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Emily Midgett

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Altenew January 2020 Blog Hop+Giveaway!

Hi there! I’m back again for a blog hop featuring the January 2020 Altenew Release. You should have arrived here from Norine Borys and your next stop is Kymona Tracey. This month’s release is absolutely gorgeous, of course featuring some incredible florals! You can find all of the details on this release here. I have two projects for you today, so let’s get started with the details!

For my first project, I did some no-line watercoloring using my Daniel Smith watercolors and the new Wild Flora stamps and dies! I began by stamping the flowers using some pale ink on watercolor paper, then watercolored the images using several Daniel Smith watercolors.

I die cut the Lace Doily Edge die from some white cardstock, then layered the floral watercolored die cuts on a white A2 card base using foam adhesive. I adhered the lacy doily die cut over the top of the floral die cuts using liquid and foam adhesive.

I stamped a greeting from the Sentiment Strips stamp set and added it to the card front. Finally, I adhered some gems for a bit of extra sparkle!

For my second project, I used the new Simple Beauty stamps and dies to create this vibrant floral cluster. I began by stamping the main floral image twice on some Copic-friendly cardstock, as well as several of the smaller sprigs of flowers on the white Copic-friendly card base. I then used my Copic markers in shades of shocking pink, peach, and deep greens to color the images.

Before adhering the die cuts to the card base, I used a blender brush to blend some Magenta ink around the edge of the card front, creating a deep pink halo. I adhered the floral die cuts using foam adhesive for lots of dimension.

I die cut a super thin “hello” using Handwritten Hello from some black cardstock, as well as white embossed a greeting, again from Sentiment Strips on a strip of black cardstock. I adhered both of these over the top of the floral cluster using liquid adhesive. Finally, I used a very thin black marker to add some clusters of black dots to help fill in some of the gaps in the floral cluster.

Well, that’s all for my projects today! Now, for some fun giveaway information:

To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to 6 lucky winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or Altenew Scrapbook Blog by 1/30/2020 for a chance to win.

We’ll also draw a winner to receive a $20 gift certificate from the comments left on each designer’s blog on the blog hop list below. All winners will be announced on the Altenew blogs on 2/2/2020. 

Here’s the full blog hop list in case you get lost:

Altenew Card Blog
Erum Tasneem
Nicole Watt
Nathalie DeSousa
Amber Rain Davis
Therese Calvird
LauraJane 
Ashlea Cornell
Kelly Griglione
Maryam Perez
Jenny Colacicco
Nicole Picadura
Jen Schow
Jaycee Gaspar
Altenew Scrapbook Blog 
Laurie Willison
Lorilei Murphy 
Lydia Evans
Isha Gupta
Virginia Lu
Svitlana Shayevich
Lilith Eeckels
Agnieszka Malyszek
Keeway Tsao
Reiko Tsuchida
Keren Baker
Norine Borys
Emily Midgett
Kymona Tracey
Teri Wilson
Zinia Redo
Sveta Fotinia
Jennifer McGuire

MFT December 2019 Release!

Good morning! Today, I am super excited to be a guest on the MFT & Friends blog hop celebrating the new My Favorite Things release for December! Each month, My Favorite Things has a blog hop with both the design team and a few guests to help introduce their newest products, and I’m super excited to be taking part today! I have two projects showing some of the goodies in today’s release, so let’s get started with the details!

I wanted to keep things in a pretty pink and gold color scheme, so I pulled out some sparkling gold embossing powder to pair with some pink coloring and ink blending.

For my first card, I die cut the Mesmerizing Mandala standalone die from some white cardstock, then pressed my embossing ink pad directly to the die cut and covering it with the sparkly gold embossing powder. I melted the first layer of powder, then covered it with embossing ink and powder again to create a nice thick layer of gold sparkle. I also die cut the new Big Smile Die-namics from some white cardstock.

For the card base, I blended two different shades of pink ink using blender brushes around the edge of a white A2 card base. I adhered the sparkling mandala die cut to the card front using liquid adhesive, then added the smile die cuts using foam adhesive. The final touch was to add some sparkling gems around the edges of the mandala!

For my second card, I used the absolutely beautiful new Rose Garden stamps and dies. I began by stamping the main floral bouquet on some white cardstock using Copic-friendly black ink, then coloring it in a variety of pinks and some pretty lime green leaves.

For the background, I used the new Cross-Hatch Polka Dot Background stamp with some more sparkly gold embossing powder. The gold embossing powder isn’t a super deep, bright gold, but a bit more subtly iridescent, making it an almost tone-on-tone background. I also stamped a greeting from the new sentiment set on some vellum and heat embossed it with some deeper gold embossing powder, then fussy cut the greeting. I adhered the colored floral bouquet to the polka dotted background using foam tape, then added the greeting using clear foam tape. The final touch was to add some sparkling gems!

Well, that’s all for my projects today! I will be back on the MFT blog later this month with some more inspiration using the newest release. Be sure to check out the MFT blog for all of the stops on the blog hop. Thanks so much for stopping by today, and have a marvelous day!

Pinkfresh Studio Essentials 3 Release+Blog Hop!

Good morning! Today, Pinkfresh Studio is having the third release in their Essentials line, and I’m excited to help introduce some of the new products released today! We have a huge release full of super useful “essential” dies that are a necessity for your craft room! I have a project featuring the new Stitched Squares dies, so let’s get started with the details!

I’ve been doing a lot of traditional holiday colors lately, so for today’s post, I wanted to do something a bit brighter and spring-like. I began by stamping the main image from the Floral Cluster stamp set on an A2 panel of white cardstock. I then used my Copic markers to color the flowers and foliage in a pretty combination of hot pinks, lime green, and orange. I used a blender brush and Raspberry Bliss ink to add a hot pink halo around the edge of the colored panel.

After I’d finished coloring the base panel, I die cut a black frame using the new Stitched Squares dies and adhered it to the floral panel to create kind of a spotlight. I love how slim these new frames are! So delicate and pretty. I also added a greeting from the Essentials Classic Word Dies cut once from white cardstock and once from white glitter cardstock. I adhered it to the bottom corner of the black frame using liquid adhesive.

The final step was to add some sparkle with a few gems from the Essentials Jewels Mix!

Well, that’s all for me today! Now, as with all of their new releases, Pinkfresh Studio is offering some fun promotions and giveaways:

For all orders $100+, shoppers will receive free shipping within the United States without a code. The shipping will be discounted automatically; simply select the correct shipping method upon checkout.

Each stop on the hop is also giving away a $25 shopping spree to the Pinkfresh Studio store! Simply leave a comment on each stop on the hop; the more comments you leave, the more chances you have to win! Winners will be posted on Monday, Dec 16th on our GIVEAWAY PAGE. Winners must check that page & claim their prize within 2 weeks.

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Christmas Layers with Pinkfresh Studio!

Hi there! I thought I’d share my post from the Pinkfresh Studio blog from today. I usually try to keep my holiday cards as clean and simple as possible for easy mailing, but sometimes more is better, right? I kept the color scheme fairly traditional, but with two completely different aesthetics. Let’s get started with all of the details! 

For my first project, I used the darling new Skiing By stamps and dies. I began by stamping several of the images using some very pale ink on white Copic-friendly cardstock. I then used my Copic markers to color the images in.

Next, I die cut the mountains and snow drifts, cutting the snowy portions from white glitter cardstock to add a bit of glitz to the card front. (You can never have too many sparkles on a Christmas card, right?) 

After I’d adhered all of the die cuts using liquid and foam adhesive, I used a blending brush to add some Sky Blue ink to add some sky to the card base. I also stamped a greeting from Skiing By on a strip of paper and added it to the card front using some more foam adhesive. Super cute, but still with a trendy graphic style that I think is darling! 

For my second card, I did lots and lots of layering using several different standalone dies, all from non-holiday releases! I began by die cutting the Geo Floral background die from some beautiful red foil cardstock, which I layered on a white A2 card base. I also die cut an Essentials: Braided Tag from some heavyweight vellum. 

Next, I die cut a Leafy Wreaths die from some bright green cardstock and layered it on top of the vellum tag. I then die cut a sparkling JOY from white glitter cardstock using the Adore Alpha die set. I layered the letters over the center of the wreath using liquid adhesive, then hid some foam adhesive on the back of the tag, adding it to the foiled card base. The final step was to add a red and white twine bow and some sparkling “berries.” 

Well, that’s all for my projects today! Thanks so much for stopping by, and have a marvelous day! 

Ellen Hutson 12 Tags of Christmas: Day 4

Hi there! I have another post for the 12 Tags of Christmas celebration and contest going on over at Ellen Hutson over the next several days! Today’s theme is Deck the Halls, featuring beautiful artwork from Sandy Allnock. For my tag today, I used the beautiful Mondo Holly stamp set to do some no-line coloring. Let’s get started with the details!

To start, I used the Gemini Jr and Foil Press to create a festive green and red foil frame. I then trimmed a backer of white Copic-friendly cardstock and stamped the Mondo Holly using Ink On 3’s Fadeout Ink, then did some no-line coloring using Copic markers.

Once I’d finished coloring, I stamped a greeting from the Essentials By Ellen Retro Holiday Greetings using Intens-ified Black ink in the corner of the Copic-colored panel.

I punched a hole in the top left corner, then threaded a loop of red and white twine to create a hanger for the tag.

Well, that’s all for me today! I hope you’ll check out the challenge and all of the fantastic inspiration to be had over at the Ellen Hutson blog. (Psst-there are prizes to be had!) Thanks so much for stopping by today, and have a marvelous day!