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Emily Midgett

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Altenew August 2019 Stamp and Die Blog Hop+Giveaway!

Hi there! Today, I’m super excited to be taking part in the Altenew August 2019 Stamp and Die release blog hop! Today’s Stamp and Die release has a fantastic selection of products to show you today, of course with plenty of beautiful flower stamps and some fun new dies, as well! You should have arrived here from the Altenew Scrapbook Blog, and your next stop is Lydia Fiedler. I’ve created three projects using today’s newest goodies in a fun pink, black, and white color scheme. Be sure to stick around all the way to the end to get all of the info on the prizes available to win!

My first project uses the absolutely stunning new Antique Roses stamp and die set. (You can also buy a discounted bundle of the stamps, dies, and mask stencils!) Altenew is tops at layered flowers, and this newest installment might just be my favorite out of allll of their layered flower sets! (And that’s saying something!) I used the Spring Bouquet ink set to stamp some bright, vibrant pink roses and foliage on white card stock, then die cut them using the coordinating dies.

Next, I trimmed a square of white card stock and a slightly larger square of black card stock. I then turned the square on its side and stamped the Mini Hello stamp and “I admire you” from Sentiment Strips using Obsidian ink. I adhered the white diamond to the black diamond, then layered the sentiment with the hot pink roses and adhered it to a white card front using foam tape. The final touch was to add some black jewels to fill out any bare spots.

For my second project today, I used the new Simply the Best stamps and dies to create a bold and graphic project using the same color scheme. I began by stamping this massive flower twice on an A2 panel of white card stock using the pink inks from the Spring Bouquet ink bundle. I then used a black fineline pen to add some tiny little dots on the background to add a little extra texture to the background. I also stamped two more blooms and die cut them.

I created a black rectangular frame using my Fiskars trimmer (there are plenty of dies that can do this for you, as well, but I was trying to use something that many people have on hand already!). From the center piece, I white heat embossed the greeting from Simply the Best and trimmed it down. I cut the die cut flowers in half, then arranged all of the die cut components and adhered them to the card front using foam tape. A few more black gems finished off the project!

For my final project today, I used the brand new Pleasant Pansy die set to create a super textured and vibrant patterned panel. Using a wide variety of colored card stock, I put together lots of pretty pink pansies and leaves. I also die cut a “hello” from white card stock using the Inline Alphabet die set, as well as stamped another greeting from Sentiment Strips.

I arranged the flowers and foliage all over the card front, as well as the die cut letters and sentiment strip greeting, then used a combination of foam and liquid adhesive to adhere them to a panel of black A2 card stock. The final touch was to add some extra texture and dimension by adding some white Nuvo drops randomly across the card front! It’s amazing how vibrant those pinks look against the black background, huh?

Well, that’s all for my projects today! Now, there are a few giveaways up for grabs:

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 8/14/2019 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. The more comments you leave, the more chances you have to win! All winners will be announced on the Altenew blogs on 8/17/2019.

Your next stop on the hop is Lydia Fiedler, or you can start back at the beginning if you got lost!

Where Creativity Meets C9 November Edition!

Good morning! Today is November 9, (ahem, just where did this year go?!), so that means the start of a new challenge for Where Creativity Meets C9! This month’s challenge is designed to help you pull out your holiday goodies from Concord and 9th and get a head start on some of those Christmas cards!

As soon as I saw the new Blooms Fill In stamps and dies, I knew that I wanted to use it to make floral Christmas cards. You don’t normally see much in the way of floral holiday cards, other than poinsettias. These fabulous stamps and dies lend themselves beautifully to SO many different color combinations. For today’s project, I created a trio of holiday cards lickety split. This set is perfect for mass producing Christmas cards!

To start, I used my MISTI to stamp the large background panel from Floral Fill In three times on an A2 panel of card stock using Altenew’s Emerald ink (SSS|EH). It’s the perfect Christmas green, don’t you think? I used a regular stamp block to stamp the rest of the details on the panels, adding Ruby Red (SSS|EH) to the large flowers, Velvet (SSS|EH) to the berries, Volcano Lake (SSS|EH) to the leaves, and Morning Frost (SSS|EH) to the smaller flowers to add a shadow to a “white” flower. I repeated this process with all three panels. These flowers are super easy to line up, and even if they’re not perfect, it still fits with the hand-drawn aesthetic! Love it.

To finish off the cards, I die cut the unique hexagon shape included in the coordinating Blooms Fill in die set from red foil and red glitter card stock. I added the sentiment from one of my all time favorite Concord and 9th stamp and die sets: Happy Words. This is seriously one of the most versatile (and cleverest) sets in my arsenal. I die cut the “happy ” from plain white card stock and stamped the “holidays” from the coordinating stamp set onto a strip of white card stock, then mounted them on the red hexagons. The final touch was to scatter some Foil Gems on the card fronts! These cards came together SO quickly, and they’re just pretty. I also was able to make another card using bits and pieces from these floral panels, but that’s a different blog post. 😉

Now, it’s your turn! Use your Concord and 9th stamps and dies to create a Christmas project, then link it up to our blog to be eligible for a $25 from our fabulous sponsors, Concord and 9th!  You have until 11/29/2017 to enter your project(s). Have fun, and good luck!

PS- Have you checked out the new Concord and 9th release? It’s TOTALLY fabulous. Such great new sets this month. You can check it out here.

 

Give me all of the anemones.

Good morning! Happy Monday! I hope you had a wonderful weekend. We have lots of different Halloween celebrations in our town, so my kiddos have been excited about that all weekend… and it turned cold just in time for all of the parades and trick or treating…. Boo. I have a pretty watercolored card for you today; I sneaked the main floral panel during the last Daily Marker 30 Day challenge and turned the panel into a card last week!

For this project, I wanted to focus on the absolutely gorgeous image from Wplus9’s Kind Soul Stamp set (SSS|EH). I’ve used this stamp set with colored pencils before, and but it looks completely different using watercolors. I started by stamping and heat embossing the main image with super fine silver embossing powder onto some Arches Cold Press watercolor paper (DB|SSS).

Next, I watercolored the image using Rose of Ultramarine, Moonglow, Cerulean Blue, Deep Sea Green, and Naples Yellow Daniel Smith watercolors. I added a halo around the edge of the florals using Payne’s Gray. I trimmed the top and bottom of the watercolored panel and mounted it on a piece of A2 sized navy blue card stock.

For the greeting, I used an older Wplus9 die set: Hand Lettered Thanks (SSS|EH) and the coordinating stamp set (SSS|EH). I die cut the sentiment once from silver foil card stock, then again three more times from regular white card stock and stacked them all together with liquid adhesive. I added the sentiment strip on regular white card stock and popped it up with dimensional adhesive.

Well, that’s all for me today. I hope you have a marvelous week, friends!

The last gasp of summer.

Hi! Feels like a long time since I posted just for fun… I’ve been SO busy this week getting the Great Craft Room Purge of 2017 organized and everything shipped. Let me tell ya, I am definitely one of those right-brained artistic types when it comes to organization. I enjoy organizing, but I usually end up making more of a mess than I do actually making things neater lol. Transfer that to the bazillion emails I’ve had from people wanting to purchase items…. my brain has been buzzing since Sunday lol. If you want to see what’s left (and there’s still a huge amount of stamps and dies left!), you can click here.

Anyway, I had some lovely blooms from Altenew’s Adore You stamp set that I’d colored for the most recent The Daily Marker 30 Day challenge using my Zig markers. I love my Zigs when I want a bright burst of bold color, and this color combination of fuchsia and a sunset orange color are just so pretty together. I started by heat embossing several of the blooms using gold detail embossing powder onto Canson Montval watercolor paper, then colored them using my Zig markers and damp Silverwhite paintbrush. I fussy cut them and began work on the background.

For the background, I used Altenew’s beautiful Midnight Violet ink to lightly blend a little halo in the center of a white, A2 top folding notecard. I then arranged my blooms on the card front and used Press ‘n Seal to pick them up without losing my carefully-arranged bouquet. I added dimensional adhesive to the back and pressed them down on the card front while still attached to the Press ‘n Seal, then peeled it away. I added a gorgeous new-to-me die from My Favorite Things: Big Hugs. I cut it from some sparkly gold glitz paper from DCWV. The final touch was a smattering of sequins from my stash

I hope you’ve enjoyed this card! A last gasp of summer, as we’ve been having temps in the 80’s here this week. (blah.) Here’s to the weather cooling down soon! Have a marvelous day! I will be back on Saturday with a post for World Cardmaking Day. 🙂 Stay tuned!