

These are some of the most delicate and detailed images I’ve drawn. What do you think?

For the second pair, the flowers are much larger and are great for really digging into the details on the shading. I chose a more traditional vibrant color palette, with deep golds and a pop of deep magenta.

I can’t wait to watercolor these!

Here are the details:

  • Pricing:
    Copic-friendly white cardstock-$8
    Watercolor paper-$10, shipped in the continental US.
    International friends: add $4 to accommodate international postage (this may be increased slightly if more than two sets of panels are ordered to accommodate for the increased weight of the envelope.) Sorry, no tracking available on these, and international mail seems to be exceptionally slow these days, so I can’t guarantee a timely arrival, unfortunately.
  • You will receive 4 panels in each set. If you wish to purchase more than one set, please indicate whether you would like Copic-friendly white cardstock or watercolor paper, and whether you are located within the US or internationally. I will then send you an invoice via PayPal, to please be paid within 24 hours of receipt.
  • I will leave the preorders open until September 30, 2021. It’s just me printing, trimming, and shipping, so please allow 2 weeks for processing and shipping. I have four little kids here; please be patient with me! 
  • In purchasing these coloring panels, you agree that you will use the designs for personal use only. The designs belong to me, Emily Midgett, and are not to be copied or used for commercial gain. I appreciate your support in keeping my artwork safe!

To order: email me at eamidgettsketches (at) gmail.com, and be sure to include all of the information requested above!

Thank you so much for the support and kind words on my little venture! I appreciate each of you who have ordered or offered a kind comment so very much. <3 Have a marvelous day!