Sixth Street Sundries

Emily Midgett

delicate blooms

Shimmering Pink Wedding Card with Simon Says Stamp!

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

Hi friends! We are coming up on wedding season, and I have a project to share with you today that would work for both a wedding shower or a wedding gift! I love combining standalone die cuts with the gorgeous texture of Simon Says Stamp’s 3D Embossing Folders, and I’ve been loving experimenting with coated specialty papers to enhance the exquisite details on the embossed images. I used some gorgeous pearlescent pink cardstock with several different shades of solid pink cardstock to create this pink-on-pink-on-pink wedding card. Let’s get started with the details!

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To begin, I embossed a panel of gorgeous pearly pink cardstock using the Delicate Blooms Embossing Folder and used my sharp scissors to cut the large floral bouquet out. Using the Tim Holtz Mini Recoil Snips made this fussy cutting go super fast, even with this large and intricate image! I mounted the large bouquet on the front of a bright pink A2 card front using foam adhesive squares, creating vibrant contrasting background for the delicate, pearlescent floral bouquet.

After adding the intricately embossed image to my card front, I knew that the main focal point still needed a bit of extra oomph, so I die cut the Divine Peony die set from some blush cardstock and adhered all of the layers together using liquid adhesive to create a tone-on-tone dimensional die cut. I also stamped the sentiment from Simple Wedding Wishes onto some strips of deep raspberry cardstock, still maintaining the overall theme of pink but allowing the boldly-colored sentiment strips to stand out amongst the softer pinks in the background.

I adhered the sentiment strips to the card front with a double layer of foam adhesive, then arranged the individual Divine Peony bloom and foliage around the sentiment. I added some rose gold paint pen to the flower center, then adhered some Opal Pawsitively Dazzling Gems in the empty areas and tucked a bow created with the Iridescent White Cord next to the sentiment.

Well, that’s all for my project today! I love playing with color and texture, and standalone dies plus embossing folders plus pearlescent cardstock is a total win in my book! Thanks so much for stopping by today, and have a marvelous day!

Epic Embossing Folder Flowers with NEW Simon Says Stamp STAMPtember products!

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

Hi friends! I am back with another project featuring some of the goooorgeous new products from the Simon Says Stamp STAMPtember release! If you haven’t heard, STAMPtember is a month-long party in which we celebrate our collective love of stamping. There are limited edition collaboration sets released nearly every day of the month that feature our favorite brands, as well as tons of fun surprises sprinkled throughout the month! Today, I am featuring one of the utterly gorgeous embossing folders that was released as part of the Simon Says Stamp brand release for this month: Delicate Blooms. I absolutely love coloring embossing folders with coloring mediums, and the depth that you can achieve with alcohol markers on these super detailed embossing folders is absolutely incredible. Let’s get started with the details!

I began my project by embossing a panel of white cardstock using the new Delicate Blooms embossing folder. I selected some rich and vivid magenta and plum Copic markers, as well as some muted bottle green markers for the gorgeous foliage. I love the combination of the opulent purple-pink of the blooms paired with the gentle greens. I used some acrylic paint markers to add the flower centers; the opacity of the acrylic markers helps the flower centers to pop from the vibrant flowers. To further enhance the subtle area around the blooms and help the vivid flowers pop, I used a blending brush to blend Aspen Pawsitively Saturated Ink around the edges. This pale shade of muted green worked beautifully to subtly enhance the greenery of the bouquet and allow those blooms to take center stage!

The new STAMPtember release has several “extras” in it, including these new Reverse You sentiment strips. All of the sentiment strips from Simon Says Stamp are super handy to have in your craft room, simply because they make adding a sentiment so efficient and simple! I find it particularly fun to pair these toner-printed sheets with toner-reactive foil and run it through my Minc machine. For the sentiment for today’s project, I used DecoFoil Rose Quartz toner-reactive foil to create a lovely, subtly metallic coordinating sentiment strip to use in conjunction with the new Fancy You die.

To finish off the greeting, I die cut the detail layer of the new Fancy You die from some Rose Gold glitter cardstock and the shadow layer from vellum. I adhered the sentiment pieces to the finished card front with some thin foam adhesive squares. I tucked a twine bow beneath the greeting to add some extra texture and finished it off with some sparkling Lilac Pawsitively Dazzling Gems.

Well, that’s all for my project today! Don’t forget that each day at noon, Eastern time, a new, limited edition STAMPtember collaboration set will be released over on the Simon Says Stamp website. It’s a surprise each day as to which company is being featured that day, so be sure to set your alarm to remember to check out the website. It’s a good idea to act quickly on purchasing these limited edition collaboration sets, because once they’re gone, they’re gone!

To sweeten the deal, Heidi has offered a fabulous deal: spend over $25 and use code FRSHP to receive free USA shipping!!! Isn’t that amazing?! Free shipping makes it so much easier to shop, doesn’t it? Offer is valid for a limited time, so take advantage while you can! I have plans to use some of the new collaboration sets later throughout the month, but I’m just going to tell you right now, there are some absolutely darling sets this year… You won’t want to miss out!

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