Sixth Street Sundries

Emily Midgett

decofoil

Hey Boo Shaker Card with New Simon Says Stamp!

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

Hi friends! I have a project to share with you today that is a little outside of my normal floral wheelhouse. I am not huge on “scary” Halloween (not too much of a shock there), preferring instead cutesy and sweet. I took the “sweet” literally with this card, putting the new Candy Corn Border die to use to create this festive shaker card! I recently acquired some Toner Cardstock, and I thought it would be fun to do some toner foiling with this cute new die and some of the Simon Says Stamp DecoFoil Toner Foils. Let’s get started with the details!

To begin my card, I used my Minc machine to foil some strips of Toner Cardstock using Simon Says Stamp Orange and Yellow DecoFoil, as well as white Cheerfoil, emulating the colors of traditional candy corn. After I had foiled the panels, I used the new Candy Corn Border die to die cut each shade of foiled cardstock. The shine on these die cuts is so cute! I wish I had thought to save the interiors of the die cuts to do some inlaid die cuts. Wouldn’t that be adorable?

To create my shaker element, I first blended some Butter and Sherbet Pawsitively Saturated Ink using blending brushes on a panel of white cardstock, again emulating the traditional colors of a candy corn. I used a light hand on the yellow, as I wanted it to fad smoothly into the white cardstock. After I had finished blending, I created a shaker pouch using some leftover stamp packaging and Tear-rific Tape, leaving the top open so that I could fill my shaker. I filled it with some pretty and iridescent yellow sequins from the Zest Embellishment Pack and closed up my shaker pouch. After I had finished the shaker, I used Micro Dot Adhesive Sheets to adhere the intricate foiled die cuts in their appropriate spot over the blended areas. I adhered the shaker panel to the center of an A2 Pre-Scored Black Side Fold Card Base using liquid adhesive.

For the greeting, I die cut the shadow layer of the Big Bat from some Pitch Black cardstock and the detail layer from white cardstock. I kept the white die cut inside the negative space and used some residual ink leftover from blending the background to blend an ombré on the die cut greeting. Keeping this delicate die cut in the negative space helps to keep it steady while blending! I adhered the two die cuts together, then added the die cut sentiment and an orange-foiled sentiment strip from the new Witch, Please Toner Foil Sentiment Cards using foam adhesive squares. Finally, I used a buttery yellow Copic marker to dye some 1/4″ seam binding and tied it into a fluffy bow, which I tucked beneath the die cut sentiment.

Well, that’s all for today! I love using graphic imagery to help enhance these “flat” shaker cards. I think it’s such a fun way to get outside of my typical intricate floral style and try something different! Thanks so much for stopping by today, and have a marvelous day!

Ocean Inspiration with New Simon Says Stamp Sunny Vibes!

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

Hi friends! I am back with some more inspiration using some of the gorgeous summery products from the new Sunny Vibes release! I am really loving the new toner-printed cards with each release; they make customizing your projects with your choice of shiny foil super simple! I particularly loved the new options that are printed on acetate. You could quickly make a super fun and unique shaker card window with these clear, printed sheets, but I chose to use the foiled background as an overlay for a somber, ocean-themed “thinking of you” card. Let’s get started with the details!

I started by hot foiling one of the clear Acetate Seashells Toner Foil Acetate Sheets using Glass Slipper DecoFoil. This iridescent turquoise foil is absolutely gorgeous and worked perfectly with the ocean vibe I envisioned! I used the same foil with the Bad Day, Good Vibes Toner Foil sentiment cards and Beachcombing Toner Foil image cards. The Beachcombing Toner Foil image cards coordinate perfectly with the images in the Beachcombing stamp and die product suite! Isn’t it amazing when all of the products work seamlessly together?

To enhance the background behind my acetate panel, I blended some Surf and Sky Pawsitively Saturated Inks around the edge of an A2 panel of white cardstock, then splattered the blended areas with some sparkling, iridescent watercolors. I also used Pawsitively Saturated Inks in shades of Surf, Ocean, Sky, and Flannel to stamp the details on the foiled Beachcombing Toner Foil image cards, then die cut them with the coordinating dies.

To keep the clear foiled background nice and clean, I arranged the sentiment strips and ocean die cuts over the top of the foiled panel before adhering it to my blended background. I adhered all of the die cut pieces to the acetate panel with dimensional foam squares, then flipped the panel over and added liquid adhesive behind the solid die cuts and placed it directly over the top of the blended background. Finally, I added a few sparkling Surf Pawsitively Dazzling Gems for added shimmer and shine!

Well, that’s all for my project today! The new Sunny Vibes release is available, and we will be hopping along this weekend to share tons of inspiration using the beautiful new products, so be sure to come back later this week! Thanks so much for stopping by today, and have a marvelous day!

A Special Shaker for a Special Occasion with New Simon Says Stamp!

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

Hi friends! I am back with another special occasion card featuring new products from the Simon Says Stamp Celebrate release! I absolutely adored the new Daisy Oval Frame die; something about the tremendous impact of these intricate dies always makes them irresistible to me. I love that you not only get the intricate daisy frame itself, but also an additional delicate scalloped frame and extra individual detail dies to customize this fun frame in tons of different ways! I created a celebratory shaker card today using some of my favorite specialty papers, so let’s get started with the details!

I started my card by die cutting the Daisy Oval Frame die a few times, first from Rose Gold Metallic foil cardstock, then from the center of an A2 panel of pearlescent white cardstock. I reserved that pearlescent white die cut for another project and used the negative frame for this project. I backed that open window on the pearlescent white cardstock piece with some acetate, which will become my shaker window. Because the Daisy Oval Frame die cut is so very delicate, and because I was working with super shiny metallic mirror cardstock and shiny clear acetate, I wanted to keep everything as clean as possible, so I pulled out the Micro Dot Adhesive Sheets from Simon Says Stamp. To use these tiny dots of adhesive, simply remove the release paper from part of your adhesive sheet, place the die cut with the back side touching the adhesive dots, then replace your release paper over the top. I like to flip the entire thing over and then use my bone folder to burnish the back of the die cut to make sure that the adhesive is really stuck on my intricate die cut. Then I flip it back over, remove the release paper, and pull off my new “sticker” die cut. It is so much easier and cleaner to add adhesive to delicate, detailed die cuts than trying to manage globs of glue, especially when dealing with super shiny cardstock!

After I had added adhesive to the back of my daisy frame die cut, I nestled it into the open window of my shaker card front. I flipped the window over and added a long line of continuous foam adhesive around my window using Foam Strips from Simon Says Stamp. To add a bit of texture behind my open shaker window, I ran a panel of white cardstock through my die cut machine using the Detail Bohemian Plate die, which adds a lovely pierced pattern onto your cardstock without actually cutting any shapes. These pierced plates are some of my favorite ways to add texture to my cards! I filled my shaker with some Champagne Sequins, which have lovely shades of metallic sequins that coordinate beautifully with the Rose Gold Metallic foil cardstock.

For the greeting, I heat embossed the Congratulations sentiment from the To the Happy Couple stamps with rose gold embossing powder onto some more white cardstock, then used the coordinating sentiment dies to cut it out. (I love having the option to use dies to cut out sentiments; it makes the stamp set so much more versatile to have dies to cut each piece!) I used some Simon Says Stamp Rose Gold DecoFoil with my Minc machine to add some coordinating shiny rose gold foil to one of the greetings included in the Congratulations toner foil cards. These cards are great on their own, but pairing them with foil just kicks them up a notch and raises the elegance level of the card! I popped up the greeting pieces in the center of the shaker window, leaving plenty of space around the sentiment to see the festive sequins floating about.

Well, that’s all for my project today! This card would work beautifully for a wedding shower or wedding, or even just a congratulatory card for a special occasion! I love multi-purpose sentiments. Thanks so much for stopping by today, and have a marvelous day!

Deco Foil + Deco Foil Gel + NEW Simon Says Stamp Stencils!

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

Hi friends! The new Simon Says Stamp Be Bold release is available, and it’s such a stunner! I am always especially intrigued when companies release new tools, and so was very eager to play with the new Deco Foil foil sheets in lovely metallic shades. These new foil sheets work specifically with toner-printed images, like those on the Mom Foil Transfer Cards, or with foil-reactive gel, like the Decofoil Gel. I employed both uses for this project, and I am so pleased with the results! Let’s get started with the details on my project.

I first used Decofoil Gel for THIS project and loved the results so much that I wanted to experiment to see what else I could create! I decided to try it out on a panel of acetate to create really unique look, pairing it with the new Lattice Tile stencil for an elegant background. I started by adhering my A2 panel of heat resistant acetate to a piece of scratch paper (I didn’t want to use one of the stamp mats that I normally use with stencils so as to avoid marring it with the gel… wasn’t sure how well it would clean off of the photopolymer!) then placed the Lattice Tile stencil over the top and used a palette knife to apply the Decofoil Gel. Unlike my previous project using this gel, which took about an hour to dry on regular cardstock, something about the combination of the acetate and the gel made it take longer to dry. I allowed the panel to sit for a full 24 hours so that it was completely dry before using it with foil.

After the gel was completely dry, I used the new Simon Says Stamp Bronze Decofoil with my Minc machine to add luxurious shine to the acetate panel. I absolutely love the results! I think next time I will select a stencil that has more open areas so that the unique clear spots would be more readily visible. While I had my Minc out and hot, I foiled a couple of the Mom Foil Transfer Cards with Bronze Decofoil so that the two foiled pieces would coordinate beautifully!

I find that a pretty, simple, repetitive pattern is a great backdrop for flowers, and of course couldn’t wait to dive into the beautiful florals int he Wild & Free Flowers set. I stamped the large single flower with Contour Ink, then used Copic markers to color the flowers a lush blue, almost like something out of a fairytale. For the flower stamens, I used some handmade glitter watercolors in a coordinating shade of bronze, tying the three main design elements together. I die cut the flower with the super intricate coordinating die. I absolutely adore dies like this that are super detailed!

To accent the flower, I die cut a set of the A2 Nesting Frames from some iridescent white mirror cardstock, trimming down my foiled acetate panel so that it would fit perfectly behind one of the frames. I popped this frame up on an A2 card front using some foam adhesive strips, which were the perfect width for the frames in the A2 Nesting Frames set. I arranged the colorful flower and foiled sentiments on the foiled background, popping them up with another layer of foam adhesive for lots of dimension. Finally, I added a white bow and a few new Royal Pawsitively Dazzling Gems.

SO much sparkle and shine on this card. I can’t wait to play more with this technique! Thanks so much for stopping by today, and be sure to check out the new Be Bold release. There’s a blog hop on Friday and Saturday featuring tons of new inspiration using the new release products, as well, so keep your eyes peeled for that! Have a marvelous day, friends!